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**demonpoptart** · September 26th, 01:53 PM

PENALTIES:

Yes, unfortunately as a ref, it is your job to learn how people cheat so you can properly assess their penalty. Remember it’s your job to keep people safe, and to deter people from cheating you should penalize them for the things they do wrong, it sounds different, but it’s necessary. For most occasions, on local fields and personal fields, a good punishment for cheating is making someone sit out the next game. (Or few games depending on how severe the infractions were.) Repeated infractions, like on this forum, could ultimately result in a partial or permanent ban from the field. Usually there is a boss in whom a ref would go to (on most occasions known as the ‘ultimate ref’), and usually, but in not all instances it’s the person who owns the field that would decide something like that.

Not all penalties are the same for each field, nor are there set guidelines for what should be done in every situation (for local fields) – so a lot of what happens here is up to you. Be creative, remember just ‘cause someone cheated doesn’t mean the HAVE to sit out a few games – you can even go as far as only allowing them 50 balls in the next game for shooting someone 5 times more than necessary, or only allow them to be chrono’d at 150fps for shooting 15fps over in the last round. (Usually it’s about 300fps set for a field, so multiply times ten the number they were over and subtract that from 300, which can be their punishment!)

POST GAMES:

Yay, the games are over, and now you get to total up the score and decide who wins this day. In tournaments you would do this after every game, and bring the scores to the ‘ultimate ref’ and the team captains would then sign the scores to verify that they are correct. Then it’s up to you to walk the fields and make sure that there are no random pods which may trip someone up, or things like stumps that can make later rounds dangerous.

Ooh, here’s something fun, after the day is up, and all your friends go it’s up to you to have all of your bunkers cleaned and deflated (if possible). And again you have to walk the field to make sure all random and out of place objects are removed. The refs who can do this without complaining are the refs who are always invited back to ref again. It’s also the refs who do this that have people come back to their field and remember that specific ref and field ‘cause it’s clean, and has good field service.

DEALING WITH UNRULY CUSTOMERS:

There is no set rule or thing for dealing with people who are overly energetic or unruly, a lot like with the penalties for cheating. I would even go as far as saying, this can be the hardest part of any reffing job you may have. It's these people who have monstrous egos and believe your field would not be blessed without thier presence that will cause most problems, and for the most part cheat most frequently as well - they never believe that they deserved to be eliminated and therefore stay in the game. Watch out for these guys!

Remember for most local fields it is a company and they do need the business, but that does not mean you have to deal with bad-mannered and abusive customers. Try to remain relaxed, keeping your temper is the difference between you being invited back as a level headed ref, and being shunned as a ref from the field. If you cannot yourself get the ego-maniacs to calm down or sit out a few games, then most people including your boss would suggest that you go to your ‘ultimate ref’ and report the issue to them. I know it sounds bad, but sometimes that’s the best you can do…

This is not a guide on the exact specifications of reffing, but rather a rule of thumb that some newer players might have to follow in order to increase how useful they are to their local field and make their personal fields more safe and fun to play at for all players, experienced and those unalike. Good luck on your future endeavors, and have fun playing or reffing!

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demonpoptart Ðèm-öñ(Pòp)tårt Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Central Florida [/Çஇௌ] Posts: 1,508	PENALTIES: Yes, unfortunately as a ref, it is your job to learn how people cheat so you can properly assess their penalty. Remember it’s your job to keep people safe, and to deter people from cheating you should penalize them for the things they do wrong, it sounds different, but it’s necessary. For most occasions, on local fields and personal fields, a good punishment for cheating is making someone sit out the next game. (Or few games depending on how severe the infractions were.) Repeated infractions, like on this forum, could ultimately result in a partial or permanent ban from the field. Usually there is a boss in whom a ref would go to (on most occasions known as the ‘ultimate ref’), and usually, but in not all instances it’s the person who owns the field that would decide something like that. Not all penalties are the same for each field, nor are there set guidelines for what should be done in every situation (for local fields) – so a lot of what happens here is up to you. Be creative, remember just ‘cause someone cheated doesn’t mean the HAVE to sit out a few games – you can even go as far as only allowing them 50 balls in the next game for shooting someone 5 times more than necessary, or only allow them to be chrono’d at 150fps for shooting 15fps over in the last round. (Usually it’s about 300fps set for a field, so multiply times ten the number they were over and subtract that from 300, which can be their punishment!) POST GAMES: Yay, the games are over, and now you get to total up the score and decide who wins this day. In tournaments you would do this after every game, and bring the scores to the ‘ultimate ref’ and the team captains would then sign the scores to verify that they are correct. Then it’s up to you to walk the fields and make sure that there are no random pods which may trip someone up, or things like stumps that can make later rounds dangerous. Ooh, here’s something fun, after the day is up, and all your friends go it’s up to you to have all of your bunkers cleaned and deflated (if possible). And again you have to walk the field to make sure all random and out of place objects are removed. The refs who can do this without complaining are the refs who are always invited back to ref again. It’s also the refs who do this that have people come back to their field and remember that specific ref and field ‘cause it’s clean, and has good field service. DEALING WITH UNRULY CUSTOMERS: There is no set rule or thing for dealing with people who are overly energetic or unruly, a lot like with the penalties for cheating. I would even go as far as saying, this can be the hardest part of any reffing job you may have. It's these people who have monstrous egos and believe your field would not be blessed without thier presence that will cause most problems, and for the most part cheat most frequently as well - they never believe that they deserved to be eliminated and therefore stay in the game. Watch out for these guys! Remember for most local fields it is a company and they do need the business, but that does not mean you have to deal with bad-mannered and abusive customers. Try to remain relaxed, keeping your temper is the difference between you being invited back as a level headed ref, and being shunned as a ref from the field. If you cannot yourself get the ego-maniacs to calm down or sit out a few games, then most people including your boss would suggest that you go to your ‘ultimate ref’ and report the issue to them. I know it sounds bad, but sometimes that’s the best you can do… This is not a guide on the exact specifications of reffing, but rather a rule of thumb that some newer players might have to follow in order to increase how useful they are to their local field and make their personal fields more safe and fun to play at for all players, experienced and those unalike. Good luck on your future endeavors, and have fun playing or reffing! __________________ ○ voted most helpful member winter 2006/7 ○ Š†®8K\|££@~™ -----> \| PM5 \| Last edited by demonpoptart : September 26th at 05:32 PM.

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