Cousins Paintball

ONLY got one star because they don’t offer zero or negative
So my daughter buys Groupon passes for cousins paintball so that my grandson and I can play paintball when we visit New York. It is his 18^th birthday and the only thing he is asked for since he was 13 was I want to go play ball with grandpa when I turn 18. So we flew all the way across country to meet them in New York. She even called to verify that everything was fine and even though it was good New Year’s eve that we would still be able to play. After taking an hour subway ride a 30 minute ferry ride a 40 minute subway ride on Staten Island we waited for the extremely horrible Staten Island bus service to Cartis out to where the paint ball ground is only to be told that they would not be honoring the Groupon ticket. No I’m out of logic or heartfelt sympathy would make him change his mind. So even though we had purchased a Groupon tickets and we had taken our entire day to get out to him he was still not allowing us to play paintball simply because that was the rule. Seriously doesn’t matter who is on the other end of the paintball when you’re shooting I think not. Not only will I never use him again I will never use Groupon additionally I would recommend it and nobody in the New York State New Jersey area use Groupon or this guy. He was totally unreasonable and unaccommodating on all levels plus he lost making a bunch of money from us. Because even though the Groupon was cheap I like to spend a lot of money on additional gear and additional paint and additional air and additional food he probably missed out on a three $ 400 day just from my party thanks cousins. You wasted my day but just save me a bundle of money

Cousins paintball is quite off the beaten track and far from NYC, almost the very South of Staten Island. We came on a Saturday with a group of 5 and stayed for 3 hours. We were only able to get through 3 scrimmages as it got too dangerous and hectic. The first 2 weren’t so bad since there were about 20 – 30 people. Then the third scrimmage had more than 40 people and it just became a clusterfuck. Nobody followed instructions, staff didn’t care at all about safety and regulations, so it was a madhouse. The game was called after about 5 minutes because it was dangerous.
This location has several fields that people could play in, but didn’t have any staff to manage. We spent most of the afternoon sitting around waiting for the next scrimmage. With better management, more people could’ve had fun and not waste time, but the staff don’t care.

Was here yesterday for the first time, and it was a fun experience that could be simply improved with some better management.
First off is Safety, this needs to be improved on at this place asap. People were shooting off their guns in the picnic area where you do not have a face mask on. At the end of the day even the employees were shooting a tree in the safe area. Second main area of safety they need to fix is Conographing the markers. It is self Conographing system which I am sure half the people don’t do. Everyone’s gun should be checked by a ref and then their wrist bands should be marked. This insures everyone is shooting at a safe speed.
Last big issue I had with this place was the pace of the games… it was slooooow. We may be played 3 games an hour with a lot of waiting around for people to get air, paint and smoke. Games for walk-​ons should be constant, if people need air or paint they can walk off and come back to play the next game. The entire group should not need to wait for 2 people to get paint and the ref to have a smoke. One thing they can do to fix this is build dead zones in the fields so people can bring bags and paint to the field and refill when they are out. We only got to play about 8 games from 1−5pm. Also put a time limit on the games. It keeps people from camping and especially when there are people who are afraid of getting hit.
OK now the good parts the fields are fun, lots of obstacles and cover. Some fields are better than others and some sides are better than others but that is standard. For field paint only the prices were not bad, but the paint was OK. I would have preferred better paint. Also it is close to the city and you can take public transit there.
I will come back and try this place one more time to see if it is any better but if the games are as slow as there were this time I went it may be my last.

COUSINS STATEN ISLAND
Place opens at 9 I rolled up around 930. Saw 2 cars and 4 pre teens waiting with a dad. All I could think was «This is gunna suck». I get dressed and loaded up, headed to the sign in. All day play was $ 30 and 2000 paintballs for $ 65, I was reluctant to pay because of who I saw outside but I said fuck it, I’m already out here let’s roll. I got my gear and went to the Rec area. It was a decent size and 3 refs were already prepping 3 separate private parties, the Walk On’s as we were called were huddled into the tented corner of the Rec area, seasoned Ballers know to find the shade immediately. I went over and said hi to 5 people. 4 of which were veteran of the game and one first timer. His name was Rob aka Pancho and he had a pump gun along with a Luxe 2.0($ 1,600). We were put right into a 3v3 game with the first timer on the opposite team. This is where I felt like a complete dick and I blame the paintball fields we’ve been to for it. I wasn’t truly aware of the power that the Empire Axe has, I had the gun on ramping and I lit the guy up in the back with about 10 shots on honest mistake. He was highly upset that I had ramping on in a 3v3 especially against a First timer. I couldn’t apologize enough. Because of how shitty skirmish has been, aggressive play was my only mind set. Throughout the day I saw Seasoned Ballers recognize their situations of WHO they were playing against and the DISCIPLINE they used because of the skillset they were playing. I met another kid named Keith, 17 years old. I saw an opportunity for him to destroy some kids bunkered down. I urged him to attack and he said «I know I can get them, but I want them to have fun for a little bit.» I realized then that I was playing at a field that was not only fun but respectfully passionate about the game. It sucks that I came off as a dick right off the bat but as time went on I was becoming accepted into the fold. The refs are FANTASTIC. They thoroughly made teams fair CONSTANTLY. Mixing and matching Rental/​mechanical markers which electro markers to make every game fair and wow, what a difference. As time went on people started piling in. By Noon, there had to be 40+ walk on players ready to play paintball, it was a beautiful sight. Majority of the players were NOT new and exercised the same discipline and friendly atmosphere without making the games boring. Every match I played in was fun and challenging. The fields are quite decent. Some maps were small but others were of good size. The cover is a challenge. Lots of pallets and downed tree brush, but I like that in woodsball. Lots of terrain deflation made for interesting hill cover. Refs CHECK for ball breaks like surgeons. Recognize splatter and real breaks. Calling for paint checks was never and issue. It was an amazing paintball experience. I left at 130pm and guys were still COMING IN to play. When I left I said goodbye to all the walk ons and all the players I played with cordially said their farewells, get home safes, and pleasure playing with yous. I shot about 1000 paintballs today and that’s not like me. I was REALLY into these games. And I can bring the other thousand next time, they wont try to jam me up for different colored balls like Skirmish. Going to ABC Paintball, Top Gun Paintball and now Cousins Paintball has solidified for me that Skirmish is a gold mine that’s a huge gimmick. They charge people $ 160 to have their pictures taken in front of a fake ass tank and run around NOT paintballing but just WREAKING HAVOC. I have no interest in going to Skirmish probably ever again. 2 hours away for terrible and overpriced paint and refs that sit there and do nothing, I’ll be at Cousin’s next week.

Huge place excellent for woodsball that’s close to the city. The staff are organized enough to assist you when needed, and give you enough freedom without getting in the way. Decent prices, old but reliable stock Tippmann markers (Tippmann seems to be the AK of the paintball world), great for groups and single walk-​ons. Excellent arenas, very natural and realistic with plenty of cover if woodsball is your thing. Just take care not to impale yourself on any tree branches. The only downside is the smell which bothers some people, but considering the amount of paintballs that hit the ground at this place and mix with the dirt to turn into mud, it really isn’t something that can be helped. In fact it adds to the realism of the whole thing.

Terrible !
Staff is young and doesn’t know how to keep everyone together. Never fully explain what the rules are and for me I knew because I been to skirmish. But for the beginners they had no clue. Also the field are terrible, same terrain, very muddy & not well kept. Pricing is a little too much for not much that you get. Very few little refs and waiting is too long. Never coming here again. Sorry but you guys need to ask skirmish for some advice or be as good as the cousins downsouth. Don’t come here at all

I’m an avid and active paintball player from the NYC area. This is my home field. Its conveniently located less than 40 minutes away from any of the other boroughs. Which means no major trip to and from the field just to play. You can be home and relaxing within the hour.
The staff has always been great and helpful and the field, as a whole, is always slowly improving. Great people who will recognize your face fast if you start making routine trips here. The regular players can be a mixed bag. You’ll find plenty of immature loud kids as well as chill relaxed adults.
The field is small by paintball standards, but we can we do in NY? They do good with the space that they have and are always changing up the least popular fields to improve them. At the very least the small size feels like it fosters a sense of community among your fellow players and the regulars you meet.

I came here for my birthday and had an AMAZING time! The staff were efficient. My referee was Bob and he was great! He was fair, friendly, took the time to explain the rules and improvised when there were no flags (for our capture the flag game). I would definitely come again!!!

Really old equipment on land that looks like a junk yard for very high prices.
Much better options with a but further drive
$ 5 for air refills is a joke since they barely fill them up half way to start. I got less than 1 hopper on the original tank.

Just did this today with a group of 12 in total. We all made the purchase on Living Social and it really was a fun time.
The staff is young and uninterested. Our «referee» was Lou and he did a great job.
However, if your gun isn’t working properly or your CO2 tank wasn’t full from the beginning, be sure to switch it out immediately as you won’t have any fun if you’re unable to shoot.
Lots of extra fees. Gear, more ammo, extra tank of CO2 etc. The only thing we ultimately needed was more CO2. Don’t bother with the gear but wear long sleeves/​jacket/​coat.
It’s a open wooded area with not a ton of big trees/​places to camouflage. The added obstacles are fun and the blow-​up-​obstacle range is also fun.
Not the *most* gay friendly… but, it is Staten Island, so what did I expect?
Overall, I’d go back! However, I might purchase my own helmet because the loaner is old, grimy, and fogs very quickly.
Always leave your helmet on when in the range!

I’m not sure what other people were complaining about because I had a blast… and I’m a hardass when it comes to service.
My party and I arrived there are did the waiver thing. I presented my groupon info and within minutes we were in the backyard gearing up. The guy in the gun shop gave us a tutorial and explained (in detail) what would happen and when… he also gave some tips on shooting.
There was a 10min wait for the next session so we hopped in the target range and let off a few rounds, it was a lot of fun.
Then the game started!!!
We went out to a field, got split into groups and went to town on the other team. The ref was attentive and on the ball. Granted he couldn’t see everything but he called out the cheaters and tried his best to keep things fair.
I’m going back on Nov 10^th and I am looking forward to another good time.

Fun place with friends but sucks we could not bring our own paintballs. Decent amount of fields to play in, too.

I was really looking forward to paintballing. Being that I’m a paintball noob, I expected much better. This place is really run down. I though that paintball terrain was suppose to look run down and a little bit shaggy but this place takes it to a whole new level. The terrain is big, yes but the people working here aren’t very professional. It’s basically a free for all with these games. You get a whole bunch of people shooting at each other and that’s basically a game. LAME.
The games were also very unfair. My team was full of noobs playing against semi pro players! (they had those extra ammo jars with extra paintballs attached to them– like come onnn) I opted out after one game for the sole reason that I just kept getting shot at repeatedly. Call me a wimp but that game was totally brutal.
The toilets are really dirty and smell and they don’t have a sink to wash your hands anywhere. I mean there was a sink but no water came out of it. It sucks cause My hands were really icky after all that paint splattering on me. The helmet was really lose on my head so it kept falling off and my view was foggy most of the time.
Paintball was not a good experience at Cousins in Staten Island. I wouldn’t come back. The games weren’t organized at all and management was way too casual with everything. The only pro was that the gear guy helped me a lot with my beat up gun and the people who filled the air tanks were kinda nice. They should have more of an initiative to introduce the first timers on how the game works, what the rules are and just basic paint ball in general because not everyone is a regular at paint balling.

I went here with a group of people (14 people) using a Groupon deal mid-​March – the deal was for up to 6 hours of play, 500 paintballs, a gun and mask for $ 25 p/​p or $ 89 for 4 people.
The place was okay – nothing special. The «building» was a cargo container that looked like it was taken from the Cargo level in Black Ops 2. The equipment I received was average, but some of my friend’s rented guns looked like it was about to fall apart. At one point, my boyfriend’s brother’s gun fell apart mid game — and he just sat out for it. I think they need to update the equipment ASAP to provide a better experience. The mask I had no longer had the foam trimming on the inside and it had a bad smell (sweat maybe – :-\). Since I had used a rented mask, it obviously fogged up – no bueno. I went to the shooting range to make sure the gun did not jam and shot well (considering that I rented the equipment, I did not expect the best).
The fields are average and are good for people who may never have been paintballing. The layout of the fields was also average and could use some imaginative set-​ups to make game play more interesting and fun. We had arrived early to avoid the crowd, which reduced the wait time to 10 – 20 minutes. However, as more people came, the wait time became pretty long, and at one point we waited almost an hour to go onto the field.
One good thing about the experience was the free air we received. There was a charge for it, but did not have to pay for it. Besides that, it was an okay experience.

I have played here twice before, the first time was awful, the second was worse.
This place is ran by kids and is extremely unorganized. We waited up to an hour in between games, which is unacceptable with the amount of referees working there.
The fields have no novelty value. It’s just a few branches and pallets.
I recommend ‘New Breed Paintball’ in NJ. It’s about an hour from NYC but well worth the trip. Don’t waste your time and money at Cousins!

Ok… so this place is not the hottest place to go for paintball… so let me start off with the pros.
This place is relatively close for those in brooklyn, NJ (woodbridge, Edison), and of course Staten Island.
they have a speedball field… and a shooting range where you can chrono your gun. thats… about it.
So the bad…
What the fuck… is with the speedball field… the doritos are so out of shape like a old man whose beaten up his ball sac and grinded it with tar… a disgrace…
They have 2 decent woodsball field… the rest is too small for more than 10 people.
I waited 20+ minutes for almost every other game…
They have lockes that are either busted or smells of dead ass.
The Refs arn’t the best and let’s face it… most of them are like 16 – 19 years old… I’m not expecting world class service.
and is that a PRO shop up front? do they have anything? Do they just hide it somewhere? whenever I need a certain part its always out or not in stock… all they have is overpriced harnesses and pants which you can get 20% cheaper almost anywhere else.
So take this place for what it is… a place to play a bit of paintball w/​o traveling too far… also their paint prices are decent.
If you sorely need a place to practice… this place has all the necessary components for that… however if you can eat it… go to the Cousins in Jersey…
Staff is better trained and more organized.
(at least they check for chrono! for the one in jersey! and a full PRO shop!)

WTF DUDE! This place is a rip off! The staff, except for the young guy & girl that were cashiers, where the biggest pieces of sh*t I ever encountered.
We came as a huge group (10+ people, and reserved ahead of time) and we were nickel and dimed for everything; even the people that bought their own equipment. They made all of us pay extra, every time for air! It clearly states that bringing my own equipment, I get free air — now you wanna charge me for it? I don’t think so!
The ref we had was the worst. Some chubby, young black kid who was LAZY and HORRIBLE! When we yelled «paint check» he just stood there like a mannequin — I mean do your job! He also let his friends in who had over powered guns. His friends were getting everyone in the field and everyone had broken, bloody skin.
I’ve been paint balling for quite a while and even at close range, I never had skin break like that. This was straight bullsh*t! It got to a point that we told the ref and the ref says he already checked their pressure — which is a complete lie because some my buddies and I came with our equipment, and never got anything checked. There were little kids that came in the game, who were leaving bloody! I’m sure their parents were PISSED!
The guys at the fill station are rude, the refs are lazy and careless, and please never forget anything there. Even though its right in front of their eyes. They simply will not return any of your forgotten belongings, or your phone calls or give a crap about you.
How is this place?
These place seems like a Jersey Shore Crack house: everyone is a burn out, right down to the manager!
Imagine if Snooky had crack babies and they needed a job to show off their wack as* haircuts and even worse attitude towards life and customers. Some one teach these kids not to smoke in front of customers, especially since 50%+ of your clientele are children!
DEAR COUSINS MANAGEMENT I WANT A REFUND!

I went to cousins two weeks ago, through a Unilocal deal actually. A few of my friends bailed after They found out how far staten island is. However we still managed to have a great time there. They have an open play option where they gather up a bunch of folks into teams.
We got at least 6 games in, and the paintballs were very fairly priced. $ 20 for 500.
If only it wasn’t so damn far: P

Pros:
Place is fine with nice fields, good for shooting and indeed there is a referee with you all the time. Security is taken seriously.
Cons:
They didn’t want to respect the Unilocal deal. After some arguing the honored it. It is a little far from NYC. Gun quality can vary.

PROS:
— Paintball was fun here.
— A person gets assigned to your group to teach you the rules of the games and how to use the gun. They also play the role of a referee and they help wipe down from any paint splattered on you while playing)
— Different fields to play in. Some are small and some are large.
— They have a Practice Area for you to learn how to shoot.
CONS:
— Bathroom was horrible here! (it’s one of those portable johnny bathrooms that are gross)
— Paintball gets messy, after you have been splattered cause it gets oily.
TIPS: It is more fun to go in a large group, also wear extra layer of clothes (ie: hoodie) so that when paintball hits you it won’t hurt as much but it’d probably be too hot for the summer. If you are worried about getting your clothes dirty it is recommended to wear old clothes or you can buy a flimsy camo full body suit from Cousin’s Paintball for $ 7.
NOTES:
— Unilocal’s deal is similar to Groupon’s Deal: ($ 25 for Admission, Gear Rental, and 500 Rounds at Cousins Paintball). In the end they both add up to $ 25 because Unilocal deal is $ 5 per person but you still have to pay $ 20 for the paintballs. I thought 500 hundred rounds per person was enough because we all shared from the box but we finished all our paintballs half an hour earlier before we had to leave.