RPL 2010
Rule Modifications
The RPL will be using the 2008 NPPL Rulebook with the following modifications.
Sportsmanship and Respect for the sport: The RPL expects all teams to have respect for the sport of paintball and their fellow paintballers. Teams that are unruly, use abusive profanity, don’t clean up their area, have issues at area hotels or otherwise cause problems are subject to sanctions, penalties and possible expulsion from the event.
Field Dimensions: 150 x 100
Bunkers: Air Ball RPL field kit with 36 bunkers per field (Field layouts will be released before every event)
Gun Rules: Uncapped Semi-Auto Only
Breakout Board:
Beginner, Intermediate and AAA teams break out anywhere on the back line
AA and Open teams break out from a start gate
Back Line Rule:
For Beginner, Intermediate and AAA teams
Players may start anywhere on the back line. They must be set when the referee calls for 10 seconds. They must have one foot on the back line with their markers pointed backwards.
Game Times:
3-player: 3 min
5-player: 5 min
Flag:
Center Flag. A team must hang the flag at the opposing teams start base to win the game.
Scoring:
Win / Loss / Tie: All games are either Win, Loss or Tie. To win the game a team must hang the flag. If the flag is not hung in the time limit, the game is considered a tie.
Beginner and Intermediate Rules:
For the 3-player Beginner and Intermediate division the following additional restrictions apply:
1) All Markers can not contain any batteries
2) There is a paint limit per game. Each player may have two 140rd pods filled with paint and their hoppers filled before the game starts. After the ref verifies each player the team can choose to exchange pods with their teammates on. Example: After verification one player could have 1 pod while another have 3.
Penalties:
All penalties specified in the NPPL 2008 rulebook apply. Including one for one’s, two for one’s, gun penalty rules, paint rules.
Play days:
Schedule: RPL events are either two -day tournaments.
Friday: Registration Open and Fields available to be walked at noon.
Saturday: 5-Player Division AA, AAA and Open and 3-Player AAA and AA play their preliminary games.
Sunday: . 3-Player Beginner and Intermediate play all their games. Finals for all 5-Player and 3-Player Divisions
Captains' Meetings:
Saturday 7am: All 5-player teams
Saturday 12:00pm: 3-player AA and AAA teams
Sunday 10:00am: 3-player Beginner and Intermediate teams
Divisions: All events separate Beginner, Intermediate, AAA, AA, and Open teams into different divisions. Team seeding within a bracket is based on overall circuit ranking, how many squads each team enters, and geographical relationships. For the First event of the season the ranking will be alphabetical and we will try to not put sister teams into the same bracket.
Games: Depending on the number of entries and the size of the brackets, teams will play between three and four matches (six to twelve games) in the opening round. Teams will be place in a bracket of either four or five teams.
All matches are best 2 out of 3 games.
At least the top team in each bracket moves on to the next round. Sometimes the top two or three teams will move on to the next round pending total team counts in the division.
Mixed play: In the event one division does not have enough teams mixed prelims and separate finals may occur. “enough teams” will be defined by the RPL Staff.
Rosters: 3-player teams may have up to 5 players listed on their roster. 5-player teams may have up to 8-players listed on their roster.
Prizes: Will be given for 1st-4th in every division as well as many raffle prizes given out at all events.
Referees: The RPL employs professional referees that do not compete in the league. In most cases these will be players from Professional teams.
If you need more information, call us at 877-752-4775 or visit our website at www.therpl.com.
The RPL is not responsible for typographical errors and reserves the right to amend this page if necessary.
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