BEL scenario

[sam]

My dad told me that he heard some one talking about a BEL scenario. Is this true or is it just a rumor?

[birdman]

I guess its just rumors because i work there and don't know nothing about it. Maybe he over heard us talking about going to one. We are going to charleston next weekend (mar 26,27,28)So no bel isnt having one or holding one yet, but thats not saying we wont have one in the future. so far all people want to do is talk about it and not help do anything. There is only 4 people at the most even working on the feild so it's going to take a long time to put one on.

[MobileUnit]

We (Paintball Carolina) would love to be a part of doing something like that.  I have not heard anything about actually having a scenario hosted at BEL.  I think it would be a cool thing to do, but would have to be on a much smaller scale than most.

[England]

It would be an interesting idea, but I don't think BEL has enough land to run a scenario. CDWC has something like 70 acres. If you consider fort to fort as one mission area, there at least 8 of those at CDWC, plenty of ground for players to cover and run side missions without the place being over-crowded. Paintball Charleston is also very similar in size.

Imagine being swamped by 300+ players, if all the advertising worked? Yeah, nice to see those kind of numbers, but would BEL be able to handle them? It would take a serious amount of planning and work and the number of staff would have to triple as a minimum.

Without even considering the scenario/missions, things to think about for 300+ players:-

Air Fill Stations (Minimum 2-3 separate speed fill stations)
Chronograph area (Minimum 4-6 stations simultaneously).
Trailer load of Brand New paint (At least 2 boxes per player) thats 600 boxes min.
Restrooms (At least 4 - Portables).
Parking lot - Needs to be able to cope with at least 200+ cars?
Food/Drink for 300 players?


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[ColMustard]

Scenarios don't have to be 300+ players...

You can always cap the pre-registration at a certain number around what the field can deal with, and then add the walk-ons in.

As I haven't been out to BEL yet, I can't say how many I would suggest, but I know that Boss Paintball has small games quite often that end up having 80 to 120 players, and honestly they are just as fun as the 300+ games in my opinion. The small games may not have tanks or massive mobs, but they are good for teams to work on things.

[NealPB]

right now it wouldnt be a good time. maybe after the city is done and both side feilds are done.

there would be a cap around 200-250.
for parking we have accross the street but we still need more parking
and we need triple the staff and 1 ref to 10 players so 25 reffs

if we have a senerio itll be a while

[MobileUnit]

you could do it now and cap it at 120 or so

theres always an excuse to keep pushing it back ... but ... it could happen now with the field the way it is if you capped it around 100-120

[Scout]

The field has had somewhat of an all day event before.The number of folks there that day was between 150 to 170 with over 140 playing.As I was there and at one point the teams where 70 plus to 70 plus players on the field at the same time and it never felt over crowded to me.Tons of fire fights going on all over the place.

[England]

Well believe me when I say I would like to see a scenario at BEL, but there's still a lot of work before you should even start considering it. I'm not the one holding up a scenario, I'm just outlining what I think you'll need to consider to try and make it a success.

You only really get one chance to get it right. Get it wrong and you'll just upset and annoy a lot of people....and that will not be good for the field.

I'm not sure how a small scale scenario would work....as you'd constantly be in a firefight, which from my experience isn't how normal scenarios run...ie there's usually breathing space for recon patrols etc....and defence positions etc...unless that is, you want an all-day firefight? But there has to be a point to it all.....


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[Scout]

I agree with England that there has to be a point to it and not just a day of paint slinging.The field off the power lines would need to be made ready and the city would have to be finished first.Then what kind of event to run and how to run it.All this would have to be worked out and refs a plenty would be needed.As with Englands post on air stations,chronos there is much more to it than just saying lets do it if you want to do it right.

[birdman]

i'll say that we are understaffed for a scenario and hell sometimes on normal wrec-ball. But that doesn't mean we cant do it. And most people all they do is talk lets do this lets do that but when it comes time to do it they arn't there. we can talk about it or we can get out there and do it.

[Vader]

To second what Col. Mustard said, we run scenario games and big games at Boss regularly where we limit the amount of players to 100-150.  Staffing can be an issue, I have produced a fair amount of games at the field, and manage it for the owner.  If you'd be interested in partnering up, perhaps we could have you guys come over as our guests and maybe help you set something up.  You can get my email from my forum profile information if you are interested.

[Deimos]

I see staffing and peripherals as the biggest problem, (chronos and air refill stations). There are enough regulars that come up there to handle the staffing part, but I know the regulars would want to participate in the action. When I get back I need to get out and help with the field some. The sooner the field gets finished or at least close to finished the sooner we can get serious about a scenario.
 

[birdman]

i'll agree with that deimos i think we could get by with the fill stations we have i would assign one person to do nothing but fill air. As far as reffing goes yeh we have the regs but like you said they want to play as much as me and you do. I would love for us to run a scenario with a player cap but i would like to play it as well. And you know i was a player before i was a manager. But for our first i wouldn't mind to run the damn thing to get the experience for one. 

[woodwuss]

Birdman I think you could get enough of us who ref and play to stand down for a first time event and do the work just to see it happen.I don't think it would be a problem for me to ref.