NorthEast Paintball Series

The Northeast Paintball Series (NEPS) is one of two major paintball tournament series in the New England Area. The league is for 5-man Division 4/Novice & Division 5/Rookie level play. The league is closely affiliated with ERFOA Eastern Regional Field Owners Association and is a feeder league for this regional X-Ball league.

History

The NEPS was created in 2007 as the Fox4 Tournament series. The name was changed in 2009 to Northeast Regional Series and started crowning series champions. The series has five events a year with the top 4 teams placing and receiving trophies as well as cash prizes. The season usually starts in April and ends in October. The series has two divisions. Division 5 or rookie for brand new players with little to no tournament experience and Division 4 or rookie with one to two years tournament experience. The NERS switched to the APPA ranking system in 2010. The series is refereed by 187 crew the 2010 Division 2 PSP World Cup Champions^[1] and 2009 AXBL runner ups.

General regulations

The NERS rules are based on the PSP rules ^[2] with slight modifications. A regulation PSP field is 150 feet (46 m) long by 125 feet (38 m) wide. Inflatable bunkers of differing shapes and sizes are placed on the field in mirrored symmetry.^[3] Each end of the field has a start/dead box where the team starts the game and returns to if/or when they are eliminated. Each team consists of five players. The flag is placed in the center of the field and must be hung to end the game. There is a five minute time limit for the game.

At the beginning of a match, the head referee raises his hand and announces the start of the silent ten-second countdown. At the end of the silent countdown, the game is commenced with the head referee yelling "Go, go, go!" When the game commences, a seven minute countdown is started. The game ends when either all the players on both teams are eliminated, time runs out, or a flag is hung. Points are awarded for hanging the opposing team's flag on your start station, pulling the opponent's flag from their start station, eliminating opposing players, and for live (unmarked) players at the end of a match.

A player is eliminated when they are hit by a paintball that breaks on any part of the body or equipment or runs out of bounds or is pulled for a penalty against another teammate. Upon elimination the player must place their gun behind their start station and go to their team's deadbox, located in their back corner of the field. If a player fails to acknowledge a hit they run the risk of being penalized with a "one-for-one." This penalty consists of a referee pulling out the eliminated player and the closest friendly player.

Series Champions

		2007	2008	2009	2010
Novice		Axis	Monster Paintball Factory	Boston Reapers Scythe	Boston Reapers
Rookie		East Coast Riot	No Name Kids	RHONIC	******

Novice Results

	2007 [4]	2008 [5]	2009 [6]	2010 [7]
Event 1	5/20/07 1st Antidote 2nd Sideshow 3rd Red Storm Kids 4th NEAA Blue	4/13/08 1st UMASS 2nd Revolution 3rd Monster Paintball Sabotage 4th Western Massacre	4/19/09 1st Boston Reapers Scythe 2nd NTL 3rd Western Massacre Gold 4th Northeast Elite	5/2/10 1st RHONIC 2nd NE Invasion 3rd Boston Reapers 4th Shipyard Snails
Event 2	6/24/07 1st Axis 2nd Antidote 3rd Bandits 4th BC Army	6/29/08 1st Monster Paintball Sabotage 2nd Hartford Hardcore 3rd Off in the woods 4th Red Storm Five	6/19/09 1st Southcoast Khaos 2nd NTL 3rd Northeast Elite 4th Mike Beatty	6/20/10 1st Alex Thorton All Stars 2nd The Institution 3rd Boston Reapers 4th NE Invasion
Event 3	07/29/07 1st The Bandits 2nd Haters 3rd Monster Paintball Factory 4th Sideshow	7/27/08 1st The Griffin Family 2nd Monster Paintball Factory 3rd MP Sabotage Green 4th MP Sabotage	7/26/09 1st Yo-Gut Slingaz 2nd Western Massacre Gold 3rd Monster Effect 4th Western Massacre	8/1/10 1st Belligerent Bunnies 2nd NE Invasion 3rd Southcoast Menace 4th Alex Thorton All Stars
Event 4	9/2/07 1st The Bandits 2nd Haters 3rd Monster Paintball Factory 4th Sideshow	8/24/08 1st The Griffin Family 2nd Angry Beavers 3rd Monster Paintball Factory 4th Shipyard Ale	8/23/09 1st Boston Reapers Scythe 2nd Blazers 3rd Western Massacre 4th NTL	9/12/10 1st SouthCoast Menace 2nd The Institution 3rd Boston Reapers 4th Slow Old and Fat
Event 5	10/14/07 1st Axis 2nd EVK 3rd Smoke 4th LTK	10/19/08 1st Warzone Factory 2nd Mid Life Crisis 3rd Camelot Killers 4th Shipyard Ale	10/14/09 1st Blazers 2nd Boston Reapers Scythe 3rd Western Massacre Gold 4th Fotron	10/10/10 1st RHONIC 2nd Boston Reapers 3rd NE Invasion 4th Slow Old and Fat
Season Standings	2007 1st Axis (181.96 points) 2nd Sideshow (132.00) 3rd Antidote (131.52) 4thThe Bandits (121.72)	2008 1st Monster Paintball Factory (158.52) 2nd Monster Paintball Sabotage (145.56) 3rd The Griffin Family (113.12) 4th Western Massacre (90.64)	2009 1st Boston Reapers Scythe (174.00) 2nd NTL (157.69) 3rd Western Massacre Gold (147.52) 4th Western Massacre (120.97)	2010 1st Boston Reapers (338.25 APPA)169.25 2nd NE Invasion (325.25 APPA)160.66 3rd RHONIC (310 APPA)155.00 4th Alex Thorton All Stars (236.25 APPA)118.13

Rookie Results

	2007 [8]	2008 [9]	2009 [10]	2010 [11]
Event 1	5/20/07 1st Fear 2nd East Coast Assassins 3rd East Coast Riot 4th Twisted Kidz	4/13/08 1st No Name Kids 2nd Sneaky Pete's Factory 3rd Nemesis 4th Point Blank	4/19/09 1st SYG 2nd ADR 3rd Foundation 4th MTG	5/2/10 1st Harlem Hoodrats 2nd Nightmare Black 3rd Notorious 4th Nightmare Red
Event 2	6/24/07 1st Fotron 2nd MP Sabotage 3rd East Coast Riot 4th Lockdown	6/29/08 1st No Name Kidds 2nd UK Killaz 3rd NTL 4th Monster Effect	6/19/09 1st Boston Reapers Shroud 2nd RHONIC 3rd SYG 4th MTG	6/20/10 1st Defcon 2nd Notorious ** 3rd Massachusetts Maritime Academy 4th Nightmare Black
Event 3	07/29/07 1st Monster Paintball Factory 2nd East Coast Assasins 3rd East Coast Riot 4th MP Sabotage	7/27/08 1st Kentucky Fried Killers 2nd NTL 3rd Noobs 4th Knightmare Saints	7/26/09 1st RONHIC 2nd Boston Reapers Shepherds 3rd Monster Effect 4th East Coast Anarchy	8/1/10 1st Massachusetts Maritime Academy 2nd Ballin Crew 3rd Defcon 4th Notorious **
Event 4	9/2/07 1st NE Unknown 2nd Lockdown 3rd Venom 4th East Cost Riot	8/24/08 1st UK Killaz 2nd NTL 3rd Money Shot 4th Boston Reapers Scythe	8/23/09 1st Unorthodox 2nd Southcoast Tsunami 3rd RHONIC 4th SYG	9/12/10 1st Oompa Loompa Chuckers 2nd Ballin Crew 3rd Nitro Factory 4th Brute Force
Event 5	10/14/07 1st MP Sabotage 2nd East Coast Head Hunters 3rd Balls of Fury 4th Sneaky Pete's Factory	10/19/08 1st No Name Kids 2nd Money Shot 3rd Monster Effect 4th Knightmare Saints	10/14/09 1st Killer Dwarfs 2nd Foundation 3rd East Coast Anarchy 4th RHONIC	10/10/10 1st Notorious 2nd Ballin Crew 3rd Oompa Loompa Chuckers 4th Boston Reapers Red
Season Standings	2007 1st East Coast Riot (178.60 points) 2nd Lockdown (169.92) 3rd Fear (147.84) 4th Monster Paintball Sabotage (136.00)	2008 1st No Name Kids (203.44) 2nd NTL (173.40) 3rd Money Shot (171.00) 4th Nemesis (138.04)	2009 1st RONHIC (179.00) 2nd Foundation (159.62) 3rd SYG (157.08) 4th ADR (109.65)	2010 1st Notorious** (439.62 APPA)219.80 2nd Nightmare Black (338.17 APPA)169.8 3rd Ballin Crew (335.81 APPA)167.80 4th Boston Reapers Red(330.72 APPA)165.36

• • Notorious played with a player that was on their roster as staff. The vacated 180 points would have placed them in 5th place for the season with Nitro Factory moving up to fourth. Event two ballistix and Event three P Bombers placed 5th and would have moved into a placing position.

References

1. ^ http://pspevents.com/information/rankings/ PSP Paintball
2. ^ http://pspevents.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/PSP2010RulesGeneral_4_3_2_1.pdf
3. ^ http://www.propaintball.com/2010/08/psp-world-cup-layout/
4. ^ http://www.fox4paintball.com/newsite/SeasonRanking5man.php
5. ^ http://www.fox4paintball.com/newsite/2008SeasonRanking5man.php
6. ^ http://www.fox4paintball.com/newsite/2009SeasonRanking5man.php
7. ^ http://www.paintball-players.org/scores/L121/seasonrankings2010.html
8. ^ http://www.fox4paintball.com/newsite/SeasonRanking5man.php
9. ^ http://www.fox4paintball.com/newsite/2008SeasonRanking5man.php
10. ^ http://www.fox4paintball.com/newsite/2009SeasonRanking5man.php
11. ^ http://www.paintball-players.org/scores/L121/seasonrankings2010.html