Editing 1992 Florida State Championships

The '''1992 Florida State Championships''' was a [[paintball]] tournament held at Gun Runners Paintball near Oldsmar, Florida, United States. Seven teams qualified through district competitions.[1]

The Maniacs of West Palm Beach won with 414 points, ahead of Tampa's Stingers with 401 and the [[Jacksonville Warriors]] with 327. The victory gave the Maniacs consecutive Florida state championships.[1]

== Qualification ==

Teams earned places through district tournaments. Districts 4 and 5, covering North Florida and the Panhandle, did not send representatives, while District 2-A sent one team.[1]

The seven finalists were Maniacs, Jacksonville Warriors, Stingers, Cottonmouths, War Dogs, Brush Bandits and Dream Team.[1]

== Competition ==

The tournament used a points-based scoring system incorporating player eliminations and flag objectives. The contemporary report describes a 30-minute game between the Maniacs and Stingers.[1]

After five games, the Maniacs and Stingers were level on 309 points, with War Dogs on 210. A subsequent defeat against Dream Team left the Stingers 74 points behind the Maniacs before their meeting.[1]

=== Deciding game ===

The Stingers captured and hung the Maniacs' flag, initially scoring 100 points. However, a Stingers player's marker exceeded the permitted velocity during the post-game chronograph check.[1]

A 24-point penalty reduced the Stingers' game score to 76 and left them 13 points behind the Maniacs in the final standings.[1]

== Results ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
! Location reported
! Points
|-
| 1
| Maniacs
| West Palm Beach
| 414
|-
| 2
| Stingers
| Tampa
| 401
|-
| 3
| [[Jacksonville Warriors]]
| Jacksonville
| 327
|-
| 4
| Dream Team
| Fort Myers
| 314
|-
| 5
| War Dogs
| Miami
| 310
|-
| 6
| Brush Bandits
| Miami
| 174
|-
| 7
| Cottonmouths
| Largo
| 97
|}

Source: the final standings published in ''Action Pursuit Games''.[1]

== Officiating and awards ==

Ben Torricelli, the fieldmaster for Field 2, presented the trophies to the first three teams. Gun Runners Paintball Club supplied those trophies.[1]

Charles Holton and John Ruddelbarger shared the best-judge award, each receiving a JT X-Fire goggle system.[1]

== See also ==

* [[Jacksonville Warriors]]
* [[1992 in paintball]]

== References ==

# “Hollywood”, “The 1992 Florida State Championships”, ''[[Action Pursuit Games]]'', February 1993, pp. 38–43.

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