angrygiant
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Post by angrygiant on Apr 27, 2012 14:03:04 GMT -5
4/22/12 -TXPB After playing Aftermath on Saturday I still had a fever. And the only prescription was ... more Airsoft. I went down to TXPB to get some more games in and the end result was: 1. Blatant hit shrugging. 2. 7 to 8 year olds firing on people at 0ft. 3. Two unsafe *INTENTIONAL* 0ft shots -both resulting in people I know and have played with being injured. When I say injured - I mean injured. I have had a little blood drawn many times and I might possibly even sort of maybe in some circumstances look forward to it.  I do not consider this an injury. This is not some B.S. crybaby thread, because those of you who have played with me know that I have a scar on my nose from a Co2 pistol that I provoked. My error - not his. Both shots at TXPB were error of the shooter. This is unacceptable. Pope, Zach, myself, and a few others left the field before lunch. The day was over. |
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Post by caliban on Apr 27, 2012 17:09:34 GMT -5
Sory to hear that AG, you'll always have love here  |
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Post by Rabit TFS on Apr 27, 2012 17:21:55 GMT -5
Had the same experiance multiple times as well as being cussed out for respectfully confronting one of the "elite" TASO guys about it. And then I met Dave and we've been happy together ever since. |
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Post by Diamondback on Apr 27, 2012 18:25:52 GMT -5
I had a backpack stollen there one time and do they still allow aviators as eye protection for airsoft? Ive only played paintball there but I've watched airsoft games and kids were wearing aviators
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2012 19:39:19 GMT -5
Where is this field located? I live in Bryan and have only played on my land, and at Daves. We were thinking of getting a big local game at Zoomz, because my place can only support about 16 players, but so far schedules have not allowed for it yet. Its great to see reviews like this on a site I trust so my team doesnt travel out and get disappointed.
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Post by Diamondback on Apr 27, 2012 20:31:15 GMT -5
Austin
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Post by sonjamichelle on Apr 28, 2012 9:33:49 GMT -5
Not Austin, Jonestown. Just west of Nameless Rd on 1431. I believe the road is Pecan Drive. Then follow the road and signs. 18300 Medina Vista Lane Jonestown, TX 78645 (512) 219-3281 |
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Post by Tyrus (T-virus) on Apr 28, 2012 12:18:00 GMT -5
Seems to me TXPB is owned by money hungry D-Bags with no respect for the airsoft community.
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Post by Rabit TFS on Apr 28, 2012 12:27:38 GMT -5
Thats because its a paintball field and the airsoft events aren't run by the field owner or staff... Theyre run by TASO. The staff at TXPB is actually great.
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Post by Redkangavoosa on Apr 28, 2012 15:17:36 GMT -5
Yeah, I respect TXPB for what they're doing, but the severe lack of any solid enforcment of many airsoft rules there, or sportsmanship for that matter, is the reason why I'm discouraged to go. They're not doing anything wrong, paintball just brings them actual money. There's still not a wide demand for the airsoft market yet to make it a viable economic source for them.
If you lurk around the threads, there's numerous incidents of kids showing up to play airsoft on non- TASO hosted days, wearing READING GLASSES as minimal protection, safety hazards with or without a TASO representative will give airsoft a bad name.
TxPB isn't a bad field, but it's not a specialized airsoft field, so there won't be anyone around to enforce rules and safety at all times.
The same scenario applies to TACPB. (Black Hawk Down, anyone?)
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Post by Diamondback on Apr 28, 2012 15:30:01 GMT -5
Not Austin, Jonestown. Just west of Nameless Rd on 1431. I believe the road is Pecan Drive. Then follow the road and signs. 18300 Medina Vista Lane Jonestown, TX 78645 (512) 219-3281 Oh sorry I never drove there myself I had friends drive me so I don't even know how to get there my bad ;D |
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Post by LT on Apr 28, 2012 18:09:02 GMT -5
Seems to me TXPB is owned by money hungry D-Bags with no respect for the airsoft community. Don't be too hard on them now. Granted, many common sense rules were overlooked, but it is a PAINTBALL field, run by PAINTBALL staff. Paintballers, and the public as a whole, only know the about the cheapo crossman springers we all see at walmart and sports stores. These poor souls have never felt the business end of a good quality AEG...yet Airsoft is largely over-shadowed by paintball in the recreational industry. (Ever notice the first thing people say is "oh, so its kinda like paintball" when u try to explain it to them? :-P) Many of us are still noobs to the sport ourselves...and paintball and airsoft BOTH struggle in the economic world. Everyone knows paintball, but its too expensive to keep up most of the time. Airsoft can be a cheaper (and funner ) alternate...but advertising is next to zero. There's really only two sources: internet, and hear-say. Thus, by and large....airsoft is still an underground sport ...at least in the U.S. which is why its up to us and allllll our epic super hooah bb blasting ground pounding airsoft comrades to keep spreading the word! |
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Post by MotorMouth93 on Apr 28, 2012 18:20:31 GMT -5
Seems to me TXPB is owned by money hungry D-Bags with no respect for the airsoft community. Wow. Didn't you read any of this thread? TXPB focuses on paintball, and as a service to us they allow us to use their field. It's not their responsibility to regulate airsoft games. Meaning chronographing, proper safety, refereeing, etc is not their problem. |
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Post by 88B88888B88B888 on Apr 28, 2012 19:53:27 GMT -5
Seems to me TXPB is owned by money hungry D-Bags with no respect for the airsoft community. Wow. Didn't you read any of this thread? TXPB focuses on paintball, and as a service to us they allow us to use their field. It's not their responsibility to regulate airsoft games. Meaning chronographing, proper safety, refereeing, etc is not their problem. But whatever happens on their site is their problem. In a ways there are other and better ways to prevent a lot of bad things happeneing. But as stated it's a Paintball field, hence the name. |
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Post by Tyrus (T-virus) on Apr 28, 2012 20:42:34 GMT -5
yea i guess since its paintball, but once a kid gets hit in the eye its gonna be they're problem. Correct?
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Post by Meisnerd on Apr 29, 2012 2:07:46 GMT -5
Thus, by and large....airsoft is still an underground sport ...at least in the U.S. which is why its up to us and allllll our epic super hooah bb blasting ground pounding airsoft comrades to keep spreading the word! Focusing on the positive here, I like to think I do my part in this, haha. I tell practically anyone who will listen about how cool this game is, lol. And anyone who doesn't tune me out after about 30 seconds gets to hear about how awesome Dave's field is, lol. Sometimes they even decide to come along! |
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Post by angrygiant on May 4, 2012 14:52:54 GMT -5
yea i guess since its paintball, but once a kid gets hit in the eye its gonna be they're problem. Correct? Initially - yes, but then it becomes all of Airsoft's problem. Because of this I encourage all of us to continue community emphasis on safety. Check your neighbor and if someone catches you with no eye pro or a magazine in. Think of it this way - don't take offence. Be happy about it. You should rather someone correct you BEFORE taking an eye out vs after. Myself included! |
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Post by dave OC-6 on May 4, 2012 19:41:35 GMT -5
ok my turn...
1. its great that the Austin area has a field.... i think Dave is a great guy, and i like his name.
2. it is a paintball field, different mindset. and politically speaking very different. replicas look like real guns, MOST paint ball guns look like....... paint guns. no offense. i played paintball at training areas in Europe and ft Lewis for about 12 years so i understand there is a great deal of difference between the two. that's the main reason there is no paintball at TAS. if i wanted to make money here i would open it up to paintball, not even thinking about it right now.
3. Dave can run his field how ever he wants, but the standard is that on TAS we will never have a full unregulated game on the field. i would lock the gate prior to that.
4. i think most of it is the community, i have found out that with a quality community that looks after itself things run sooooooo smooth.
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Post by geddon on May 4, 2012 20:09:09 GMT -5
It's not their responsibility to regulate airsoft games. Meaning chronographing, proper safety, refereeing, etc is not their problem. wrong. Its 100% their responsibility because its their property |
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Post by geddon on May 4, 2012 20:13:59 GMT -5
speaking as a former paintball field owner who didn't know jack about airsoft when he started letting airsofters play at his field:
Most of the time i don't think that paintball field owners actually KNOW what to do. At first, airsoft is very complicated when compared to paintball. Its a whole lot more details to learn and doesn't really make a lot of money (more like none) in the beginning. Its a totally different business model.
So essentially: Field owners get approached to allow airsoft and then agree to allow it run under the direction of a so called experienced airsoft player. This "deputized agent" of the field is fine, but without the staff involvement thigns can get out of hand.
From what I can gather, the paintball fields that are letting airsoft creep in, but aren't taking an active role in the process are allowing situations and trends to form that are not good for airsoft or their own business. Course, you can't MAKE them do it right, they just have to want to... problem is that it takes too much time and effort for most people to take it on.
I actually had to UN involve myself with paintball to get on the airsoft bandwagon....
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Post by Diamondback on May 4, 2012 20:29:14 GMT -5
Yeah I just think paintball fields should be paintball fields and airsoft fields should be airsoft fields it gets to complicated just like it's too complicated pick paintball and airsoft as your sport you gotta pick one or the other
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Post by Fox on May 4, 2012 20:29:17 GMT -5
My team has stopped going there as it really is the only field in the local Austin that allows it. My group had been practicing there for about three or so months with us being a new team and our long terms goals being prep for RDG in December. Our SL had two bad experiences with the staff being rude to the Airsofters and stopping play mid go and throwing the paintballers on.
For Paintball the place looks like a great place and I'm sure its a blast for paintballers. For Airsoft it seems to leave a bad taste in your mouth. TXPB was the place where I first played airsoft and if it had not been for plague and a few other member of CR I would have not started looking around other places, which got me to TAS and now all is good.
Austin really needs its own Airsoft field, and one would think with such a place like Austin something like a CQB or indoor field would have opened up. I think the Austin LARP group has more areas to play and practice on than the airsofters do lol.
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Post by dave OC-6 on May 4, 2012 21:53:27 GMT -5
everyone remember this, there is NO money in airsoft..... in the last 2 years there has been about 16-18 places go under just in texas. the sport is not coming together like it should.
RIP
RR killeen inside field
RR killeen airsoft store
advanced battlefield
DFW airsoft
grey fox
geddens field
indoor FW field
indoor dallas field
san antonio airsoft field near airport
houston indoor field
houston martial arts / airsoft field
kapowwie
austin airsoft dealer (forgot name)
bulldog
night scorpion
and more..... some fields get started and close prior to there first game!!!!!!
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I do not consider this an injury. This is not some B.S. crybaby thread, because those of you who have played with me know that I have a scar on my nose from a Co2 pistol that I provoked. My error - not his. Both shots at TXPB were error of the shooter. This is unacceptable.
