House standards
The rules we expect, and most hosts in the country run something close.
This page is short on purpose. Three things are not negotiable, the numbers below are our recommended caps, and everything after that is what separates a good Sunday from an ambulance. Where a host publishes different numbers, theirs win — they know their field.
Three things that are not negotiable
Full-seal rated eye protection
On before anyone loads, off only outside the play area. Not sunglasses, not open shooting glasses, not mesh on its own. Everyone present wears them, including spectators and whoever is filming.
It travels concealed
Cased, unloaded, battery out, from your door to the game and back. Never slung over a shoulder in public, never out of the bag anywhere but the field. Openly carrying a replica is the one mistake that turns a hobby into a police matter.
Private ground, with permission
A hosted field, or private property where the owner has said yes. Not a park, not a terrace overlooking a road, not an empty plot nobody is watching. Nothing leaves the boundary — not a gel, not a muzzle pointed past it.
Recommended caps and engagement distances
Measured on 7–8 mm gel. A minimum engagement distance is the range below which you do not shoot at all — you call it and move on, or tap them out. Closer than that, a hit on an ear or a knuckle does real damage.
| Game type | FPS cap | Min. engagement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indoor / CQB | 230 | None — tap out | Tight corners, no room to back off. Semi-auto only is common indoors. |
| Semi-outdoor | 260 | 5 m | Courtyards, warehouses, built-up ground with open lanes. |
| Outdoor / woodland | 300 | 10 m | Long sight lines. Full auto fine; call hits honestly. |
| Bolt-action only | 350 | 20 m | One shot per bolt pull, so the distance is the safeguard. |
These are our house numbers, not a standard anyone issued. Your host’s published caps always take priority, and a chrono at the gate decides the argument.
On the field
Chrono at the gate
Everyone, every game day, on the host’s chrono with the host’s gel. A blaster that reads over the cap sits out or gets a lighter spring fitted.
Call your hits
Shout it, raise a hand, walk out. Gel does not always leave a mark, so the whole game runs on people being honest about being hit.
No blind firing
If you cannot see where the gel is going, you are not shooting at a player, you are shooting at a direction. Over a wall, round a corner, through foliage — look first.
Dead players are out of play
Hand up, blaster down, straight to the respawn by the shortest safe route. Do not talk to live players, do not pass on positions.
One person can stop the game
A marshal, or anyone who sees an injury, a lost goggle or a stranger walking in. Everyone stops, goggles stay on, nobody fires.
Clear it before you leave
Mag out, battery out, fire into the trap or the ground, then bag it. A loaded blaster in a car boot is the one that goes off in a kitchen.
Heat is the injury nobody plans for
Across most of India, for most of the year, the thing most likely to put someone on the ground is not a gel ball. It is forty minutes of running in a plate carrier at two in the afternoon.
Play early or late
Morning games and evening games. Through April to June the middle of the day is not worth the risk.
Water, not energy drinks
A litre per player per two hours as a floor, plus salt. Hosts should have spare water; players should not rely on that.
Dress for the weather
A chest rig over a breathable tee carries the same mags as a plate carrier at half the trapped heat.
Know the signs
Stopped sweating, confusion, stumbling, a headache that came on fast. Game stops, shade, water, cool them actively, call for help early.
Batteries
- Charge on a balance charger, in a LiPo bag, on a hard surface. Never on a bed, never overnight, never unattended.
- A pack that is puffed, warm at rest, or has a damaged lead is finished. Dispose of it properly.
- Take the battery out before it goes in the bag. A trigger pressed inside a packed bag is how a gearbox eats itself.
- 11.1V on nylon gears strips teeth. The spec sheet on the product page says which you have.
Gel
- Soak three to four hours in clean water, drain, use within a day or two. Not overnight.
- Keep soaked gel out of the sun and off the ground. Grit in a magazine ends up in the hop-up.
- It is not food and it is not a toy for children or pets. Unsoaked beads swell after being swallowed — keep the packet shut and out of reach.
- Clear up after a game. A field that gets littered stops being a field you are allowed on.
If something goes wrong
A hit near the eye
Call the game stopped. Do not rub it, do not rinse it with anything but clean water, do not let them drive themselves. Any blurred vision, pain or light sensitivity is a hospital trip the same hour.
Close-range welts
Normal, and still worth a word with whoever fired. Cold water, and check the skin is not broken. Repeat offenders get a game off.
A blaster that will not stop firing
Point it at the ground, away from everyone, and pull the battery. Do not try to clear it while it is live. It is a stuck trigger contact nine times out of ten.
Someone turns up with no eye protection
They do not play. Lend them a spare or sit them out. There is no version of this where a group of adults decides it is fine just this once.
Hosting a game?
Publish your caps, chrono at the gate, brief everyone before the first round, and have one person whose only job is to stop the game. List the game with us and we will send players your way.