It's official .... 15 bps cap Rules

[nastymag]

http://www.68caliber.com/news/tournament/story04669.php

this is all the way in the east coast, but hopefully the XPSL and NPPL will do it down here too.
we had all been talking about it , and i think we as players knew it was coming. and i am glad they are putting their foot down. i wish they had some way of telling if some one was firing over 15 bps on the field though. seems like a good set of rules though

rock on CFOA

[vonort]

Really means nothing. You still have to catch them in the act.

[ilovemags2]

I though the chrono they use in x-ball showed velosity and shots per second

[tony3]

the bps rof counter in nxl that was used at cup was having problems with backround noise effecting it. The velocity chrono's worked great though.

[ilovemags2]

so if they fix that then they could enforce it

[wanna-b-ballin']

i like that rule. its a good idea to have all guns set up in a way that everybody, even people with slow fingers, can compete with everyone else; without being intimidated by people shooting 20 bps. because today, its all about how much paint you can shoot in someones direction just to eliminate them.

[mag88888]

yaya

[Wc Keep]

the way the article and rules are written makes it seem like they didnt chrono velocity in before games.

[Muzikman]

the way the article and rules are written makes it seem like they didnt chrono velocity in before games.

I think they are just making sure you understand that you still need to chrono. I have a feeling (and I just get this idea from reading that article), that the trigger testing and chrono will be seperate.

[danoxide]

i like that rule. its a good idea to have all guns set up in a way that everybody, even people with slow fingers, can compete with everyone else; without being intimidated by people shooting 20 bps. because today, its all about how much paint you can shoot in someones direction just to eliminate them.

i will have to dissagree here. I personally belive that if i can shoot faster LEGALLY then you, then i should be able to. its kind of like saying once Lebron James scores 20,you have to take him out of the game because its not fair anymore. I say let people shoot as fast as they can legally, and if one person on the team gets cought with a cheater board DQ the whole team. Once your team gets DQed then your team can't play in the next tournemt that happens after that. Make it a harsher penelty for cheaters, and then let ballers ball

[RRfireblade]

Still think it's a total sellout in exchange for pursuing a reliable testing method for catching cheaters. It seems pretty unfair to 'limit' the true ability of some to compensate for an inability to catch cheaters.

But oh well.........

[Lurker27]

Copout, perhaps...seriously, a good pass/fail bounce/ramp catcher could be sold profitably for $30.

[trains are bad]

it's actually a 17bps cap.

You don't asses any penalties unless you are caught (in whatever way) shooting 17.1 or higher.

Why they didn't call it a 17bps cap beats me.

[Echo419]

Ummm, shooting fast is part of the game, and part of skill that you learn... I have practiced for god knows how many hours walkin my fingers on whatever object i can find, so i can get faster... I always do it in class... I think any speed should be legal... just Zero Bounce zero BS

[fire1811]

i personally dont have a problem with the limit. will be interesting to see how it turns out