SPEEDDART AUSTRALIA 

The field is the Size of a standard basketball court with between 12 - 15 obstacles. 

DEFINITION OF TAG

Any bodily contact with a dart fired from a blaster is considered a tag. This includes any part of the bodily gear or equipment (e.g. Blaster, Scopes, tactical gears, scopes, attachments, belts, holsters, slings, recording equipment, etc.) 

- Ricochets do not count as a tags.

- Hits to the blaster/s do count as a tag.

- Friendly fire counts as a tag.

- If opposing players shoot each other in game at same time, both players are eliminated, this is known as a ‘Trade’. 

- No minimum engagement distance, point blank will happen!

- Players must verbally call hits/tags (i.e. “HIT!”)

- Bang Bang is not an engagement rule. (No minimum distance of engagement.) 

- No melee tags (touching another player).

- Throwing darts at another player by hand or any other method, other than using a blaster does not constitute as a tag.

MATCHES 

Competing teams within a match attain points by ‘player tags’ and pressing the opposing teams buzzer. If the opponent buzzer is not pressed within the time frame, it results in a draw, any points achieved from tags will be added to the final score.

Each match consists of 3 rounds - 

- Rounds end when 3 minutes elapse, or by pressing the oppositions buzzer.

- Teams have between 30 seconds and 2 minutes to prepare between rounds. 

- Teams are allowed to swap equipment, mags, reload, substitute player/s, etc. during the break period. 

Points are tallied at the end of each round, contributing to the teams overall score at tournaments. 

ROUNDS

To begin, players must start in their home base, with 1 foot of each player inside the designated area and all blaster barrels pointing towards the back of the base. 

Players must remain inside the designated boundaries of the field until they are either tagged out, they press the oppositions buzzer, or time runs out. 

- Any step taken outside of the field is considered a tag to the player.

- This includes for issues such as blaster jams and empty magazines. 

- Shots fired whilst tagged or out of bounds is not counted. 

DARTS

Players must start each round with a maximum of 60 darts. 

- Once the round begins, players can carry more than 60 darts.

- Players can scavenge the field for darts. 

- Equipment (such as, magazines, darts, blasters, and gear, ect.) may be shared during rounds amongst ACTIVE team members on the field. 

- Any dart fired BEFORE an active player is tagged remains in play. 

Only half-length darts with soft tips are allowed. 

- Darts with hard tips are strictly prohibited.

- This includes darts with 3D printed dart tips and self modified dart tips.

- Bodies of darts must be made from a foam material. Other materials are prohibited. 

Commercially available glow-in-the-dark darts are allowed. 

Players can RELOAD/SWAP magazines in between rounds, during the break period. 

TAGGING

There are no respawns during a round. Once tagged (hit by a foam dart) the player is eliminated, and must raise their hand in the air to signify being tagged, remaining in the air until they have vacated the playing field. Henceforth, awaiting the start of the next round to rejoin the game. 

Players MUST verbally announce that they have been tagged. 

Any Darts, Blasters, Gear, Mags etc… being carried at the time the player is tagged, cannot be passed to another player or dropped after the player is tagged. The player must carry the aforementioned items with them off the field.

PENALTIES 

If penalised the player is disqualified for the match, the point is awarded to the opposing team and a sub is not allowed to replenish the numbers. 

Penalties will apply for modification of blaster to increase FPS after initial chronographed. This may result in disqualification of the entire team for the tournament.

Shields and Melee weapons are prohibited within the sport. 

A penalty is issued if players “blind fire” (shoot without having a portion of themselves visible/have an unobstructed view of where they are shooting.) 

REFEREES

Referees have a final say. 

Players should not intervene with referee discussions.

Players should not wait for referees to make calls regarding tags. If a player is tagged, they should call themselves out and return to start positions (DO NOT leave this area until dismissed by referees).

Intentionally not taking tags or waiting for a referee to make a call will result in penalties. 

Any action, at the discretion of the referees, deemed to be cheating, unsafe, endangering, or harassing others will result in players being removed from the event and their team forfeiting their current match, or their next match if they are not currently playing.