Hey folks!  This topic is for the Practical Paracord Online Slinging Competition.  It's been going for well over a year with no signs of stopping.  I think we need a pinned topic for it.  There was a topic created when it first started.  You can see that here if you'd like to check it out: https://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1636952325.  But that was created at the beginning of the comp, so rules hadn't been fully established yet.  I think we need new a topic with all the current info, so here we go.

If anyone isn't familiar with the Online Slinging Competition that's hosted on YouTube by Practical Paracord, it's a weekly competition that happens every Saturday at 12:00 PM Central Time US.  All slinger are welcome to join.  There are all levels of expertise in the competition.  There are folks who have been slinging for a while and can hit targets reliably, and there are also beginners who are just starting out.  Everyone is welcome!  It's also a great way to practice regularly and get feedback if you're new to slinging.

So here's the rundown of the competition.  And if you don't want to read this post, you can get instructions on how to enter from Channing right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMSZFo9qNFw.


Target: Standard Balearic Target

• 4 ft (120 cm) X 4 ft (120 cm)
• Diana (center circle) 20 in (50 cm)
• Height: Target center is at 5 ft (160 cm)  *It’s fine if it’s a little bit off.  No one is measuring.

Sling and Style: Any sling and any style can be used!

Distances and Projectiles:

• 13m (42.6 ft) OR 15m (49.2 ft) if you want (see note below) - Tennis balls are required at this distance
• 20m (65.6 ft) - You can use any projectiles you want at this distance

     *Note: This year (2025) the Slinging World Cup will change to FBTF (https://tirdefona.es/en/) distances for competition.  In short, the 13 meter distance will increase to 15 meters (49.2 ft).  Tennis balls will still be used.  This distance change won't be official for the OSC until the World Cup is over, but if you want to back up to 15 meters now to start practicing, go for it!

Scoring: Standard Balearic Scoring

• Diana hit = 2 points
• Other target hit = 1 point
• Tie breakers are decided by the highest number of dianas

How To Enter: Record your competition entry and upload it to YouTube as an Unlisted video.  Email the link to Channing (Channing@practicalparacord.com).  He'll grab a copy and add you to the competition.

Your round needs to start at the beginning of an hour.  So at 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, etc.  At the beginning of your recording, hold a watch or smartphone up to the camera to show the time.  This is to help ensure that rounds aren't being cherry-picked.  All entries are pre-recorded, but the intent is to get things as close to a live competition as possible.

The competition is streamed on Saturday, and entries must be submitted by Friday.  Any entries sent in through the week will be part of the competition.

Extras:
"Hard mode" - Send the day and time you will record your round to Channing ahead of time.

Challenges - Sometimes different challenges will be announced for the competition.  Some examples are the egg challenge (which involves hitting an egg with a sling) that happens around Easter and the pumpkin (which involves hitting a pumpkin with a sling) that happens around Halloween.  When challenges happen, they are discussed in the live stream, but they'll be posted here too.

Not in the Competition Yet: And last, if you're not in the competition yet (or don't plan to be) but still want to watch live on Saturday, come and join us!  We'd love you to jump in the chat and say hello.  Or if you're thinking about joining the comp, the live chat is a great place to ask any questions you have.

Cheers everyone!

Great information Joe!
Well presented

Sorry I didn't have this updated before the competition kicked off.  I was out of the house.  The second post in this topic with the competition links has been updated.

Channing has announced a trick shot for next weekend's competition.  You can see his video announcement here: https://youtu.be/Nv7Qex99-L4.

But here's the rundown of it.  You can do any trick shot you want.  Just record it and send him the link along with your competition entries.  If you're not entering the competition, no problem.  You can still submit a trick shot if you want.  Just send him a link to the video and he'll run it with the others during the competition next weekend on March 25.

Just to mention, this is not the Egg Challenge we're doing for Easter.  You can submit a trick shot using an egg if you want.  But the Egg Challenge entries will be shown next month on the PP Competition.

The official time for the live stream of the weekly competition has been moved to Sunday at 5:00 PM Central Time US.  Channing had to do this because of other demands on his schedule.  I know this will make it more difficult for some of our fellow slingers around the world to tune in.  Hopefully this will only be a temporary change.

Here's this week's link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBM-4c06FF0.

There was no competition last weekend.  Channing didn't have time to cut the video together because of work.

All entries (for week 73) are going to run next weekend.  As well as the entries for week 74.  And also for week 74, Channing said that distances should be done in reverse order.  So instead of 13m being the first distance of your rounds, it should be the last.  This could be interesting.  I wonder if we'll see higher scores at 13m because everyone will be warming up at farther distances.

joe_meadmaker wrote on Apr 16^th, 2023 at 5:46pm:

Follow up on this.  The competition is happening on Saturday at 12:00 PM Central Time again.  Basically what happened is the live stream was skipped one week (May 6th).  So now all the entries are submitted a week ahead of time and Channing has the whole week to cut the video together for the live stream.

An update on the reversed distances (starting at 30m and ending at 13m) that has been going on. Week 77 entries (which should already be submitted at this point) are the last ones for this (at least for a little while).  Recorded entries for Week 78 (which should be submitted this week) should start at 13m again.