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Let me say this about tire fields: Concrete is your friend. You'll find that stacks of tires have a tough time staying up without help. Use some of these ideas:
For vertical stacks, either stack cement block inside or for a little stronger stack, cement three 2x4's in the ground that span the inside diameter of the tires. Stack the tires on the post, cut the 2x4's to the correct height and cap the thing with a piece of plywood. The stability of the stack will also allow you to place objects on top of it or bridging two stacks. An AWESOME 50 would be four 3' stacks (5 tires high?) spaced 8' apart in a square with studs running between them. Make sure that the 2x4 the studs are attached to come up at least 5 feet high (come through the plywood tops). Off the studs you can hang scraps of tire, netting or cloth to semi-conceal the flag but still allow players to run through. Dig the center portion about 1'-2' down so everyone doesn't nail their heads on the beams when grabbing the flag. Hang the flag from a breakable string (fishing line?) in the middle of the square. Personally, I'd place it in a bit of a diamond configuration (with two pillars on the 50 instead of running between two sets) to make the play more angular.
For horizontal runs, bury the tires about 3" into the ground. Concrete might help a little here as well. Keep the tops empty so you can step/run/crash into/onto the tires and not kill yourself.
Try some triangles as well both point-up and point-down. To keep them nice and tight, cement an eye bolt into the ground (you need to pour cement at least 12" deep), drill or cut holes in the tires and pass a rope through. Sit on the tire stack and tie a figure-8 or stopper knot. When you get up, the tires will be nice and tight. A crescent shape will help keep the bunker a bit more stable.
Make higher stacks, say two tires wide and 8 to 10 high towards the back. Put a piece of plywood between the second and third tires of the stack to create a bit of a ramp. This way the back players will be a little bit higher than everyone else and even up the field a bit.
In almost any bunker, you can exclude a tire here or there to create little windows to shoot through and be shot.
If it's just a 2v2 field, you might be ok with just 200 tires. If you want to play more, I'd add some other bunkers using plywood and pipe. Cement the pipe (or 2x4) into the ground and screw the plywood to it.
Sounds like you have lots of potential and I hope this helps. Just remember to secure your bunkers well. You don't want to be re-setting stacks of tires before every game. That's kinda lame. Good luck!
Edit: Sorry, I hate give suggestions with no proof that it might work. I used to play with some friends in an old industrial park many years ago and there were always lots of tires laying around. Rather than cement the tires into the ground, we made stacks by stringing tires together and putting cement in the bottom one or two to give them stability. This made the field a bit more flexible. We had maybe 10 or so bunkers made out of tires. Two bolts between each tire would have worked a lot better than rope, but nobody wanted to buy bolts. We just used leftover concrete from construction sites. 55-gallon drums also work masterfully and sound neat when you shoot them. Again, good luck!
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