What is Stick-It?

In Stick It to the Man with a Fine Roll of Duct Tape, two competing players use only their respective sticks to master control of a roll of duct tape. Alternately serving the roll to their opponent and trying to catch an opponent's serve, a player tries to get enough points to reach the requisite number of points before their opponent can. You switch servers when the current server either performs a good serve or double faults, whichever comes first. A good serve can be defined as any server that lands in bounds on the recieving players side and obeyed the all of the other serve rules, also any serve that makes contact with the recievers stick before contacting the ground is considered a good serve.

The Stick-It Court

Scoring

There are several different ways to score point in Stick-It, ranging in various levels of difficulty:

5 points:

• Stick-It - catching the roll of duct tape on the stick - Example / Example 2
• Hooker - catching the roll of duct tape on the blade of a hockey stick
• Any other maneuver in which one catches the roll on the stick

3 points:

• Roll out - any serve which results in the roll hitting the inbounds and then rolling out the back of the player's inbound area [points to server] - Example
• Double fault - when the server makes two attempts to serve and neither lands in the opponent's box

2 points:

• Knockdown - hitting a served roll down into your one's own half of the court - Example [IMPORTANT NOTE: Unlike a knockdown, a block lacks downward motion and therefore earns no points, no matter where it lands]

Instant Win:

• Knock It Up and Stick It - hitting a served roll upwards off the stick and then sticking it
• Off the Backboard - [when playing on a basketball court] catching a served roll that has bounced off the backboard

Winning

Standard Matches:

• The first person to get 20 points wins
• Player cannot win on a knockdown

Tournament Finals:

• Same as above, except 30 points

Regional Heavyweight Championship:

• Same as above, except 50 points

The Stick

• Both the player and their stick must be at least three feet tall in a straight line
• If there is a bend in the stick, the length is measured from end to end in a straight line
• Stick must have at least a 3/4 inch diameter (or its shortest side must be at least .75 inches). Players cannot taper the stick below this measurement.
• Dual sticks are allowed, but each must fall within these guidelines
• Your stick can be made of anything you can find so long as it meets these guidelines. We will be adding a list of items that can easily be used as sticks shortly, but for now just use your immagination.
• Attachments that funnel the puck onto the stick are not allowed. This is considered no diferent than caching it and then putting it on your stick.

The Puck

• The puck, or roll, used in regulation matches is the 10 yard Duck Brand roll.
• Although this we use the 10 yd roll for regulation matches, if you just want to use a roll of duct tape you already have we recomend getting it so that there is only a little more that a centimeter of duct tape (diameter wise) left on it.
• We would like to encourage you to find what roll size you enjoy playing with the most, but we warn you that the larger the roll of duct tape you use the greater the potential for injuries such as jammed fingers.

Additional Rules

These three rules are called at the opposing player's discretion

• No Rotation Rule - a serve must have some amount of rotation or wobble [counts as a fault] - Example / Example 2
• Serve Height Rule - a serve has to have arc and go above opponent's head [counts as a fault]
• No Hands Rule - players are not to prevent potential roll outs with their hands [counts as a roll out]; use of the rest of the body and the stick are allowed
• Cat Rule - if the server hits a cat, their opponent is required to give them five (5) dollars. Additionally, cats are always considered "inbounds" except for roll out purposes. This rule can be altered to be suitable in other environments (e.g. if you live in Antarctica, you could have the Penguin Rule! Or Old West tumbleweeds!)
• No stalling the puck. If at anytime the the puck comes to a rest anywhere including on you or your stick it is considered dead and points can no longer be scored on it.

Did You Know?!

• If you get a stick-it three times in a row, it's called a duck!
• HISTORY LESSON: The first person to get a duck ever was Bill Shoeworth. The second came on the very next serve by Robert "Ducky" Newton. Both took place during the first IMSA Heavyweight Championship which Ducky won 50-48.
• HISTORY LESSON: The first person to ever knock it up and stick it was Kyle Wild, but he was disqualified due to an illegal stick. The first legal knock it up and stick it was achieved by Robert Newton and incited a small five person riot.
• HISTORY LESSON: The only person who ever got a stick-it off the backboard was Bill Shoeworth; he did it twice.
• HISTORY LESSON: The first person to get a hooker was Will Schaefer.
• HISTORY LESSON: The first person to hack it and stick it (an impressive, though entirely worthless, manuever) was Kevin "Smacko" Butterscotch
• Hacking the roll of duct tape might not earn you any points in the game, but it just might earn you points with your friends!

Additional questions about the game and its rules can be sent to the High Council.