Saturday, March 29, 2008


Earlier this month, on second of March 2008, my friends and I joined our second paintball tournament, the 3 vs. 3 Open Tournament Sabah. It was held at Padang Merdeka, Kota Kinabalu, as part of Kota Kinabalu commemoration as a city. The competition was divided into two categories, rookie (mechanical marker) and novice (electronic marker). We decided to join the rookie category. 

For this time around, organizers were well prepared, in terms of giving early team briefing, field layout and so forth. However some dispute arisen as the initial competition date was change last minute. It enraged several team participated (referring to the werdnahol forum). The original date was February 23rd and 24th, but due to some glitch, the date subsequently was changed to 1st and 2nd of March. 

In my opinion, the event didn’t attract many teams. We had nine teams registered for the rookie and only seven teams for the novice. Maybe it is because (1) not many can own an e-marker (for the novice category) (2) the high fees they need to pay (RM 200 registration fees + RM250 per box of pallet, novice category was even much higher). Just my 2 cents though.

Earlier, we tried to find sponsors to lower our burden. Unfortunately, we didn’t get any who was willing to do so. As a last resort, I turned to my company to sponsor us. That was how ANDISBA EXPRESS came out as our team name (initially we planned to use Kumbang Berachun! what a turnaround). Team ANDISBA XPRESS (spelled without an e) represented by Zurie [el-gringo], Safie [Romie], Jonathan [JayT], Angelina [angie the cute] and myself [tomato].

The first round is played in league format. The top four in the group stage got through to the semi final. The first played third, and second played fourth position with the winners went to the final. In the final, the CHAMPION was decided to teams that won 3 matches in the 5 round of match.

We managed to get to the semi unscathed, tainted only by a lost to Hoodies (the solely team represented by all girl). In the semi we met team DeQuilly. It’s a close contest but we scrapped the match 2-1. So there we went to our very first final and our opponent, Sabah Rhinos Rogues. They also had beaten Hoodies 2-1 in the other semi.

Eventually, after a hard fought match, we managed to beat Sabah Rhinos Rogues. It’s a close 3-2. We won the last round merely by technical. That is how close the match went. Thanks to Sabah Rhinos Rogues for the thrilling final!

After a grueling day, WE finally WON! All the hard work, tactic discussion really paid off… congratulation to ANDISBA XPRESS!

Official results:

Rookie Category: (9 teams)
1st = ANDISBA XPRESS
2nd = SABAH RHINOS ROGUES
3rd = HOODIES & DEQUILLY

Novice Category: (7 teams)
1st = 3NITY BL8
2nd = 3NITY PAINTBALL
3rd = SPLATZONE WOLVES & HOODLUMS



THANK YOU to my teammates, Zurie, Romie, Angie & Jonathan (good work guys!) Feizal of KKPC Dragoons (terima kasih sifu!), Miguel of KKPC (thanks for the box of palette), the KKPC teams; KKPC Dragoons (consist of Ronny, Abel, Eric and Wei Wan), KKPC Wolves and our loyal supporters (Salmi, Ima & Suria [u guys rock!]). Last but not least for those who gave us support (directly or indirectly) during the tournament. Thank you very much!

http://www.kkpaintballcentre.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=15

Thursday, March 20, 2008


Last year, on Dec 8 2007, my friends and I joined the very first paintball tournament in Sabah. This is how I fell in love with the sport. It’s held in conjunction with the ‘Karnival Pantai NFC 2007’ at Taman Prince Philip, Tanjung Aru. There are also other events such as beach volleyball, canoeing, bodybuilding (held later that afternoon), play station 2 and beach soccer. But the one attract us most is the 3 on 3 paintball competition. The sport is quite new in Malaysia especially in Sabah. 
We are considered beginners in this sport (I supposed other teams also?). Feeling that this maybe our opportunity to try out this sport competitively, and of course for having fun, we submitted two teams to compete. Prior to this competition, we did played some paintball at the KK Paintball Centre, Kg Sugud. Our team name was ‘main tembak saja bah’ and ‘ok bah kalau kau’. Yeah, the team name was a bit unconvincing, but throughout the event, it is for sure inspiring (well, at least for me! haha). 

Before the competition started.From left to right: the writer, salmi, zurie, dawang, mawi, feizal, romie, lita and isma (bob was not in the picture). Wei wan should’ve joined, oh well

The competition required us to use the house marker – mechanical marker, with a limited pallet, 100 to be exact, for each playing member. Each teams comprised of five players, three playing and two reserves. However each playing members must have a minimum of one female player.

15 teams participated and divided in three groups consist of five teams. Top ten teams from the groups will move on to the next round. The first and the second round is a league format. Out of 10 teams, top four from the second round will go on to the semi final. The first played third, and second played fourth position. In the semi and final, whoever won 2 games out of 3 games played, got through. (Kind of like badminton, so if you won the first two games, no need for the third game). 

We treated the event as if it is like a picnic. Ronnie on the far right (thanks for the vid man!)

Team ‘main tembak saja bah’ consists of zurie as the captain, salmi, mawi, dawang and myself. Romie, isma, bob, lita were in the ‘ok bah kalau kau’ team, with feizal as their captain. 

Team ‘main tembak saja bah’ in action

Team ‘main tembak saja bah’ was in the first group so we started the first match. I started our first game alongside zurie and salmi. Imagine playing your first competitive paintball match in front of 40 people (my estimation, maybe more because of the other events held). 

The adrenaline rush, heartbeat, your mind starts to think, “Where should I shoot? Where should I go? What if I didn’t make it to the bunker? What are they going to do? Kalau kena sakit ka?”. All sorts of thoughts popping up my mind.

10 second!!!!!
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Game on!!!!
1 second
2 second – zurie got hit!
3 second – one our opponent got hit! (Salmi got him)
4 second – I got hit! (argh… raised my hand and walked slowly towards the dead mans zone)
5 second
6 second – salmi got hit!
7 second
8 second – saw our flag taken away from the back of the dead man zone
9 second
10 second – “game over!!!!!”
The game lasted for only 10 second! We lost. (Owwwhhh….)

Cut the story short, we lost our first two games, before winning the remainder. We barely made it to the second round! (nasib ooo). Apparently, our team ran out of steam, only to get uncit in the second round. (Look at the positive side guys, we’ve made it to the second round right?)

On the other hand, team ‘ok bah kalau kau’ kept the momentum on. Undefeated in the first round, steam rolled other team in the second round, met their worthy opponent in the semi final. Eventually they came up as a second best. It’s a close semi final and either team can win. They ended as the second runner up. (Never mind guys, you tried your best). 

Last but not least, congratulation to the winners. Thanks for the organizers and marshal for making the event successful. It’s been a great day for us, making new friends whilst adding new experience. Beaten, bruised, weary but determined, a new chapter in paintball has begun! 

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Paintball...

Paintball is a sport in which participants eliminate opponents from play by hitting them with liquid-filled, breakable, gelatin paintballs shot from a compressed-gas-powered "paintball marker". There are two types of marker; electronic and mechanical.

The first paintball pistol was invented in 1970 as a tool for marking cattle and trees for excavation. The beginnings of the paintball games played today occurred in the early 1980s

Paintball has a few different kinds of game play. The three most popular kinds of game play are;
1. Woodsball
2. Scenario
3. Speedball / Tournament

A game of paintball usually involves two opposing teams seeking to eliminate all of the other team's players or to complete some other objective, such as retrieving a flag, eliminating a specific player, or other paintball variations.