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Iron Triangle Paintball Club Paintball Field
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Zionsville, Pennsylvania 18092
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April 29th, 2007 |
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1 year |
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other than this the only other place ive played at was cobra now known as condor command, and this is a lot better than anything ive played at. |
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This is an amazing playing field, even though it is a bit run down, its still a great playing field, it includes everything any woods-ball player would need, close range to long range playing. This is a great field to play on, bc it has all the elements that any woods-ball player would want, swamps, creeks, close range fighting, and plenty of places to snipe from. |
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October 21st, 2006 |
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Paintball
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More than 5 years |
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Other Fields
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Poco Loco, Paintball on the Fly, Skirmish and many other fields in West Virginia and Maryland. |
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This field is not like any other field I ever played at. It is close quarters combat, which is why I like it. I like to try different fields in my area. This is a good field to play. If you have your own equipment, like I do, I would recommend bringing paint from somewhere else. Thier paint prices are a little steep. If you used compressed air, I would recommend getting your bottles filled before you get there, because they can't do it. Overall, I was very pleased with the ownership and the refs. I would definately go back again. |
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September 17th, 2006 |
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Paintball
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More than 5 years |
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Other Fields
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Poco Loco, Skirmish, On Target, Concrete City...too many to name during the years. |
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This field is great for the money (and we know how expensive PB is). Let's not get it twisted, this place isn't glamourous nor as organized as to what you'd find at a typical PB field. In fact, it is gritty and hardcore.
The owner, Sgt. Gebb (you better refer to him by that name, he'll remind you!) is a tough old leatherneck who has dedicated his time, combat experience and property to give us paintballers the "most realistic close quarter combat experience" possible. He reminds me of R.Lee Remy from Mailcall!
You have swamps, dense forrest, moats, creeks, castles, thorny thickets, bushes, fences and "critters" all around you to simulating real combat obstacles, other than your opponent, that can make war miserable! Sweeeeet!
It works for and against you. Take for example when the whistle blew, I made a bee-line toward a spot I eyeballed to take cover. I jumped over a bush and SPLASH! Knee-deep in a creek I went! It was funny and scary at the same time. On the same note, I was deep in the bush and saw an opponent and his buddy trying to get his boot (stuck in mud so deep it took his boot off!) out from the muddy swamp. POP! , POP! , 2 hits, easy kills for me! My point is the elements make great game play.
This place will (humbly) re-train even the most experienced player! If you want to strenghten your woodsball game...GO HERE AND EXPERIENCE ALL OF THE ELEMENTS OF SIMULATED WARFARE.
Semper Fi, Sgt. Gebb, carry on!| Last edited on Sunday, September 24th, 2006 at 9:12 am PST |
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Boo Boo |
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Thursday, February 9th, 2006 |
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June 12th, 2004 |
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More than 5 years |
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EMR, Skirmish, Jack Frost, Poco Loco, M&M |
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I feel I must review this field because so many people are wrongfully trashing it. I don't know exactly why anyone would trash this place, but I have my suspicions.
I have been playing for many years (my son got me hooked when he was 13 and now he's grown and moved away). I still play when I can find someone who is willing to play with an old guy.
I have played many fields and no place is like Iron Triangle. It's not perfect but then no place is perfect. Not many places let you play with your own paint and give you lunch!
The people there always play fair games. If someone is shot they leave the field. Most of the time a Ref is not consulted. That's the way I play. Paintball should be a game of honor and not a game to see if the best cheater wins.
The fields are all interesting with lots of objects to use for cover. I like this place. |
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tiber |
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Wednesday, August 18th, 2004 |
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| The accuracy of this review is disputed. Please see discussion on the comments page. |
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4 years |
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Other Fields
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Alpha Paintball -- It's just up the road and the staff is excellent. I think it's on the old Global Paintball fields, who lost their lease on the land due to insurance nonpayment.
Poco Loco -- The Philadelphia standard paintball field. Excellent!
Skirmish -- Spendy, but really good fields if you can deal with the transit time. |
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Let me begin by saying I really don't like to write a negative review on a paintball field. They are few and far between for us residents of Philadelphia and us city-folk work against the negative view of people in camo and guns in the city already. Couple that with the fact that we don't have huge backyards to play or be "outdoorsy" on and paintball becomes a tough sport to participate in if you happen to be a city resident. I moved here in late 2000 and that's what I miss most coming from a semi-rural area.
I started checking out fields locally, and the jersey ones seemed very speedball-oriented. There's nothing wrong with it, but it's a different game from woodsball and I prefer the woodsball game format. I started striking out further and further from the city and happened across Iron Triangle. It had mixed reviews here, so I decided to give it a shot. The website was amusing, but not thorough enough that I felt it gave me all the information I needed. I called, but was greeted by an answering machine. Later, Sgt Gebb would call me back and tell me we were playing and clear up questions I had. I rounded up one of my friends who was new to the sport, and we wandered down that way.
The military theme is amusing, and the pictures on the website depicted the fields fairly. What you see is pretty much what you get on the website. The courses are small and CQB oriented. The courses are fashioned to look like something, be it a bridge, or a san-pan rice-paddy. The graveyard is not playable. The fields would have been good with about 16 to 24 players. Sadly, when we went, there were eight. Those people were regulars, and knew the fields well. One particularly outstanding player was Bill, who had a pumper and was more then nice acting as a liaison between me and the owner, Gebb. Gebb is, as the website suggests, a former door gunner from Nam and a chainsmoking ass. The first time we played, the racial slurs and caustic commentary was amusing. The second time, we understood that it was this man's honest convictions. Living in Philadelphia, I've made quite a few not-white friends, and I wouldn't have been able to bring them along (or been outright embarrassed). The regulars cleaned us up. I generally score about an average of two kills per game lone-wolfing it and even with teams balanced towards us, I was lucky to get one.
There are no refs, unless someone wants to be a ref. However, the players are honest. They also do not play gun hits, which I think is a poor paintball rule to begin with. One of the problems of not having refs is that there also are no tapelines marking the beginning and ending of a field. The second time out, I managed to capture one of the forts and pin one of their players down. After eliminating this player, he charged the fort and told me I was out of bounds. Not only was this poor conduct (and put me in a "do I bonus-ball him or not?" situation), but it could have been solved by having a ref and having tapelines on the field.
The charges for things are inconsistent. Some regulars bring their own paint, some do not. There was no charge for air, but some reviews said there was. Field fees vary, some people who played there said it was $20, some said it was $40 (I was charged $40). The rental equipment is garbage and the Tippmann Carb my buddy was handed was in desperate need of even the most basic of servicings. One of the regulars was kind and lent my buddy his spare. The fill stations are there, but are not regulated fill stations and Gebb only knows how to fill CO2. The HPA fill station is a compressor hooked to a remote line, completely unregulated and vomiting engine oil into your tank. Had I not brought my own (full) HPA/N2 bottle, I probably would have left.
In summery: The field had the potential to be something. If they can ever get their act together, it's interesting and got a neat military theme. The regulars play every other weekend, so they're excellent players and Bill specifically is a nice guy. Bill shouldn't be the middle-man for Gebb, however, and have to badger Gebb to give us free passes for the next game because no-one showed the day we played. Gebb's a toolbox, and hostile to minority players. The equipment is junk. This field is not worth your time or money. The only reason it gets a two is because I have played on fields (not listed on pbreview) which were sup-air in people's backyards. It's slightly better then that, but not by much. We played it twice, and both times came away with the same negative impression.
Don't bother with lunch, it will kill you. |
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1 year |
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Im not sure, dont go up there much |
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Theres no speedball field, But for all the scenario and woods ballers it really is a great place to go. The field may not be the most advanced but the bunkers are good, and theres allot of ground to play on. The people there are some of the best people you can play with, I dont play woods ball anymore so I dont go there, but its a real fun place to play and I go there whenever I want to play scenario games. (You can bring your own paint)
Food: They have lunch there in the middle of the day
Field: Its all really one huge filed that you play diffrent sections of. All outside, really fun to play in.
Service: Nice guy who works there and everyone who plays there are really good people.
Rentals: They have 98's and some other kind of gun I dont know about, They fill co2 and compressed air.
So much better than poco loco.| Last edited on Thursday, July 29th, 2004 at 3:55 pm PST |
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2 years |
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poco loco~~way too expensive
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im mainly writing this as a followup to the other posts, first off i think one person wrote a few of those reviews, a person that looks like they work for on target or something, first off BYOP!!!! thats something thats way too uncommon, this place is not what you would call a pro field, there is no speed or hyper ball, and it is kinda run down, ok very run down, there are vets that know the field well i think an experienced player would have a fun time. as for the food, it didnt seem that bad, but i didnt eat the chicken, the previous reviews scared me away...air fills are rediculously expensive, 5$ a fill no matter what size so come with a big air tank r a 20 oz co2----and one more thing...there is a bee nest in the porta potty :-(
all in all its a fun, and different field to play on if you are looking for a new different game of paintball this may be your answer. |
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1 year |
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Global Paintball - I prefer Global because of their speedbal field. |
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The best way I can describe this field is if you took an outlaw ball field (you know playing in a friend's backyard) and added A LOT of random objects and run-down wooden structues. All the "fields" are really just one large one divided up by small creeks. The overall appearance of Iron Triangle is basically a junkyard/dup in the back of someone's home. Although I wouldn't reccomend it to new players, experienced paintballers may enjoy it because it is "different". There were veteran players who could pretty much tear newbies apart with their knowledge of the field, but bring a bunch of your friends who are skilled at paintball and get ready for a good game. Because there is not really any official refs (besides the Sarge, owner of the field) safety is regulated by every other player. They play by the rules and expect you to also. I personally didn't have any problems after I ate the chicken the old cook made there, but I made sure mine was burnt :). Bring your own lunch or go out to eat and come back. Again, my experience was enjoyable but I can understand how some may get a bad impression from the field. If anything it is like playing a slightly more organized game of outlaw ball. The price is not bad, mainly because you can bring your own paint. |
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1 year |
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Jack Frost, Skirmish, Paintball, Poco Loco and PaintBall Extreme |
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Me and some friends went to scope this place out one day before we played. We called and no one answered. Someone did call back though and give us the basics of the 'feild' and invited us up.
Well the next day three friends and I drove there. The drive is pretty simple... But you can miss the sign to the 'feild'. The sign consists of a dirty peice of plywood spray painted to say "Iron Triangle" and sits in his front yard.
As for the feild I wasnt very impressed but it wasnt as bad as the previous kids said. (~Actually i think that all the bad posts are from a single kid :)~) The feild itself was contained in the owners rather large back yard. A large portion of the feilds have one side facing a highway and a poor mix of busted fences and guard nets stopping paintballs from hitting cars. As soon as we showed up we were greeted by a man who owned a local paintball store and he was extremly friendly.
When he gave me his card the owner of the feild stumbled up and game me his card too... The owner of Iron Triangle is SGT. GEBB. He looked drunk and had no motor skills at the time. The friendly store owner walked me back to the staging area. The enrty had carpets on the ground to keep the mud off you. You pass a booth on the way in the about 30 feet in there is a Fenced in shooting and chrono range... On the oppiste side of this is the staging area. It consisted of some work tables. Chairs a few fire pits and a chefs hut.
This brings me to the cook. The cook was a retired navy chefs who lacked teeth and had a poor sense of clothing. And i think he too was mildy intoxicated. I got there after lunch though so i had no chance to sample to food. But everyone seemed to be fine, haha. From the staging area you can see thru a massive net into the feild,Only a few kids were playing.
From what all the previous post said is true. The feild does have a group of about 18 regulars to the feild. All of the older players were very nice... Some of the younger kids looked like punk rejects and were drinking Those giant Wawa IcedTeas and reeked of malt liqure.
I never saw a single ref in game while i was there. And unlike the other people whom posted reviews i was not charged for air. It was also brought o light that they have year passes. Something like 100 for the pass and every time you comes its 5 dollar. Opposed to the regular 20 each visit.
Even without refs i didnt see a single person cheat. They all yelled out as soon as you hit them and stuck their hands in the air.
When it came time to rap up for the night everyone there help pack up and all invited us back. When we were leaving my friends car got stuck in the mud and they laughed, but who wouldnt?
OVERALL:The place could have looked a little better. His home looked nice from the outside, But I mean you could do a little better then a spray painted sing sitting next to your driveway. And random soggy carpet scraps covering the ground..... The fact that no refs were on the feild and half the people were drunk really hurt the rating. For the price its a great deal. I dont know how they handle the bathroom thing though. My friend just peed in the feild. The lace is Bring Your Own Paint. Which is rare these days. The people that did talk were very nice. Though I doubt I will be back simply because its an hour drive from me. That and drunk miltary vets & kids with paintball guns next to a highway is just asking for trouble.| Last edited on Saturday, June 7th, 2003 at 7:03 am PST |
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2 years |
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on target= great, great fields & personel
top gun= only played once, good times |
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this place was a JOKE. i mean it would be good if it was MY personal field, in MY backyard, because then it would be my friends and free. like others have said, this was someone else's field, in his backyard, with his friends. there was NO attempt made at trying to help people out who's first time it was playing at the field. they obviously wanted the unfair advantage. the field(s) were really crappy with the vets just camping out and waiting. it was ridiculous to be charged so much for air, every time too. sure, its BYOP, but then they rape you for air. but then again, raping and pillaging seemed to be the theme here. food was garbage and i had the runs for days after. the only time they were friendly was inviting us back next we so we could be used as sniper targets, i mean opposition.
hey, heres the bottom line. i want to play at a place and with people that have some type of community, unity feel. not to be taken advantage of. thats why i stick with on target.
http://www.ontargetpaintball.com . i get good prices, BYOP on sundays, people who are friendly. iron triangle is the polar opposite of this.
i see im not alone in my feelings about this place, and i guarantee that anyone who feels/says/reports the opposite is someone on the "home team".
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