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**evilfishsticks** · 06-21-2022, 01:34 PM

Would love to go, but that's right in the middle of my work week that week. Sounds like some of my friends are looking to go though.

**vitaFrui** · 06-21-2022, 06:43 PM

Never been to the field but new to the area and looking to get back into the sport. Will most likely be in attendance, possibly with a friend. Hopefully it's a good time and the weather isn't too brutal!

**zinger565** · 07-29-2022, 04:36 PM

Officially going! Going to have the car tent hooked up to the Subaru as well. Not sure what side I'm playing on yet, I was trying to meet up with some folks from Fox's Den, but something came up and they're unable to go, so I'm a "place as needed". Definitely planning on rocking the Sanchez pump, as well as some other old school goodies. It'll be my first really big game, I'm super excited!

**BrickHaus** · 07-29-2022, 08:25 PM

Ive been to Blast Camp about 4 times. Hell of a flat field to fight on. Bridge pushes are a good time. You will have a blast. No pun intended.

**zinger565** · 08-09-2022, 04:14 PM

Report out and general comments on the weekend:

Arrived Friday evening, I dealt with some nasty Chicago traffic and got there later than intended, around 7pm. Staff was friendly in helping me find a spot to set up my vehicle tent (extends out the back of my subaru). Got checked in and found out I was placed on the blue team! I got my tent set up, gear organized and tried to get some sleep. It was warm, and I was antsy, so I only got around 5 hours of sleep.

Saturday morning. I got up, ate, got paint and gear ready. I was actually camping in the "staging" area, so helped some folks set up. Team Five-Zero set up right across from me and were also on the blue team, so I hung out with them for a good portion of time. After the pre-game meeting, got all chrono'd up and ready to go. It was going to be hot and humid. First session was a ton of fun. For those who haven't been, Blast Camp is built on/around an old missile base. Tons of old buildings and structures broken up by woods and additional bunkers. Being unfamiliar with the field, it was a little confusing at first, but I quickly got the hang of it. Unfortunately, I pushed myself a little too hard in the morning and slacked off on hydration. I had to pull out about 45 minutes early and cool off, I was starting to get dizzy.

After lunch break, teams switched sides. I was feeling better and played a bit more. Objectives were fun, missions were fun, having a team tank made things really interesting. Due to the heat, the "dinner battle" (essentially a mini final-battle) was cancelled, nobody really complained. There was some open night play, which I didn't participate in, but watched from the sidelines. They also set up a screen and projector in the staging area and we watched Mad Max: Fury Road.

Sunday was much cooler and more humid, with the threat of rain looming. I played through most of the morning session until the rain started to set in, then had to pack up the tent and head home.

I played all day Saturday with my ULE Mag, and all day Sunday with the SL74 EGO. One of my biggest accomplishments was on Sunday with the EGO. I ran out of paint, but didn't want to head back to spawn to re-supply. We were pushing on a building that held a slap stick "control point" and I didn't want to give up my position. So I would just pop out randomly from the woods, dry fire, and slink back into the woods before the opposing team could respond. Apparently I was enough of a menace that they used one of their precious "sniper" cards on me.

It instantly takes me out of the game, but it does have a cooldown for them to use again.

Overall, I had a blast (pun intended) and will definitely look to play it again next year, as well as any other big games put on by Red Feather Paintball.

Pros:
- Scenario was a ton of fun. Enough scenario specific things to do to keep it interesting, without being overly complicated. Mad Max was an awesome theme and made for some fun times.
- Players were generally good spirited and friendly. Rarely saw shouting matches or even overshooting. It did happen, but again, for the amount of players, it was pretty even keeled.
- Teams were very balanced on Saturday. Lots of back and forth.
- Paint was white/pink shelled with a white fill, made things very visible to see and easy to spot hits

Cons:
- Sunday team balance was awful. Red lost around 30 players, Blue gained around 30 (just do to people no playing Saturday/staying home Sunday), so some rebalancing happened.
- Though most likely because of the humidity, the paint was very bouncy. I took several bounces off my mask that I swore would've been breaks.
- I over-packed paintball gear and under-packed snacks. I was planning on cooking dinner on Saturday and definitely did NOT feel like doing so after a full day of play.
- Bathrooms were meh. I can't really ask for much here, but at least tackle blocked/clogged drains so there's not toilet water all over the floors

I did take some pictures of the props and awards that will get posted later this week.

**zinger565** · 08-10-2022, 10:30 AM

Here's a few pictures. Full album here: https://imgur.com/a/LGvvinl

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Mad Max: Return to Thunderdome [Aug 6-7] Blastcamp [IN]

Mad Max: Return to Thunderdome [Aug 6-7] Blastcamp [IN]

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