CDR Sports Field Review

CDR Sports/July 27, 2008/

Overview
CDR Sports is located off of I-5 exit #218, south of Mt. Vernon. Today I played walk-on woods ball. The weather was rainy with humidity so high that most people at the field had some level of goggle fogging. They day started with some 3 on 4 but the games got bigger around noon when the rain let up and a birthday group arrived.

Prices
Field fee was $16 which included all day air/CO2
Paint was $45 a case

Staff
I want to preface this section by saying that I have extremely high expectation for how refs should perform. The ref’s at CDR did a good job, they were helpful and easy to find when you needed them. They kept the game safe which is their primary responsibility. They even went on a pizza run which they usually don’t do for so few players (when it was still 3 vs. 4). However, the following are a few improvements that can be made to bring the CDR refs up to the highest standard of what a referee can be.
1st. Don’t wait for someone to call for a paint check to get into the action, a great ref is always doing something, not waiting for someone to call him over. This may be minor
2nd. Start the next game sooner. As a paying customer, I want to play as many games as I can, I didn’t pay to stand around. If I am not ready and miss a game, then it’s on me and I can live with that.
3rd. No matter how much they want it, don’t let the birthday party, who have never played before, all be on the same team vs. the experienced players. I said before the game that it would be over in 2 minutes, it took 3. We do want new players to have a good experience and come back don’t we?
4th. This may not be a valid complaint depending on what how the staff at CDR is compensated, but I get confused when a ref is reffing one game, than playing the next game, then back to being a ref. If they are being paid to ref, then they should ref. Again, maybe they are only being paid to ref half the games, but if not, then they need to be reffing and not playing.
Again, I want to stress that I have high standards for refs and you can and will find worse refs then those at CDR.


Fields
CDR has 2.75 fields to play on. I say 2.75 because aside from the 1 air-ball field, there is one large field that was cut in half for most of the day to equal 1.75 fields. Anyway, 1 half of this field is the mounds field which as it sounds, has some dirt hills, one of which is quite large. There is also wooden structures added to the topography it provide extra cover. The other side is made of woods with nice stumps and thick trees and not much in terms of man made structure, just natural woods. There was a variety of starting locations which kept the fields fresh.

Amenities
The field has some chairs, tables and covered areas. There was 1 porta-potty. There is also a clean-up station with running water. Snacks and soda availible and Pizza was availible but apprently it isn't availible every day.

Emerald City (TPS)

AUGUST 2ND D-DAY III BIG GAME



SEPT 27TH D-DAY IV BIG GAME



OCTOBER 18TH D-DAY V FINAL GAME



GAME STRUCTURE:ALL PLAYERS WILL HAVE A OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY THE PART OF THE ALLIED AND THE GERMAN FORCES( THE ALLIED FORCE IS THE ATTACKING TEAM & THE GERMANS ARE THE DEFENDING TEAM )EACH BATTLE WILL REMAIN CONTINUES FOR 60 MINUTES OR UNTIL THE GENERAL HAS BEEN ELIMINATED.TEAM MEDICS WILL BE USED TO CONTINUOUSLY RECYCLE PLAYERS INTO THE GAME. NEW PLAYERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO JOIN EVERY 15 MINUTES.MORE GAMES THAN SCHEDULED WILL BE PLAYED IF THE GENERAL IS ELIMINATED BEFORE GAME TIME RUNS OUT.



Much more info on Emerad City site



(From Emerald City website)

Operation Paintball Events

August 2nd - Europe Front



October 25 - Dark Armies

Ghouls vs. Goblins



(From Operation Paintball website)

NightHawk Events

NightHawk Paintball
Mortar Wars
Augest 23 2008

Attack and Defend
Day & Night Game

(From NightHawk Paintball website)

Maximum Rush Events

The Raising Dead
August 9th 9am to 8pm


Pre registration begins June 13 and ends August 2nd

"The Raising Dead"


writen by Marty Sweetman





The M Corporation is one of the largest research companies in the world, with studies in nearly every field from agriculture to molecular physics. What is a little less known, even to the CEO of the M Corp. is the secret military research arm. A group without a name, their sole task is to develop new weapons, better soldiers, and push the boundaries of what modern science and engineering can do.





A molecular biologist, Dr. Gregori Mashkof was infatuated with the idea of a soldier who would be nearly impossible to kill, would never require sleep, and who's sole purpose would be to kill the enemy, without questions. Dr. Mashof developed "Cronus" for this very purpose. What he came up with so horrified even the secret division that he worked for, that he was fired from the M Corporation, his credentials ruined, and his research destroyed. Yet everything in life is about balance, you cannot have one without the other, yin and yang, and to this there was an anti-virus produced, "Zeus".





Dr. Mashkof, insulted, humiliated, angered by his former employer went rouge. In one last act before taking his own life, he unleashed Cronus on the population.





The M Corporation at first attempted to contain the outbreak, quarantining the victims underground, away from the public sight. However, this only worked for so long, and they escaped. The documents about the anti-virus and its sythesis destroyed in the cover up, The M Corporation only has a few vials in it's possesion and woefully short to contain the outbreak. So The M Corporation quickly moves to recover the last remaining vials of the anti-virus that Dr. Mashkof fled with before the infection spreads.......



(From Maximum Rush website)

KC Crusaders Events

KC-Crusaders 24-Hour Game

Aug 23-24



(from KC-Crusader website)

ESPB Events

WMD Senario Series



July 26, 2008

&

August 30, 2008



The Scenario.
The countries of the world are facing doom from a new Weapon of Mass Destruction.
In a effort to become the worlds next supper power, China has contracted a Scientist to develop a new devastating weapon technology. The "Ionic Disruptor" Death Ray Bomb prototype was then lost during a secret transport mission. A Terrorist Organization is suspected sabotaged the transporting aircraft to crash in a specific location over the mountains of a small North-Pacific Island near the US Coast.
The United States has learned of this new weapon technology, and the aircraft crash through its anti-terrorism intelligence network. Now the U.S. has determined that it must acquire this new technology though covert means. The United stated has prepared an Elite Battalion of a highly trained commando force to recover the secret objective form the crash site.
Needless to say the Chinese Government is angry about the loss of its monumental investment. So they have decided to use a secret invasion army, trained for extremely brutal front-line combat to recover the Scientist and there property.
The Terrorist Organization that caused the crash has infiltrated both armies, and is preparing to take control of the WMD & Scientist. Terrorist operatives had been previously eliminated from both armies, so the remaining operatives have kept inactive to prevent further detection. Once Activated, the Terrorist Operatives from both armies will be working together to recruit more members and to capture the WMD & Scientist.




What to Expect it the WMD Scenario Game.
The WMD Scenario games are played differently from ESPB's normal games. Most notably is the game duration, player regeneration/re-spawn, and scavenger hunt.
ESPB's Scenario field is located in a natural pacific northwest rain forest landscape. Its rolling hills and thick jungle provides excellent cover, and is the ideal environment for camouflage, BDUs and Ghillie-Suits alike.
Because of the tough tertian at East Side Paintball, we recommend that you use heavy-duty footwear and clothing. We do not recommend the use of Jackets and Sweaters to protect agents paintball injuries. If you are worried, you can buy paintball chest protectors for relative little money at most sporting goods retailers.
We recommend that new players buy a mask with a "thermal lens" for there first paintball purchase. A good mask is the most important thing you have on the paintball field, because if you can see them, you won't get 'em, and they'll get you. Expect a good paintball mask to cost about $69 to $99 on up.
During the paintball game players will be looking for scavenger items on the field which are worth points and/or rank pins. Return the items found to the main tent for your prize!
Each game will last 2 to 3 hours, this means that players will be in the field much longer than during a normal game (which lasts about 20 to 30 minutes), so you will need to carry a lot of ammo and (most importantly) water.
When a player is shot out, the player will not need to leave the field or game (unless desired). When out, a player can have a medic heal there non-vital injury, or a player ( w/ vital or non-vital) can locate a re-spawn point held by there team, touch the flag, and return to the game.
Each player will be assigned a ID card which will track vital stats about the player. The card must be held by all players in the field, and must be presented upon request ( to field staff). Players who are unable to produce there ID card may be ejected from the field and may also be charged with trespassing.
Remember to drink lots of water!





(from ESPB website)