Competing Nations were 'randomly' drawn into the following teams and required to put forth one athlete to represent their nation on the team. All 5 teams competed against each other in a 30 minute single open world Underwater Lazer Tag playing field.
- Team A
Aquacorp
Audioslavia
Austailia
Avorago - Team Two
New Gesem
Ochre Islands
Karodin Tetrarchy
Plough Islands - Essential Team
Eselagel
StrayaRoos
Saltstead
Space Laser Dinosaur Robot Pirate Land - There is no "I" in Team
Mertagne
Gortolekua
Legalese
Ko-oren - Mock Team
Mriin
Osarius
Cobrio
Krytenia
Points for Underwater Lazer Tag were awarded as follows:
[T] 1 Pt for successful "tag" of an opponent. An opponent can only be tagged once in a 30 second period
[F] 5 Pts for successful capture and retention of an opponents flag at your teams home base (awarded at conclusion of round)
Underwater Lazer Tag - Filtering Round
Team A [26 T] [ 2 F] :: 36 Pts :: ADV
Essential Team [27 T] [ 1 F] :: 32 Pts
Mock Team [24 T] [ 1 F] :: 29 Pts
Team Two [22 T] [ 1 F] :: 27 Pts
There is no "I" in Team [20 T] [ 0 F] :: 20 Pts
Despite having fewer total tags than the Essential Team, Team A was had the most timely Flag takeovers and it was enough to put their point total over the top. As the four-player Team A celebrated what they thought was their triumph in the Underwater Lazer Tag competition, the soon learned the twist of the tournament - and the reason why their entire contingent of athletes was requested to be on hand and available for competition. The open world competition was just a warmup for the final showdown.
As the four nations who comprised the winning team, Aquacorp, Audioslavia, Austailia and Avorago would now have to suit up with all three of their athletes in a final showdown with only three medals on the line meaning one nation would be left off the scoreboard. To be scorinated after the next cutoff