Monday, January 4, 2016

North-East Conquest - Outdoor Xteme

Keeping the northeast conquest going, I've played at Outdoor Xtreme in Hatfield Pennsylvania last weekend.

This field is primarily a paintball field, but they do run airsoft games every other Sunday. While I was there, they were running paintball games at the same time. The property contains several fields, of which I've played on four. There are a couple fields that are mostly plywood structures while the others are in the woods, which offers a change of pace when you switch between fields. The admission is $25 for the day and they start early in the morning.

The refs were very organized as far as scheduling games and getting everyone on and off the field efficiently.(I've noticed that the refs had a schedule on paper showing which fields we'd play on at what times) I had a slow start in the morning but by the end of the day I performed well, despite only having this thing. (Also since the field is a paintball field, they have an air compressor to fill HPA tanks which is convenient for anyone who has HPA powered things)

There were two things I didn't like though. The first is that the check-in was slow. I haven't been able to pay them for at least a half hour after arriving. (and I got there early!) Note to any field owner: I want to give you money! Make this easy to do!
Also they do not have consistent rules that are in effect on all fields. I've run into a problem when we switch fields; one field has a 'bunker kill' rule, where if you can run up to a structure and pound the wall you can 'kill' everyone in the structure. (the rule is in place to keep people from shooting within a m.e.d) However this rule was not in effect in the other field we played in next (and there also was no 'bang'/surrender rule). I didn't know about this until I asked why people weren't going out from the bunker kill rule. Worse than this, there's no way to resolve close range engagements without shooting. (where getting shot at <15ft away isn't fun) This problem could be fixed overnight by picking one set of rules to apply to all fields.

Overall, it was a great day of airsoft. Maybe it has something to do with being in Pennsylvania instead of new jersey but I enjoyed playing here a lot. It might be worth taking the drive to go here more.

Below is a map of the field, showing the fields I've played in