Night Badminton. The Rules.

There are a few different variations of the game, but only one is allowed to occur indoors. More about that in anon.

The game.
“When I play Night Badminton, I play to stay alive.”

1. Night Badminton is played at night, outdoors.
2. Some light is allowed, but not too much. Easy to see the ball is not what this game is about. So you must find the right hours to play the game, preferably after midnight.
3. The goal is to hit the ball. This gives one game point, the serve doesn’t count. If the ball hits another player, the one who shot is given one elimination point.
4. Elimination points only count when after a game, two or more players have the same score. Then the one with most elimination points win. Should there still not be a clear winner, there is a sudden death paper-scissor-rock.
5. There shall be no net. No barriers that might stop the ball from going forwards. A fence, a stream, in certain cases a hedge; those are allowed — especially if they need to be assembled or physically moved to another place.
6. Under no circumstances may the ball glow in the dark. Sound is okay as that helps blind people to play.
7. Be civil. Have fun. Help your opponents because they have just as hard winning this as you do.

The variations.
“What do you think about ‘underwater’?”

1. Night Badminton — without suffix and prefix — is the regular game played in the summer.
2. Night Badminton Extreme (the winter version) has a racquet with smaller shaft. You’d think it would be the opposite, but then you’d be wrong. It is not that kind of a game.
3. Ultimate Night Badminton is played in Spain, while being chased by bulls.
4. Caved Night Badminton is the only one allowed indoors. It also doesn’t need to be played at night. However, the room must be pitch black and the players wear head-lamps with weak batteries.

The Do It Yourself-aspects.
“Perhaps we should put a GPS in the ball.”

1. There are times when certain DIY-rules applies.
2. If the court is ruled as DIY — this is the normal mode — the players find some ground and declare what and how the court works.
3. If the ball is ruled as DIY, the played ball must not be of the plain bought ball-type. It must be made from at least two different materials.
4. The last one: if someone needs to build their racquet, then all players must do so. Outlandish designs and ideas are encouraged.

Remember: this is a faith-based (in that it’s in theory easier to hit the ball if you have faith in whatever force you want to believe in) sport that doesn’t discriminate. All additions and changes to the rules must follow the line of being aggressively anti-populistic. If it’s easy, it is no longer Night Badminton.