The 4th annual Ragnarocktoberfest King of the Hill tournament, presented by Silverfox Industries is happening tomorrow, with a full livestream for all to watch. With 12 teams separated into three groups to play round robin matches against each team in their group to determine seeding for the 12 team elimination bracket to complete the tournament.
The livestream will be hosted on YouTube. And will start at 9:15am PDT. The groups and schedule are as shown below:
The top bar menu on the website now has a link to a Tournament Results page that has all the results for tournaments back to 2017, including team standings, game type, and field layout when available. If you have an upcoming tournament, or see a tournament is missing from the page, please email BlasterTagAssociation@gmail.com with the information to be added!
Today there’s great news for competitive hobbyists looking for more events to compete in. Maryland Mayhem has announced the rule set for their tournament in April of 2023. The game type is called Flag Dash and you can find the full rules here. There are some clarifications and errors to be fixed in the next week or so, but the rules themselves are locked in.
While there’s plenty to unpack by reading the full rules, here’s a brief overview:
1. 250 fps flat cap.
2. Field size of 40 by 28 yards, or 120 by 84 feet.
3. There are 2 rounds per match, each round is up to 3 minutes long.
4. Rounds end by elimination, flag runs, or time outs.
5. Points are scored by eliminating opposing players and completing flag runs.
6. If the score is tied after 2 rounds a series of 1v1’s will be played to determine the winner.
7. Roster size is up to 10 players per team, however there are no subs between rounds in a match, only between matches. The only exceptions are player injuries.
8. Teams may have up to two rostered players be coaches in each match, and those coaches are the only ones allowed to make calls from the sidelines.
9. Dart cap of 600 darts per team per round.
10. Dispute system that allows for disputes to be filed after each round and allows community footage for review.
That is not a comprehensive rundown of the rules, just a few bits to consider for those without the time to read the complete rules right away. I am absolutely looking forward to seeing the meta that evolves around this game type and how the competition adapts at this event. Having a third major tournament to go alongside the FPT and Ragnarocktoberfest could make for a great year of competition in 2023 in the US. There’s also SpeedDart growing rapidly and who knows if they’ll try for a major event next year as well.
I welcome this addition to the tournament scene, and want to thank the organizers for putting the work in to give the community another event to compete in. I hope this excites and motivates players and teams to show up for this and solidify another major tournament to our scene. If you want to follow along with the event itself, you can find the Facebook Event Page here. So get your team ready for April 14th!
In preparation for future tournaments in planning, we’ve been quietly working on new rule sets for a few different game types, and are ready to start testing one of them. If you have a group that would like to test and provide feedback that would be welcomed and appreciated to ensure we get as many perspectives to refine these rules to be the best they can. As mentioned in the rules link itself, there are a few highlighted points for testing, but everything is open for refinement through testing. If you have any questions please leave them in the comments! Thank you in advance for anyone that has an interest in helping test.
On October 11th-13th in San Jose, California, Foamwar inc. will be hosting the yearly Ragnarocktoberfest event. Aside from all the other aspects of the event, such as the large faction vs faction vs faction game on Saturday, that Sunday, the 13th, will host a 16 team King of the Hill tournament. This post will continue to be updated with more information as we get closer and closer to the event!
Registration for the tournament will be $50 per team, and can be found by clicking here. One person will pay the fee when registering, and everyone else can select the player option that has no fee associated to it. Rosters are not locked the moment you sign up, you may make changes as you please until at least a week before the event, we will give you ample heads up if there is a cutoff for it. Any changes or additions to your roster can be emailed to Ragnarok5v5@gmail.com
If you’re a player looking for a team, or a team looking for more players, you can use this file to post and find others to form a team with.
If you’d like to familiarize yourself with the updated tournament rules for the event, you can click here for them.
If you want to see what King of the Hill matches look like, here’s a playlist of last years tournament matches.
The tournament structure will follow the format in the image below. The 16 teams will be split into 4 groups of 4 teams at random. If you win twice in the group stage you qualify for the top 8, if you lose twice in the group stage, your team is eliminated. The top 8 bracket will be single elimination, with the addition of a 3rd place match.
The field size is 125 feet by 125 feet, and you can find the layout measurements and a clean image for your use below. As well if you’d like to open the field in sketchup to see things from different angles, you can download that file here.
The tournament schedule is tentatively set to be as follows and will be populated with team names once ready:
7:30am – Player Check In/Registration
9:30am – Welcome Speeches/Rules Discussion
10:00am – Field 1: Match 1
Field 2: Match 6
10:20am – Field 1: Match 2
Field 2: Match 7
10:40am – Field 1: Match 3
Field 2: Match 8
11:00am – Field 1: Match 4
Field 2: Match 9
11:20am – Field 1: Match 11
Field 2: Match 16
11:40am – Field 1: Match 12
Field 2: Match 17
12:00pm – Field 1: Match 13
Field 2: Match 18
12:20pm – Field 1: Match 14
Field 2: Match 19
12:40pm – Field 1: Match 5
Field 2: Match 10
1:00pm – Field 1: Match 15
Field 2: Match 20
1:20pm – Lunch Break
3:00pm – Field 1: Match 21
Field 2: Match 22
3:20pm – Field 1: Match 23
Field 2: Match 24
3:40pm – Field 1: Match 25
4:00pm – Field 1: Match 26
4:30pm – Field 1: Third Place Match
5:00pm – Field 1: First Place Match
5:30pm – Awards Ceremony/Cleanup
Important note for this schedule, your team will be expected to check in 15 minutes before each match to verify players, blasters, and darts. Read more about this and other details in the rules linked above.
That’s it for now, we’ll keep updating as we have more information, so keep checking back, and we’re looking forward to seeing you all competing at the event!