3 man tournament strategy...

[matmc89]

Just push as fast as possible, and lane a lot. Have 3 guns shooting OTB.

[Paintchucker]

I'm playing in a 3 man on the 23rd with our pump team, and we've practicedm 2 front and one mid... Playing right in their faces the only way to go when playing front...

Back when I played tourney, I loved 3 man best because I played with my two best friends. Once you move to 5 man, the communication is not as clean. We had played together so long and all had a straight ahead in your face style. We played the two tape men front, and center back some directing fire mostly. The object is to maximize use of your crossfire, with the tapes shooting mainly across the field rather than at their mirrors. The right tape is shooting at their right tape, and visa versa. The center man watches their movements and directs fire when and where necessary. Centerman can redirect fire and have both tape men try to shoot out the same tape man, especially if they move up to a small bunker. Don't focus on the center man at all, unless he is being a big nuisance. The object here is to clear a tape, and then end the game before the two remaining opponents can redistribute. Both of your tape men will have opportunity to shoot at the center when shooting at their opposite corners. If you can shoot out one of their tape man, you can end the game very quickly...

Once you finally get one of the tape men out, have the man on your strong side(the side that just lost the opponent) move up and more center slightly and then hold the remaining center and opposite tape opponents in place. The man on other tape (weak side) also shoots to hold the two remaining men in place. While this goes on, the center man makes a very very quick flanking move by swinging back and around behind the man on the strong side, and then down the empty tapeline all the way to their now empty back corner... If you can make this move fast enough, it will catch them off guard and it will all be over quickly! If not, the two men on the ends(strongside back corner and weakside tape) hold the opponents in place while the man in the new center position can move in and bunker them both...

Hope that makes sense... Try lining up 3 pennies vs. 3 dimes and try it out a couple times...

[kayvon]

just play realllly aggressive and X it up
also you can try to have like two back people concentrate on one guy for a while and the other one keep the other two in thier bunkers. the two guys should be able to get the one guy out in decent time and the bunker one of the two remaining guys and then you should have at least two guys left to bunker the last guy

also 3 man games go fast and they really should be over with in a few minutes