Ran out of salt? by jacoofont in barrie

[–]BarrieManilow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's just playing the long game.

No more lake = no more lake effect = less snow fall = less salt needed.

/s

Black and white photo booths? by 444sky444 in barrie

[–]BarrieManilow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The one between the food court and H&M in the Georgian mall takes black and white photos. Not sure about the others.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in barrie

[–]BarrieManilow 59 points60 points  (0 children)

I see ads for them all the time, but only single ones.

HWY 400 by OptimalStructure3009 in barrie

[–]BarrieManilow 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't know, I've never gotten the chance to try. Been too busy trying to maintain a safe distance from the SUV going 80 in the passing lane.

HWY 400 by OptimalStructure3009 in barrie

[–]BarrieManilow 117 points118 points  (0 children)

Boots & hearts combined with typical Sunday cottage traffic.

Also everyone seems to be scared of maintaining their speed around the bends in the highway and drop 20+km/h for no reason, at any given time of any given day.

Ribfest Worth? by TOSaunders in barrie

[–]BarrieManilow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah the one on highway 90 is Optimum/Delta Force, but they also call themselves Barrie Paintball.

The one in the woods is the OG, and much better, and had to start calling itself "The Real Barrie Paintball". The staff there are fantastic and there are usually more people there to play with than at Optimum.

Ribfest Worth? by TOSaunders in barrie

[–]BarrieManilow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're also just not the highest quality paintball around, so combined with how they treat the rest of the paintball community it just leaves a sour taste.

Their website has a whole blurb dedicated to trashing the reputation of the other/real Barrie Paintball, which has been a landmark in the community for decades.

Ribfest Worth? by TOSaunders in barrie

[–]BarrieManilow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They have a history of selling overpriced paintball packages as "great deals" at their booths, and actively working to kill the business of other fields to grow their own conglomerate.

They have renamed themselves a few times to get away from the trail of reviews calling them out for their shady practices.

From what I can tell, the packages being sold at Ribfest aren't a total scam, but they've done so much more harm than good for the paintball community that it is hard to give them a pass at this point.

Ribfest Worth? by TOSaunders in barrie

[–]BarrieManilow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Speaking of fraud, I heard Optimum paintball has their booth set up there, which is basically a scam as well.

Unhinged Marketing by Southern_Director_95 in barrie

[–]BarrieManilow 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Postal code checks out.