Paintball

[BIGNUGLY]

Where in KY are you coming from Chief? We might be able to work out a Carpool from Nashville if that helps.

[Chief]

Bell County

[The Inflicted]

Originally Posted by fannon

Hey Sam, how were the fields looking on New Year's?

Pretty good.
The really important field, the outdoor urban/castle field is still great.
There is only one indoor paintball field now- the other converted to airsoft only use so that all the airsofters don't get paint residue on their spiffy Milsim jackets.

[BIGNUGLY]

So there's only the Xball field inside?

If that's the case that Sucks! The town is alot fun but I enjoyed the indoor field all so. Hmm

[fannon]

Yeah, that sucks. I like the urban field but the large indoor field was, by far, my favorite. From Sam's description I am guessing they turned the indoor x-ball field into an airsoft field, and they split the larger field in half and only have the right side of it playable. Is this correct Sam?

Chief... incoming pm.

[BIGNUGLY]

I haven't decided yet but if that;s the case I'm not so hyped about going. I can drive to Spring hill and play outside. I think alot of it's going to depend on the weather.

[volunteer paintball]

YES!!!!
finally the MCB Tn's are coming back to Insane.

I'm in my DSP needs a trial by fire run.

[The Inflicted]

Originally Posted by fannon

Yeah, that sucks. I like the urban field but the large indoor field was, by far, my favorite. From Sam's description I am guessing they turned the indoor x-ball field into an airsoft field, and they split the larger field in half and only have the right side of it playable. Is this correct Sam?

Chief... incoming pm.

The indoor section has gone back to roughly the same configuration they had when the field first opened, with two smaller indoor fields along either side and a field-sized open observation area with benches and tables in the middle. Of the two indoor fields, the paintball field is made of red and blue inflatable structures and the airsoft field, which was still under construction the last time I saw it, was going to be vinyl fabric over PVC structures, much cheaper-looking. There's supposedly an entire other building they're prepping for airsoft as well.

Things now are actually about to the way they were when I made this video in 2009: Insane Paintball Chattanooga 1-31-09 - YouTube

I'm honestly kind of surprised so many of you enjoyed the larger indoor tire-based field. I always thought that one had serious balance issues and lended itself to a chronically abusive level of laning-off-the-break.

At any rate, assuming they dedicate one of the two indoor fields to airsoft, there are still 3 separate outdoor fields for paintball.

[darkfear]

I think we all showed control on the laning issue, so is there just that one xball field that was on the left next to the restrooms now? If so that sucks alot, i loved the tire field

[The Inflicted]

Originally Posted by darkfear

I think we all showed control on the laning issue, so is there just that one xball field that was on the left next to the restrooms now? If so that sucks alot, i loved the tire field

It's not an Xball field, that one's outside, but the blue/red inflatable field is now in the opposite position depicted in my video, on the right as you enter the room.

Management told me that the tire field was discontinued mainly because of the way the astroturf sections kept separating and shifting, creating a safety hazard, and because the hard tire bunkers were breaking far more paint than the inflatable ones, making the astroturf impossible to keep reasonably clean.