Combat Zone Paint Ball Park — Local services in Oroville

I can't say enough good things about this field. I've now been coming here for over a year, and still, each time I go, it is a new experience.

Rentals - The rental equipment is fairly well maintained.

Markers - Here or there you may have the occasional small maintenance issue, but thats to be expected with rental markers. CZ also uses (in majority) the Tippmann 98 Custom as their rental marker, which is a very simple, very reliable gun. Maintenance on this marker is easy, which allows the management to quickly fix most issues you have with your marker. Even if your marker is not a rental, management will still do their best to offer insight if your marker malfunctions.

Masks - I've seen a fair amount of complaints about the masks being blurred or scratched.Combat Zone does their best to keep their masks in working order, and they will give you paper towels (to a point), and they sell anti-fog liquid to help. That being said, I have played the majority of my games here with a rental mask, and have had little problem. From what I noticed, the worse people are at the sport (myself included), the more they want to find a scapegoat to blame their inability on.

Fields - This Park is more geared towards RecBall or Woodsball. Personally, I am a Woodsball player, so I love it. The fields are well-maintained, to a point of realism. Fields like Helicopter and Road are more open and flat (discounting the flank on road) which caters towards supplementing the speedball community, but even so, they are still more oriented towards Rec- and Woodsball. Alternatively, you have fields like Trucks and Dollhouse, which are heavily geared towards woods ball. These fields are intentionally less maintained. This ends up improving the play, because skilled players will use these hazards to their advantage. Then you have Concrete, which is a little bit of everything.

Players - With this Park, players range through all styles of paintball. there are Speedball players wearing jerseys, Woodsball and Milsim players wearing camouflage, and Recball players wearing all sorts of things.

Tips - I highly suggest calling ahead if you are playing with walk-ons and do not have a group of 6 or more. Every day, there ranges from 0-30+ walk-on players. I've had days where the only people there were my roommate, his girlfriend, myself, and one other walk-on. Alternatively, I've had days where we show up and they are nearly sold out of markers.

If you live close by, I suggest not showing up exactly when they open. It often will take about 30 minutes for Field safety checks to be performed, as well as to get operations such as the air station up and running. Also, it may take a bit until other rental/walk-on players start showing up. Alternatively, if you want a match or two among a small group, do show up exactly when they open. Nothing is guaranteed, but if a Ref is free, they will often give you the chance to play a small game or two early.

Not a ton of snack or beverages here. They do have a small fridge with some drinks. I highly suggest bringing your own water. If you need food, there is a Sonic Burger, as well as a few other restaurants, down the freeway one or two exits towards Chico. I suggest not eating much. for lunch, and having a good breakfast instead at least 30 minutes before playing. Don't play on a full stomach. Just trust me on that.

I play with a Tippmann Project Salvo paintball gun, sometimes a TiPX pistol, and generally wear camo pants and a light green archery t-shirt. My leaf suit will occasionally cover this outfit. I do not carry pods. If you see me playing, feel free to come up and say hi. While I do not consider myself a professional, I've been playing at CZ for a while, and would be happy to give you some pointers.

Check out the Combat Zone Paintball Players Facebook group for some pictures. You might find the picture I've posted below of myself doing my best to look like a bush in my leaf-suit.

While playing, watch for giant inflatable dinosaurs. They roam wild...

People don't normally show up for the paint all anymore which is disappointing, but other than that great staff and great place to play airsoft. I do suggest that the post game zone be a little bit more refined, maybe an area to charge batteries or possibly separate people's stuff so they can leave it there and walk away from it. However, the post game zone is close enough to the parking that all you need is a hatchback and you're all set. BRING WATER. PLEASE. make sure you are well hydrated and make sure you have plenty of water for others if they need it. Some guy threw us a bone by giving me and my friends some water from the water dispenser he...

All the courses we played were great. Would have given 4 stars but the rental equipment was horrible and service wasn't that good. The clips on the ammo belts wouldn't hold, the velcro flaps wouldn't close, and the canisters didn't shut securely and we lost a bunch of paintballs. They really need to replace the lenses on the masks as they were all scratched and so we couldn't see. We spent almost $600 there and we do this 2-3 times a year. I would only come back if I knew they had newer equipment (specifically lenses). Service could be a lot better for rental pickup, drop off, air, and rule...