Editing 1992 RP Scherer/PMI International Masters

The '''1992 RP Scherer/PMI International Masters''' was a [[paintball]] tournament held at Hermitage Landing near Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Produced by Sam Caldwell and Jim Lively of [[Lively Productions]], it was sponsored by RP Scherer and [[Pursuit Marketing Inc.|PMI]]. The programme included five-player and ten-player competition, a trade show and a separate speedball arena.[1]

[[Ironmen]] won the five-player competition, followed by Florida Terminators, [[Bad Company (American paintball team)|Bad Company]] and Farside.[1]

== Five-player competition ==

The five-player tournament admitted professional and amateur teams. The contemporary report recorded 38 entries, with 16 teams reaching the semi-finals and four advancing to the final round.[1]

Ironmen, Florida Terminators, Bad Company and Farside contested the finals. Ironmen and Florida Terminators each won their first two final-round games, leaving their meeting to decide the championship.[1]

Their game lasted the full fifteen minutes. Ironmen recorded more eliminations and finished the competition eight points ahead of Florida Terminators.[1]

=== Final standings ===

The following standings were published in ''Action Pursuit Games''.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
|-
| 1
| [[Ironmen]]
|-
| 2
| Florida Terminators
|-
| 3
| [[Bad Company (American paintball team)|Bad Company]]
|-
| 4
| Farside
|-
| 5
| Black Diamonds
|-
| 6
| California Top Gun
|-
| 7
| Tour de Force
|-
| 8
| Florida Annihilators
|-
| 9
| [[All Americans]]
|-
| 10
| Arch Angels
|-
| 11
| Team Rage, England
|-
| 12
| Black Reign
|-
| 13
| Cobra
|-
| 14
| Phantom Regiment
|-
| 15
| Jessie's Raiders
|-
| 16
| Maniac Predators
|}

=== Sportsmanship awards ===

Doom Troopers received the five-player team sportsmanship award. Jason Boucher of Doom Troopers received the individual sportsmanship award.[1]

== Trade show and speedball ==

The accompanying ''Action Pursuit Games'' trade show featured manufacturers, distributors and equipment-support services. Exhibitors included JT USA, Scott USA, [[Worr Game Products]], Pro Team Products and [[Airgun Designs]].[1]

USI sponsored a separate speedball arena using stacked hay bales for cover. Teams competed to raise flags of their own colour at five positions. Recon South supplied the refereeing staff.[1]

== See also ==

* [[International Masters]]
* [[Lively Productions]]
* [[Pursuit Marketing Inc.]]
* [[1992 in paintball]]

== References ==

# Ken “Hollywood” Gilder, “The 1992 RP Scherer/PMI International Masters”, ''[[Action Pursuit Games]]'', February 1993, pp. 52–55 and 80–84.

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