Also this is the latest news (from
www.warpig.com I've just cut and pasted it) about rule changes...
"While the games were finishing at the field and vendors were wrapping up their booths for the night, media, staff and players gathered for the Nations Cup Captain's Meeting. While attendees filtered into a hotel banquet room, the all star teams from each country signed a set of commemorative jerseys. Mike Ratko from Procaps, makers of DraXxus paintballs chaired the meeting that started with an explanation of the X-Ball game format and rules. X-Ball is a paintball game played very similar to traditional tournament paintball, but designed to be oriented toward a longer game format more visually oriented for television and spectators. An X-Ball match is divided into four 10 minute quarters. Unlike traditional paintball games, a flag hang does not end the game. It simply stops the game for a three minute time-out and a single point score. During the timeout the teams reload their paint and air, assisted by pit crews, and player substitutions can be made, then it's back to the game to fight for the next flag hang. Player penalties are assessed not as one for ones, or point penalties, but by placing a player in a penalty box until the penalty time is served. Penalties can be two minutes, five minutes or ten minutes in duration. The rules were reviewed at the meeting. One of the X-Ball rules permitted team coaches to communicate with their teams from the sidelines during the game. This rule was put to a team vote. Team USA and Team Portugal voted in favor of sideline coaching, but all of the other teams voted against it, so it was not to be used.
X-Ball and the Nation's Cup are being produced with the goal of giving paintball a professional look that will be good on camera, and there is more to that than just the game. The playing field was set up immaculately, with key sponsor banners in banner walls on the sidelines full netting and Sup'Air bunkers. A central announcer's tower holds both the game announcers and the scoreboard. Similar to an electronic scoreboard in hockey or basketball, the X-Ball scoreboard shows the score and game time information. Additionally, it has two chronograph displays. When the referees chronograph players on the field, their hand held chronographs use wireless technology to relay the velocity reading to the scoreboard where it is displayed, and penalties can be assessed immediately on the player. "
Sounds good to me, they got rid of the coaching from the sideline... does this mean 'Pete has been gagged
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Go get em guys!
manike (who for some reason is a bit overly excited about X-ball)
