General:

1. All decisions made by February Frenzy staff during competitions are final.
2. Arguing decisions made by February Frenzy staff will result in team disqualification for the event.
3. Teams not available to start a competition when called will forfeit the competition.
4. Standings and announcements will be posted in the display case between Rooms 145 and 147.  Please check this area before competitions begin.  Standings may also be posted online.
5. All competitions, except the Pizza & Pepperoncinis Eating Contest, will be hosted as a single-elimination tournament.  See sample brackets in the “Points” section below.
6. The “Visiting Team” will be the team listed on the top of the tournament bracket for each round.  The visiting team will always be on offense first.  The visiting team will be responsible for drawing songs for Guitar Hero.
7. The five teams with the most points will be allowed to compete for the championship in the obstacle course on Friday. 

Points:

1. Teams will be awarded 10 points for obtaining corporate sponsorship. 
2. Teams will be awarded points for each competition based on winning a face-to-face competition against another team.  Points will be awarded in the following manner:

Advancing to a Round 2 Competition............................................................................................................... 1 point
Advancing to a Round 3 Competition............................................................................................................. 2 points
Advancing to a Round 4 Competition............................................................................................................. 3 points
Winning the Championship............................................................................................................................... 4 points

3. Pizza & Pepperoncinis Eating Points will be awarded based on the quickest to completely eat all the pizza and pepperoncinis based on the following:

First Place........................................................................................................................................................... 10 points
Second Place........................................................................................................................................................ 9 points
Third Place............................................................................................................................................................ 8 points
Fourth Place......................................................................................................................................................... 7 points
Fifth Place............................................................................................................................................................. 6 points
Sixth Place............................................................................................................................................................. 5 points
Seventh Place....................................................................................................................................................... 4 points
Eighth Place.......................................................................................................................................................... 3 points
Ninth Place........................................................................................................................................................... 2 points
Tenth Place............................................................................................................................................................. 1 point
All Other............................................................................................................................................................... 0 points

4. Teams will be awarded points for the obstacle course based on their finishing place.  Only the five teams with the most points will be competing in the obstacle course.

First Place........................................................................................................................................................... 25 points
Second Place...................................................................................................................................................... 20 points
Third Place.......................................................................................................................................................... 15 points
Fourth Place....................................................................................................................................................... 10 points
Fifth Place............................................................................................................................................................. 5 points

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Rules for Individual Events:

Nintendo Wii Bowling

1. Each team will have 2 players competing per round.  Of the team members competing, only one team member may have competed in the previous round.  No team member will be allowed to compete in three consecutive rounds.
2. After each team has competed all the team players scores will be added together for a total score.
3. If teams are tied after scores are added, each team will chose one player for a one frame tie-breaker. If teams are still tied one more frame will be added to the current match until the game is finished. If the game results in a tie, another game will start.  No team member may participate in a tie-breaker a second time until all players competing in the event have participated in a tie-breaker round.
4. Games will be played with no bumpers.
5. If the players score is removed from the monitor before it is recorded by event staff, the score will be recorded as zero.

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Guitar Hero:

1. Each team will have 2 players competing per round.  Of the team members competing, only one team member may have competed in the previous round.  No team member will be allowed to compete in three consecutive rounds.
2. After each team has competed all the team players scores will be added together for a total score.
3. If teams are tied after scores are added, each team will chose one player for a tie-breaker round. If teams are still tied another tie-breaker will occur. No team member may participate in sudden death elimination a second time until all players competing in the event have participated in a sudden death elimination round.
4. First round will use songs from the easy category.  The second round will be played on the medium category.  The third round will be played on the hard category.  Every round after this will be played on the expert category.
5. If the players score is removed from the monitor before it is recorded by event staff, the score will be recorded as zero.

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Dodge Ball

1. Two teams, 8 players per team, 6 will be needed to begin a game, and if more arrive as the game progresses, they are allowed to join the bench.
2. Substitutions are only allowed between rounds.
3. Players can never cross the center line; otherwise they’re eliminated.
4. Players are eliminated by either being hit with a ball, or having the opposing team catch a ball in which they’ve thrown.
5. Once a player is hit, they must remain on the sidelines for the remainder of that round.
6. If a teammate catches a ball, one person who is out of the game is allowed to return.  The returning person must be chosen by the person who caught the ball.
7. If a player is hit in the head, the player throwing the ball is eliminated unless the hit player was attempting to dodge the throw.  (This is determined by the referees.) This results in the player dodging the throw to be eliminated.
8. A ball thrown may be blocked by an opponent who hits it with only their ball.  If the player drops their ball, the player is eliminated.
9. A team may not possess all balls for more than five seconds.
10. Matches will be best of three.
11. Each game in the match will be limited to five minutes.  The team with the most players remaining will be awarded the victory.

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Badminton

1. Matches will be best of three.

Serving:

1. The serve must be underhand, diagonal, and feet must be stationary.
2. 2 servers in doubles (except the first team to serve will start with only 1 server).
3. Doubles – When the shuttlecock goes across the net to a new team to serve follow these steps: the person on the right court will serve first, and you never serve to the same person twice in a row.
4. The shuttlecock may hit the net during a serve and is in play if it falls within the correct service court.
5. Doubles serving will use the wide and short court, however, after the serve the doubles point will be played on the entire court (wide & long).
6. Shuttlecocks that land directly on a line are considered in-bounds.

Scoring:

1. You must serve to score, games are to 10 points and you DO NOT have to win by 2.
2. A point is scored if the receiving team fails to legally return the shuttlecock over net within the boundary lines.
3. Service is lost if the server(s) fail to make an accurate legal serve or the server or serving team fails to legally return the shuttlecock over net within the boundary lines during the rally.

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Pictionary:

1. 6 players for each team.
2. Student at the front of the line goes up to board and gets a word.
3. Student may draw on the board or gesture or point -- but may not talk!
4. Student may not draw letters or numbers.
5. Student’s own team tries to guess the word within twenty seconds.
6. If they cannot guess in twenty seconds, no points are awarded and the other team has 5 seconds to steal and then picks a new word for their turn.
7. Teams must rotate their drawers every turn. Every other team member must have drawn before a team member can draw again.
8. A point will be awarded for every picture guessed correctly.
9. Games will each last 5 draws each,  the team with most points at the end will continue on to the next round.
10. In case of tie, an extra draw will given to each team. Overtime will continue until one team wins.
11. All event staff rulings are final.
12. Arguing with staff will result in team disqualification for the event.

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Pizza & Pepperoncinis Eating

1. The objective of this eating contest is to eat a whole pizza and pepperoncinis in the fastest time. The team with the best time will win.
2. Each team must assign two members from their team.
3. Each team will be provided a pizza and ten pepperoncinis to eat.
4. Competitors are allowed to dunk their pizza in the beverage provided by the competitor.
5. Towards the end of the competition timing will be stopped when the final pizza or pepperoncinis are swallowed completely.
6. Pizza and pepperoncinis in your mouth must be swallowed completely. Your team will be disqualified should you be unable to keep the pizza or pepperoncinis down, however if you eat what you couldn’t keep in your mouth your team is still in the running. (if its vomit don’t eat it, accept the disqualification)
7. If there is a tie, both teams will have to choose a different member from their team. The players chosen will have to eat seven pepperoncinis each. The player who completely swallows the pepperoncinis in the fastest time will win the contest.

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Tug of  War

1. Each team will need to consist of 8 to 10 players.
2. All team members will start behind a taped line .
3. A flag will be placed in the center of the rope and when it crosses a team’s line they are declared the winner.
4. All referee decisions will be final.
5. This tournament will be single elimination

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Kickball

1. Teams must have 8-10 players on defense.
2. The kicking order must be kept consistent, only players playing on the field can be in the kicking line-up. Kicking order must be provided to the event coordinator before the start of the game.
3. There will be five innings or 20 minutes long, whichever comes first.
4. Three outs and the next team is up to kick.
5. Two strikes is an out.
6. A strike will be called if the majority of the ball crosses the plate.
7. One foul ball is an out.
8. Three balls is a walk.
9. Kickers may not run up to the kick the ball, all balls must be kicked from behind home plate or the kicker will be out.
10. To get a player out you can only catch the ball or throw the ball from shoulders down.
11. Any ball rolling past first or third base while inbounds may go foul.  This is considered a fair ball.
12. Pitchers must roll the ball.  Any ball bouncing above the knee of the kicker (while standing) will result in a lost point for the pitching team.
13. No bunting.  Any kicks not going past the pitcher will result in an strike.
14. No leading off.  If a player is caught leading off, the player will be called out.
15. Base runners may not run until the ball is kicked.  If the base runner runs prior to the kick, the runner will be called out.
16. Any fair ball bouncing off the screen portion of the net in the large gym will be considered an automatic home run.
17. Any fair ball bouncing off the wall above the bleachers in the small gym will be considered a home run.
18. Any fair ball bouncing off the back wall above the orange paint will be considered a home run.

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Obstacle Course:

Each team member will compete in one phase of the obstacle course.  If you do not have enough team members to complete the obstacle course, you will not be allowed to compete.  Each team will need nine team members to complete the obstacle course.  One team will compete in the obstacle course at a time and be timed.  The team in fifth place before the event starts will compete first; fourth place, second; and so on.  The team with the quickest time will be considered the winner of the event.

Course

1. One team member is to dribble a basketball down the court while weaving between the cones on the court.  This team member will then spin around the bat ten times and make a basket from outside the painted “lane” on the floor.
2. Once the basket is made from above, the ball must be passed to the next team member who is waiting to walk the balance beam, crawl under the hurdle and step through the tire course hoola hoops without dropping the basketball.  If the basketball is dropped, the team member must start over.  The basketball will then be placed in the bucket at the end.  This team member will run to the two team members waiting to start the next event.
3. The three team members will then leap frog each other down the basketball court.  Once the first member of the team crosses the baseline, the team member competing in the previous event will be done.
4. The two remaining team members will perform a human wheel barrel to the other baseline of the basketball court.  While completing the wheel barrel, the “wheel” must carry a rope down to the other end to be used in the next competition.
5. Once the “wheel” crosses the baseline, the rope will be handed to two waiting team members who will tie the rope around their legs to run back in a three-legged race.  The two team members will carry the a jump rope to give to the next team member once they have crossed the baseline.
6. The next team member will complete 20 consecutive jump ropes.  The team member must start over if messing up.  The jump rope may be left behind as this team member uses the scooter crabwalk to get to the other side of the court while weaving between the cones.
7. Once the scooting crab-walking team member crosses the baseline, they must tag the next team member.  This team member will have three chances to throw a football (from behind the baseline) to another team member on the opposite side of the basketball court.  Once one football is caught (behind half-court), the catching team member can continue with the obstacle course.  If none of the balls are caught, a fifteen second penalty will be assessed.
8. The person who caught the football will then need to drink a 20 ounce bottle of water. 
9. Once the previous event is completed, the team member can run to center court to join the rest of the team where a human pyramid will be made.  The pyramid will consist of three members on the bottom layer, two on the middle, and one on the top.  This is the completion of the pyramid.
10. Team pictures will be taken while the pyramid is in tact.  Other team members will join around the pyramid.

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