I have been thinking about how we can improve the rules and tournament standards in standard paintball (5-player, 7-player, 10-player, etc.).
To continue a discussion started on a Swedish website (with ideas from Nick Brockdorff, Matte of Powertrip, and Agge of Ignition, among others) here are a few things I think I would like to see in future rules:
1. 7-minute games for 7-player; 5 for 5, 10 for 10.
2. Center flag
3. 100 points for valid flag hang
4. Bonus points for shorter games: sliding scale system; from 30 seconds = 100 points to 5 minutes 29 seconds = 1 point.
5. No other points: no first grab, no elimination points, no armbands to count.
6. Netted-in area is playing field; deadbox or judges boxes clearly marked as out-of-bounds. No boundary lines to watch out for.
7. (Future development: timer connected to button and buzzer that player slams with flag to mark time and indicate a flag hang.)
8. Penalties will be recorded on scoresheets to break possible ties.
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The implementation of these ideas would simplify tournaments, make for quicker game turn-arounds and reward aggressive and well-planned playing. The result would be PB that is more exciting to watch, more time to drink beer and chase skirts in the evenings and more interesting moves to talk about at the bar.
What do y'all think?
Steve
To continue a discussion started on a Swedish website (with ideas from Nick Brockdorff, Matte of Powertrip, and Agge of Ignition, among others) here are a few things I think I would like to see in future rules:
1. 7-minute games for 7-player; 5 for 5, 10 for 10.
2. Center flag
3. 100 points for valid flag hang
4. Bonus points for shorter games: sliding scale system; from 30 seconds = 100 points to 5 minutes 29 seconds = 1 point.
5. No other points: no first grab, no elimination points, no armbands to count.
6. Netted-in area is playing field; deadbox or judges boxes clearly marked as out-of-bounds. No boundary lines to watch out for.
7. (Future development: timer connected to button and buzzer that player slams with flag to mark time and indicate a flag hang.)
8. Penalties will be recorded on scoresheets to break possible ties.
___________________________
The implementation of these ideas would simplify tournaments, make for quicker game turn-arounds and reward aggressive and well-planned playing. The result would be PB that is more exciting to watch, more time to drink beer and chase skirts in the evenings and more interesting moves to talk about at the bar.
What do y'all think?
Steve
