3v3 Speed Tournament

Basic Rules

1. No feather, bumping or walking the trigger 
2. No unnecessary over shooting
3. No shrugging/ bouncing bb’s
4. No tap shoot (smack the gun and it fires) 
5. Full face protection required (1 Part Full Face, i.e. DYE Masks, HK Army Skull Mask)
6. No grenade or grenade launcher variants 
7. No tac-lights 
8. No moving barriers even when sliding in 
9. No dead player communication
10. Must exit the field swiftly if shot 
11. No blind firing 
12. No double triggers/ binary fire/ ramping systems 
13. No riot shields 
14. No melee weapons 
15. No drum mags or improvised drum mags 
16. Trigger guard required
17. Fully enclosed shoes are required 

Gameplay

Both teams start with a flag. The goal is to get your flag to the other team's start gate.

Round Breakdown:
All rounds will follow this format

-01:00 Last round ends switch sides, get to walls

-00:30 Challenge Flags are withheld only players in the round are allowed on the field

-00:15 All competing players must be within 5 feet of start gates

-00:05 All Players must assume ready position

+00:00 Round start

+01:30 Round end

All times will be announced so there is no confusion

Seeding

Seeding games will be three rounds. There is no winner or loser of these games. Your goal is to accumulate as many points as possible to be seeded in a better spot. After the seeding games are played, the points gained by the teams will be tallied up and each team will be placed in the double elimination bracket. If an odd number of teams are present, a team will be chosen at random to play the last seed match. If during this match, the random team scores higher then one of their previous games, their lowest game will be replaced by this new game. If a team reaches the 7 infraction points required for a forfeit the game will stop and the other team will receive 15 points for every round not played that game.

Bracket

The bracket will be double elimination. Standard points are no longer used. Teams will play 5 rounds or first to 3. The only way to earn points is to hang your flag on the opposing side. If after 5 rounds, a game ends in a draw, both teams will play one more round without flags. When all players on a side are eliminated the round is over. If the timer ends the team with the most players moves on. If both teams have the same number of players, the team that lost a player first loses. If both teams have 3 players then the game will continue an extra minute. If a team reaches the 7 infraction points required for a forfeit they will lose that match. 

Teams and Replica Restrictions

-Teams are made up of at least three people. Teams can have substitutions.

-FPS is limited to 365 w/ .20g BB for any replica

-Each team must have at least 1 pistol/shotgun player per team

Players are limited to the following magazine restrictions that they can carry on their person including the one in their gun:

-Rifle-Up to 4 Mags, Maximum of 800 bbs

-Shotgun-Unlimited Shells or 1 M4 Mag (Adapter), Maximum 250 bbs

-Pistol-9 Green Gas Mags or 1 M4 Mag (Adapter), Maximum 250 bbs

Replica Definitions and Limitations

Rifle

-Can be electric/gbb/hpa

Pistol

-Must be a commercially available model that uses either co2 and/or green gas. 

-Must have a blowback feature. 

-Must accept mags via the shooting hand grip. 

-Has a maximum inner barrel length of 130mm

-Blowback action must be caused by a Rocket Valve

-Must have a hammer on/in the gun

Shotgun- 

-Pump Action

-Fires at most 6 bbs per shot

-Must be spring, gas, or hpa powered

Challenges

All teams are given 2 offensive challenges and 3 defensive challenges for the seeding games and 1 offensive challenge and 2 defensive challenges for the bracket. You only have those challenges for the entirety of those games. All challenges must be done through the team's captain. If another player outside of the captain challenges, the challenge automatically fails and the team loses a challenge. Extra challenges may be given on the lead refs discretion. If a challenge is won, the challenging team will retain their challenge.

Offensive Challenge

1. You believe another player caused a penalty and they were not reprimanded.
2. You believe the infraction given to a team does not meet an assumed punishment. I.E. they did not receive enough points for what they did.

Defensive Challenge

1. You believe a penalty was given by mistake and would like the refs to review it.
2. You believe the punishment is too harsh for the infraction that was caused.

To challenge, the captain of the team must toss the challenge flag at a minimum of 30 seconds prior to the start of the next round. If the captain fails to throw it before the 30 second mark, that team loses a challenge. During a challenge, the game clock is paused. If a flag is thrown incidentally, that team will receive an infraction.

All challenges as well as major infraction calls will be discussed with the entire referee staff. They will all vote on both the ruling of the challenge/infraction as well as the points received for the infraction. Once a vote has taken place, there is no challenging allowed on that same issue (Double Jeopardy)

Penalties and Infractions

All penalties are subject to the refs interpretation on the field. Some penalties may not be given infraction points based on the severity of the penalty. The infraction points listed per penalty act as more of a base for how many can be given on a certain issue. All penalties can receive more or less points based on how the refs interpret the issue. 

Penalty Points are deductions to a teams in game score while Infraction Points are a tally of penalties caused. Penalty points value cannot be changed in game, the full amount must be given unless a challenge is given.

If a team acquires 7 infraction points they will forfeit their current match and the points they earned during said match. If a team acquires 9 infraction points they will be disqualified from the tournament. Once DQ’d, any following tournament that team will receive 5 infraction points at the start.

Infraction points go to players as well. If a player gets 4 points throughout the tournament they will not be allowed to play in 2 rounds. There is a chart showing the individual punishments on page 8. The amount of rounds is carried between games.

Infraction	Penalty Points	Infraction Points	Player Pulled?
Unintentional Fumble Unintentionally dropping the flag during the game.	1	0	No
Intentional Fumble Intentionally dropping/throwing or moving the flag from your person.	2	2	Yes
Flag Walk Off Taking the flag off of the field during a match. This also results in that team's flag being dead and any points it can gain being null.	0	0	No
Touching other Teams Flag Any manipulation of the opposing team's flag.	2	2	Yes
False Start Leaving the start gate or shooting too early.	2	1	1 Let
Out of Bounds When any part of a player's person crosses the boundary line.	2	1	Yes
Hiding the Flag Any time a player is carrying the flag in anything other than their hand.	3	1	Yes
Dead Player Communication When an eliminated player talks, signals, or does anything that is deemed to alter the game.	4	4	No
Gear Shrug Any bb strike to a player's outlying gear. I.E. a mag pouch, dump pouch, backpacks, camera mounts, or anything that sticks off of a player. Depending on the exact point of impact, this can be increased to a torso shrug.	1	1	Yes
Limb Shrug Any bb strike to a player's limb.	2	2	Yes
Torso Shrug Any bb strike to a player's torso. This includes plate carriers, chest rigs, belts or any body hugging gear.	3	3	Yes
Head Shrug Any bb strike to a player's head or mask.	5	5	Yes
Intentional Suicide Removing oneself from the field without being hit.	2	2	Yes
Referee Communication Not a captain-talking to a referee at any point Captain-talking to a referee during a round	1	2	No
Moving Barriers Anytime a barrier is moved by a player	1	1	Yes
Illegal Trigger Manipulation Bumping, feathering, walking, or any other method of firing the gun that is not allowed.	1	1	Yes
Blind Fire Firing the gun while not looking at what you are shooting at.	2	2	Yes

Penalty and Infraction points can be given at anytime, even after the game has finished

Infraction Point Punishments 

Individual

Infraction Points	Punishment
4	2 Round Timeout
6	4 Round Timeout
8	Personal DQ from Tournament

Team

Infraction Points	Punishment
7	Forfeit Match
10	Disqualification from Tournament

Score Keeping

Teams will gain points based on the following…

-Player Eliminated: +2pt

Any player eliminated from play via another player

-Flag Carrier Eliminated: +1pt 

Any player eliminated carrying their teams flag gains an additional point added to the two they get from an elimination

-Flag Passed Half Field First: +1pt

The first team to bring their flag across the centerline gains a point

-Flag Hang: +5pt, +3pt for Every Enemy Player Still Alive

The first team to get their flag to the enemy gate ends the game, gains five points and an additional three for every player still on the field and removed by ref

The maximum points a team can earn in one round is 15.

Score is kept by one ref. This ref cannot be interacted with by any player unless called upon.

Extra Information

-A player is considered out of play if they are deemed to be walking off by the refs.

-Players will have 2 minutes after being called from staging to get to their start gates. If not all players are at the gate, they will forfeit the round.