Josh Patton

Review of Indy Acres Paintball

I almost gave this place 1 star but I didn't want ...

I almost gave this place 1 star but I didn't want to base my opinion on one single experience. I've been here a dozen or so times over the last 10 years or so, and I've had mostly pleasant experiences, but this most recent time was a disaster. Normally I feel safe here but this time all safety had gone out the window. One ref in particular had his mask removed between games which I think gave some of the players the impression that it was ok. I had to tell people on several occasions to put their mask on while the refs just looked on. Never did I once see someone get a warning for removing their mask and I was there for 5 hours and saw it happen on MANY occasions. When I ask the ref why he wasn't doing his job, he said "I don't care, I'm going to work for Hanna Haunted Acres next week anyways". At one point, the refs thought it would be ok to start a game of free for all with a group of 50 or so people. It was complete chaos and gave no one the ability to exercise the surrender rule. The result was a lot of the younger kinds complaining (crying) when they we shot, some in the back of the head, from 5 feet away. image having 50 people with guns in a tight circle, giving them 5 seconds to run, and they all hell breaks loose. Many of us voiced our concerns before the game started but the refs insisted it was ok. In addition to the many safety concerns, I felt like it was very unorganized. We stood around half the time while the refs tried to figure out what we were doing next. I will not be returning until the safety concerns are addressed.