It's taking Facebook by storm!!

This is MADNESS!!

And its taking Facebook by storm! Just early of last week, i was tagged in a rather unusual photo -- one which i was not on. In fact, it was a photo about Jack Daniel and other brands of liquor. :-D

Got tagged at the main body of Jack Daniels sumore. XD

Tony Icecool of Alpha Marksman tagged me in this photo. Intentionally or not, i duno. haha. But this is my 1st ever tagged photo of a representation of me. Btw, i dont't drink. I just happened to get tagged. lol

Then the a school junior tagged me in this totally un-understandable photo! They must be trying to insult me because i cant read Chinese. Sheesh!! XD

Me the loosely translated 'performer'. XD

Chee Yeng tagged me in this photo above. She practices kendo with me in school. Apparently, she said, and i quote, "cause u always like to act during training~hehe..". Deng! LOL

That's more American Idol-like to me. XD XD XD

And when i thought that was all, out popped yet another photo in which i was tagged. This one below looks like the different kinds of Doodle friends you can choose from in this popular Facebook application.

Me is "Chatterbox". No surprise there. :-D

The gorgeous Renee Tay started the ball rolling. And i think it was EVo who tagged me as chatter box. He got, of all things, Shutterbug. He so wanted Cool Dude or Muscle Man *coughs* LOL.

reedited after 2nd read due to the lack of correlation between the initial meaning in the head and the meaning that came across from the words typed
Next up, we have an insanely mixed up, photo-puzzle of the Simpsons and other Simpson like dudes... Roe Jin, a junior of mine in UKM, tagged me in this photo, but i couldnt really tell why.. LOL

I'm either the weird looking granny, the weird looking baby, the weird looking boy wonder wannabe, or the weird looking hamsap sailor. =S

And i dont even like im not a big fan of the Simpsons to begin with! I think they look weird. I was more a non-comic centred guy. XD
Note: All you Simpson lovers out there, please dont come flame me, i believe i freedom of expressionz. XD
But then again, looking at the picture, i could have been tagged with so many other things, far worst. LOL

reedited after 2nd read due to the lack of correlation between the initial meaning in the head and the meaning that came across from the words typed :-)
Roe Jin really surprised me that in the wee hours of the morning, she tagged me in TWO photos in ONE night! XD XD XD

Me the "rose boy". :)

In her subsequent plot to assasinate my character, i was tagged in the above picture as the kendo-uniform-wearing, rose bearing guy. woots!

I hope the authorities puts down a finger to prevent future unfortunate and misleading, high profile tagging activities in FB. LOL

ps. Roe Jin, were this the pics you sed your fren was showing you until you left me hanging in msn for almost 30 mins so long??!! :-P

UPDATE: Photo #5, with the Japanese looking dudes, apparently the guy bearing roses i was tagged with is Tatewaki Kuno. He's a fictional character from some anime series. His name means, an di quote fromWikipedia, ".... "Tatewaki" means "bringing a sword" which relates to how he almost always carries a sword with him. "Kuno" means "nine abilities" which is an obvious joke on how skilled he believes he is." Read more here.

Like whoah?!! But at least he's a kenshin who practises kendo, so i guess its kinda related to me. LOL

Why i LIKE paintball + MY NPL 09

Aside from the happeing logo above, here's a few reasons why i LIKE paintball + MY NPL 2009

#1. I get to meet up with old friends, some meeting for the first time in like 6 YEARS, and of course, making cool new ones!

First of all, MUST be the one and only Simon Chang, one year my senior back in St. John's. I have my chance in the Prefectorial Board all thanks to him for sacking rejecting me in my Librarians interview back in Form 1. OMG. lol

And there was another senior from St. John's, was in Form 5 when i was in Form 3. Adrian. He plays for the Team Sinar FM because he works with ASTRO. :-)

Plus, another abang, around Simon's batch too, i think, Khairul. I still remember the 1st thing he told Simon when we met during our crash course the Sunday before NPL, "Oh, i ingat dia.. pengawas kan? haha.. its payback time!!" And he just left and entered the field. He was a librarian, just like Simon, and guess what? Apparently librarians not so ngam with prefects lar that time.. LOL. But he's a cool guy! XD

Also, Ritaudeen, my junior (or same batch, can't remember, sohree..LOL) from St. John's too! It was on the final day, when Din and i headed back into the players' paddock hoping to sell our left over pallets to Team Infidelz (yea.. i know the irony.. tell me abt it... hahaz), and we crossed paths. He yelled, "Marcus!!" and i went, "Heeeeeyyyyyyyy.......... (thats what i do to buy time to recall the names of ppl i forget, i pull my greeting.. LOL), you're.... OMG.. i can't remember, but your so familar..." *then suddenly something clashes in my head, and i went...* "RITAUDEEN!!!!"

Haha. That was seriously what went down that time man.. LOL. He's a dam chun guy. Been in paintball for awhile now. Was heading off when we met. Even offered to buy our left over pallets! What a nice guy that fella.. :-)

Edwatd and Ritaudeen aka Reet

Then there was also Nabil Adib, my schoolmate of the same batch of 2002. He said hi to me first, but when i saw him, i instantly knew who he was! Woohoo!! Coincidently, his team is Black Pearl (after the infamours Capt. Jack Sparrow's pirate ship) in D$ in the same tourney! Too bad didn't get to face off with him. LoL

Nice pic leh? Snagged it off his FB albums. LOL

Not to mention a dear friend of mine, who also happens to run the Putra Paintball Park in Putrajaya with a bunch of other paintballers, Adiman. He was team captain of Team Kejahatan. Too bad to pics of the good looking blokes. LOL. It was indeed a pleasant surprise to have meet him AND gone up against Team Kejahatan, to which we triumphed. :-D

Of course, i nearly forgot, Khoo Kah Jin, a friend from the Kendo Club of Malaysia!! We trained together at the Japan Club years ago, and havent been in contact since, untill MY NPL 09!! Woohoo!! He's in D3 or D2 already, btw.. dam terra this guy. :-D

All in all, a pleasantky unexpected reunion! XD XD XD

Also worthy of mention, the few NEW friends that ive made throughout MY NPL 09:

Andrew "Viper" and Edward

Both were seasoned paintballers. During our crash course, we needed to skirmish with another D4 team, but there were non around, and they volunteered to team up with Simon to train us. So it was like 3 against 5 of us. And all on their own pallets mind you, okay?! Where can find people like them? Who's all in for the LOVE of the game?

Viper went in the field with shorts and suffered a bruise on the right knee delivered by Josh, and yet, wlaking out of the field, he had a smile on his face which spelled "For the LOVE of the game.." Ouch! :-D

Really nice guys. And im glad to have made their efforts worth wild by making it as far up as the Sweet 16. Thanks guys!

The ALPHA MARKSMAN

L-R: Tony "Icecool", Man, Marnee, Kay Yo, Faz, Adli

And finally, the team we all feared before, and are respected now as friends. Their sportmanship is dam chun and that's of the many things i admire about them. GO Alpha Marksman GO!! XD

#2. There's a new parking experience!

I only heard about this from my friend who was living in the SPPK flats in Pantai Dalam, that when people double park at the flats (its a nessecity at the flats, mind you), they leave their hand brakes down so that others may PUSH THEIR CARS FORWARDS OR BACKWARDS TO MAKE SOME SPACE TO GET OUT. And sometimes, the car may be parked at the start of the road, and will end up at the end of the road after a day long of pushing forwards and backwards...

I laughed at it. And i didn't imagine i would live to see the day i ACTUALLY had to push an unidentified car who was blocking my Grease Lighting.

My heart sank when i caw this from afar. I was like, "AYIOK!! Die lor this time...!!!" I frantically looked for a number over the dashborad to call, but there were'nt any!! PANIC!!! PANIC!! Oh, then i remembered the SPPK flats. So i tired to push the car backwards. And it MOVED... Thanks goodness! XD XD XD

You see lah how near it was parked to my car!! And the fact that my car didn't have the right side mirror made it possible for the car to be at such an impossible distance from mine!

Yea, i put the camera on the top and posed. So what? I actually did push it before that okay?! LOL

And another thing, just when i thought that cars parked at the venue would be summon-free (becaus usually the authorities will close on eye be more understanding during big events like MY NPL), how wrong could i be...

Summoned and Splattered! XD

And no matter how far you park, your car may just be the lucky one to be splattered by rogue pallets which bounce off the field and onto everywhere else -- yea, including you cars.. LOL


#3. Most, if not all, paintballers take the game seriously. And they're very helpful too.

You MUST see the other, more seasoned paintballers. They take the game so seriously, you thnk there's moneyto be made! Their aura and team spirit really makes you feel like you're a part of them. Best giler! XD XD

Siap with team's banner sumore. Dam die hard sia.. :-D

And luggage bags.

And mats! They know better that two tables and 6 chairs aren't enough.
(mental note: get Japanese bamboo mat for Team Yakuza next time round! =P )

I wish i could say more, but you've really gotta see it to feel it for yourself. Then during our last game with Team Infidelz, while i was rushing to fill up our loaders, a paintballer who happened to walk by noticed a hissing sound, and suggested we check for gas leaks. True enough, one of the marker's gas tank was faulty, and gas was leaking!! I mean, he was just walking by, and with all the noise in the atmosphere, how could he have heard that?!! And so nice and sportsman-like of him to inform us too!

I've experienced first hand in a paintball tourney. WOW. :-D

#4. I get to meet a 'special' breed of people. :-D

These 'special' breed of people are non other than the referres in a paintball match!!

They look cool.

They are fearless.

And they have the power to rule over all in the field.

But these people also live a dangerous life, metamorphically speaking. :-D

See? Must TWO to check a player sumore.. XD

They RUN INTO THE LINE OF FIRE JUST TO CHECK OF IF A PLAYER GETS HIT!!

I mean, like whao kan..?! Here we are, playing the most exciting extreeme sports on the planet, and even we are dodging pallets, but not the referres. They're steadfast to their mission: check a player and justly shouts "OUT!!" with left hand on head and right hand pointing at player when the player is hit.

I saw one ref got hit right in the neck while we was rushing in to check a player. These people braver than pengebom berani mati lar.. hahaz. And sometimes, when the results are disputed, they also have to put up with dissatisfired players who are fuming and all.. All in a days work, i guess?

Doesn't this pic just screams, "Yeah, we love it!! Hit us more!" :-D
(you hit us on purpose, and we'll disqualify you..LOL)

Still can smile even after being hit by pallets for absolutely NO REASON at all... Hats off to them man! Besides, i bet they'll say its for the LOVE of the game.. haha!

Why they're a 'special' breed you ask? Because they get the thrill is getting hit by pallets. So much until if tak kena, not syiok! hahaa...

#5. I get a full workout and sweat like a dog person who sweat alot after workout. XD

This one leaving the players' paddock. STILL sweating and all. Lucky thing for the hallowed army shirt. LOL. But in all seriousness, paintball works you all over. Once the adrenaline strats pumping, you will feel more alive than ever before! Your legs need to be stretched out well before a game because you will need to run, slide, and dive into bunkers -- at the same time avoiding pallets flying at you! XD

Then, to be able to snapshoot, you will need to work on your right and left abdomen muscles. Learn more about snapshooting here. Being agile and flexible is a must. And hey, you get to train your communication in paintball too!! Especially the shouting part... LOL. Mental control and preparedness are also tested in paintball. So, its a all rounder! XD

#6. They allow you to use 'creative' photos for your ID tag. :-)

Yours truly, ME!! LOL
(don't you just wana pinch my cheecks?!! haa..)

#7. MAPAAC people rawks! Esp the Boss, Mr. Wong! :-D

A photo for the marketing effort. lol :-D

No kidding man. He may look like a typical Chinaman, but he's no Chinaman when it comes to building strong lasting relationships. Other places, money first, then you may talk. Or better still, NO MONEY, NO TALK. But not here, not at MAPAAC, at least not when Mr. Wong is around. ;-p

He understand what us players go through (mainly because he's a player too.. in D1 sumore know.. haha), so he tries to make it easy for us. He discusses to find the best win win situation for both parties. Car parked too far, but need to urgently buy a box of pallets, but RM200 in the car, nevermind, you take first, record down, pay later. What a nice guy. And his brother, Ah Wei, is also exceptionally kind and generous. In all ways and means.

I personally experienced his generosity during my crash course. Can you believe i came all the way to ASTAKA, and found out i forgot my SHOES?!!!! Bugger! @_@ I just happen to mentioned my predicament to him, and in 20 mins, he loaned me a pair football boots!! Like OMG..!!! Thank you Wei!!!

Mr. Wong and Ah Wei are never trifty about any information when paintball is concerned. They can, and they probably will, talk to you about paintball until the cows come home, IF you're as passionate and turned on about the sport as they are. Try them, and you'll see what i mean. :-P

Well folks, thank you for coming this far with me. My post about MY NPL 2009 ends here. Do look out for more paintball updates when i go for more tourneys in the near future! Thanks for reading. :-)

And for those of you who are as turned on about the sport as i am, you know what to do:

Contact:
YP Wong @ 016-332 3370 / 019-983 3370
WY Wei @ 016-332 3372 / 012-337 0775

Malaysian Paintball Academy (MAPAAC)
Kompleks Sukan Astaka
46200 Petaling Jaya, SDE
Tel/Fax: 03-7960 4724
Email: info@mapaac.com
Web: www.mapaac.com // www.my-npl.org

"For the LOVE of the game", some one once told me... :-D

PB#5: MY NPL 09 - Day 3 - Sweet 16

The final day - Day 3 - of the tourney began rather positively, i would say. Despite the playing 6 matches yesterday and ending up with muscle pulls here and there, i still managed to arrive at ASTAKA before dawn. Kudos to the NOT morning person, me!! LOL

Sempat pulak i went for a brisk walk around the field. :-)

Then went camho-ing around the area.

Sponsors. :-D

Then i saw this:

Dam hardworking sia the staffs at MAPAAC. Apparently, En. Sofian and geng spent the night there. See? Some even slept at the equipment tent know!! :-D

Everyone else got there about 7.30am onwards. But En. Sofian was already making announcements that D3 and D4 teams are not allowed to enter the players paddock and fill up their markers with air just yet. They had to give way to the D1 and D2 teams to get ready for their matches first. So i lugged all my stuff and the 6 plus pods full of pallets out to the registration area. So excited sumore that morning. T_T

So since we were 'kicked out', we had to wait almost 2 hours for our turn at the field. En. Sofian kept announcing between intervals, "Pasukan-pasukan D4 hanya boleg dibenarkan masuk ke kawasan players paddock seawal-awal jam 9.30 pagi. Game pertama anda dijadualkan berlangsung seawal-awalnya jam 10.00 pagi." And that's seawal-awal (the earliest..) you know..

So we did the only doable thing: we strategized with Simon. :-)

He shared some tips with us and suggested that we play abit more offensive this round -- after all, its just two IF we don't advance. haha. I also remember him saying quite distinctively, before going into the players' paddock to suit up, "Make sure you shoot as if pallets are free in the field today..." @_@ Haha. But we were planning to go all out today, anyway. :-)

Then i suddenly had the urge to put out a fire. So i rushed to utilize the nearest ONE of the two box loos mobile toilets to the entrance. Like if i went into the other one, there would be any difference at all.. lol

These things smells quite nice know.. like fresh flowers.. no joke. haha

And after doing my 'small' business, i was so urged to take this photo of the sticker sign inside the mobile toilet. I couldn't stop giggling while i put out the fire.

Ayo. What hole could anyone possible make in that tiny 4 by 4 plastic cubicle? Any brilliant guesses, anyone? Leave a comment. Most creative/make-sense answer wins a prize. :-D

We quickly made our way into our tent (the same one yesterday) and got ready. We put our kicked out time waiting time to good use; a good, solid 15 mins of warm up. We were sweating like dogs really sweaty people. :-)

This was yesterday, but it was similar. :-)

This was yesterday, too. But see how impoartant having a bunch of banans are. :-P

SWEET 16 MEANS YOU'RE STILL IN THE GAME...

The system is: 1st vs 16th, 2nd vs 15th, 3rd vs 14th, 4th vs 13th, and you get the point.

We were going up against Team Infidelz. Wooo.. a name not to be reckoned with man. Duno lar.. that name gives me the creepies and reminds me of a movie character - one that is kinda cerazy gila-gila wan, but is STILL a force to be reckoned with!! Haha.. Hector Cannibal?? Hm, nope. Dark Knight's Joker? DEFINITELY. Wootz!!

Anyway, despite all efforts to locate them at the players paddock to identify them, we only managed to meet them moments before entering the field. They seems pretty okay lah at first. Oh, how wrong were we. In paintball, there are TWO VERY IMPORTANT THINGS:

#1. Never let pride get to you. Over confidence is your biggest enemy.

#2. Never (and i really mean NEVER) judge a team by its people. Or dressing. Or name. Or what ever. Just don't judge. A prejudgement leads to over confidence, so please refer to #1.

Therefore, to simplify a long and overrated story, weaved with personal anguish and rage, we lost both games to Team Infidelz. My only regret is our not-so-good (yet) communication and team player's commitment and alertness towards the very game we're passionate about: PAINTBALL.

After the second game, we held our heads high and packed up as there were other teams coming into the players' paddock. We bid good bye to our fellow Marksman and wished them all the very best! We know they will make it big! XD

Alpha Marksman

With heavy hearts, we left the players' paddock. Haha. But we still lingered around as everyone, deep inside, still had this itch to shoot more paintballs! :-P

Din and EVo trying out their bargaining skills. But looks like Din is checking out something else. :-P

And just like that, our MY NPL experience came to an end. It was so fast, we almost forgot how and when i began. LOL. Well, one thing's for sure, paintball has gotten us - a CEO, a few 20-odd-year-olds, AND a veteran blogger - all excited and pumped up about living life to the full and enjoying our new found passion: PAINTBALL!!

If paintball can excited us to levels never felt before, and made us feel like a team, a family, and a raging machine to win in this competitive sport, then YOU SHOULD TRY IT TOO!! Contact's at the end of this post. :-)

Team YAKUZA is here to stay!! And our motto "WE PLAY TO WIN. FUN TAGS ALONG!!" will resound once again in the up coming tourneys!! BANZAI!! BANZAI!! BANZAI!!

THE GRAND RESULTS...

Top 4 for Divison 4 teams.

The podium finish for the top 4 D4 teams. Teams who make it to the podium are required to be "promoted" into Division 3, in the next season. Not only in D4, but in every division. More info about the overall results at the MY NPL homepage.

#1. Ying Yang
#2. JS
#3. Alpha Marksman
#4. Infidelz

Kudos to the winners!

...

Contact:
YP Wong @ 016-332 3370 / 019-983 3370
WY Wei @ 016-332 3372 / 012-337 0775

Malaysian Paintball Academy (MAPAAC)
Kompleks Sukan Astaka
46200 Petaling Jaya, SDE
Tel/Fax: 03-7960 4724
Email: info@mapaac.com
Web: www.mapaac.com // www.my-npl.org

...

And finally, another team, worthy of mention, the warriors of the East who came together from being nobodies and emerging a somebody in Sweet 16, through all the thick and thin, all the sweat and paint splatters, all the screaming too...





The winning team in the heart...

Yours truly, TEAM YAKUZA!!!

PB#4: Game ON!!!

*Deep breaths...*

(Mentally counting) * 10..9..8..7..6..5..4..3..2..1..*

"GAME OOOWWWWNNNNN!!!", shouts the head referee.

*pak pak pak pak pak pak pak pak pak pak pak pak pak pak pak*
(the sweet sound of marker firing and pallets hitting bunkers)

For those of you still scratching your head wondering, this is what the first 20 seconds of a paintball match is like. As describable as it can be described. In words, of course. :-D

Another take on Team Wolverinez. Geng leh?! XD
*pic from www.my-npl.org // get more action here*

While the back players are 'spraying' paint, the front players run like MAD to their destined bunkers. They need to get as far out to the centre as they can, while the back players suppress with paint 'spray'. Well, that is in theory, at least. One thing is for sure, you can plan plan plan and strategize on paper until the cows come home, but once you're on the field, its a very different thing all together.

Teams must play like a pack of wolves in order to survive, and ultimately win. It is a prerequisite in every match. Play on your own, and you risk your team's win, and also asking for trouble - being the last man standing, in paintball, may not be a thing. Imagine this: getting showered with paint from 3 opponents. You may eliminate one, but the other two will rain down pallets and your bound to get HIT! More than once, that is. Doesn't sound too funn to be hero now, does it? XD

After the first 30 secs of breakout, it all boils down to communication -- something we all claim to be able to do and are good at. =/ Every player must scream shout out the location of any opponents they see so that everyone knows who is where. The louder, the better. Having a plastic mask on can make one quite deaf on the field, as i have personally experienced. Once an opponent's location has been identified, the backplayers would usually guide the frontplayers and/or will team up to take down a certian opponent.

Having said that, the formation would be 2-1-2; ie. the backright covers front right and vice versa for the left side. Backcenter, which is usally the captain, keeps an eye on both sides of the field and has to always be on their toes and cover any position of teammates who are eliminated. Shielding themselves from paints, they would also have to give out commands on where to shoot and who to take out. Somehow, strategy still plays an important part here. :-)

In essence, the backplayers would have a better view of the field compared to the front players because #1. They don't have to run; just focus and see where the opponents run to at breakout, #2. They have more cover from the back bunkers at which they are positioned. Backplayers are literally the eyes for the frontplayers. And because the layout is a mirrored (oppents have same bunker layouts as you), the backcenter usually cant see the opponents backcenter because there was a giant bunker right smack in the middle of the field.

SHOUTING, SHOUTING, and MORE SHOUTING!!

Blessed with a super loud voice, i must admit i seriously LOVED the SHOUTING bit in paintball. There's nothing more exhilirating for me than to scream from the top of my lungs, through the plastic facemask, during the match, any match!!

I know this sounds insane, but i seriously feel good when i get to shout in the field. I mean, compared to utterly useless screaming by myself on an empty field, getting to shout AT OTHERS, during an adreneline pumping paintball match, is like the bestest feeling on Earth lah!

All stress and anger is release at every shout. "Left dorito, left dorito, LEFT DORITO, LEFT DORITO...!!!!" Syiok lar, i tell you!! When you can't see the opponents, "Mana mana man??!!! Where where where?!! Hai pin tou??!! Hai pin tou?!!". And when you're under fire, "Woi.. cover me.. cover me... COVER ME!!!!!!"

Especially during some matches you're so stressed at either at the hot sun, or at one of your mate's outrageous performance; shouting out laud really makes you feel a whole lot better!! I'm gonna rank paintball as No.1 on my stress reliever list.

I urge you to do the same. Then contact MAPAAC to arrange for your paintball game. You'll never feel happier.. :-P

(err.. shout shout also, must refrain from uttering foul words.. if heard, will be disqualified. Yikes!! T__T)

WINS, LOSSES and MAKING HISTORY...

We did well in our fisrt two games. We won by eliminating all our opponents and grabbed their flag. Now, what happened after that was, we got cocky from our earlier wins. Over confidence is a major killer in paintball. Guess Team Yakuza had it the HARD WAY. But it was a good lesson.

Beaten in our 3rd game against WF4, we reevaluated ourselves. And we realized that we were the 1st D4 team to make history... Ready for this? :-)

We were the 1st D4 team ever who were penalized with the "ONE FOR ONE" penalty. This only happens in extreeme cases where when a player gets hit, and is called out by the ref, but plays on, the ref will pull that player out, as well as the nearest teammate to that the player that got hit!!.

Guess who got pulled out when EVo was hit in the head, with the head shot so obviously in sight?
No prizes for correct answers. XD XD XD
(EVo, told 'ya i wasn't gona let you forget it.. LOL! chill yahz.. bfadm.. XD)
Note: EVo thought the paintball has bounced off his head, that, why he didnt respond to the ref's call. Or he couldn't hear. Or was it both? LOL. Anyhow, it was a funn learning experience.

The subsequent game, we went up against Team Kejahatan, which i happen to know personally. A few of them are the people running Putra Paintball Park in Putrajaya, where i played while in UKM. What a surprise to know we would meet in the field. And what a pleasure it was, when we beat them, PLUS, me sending their team captain Adiman a head shot to the mask and forehead!!(still my friend, of course.. just no more student rate.. haha)

Now i finally understand the term, "Victory is SWEET" LOLx

6th round, with Alpha Marksman. whoohoh! EVo already had his forecast on the turnout, which is, "Goodbye to you..." Haha. But when we got into the field, as petrified scared as we were, we managed to put up a good fight -- to which we were also amazed ourselves. We took out FOUR of them while they returned the equal favor too. And then, it was down to ONE on ONE; Uncle Z and a cute lil akak Faz. But as it turned out, Uncle was guud.. but Kak Faz was slightly better. The Marksman won. :-)

The funny thing was, although we lost, we marched out of the field with our head held high feeling superb because we just had a game to remember against the Marksman. We were THIS *hand gestures*... Good game Alpha Marksman! Let's train together sometime, k? :-P

The final game against Ying Yang was pretty much figured out even before the game. These Ying Yang-ers are trained by a D1 team and has been in D4 for quite awhile. Woohoo.. no surprise there. :-D

This is the offical score sheet used during the match.

Eliminated players (opponents) = 4 points
Players alive (our team) = 2 points
Flag pull (or grab) = 20 points
Flag hang (at our starting gate) = 50 points

So you see, its good to eliminate opponents, better to grab flag, and the best is to hang it back on base. Staying alive in the game is a no-brainer. :-)

Match ends when head ref shouts, "GAME OVER!" Team captains must sign the score form to indicate they've accepted the results. When we win, my sign dam chun wan.. When we lose, it automatically becomes damn chin chai.. haha!

THE RESULTS...

Team Yakuza earned a total of 312 points from 3 wins and 3 losses and ranked at 13th place out of 28 teams. For Westerners, the number 13 is bad BAD luck. We Chinese think its a good number; 13 - sap sam (phonetically), but it also sounds like sat san (sure grow / go up). I had high hope for tmr...

We made it into the Sweet 16 round...!!

Which team does Team Yakuza battle out with?? Coming up in SWEET 16...

PB#3: MY NPL 2009 - Day 2 -The Showdown

Okay, you already know what MY NPL is. (if you still dont, click here please)

Then you also know Team YAKUZA already. (if you haven't, scroll down to the prev post please)

Now, you must know what happened to Team Yakuza during MY NPL. =D

Damn syiok lor drive in the morning!!
Although only goin at 90km/h, when no car in front of me, my old car Grease Lighting oso can feel like a sports car! XD XD XD

To avoid parking a football field away from the venue, i got up to an early start and parked nicely under a tree at 6.15am. The night before already uber excited, plan planning away till 2.00am, its a wonder i got up early. (im NOT a morning person. LOL)

"Game On!" is at 8.00am, sharp. One might think that good ol' Malaysian Time applies in paintball too. Oh, that is soo the wrong preception. In paintball, everything starts on the dot, as far as En. Sofian is concerned. He was the MC/announcer for the entire event. Non stop broadcast, calling up teams, and making PSA (public service announcements) for drivers to remove their cars that are blocking other vehicles.

With mic on one hand, walkie talkie in the other, this is En. Sofian at his best! XD

Sadly, most Malaysians still duno how to double park the correct way. Do you know how? Well, in case you don't already know, it's #1 park you car. #2 leave your HP number on your dashboard, and #3 release handbrake in certian situations, so that people can nudge your car to make space to get out. **(read more about this in my next post ^_^)**

The Astaka carpark at noon. By that time, duno how many calls to move cars have been made T__T

Within 30 mins of me parking, streams of headlights appeared in the darkness and and soon the carparks were filled. Good thing i came early. Got time to go find nice, clean, and decent toilet sumore -- you know, just in case nature decides to call me, when i dont answer the pager. =P

Although they had 2 plastic box loos, plus one more mobile toilet available on site. Courtesy of MPPJ.

Checked for updates at the reg counter, and collected TWO bags of paintball (500 pcs/pbag) courtersy of MAPAAC, which came with the registration for the tourney. By this time, Evo, Din and Josh had arrived and we moved into the players paddock/tent area. We found out that we will be sharing tents with Alpha Marksman -- the very team who defeated us during the previous blogger's event. LUCKILY didnt bad mouth them or anything... haha. XD

All around us, other teams from all divisions were already gearing up for their matches. All divisions, except D3, played stimutaneously at 8.00am. Quite intimidating lor.. as if sharing a tent with our 'nemesis' is NOT intimidationg enough.. haha. Honestly, i wasnt the usual blogger me that morning; i was too preoccupied with the strategizing, observing the announcements, collecting the match scores, and ultimately making sure Team Yakuza rocked, so to speak! Therefore, this time around, alil light on the photography... i didnt even have time to check my SMSs... T__T

We warmed up and donned our gear for our 1st match at 8.20am. The teams we went up against, according to descending order, were HURRICANE (W), PNS MYRIDON (W), WF4 (L), KEJAHATAN (W), ALPHA MARKSMAN (L), and finally, YING YANG (L). Sorry lar, from the moment we got into the field untill we went up with Team Ying Yang, everything was like a rollercoaster ride!! So the panic city till didnt even take group photo before the battle..

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OF CHRONO-ing MARKERS, GEAR COLLECTION, and PALLET FILLING...

D1 players chrono-ing their markers at the chrono station for electronic markers. We too had to do almost the same thing; step up, hold marker slightly above the machine, and fire away!! :-)
Note: Notice the Punisher? LOL

When we heard En. Sofian announce, "Memanggil team Hurricane dan Yakoueza untuk game kelima di Field 3... Sila laporkan diri ke khemah krono sekarang juga...", we were excited/panic-fied and often scrambled to the equipment tent. I swear, he repeated that line SO many times that day, it's still ringing in my head.. XD

Anyway, since there were 28 teams in D4, which mean 28 x 5 player = 140 paintballers, just in D4 alone. All D4 players have to use house markers only and MAPAAC certianly does not have 140 markers to go around. So it was on a rotation basis.

When a team is called, they proceed to the equipment tent to collect 5 markers and 5 masks, before scurring to a corner (which we did...) to fill their hoppers with paintballs, before test firing at the chrono station. And when you have more hands to handle a small hopper opening, and even smaller paintballs - all digging into the box and franctically trying to fill hoppers at the same time - you pretty much get a chaotic situation. With all that's happening around me, keeping my cool was a lesson learnt, personally. :-)

Chrono-ing the markers ensure that the pallets are shot within the minimum speed range, which is 300fps (feet per second), or less. Anything more, will cause the player to be disqualified.

I tell you, punya lah panik i, hurry for the marker and masks, rush to fill 5 markers -- when too rushed, spilled some pallets all over the ground!! =_=" Then must line up to chrono, and after that, team captain must flip coin and decide which side of the field to take. Havent played also the adreneline up to my nose ady.. haiyoh, madness, i tell you! Sumore with En. Sofian hushing us thru the mic, "Hurry, hurry, hurry, you are late already.." didnt really help calm the nerves, but sent us squabbling further instead... XD

Team Wolverinez: One of the forefather teams in paintball, currently in D1. This is their breakout position at the starting gate in the Super 7 event. Dam chun wei these people.

But once you get into the field, after you've remove the barrel socks (safety device to cover the marker's barrel when outside of the field) and test fired a couple of pallets on the ground, when everyone takes their ready position at the starting gate while waiting for the 10 second count down -- everything becomes calm and clear. Silence has, at that moment, became the best tune in the world... XD

Then...

Want to know what happens in the field? Stay tuned.. :-)

PB#2: This is Team YAKUZA!!

Before i dive into the real-ness of MY NPL 2009, lemme intro who is who in Team Yakuza, okays?! :-D

Top L-R: Zahari, me, EVo
Bottom L-R: Aizuddin, Josh

Just the five of us.. We will make it if we try.. Just the five of us.. They and I...
XD

Our positions were:
Me - backcenter
Zahari - backleft (he's a left hander, and a really good one with guns markers too!)
Aizuddin - backright
EVo + Josh - frontmen / runners

The original Yakuza FIVE included a girl - Celine Yap -- who had to pull out due to unforseen circumstances, hence Josh Lim was included in her spot. For those of you wondering, this is the Josh Lim of Advertlets, who also happens to be an aqquantaince of EVo.

Day 2 - The Showdown, up next...

ps. sorry, been really moody lately because #1. my laptop is problematic, #2. Streamyx is really #@$&*&^%#!!!!!