- Obey the Refs, their word on the field is supreme.
- No drama, horseplay, or jackassery.
- Leave your cleats at home, it will tear up the moss on the paths.
- Masks are not to be taken off during a game for any reason. If the mask leaves your face during game play do not attempt to look for it. Cover your eyes, turn away from the action, and repeatedly shout "Ref!" for the Ref who will assist you. The Safe Area is now netted so you may take your mask off during play in the Safe Area *only*.
- If you weren't on the field at the beginning of a game, stay out until the next game.
- Boundaries are orange ribbons; orange pallet/screened area at the crosspaths is the Safe Area.
- Games begin with 1 whistle blast, end with 2 whistle blasts. 5 blasts mean hold for an emergency; stop all action and make safe your marker.
- 10 minute games, Darth Vader, and Popcorn (see Game Variations) are always in effect unless otherwise stated before the beginning of the game.
- Blind firing is discouraged since you can easily hit a ref or your own teammate, and if blindly firing at someone in front of you they can easily avoid your misplaced shots and shoot your marker.
- When you think you tagged another player you may point at the other player and shout "Paintcheck (area of body or marker)!" on them. The Ref will then run to the player upon whom the paintcheck was called and deem whether or not they are still in the game. Game play continues as normal until the person is judged to be out. Use sparingly. If you want to call a paintcheck on yourself, shout "Ref!" (not "Paintcheck!", that's for other than yourself) and the ref will come to you.
- Do not shoot at another player within 10', instead safety kill them. To do so, be in a postion where you can easily shoot the other player (i.e. no barriers in the way) within 10', point the marker at the target, and shout "Safety kill!". The phrase "Safety kill!" acts as if a paintball was shot from your marker, reguardless if you ran out of air or paintballs or your marker jammed. If the person being safety killed has contention with the kill (i.e. does not believe it 10' or less, the safety killer's barrel was not pointed at the victim) they should immediately shout "Ref!" to call the Ref to the spot for the ref to give a judgement. Both players are out of play & remain until judgement is given. If both players shout "Safety kill!" at the same time both players are dead. If a player shoots another within 10' the shooter is dead and the other continues in the game. "Surrender!" is a viable question, though can be ignored.
- You are out when a paintball breaks on your body or an extension of your body. Your marker or a barrier you are carrying at the time is an extension of your body. If a ball does not break you may continue play. If you call yourself out, discovering later the ball did not break, you are still out.
- When you are tagged, safety killed, or otherwise eliminated shout "Out!" or "Hit!" (don't be shy!) and use your barrel condom like a white flag of surrender. Then de-cock your marker, put your barrel condom on your marker, point your marker to the sky, and walk to the Safe Area. Not having your barrel condom on *and* marker pointed up *and* walking to the Safe Area, i.e. standing around and watching the action, you may still be perceived as a target and you *will* be shot some more. Shooting someone with a barrel condom on *and* marker pointed up *and* walking to the Safe Area will earn you a point of jackassery. Also, since markers can be shot at a high rate of fire expect to be hit several times considering distance, being able to be heard over the shooter's marker, and your relative position to the stream of paintballs to cover. Duck and cover, then shout "Hit!" and show your barrel condom like a white flag of surrender. When tagged with the flag, hang the flag in an obvious place as close to the location eliminated as possible.
- Ref obviously laying a hand on a player makes the player neutral and protects from all aggressive action towards the player.
- Dead men don't talk. Talking with others on the field when you are out is distracting to the players still in the game. Also keep in mind voices carry very easily even from the Safe Area, so stay quiet when not in play.
- All markers will be chronographed to around 250fps, max 280fps. Speed will be determined by as many shots is needed to show consistency. Rates of fire will be less than 10 balls per second.
- Splatter: Quarter size solid paint counts (grenades, mines, spray from hitting a barrier).
- Thou shalt not kill; let the woodland creatures be! Except squirrels and raccoons, those bird feeder destroying bastards.
- Be honest! The Ref can't see everything and it makes the game much more fun to not rely on the Ref. Wiping is an unforgivable sin, period.
- Common sense, use it at all times! No physical contact. Don't look down the barrel at any time when cocked, i.e. to see if it's loaded. If your mask is cracked don't use it. Fire only paintballs out of the marker. Do not use balls which have touched the ground; the dirt and moisture wreak havoc on the internals of the marker. Leave keys, wallets, cell phones, and other valuables off your person before playing.

* Violators will be dealt with by Emily *

Extrapolated from Paintball Times, Durty Dan, and tons of personal experience. =)

Travis Hopkins came up with the name Machete Paintball due to our brush clearing excursions on the field. =) Here's a crude LOGO bitmap of the clearcut paths on the field. Entrance is near the compass rose, brush is in green, current paths outlined in white, and yes it is to scale.

There is actually no more turret, it fell over at the end of 2007. But there is now a path going below the lower path parallel to the creek.

Games may be combined. Example: Zombie Hunter - Hunters killed by zombies become zombies. Zombies are only killed by head shots.

Darth Vader and Popcorn is always in effect, time limit for any game is at most 10 minutes, no fire is friendly fire.