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Paintball Arena
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519-579-7585 |
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Address: |
69 Agnes Street
Kitchener, Ontario N2G 2E9
Canada |
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| Last There: |
March 15th, 2008 |
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Paintball
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More than 5 years |
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Other Fields
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The Paintball Arena Guelph
Flagraiders Indoor
Flagraiders Outdoor
FlagSwipe
Outer Limits |
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| Review: |
Prices: for non-members the prices are pretty to standard to that of any other recball field. they are pretty good about giving deals on both paintballs and enterance fee to groups.
membership prices are better than most fields, and thier membership get their members onto 3 fields (2 indoor 1 outdoor). and the price to buy the membership is better than any field i have played at (probably better than any field in ontario).
prices: 8/10
staff: for the most part the staff is great and very helpful. sometimes you will get someone having a bad day, but i guess that is normal for any business. when it gets really busy it can take some time before they can help you, but its not like they drag their butts.
refs: again for the most part the refs are great, you can tell who is experienced, and who isnt, and which refs are experienced players. the two guys that reffed saturday around noon were both great, very friendly, but also dont take crap, they caught a guy shooting 50fps over and shut his gun down (guy said it spiked up after the first ref checked him when he started playing), made him use another or gave him the option of a free rental gun. game are alwasys run very quickly with little down time, and they dont just play paint wasters to make money, there are some really cool games they play that other fields dont even come close to have something similar.
staff/refs: 8/10
the field: nice big indoor field. its all one field but 4 distinct areas (urban area with buildings, castle ruins- castle wall and stuff, loading docks- have like crates and boxes and a new big ship is going in (it looks done to me but they said they just have to paint it), and the forest area- tons of wooden tree/bush shape bunkers or all shapes and sizes also has another big castle at the end of it.)
they have a good chrony range with a big counter and also has targets to shoot at (its not just a hole in a wall like some fields).
when i played saturday the field was abit gooey, but with march break im sure they had a lot of players shooting alot of paint. for the most part the field is very clean.
one thing i cant stand is the lighting, its too damn dark, sometimes it fun playing with low light, but not all the time. add more lights and brighter lights on the field and its good.
oh one other thing, holy crap in the winter its cold on the field, it used to be a curly rink but come on, put in some sort of heating system, it isnt bad when you start running around, but my fingers were always cold.
field: 7/10 (more lights, brighter lights, and heat and its 9/10)
off the field;
massive players lounge/ staging arena with tons of tables and chairs. the counter area when you pay, get paint, or anything else is huge. its nice being able to buy paint right near the field door instead of having to walk all the way back down to where you sign in.
there are windows going down the entire lounge so you can watch, and for the most part are clean to see through. the players lounge is too dark like the field, there is no way you can strip your gun down (if you drop a small piece it can be hard to find), but you can just go to the counter area where it is brighter.
there is an area right by the front door where you fill out waivers (good you people coming in dont get in the way of players and vice versa). they also have change rooms, decent wash rooms (not a 5star hotel, but good for a paintball field), and a open room just for rules (nice and quiet, huge- easily fit 40+ people in, and nice comfy chairs and couches to sit on).
the great thing is the upstairs, which also has a huge windowed viewing area, so its great for parents, or players taking a break to go up and get a birds eye view of the games. they are long party tables and other round glass tables and lots of nice chairs and couches to chill out on.
off the field:8/10 (make it brighter and its a 9/10)
all around this is a nice field, my only beef is to add more lights, and get brighter/new bulbs for the ones that are in there.
in total i give it a 7/10
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| Date There: |
March 14th, 2008 |
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Paintball
Experience: |
More than 5 years |
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Other Fields
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Outerlimits- outdoor(memberships are good for both places)
Maverick- indoor
Woodlands-closed
flagraiders- indoor/outdoor
All the ones in and around London |
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| Review: |
I will admit before I start that I much prefer outdoor over indoor....
Well, since this winter just won't go away, I had to get out and play. After looking at the prices a buddy and I decided to go there. When we first got ther the service was pretty good. We were taken care of right away and they gave us the breifing. We found a table and started to gear up. The staging area is huge which is good but the lighting is terrible!!! There is no way I would strip a gun in that lighting. After taking our money they then told us they had no HPA fill station, so we had to run over to flagraiders and fill up then come back. There were lots of people there and only one ref in the games. The chrony area was manned by the only ref (part time) so it took us awhile to actually get chrony'd in. The games were fun and veried greatly so you wouldn't get bored.
The field was medium size and lots of buildings and bunker areas. The flooring is concrete with outdoor carpet on top.(not very forgiving on feet, knees, or elbows when going down.) Most indoor fields I have played on pressure wash or atleast squeegee the floor periodically. This place did not look like it had been cleaned ever!!! You have no footing in this place and can not run full out for fear of slipping.
Games were quick and veried as I mentioned and there was not much down time between games. This was the best part of the night. With only one ref, who stood at the entrance only, there was no paintchecks so it is pretty much the honour system when you are hit. I was disappointed with the members of this field too. I have been to several different fields for 18 years and try to help newbies out and promote the game safely and fairly. They did not do this. The ref pretty much let them control the field and let them run wild on the newbies. They chronied in at the 250 limit and then went back to staging area and I saw atleast one of them up his vel. There was a group of people there that had obviously not played much and these so called members just lit them up. They got discouraged and left fairly early in the night. My buddy and I left shortly later aswell.
Out of a possible 10
-1 for lighting
-2 for only one ref
-1 for no HPA(or atleast not telling us before)
-1 for the members
-1 for no food
-1 for no proshop
-1 for cleanliness
-1 for staffing
+1 for the cost
+1 for the game variation
=3
I did get my paintball fix for the week though.
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S.D.C. |
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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 |
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| Last There: |
November 28th, 2007 |
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Paintball
Experience: |
6 months |
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Directions
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google it |
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| Review: |
Good- not a bad field design
- lots of room to sit and/or prepare for a game
- I didnt see any rental gun jams or problems (i was using my own gun tho)
- exeptional game types (other than when we had like 40 people and we played defend the wall so we had 20 people that couldnt fit against wall crouded behind it)
Bad- I didnt see the refs do any paint checks when we needed them to
- its way too dirty (so much so that in my first match i slipped on some soupe and knocked off my sight rail, i guess is wasnt tight enof but i wasnt expecing to fall on it)
-the girl their only cared about getting home
- I had to wait through almost 2 matches for someone to fill my tank
- velocity should be set at atleast 250 even for newbs but it's at an extreme 230 max
- the rental that my friend was using was set at 180fps!!
- the paint didnt fit my barrel as well as i hoped it would (i think its cuz its a bit chilly in there
- obviosly no pro shop of any kind
- no friggan food (vending machine was broken and i dont wanna eat that junk anyway
- I saw a member go in there, play one match, and then get kicked for the day cuz he argued with sum first timer that cheated (I would have been pissed at him too)
- paint was pre opened wich may have caused the bad fit
- oh and I payed $1.00 for a friggan o ring!
All together, now that I look at my list, this place wasnt great, but it was still paintball, and was still fun. I definatly wont be returning any time after the end of winter tho, cuz outdoor trumps this place in every way (cant wait for wasaga weekends!).
4out of 10| Last edited on Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 at 4:45 pm PST |
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| Last There: |
November 24th, 2007 |
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Paintball
Experience: |
6 months |
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Other Fields
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Paintball arena Guelph - there is a different culture, look and feel there. Scenario for The Paintball Arena Kitchener and only faster speedball at the Guelph site. |
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Directions
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http://www.novicepaintball.com/ at the bottom of the page |
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| Review: |
These guys don't really have a Pro Shop.
There are a ton of places to sit if you want to take a break and you can watch the games from upstairs through the windows (should be cleaned more often though).
This is an indoor field and is really big, with great props.
It's a little darker than my preference, but everone else seems to do okay, and periodically the field gets slippery.
There is always lots of fun and variety which is what it is about. Become a member, it really makes things that much cheaper if you are going to play even every other week. Without a membership, it still not a bad days play for the money.
This place got me hooked on paintball and now I'm a junky, check it out.| Last edited on Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 at 4:28 am PST |
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jonny q |
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Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 |
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| Last There: |
November 18th, 2007 |
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Paintball
Experience: |
1 year |
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| Review: |
Bad experience
The place has hired a bunch of kids to do the job. The last time we were there the ref was very knowlwdgeable and friendly. This time a different story. We are a group of adults just out for a good time and we have a bunch of unfriendly kids just being rude. They were not very knowledgeable and really just made it a bad experience. When one of these kids got mad because we were being to loud and he wanted to speek he had accually told us to "shut the F**k up". We (a group of 16) will NOT be going back. |
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japck |
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Tuesday, August 14th, 2007 |
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| The accuracy of this review is disputed. Please see discussion on the comments page. |
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| Date There: |
August 11th, 2007 |
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Paintball
Experience: |
3 months |
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Other Fields
in the Area: |
None. |
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Directions
to the Field: |
mapquest it |
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| Review: |
The field is very small. The refs are helpful. I lopve playing here because there are so many place to hide. Prices are good. tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
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Period of
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| Last There: |
July 22nd, 2007 |
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Paintball
Experience: |
More than 5 years |
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Other Fields
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Flag raiders, shoot to splatter, sgt.splater, area 51, paintball city |
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Directions
to the Field: |
google |
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Dont get me wrong I love this place, I think it is the best ALL AROUND indoor field.
But they need to clean clean clean, I know it is very busy but it is getting to the point that i dont want to go untill they clean the place.
I am a diehard paintball arena guy, i am a member and i will probobly never paintball anywhere elts but please Hal, get the guys to clean a little more.
when the place is clean i give it a 9/10 but because it is very dirty i give it a 6-7/10
just not as fun as usual
no hard fealings guys| Last edited on Friday, July 27th, 2007 at 4:42 pm PST |
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| Last There: |
May 25th, 2007 |
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Paintball
Experience: |
3 years |
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Other Fields
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flag raiders indoor |
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Directions
to the Field: |
69 agnes street |
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| Review: |
First off i love this place yeah the guages are set a little lower but,who cares. The refs are knowledgable and friendly and the scenario games are fun and they got rid of the sand and put in some nice turfish stuff. prices are 10$ for 90 why not 100? c02 is cheap about 25 c. they don't have the largest lounge area to fix or tweak your gun i felt a little crammed. NOTE: for all of you players with elec. guns you are only allowed to use you electro. marker after 7 pm or on friday night hose fest.
IN CONCLUSION: this place is great there are a few minor problems but what ever. |
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Period of
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| Date There: |
June 10th, 2007 |
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Paintball
Experience: |
Less than a month |
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Other Fields
in the Area: |
Guelph Speedball
Flagraiders (indoor) |
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Directions
to the Field: |
69 Agnes st. , next to the Badminton club |
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| Review: |
Well, at first, when my friend told me we were going to a novice, i was a little concerned about how it was going to turn out. We were joking around about how the balls would just bounce off you. Weeellll, we were right. The FPS is set to 230, which isn't really enough to break a ball on someone each time. I got hit about 12 times in 3 hours and not a single ball broke on me.(but I guess I was lucky)
I liked the refs there. They were helpful, and they're saftey lesson was only about 2 minutes long. They made us do some fun games, and the better players were pitted against the rest of the players near the end (about a 1:10 ratio).
The place is pretty big, which is nice, because if you have a lot of players there, they aren't cramed together. However, they're props are limited to plywood bushes, and a straight line of 'houses' which sucked cause they had sooo many holes, that you'd get pegged in the head if you walked by one.
For thoses starting out paintball, like myself, this is a pretty nice place to go. Everyone is nice, if you have a b-day there, paint is 10$ cheeper (35$ for 500), and 'sherwood forest' is a good place for a little speed ball! So I give this feild a 7 out of 10 because it's better than some place and worse than others. I hoped this helps you out! |
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Period of
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| Last There: |
January 29th, 2006 |
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Paintball
Experience: |
2 years |
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Other Fields
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outer limits paintball
flag raiders |
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| Review: |
SIZE: this arena is very very small. it is the size of my backyard. also they cram too many feilds into a small area. pub fight has the square footage of a driveway.
PRICES: their CO2 prices are very low:) 25 cents/ounce(last i was there). however their paint prices HOLY MOLY!! $10 for 90:S what an odd number. and very expensive.
REFS: the refs are nice, and knowledgeable ill give them that.
FPS: i understand that the PBA is a novice playing arena, but it is super low, 230 i believe. i know that on friday nights they let you go 260, ooooooo.
OVERALL: overall this field is not my favourite place. at least they changed their rocks into carpet. |
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