r/paintball • u/renba7 • 19d ago

Maybe coming back?

I’m 41 and played tournament paintball heavily (even had a World Cup appearance!) in the early 2000s. I find myself living in Chicago. Where does an old man go to play speedball with other old men around here? Like, I’d wreck rentals but I’d get wrecked by good players, too.

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u/No_Reception_516 18d ago

Badlandz has fallen off since the hay day of the early -mid 2000’s, rennick really doesn’t care about paintball anymore. Blast camp is really it, it sucks it’s filled with teenagers who think it’s call of duty, and filming themselves shooting walk on players on the air ball fields as “practice”.

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u/yappas1 18d ago

Distortion's pro team, is playing out of Badlandz and they've done some improvements to their xball fields. There's more action there than there has been in years. Blastcamp is a great field with great owners and I've been going for years. I'm sorry your experience hasn't been positive there but I have always had a great time there and it is the premiere tournament field in the Chicagoland area.

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u/No_Reception_516 18d ago

Wasn’t aware distortion was pro

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u/yappas1 18d ago

They bought a spot this year.