Our newest field CARGO by G.I. SPORTZ is NOW OPEN! If you were lucky enough to get an invitation to the grand opening on October 27th all of your photos are up and posted to our Facebook page. It is an amazing field with tons of angles that keep you guessing. It’s also a very up close and personal field. Of the four times I got shot out, two were from close range.   Although we did play a group of 46 with only 13 of us on the VIP side, lol!

Perhaps the most surprising aspect of the field is the noise. We knew going into construction that it would be loud but this is pure ridiculousness. When laying a rope down field the reverberations of just my own gun inside the container was crazy. Let alone if someone actually shot at you!

So far my player  tip is this… Bring Ear Plugs. After a few more days of play,  I’ll try to craft a decent strategy for those of you who won’t be joining us until the spring.

Z-Swamp has migrated over the years to slightly less and less swampy terrain  Now a large part of the field is boulders under a pine tree canopy. This map will always have a special place in my heart as it is the second field I ever played way back in 1995 with my dad.

This field is perfect for small campers and no I don’t mean RVs. If your about 12 you fit perfectly into some “fox hole-ish” formations in those boulder and it can be nearly impossible to get someone out if they have managed to perform enough contortions to get in.

What was the first field/map you ever played?

Pentagon or as it is known during the Invasion of Normandy, Paris, is a great structure field. It reminds me of Empire castle before the huge addition and remodel and is great for medium sized groups.  The map is normally played as an attack and defend and I have strategies for both.

If you are Attacking it is imperative that you surround the Pentagon as the 5 big doors give you great shots at the defenders backs but only if you can shoot through them. I suggest a minimal frontal assault team while the majority of your force circles. If done correctly the pentagon is one of the easiest structures to capture. That is unless your opponents have read my defence strategy below.

If you are Defending the Pentagon from some terrorist scum also known as your friends on the other team. The key is to start with the vast majority of your forces on the front wall and up high. if you are high enough and have enough guns you should be able to slow the inevitable circling of the structure. Remember in the imortal words of Stanley ”this is a run out the clock situation”. If you fail at containment your only hope is to stock the center pill box with 5 people one for each door. Once in the pill box if you can handle the heat of being shot at from every side and the reverberating sound each ball makes as it breaks inches from your head you are in fact pretty safe. I have held that box for up to 5 minutes by myself with countless…ok 7…enemies at my gates. Just me and my trusty tippmann 98.

If you have any heroic paintball stories feel free to share below.

Green acres is the place to be do do do… Sorry I”m having nick and nite flash backs. Anyway Green Acres is a nice wooded field between Good luck and Farside. When I sent our photographer out to take the field pics I didn’t realize that he has a tree growth fetish but to each their own. I digress, the field itself is fairly open so if you have an apex barrel I would break it out for this game. I also suggest a more methodical approach to vanquishing your enemies as the openness of the field makes safe advancement hard.

If you know someone with a tree growth fetish call them out in the comments below.

Our 20+ individual buildings offer a huge array of angles and strategy styles to be successful. Get ready for some building to building SWAT team style play. Be careful…the steps to the 2nd story are deadly!

Also the site of our City Nights paintball games.

This ain’t your grandpa’s fox which was a smelly swamp even during drought conditions. No this is the new and improved fox located on the other side of the power lines right next to Thicket. Now, I’m not going to say that there is no swamp… just less of a swamp. Anyway if you want to win and win quick the swamp side is the way to go. Most players care too much about their precious kicks to navigate the morasse which means you can run around the other team and take them from the rear. Just remember no means no…

What is your favorite game to play here?

Central park is a small roughly L shaped field located in the center of Tippmann City, Brookside, and Bobcat. The most interesting feature of this field is the white half oval bunkers. My first time playing on this map I didn’t realize how long the sides on the ovals are and when I ran up to bunker one of our proshop boys and I found out in a hurry that you basically need to be behind them in order to get the shot. Or you could always come over the top to surrender/bunker the opponent. Anyway fortunately for me I’m apparently made of rubber because when he popped up to to shoot me everything bounced and I still made my bunker. However, I did notice that the next time I needed a new Skirmish hoodie from the proshop the price seemed to have gone up…hmmm

What’s your favorite bunkering story?

Venom is one of the fields that few people have ever played on. When I brought my buddies bachelor party out for a day of paintball we actually only played Venom, Stealth, Congo, and Tippmann Castle. It poured rain and my brand new $100 goggles were completely fogged but we still had an excellent day and played an hour long game on every field but Tippmann Castle. For me, I think the adrenaline rush of slowly stalking through a huge field with only 10 opponents knowing that they are also stalking you is as good if not better then the adrenaline rush I get from bunkering the snake.

I don’t know, call me old school or whatever you like in the comments. Just remember this is a family war game…lol

Missile Silo is a great field that was built and designed by our crazy grounds keeper Mr. Gould. The center flag is the missile on this field and it plays a role in the Invasion of Normandy as well as in several airsoft games. If you’re out by the hood or the pentagon tell your ref you want to change it up a bit and give it a go.

Plus after Sandy several huge trees became uprooted to create some awesome bunkers for us big guys to hide behind.

Thoughts or comments on how to build a launch control post in the comments below.

Good luck is a nice wooded field. It’s great for large easy going groups who are looking for something longer than a 20 minute game. Like most of it’s compatriots in the area you get a decent mix of both pine and deciduous trees.

Share your thoughts on the field below. And if you’re playing it against me…Good Luck!