NPPL 5-man will make its debut in San Diego on November14, 2008 since Houston was canceled. The divisions open to the 5-man format are D3 and D4. In 5-man format, it is center flag rather than the opposite side, and there is a 5-minute time limit instead of 7-minutes. Teams have a choice of what day they want to play their 7 pre-lim matches, Friday or Saturday with finals on Sunday.
Entry fees:
Div3 – Friday/Sunday – $1000 before Aug. 29, 2008 $1100 after
Div3 – Saturday/Sunday – $1100 before Aug. 29, 2008 $1200 after
Div4 – Friday/Sunday – $900 before Aug. 29, 2008 $1000 after
Div4 – Saturday/Sunday – $1000 before Aug. 29, 2008 $1100 after
Prizes:
Div3
1st – $2,250
2nd -$1,250
3rd – $750
4th – $500
Div4
1st – $1,800
2nd -$1,000
3rd – $600
4th – $300
Division 3 qualifiers – (For players who have never played D2 or higher in the NPPL)
Division 4 qualifiers – (For players who have never played in the NPPL before)
21 teams were signed up for D4 Saturday/Sunday for NPPL Houston. There were no teams registered for the other division or other days. This may have been due to lack of teams so all the teams were combined into one division.