So my sister was talking to me earlier i told her my plans for the future short term volunteer at a local paintball place and claim benefits (i have various disabilities including but not limited to chronic lazyness autism and dyslexia)
she suggested i start up a paintball place she said i could get a grant for it from the princes trust or something like that so it got me to thinking how i would run a paintball site and i also wondered how you guys would
i would have a price for entry for own gunners and they could bring there own paint
i would have special limited paint days mag fed pump etc every month or more
i would sell a years pass to people where they get a good discount for playing often
i would give discounts to players that seam trustworthy and don't stir **** up so i could use less marshals and encourage good sportmanship
i would have the option for players to use a thermal mask or air tank as a alternative and the choice of a better marker at a affordable price all the places i go to charge about £10 for using a damn tippmmann m16 rip of that costs only about £100
i would try to encourage trading players could lets say show up and list what stuff they want to sell and the aprox price they want and players could read this list and if they are interested they can start trading
have a set entry price for renters but they can get a discounts if they don't use some of the equipment provided
actually list important information on the websites opening times close times etc
list on the website what days we have other groups people can join
every once in a while have a free entry day where you only have to pay for air/co2 and paintballs at close to bought price to encourage people to try the place out
only hire people that actually play and enjoy paintball and can actually tolerate new players i used to go to delta force and except for one exception everyone who worked there had ether never played a game or had only played one game to see what its like another problem i have come across are grumpy old marshals who seam to barely tolerate the exsistance of the players whose default expression is a scowl
i would give the players the choice to buy of of me different types of .68 paint cheap stuff brittle paint thick shelled paint larger and smaller bore etc
give people the option to bring alternative calibers .50cal .43cal first strikes etc
also sell alternative calibers .50cal .43cal first strikes etc
have the option for people to rent pistols and sniper rifle mag fed first strike markers
allow people to buy low amounts of paintballs on walk on days one thing that puts me of walkons is that they all require you to buy at least 1000 paintballs and more often 2000 and i never use that much so it would go to waste
i would also try to make it a unique experience allowing the use of things like trip wire alarms underground tunnels fox holes etc
maybe allow the players to rent cheap radios or provide them to everyone
give promotions and discounts to players who refer friends
make an effort to advertise around places hand out fliers put up posters etc and explain why they should come here how other places *looks at delta force* will blatantly lie about how much it really cost to play
act heavy handed toward cheaters
properly explain the dangers of removing a mask, when i used to play at delta force they would tell you every time i went that if your shot in the eye without a mask on the paintball will destroy your eye and pass through into your brain and then come to a rest when it penetrates to the back of your head everyone realized this was bs so they just ignored them and i think it led to more people taking there mask of its not exactly unique whenever governments start a campaign against lets say weed and they air a bunch of adverts that blatantly lie the overall amount of weed users increase
try to balance newbie teams more effectively its great to dominate another team when you play paintball its fun to break even it ruins the day when every game you know your going to lose
provide free cleanwater, out of both the places i have played at they only offered free coffee and tea if you wanted just water you where **** out of luck you ether had to drink from a dirty hose or from the tap used to wash you hands after you go the the bathroom
maybe allow own gunners to play without a marshal with a added discount if they are a trustworthy group
maybe allow people on slow days to play using multiple game areas at the same time you could have lets say 6 game areas and 20 or whatever players and its a free for all or team objective based where one moment they could for example be fighting of a bunch of players in a pyramid to get a totem and the next trying to secure a fuel depot you would likely have to add a re spawning rule to make these long games work maybe the rule would be that they have to go to the nearest dead zone or a team medic or go up to the nearest marshal and maybe they have a limited overall amount of respawns
have re spawning as the default rule in most newbie games and on a vote in own gunner games the most common thing that makes a new player cheat is that they have been shot right of the break and don't feel like moping around the dead zone for the next 10 minutes until the game ends of the top of my head i cant remember any instances of cheating when i have played respawn games and that likely isn't just a coincidence
maybe do night games i once played a game where it quickly changed from day to night and it was really fun and atmospheric it would have to be done right though maybe have a rule like bounces count as hits so people wouldn't have problems with checking to see if they have been hit also have the dead zone lit up so people know where to go
alow ramping as long as they keep it at and under lets say 12.5 bps or 15 bps with new players and let it go to a vote when its just own gunners
that's all i can think of right now i think i have some good ideas in there
so what about you guys what would you do if you could run a paintball field
p.s sorry for any spelling mistakes lack of punctuation etc
she suggested i start up a paintball place she said i could get a grant for it from the princes trust or something like that so it got me to thinking how i would run a paintball site and i also wondered how you guys would
i would have a price for entry for own gunners and they could bring there own paint
i would have special limited paint days mag fed pump etc every month or more
i would sell a years pass to people where they get a good discount for playing often
i would give discounts to players that seam trustworthy and don't stir **** up so i could use less marshals and encourage good sportmanship
i would have the option for players to use a thermal mask or air tank as a alternative and the choice of a better marker at a affordable price all the places i go to charge about £10 for using a damn tippmmann m16 rip of that costs only about £100
i would try to encourage trading players could lets say show up and list what stuff they want to sell and the aprox price they want and players could read this list and if they are interested they can start trading
have a set entry price for renters but they can get a discounts if they don't use some of the equipment provided
actually list important information on the websites opening times close times etc
list on the website what days we have other groups people can join
every once in a while have a free entry day where you only have to pay for air/co2 and paintballs at close to bought price to encourage people to try the place out
only hire people that actually play and enjoy paintball and can actually tolerate new players i used to go to delta force and except for one exception everyone who worked there had ether never played a game or had only played one game to see what its like another problem i have come across are grumpy old marshals who seam to barely tolerate the exsistance of the players whose default expression is a scowl
i would give the players the choice to buy of of me different types of .68 paint cheap stuff brittle paint thick shelled paint larger and smaller bore etc
give people the option to bring alternative calibers .50cal .43cal first strikes etc
also sell alternative calibers .50cal .43cal first strikes etc
have the option for people to rent pistols and sniper rifle mag fed first strike markers
allow people to buy low amounts of paintballs on walk on days one thing that puts me of walkons is that they all require you to buy at least 1000 paintballs and more often 2000 and i never use that much so it would go to waste
i would also try to make it a unique experience allowing the use of things like trip wire alarms underground tunnels fox holes etc
maybe allow the players to rent cheap radios or provide them to everyone
give promotions and discounts to players who refer friends
make an effort to advertise around places hand out fliers put up posters etc and explain why they should come here how other places *looks at delta force* will blatantly lie about how much it really cost to play
act heavy handed toward cheaters
properly explain the dangers of removing a mask, when i used to play at delta force they would tell you every time i went that if your shot in the eye without a mask on the paintball will destroy your eye and pass through into your brain and then come to a rest when it penetrates to the back of your head everyone realized this was bs so they just ignored them and i think it led to more people taking there mask of its not exactly unique whenever governments start a campaign against lets say weed and they air a bunch of adverts that blatantly lie the overall amount of weed users increase
try to balance newbie teams more effectively its great to dominate another team when you play paintball its fun to break even it ruins the day when every game you know your going to lose
provide free cleanwater, out of both the places i have played at they only offered free coffee and tea if you wanted just water you where **** out of luck you ether had to drink from a dirty hose or from the tap used to wash you hands after you go the the bathroom
maybe allow own gunners to play without a marshal with a added discount if they are a trustworthy group
maybe allow people on slow days to play using multiple game areas at the same time you could have lets say 6 game areas and 20 or whatever players and its a free for all or team objective based where one moment they could for example be fighting of a bunch of players in a pyramid to get a totem and the next trying to secure a fuel depot you would likely have to add a re spawning rule to make these long games work maybe the rule would be that they have to go to the nearest dead zone or a team medic or go up to the nearest marshal and maybe they have a limited overall amount of respawns
have re spawning as the default rule in most newbie games and on a vote in own gunner games the most common thing that makes a new player cheat is that they have been shot right of the break and don't feel like moping around the dead zone for the next 10 minutes until the game ends of the top of my head i cant remember any instances of cheating when i have played respawn games and that likely isn't just a coincidence
maybe do night games i once played a game where it quickly changed from day to night and it was really fun and atmospheric it would have to be done right though maybe have a rule like bounces count as hits so people wouldn't have problems with checking to see if they have been hit also have the dead zone lit up so people know where to go
alow ramping as long as they keep it at and under lets say 12.5 bps or 15 bps with new players and let it go to a vote when its just own gunners
that's all i can think of right now i think i have some good ideas in there
so what about you guys what would you do if you could run a paintball field
p.s sorry for any spelling mistakes lack of punctuation etc
