Herbies Paintball Park

On September 10, I traveled to Fernley, Nevada for a TAW Scenarios game at Herbies Paintball Park titled Starship Troopers: Always Bet on Aces.  This trip had me catching a Southwest flight from LAX to Reno and crossing my fingers that I would not have to pay an overweight bag fee.  The NXE paintball gear bag came in at 47lbs (50lbs pays $25) with all my gear that was neatly packed.  Once in Reno, I had to cross my fingers again because Thrifty Car Rentals had a rule of not taking my bank issued temporary bank card.  With a BofA rep on the phone, the Thrifty manager was able to complete the transaction after getting confirmation that the card was good and not stolen.  After that adventure, I found my way to Herbies to walk the field.

Herbies Paintball Park, about 5 minutes south of Fernley almost looked like Planet P from the movie Starship Troopers; high desert region with hills and no brush for cover.  This paintball fight was going to be an uphill for battle for both teams both Saturday and Sunday.  One CP was located up top and the other was located down bottom.  The elevation difference between the two was 180ft.  The terrain allowed both teams to see where each army was going due to the unobstructed view.  Areas of the field were split with 5ft berms that consisted of soft fine dirt (not great for high end markers) and the legendary attack rocks mentioned on the forums.

The Generals for this game were Fridaddy of Team Lockdown (Ace’s Army) and Shadow of Team Shadow Path (Rico’s Roughnecks).  Ace’s Army started at the bottom CP and Rico’s had the top CP.  The game brought a couple of changes that Damien of Taw Scenarios decided to throw into the mix.  Our lone player from Oregon, Spike, was given the role of a Bug and he was immortal.  This meant he could fight both armies and not have to tag back in at a flag station when hit and could keep playing until he ran out of paintballs, air, or couldn’t take anymore hits; whichever came first.  Damien also selected a few players to play the part of the Federation and initially play with Rico’s Roughnecks but switch sides when Damien gave the order.  3 armies, 1 with no allegiance to either, and a lone Bug on a paintball field made for a fun two day affair.  The Saturday night game saw about 40 participants go out into the night while some of us watched the movie Starship Troopers that The B-Team setup at the staging area.

Sunday was the last day of battle.  This time our army (Ace’s) was on top of the hill and Rico’s army was on the bottom.  The Bug was still giving both teams a huge hassle and the Federation army joined back with Rico’s Roughnecks after shooting a few of us in the back.  The strangest activity some of us saw, were both Generals and Damien held a Tea party in the middle of the field while players were still shooting at each other.  When asked why they chose to hold a tea party in the middle of the field they replied, "just to have fun and see what the players would do, shoot at them or around them."  Before the final battle, Ace’s army held the advantage in points but it was still anybody’s game.  This battle saw Spike join Ace’s army and still carry his immortal role.  Damien then had a player dressed as Waldo be the immortal for Rico’s army.  During the final battle, a Stonecutterz member of Rico’s army took cover in a tire that was just beyond the 50yrd mark and flattened himself inside waiting for time to expire.  This move allowed Rico’s army to gain the points needed to snatch victory away from Fridaddy’s hand for the weekend.

Shhhh!  Don't wake Alpha

Gosh darn it I had a lot of fun that weekend.  It was awesome for Alpha and his lovely wife Ladi Di to allow Spike and I to use their area as our staging center.  All it cost us was a jar of Cheese Puffs from Walmart and two coffees from McDonalds.  As usual the Stonecutterz played a great game and went home with Team MVP for Rico's army and The B-Team took the same MVP award representing Ace's army.  So that's what took place Sept. 10 through the 12 in lovely Fernley.  I can't wait for next years game but I have to get ready for October where I'll be in Colorado paintballing and then Oregon for another TAW Scenarios event.  So to everyone out there reading this, I'll see you in the middle.

Internet Link:
http://www.herbiespaintball.com/


Sorry this entry is soooo late!
Chrisassin