USA 5v5

United Speedsoft Association 5v5

Scoring Points

1 Point Each - Eliminating Opposing Team Members

3 Points - First to grab the flag from center while staying alive

5 points - Hang the flag on opposing wall within breakout box

10 points - If player who grabs flag first is the same player to hang flag

23 Points - Max points available per ROUND

Penalty Point Deduction

-5 Points - 1st Minor Penalty

-5 Points - 2nd Minor Penalty

-10 Points - 3rd Minor Penalty, Plus player sits out rest of match

-10 Points - 1st Major Penalty

-10 Points - 2nd Major Penalty

-20 Points - 3rd Major Penalty, plus player sits rest of match PLUS entire next match

Match Details: The Match consists of 5, 2 minute Rounds.

Captains flip a coin to choose what side they start on for the ENTIRE match.
Flag is placed on center bunker at the start of every round
10 second countdown begins
START Buzzer begins the 2 minute round
SECOND Buzzer will sound randomly within the first 20 second which permits player to advance into the “Center Zone”
Players battle to be the first to grab the flag, while trying to eliminate as many opposing players as possible and hang the flag on the opposing wall
ELIMINATION Buzzer sounds when a team hits their button indicating their entire team has been eliminated
END GAME Buzzer sounds three seconds after the ELIMINATION buzzer which will end that round. During those three seconds, the flag is still in play.
Alternatively, END GAME buzzer will sound at the end of 2 minutes if neither team has been completely eliminated OR if a hang is made by either team

Minor Penalties:

False Start
Player breaks out and/or shoots their gun before the buzzer. Player may “reset” themselves by going back to the wall & touching gun to wall to break out & avoid the penalty.
No Call Minor
Player is hit on arm pads, knee pads, belt, loose jersey, shoes, while sliding, gun, etc
Blind Firing
Gun must be within green box on image shown below
Slow Dead Man
Player MUST jog or run off the field with hand up immediately after being shot out
Taking Flag Off Field
The flag may NEVER be removed off the field by any player, at any point. Only Referees may remove the flag from the field.
Being in Center Zone before Buzzer
Player advances into the “Center Zone” before the SECOND buzzer
Late Flag Drop
Player continues to move down the field with the flag after being eliminated

Major Penalties:

“Unauthorized FPS”
If gun is chrono’d after match start and is shooting above 1.1Joule or below .9Joule
No Call Major
Player is hit on Mask/head, upper body, hands, unpadded legs, etc.
Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Purposely overshooting, cussing out players including teammates, fighting or threatening to fight, racism, profanity, lewd language or behaviour, blatant drug/alcohol use, and more. Referees & host reserve the right to use their discretion for behaviour not listed above.
Dead Man Talking
Players are not to speak to refs or in-play players after being eliminated. This includes communication from the sidelines, windows during the game.
Early Buzzer
Hitting the buzzer before all teammates are declared as out
Referee Influencing & Interfereing
Players may not call out to referees during the game. Sentences like “Get him out” “go get him ref” “you didn't see that ref?” will be considered ref influencing or other similar phrases determined by the head referee/referee’s
Stopping a ref from pulling a player or deliberately getting in the way of a ref to cause he/she to not do their job
Intentional self elimination
Calling yourself out without being hit by a BB
Blind Fire Elimination
If a player blind fires and eliminates another player while blind firing

Penalty Information:

Penalties will be served immediately and by the player who committed the penalty
Player must serve penalty in penalty box
Multiple players may be required to serve penalties at the same time. If a team is unable to line up before a round, that Round will be forfeited and the opposing team will be awarded max points
Penalties are accumulated & tracked through the entire tournament Ex: If an individual player received two minor penalties during a match, when a new match starts, they still have those previously earned penalties.
Once a player serves their 3rd Penalty, the count starts over for that player.

General League Rules:

All replicas must be chrono’d before each Match and shoot between .9 and 1.1 Joules before each match
Rosters are limited to 5 people, whose combined ranking may only add UP TO 16
Equipment & Gear Requirements
No more than 3 Rifles on the field at a time
Players are required to have a tracer on the end of their gun or a hop-up based tracer
Field BB’s Only (.25g tracer BB’s) Must be purchased at EA
Players are required to have a jersey with their name/callsign and a number on the back of the jersey. Teams do NOT need to have matching Jerseys
Player must have ANSI rated full face mask
Equipment & Gear Not Permitted
Flashlights, grenades, grenade launchers, RPG’s, drum mags, dummy knife
Friendly fire counts as an elimination and enemy team will be awarded elimination point
While holding flag, it must be visible to referees at all times
At Breakout, all players replicas must be touching wall, within the designated breakout space
Only Captains may speak to the head ref.
No moving barriers on purpose
If a player is hit and quickly turns to shoot the person who hit them, that is NOT a trade. Trades are ONLY if both players are facing each other and shooting at the same time.
All ref calls are final & challenges are not accepted

2026 DISCLAIMER: Rules may be added throughout the season to accommodate issues that may arise.