Way OT: Paintball fields in SE Michigan

Submitted by unWavering on

Hey guys and gals, do we have any paintballers on the board?  I have recently decided to get back into paintballing after taking a 4 year break due to being in college, having no money or time, etc.  Does anyone know of any good paintball fields around the Ann Arbor area?  I have looked at going to Hell Survivors and Futureball, both of which seem like OK options.  Does anyone have any suggestions for other fields to check out? 

Bonus question:  What do you think of the Etek 3 LT?  After doing some research I decided on buying it... and I still have time to cancel the order.  Any reason I should reconsider buying it?

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LSAClassOf2000

April 22nd, 2012 at 10:27 PM ^

....you're willing to go, but No Limits Extreme Action Park in Taylor (roughly 25 miles east of Ann Arbor) is a pretty cool park and typically gets pretty good reviews. I've been there a few times and it is one of the better parks in Metro Detroit that I have seen anyway. It's on Lange Street, just north of Eureka Road, between Inkster and Beech Daly. 

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magboy81

April 22nd, 2012 at 10:29 PM ^

hell survivors is a great place. I've been up there a few times. I don't know if they still do it or not, but you should try one of thier 24 hour games at least once.

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a2_electricboogaloo

April 22nd, 2012 at 10:43 PM ^

I've been to futureball once before (got a groupon with a bunch of friends) and had a great timr. Mind you, i don't go paintballing often, so I'm not a great judge of paintball fields, however, they had several large fields with a good variety of terrain.

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BlockM

April 22nd, 2012 at 11:33 PM ^

I always wonder why more paintball places don't pop up where there's a lot of old empty property. I would think in a place like Detroit where so much stuff sits vacant there would be a huge demand for a relatively inexpensive place to blow off some steam.

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heffman

April 23rd, 2012 at 12:16 AM ^

As a member of the UofM paintball team I feel pretty well qualified to answer this question. 

My personal opinion is as follows:

It depends on which kind of paintball you enjoy playing, considering you said you're ordering an etek 3 I'm guessing you are thinking about playing some speedball, airball or whatever you want to call it but not playing in the woods.  This means that Hell Survivors is essentially out, they have great big games and the open play can be fun but its essentially dead for speedball unless your bringing everybody.  Cru in Flint can be hit or miss, nobody ever seems to be there when I decide to go but maybe thats just me.  Futureball is a similar boat as Hell Survivors it can be fun but nobody really goes there to play speedball anymore and the only real selling point they have is that they sometimes do bring your own paint which is hard to find anymore.  I can't really speak to No limits in Taylor but as I haven't heard of it that most likely means it's not huge on the speedball scene.  Now on to the places I recommend you try Warzone, it's in Ohio but it has a great indoor and outdoor they recently got a new set of PSP bunkers and turf for the outdoor and is currently a great place to play the downside being that it is pretty expensive, typically between 60 and 80 bucks depending on what deal they are doing. On the plus side there is a chick-fil-a at the mall nearby which is a worthwhile stopping point unless you go on a sunday and they are closed which sucks.  Finally my recommendation TCP in Lansing, they operate out of the old Chaos field which is actually in Charlotte and might be kind of a haul depending on where you're coming from but it has in my opinion the best competition in the state and good prices at 45 bucks for entry and a case.

TLDR go to Warzone or TCP Lansing for speedball, if you happen to be a woodsballer and I read you completely wrong go to Hells or Futureball

also if you currently don't have a pbnation account you should probably go ahead and make on since they have relatively up to date field listings with ratings on them and what ammenities they have

and finally the etek3 is a decent gun but if you want more info send me an email [email protected] and I can point you in possibly a better direction. 

and now I realize I've spent the 20 minutes crafting this response and not studying for my reactions exam

damn

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unWavering

April 23rd, 2012 at 9:42 AM ^

Thanks for your reply.  I emailed you with more specifics on what I'm looking for.  I'm in the Ann Arbor area, so it looks like TCP may be a little far for me to go regularly.  Good luck on your exams!

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543Church

April 23rd, 2012 at 8:02 AM ^

I too was ballin' in the Packard Plant about that time.  Scary as hell.  I remember the floors had saw dust sprinkled over top of oil slicks and I was slipping and falling on my arse when I was running around.  Broken glass all over too. 

Made it feel "authentic" I guess.

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