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Splatter Park
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1-888-8-SPLATT |
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5560 C.R. 109
Mt. Gilead, Ohio 43338
USA
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June 13th, 2005 |
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Paintball
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2 years |
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Other Fields
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Splatter zone (indoors though) |
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When i went to Splatter Park I had an excellent time, my favorite course was hamburger hole which is like an airball and woodsball course put together (awsome)!
The staff was very polite, revs were fair, shop was nothing special but it had what i needed, feild paint was very good, good food lol
I would reccomend going here if you are in the area and want to paintball.
The guns that they provide if you dont have your own (Tippmann 98 custom, and a Pirhana (Semi - Auto) |
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Paintball
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More than 5 years |
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Other Fields
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paintball village, 3d sports, paintball city, good times |
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The air-ball field is nice. Though it gets boring after awhile. Pipes was what I went to play on but some reservation groups were on it all day not cool. The woods courses are ok if u like woods ball. over all it was a wasted one hour drive. field paint sucked. Too many flat spots and dimples. Not good to put through a higher value marker.
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2 years |
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Other Fields
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Paintball Valley, Splatterpark being the largest I have seen in Ohio. |
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Hills, bunkers, airfields, trees, you name it, this park has all the obstacles you want in a paintball field and much more. They have several fields to play on all with their own feel and look. I consider myself to be an agressive player, and I was so sore from climbing over the hills and mounds they have on their fields.
You can rent their equipment or bring your own, but you have to play with their paint. They are also very strict on keeping your mask on at all times during play (as they should be). Lifting your mask will cost you a day off the field, I have seen many players escorted off for lifting their mask to scratch their eye or to simply wipe paint away. I like the level of safety Splatterpark enforces and the referees that work the fields are very respectful.
The first time I went was with friends and we did our own private outing and all there, but the second time I went was with my girlfriend. We were put into a group of maybe 24 with 12 man teams, the level of play was awesome. You can add my review along with the majority rating this field, your time spent at Splatterpark will be well worth it. |
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Paintball
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6 months |
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Other Fields
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couple of different friends private land |
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(Edited 7/25/05) CHEAP --- Package deal $50 Bucks --- gets you 2000 Wrek Elite Balls, 2 air tank fills, 2 hog dogs, and all day play. --- I edited this post because I have read a lot of review for other parks around Ohio and People have put in there review that Splatter park is expensive. Compared to many other parks Splatter Park is cheap. (Edited)
I've been to this park 4 times in the past 2 months.
So far I have enjoyed the feild for the most part. The owner has always been present and is constantly going around and asking how things are.
PROS:
--Good Feilds
--Lots of difference types of games
--Good Airball and Speedball Feilds (I like woodsball but a couple of speedball games to fill the time and get warmed up is nice.)
--Great Woodsball feilds with lots of god places to hide man-made and natural.
--Very good about safety. Some of the refs have the power trip moments and need to get over themselves. (there is a difference between being safe and being a jerk.)
CONS:
--Honestly there are 2 refs who have trouble with game rules and organization. Example... If the MAJORITY of the people playing don't understand what the objective is or don't want to play what you are setting up. Try something else.
--Sometimes the whole group is brought back because a few people run out of paint. It's 35 acres. The good feilds are at least a 5-8 minute walk away, plus time to organize and explain the game. Most of the time it's 2 games and then walking back. Huge waste of time. (This problems is because people don't listen and bring enough supplies. So everyone pays the price for a few)
--need feild cronos, people are definately turning there guns up after going through the chrono. I have recieved some ridiculous bruises.
I have been reading reveiew of lot of other sites and lot of people complain about it being expensive. I agree that the rental prices are out of control (30 bucks for 500 and nearly 100 bucks for 2000 balls. One day renting and you could buy a tippmann) but the cost for players that own there own equipment I think that prices are quite responable.
--> $50.00 gets you -
1-case wrek elite (2000 balls)
2-Air tank fills
2-food items (2 hotdogs or 1 dog and 1 bag of chips)
Plus that covers the feild fee.
a case of wrek elites from my local shop is 40 bucks. tank fills are 2.50 each and 2 dogs from DQ are 2 bucks. So basically your playing about 3 dollars to play on the feild. Not bad if you look at it that way. For me I play alot on private land so I just take my left over balls with me.
>>>>>>Rental balls are very expensive. $30 bucks for 500---$95 for 2000 Perhaps the people that feel the pricing is high are renters. You could get buy a cheap marker and kit for the cost of one day renting<<<<<<<<| Last edited on Monday, July 25th, 2005 at 9:36 am PST |
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| The accuracy of this review is disputed. Please see discussion on the comments page. |
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N/A |
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Paintball
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More than 5 years |
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Other Fields
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68 caliber, Battlezone, Mohawk, Cannon, Xtremez, fields in North Carolina, Florida, and PA. But mainly local ohio area. |
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Extremely extremely expensive for what you get. A group of us had a horrible experience at splatterpark our first time out at the field. A lady working the cash area tried to cheat us on multiple occassions: first, attempted to cheat us out of $10 in change which we were due, and after we spoke up THREE TIMES we finally recieved the proper change. Secondly, she blatently tried to give us wrek elite paint which she had attempted to sell us, but we had bought the next grade of paint. She walked over to the wrek elite box, bagged it up, and we just barely saw what kind of paint she was giving, we called her bluff, and she INSTANTLY knew we knew what she was doing, and went to get us the correct paint that we had purchased. That was only the first of many issues of the field (and we hadnt even started actual play yet). Other issues include the COST. Way way overpriced for everything. They even check your hopper multiple times for field paint. Refs are completely useless, and only serve the purpose of screwing things up. Woods fields have very very few clear shooting lanes. Mound and speedball fields are nice, but poorly kept. I really really stress that everything is overpriced. They were very concerned about the unimportant things such as field paint only, while ignoring important safety issues such as velocity. They also do not give you the actual box with the field paint. They pile the paint on top of each other and dent the balls. The employees for the most part were very shady. One even attempted to listen in on my phone conversation as I told friends about the field. The same woman who had attempted to cheat us on both money and paint stared us down the entire time we were at our car throughout the day. I reccommend that you avoid this field like the plague. There are much better deals in the area, with much nicer and more competent staff. |
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Paintball
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3 years |
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Other Fields
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Lima Paintball Plus |
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This is buy far the best field I have been to.
It was a little hard to find but most fields are. when i got there i was directed where to park . nice feature because this place gets busy. first thing i thought was paintball field in the middle of no where so no credit cards, well i was wrong, they accepted most major cards. if you got your own stuff for $50 you get case of paint (2000), 2 air fill tickets and free lunch now how can you go wrong. Refs were vary stricked on mask policy witch in my opinion is a good thing, pretty fair during play to.
Now for the playing fields i have never seen so many choices.
i will be going back to this field even though it is an hour and a half drive for me but well worth it. |
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3 years |
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Other Fields
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Many,
3d sports, Crazy Daves, P&R, Pinnacle Woods, Shirmish, more..............................The only other field that even compared to this on is Skirmish USA.
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This field was very good. The fields were very nice and had alot of bunkers and playing room. The woods fields are AWESOME. Prices are great, $50.00 for a case of paint, all day air, field fee, and lunch! That is unheard of in this are. It was SO NICE to play on a woodsfield with other people who dont live on a speedball field. If you like intense woodsball you will love this field. The fields are small enough to make for a short yet fun game of paintball. I give this place a 9 only because there is no such thing as a perfect field or everyone would play there, Also, the airball fields Kick ASS too!!!!!!!! |
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Paintball
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More than 5 years |
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Other Fields
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NONE |
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When i first played this field it was great. but that now is part of the problem. it is the same as when i first started playing there. all of the forts are the same and they have always been. last weekend i went for the spring big game. it was a big joke. if you pre registered i feel sorry for you. the line was four times longer than the regular lines. the game itself was very unorganized at best. when we were being told the rules they said that they would have refs with hand held cronos to check peole in the field. that never happened. i saw alot of people walk right by the crono staion and right into the woods. we encountered a group of people that were shooting really hot but there was nothing that we could do. it really hurt when shot buy these people. they really need to find a way to keep people honest . nobody knew what the objectives were so everybody just ran around in little groups fighting with the other teams. when they inserted you it was apperant that it was not thought out at all. if you were on the orange team you know what i am talking about. the blue teams insertion piont was at the begining of the field. so the blue team started with no people behind them. on the other hand if you were on the orange side it was a much different story. they walked you down the main trail right past the blue team so they just watched us and as soon as we were inserted they were all around and it was a blood bath. we got destroyed. this was not fair or fun at all. the feild is usually pretty good but i am not a big fan of the big game. very expensive and a huge mess of little kids and people shooting hot(really hurts) |
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More than 5 years |
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The first time I played splatterpark was their spring big game the battle at splatterpark. I have to be honest at first I was a little disappointed with having to buy field paint. I have two cases of their paint I have bought from their store to play at other games, but I can't use it at their field. They say it is a rule to eliminate the risk of frozen paintballs in my opinion is ridiculous, I have been playing paintball for over sixteen years and I have never known or heard anyone bringing frozen paintballs to any professionaly run paintball field (would they bring it in a cooler?) if it is really there for a rule why do they charge more for the paint at the field than at their own store. Well I found out, it is because they give away thousands of dollars worth of prizes at their big games. Which I thought was really cool. I was amazed as they raffled out literally dozens of markers. Even though I didn't win anything (I caught a hat - but gave it to a kid standing beside me, it really changed my opinion. If I have to pay an extra couple of bucks for paint so some new player gets a marker count me in.
The field was awesome, it had been wet and it was a little muddy, but hey I don't play the sport to stay clean. I want to go back and play some smaller games their. I think it would rock.
That brings me to the biggest problem I had with the field, not enough refs. There were a lot out there but not anywhere enough to cover the size of the game. They had a medic rule and I think at the beginning of the day everyone followed it, by the end nobody was. I think with that many people if you get shot you should walk off. I don't know how long I spent shooting guys, and they would never call themselves out. Unless you tattooed them in the goggles they wouldn't even find a medic, they would wait a couple seconds and get right back into the mix.
We got shot walking into the field by a player who was firing in the neutral zone. The kid took off running, and the ref at the insertion said there was nothing he could do, the kid was running away.
I want to play at a normal day to get a full appreciation, but i'm never going back to one of their big games.
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More than 5 years |
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Other Fields
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I have played at many other local fields and some not so local so i will keep the list short -ASI- Hell Survivors MI.- Atomix MI. - Pinnacle woods etc etc. |
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I have been to many different fields in the years that I have been playing and this is my opinion of this field. To anyone who has visited Splatterpark you know that their first priority is safety. I have been to other fields where the field owner stuck around long enough to take your money then were gone. Some of you might prefer this treatment, but I could see a very disappointed and confused look in the eyes of a 14 year old first timer sitting there with his pair of scratched up rental goggles (with a cracked lens) and his rental 98 (no ball detent the breech). Luckily I had an extra mask and a back up gun that I let him use for the day. I have seen this type of thing many times and it saddens me really. Here are some things you might want to consider when visiting a paintball park for your next outing.
Rental Equipment-
Rental guns are like rental cars every time they are returned they should be inspected for damage/ normal wear and tear. this means o-rings, ball detents, making sure the hopper is snug in the feed neck so that your hopper doesn't fly off when you dive into your bunker. RENTAL MASKS at splatterpark I know that at the end of every day when the customers are trading war stories and heading home the refs are hard at work behind the scenes, cleaning guns and (something that i find important) Sanitizing masks. Take a second to think about how many people use a rental mask per year..... now think about how many fields never sanitize their rental masks..... disgusting don't you think? This is not the case at SP.
Field Paint-
Make no mistake about it, Field owners are in the sport to make money. Thats how it works. SP is a field paint only facility. What this means for players like you and me, is that we cant get discount paint and bring it out to the field. We have to buy their paint at their prices. That doesn't necessarily mean its a bad thing. Think about this for example. By enforcing a field paint only rule the Field owners are able to make sure that everyone is using paint that will not hurt you or your friends. I have heard many stories about frozen paintballs and what not and that doesn't scare me, however I dont want to be in the middle of a Game and have to apply first aid to a young kid who does not have the pain tolerance that you or I may have. Also if a player were to use oil based paintballs and you get hit , it may mean that your pretty blue (insert name brand here) harness may be permanently stained green or yellow or do I even dare say it PINK.
This is running on and on so I will digress to my point. I personally do not care if you hate the field. I am not trying to persuade you to like the field. But Splatterpark Is one of only three fields that I have been to where I truly feel safe playing paintball. And by that I dont just mean enforcing chronoing, mask guidelines, and anti cheating measures. Splatterpark has a kick ass field crew that work during the week cleaning the over 35 acres of wooded and concept fields. Its never fun to make a game winning run with the flag only to trip over a root and land on broken glass sticking out of the ground. I have played at SP for many years and never once have I ran into a field hazard that was not taken care of when brought to a refs attention.
Ratings-
Staff- 10 - Hard working young people who are knowledgeable and courteous to customers
Fields-7 Some fields stay the same some fields get changed. There is a very good selection of fields to play on. (side note: Rumors have been popping up of more property to be acquired. these are to my knowledge just rumors but I would love to see it happen
Prices- 9- Pricing is fair on paint but some smaller items there is a large mark up on. Maybe not the best place to buy a new mask so make sure you remember yours
paint quality-10- Fresh round paint..... its what shoots straight!
So over all I give it a 9 and to the person who called it a mud hole... I would suggest going in the summer or late spring. Seeing as how it is spring, and spring means rain, and rain plus dirt= mud I wouldn't be too harsh, I have seen much worse! |
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