[onearmedbandit]

Hey, hows it going? I'm trying to find some people to play some woodsball/scenario games in the Nanaimo area on a regular basis (most weekends) and I'm hoping this is the forum to find them.
I'm a long time Nanaimo resident but have only recently discovered the joy of paintball. I have one other co-worker who would like to get out as much as possible and my wife gets out once in a while (I think she likes to shoot me) so we would like to meet some other regulars and find some more fields to play at. We all have our own gear so with a little notice we should be able to play anywhere. Hope to hear from some of you regulars soon.

[SouthPark]

Heh,

Hook up with Joshua (HellFire) or Fatty or tomn8r... those are three north of Nanaimo and Nanaimo ballers I know. There are some others who are running games up your way to... I suspect they will be along here shortly. GL. If you get a rocking game together post up... we might join in!!! Check out the "HUMP" game on the May long weekend (Alberni Hump).


D.

[Fatty]

I'm from Campbell River, & don't commonly travel that far south for a game of pain'ball... Point Blank in Comox is my regular field, & there's always a good turnout every weekend (about 70 today), so it's pretty hard to drag us North Islanders much farther south than Comox normally.
If it's a big, epic game however, I'll likely be there... like the May long weekend campout at the hump & Midway's big game this year on Aug 15th...

Where the heck do people play in Nanaimo anyhow? I keep reading about outlaw fields being shut down & such... isn't there a commercial field in Nanaimo?

[onearmedbandit]

Heh,

Hook up with Joshua (HellFire) or Fatty or tomn8r... those are three north of Nanaimo and Nanaimo ballers I know. There are some others who are running games up your way to... I suspect they will be along here shortly. GL. If you get a rocking game together post up... we might join in!!! Check out the "HUMP" game on the May long weekend (Alberni Hump).


D.

Hey, thanks. I think I might know tomn8r if thats Tom from Nanaimo river so I'll try to hook up with him soon.

[onearmedbandit]

I'm from Campbell River, & don't commonly travel that far south for a game of pain'ball... Point Blank in Comox is my regular field, & there's always a good turnout every weekend (about 70 today), so it's pretty hard to drag us North Islanders much farther south than Comox normally.
If it's a big, epic game however, I'll likely be there... like the May long weekend campout at the hump & Midway's big game this year on Aug 15th...

Where the heck do people play in Nanaimo anyhow? I keep reading about outlaw fields being shut down & such... isn't there a commercial field in Nanaimo?

70 players. That sounds like fun. I've only played 5 on 5s or smaller with my friends so a bigger game would be cool. Is it hard to find Point Blank cuz with the parkway its not too far from Nanaimo to Comox for a Sunday outing. I've heard the rates are good there so it would be worth the travel.
We play on a small outlaw field in north Nanaimo area that some of my friends introduced me to and its tons of fun but its only an acre or so big. I've heard of some guys that play out in the Cedar area south of Nanaimo but have not played with them yet.
Hope to get up to Comox soon so maybe we might meet up sometime. Watch for the older mellow guy with the short arm. He's not as slow as he looks. ha, ha.

[joshua]

Hellfire(nanaimo based bushball team) goes to midway on a regular basis.(duncan) if your looking for more acreage then thats where ya wanna go.
Midway offers, 100 acres ,7+ fields, tire arena, ghost town, hamburger hill, rentals, paint,co2/air, etc. etc.
Elements of Hellfire may be headed up there this sunday coming up. may 9th mothers day.but that is of course if we can escape the mothers, lol

you are welcome to join us any time.

This post has been edited by joshua: 03 May 2010 - 11:17 PM

[Fatty]

Is it hard to find Point Blank cuz with the parkway its not too far from Nanaimo to Comox for a Sunday outing. I've heard the rates are good there so it would be worth the travel.

The rates are good, but the days are kinda short (noonish til 4:30ish). However all the games we play are of the ressurection type, so there's lots of "play time" squeezed in there.

$10 for field & air
$60 case of paint, or bring your own (No other commercial field does that. Cheap paint is not welcome. No Walmart or Monster or other crap please!)

Mother's Day Special: Free rentals for all Mothers and 200 free pain'balls as well!

To get there: Follow the signs for the Powell River Ferry terminal. It is right here:

http://maps.google.ca/?ie=UTF8&ll=49.7...12,90.8,,0,8.01

Pain'ballers park behind the bakery.

[onearmedbandit]

Hellfire(nanaimo based bushball team) goes to midway on a regular basis.(duncan) if your looking for more acreage then thats where ya wanna go.
Midway offers, 100 acres ,7+ fields, tire arena, mock ghost town, hamburger hill, rentals, paint,co2/air, etc. etc.
Elements of Hellfire may be headed up there this sunday coming up. may 9th mothers day.but that is of course if we can escape the mothers, lol

you are welcome to join us any time.

Hey, thanks for the invite. Won't be able to go on mothers day due to mothers day but I'll definitely try to get down there soon.

[onearmedbandit]

Is it hard to find Point Blank cuz with the parkway its not too far from Nanaimo to Comox for a Sunday outing. I've heard the rates are good there so it would be worth the travel.

The rates are good, but the days are kinda short (noonish til 4:30ish). However all the games we play are of the ressurection type, so there's lots of "play time" squeezed in there.

$10 for field & air
$60 case of paint, or bring your own (No other commercial field does that. Cheap paint is not welcome. No Walmart or Monster or other crap please!)

Mother's Day Special: Free rentals for all Mothers and 200 free pain'balls as well!

To get there: Follow the signs for the Powell River Ferry terminal. It is right here:

http://maps.google.ca/?ie=UTF8&ll=49.7...12,90.8,,0,8.01

Pain'ballers park behind the bakery.

Bring yer own paint at a commercial field?!? Very cool. Seems easy enough to find. Thanks for the info and directions.

[tomn8r]

there is a commercial field listing sectionin this forum lower down. good luck and happy hunting!

[Wingnut]

Hi there; I'm from the Comox Valley myself (moved to Nanaimo in 2006). I can't say I've heard of Point Blank - is it that field that caters in part to military customers?

Op. Wingnut, way back in the day at Gemini

The only field I've ever known while I lived in the Valley was Gemini Paintball (quite some driving out past Lake Trail school in Courtenay), and last I heard Pat and Keith weren't doing too well with business there. There was also a field out in Merville I visited off-game once to buy a Pro-Lite from the owner. That field's name escapes me at the moment.

If you're interested in big games, there is Hump Day 2 coming up in Port Alberni on May Long, and Operation Colombia happening at Tsawassen on July 11th. A lot of the people on this forum are going to be going to both events (including myself, Fergus from Kelowna, and Oscuro and Rockfrog from Duncan).

This post has been edited by Wingnut: 05 May 2010 - 02:27 PM

[onearmedbandit]

Hi there; I'm from the Comox Valley myself (moved to Nanaimo in 2006). I can't say I've heard of Point Blank - is it that field that caters in part to military customers?

Op. Wingnut, way back in the day at Gemini

The only field I've ever known while I lived in the Valley was Gemini Paintball (quite some driving out past Lake Trail school in Courtenay), and last I heard Pat and Keith weren't doing too well with business there. There was also a field out in Merville I visited off-game once to buy a Pro-Lite from the owner. That field's name escapes me at the moment.

If you're interested in big games, there is Hump Day 2 coming up in Port Alberni on May Long, and Operation Colombia happening at Tsawassen on July 11th. A lot of the people on this forum are going to be going to both events (including myself, Fergus from Kelowna, and Oscuro and Rockfrog from Duncan).

Hey how are ya? I'm new to the game (6 or so months) and I have yet to play at Point Blank but it looks like they play woodsball/scenario type games and maybe speedball as well. They are on Anderton Rd. on the way to the Powell River ferry. Looks like very good rates- $10 for field and air and $60 for paint or, get this, you can bring your own paint as long as its a good quality brand. Hoping to go there soon.

[tomn8r]

pat and keith. yes. good friends of mine. haven't heard much about them for years. cooking at a camp up north maybe? neways, point blank sounds like your place. great deal, even better than ours! central island paintball (nanaimo and duncan) 756-6793.

[crboy]

Pat and Keith are doing well and are still in the valley. They come out to play at Point Blank now then and usually play with pumps to make it more of a challenge.
At Point Blank most of the players are new or casuals, regulars like myself try to keep a low rate of bps versus the noobs and firstimers. Battles among regulars, well the bps seems to increase tenfold! Overshooting is frowned upon, especially at deadmen walking and the ref.

Semi, R/Ts, are the only rate of fire allowed at this field. I'd say 80% of the players will be using tippmans or similar and the rest will be speedball style of markers. We get a lot of groups - sports, business, stags, and of course birthday parties.

Fields are setup for woodsball, and there is a rough* speedball area that KVK look after.. *rough as compared to the Island's premium field "The Cage"

Every field has it's quirks and Point Blank has it's own....Most people like them but a few don't....something about the owner shooting people who break the rules. Putting bounties on certain players....

For woodsball there is - No mercy rule, no shots closer than 15 feet, resurrection games and no cussing because of all the young kids that play here.

There is a bakery on site where they serve pizza by the slice, soup, sandwiches, chili, and other baked goods. Some parents just drop off their kids to play and then sit by the bakery with a fresh cup of joe and a muffin. Life is good in the Valley!

[SouthPark]

Excellent overview crboy... I hope to play there one day.

[crboy]

Yeah, might as well get the info out seeing that Fatty let our little secret out......

Looking forward to visits from you southerners

[Wingnut]

CRBoy; thank you so much for your post, it definitely told me more about the field than I expected to know. I'm also glad to hear that the two guys who ran Gemini are still playing. You know anything about what happened to their field? (It would be awesome if I could get in touch with them again).

Is there going to be any activity happening at Point Blank this weekend?* Playing is not an option for me right now, but I will be at CFB Comox this weekend, so it's possible for me to pay a visit!

* On re-reading the thread, I notice there will be a Mother's Day special - but I'll be spending Mother's Day with my ... well ... mother! I'm asking about Saturday in particular.

This post has been edited by Wingnut: 06 May 2010 - 06:28 PM

[crboy]

Weekends are open to the general public and you never know who is going to show up. Yes Mother's day will be a big one but then you'd have alot of guys running around saying no one shoots my mom but me! Me, I'm going Saturday if I get my list at home done by friday night. There is private booking now and then during the weekdays and sometimes the group will allow walk-ons which the owner will post on the Facebook page as well as the main site.

Pat is on facebook.

[Wingnut]

Weekends are open to the general public and you never know who is going to show up. Yes Mother's day will be a big one but then you'd have alot of guys running around saying no one shoots my mom but me! Me, I'm going Saturday if I get my list at home done by friday night. There is private booking now and then during the weekdays and sometimes the group will allow walk-ons which the owner will post on the Facebook page as well as the main site.

Pat is on facebook.

Thanks! I was able to track both Pat and Point Blank down.

I also checked the map on Google - wouldn't you know it! I lived in an apartment building spitting distance from the Ryan/Anderton intersection for six years!
At this distance, I could have marched to a game at Point Blank in full gear in twenty minutes, and marched back home afterwards...