Field Review: Paintball To Go

A couple of weeks ago, I decided to review one of my favorite fields. So, this week I figured I would review one of my least favorite fields. This field is also in Illinois and it is called Paintball To Go. I will refer to it as PB2Go, fyi. Please understand that I am not saying that this field is necessarily bad, there are just certain reasons why I feel that playing there is less desirable than other fields. While I have some huge problems with this field, there are some pretty cool things about it. So I will start with the pros.

Pros:

1. Many fields: This field has a wonderful variety of fields ranging from speed ball to hyperball to woods ball. They even took the time to build a full sized pirate ship for one of their scenario games! The sight if it is stunning, it really is. They really went all out to try to make their big scenario games as cool as possible. Clocktapus says "Every player tournament, woods ball, or rec needs to play on that pirate ship!"
2. Fairly easy to find: On their website they list direction on how to reach their field from many different large cities in Illinois. I know that from Springfield it is pretty much a straight shot there with a small detour through Jacksonville. Another thing that makes this field easy to find is that it is visible from the highway (unlike Wildcat which is buried back in a neighborhood).

Cons:

1. Safety Rules: Now don’t get me wrong. Safety should be the number one priority at any field. But some of these rules are absolutely ridiculous. They even have a policy that if one of the refs happens to be “looking into your gear bag”, and sees a marker that is clearly not in operation but has no barrel sock on it, you are penalized. Why would they do this if they can clearly tell that the marker is not in use? If they know that it is not in use, then they should know that it is completely incapable of hurting anyone (especially if it is in a bag).
2. Uninteresting tournaments: For the last couple years the only tournaments I have seen listed at PB2Go have been 2 man tournaments and young guns tournaments. 2 man? What the hell! And not only that, their tournaments do not allow any ramping of any kind because it is a safety hazard (see what I mean by ridiculous?). Not implementing a firing mode that literally every marker has and everyone wants to use is living in the past. If it was a safety hazard, then no one would use it. This keeps the tournaments bland and slow paced. Clocktapus also says “What the hell is a 2 man tournament anyway?”.