NXL ? This will be a closed division featuring the 16 NXL teams from the 2006 season.
Open Xball - $2750
- Games will be played over two 16 minute halves.
- Teams will play a round-robin format within a grouping of 5 teams.
- Teams within a group will play in 2 ? hour sessions over the first 2 days. Top
teams will then advance to semi finals, and continue a round-robin format with new
groups.
- Mercy rule: If at any point during the second half one team is winning by 7 or more
points, the game will be called.
- Rosters will be limited at 19 people total with a minimum of 10 players.
- Open to any and all players that are not rostered on another team at an event.
Division 2 Xball - $2400
- Games will be played with a 15 minute game clock which will stop after each point
scored.
- Division 2 games will be won when one team reaches a score of 7 points or 15
minutes of actual play time has expired. Teams will switch sides after every fourth
game point scored.
- Rosters for this division will be capped at a total of 18 people. Teams will be
required to carry a roster with a minimum of 7 players and maximum of 15 players.
No more than 4 staff members per roster will be allowed.
Division 3 Xball - $2300
- Games will be played with a 15 minute game clock which will stop after each point
scored.
- Division 3 games will be won when one team reaches a score of 5 points or 15
minutes of actual play time has expired. Teams will switch sides after every third
game point scored.
- Rosters for this division will be capped at a total of 15 people. Teams will be
required to carry a roster with a minimum of 7 players and maximum of 11 players.
No more than 5 staff members per roster will be allowed
5-man Xball - $1100/$900
- This format follows the basic 5-man rules including but not limited to 5-man
scoring, penalties, roster limits, etc.
- Each team is guaranteed a minimum of 8 games with the possibility of more in the
prelims. Teams will be grouped in sets of five. They will play the other teams in their
group in a round-robin format in a best two out of three series to determine who
will advance to the next round.
- Crowd participation is allowed.
- We will offer both Division 3 and Division 4 for this format. Entry fees will be
$1100 and $900 respectively.
Masters Division - $1800
- Standard PSP D3 Xball rules adjusted as played at the 2006 World Cup.
- Each team may have a limit of 8 players and 2 staff members for a total roster of
10.
- This division will be offered at the LA Open, the Chicago Open, and World Cup.
- This division will have the following age requirements:
- to play at the LA Open, all participants must be 40 years or older as of February 28th.
- to play at the Chicago Open, all participants must be 40 or older as of
June 19th.
- to play at the World Cup, all participants must be 40 or older as of
October 23rd.
Smart Parts, WDP, and Dye Resolve Litigation, License Agreements Part of Settlemen
Smart Parts, Inc., WDP, Ltd., and Dye Precision, Inc. are pleased to announce the settlement of litigation pending between the companies and the entry into patent license agreements giving WDP and Dye a worldwide, non-exclusive license to make, sell, offer for sale, and distribute products covered by Smart Parts? electronic paintball gun patents; giving Smart Parts and Dye a worldwide, non-exclusive license to make, sell, offer for sale, and distribute products covered by a WDP?s affiliate?s LCD and Data Link and other related electronic paintball marker patents; and giving Smart Parts a license under Dye?s patent related to spool valve paintball gun designs.
Tippmann and Special Ops Announce Strategic Alliance
Buffalo Grove, Ill. (July 28, 2006) ? Tippmann Sports is pleased to announce a strategic alliance with Special Ops Paintball. The new relationship will include several collaborative marketing programs as well as future product initiatives. Working together, the two companies will be ideally positioned to bring an unmatched breadth of specialized products and services to woodsball players around the world.
New Russian Legion store
In the sports club of the Russian Legion, a new store has opened, distributing paintball equipment ranging from paintballs to paintball markers. To this day, this is the most popular store in Russia, with an extremely broad assortment of paintball equipment from all different manufacturers.
