[steez]

more florida ballers should play at hot shots =[

[jderrill]

steez, on Aug 21 2009, 07:30 PM, said:

more florida ballers should play at hot shots =[

lol.i dont want to drive all the way there...

[steez]

jderrill, on Aug 21 2009, 07:36 PM, said:

steez, on Aug 21 2009, 07:30 PM, said:

more florida ballers should play at hot shots =[

lol.i dont want to drive all the way there...

thats why we need more people that live in south florida

[Corrupted355]

steez, on Aug 21 2009, 07:30 PM, said:

more florida ballers should play at hot shots =[

Out of the six times I've played this year (yeah, I know), I've been at Hot Shots four times. The next time I plan on heading up there, I'll post up to let you know. It'll probably be in about a month.

You should come down to Rage tomorrow.

[steez]

sweet, i'll be there if you go for sure
can't go that far yet. my friends drive me places atm, and they only play at hot shots :<
next april, though, i'll have a car ! once i have my own transportation, ill be able to play just about anywhere in south florida
how is extreme rage? i've only heard good things about the place, and i hear safety is a priority (unlike hotshots )

This post has been edited by steez: 22 August 2009 - 12:33 AM

[Corrupted355]

Safety isn't exactly a priority, but if there are any blatant violations, they take care of it. Every once in a while the chrony will be either broken, missing, or have a dead battery, but that's about as bad as it gets. And that's never a problem while I'm there, because I take my Master Chrony everywhere. I do remember one time where there was a group of guys were over shooting and generally being dicks about it, and Tony (the owner) went absolutely ballistic on their asses. But then Tony's one of those hot-headed Latin types. He fires an average of one of his employees every other week. None of them take it seriously.

The woods field really isn't woodsball. It's more like hyperball in the shade of some trees. Lots of corrugated tubing. Unless you're playing with a bunch of rentals, you're gonna want to bring something with a battery in it. On normal woods fields, I like to run a pump gun most of the time (like at Hot Shots). But playing pump on the woods fields there just isn't fun. I'd rather pump on the speedball field than the Rage woods fields. But if you like fast paced, tactically challenging games, Rage is the place for you. Those fields are NOT the kind of place where you can win by just sitting there and waiting for the other team to come to you. The field prettymuch forces you to outmaneuver your opponent or else get blindsided.

Actually, to put it into a kind of perspective, it's a bit like the plywood city that the airsofters use at Hot Shots, but with a few more places to hide between the major bunkers. It's real easy to move up a bunker and find yourself completely exposed to an opponent from an angle you didn't even see. It's not like the far woods field at Hot Shots where the whole game is prettymuch in front of you. Most of the game at Rage is to the right and left of you, with the occasional opponent hanging back taking pot shots from dead ahead. More games are won by turning the field than anything else.

The paint is pretty decent, and the fields are usually in nice condition. Just don't park too close to the speedball fields or there's a good chance your car will get shot. And bring some water and maybe a sammich, because the closest real concession is the Seven Eleven at the gas station across the street. And for God's sake, do NOT crack the seal on the Port-O-Potty. Opening that door is grounds for a serious case of gas poisoning along with a good smack to the head from anyone with powerful enough lungs to brave the stench you'll be emanating for the rest of the day.

This post has been edited by Corrupted355: 22 August 2009 - 01:19 AM

[steez]

sounds alot safer than hot shots, by going there a couple times i'm sure you know what i mean by that ;p
bummer about the woodsfield, i love the woods we have here
sounds like something ill visit sometime, thanks for the info

btw, do you know the paint brand there? we use heats here, which are complete shite

[Corrupted355]

The paint is custom printed to say "Rage", but it's made by Procaps. They used to come in boxes that said DraXxus Midnight, but it doesn't say that anymore. However, I'm about 90% certain that it's still the same stuff.

In any case, it's a mid-grade paint that has a tough enough shell to survive the most violent of loaders, and still manages to break on target pretty well. I've not had any major problems with bounces. The shells are usually nicely round and consistent, unless you get a case that's been sitting in the heat for a long time, which unfortunately happens from time to time. But unless you get one of these overheated boxes, the paint flies straight and breaks where it's supposed to. It's probably some of the best field paint I've seen around, excluding those places that let you pay extra for "high end" stuff. Needless to say, it's droves better than Heat.

IIRC, Friday evenings under the lights are BYOP.

This post has been edited by Corrupted355: 22 August 2009 - 01:45 AM

[jderrill]

Corrupted355, on Aug 22 2009, 02:16 AM, said:

Safety isn't exactly a priority, but if there are any blatant violations, they take care of it. Every once in a while the chrony will be either broken, missing, or have a dead battery, but that's about as bad as it gets. And that's never a problem while I'm there, because I take my Master Chrony everywhere. I do remember one time where there was a group of guys were over shooting and generally being dicks about it, and Tony (the owner) went absolutely ballistic on their asses. But then Tony's one of those hot-headed Latin types. He fires an average of one of his employees every other week. None of them take it seriously.

The woods field really isn't woodsball. It's more like hyperball in the shade of some trees. Lots of corrugated tubing. Unless you're playing with a bunch of rentals, you're gonna want to bring something with a battery in it. On normal woods fields, I like to run a pump gun most of the time (like at Hot Shots). But playing pump on the woods fields there just isn't fun. I'd rather pump on the speedball field than the Rage woods fields. But if you like fast paced, tactically challenging games, Rage is the place for you. Those fields are NOT the kind of place where you can win by just sitting there and waiting for the other team to come to you. The field prettymuch forces you to outmaneuver your opponent or else get blindsided.

Actually, to put it into a kind of perspective, it's a bit like the plywood city that the airsofters use at Hot Shots, but with a few more places to hide between the major bunkers. It's real easy to move up a bunker and find yourself completely exposed to an opponent from an angle you didn't even see. It's not like the far woods field at Hot Shots where the whole game is prettymuch in front of you. Most of the game at Rage is to the right and left of you, with the occasional opponent hanging back taking pot shots from dead ahead. More games are won by turning the field than anything else.

The paint is pretty decent, and the fields are usually in nice condition. Just don't park too close to the speedball fields or there's a good chance your car will get shot. And bring some water and maybe a sammich, because the closest real concession is the Seven Eleven at the gas station across the street. And for God's sake, do NOT crack the seal on the Port-O-Potty. Opening that door is grounds for a serious case of gas poisoning along with a good smack to the head from anyone with powerful enough lungs to brave the stench you'll be emanating for the rest of the day.

well i couldnt make it down this morning. i got too much to do to get ready for school lol i like tony hes funny, just dont ever get him mad at you.... Rage recently upped there safety enforcement and such. they always have refs on the field. that wasnt the case before. they actually care now which is good. the facilities themselves are terrible, but the fields are great. paint is really good too. on friday nights they sell it for 30$ a case, which is the greatest deal. My school's club usually plays at rage on friday nights. the "woodsbal" games at night are way fun. hows hotshots? whats it like and where is it?

[steez]

hotshots is in loxahatchee, in palm beach county
it's pretty cool, great woods fields, decent speedball field
the food and drinks are expensive, and there's no gas stations or any fast food near the place. it's like in the middle of nowhere... but the field consists of 20 acres of land to play on
2 big negatives are the paint and safety, you always have to use their diablo heats which dont drive very well and they like to bounce
as goes for the safety, i don't even think there are any refs? when playing speedball, there's no one to paint check you or call anything, so everyone just has to rely on the honor code
but yeah, its a pretty good place. oh, and the players that go there are usually really cool people, and theyre not dicks at all

[jderrill]

i also play at this outlaw field we have. azier_mordan (hes in here somewhere) plays there too. its straight byop and air. Has an open part in the middle and its surrounded by woods not very big but we get upwards of 25 people there on certain saturdays. i play there more than rage actually.

[allan]

miami here does anyone play at headshot or rage?

[jderrill]

yup i play at rage. ill add you to the club

[allan]

jderrill, on Aug 22 2009, 05:44 PM, said:

yup i play at rage. ill add you to the club

all right cool so do you guys ever plan events and try to get the whole clan together?

[jderrill]

naa we are pretty new. would be cool tho. we'll see how it goes down the road. for now put the link in your sig

[Corrupted355]

allan, on Aug 22 2009, 05:15 PM, said:

miami here does anyone play at headshot or rage?

I do. I was at Rage today, actually. I don't usually go to Headshots, but when it's raining real hard or when I just don't want to drive all the way to Rage.

[allan]

yeah i know what you mean

[jderrill]

so hows everybody doin? anything good happen lately?
i recently finished my stock class mod for my trracer:

[Corrupted355]

jderrill, on Aug 27 2009, 09:42 PM, said:

so hows everybody doin? anything good happen lately?
i recently finished my stock class mod for my trracer:

Hey cool. If you ever get around to posting up a write up, I'd like to see it. I've got a Maverick that would definitely see more use in Stock Class form.

[jderrill]

well there is a somewhat write up. click my sig. basically shows what i did. best if you have a drill press and a ginormous bit.