By Nov 08, I would have played paintball for more than 2 years. In these 2 years, I have met many wonderful people who will never cross my lpath if its not for paintball. I remember we had to make weekend trips to KL to play paintball, sometimes even up to 3 weekends. 320 Km drive up the North... just to play paintball on Saturday afternoon and on Sunday morning then driving back to Singapore in the evening. Those weekends were almost close to "Eat, sleep and live paintball"... 2 years down the road, nothing much has changed perhaps less travelling. But still the paintball calendar is still as pack as before.
Commitment for paintball? Topic of this blog...comes after hearing someone said "I cant make the BTO because I am having a dinner with some friends" Hmmm...surely not a justifiable reason for me. I understand that everyone has their own commitments, paintball is not the only thing in life, there are still other things such as family, friends, TV, rest, etc. I once read an article about the commitment of paintballers. The author wrote on how much time people spent on paintballing and forgot about other things in their life. For married paintballers, the first people that will feel the "effect" of your paintball commitment is definitely your spouses. Instead of spending time with your spouse, you are painting away on the field.
A typical paintball day would start off by spending a good breakfast with your partner, during the course of the meal, you will let them know about how reluctant you are about attending the training but STILL have to be there. You sneaked out for paintball...and return home tired and straight to the bed. This "effect" usually last for 2 days, considering that your body needs some rest after each practice session. Lost of voice while shouting at your teammates during practice...certainly you dont want to speak anymore after a long day at the field. So to all spouses that have made way for your partner to play a little paintball here and there...My salute to you. For without you, things would have been worst. So guys who are regular paintballers... buy your wife a good present during Christmas, it will make up for all the time that you have spent paintballing. Some bribe will do you good. Dont buy her a paintball mask please.
As for those without much commitment but just want to idle your time away at the field, of course you are welcome to do so too... Let the field be a pit stop for you until you find your next love. Be surprise, we have people coming to the field as they have nothing to do for the day. This is what Red Dynasty is all about, a hangout place for lost souls.
Some things that I have heard:
"I am having dinner with my friends this week so I cant go for BTO, but I really feel like playing in field 3" (yah right...)
"I am stopping paintball for 3 months, I need to rest...too much paintballing in the last 2 weeks" (!!!!!)
"I am too lazy to go so far to play...transportation is a problem" (Far? Canada is far....)
"I have not been practicing and feeling rusty in paintball" (All you need to do is to pull the trigger!")
"I am resting my injury... will be going for a jog tomorrow morning"
Commitment....commitment...
Friday, October 31, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Relationship between Singapore Paintball and World Cup Asia 08
With the World Cup Asia 08 drawing nearer, we will see the best paintball teams in the region flocking down to Malaysia to gain a spot in representation. Unlike other conventional sports, this event is not represented by national selected players but instead teams/clubs who are keen to take up the challenge to represent their countries. It is interesting to see the different representation from the various countries; teams waved the country flag up high with patches of the country flag sewed onto their jerseys. Players enter the field with a sense of pride. For example, at the end of the day, the game could well be remembered as "Singapore vs Malaysia" even if it was only a matchup between Red Sevens and Johor Pirates, this is the kind of representation that I am referring to. How is the World Cup Asia different from the other paintball tournament? I would say it’s a big difference...Literally, you are playing on the same field against the same team...but the difference lies in the "pressure to be the best in the region". It’s not so much of just being there to get represented but also to do well. The reason is simple, the world is watching... teams are going there to win...not to be represented. Team registration and paintballs are sky high, teams dont pay this kind of money to get representation. Only the seasonal teams will try and have a go at the prizes, new teams, dont even consider. But of course, the word is representation...
There is always a first time... yup, go there, try out games, be represented, have some fun, make friends, get some teambuilding done, meet some objectives, these are not for World Cup??? These are only suitable for seasonal tourneys, definitely not for the World Cup. There was a rude shock last year, when after playing for an entire year of seasonal tournament, the team decided to meet the bigger boys... we were amazed. Booted out of the tournament after Day 1, lost more games than we can even count. At the end, we had to fall back on "at least we are represented in this event" as our consolation.
Are Singapore teams ready for the rude shock? Definite NO. Why? Lack of play time, lack of tournament experience, lack of resources, lack of training, lack of a paintball culture, etc. Rude shock? Definite YES. This is the World Cup Asia that we are talking about...not some other competition.... I once said, Singapore teams will do well in Division 4....and we did. World Cup? NO for sure. Just be mentally prepared for the lobe-sided scores.
To all Singapore teams who are going for "representation", good luck and see you guys on the field. Cheers! Oh yes, remember to bring the Singapore flag along.
There is always a first time... yup, go there, try out games, be represented, have some fun, make friends, get some teambuilding done, meet some objectives, these are not for World Cup??? These are only suitable for seasonal tourneys, definitely not for the World Cup. There was a rude shock last year, when after playing for an entire year of seasonal tournament, the team decided to meet the bigger boys... we were amazed. Booted out of the tournament after Day 1, lost more games than we can even count. At the end, we had to fall back on "at least we are represented in this event" as our consolation.
Are Singapore teams ready for the rude shock? Definite NO. Why? Lack of play time, lack of tournament experience, lack of resources, lack of training, lack of a paintball culture, etc. Rude shock? Definite YES. This is the World Cup Asia that we are talking about...not some other competition.... I once said, Singapore teams will do well in Division 4....and we did. World Cup? NO for sure. Just be mentally prepared for the lobe-sided scores.
To all Singapore teams who are going for "representation", good luck and see you guys on the field. Cheers! Oh yes, remember to bring the Singapore flag along.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Johor Bahru MPOC Leg 5
Last leg of the MPOC...the final leg for the year. Red Sevens qualified for Day 2 after a 10th placing at the end of Day 1. Not a very good showing but at least we made it to Day 2, which means that we are back on track (hopefully).
We were joined by 2 guest players, Spacemonkey and Noir who are both regulars at Red Dynasty. The former is a member of the Red Fraction and the latter is a junior player for Team Spectre in Penang. Playing for the first time together, I think we had a decent showing...not very good and certainly can be better. There were times when we lost our focus and got eliminated "cheaply". "Cheap" elimination here refers to being shot when playing to openly, shots that usually land on the mask or loader. Due to some miscommunication, Padam Pelita was unable to join us, its a real pity as the snake was hardly played by most teams and I am very sure that Padam Pelita will create a stir at the snake if he was there.
In fact, I would consider the Johor Cup as the toughest Division 3 leg in the MPOC for there are very good teams in the Southern region. Teams such as Ironsea Legion, Johor Pirates and D'Mercy Kidz are all very tough teams to play against. We were always on the fringe of qualification and securing wins were very important, every elimination counts to qualifying for the next round.
What is more amazing and interesting was the participation of 5 Singapore based teams. Other than Red Sevens, we were also joined by our local SPNS Overall Champion, PSG Warfreakz, the Red Dynasty Staff Team and Team Damnation Wargh! which were all competing in Division 4 and Team EXA who has a spot in Division 3. After a series of gruelling games, PSG Warfreakz and Red Dynasty Staff clinched the 2nd and 4th spot respectively. Team Damnation Wargh! also made it to the 2nd Round and quoting Amok "Technically, we didnt lose...we had 3 draw games". Playing for the first time together, Team EXA had their first taste of the Division 3 games. Although the results could be better, EXA held their heads up high as the 1st official full fledged Singaporean paintball team!!!
Now its back to the drawing board again as we anticipate our participation in the World Cup Asia 08... to Padam Pelita and Callio (if you are reading this blog), let's go out and kick some ass again!
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
And who says we dont play woodsball? Think before you say...
Calgar! Stop hiding behind the closet! I mean...cloth.
General Jane
Waterboy?
Signals?
Things you never knew about us.
When we were there...you were most probably somewhere.
Woodsball is good. But speedball is extraordinaire...
The beginning of speedball in Singapore...History of Red Sevens
First Red Sevens Tournament - Werdnahol Cup. Look at that pants...haiz...RAMBO ah?
This photo was taken 2 years ago during the Werdnahol Cup. This was the first paintball tournament that was participated by the Red Sevens. We have since claimed to be the first Singapore paintball team although this was argued on numerous occasion by members of Team Nightmare who used to play in Power Paintball Park. Nightmare also claimed to be Singapore's first paintball team, though it was more of a local team playing together for recreational purposes. Nightmare's captain, Bill Fisher also known as Ikanman visited Red Dynasty last year. He joined us during the CNY gathering and was a prominent figure in the field. You can surely hear him from the back with his loud commanding voice. Too bad, we didnt take a photo together.
Our second tournament, MPOC...noticed that we were using mech markers against e-markers in Div 3. Slowpoke giving as pointers as a player-coach.
Our second tournament, MPOC...noticed that we were using mech markers against e-markers in Div 3. Slowpoke giving as pointers as a player-coach.
Members of the Red Sevens never knew one another. We knew each other through the internet. It started off from finding out more about paintball on the internet and happened to chance upon the World Cup Asia in 2005. Curious to find out more about the game, I made a lone trip to KL to witness what paintball was all about. To my surprise, paintball is in fact a very interesting game, speedball to be exact...for sure I was amazed by the uniforms, markers, rate of fire, masks but more importantly...the representation. There were representation from Thailand, Korea, Japan, Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia...hey, where is Singapore? In fact, I was refused entry into the tournament area for I was without a crew, vistor or player tag. But it was worth it, as the rest was history.
We tried to get similar jerseys...Werdnahol Cup Leg 2.
We tried to get similar jerseys...Werdnahol Cup Leg 2.
Upon my return to Singapore, I told Elle about this game and how amazing it was. There were then plans to know more about the game. So we decided to form a paintball team....yes, with only 2 players. Then came the naming of the team, Red Orchids, Red Lions, Merlions, etc. Trust me it was a difficult time. Eventually, we came up with Red Sevens. Red is a representation of the Singapore flag and Sevens because we needed 7 members to form the team.
Then came the website...with no information and just a simple recruiting message.
Then we found Seburo who wrote to us and asked us if we are going for the Hybrid Paintball Clinic. We met him there and soon he was part of the team. With a 3 men team, we went on searching...that's when Calgar came along. Still serving his NS, he wanted to know more about paintball after playing a few sessions in OCC. Wanting to know more about the Red Sevens, we arranged to meet up at the Burger King in Novena. With him was Donovan, a 3rd sergant from the army. And we thought he was going to be our fourth... but it was Calgar who kept in contact with us and after a few training trips to KL, he joined us as our fourth.
Months later, I received an email from Padam Pelita, he was then working in Singapore and wanted to play paintball on a regular basis. Our first meeting was at the Starbucks of Plaza Singapura. He is a Malaysian who has been working in Singapore since 2005 and has always wanted to find kakis to play paintball. He chanced upon our website and wanted to meet up to talk paintball. In our first meeting, he brought us a DVD of the Dynasty Dysected 1. That was our first paintball DVD...and sure Elle and I were excited to watch it. We passed the night by watching the DVD and a brief introduction of the Red Sevens team. And soon, Padam became our fifth player.
On and off, we will have guest players from other teams who will play for us. We used to have Slowpoke from Tornado, Darlie from Neighbours Pulse, Rayson from Heatwave, Dragonboi (who is now a trainee pilot) and Monkey from ?? (I cant remember). As we were training and training and learning the game more, we were introduced to Team Infinity...then there were Doyok, the team captain and Callio...we will train together once in a while....and talk paintball. Weekends were usually in KL and paintballing for 2 consecutive days. Callio clicked very well with Red Sevens and soon...he became our sixth player. Having Callio around was always good...he gels the team and is definitely the PR man when we compete in tourneys. He will always light his ciggies and talk to other teams thus building rapport for us. And yes, we have 3 Malaysians playing for Red Sevens...but what the heck...we are still the first team from Singapore.
Darlie joining us occasionally...
One day, Kev-Lee from Death Maverick sent us an email. He wanted to try paintball too as it was his holidays and he wanted to travel overseas...so he thought, might as well make it a paintball holiday. So soon enough, we were shooting one another on the field. So in fact, Kev-Lee is one of the pioneer for speedball in Singapore. He was later joined by Sean, Andrew and Daryl...all of whom are still playing paintball.
Unfortunately for Kev-Lee, he was unable to join us soon after his holidays ended. Later, Seburo introduced his friend to us...he was Residentevilchef. Residentevilchef used to work as a chef and has since took a big career change and took up photography. His first session with us was in JB, he gel very well and soon he was part of the team, and thus the seventh. Being an excellent cook, Residentevilchef invited us to his home for dinner...it was to celebrate Seburo's birthday.
Overseas tournament was good...this was taken in Penang.
Hell, this guy can really cook! Till today, I cannot forget the melting salmon. Yeah...history of the team. Many parted ways...playing for other teams. We have since recruited Lydia and Ryan who will occassionally play for us. So far, we have played twice or thrice together.
In NPPL Asia, Darlie joined us again.
What is most amazing...is that we all started not knowing one another. Since playing paintball, my circle of friends is growing almost everyday... strangers became friends. People who dont know one another....some becoming best of pals. Paintball brings the world closer.
This weekend's MPOC, will be the 14th time that we are participating as a team. So wish us luck.
Monday, October 20, 2008
How to be the best front player in Singapore?
Ask Francis otherwise known as "Kiko". Our friend from the Philippines will be back in Singapore by November this year. Kiko was part of the champion team that won the PALS Division 2 in 2007. Back then he was playing for Global Gutz as a front player but he has since joined the Real Pinoy and will be participating in this year's Asia World Cup. The last time when he was in town, he imparted his skills to the paintball community. Those who were there will most probably remember "Kiko" for his charismatic smile and how fast he is on the field. He will be in Red Dynasty when he visits Singapore again. So keep a look out for him. The best in Asia? You will know what I mean when you see him on the field. Btw, he was coaching Carnage when they first started...
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Marker for Assigned Registered Keeper (MARK) policy
Marker for Assigned Registered Keeper (MARK), otherwise known as MARK policy is not rocket science. What is this all about? What will this evolve to? Is it worthwhile doing this? Today, I will share my thoughts about the MARK policy which will be the first door to opening speedball to Singaporeans.
As Malaysia is far more established in the area of paintball as compared to us, we will have to watch and learn. I was once told by a very senior paintball person that paintball was first introduced to Singapore first. But let's look at how far we have gone? Our neighbours have gone a step earlier than us, Nation's Cup in 2004 was an eye opener, the Asia World Cup will be in its 3rd year, the Asia Pacific Paintball Federation (APPBF) was established with an Asian Series known as the Paintball Asia League (PALS). A recent introduction to the paintball scene is the new Asia Paintball Registry, a database to capture all records of paintball players in Asia.
So, yes we are definitely behind...Can we catch up to them? well...possible. Any time soon? No.
How then can we go about developing paintball in Singapore? Play it like the real thing.
This is where MARK comes in. In simple terms, MARK is simply marker tagging. Marker is tagged to a player who will have exclusive use of the marker whenever he plays paintball. This is not rocket science but something that has been implemented for years in Singapore, especially in gun clubs in Singapore. Except that it will be extremely expensive to become a member of the gun club thus the take up rate is low.
MARK will open up a whole new era to paintball in Singapore. With the introduction of e-markers in Singapore, many will be aware about the game and eventually create room for the sport to grow in Singapore. Yes, no doubt there is a cost to be in MARK but surely we have to start somewhere.
When Singapore first decided to leave the Malaysia Cup in 1995 and start the S-League, many people find it unwelcoming. But surely, we have to start somewhere. What are the potential for MARK?
- More people playing paintball? Hopefully...we should now that speedball is more interesting.
- Awareness of the game? Surely...look at that machine gun!
- E-marker division? Possible...just need to get enough people in MARK to start one.
- Singaporeans playing in Malaysia and PALS? Confirmed! Already we will have 5 teams playing in the upcoming MPOC and possibly up to 3 teams playing in the Divison 3 for PALS using e-markers. Fingers crossed.
- Recognition from Singapore Sports Council? hmmm...no comments but perhaps.
But its really up to the community. We are just opening up the opportunitites, whether it will work is still dependent on everyone. We are just trying to make paintball more fun and possibly play it the way we deem best fit the development in Singapore.
As Malaysia is far more established in the area of paintball as compared to us, we will have to watch and learn. I was once told by a very senior paintball person that paintball was first introduced to Singapore first. But let's look at how far we have gone? Our neighbours have gone a step earlier than us, Nation's Cup in 2004 was an eye opener, the Asia World Cup will be in its 3rd year, the Asia Pacific Paintball Federation (APPBF) was established with an Asian Series known as the Paintball Asia League (PALS). A recent introduction to the paintball scene is the new Asia Paintball Registry, a database to capture all records of paintball players in Asia.
So, yes we are definitely behind...Can we catch up to them? well...possible. Any time soon? No.
How then can we go about developing paintball in Singapore? Play it like the real thing.
This is where MARK comes in. In simple terms, MARK is simply marker tagging. Marker is tagged to a player who will have exclusive use of the marker whenever he plays paintball. This is not rocket science but something that has been implemented for years in Singapore, especially in gun clubs in Singapore. Except that it will be extremely expensive to become a member of the gun club thus the take up rate is low.
MARK will open up a whole new era to paintball in Singapore. With the introduction of e-markers in Singapore, many will be aware about the game and eventually create room for the sport to grow in Singapore. Yes, no doubt there is a cost to be in MARK but surely we have to start somewhere.
When Singapore first decided to leave the Malaysia Cup in 1995 and start the S-League, many people find it unwelcoming. But surely, we have to start somewhere. What are the potential for MARK?
- More people playing paintball? Hopefully...we should now that speedball is more interesting.
- Awareness of the game? Surely...look at that machine gun!
- E-marker division? Possible...just need to get enough people in MARK to start one.
- Singaporeans playing in Malaysia and PALS? Confirmed! Already we will have 5 teams playing in the upcoming MPOC and possibly up to 3 teams playing in the Divison 3 for PALS using e-markers. Fingers crossed.
- Recognition from Singapore Sports Council? hmmm...no comments but perhaps.
But its really up to the community. We are just opening up the opportunitites, whether it will work is still dependent on everyone. We are just trying to make paintball more fun and possibly play it the way we deem best fit the development in Singapore.
Sports Education Programme - SEP disappointed
Extracted from SEP website:
"The Sports Education Programme (SEP) is a collaborative partnership between Singapore Sports Council (SSC) and the Ministry of Education (MOE). Under SEP, each school is provided with a $10,000 dollar-to-dollar matching grant for them to take up sports programmes from an endorsed list. The SEP aims to advocate the importance of sports education, encourage sports participation in schools and increase sporting opportunities for the young. It also serves as an integrated and structured approach to link sports service providers with schools to ensure that innovative and quality sports programmes are delivered. "
I always get this question. "Have you tried going into schools?"
After applying for paintball introduction and speedball to be included into SEP since 6 months ago. I have received a reply from the SEP administrator. And here it goes:
"Lacking relevant coaching certification- NCAP theory level 1. Lacking coaching certification. Lacking First Aid certification"
This reply shows how much people know about paintball. Its jungle, its war, its uniform, its shooting one another, its blood, its expensive... no doubt. But there is more to it...so open your eyes guys...make it right.
Yes, there is no such thing as a coaching certificate for paintball. But no worries, PBAS is working on this. NCAP Level 1 Practical Paintball...interested?
But what amazes me most was the reply. I am saying this out of my own opinion and in no way should it be related to PBAS, Red Sevens, or the paintball community in Singapore. This is personal as the application was submitted using my name and the credientials of my certification was in questioned.
I went for NCAP Level 1 Theory in 2004 organised by SSC, got Level 1 Basketball Practical in 2005. Registered with Basketball Association Singapore for 2 years as a registered coach. Assistant to coaching staff for tertiary basketball team. Completed netball orientation to coaching in 2005 organised by Netball Singapore. Completed coaching certification level 1 with Basketball Australia. Completed a part time diploma in Sports and Exercise Sciences with Blackburn College. And still I am not good enough. The point I am trying to make is...the reason that was given is NCAP Level 1 theory...I am very sure if not 100% sure that I have supercede the requirment. So I wrote back to them.
And the reply was: "We did indicated clearly that we will need all the necessary supporting document" Fair enough...I am sure I did not submit all the documents needed. Sorry for that.
But could there be a form of review system to make up for it? E.g. what if my SEP application was before the time when I undergo coaching certification, what happens then? Isnt there a database that you can check? Which means, if I submit a bogus certification...do you take that for real?
Again...we are all short sighted... rejection is easy but picking up is never easy.
Paintball in schools? Never that easy...Paintball in schools for 2009? Just got booted.
"The Sports Education Programme (SEP) is a collaborative partnership between Singapore Sports Council (SSC) and the Ministry of Education (MOE). Under SEP, each school is provided with a $10,000 dollar-to-dollar matching grant for them to take up sports programmes from an endorsed list. The SEP aims to advocate the importance of sports education, encourage sports participation in schools and increase sporting opportunities for the young. It also serves as an integrated and structured approach to link sports service providers with schools to ensure that innovative and quality sports programmes are delivered. "
I always get this question. "Have you tried going into schools?"
After applying for paintball introduction and speedball to be included into SEP since 6 months ago. I have received a reply from the SEP administrator. And here it goes:
"Lacking relevant coaching certification- NCAP theory level 1. Lacking coaching certification. Lacking First Aid certification"
This reply shows how much people know about paintball. Its jungle, its war, its uniform, its shooting one another, its blood, its expensive... no doubt. But there is more to it...so open your eyes guys...make it right.
Yes, there is no such thing as a coaching certificate for paintball. But no worries, PBAS is working on this. NCAP Level 1 Practical Paintball...interested?
But what amazes me most was the reply. I am saying this out of my own opinion and in no way should it be related to PBAS, Red Sevens, or the paintball community in Singapore. This is personal as the application was submitted using my name and the credientials of my certification was in questioned.
I went for NCAP Level 1 Theory in 2004 organised by SSC, got Level 1 Basketball Practical in 2005. Registered with Basketball Association Singapore for 2 years as a registered coach. Assistant to coaching staff for tertiary basketball team. Completed netball orientation to coaching in 2005 organised by Netball Singapore. Completed coaching certification level 1 with Basketball Australia. Completed a part time diploma in Sports and Exercise Sciences with Blackburn College. And still I am not good enough. The point I am trying to make is...the reason that was given is NCAP Level 1 theory...I am very sure if not 100% sure that I have supercede the requirment. So I wrote back to them.
And the reply was: "We did indicated clearly that we will need all the necessary supporting document" Fair enough...I am sure I did not submit all the documents needed. Sorry for that.
But could there be a form of review system to make up for it? E.g. what if my SEP application was before the time when I undergo coaching certification, what happens then? Isnt there a database that you can check? Which means, if I submit a bogus certification...do you take that for real?
Again...we are all short sighted... rejection is easy but picking up is never easy.
Paintball in schools? Never that easy...Paintball in schools for 2009? Just got booted.
Bye 2008...Hello 2009!
We have concluded the Singapore Paintball Novice Series 2008. It was all fun.
The Overall Champion went to PSG Warfreakz, having participated in all 3 legs, 2 podium finish and accumulating enough points to pit everyone else, see them sitting comfortably at the top. Congratulation guys! You have made history. First champion of the SPNS!
Also, it was good to see the rise of another paintball team, Team Carnage which is led by Thomas Lee, the nominated MVP for Leg 2. Carnage has always been a formiable team, good in paintball fundamentals and obviously young and fast enough to make the dives and get into bunkers quickly. They have recruited a guest player, Sean from Death Maverick for this leg. I must say this is a good decision. Sean was playing paintball way before anyone else, before Thomas, before White Death was even formed, before there was Red Dynasty. I remember him wanting to play almost every weekend when he first hooked to the game. Young, humble, skillful... I would like to see how this young man can spur on the development of paintball in Singapore.
Little mentioned was this Leg's MVP, Faris who plays for Team R.A.G. Fine young body builder who just picked up paintball 3 weeks ago and there he was, recognized by the paintball community as the most valuable player for Leg 3. Fair enough... the other day, I was training Contract Killer on snapshooting and asked him to join us. This kid was amazingly accurate. While he still need some improvements on his stance. This guy is a natural...good on you mate! I could see the disappointment on his eyes when his team didnt make the cut to the 2nd round but there are so much potential.
We didnt get much media coverage for leg 3.
Kudos to redsports.sg for seeing the potential in paintball. I was actually quite disappointed that we only have a listing on TNP and nothing else. I was thinking maybe this time there are more things that could be newsworthy...but it doesnt seem like it. Never mind, we will continue to work hard to dispel your misconception about paintball.
I have heard this so many times, "Oh....paintball is not a sport" yah right! Next year, it will be in the World Games. If its not a sport, what about cup stacking? ballroom dancing? Anything can be a sport. Walking can be a sport. Just come and look at the intensity of how the game is being played. It is DEFINITELY, 100% NO DOUBT a sport. We have marshals, rules, fixtures, wins and losses...so how is it not a sport? I am confuse...all we need is a chance. So let us have it! A fair one please! So will it be a sport if we have a PALS Singapore next year? maybe, perhaps...
Anyway...here's to the paintball community in Singapore! We look forward to seeing all of you again for "SPNS 2009: Close to Heart"
The Overall Champion went to PSG Warfreakz, having participated in all 3 legs, 2 podium finish and accumulating enough points to pit everyone else, see them sitting comfortably at the top. Congratulation guys! You have made history. First champion of the SPNS!
Also, it was good to see the rise of another paintball team, Team Carnage which is led by Thomas Lee, the nominated MVP for Leg 2. Carnage has always been a formiable team, good in paintball fundamentals and obviously young and fast enough to make the dives and get into bunkers quickly. They have recruited a guest player, Sean from Death Maverick for this leg. I must say this is a good decision. Sean was playing paintball way before anyone else, before Thomas, before White Death was even formed, before there was Red Dynasty. I remember him wanting to play almost every weekend when he first hooked to the game. Young, humble, skillful... I would like to see how this young man can spur on the development of paintball in Singapore.
Little mentioned was this Leg's MVP, Faris who plays for Team R.A.G. Fine young body builder who just picked up paintball 3 weeks ago and there he was, recognized by the paintball community as the most valuable player for Leg 3. Fair enough... the other day, I was training Contract Killer on snapshooting and asked him to join us. This kid was amazingly accurate. While he still need some improvements on his stance. This guy is a natural...good on you mate! I could see the disappointment on his eyes when his team didnt make the cut to the 2nd round but there are so much potential.
We didnt get much media coverage for leg 3.
Kudos to redsports.sg for seeing the potential in paintball. I was actually quite disappointed that we only have a listing on TNP and nothing else. I was thinking maybe this time there are more things that could be newsworthy...but it doesnt seem like it. Never mind, we will continue to work hard to dispel your misconception about paintball.
I have heard this so many times, "Oh....paintball is not a sport" yah right! Next year, it will be in the World Games. If its not a sport, what about cup stacking? ballroom dancing? Anything can be a sport. Walking can be a sport. Just come and look at the intensity of how the game is being played. It is DEFINITELY, 100% NO DOUBT a sport. We have marshals, rules, fixtures, wins and losses...so how is it not a sport? I am confuse...all we need is a chance. So let us have it! A fair one please! So will it be a sport if we have a PALS Singapore next year? maybe, perhaps...
Anyway...here's to the paintball community in Singapore! We look forward to seeing all of you again for "SPNS 2009: Close to Heart"
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
When East meets West
This article was written by me after Ollie's clinic in Taiwan. I sent it to Dye hopping to get a column in some paintball magazines...but after a couple of months, I thought its good to share with even more people.
Venue: Taipei County Yingge Paintball Theme Park
Duration: 9 – 10 August 2008
Number of participants: 40
The Beijing Olympics 2008, an international sporting event participated by 205 countries from around the world is one of the highlights in the 2008 calendar. This mulit-sport event is watch by millions from across the globe and participated by more than 10000 athletes from around the world. While paintball is not an official event in the Summer Olympics, this adrenaline rushing sport has indeed a potential into make in BIG in the near future. Despite the fact that thousands of athletes and spectators travelled half way across the globe to witness the Olympics, a professional paintball player from the United States did the same to impart his knowledge of paintball to a group of paintball enthusiasts in Asia, Taiwan. An illustration of East meets West.
Attended by more than 40 Taiwanese and 2 Singaporeans, the “Oliver Lang Paintball Clinic in Taiwan” was conducted in Taipei County Yingge Paintball Theme Park that has facilities for both recreational and competitive group. Sponsored by DYE Asia, Team Shocker and Achilles Paintball, this clinic hopes to meet the objective of learning from the best in the world. Although paintball clinics by professional players are frequent in the United States and many European countries, clinics as such are hard to come by in Asia, especially when this clinic is conducted by the most iconic paintball player in the world, Oliver Lang from the Ironmen. The last paintball clinic that was held in Asia was in 2007 where another member of the Ironmen, Nicky Cuba was in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with Todd Martinez and Gary Shows to show pointers to Asia players.
After a brief introduction of his mission to Taiwan, Ollie emphasized on the day’s objective, which was working towards an improved individual shooting postures. 2 rounds of slow jog around the field kick start the clinic. This was followed by stretching all related working muscles, and so the training begun for Day 1.
Under a humid weather of 35 Degrees Celsius, participants were taught the fundamentals of playing behind different bunkers using different snapshooting postures. To ensure that the drill was effective, a total of 10 bunkers were set up to ensure that every participant goes through 3 rounds of practices! Yes, 30 times of snapshooting for the first practice. For someone who has not gone through snapshooting drills for a long time, my quadriceps was calling for help, not forgetting my calves and of course my gluteus maximus too! To make the practices realistic as game play, the inclusion of an opposing player was introduced. Yes, 30 times of getting hit if not careful and playing loosely…
“The clinic was effective, fun and interesting. A lot of emphasis was placed on adopting the right shooting posture” exclaimed Jane Koh who was one of the 2 participants who flew into Taiwan from Singapore after knowing about the clinic. Jane plays for a Singapore team known as the Red Sevens who participates in the Paintball Asia League Series (PALS), a tournament series in the Asia region.
To add icing to the clinic was the free tryout of the different paintball markers available at the DYE Asia booth. Participants can request for trial usage on all the DYE and Proto series, from entry level marker such as the SLG to the DYE signature series such as the Ollie Lang DM8. Talk about getting hands on the different markers… DYE Asia representative Ellen indicated that “It is our gesture of support to all participants of the clinic and we hope to make use of this opportunity to bridge professional paintball closer to the paintball community in Asia”. All participants of the clinic also each received a gift which comprised of paintball accessories such as lanyard, cap, marker feedneck and postcards.
After lunch and a photography session with OIlie Lang, participants were treated with more professional advice on the “art of bunkering”. Players were lined up behind boxes which acted as shooting targets and were asked to perform run through as an act of bunkering opponent players while switching the paintball marker between hands depending on which side the boxes were placed. After a couple of switching from left to right and right to left, participants were instructed to pick up speed in the run through.
Day 1 ended with a raffles draw with participants walking away with DYE masks and the new ultra light frame SLG.
Day 2 started with a recapped of Day 1’s practice followed by the appreciation of “flight path”. Flight path in this sense refers to the route in which the paintballs are travelling after they left the barrel. The appreciation of flight path allows a player to be aware of their opponent’s firing position and allow him/her to counter his firing suppression. Participants were told to step up to be “shot” by Ollie while observing the paintball flight path and avoid being hit. This was the most exciting part of the clinic as players were all focused and attentive trying their best not to be hit by the world number most prolific paintballer. As the day continued, the participants were also introduced to the proper techniques of sliding as Ollie performs a detailed stage by stage breakdown demonstration of the side slide and the “Superman” slide. A paintball clinic would not be called a clinic if all that were taught were not put into good use. Thus to convert all knowledge into practical sessions, participants were grouped into teams to compete against one another in a similar format as the widely popular X-ball format. Each team was supposed to play 4 qualifying games with the winning team walking away with a brand new SLG marker.
Throughout the 2 days clinic, relationships were fostered and the Asia paintball grew stronger but most important of all is having the opportunity to learn and appreciate the game of paintball from one of the world bests. While Asia paintball is gaining in popularity, it is also vital for players from this part of the world continue to adopt, play and appreciate the game that we all loved in the proper way. As Ollie Lang said before the end of the clinic, “I am also an apprentice of the Asian culture and always learning…”
Venue: Taipei County Yingge Paintball Theme Park
Duration: 9 – 10 August 2008
Number of participants: 40
The Beijing Olympics 2008, an international sporting event participated by 205 countries from around the world is one of the highlights in the 2008 calendar. This mulit-sport event is watch by millions from across the globe and participated by more than 10000 athletes from around the world. While paintball is not an official event in the Summer Olympics, this adrenaline rushing sport has indeed a potential into make in BIG in the near future. Despite the fact that thousands of athletes and spectators travelled half way across the globe to witness the Olympics, a professional paintball player from the United States did the same to impart his knowledge of paintball to a group of paintball enthusiasts in Asia, Taiwan. An illustration of East meets West.
Attended by more than 40 Taiwanese and 2 Singaporeans, the “Oliver Lang Paintball Clinic in Taiwan” was conducted in Taipei County Yingge Paintball Theme Park that has facilities for both recreational and competitive group. Sponsored by DYE Asia, Team Shocker and Achilles Paintball, this clinic hopes to meet the objective of learning from the best in the world. Although paintball clinics by professional players are frequent in the United States and many European countries, clinics as such are hard to come by in Asia, especially when this clinic is conducted by the most iconic paintball player in the world, Oliver Lang from the Ironmen. The last paintball clinic that was held in Asia was in 2007 where another member of the Ironmen, Nicky Cuba was in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with Todd Martinez and Gary Shows to show pointers to Asia players.
After a brief introduction of his mission to Taiwan, Ollie emphasized on the day’s objective, which was working towards an improved individual shooting postures. 2 rounds of slow jog around the field kick start the clinic. This was followed by stretching all related working muscles, and so the training begun for Day 1.
Under a humid weather of 35 Degrees Celsius, participants were taught the fundamentals of playing behind different bunkers using different snapshooting postures. To ensure that the drill was effective, a total of 10 bunkers were set up to ensure that every participant goes through 3 rounds of practices! Yes, 30 times of snapshooting for the first practice. For someone who has not gone through snapshooting drills for a long time, my quadriceps was calling for help, not forgetting my calves and of course my gluteus maximus too! To make the practices realistic as game play, the inclusion of an opposing player was introduced. Yes, 30 times of getting hit if not careful and playing loosely…
“The clinic was effective, fun and interesting. A lot of emphasis was placed on adopting the right shooting posture” exclaimed Jane Koh who was one of the 2 participants who flew into Taiwan from Singapore after knowing about the clinic. Jane plays for a Singapore team known as the Red Sevens who participates in the Paintball Asia League Series (PALS), a tournament series in the Asia region.
To add icing to the clinic was the free tryout of the different paintball markers available at the DYE Asia booth. Participants can request for trial usage on all the DYE and Proto series, from entry level marker such as the SLG to the DYE signature series such as the Ollie Lang DM8. Talk about getting hands on the different markers… DYE Asia representative Ellen indicated that “It is our gesture of support to all participants of the clinic and we hope to make use of this opportunity to bridge professional paintball closer to the paintball community in Asia”. All participants of the clinic also each received a gift which comprised of paintball accessories such as lanyard, cap, marker feedneck and postcards.
After lunch and a photography session with OIlie Lang, participants were treated with more professional advice on the “art of bunkering”. Players were lined up behind boxes which acted as shooting targets and were asked to perform run through as an act of bunkering opponent players while switching the paintball marker between hands depending on which side the boxes were placed. After a couple of switching from left to right and right to left, participants were instructed to pick up speed in the run through.
Day 1 ended with a raffles draw with participants walking away with DYE masks and the new ultra light frame SLG.
Day 2 started with a recapped of Day 1’s practice followed by the appreciation of “flight path”. Flight path in this sense refers to the route in which the paintballs are travelling after they left the barrel. The appreciation of flight path allows a player to be aware of their opponent’s firing position and allow him/her to counter his firing suppression. Participants were told to step up to be “shot” by Ollie while observing the paintball flight path and avoid being hit. This was the most exciting part of the clinic as players were all focused and attentive trying their best not to be hit by the world number most prolific paintballer. As the day continued, the participants were also introduced to the proper techniques of sliding as Ollie performs a detailed stage by stage breakdown demonstration of the side slide and the “Superman” slide. A paintball clinic would not be called a clinic if all that were taught were not put into good use. Thus to convert all knowledge into practical sessions, participants were grouped into teams to compete against one another in a similar format as the widely popular X-ball format. Each team was supposed to play 4 qualifying games with the winning team walking away with a brand new SLG marker.
Throughout the 2 days clinic, relationships were fostered and the Asia paintball grew stronger but most important of all is having the opportunity to learn and appreciate the game of paintball from one of the world bests. While Asia paintball is gaining in popularity, it is also vital for players from this part of the world continue to adopt, play and appreciate the game that we all loved in the proper way. As Ollie Lang said before the end of the clinic, “I am also an apprentice of the Asian culture and always learning…”
Monday, October 6, 2008
Taiwan Mafia...
This man here...many people call him the paintball mafia in Taiwan, he runs the biggest paintball park in Taiwan. Knew him way back before speedball was introduced in Singapore. Nice guy, no air and most important of all, like to share his passion about paintball with people. In Taiwan, not many people regard him nicely...but then again, who cares? For someone who runs the biggest paintball park in Taiwan, I have to give him the best respect...
Ollie is a staff of RD too...
Dean Apcar...our friend from UK
Dean Apcar who plays for Medway Halloween was in town and decided to pay us a visit at Red Dynasty. It was a special appearance considering that we are a week away from SPNS and his visit was nicely time. Dean captained the Medway Halloween team which currently sits on 4th position of the M5 Millenium Series. Personally, I have learnt a trick or two from him....but the most amazing thing was to play alongside him and seeing him in action simply means that I will have to hit the gym soon.
Paintball in Singapore, the past and the present
Paintball in Singapore, the Past and the Present
Paintball was first introduced to Singapore in the year 1999. The first paintball facility (TAG Paintball) was established in the most eastern part of the city located in a family oriented resort known as Downtown East. This teambuilding game was somewhat similar to what many call “war” where two parties armed with paintball guns (commonly known as paintball markers in the paintball industry) go into the woods to shoot and “gun down” one another. As the famous phrase “no pain, no gain”, participants who are shot often left the game with bruise marks on their body after being shot at during the course of the game. With strict rules and regulations in Singapore, paintball markers have since been classified as firearm equipment. With the essential elements of teambuilding activity such as communication, strategizing and teamwork, the game of paintball has commonly been adopted as the game for all ages to “settle their differences” on the field. This has led to the establishment of 2 other paintball facilities in Sentosa (Power Paintball Park) and Toa Payoh in the late 90’s. However, these 2 establishments had to call it quits early as the cost of operating a paintball field in a land scarce country such as Singapore, is almost not the most cost effective business plan.
Since their closure, paintball was never in the mind of many Singaporeans and it became one of the most unheard of teambuilding activities with lurking myths such as expensive, army-liked, promotion of violence and the most important of all, dangerous. While it took 7 days to create earth, paintball development was in dormant for 8 years, all waiting for the right time to shed its skin. As Singapore moves towards national education, another paintball facility (Cross Fire) was established in 2005 on the western part of Singapore to allow Singaporeans to understand the importance of working together and if it fails so will our city.
While paintball was not potentially developed in Singapore for 8 years, its popularity is growing in numbers in most countries. With a growing number of participants every year, paintball has over the years become an activity that is suitable for people of all ages and different gender. The first paintball game was played in the woods with players dressed in camouflage uniforms spending an entire day out in the woods looking for “kills”. To create awareness and general acceptance of the game by the public, paintball has evolved from woods game into a team sports where many people are passionate about. Today, many people still begin their first paintball experience in the woods but move on the another evolution of the game otherwise known as speedball if they are more passionate in achieving well in the sports.
The first group of people who introduces speedball to Singapore belongs to a group of paintball enthusiasts who call themselves the Red Sevens. Since their formation, they have conducted numerous paintball awareness games and the promotion of paintball as a sport to many Singaporeans. Due to the lack of speedball facility, the team has to travel to Malaysia to practice and learn the game. Red Sevens represented Singapore as the first speedball team by participating in the 2nd Leg of Malaysia Paintball Official Circuit in 2007. Singapore also received its first international representation when Red Sevens was invited as the only Singapore team to participate in the Asia World Cup 2007 and the NPPL Asia Championship 2008. During the National Day Parade 2008, Red Sevens was featured on the segment of “Red on Red” and was shown live telecast to spectators of the parade.
The first paintball tournament that saw the participation of international teams from across the world was held in Malaysia and known as the Nations Cup. This inaugural international paintball tournament which was held in 2004 twinkle the light to allow more people in Asia to become aware of paintball. In 2007, the Asia World Cup which was held in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia was recognized as one of the top 50 events for the “Visit Malaysia Year” to mark its 50th Anniversary of independence from the colonial occupation.
With the support of the Singapore Sports Council, Paintball Singapore Society was formed in 2007 as a paintball interest group; it was not long that the name was eventually changed to Paintball Association (Singapore) PBAS to allow a structural overseeing of the development of paintball in Singapore. The primary objective of the PBAS is to ensure progressive development of paintball as a sport in Singapore. To allow paintball to develop into a mainstream sport in Singapore, members from the PBAS devised a Basic Tournament Orientation (BTO) course to allow beginners who are interested in pursuing the sport to undergo a theory and practical orientation to ensure that participants are aware of the necessary safety precautions when handling a paintball markers and other safety aspects of the game. After its formation, the PBAS was included as a recognized paintball association under the Asia Pacific Paintball Federation (APPBF) which oversees the development of paintball in the Asia Pacific region. The APPBF which is recognized by the Millennium Series and the Paintball Sports Promotion (PSP) went on to organize the Paintball Asia League Series (PALS) and the Asia World Cup.
Singapore’s first speedball facility (Red Dynasty Paintball Park) was established in 2007 to facilitate the growth of speedball in Singapore. In less than 3 months of its establishment, Singapore’s inaugural paintball tournament, Singapore Paintball Novice Series (SPNS), a 3-legged paintball tournament was borne with 7 participating teams. A local team named Redlords was crowned the inaugural champion of the event. In its first, the competitive paintball in Singapore was first featured on Straits Times sports section and on television with Channel News Asia during Leg 2 of SPNS.
While there are cultural differences and disparity in the regulation of laws in all countries of the world, paintball in Singapore will continue to grow and progress with more people getting awareness of the sport. While it takes time to grow a sport with good foundational base, the way in which paintball develops in the world has a direct impact on how paintball can be perceived as a mainstream sport as compared to the rest. While there are upcoming developmental plans for paintball to grow in Singapore, it is everybody’s effort to see and support the continual growth of this sport in Singapore.
Paintball was first introduced to Singapore in the year 1999. The first paintball facility (TAG Paintball) was established in the most eastern part of the city located in a family oriented resort known as Downtown East. This teambuilding game was somewhat similar to what many call “war” where two parties armed with paintball guns (commonly known as paintball markers in the paintball industry) go into the woods to shoot and “gun down” one another. As the famous phrase “no pain, no gain”, participants who are shot often left the game with bruise marks on their body after being shot at during the course of the game. With strict rules and regulations in Singapore, paintball markers have since been classified as firearm equipment. With the essential elements of teambuilding activity such as communication, strategizing and teamwork, the game of paintball has commonly been adopted as the game for all ages to “settle their differences” on the field. This has led to the establishment of 2 other paintball facilities in Sentosa (Power Paintball Park) and Toa Payoh in the late 90’s. However, these 2 establishments had to call it quits early as the cost of operating a paintball field in a land scarce country such as Singapore, is almost not the most cost effective business plan.
Since their closure, paintball was never in the mind of many Singaporeans and it became one of the most unheard of teambuilding activities with lurking myths such as expensive, army-liked, promotion of violence and the most important of all, dangerous. While it took 7 days to create earth, paintball development was in dormant for 8 years, all waiting for the right time to shed its skin. As Singapore moves towards national education, another paintball facility (Cross Fire) was established in 2005 on the western part of Singapore to allow Singaporeans to understand the importance of working together and if it fails so will our city.
While paintball was not potentially developed in Singapore for 8 years, its popularity is growing in numbers in most countries. With a growing number of participants every year, paintball has over the years become an activity that is suitable for people of all ages and different gender. The first paintball game was played in the woods with players dressed in camouflage uniforms spending an entire day out in the woods looking for “kills”. To create awareness and general acceptance of the game by the public, paintball has evolved from woods game into a team sports where many people are passionate about. Today, many people still begin their first paintball experience in the woods but move on the another evolution of the game otherwise known as speedball if they are more passionate in achieving well in the sports.
The first group of people who introduces speedball to Singapore belongs to a group of paintball enthusiasts who call themselves the Red Sevens. Since their formation, they have conducted numerous paintball awareness games and the promotion of paintball as a sport to many Singaporeans. Due to the lack of speedball facility, the team has to travel to Malaysia to practice and learn the game. Red Sevens represented Singapore as the first speedball team by participating in the 2nd Leg of Malaysia Paintball Official Circuit in 2007. Singapore also received its first international representation when Red Sevens was invited as the only Singapore team to participate in the Asia World Cup 2007 and the NPPL Asia Championship 2008. During the National Day Parade 2008, Red Sevens was featured on the segment of “Red on Red” and was shown live telecast to spectators of the parade.
The first paintball tournament that saw the participation of international teams from across the world was held in Malaysia and known as the Nations Cup. This inaugural international paintball tournament which was held in 2004 twinkle the light to allow more people in Asia to become aware of paintball. In 2007, the Asia World Cup which was held in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia was recognized as one of the top 50 events for the “Visit Malaysia Year” to mark its 50th Anniversary of independence from the colonial occupation.
With the support of the Singapore Sports Council, Paintball Singapore Society was formed in 2007 as a paintball interest group; it was not long that the name was eventually changed to Paintball Association (Singapore) PBAS to allow a structural overseeing of the development of paintball in Singapore. The primary objective of the PBAS is to ensure progressive development of paintball as a sport in Singapore. To allow paintball to develop into a mainstream sport in Singapore, members from the PBAS devised a Basic Tournament Orientation (BTO) course to allow beginners who are interested in pursuing the sport to undergo a theory and practical orientation to ensure that participants are aware of the necessary safety precautions when handling a paintball markers and other safety aspects of the game. After its formation, the PBAS was included as a recognized paintball association under the Asia Pacific Paintball Federation (APPBF) which oversees the development of paintball in the Asia Pacific region. The APPBF which is recognized by the Millennium Series and the Paintball Sports Promotion (PSP) went on to organize the Paintball Asia League Series (PALS) and the Asia World Cup.
Singapore’s first speedball facility (Red Dynasty Paintball Park) was established in 2007 to facilitate the growth of speedball in Singapore. In less than 3 months of its establishment, Singapore’s inaugural paintball tournament, Singapore Paintball Novice Series (SPNS), a 3-legged paintball tournament was borne with 7 participating teams. A local team named Redlords was crowned the inaugural champion of the event. In its first, the competitive paintball in Singapore was first featured on Straits Times sports section and on television with Channel News Asia during Leg 2 of SPNS.
While there are cultural differences and disparity in the regulation of laws in all countries of the world, paintball in Singapore will continue to grow and progress with more people getting awareness of the sport. While it takes time to grow a sport with good foundational base, the way in which paintball develops in the world has a direct impact on how paintball can be perceived as a mainstream sport as compared to the rest. While there are upcoming developmental plans for paintball to grow in Singapore, it is everybody’s effort to see and support the continual growth of this sport in Singapore.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Will he be in Singapore?
Photo with Ollie...he might be in town later this year.
Anyone wants to show him around just like how we did for Dynasty and Infamous... Let me know.
Possible things that we can do when he is in town:
1) Meet the players session
2) Interview by the media
3) Tour around Singapore
4) Exhibition game with Singapore based teams
Possible...just need to plan for it.
Paintball Formula in Singapore
No BTO = Centerline = No speedball = No tournament
Cheap paintballs = Paintball breaks in marker and loader = Frustration = Lousy experience
Talk bad about people behind their back = Got found out = No more good deals
Mech marker = Cheaper = Use lesser paintballs
Wait for things to happen = Dont complain = Do something to make it right
PALS in Singapore = Possible = Just need more people
E-markers = Nice to play with = Expensive? Maybe? = Cross borders No No
More players = more games = cheaper paintballs
Complain a lot = Go elsewhere = Cant be bothered with you = go make trouble with the rest
Cheap paintballs = Paintball breaks in marker and loader = Frustration = Lousy experience
Talk bad about people behind their back = Got found out = No more good deals
Mech marker = Cheaper = Use lesser paintballs
Wait for things to happen = Dont complain = Do something to make it right
PALS in Singapore = Possible = Just need more people
E-markers = Nice to play with = Expensive? Maybe? = Cross borders No No
More players = more games = cheaper paintballs
Complain a lot = Go elsewhere = Cant be bothered with you = go make trouble with the rest
MPOC Leg 5 with Singapore representation..."Make this happen"
MPOC Leg 5 is a very special event for paintballers in Singapore. Firstly, it is the closest paintball event from Singapore. Secondly, most of the teams from Malaysia will flock down South to attend this event which means that you will get to see some of the best. Thirdly, we can also showcase our progression since we started introducing speedball to Singaporeans. Last year, there were 2 teams from Singapore, the Red Sevens of course...and the other is Team Climax, a group of cycling enthusiasts who wanted to try out paintball as part of their adventure in trying out all "extreme" sports. Team Climax got a rude shock....a rude shock....they came prepared having done one session with us. But it was too overwhelming for them...eventually, they decided to pack up and go home even before the day ended. 2008 will be different from last year....very different.
We have 5 Singapore based representatives...2 will be playing in Division 3, the rest will be playing in Division 4. Which is exactly what we promised....5 Singapore based teams playing in the MPOC. We did it!!! But did we....
No doubt, paintball has grown from zero to what it has become today...a regular weekend sport for your normal being. To date, there are more than 120 tournament registered players in Singapore. For the last 10 years, we have none... Players go through a Basic Tournament Orientation (BTO) course similar to a driving practical test for driving to determine if they are good enough to understand the basic safety and fundamental of playing speedball. Of course...its up to the player to determine how good he/she is by practicing and practicing and practicing...without practices, you can still be a lousy player even if you passed the BTO. What amazes me...was the fact that the BTO was made a laughing matter by the people who took the orientation. An overseas graduates went overseas to study in an unknown university for 3 years, come back to Singapore with an honours degree...and during a job interview, he was ridiculed by his employers about the credibility of his degree...but instead of standing up for himself to prove his worth. He joined in and laughed to admit that his degree certificate is indeed lousier than the rest. Hmmm...doesnt make sense to me. You know who you are...so period. In fact, when we showed the BTO test sheet to PALS, they were impressed...
In my years of experience working in a tertiary school and involvement in the sports industry in Singapore. I have met many people who want to "make things happen" for the sport that they love. They either succeed or they failed...some push through difficulties to make things work....some just resigned to their fate, knowing that no matter what they do...they will always be judged and that they will never be good.
2 years ago...I was scouting around Kallang area and came upon a floorball place known as Valhall. What surprised me was the fact that this place was unheard of....newly opened....and provides the first Singapore indoor floorball court. Floorball is a very popular sport in primary and secondary schools. Schools are picking up this sport as it introduces motor skills to kids and help them with their physiological development. In there, I saw a group of floorball lovers... they were undergoing some training with lectures and practical sessions. Coincidentally, I saw a friend from NUS, who was the Vice President for the Singapore Floorball Association. I asked him what were they doing...and he replied that they have just devised a syllabus for Coaching Level 1 and 2 for floorball in Singapore and that they are the first batch of coaches in the world to try out the coaching syllabus and if it works, they are going to introduce it to the rest of the world as there are none in the world to begin with. I was very impressed... If floorball ever makes it to the world stage...this is relatively equivalent to FIFA coaching certificate! and all the credits go to Singapore for "making this happen".
The current President of the Handball Federation (Singapore) HFS, is a friend of mine...a lady who is very passionate about her game and a very prominent figure in the world of handball. Recently, HFS received the NSA status due to upcoming plans in the YOG. Just before the NSA status was granted...I had the opportunity to witness the amount of work that she has done to "make this happen"...90% of these are paper work.
Having been involved in the Singapore basketball scene when I was still working in the school....I have "seen" many big plans for the basketball in Singapore, some never came true. In 2005...basketball was on the rise. The second most played sport in Singapore, only next to soccer. A friend of mine, Elaine was hired to oversee the development of basketball marketing in Singapore....well, she did amazing work, she got in sponsors to make possible the 7th Eleven Cup, 7th Eleven 3 on 3 Challenge, Cineleisure Streetbasketball Road Show, feature of Singapore players in roadshows and magazines, the basketball scene in Singapore has never been so exciting since the 70's. She did the right thing....she got sponsors, she got media, she got the support from the industry, she got the support from Singapore Sports Council....but she left the association eventually...due to unappreciative comments. Why? She did all the right things. She "make things happen"....she has a good salary...but she left. People who ate sour grapes splat on her...unappreciated.
The reason why I am saying these is because I think in all things that we do, we have to start somewhere...everything has a beginning. So....with 5 teams in the MPOC....are we there yet? Definitely not...there are so much more things that we can do...so much more. However, let this not be a single effort by any individual, by any paintball team, by any paintball field...let's rally all the support that we can get to "make this happen". Effort from one party will soon diminished the motivation...people lose focus as they go along...while players can push...we definitely need the bigger boys to give their support. Yes, I am looking at you...Singapore Sports Council. While we may be small...but we have the heart to "make this happen". Help us please.... Which sports allow you to let a 15 year old compete with a 35 years old man....? Which sports allow you to play a mix gender game between the male and female? And bare in mind...this is a team game...where strategizing, communication and teamwork is also fundementally important. Do something Singapore Sports Council. We have come a long way with you....you have seen us grow, you have heard us grow...you have asked us to show you our worth...and we have done that...now show us your support too. A naturing infant needs the guidance of a mother. No, I dont need milk....(mike = money) I just need the support. What support? Facilities, media, recognition, paintball events, etc.
I always tell people...never ask for anything when you havent even try....try first....then when I show you the light, you will then appreciate it even more. So now that we have tried....we need you to shine the light at us.
As for those who has been ranting about the BTO, whether it is good, whether it is bad....dont forget, you were part of it....so if you want to make a joke out of your own factory...do go ahead, you have your freedom of speech and everything...but dont forget you are one of the many product from the factory. We cant please everybody...
Good luck to all Singapore teams going for MPOC. I hope that we have done the right thing to introduce you to this sport, make new friends and of course, get you off the couch...so imagine life without paintball...no adrenaline rush right?
We have 5 Singapore based representatives...2 will be playing in Division 3, the rest will be playing in Division 4. Which is exactly what we promised....5 Singapore based teams playing in the MPOC. We did it!!! But did we....
No doubt, paintball has grown from zero to what it has become today...a regular weekend sport for your normal being. To date, there are more than 120 tournament registered players in Singapore. For the last 10 years, we have none... Players go through a Basic Tournament Orientation (BTO) course similar to a driving practical test for driving to determine if they are good enough to understand the basic safety and fundamental of playing speedball. Of course...its up to the player to determine how good he/she is by practicing and practicing and practicing...without practices, you can still be a lousy player even if you passed the BTO. What amazes me...was the fact that the BTO was made a laughing matter by the people who took the orientation. An overseas graduates went overseas to study in an unknown university for 3 years, come back to Singapore with an honours degree...and during a job interview, he was ridiculed by his employers about the credibility of his degree...but instead of standing up for himself to prove his worth. He joined in and laughed to admit that his degree certificate is indeed lousier than the rest. Hmmm...doesnt make sense to me. You know who you are...so period. In fact, when we showed the BTO test sheet to PALS, they were impressed...
In my years of experience working in a tertiary school and involvement in the sports industry in Singapore. I have met many people who want to "make things happen" for the sport that they love. They either succeed or they failed...some push through difficulties to make things work....some just resigned to their fate, knowing that no matter what they do...they will always be judged and that they will never be good.
2 years ago...I was scouting around Kallang area and came upon a floorball place known as Valhall. What surprised me was the fact that this place was unheard of....newly opened....and provides the first Singapore indoor floorball court. Floorball is a very popular sport in primary and secondary schools. Schools are picking up this sport as it introduces motor skills to kids and help them with their physiological development. In there, I saw a group of floorball lovers... they were undergoing some training with lectures and practical sessions. Coincidentally, I saw a friend from NUS, who was the Vice President for the Singapore Floorball Association. I asked him what were they doing...and he replied that they have just devised a syllabus for Coaching Level 1 and 2 for floorball in Singapore and that they are the first batch of coaches in the world to try out the coaching syllabus and if it works, they are going to introduce it to the rest of the world as there are none in the world to begin with. I was very impressed... If floorball ever makes it to the world stage...this is relatively equivalent to FIFA coaching certificate! and all the credits go to Singapore for "making this happen".
The current President of the Handball Federation (Singapore) HFS, is a friend of mine...a lady who is very passionate about her game and a very prominent figure in the world of handball. Recently, HFS received the NSA status due to upcoming plans in the YOG. Just before the NSA status was granted...I had the opportunity to witness the amount of work that she has done to "make this happen"...90% of these are paper work.
Having been involved in the Singapore basketball scene when I was still working in the school....I have "seen" many big plans for the basketball in Singapore, some never came true. In 2005...basketball was on the rise. The second most played sport in Singapore, only next to soccer. A friend of mine, Elaine was hired to oversee the development of basketball marketing in Singapore....well, she did amazing work, she got in sponsors to make possible the 7th Eleven Cup, 7th Eleven 3 on 3 Challenge, Cineleisure Streetbasketball Road Show, feature of Singapore players in roadshows and magazines, the basketball scene in Singapore has never been so exciting since the 70's. She did the right thing....she got sponsors, she got media, she got the support from the industry, she got the support from Singapore Sports Council....but she left the association eventually...due to unappreciative comments. Why? She did all the right things. She "make things happen"....she has a good salary...but she left. People who ate sour grapes splat on her...unappreciated.
The reason why I am saying these is because I think in all things that we do, we have to start somewhere...everything has a beginning. So....with 5 teams in the MPOC....are we there yet? Definitely not...there are so much more things that we can do...so much more. However, let this not be a single effort by any individual, by any paintball team, by any paintball field...let's rally all the support that we can get to "make this happen". Effort from one party will soon diminished the motivation...people lose focus as they go along...while players can push...we definitely need the bigger boys to give their support. Yes, I am looking at you...Singapore Sports Council. While we may be small...but we have the heart to "make this happen". Help us please.... Which sports allow you to let a 15 year old compete with a 35 years old man....? Which sports allow you to play a mix gender game between the male and female? And bare in mind...this is a team game...where strategizing, communication and teamwork is also fundementally important. Do something Singapore Sports Council. We have come a long way with you....you have seen us grow, you have heard us grow...you have asked us to show you our worth...and we have done that...now show us your support too. A naturing infant needs the guidance of a mother. No, I dont need milk....(mike = money) I just need the support. What support? Facilities, media, recognition, paintball events, etc.
I always tell people...never ask for anything when you havent even try....try first....then when I show you the light, you will then appreciate it even more. So now that we have tried....we need you to shine the light at us.
As for those who has been ranting about the BTO, whether it is good, whether it is bad....dont forget, you were part of it....so if you want to make a joke out of your own factory...do go ahead, you have your freedom of speech and everything...but dont forget you are one of the many product from the factory. We cant please everybody...
Good luck to all Singapore teams going for MPOC. I hope that we have done the right thing to introduce you to this sport, make new friends and of course, get you off the couch...so imagine life without paintball...no adrenaline rush right?
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Worst outing ever...but best company!!!
Yes, you might have heard it, you might have witnessed the games...Red Sevens sucked at MPOC Leg 4. Fair enough...this is the first time since the team was set up in 2007 that we did not make it to Round 2. Lady luck was definitely not on our side...In fact, this MPOC is our most prepared event...we have all the players to rotate between games, we have all the equipment to go around...we even had Cyborgs as backup markers! Come on... Although the results were disappointing...I thought this tournament was the best in terms of attendance. We had a full roaster of 7 players and 1 crew member. Even Callio who was unable to attend the games turned up to give his moral support! Good company yah? While we were physically prepared... we might not be mentally prepared. For the rest of our games in the year...I will try my best to give a motivational speech to everyone and try my best to hype up our emotions before every game...get that fighting spirit into everyone!!!
I was damned determine to do well in MPOC 4 having played NPPL Asia 2 weeks ago and flew to Taiwan to learn from the best...and before all these, we also played almost every weekends at RD. So this is certainly not the results that I was looking for. But of course, no point crying over spilled milk. All that I can say is that we will play better next time...could be in the NPL, could be the next MPOC, it all depends.
And yes, we have the committment of 4 players for the World Cup...just need an extra player to make the trip.
Its official too, Red Sevens will be wearing DYE C8 from top to bottom in our next tourney...we are officially sponsored by DYE. Discussion is still in the process...but it should be more or less confirmed.
Which makes me wonder again... are Singaporean teams not working hard enough to get sponsors? Seems like it....Going that extra mile to make the game more affordable does not seems to be in everybody's mind. Sponsorship raises the profile of the team...which should be good for paintball development.
Next up for Red Sevens...RD5. Perhaps, we should set an objective for ourselves during the game. Concentrate, play hard and win games.
I was damned determine to do well in MPOC 4 having played NPPL Asia 2 weeks ago and flew to Taiwan to learn from the best...and before all these, we also played almost every weekends at RD. So this is certainly not the results that I was looking for. But of course, no point crying over spilled milk. All that I can say is that we will play better next time...could be in the NPL, could be the next MPOC, it all depends.
And yes, we have the committment of 4 players for the World Cup...just need an extra player to make the trip.
Its official too, Red Sevens will be wearing DYE C8 from top to bottom in our next tourney...we are officially sponsored by DYE. Discussion is still in the process...but it should be more or less confirmed.
Which makes me wonder again... are Singaporean teams not working hard enough to get sponsors? Seems like it....Going that extra mile to make the game more affordable does not seems to be in everybody's mind. Sponsorship raises the profile of the team...which should be good for paintball development.
Next up for Red Sevens...RD5. Perhaps, we should set an objective for ourselves during the game. Concentrate, play hard and win games.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Ollie Lang Paintball Clinic
The photos speak for itself...and of course...my newly acquired, #52 Ollie Lang DM8 with virtue board and T1 barrel. Had dinner with him after day 1... this guy eats almost everything. Yes, even betel nuts. 6 pieces at one go.... nice friendly guy. He even gave us his elbow pads knowing that Elle doesnt have one. Very professional indeed... and almost willing to teach if you are willing to learn. Next Asia stop for him...Thailand in October. Yes, he is considering a trip to Singapore too...
Monday, August 4, 2008
Best Paintball Event Ever!!!!
The Asian Invitational Championship 2008 otherwise known as the NPPL Asia 2008 or the Florafest Paintball 2008 is by far the best paintball event I have ever attended. Free transportation, free accomodation, free meals, free paintballs!!! What more can you ask for in a paintball event? If there is one word to describe this event, it would be "Divine".
4 NPPL Pro teams attended this event, Team Dynasty, Team Infamous, OC Bushwackers and XSV, up close and personal? Definitely. Not only do we get to "groupie up" with the pros...we get to see them in action. Comparing this to NBA, it would be similar to getting up close to Le Bron James or Michael Owen from the EPL. Food is good, free flow malaysia cusine on day 1 and BBQ dinner on day 2... If only, if only...we get a similar support from our "garment". I have been telling people that we are about 5 years behind Malaysia in terms of developing the game but after attending this event, I guess I would have to add another 3 years to the number. Haiz...if only.
But anyway, it is defnitely a trip worthwhile. Playing with the Persians was a waste. They are good I must say....but we got "eliminated" early. Spoke to Chuck Hendsch from the NPPL....the first word he said..."Are you guys keen to have a SPYDER Cup in Singapore?".
We replied...."hmmm...Of course"....but 8 years later perhaps. Good old me...playing as a back player for a veteran team otherwise known as Red Sevens...HA!
Thanks for the invite, you guys from MPRB definitely made my day...MY CHRIS CORCINO MARKER!!!! DAMN!
4 NPPL Pro teams attended this event, Team Dynasty, Team Infamous, OC Bushwackers and XSV, up close and personal? Definitely. Not only do we get to "groupie up" with the pros...we get to see them in action. Comparing this to NBA, it would be similar to getting up close to Le Bron James or Michael Owen from the EPL. Food is good, free flow malaysia cusine on day 1 and BBQ dinner on day 2... If only, if only...we get a similar support from our "garment". I have been telling people that we are about 5 years behind Malaysia in terms of developing the game but after attending this event, I guess I would have to add another 3 years to the number. Haiz...if only.
But anyway, it is defnitely a trip worthwhile. Playing with the Persians was a waste. They are good I must say....but we got "eliminated" early. Spoke to Chuck Hendsch from the NPPL....the first word he said..."Are you guys keen to have a SPYDER Cup in Singapore?".
We replied...."hmmm...Of course"....but 8 years later perhaps. Good old me...playing as a back player for a veteran team otherwise known as Red Sevens...HA!
Thanks for the invite, you guys from MPRB definitely made my day...MY CHRIS CORCINO MARKER!!!! DAMN!
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Taiwan...here I come!
Its confirmed. I will be going to Taiwan in August. Will be playing with Team Yushan or Team Falcon when I am there. Will be using Mini Invert during the games. This is really an honour to be invited to play with the Taiwanese but most important of all, to learn from them. The last time I was there, I visited the factory plant that manfacture the Mini Invert, spoke to the inventor about paintball in Singapore too. I wonder who I will meet this time... Will be going to Dye Asia as well, so if you guys want some Dye stuff, do let me know. Will be meeting a few of my Taiwan mates as well, people like Shan from Team Shocker, Zhong from Team Falcon...Prof and Qiu who gave me lots of pointers from the early days.
In fact, the one person that I am really looking forward to meet is Ollie Lang. He will be there giving pointers on how to play paintball the right way. I will be taking this opportunity to gain more knowledge about the game from him and hopefully to impart all that I have learnt to our fellow Singaporeans. Come to think of it...I might be the first Singaporean playing in the Taiwan League...talk about foreign talent.
In fact, the one person that I am really looking forward to meet is Ollie Lang. He will be there giving pointers on how to play paintball the right way. I will be taking this opportunity to gain more knowledge about the game from him and hopefully to impart all that I have learnt to our fellow Singaporeans. Come to think of it...I might be the first Singaporean playing in the Taiwan League...talk about foreign talent.
Questions? Questions?
Recently, I have few queries from different people asking me about how to set up a paintball field. I thought this is a very tough question...at least when I first started. There was no one to ask, no one who was willing to share, no one to tell me what to do and no one gave me directions. Believe me, before all these...I have made trips to Taiwan, Australia, Malaysia, China to find out the different ingredients. Talk to people from the industry and got snub big time... All in all, it took me 2 years to plan, to learn, to play... many people think its easy, many people...
Just a few questions (simple ones):
When do you know how the tank is full?
What is a ball detent?
If the marker is in ramping mode, 2 shots in 1 squeeze. What is the problem?
What is the difference between HPA and CO2 and nitrogen?
Do you know how to chronograph a marker?
If you know all the answers with the click of the fingers...you are very very good. If you can answer 1, you are observant. If you can answer 2 or 3...you are not bad. But but but, if you cant answer any...then perhaps, its not so easy starting a field. So its not easy after all... most people see the surface of the business...but really dont know much about running a paintball field.
Besides, if you dont play, you will never learn.
In the states, most paintballers are field owners, so if you dont really play the game, you can forget about starting a field. Even if you play try to answer the 5 questions above.
But again, the door is not shut on you. You can save time by working with the right people. People who have experiences running a field, people who have the passion to make things work. Hey, my title says I am a paintball consultant. So if you want to hire me? I am a gun for hire with some terms and conditions, I want a share in this idea of yours. Anything...anything related to paintball, I am interested. I can supply cheap, good and high grade paintballs (which field uses Proto for rec games?), I can supply markers, I can give you training, I can give you ideas to make things work...and most important of all, I can give you a good lead time against the rest of the other competitors. In today's world, its better to work together and work fast than to take time to learn and become rivals. Already, we have some "industry driven" rivals...As the saying goes, you know who you are. I establish the industry...you just piggy back and do things and say things behind my back. Just remember this, when the time comes...you just queue up hor. Er...the line is over there.
Just a few questions (simple ones):
When do you know how the tank is full?
What is a ball detent?
If the marker is in ramping mode, 2 shots in 1 squeeze. What is the problem?
What is the difference between HPA and CO2 and nitrogen?
Do you know how to chronograph a marker?
If you know all the answers with the click of the fingers...you are very very good. If you can answer 1, you are observant. If you can answer 2 or 3...you are not bad. But but but, if you cant answer any...then perhaps, its not so easy starting a field. So its not easy after all... most people see the surface of the business...but really dont know much about running a paintball field.
Besides, if you dont play, you will never learn.
In the states, most paintballers are field owners, so if you dont really play the game, you can forget about starting a field. Even if you play try to answer the 5 questions above.
But again, the door is not shut on you. You can save time by working with the right people. People who have experiences running a field, people who have the passion to make things work. Hey, my title says I am a paintball consultant. So if you want to hire me? I am a gun for hire with some terms and conditions, I want a share in this idea of yours. Anything...anything related to paintball, I am interested. I can supply cheap, good and high grade paintballs (which field uses Proto for rec games?), I can supply markers, I can give you training, I can give you ideas to make things work...and most important of all, I can give you a good lead time against the rest of the other competitors. In today's world, its better to work together and work fast than to take time to learn and become rivals. Already, we have some "industry driven" rivals...As the saying goes, you know who you are. I establish the industry...you just piggy back and do things and say things behind my back. Just remember this, when the time comes...you just queue up hor. Er...the line is over there.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Support? Yes? No? Maybe?
The other day after RD5, I was having this wild thought about the X-ball lite game. Maybe, we should let more people witness X-ball. Which is a totally new dimension to paintball...its faster, its more intense, its more fun, its more loud...and definitely more tiring. Imagine this...7 of the best SPNS players come together (called themselves the SPNS All-Star) and play against Singapore's First Speedball Team, the Red Sevens, in a 10 minutes game with a 30 second interval in between games. Play as many games as possible in 10 minutes...All plaints sponsored by Red Dynasty. Wonderful right? Sounds exciting to me...and what's best...players get to vote for who they want to see on the field 2 weeks before SPNS Leg 3. I will implement this...MUST!
Recently, we have intention to dish out sponsorship deals to teams. A real and very attractive sponsorship deal I must say...masks, jersey, pants, gloves...everything. We do have a few queries from local teams but there are no concrete proposals. NOTHING! I am very surprised. NOTHING! Good that I can save some money for this deal. Then this NOTHING! reply got me thinking...is the deal too lousy? or are teams just not worth sponsoring?
1) Lousy deal? I dont think so...this is actually a partial sponsorship that we are giving away and I am pretty sure that if I am a newbie in the sport and I want to get some recognition in the game and be serious about the sport, I will find ways and means to make my sport cheaper to play. E.g. subsidized equipment, sponsored paintballs, tagged markers (only exclusive used to my team), etc. But people are just so short sighted...they want to know what's the catch??? of course there are some catches....simple. Support the field! Give us the right support! Promote the field! Promote paintball! which then leads me to my second thought.
2) If you are one of those players who have asked newbies to play overseas...then sorry, you are not supporting the field and thus dont qualify for the sponsorship...Not only that, you are losing out on a lot more other things, e.g. no discounts, no "going by left" deal for you, no special offer, no "give face". To get the field going, we need local support, no support, no SPNS...no SPNS no paintball tournament in Singapore, no people training and practicing...no teams willing to participate in local leagues, no one playing tournament paintball in the field, no one to watch,..no one knows about paintball....its a cycle. Yes, I have played in overseas tournament...and still is...I am exposed to playing overseas...in fact, I have been invited to play for a Taiwan team in the Taiwan League this August...HELL AM I GOING! But one thing that I am very sure...I will come back with the knowledge, share the experiences with others and make things grow in Singapore. Dont support the field and expect the field to support you? Dream on! ...oh...just to let the cat out of the bag...I am going to meet Ollie Lang next month. Yes, the paintball divine, Oliver Lang himself...this is like meeting Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods...Lang it is...
While saying all these...there are also people who have been very supportive to local paintball! I salute you and thank you for that! Yes, we made some money out from you....you stupid bastard...but we return to the community with better paintballs!!! better markers!!! better rest areas!!! better bunkers!!! better ideas!!! But if you dont play and support us....HELL am I going to support you. You go and @#$%$cked yourself...hahaha...crude I know. but this is how it goes...and always remember the pasture is always greener on the other side.
And lastly, we will have good news by the end of the year...dont support local games...no worries. When its time...just stand in the line..."no by left" this time...members only!
Thanks hor...dont say I neber say leh...told you before and you dun believe.
Recently, we have intention to dish out sponsorship deals to teams. A real and very attractive sponsorship deal I must say...masks, jersey, pants, gloves...everything. We do have a few queries from local teams but there are no concrete proposals. NOTHING! I am very surprised. NOTHING! Good that I can save some money for this deal. Then this NOTHING! reply got me thinking...is the deal too lousy? or are teams just not worth sponsoring?
1) Lousy deal? I dont think so...this is actually a partial sponsorship that we are giving away and I am pretty sure that if I am a newbie in the sport and I want to get some recognition in the game and be serious about the sport, I will find ways and means to make my sport cheaper to play. E.g. subsidized equipment, sponsored paintballs, tagged markers (only exclusive used to my team), etc. But people are just so short sighted...they want to know what's the catch??? of course there are some catches....simple. Support the field! Give us the right support! Promote the field! Promote paintball! which then leads me to my second thought.
2) If you are one of those players who have asked newbies to play overseas...then sorry, you are not supporting the field and thus dont qualify for the sponsorship...Not only that, you are losing out on a lot more other things, e.g. no discounts, no "going by left" deal for you, no special offer, no "give face". To get the field going, we need local support, no support, no SPNS...no SPNS no paintball tournament in Singapore, no people training and practicing...no teams willing to participate in local leagues, no one playing tournament paintball in the field, no one to watch,..no one knows about paintball....its a cycle. Yes, I have played in overseas tournament...and still is...I am exposed to playing overseas...in fact, I have been invited to play for a Taiwan team in the Taiwan League this August...HELL AM I GOING! But one thing that I am very sure...I will come back with the knowledge, share the experiences with others and make things grow in Singapore. Dont support the field and expect the field to support you? Dream on! ...oh...just to let the cat out of the bag...I am going to meet Ollie Lang next month. Yes, the paintball divine, Oliver Lang himself...this is like meeting Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods...Lang it is...
While saying all these...there are also people who have been very supportive to local paintball! I salute you and thank you for that! Yes, we made some money out from you....you stupid bastard...but we return to the community with better paintballs!!! better markers!!! better rest areas!!! better bunkers!!! better ideas!!! But if you dont play and support us....HELL am I going to support you. You go and @#$%$cked yourself...hahaha...crude I know. but this is how it goes...and always remember the pasture is always greener on the other side.
And lastly, we will have good news by the end of the year...dont support local games...no worries. When its time...just stand in the line..."no by left" this time...members only!
Thanks hor...dont say I neber say leh...told you before and you dun believe.
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Paintball Association (Singapore)
Paintball Association (Singapore), the driving force behind promoting paintball in Singapore. Its legitimacy was questioned today by a forum member. Good, at least someone bothers to ask about PBAS. Bad, when our stinky stench of integrity is being questioned, "merely Jane?" WOWOWO..."lack of info....hey I am the boss, need info...."Hahaha....can't blame him.
In fact, he has opened up a can of worms, which is good as information is being shared among forum members and also getting people to know about history of PBAS.
Yes, I do agree that a website is important, makes it look professional and well structured. But hell no am I going to jump in without some serious consideration. A mockery it will, if we are invited for Asia tournaments and we tell the organizers that our markers are not with us and they are all kept in our neighbouring country....!!!! What do you think their reply will be? What we need is time...not rushing into things. I don't see our Prime Minister getting instructions from me on how we should run a country??? I don't see a fighter plane pilot getting instructions from me on how to fly a plane??? Well....not that its impossible but it just take time. Time to learn, time to embrace the current situation, time to appreciate the things that have been done, time to learn how to walk, time to learn how to drink, time to learn HOW TO PLAY PAINTBALL, time to learn how to fix a marker, time to learn how to fill a gas tank, time to learn how to differentiate good and bad paintballs, time to learn how to change a firing bolt. All these in 1 day? SUPERMAN AH??? Come on...
In fact, he has opened up a can of worms, which is good as information is being shared among forum members and also getting people to know about history of PBAS.
Yes, I do agree that a website is important, makes it look professional and well structured. But hell no am I going to jump in without some serious consideration. A mockery it will, if we are invited for Asia tournaments and we tell the organizers that our markers are not with us and they are all kept in our neighbouring country....!!!! What do you think their reply will be? What we need is time...not rushing into things. I don't see our Prime Minister getting instructions from me on how we should run a country??? I don't see a fighter plane pilot getting instructions from me on how to fly a plane??? Well....not that its impossible but it just take time. Time to learn, time to embrace the current situation, time to appreciate the things that have been done, time to learn how to walk, time to learn how to drink, time to learn HOW TO PLAY PAINTBALL, time to learn how to fix a marker, time to learn how to fill a gas tank, time to learn how to differentiate good and bad paintballs, time to learn how to change a firing bolt. All these in 1 day? SUPERMAN AH??? Come on...
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Asian Invitational Championship 2008/ Flora Fest 2008
Its official! Red Sevens will be participating in the Asian Invitational Championship as a representative team from Singapore. We have gotten everyone's committment in this competition and we will be going out full force to play but most importantly to have a fun time. 10 teams from Asia will be representing their respective countries and we are proud to be able to "represent" Singapore. My guess for the 10 teams will be representatives from Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, Thailand, Iran, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore and Brunei...I could be wrong. But then again...its a time to get where Asia teams get together. This competition could well be the most difficult and most challenging since the Red Sevens formation, playing against the best in the region!!! But hell no are we giving up! We will play and put on a good show, if not a display of good sportsmanship and paintball ambassadors for Singapore.
Icing to the competition is the appearance of 4 NPPL teams, we were told that Dynasty, Bushwackers, Infamous and XSV will be there. Not too sure if this is going to happen...but going by the look of the Malaysia government staging such a competition and so close to Singapore, I hope this will tickle Singapore government to look at paintball from the sporting perspective.
We'll see...
Icing to the competition is the appearance of 4 NPPL teams, we were told that Dynasty, Bushwackers, Infamous and XSV will be there. Not too sure if this is going to happen...but going by the look of the Malaysia government staging such a competition and so close to Singapore, I hope this will tickle Singapore government to look at paintball from the sporting perspective.
We'll see...
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Deja Vu!!!! Same shit again!!!!
Poor planning again...teams with poor planning...dont even think about playing paintball ever again, it just makes everyone frustrated and stranded. Playing paintball is all about proper planning, without good planning everything fail. From day one when a few players decided to come together and formed a team...planning starts! Team name? Training schedule? Team recruitment? Sponsors? Skirmishs? Competitions? and the list goes on and on... in all these planning comes team dynamics. Plans on where to eat? where to meet? what gears to buy? I have the honour to form a paintball team which travels up North for competition. Part of this planning process includes planning for the trip...which is actually 50% of the planning process. Planning where to stay? which transportation mode? how much money to bring? So so many plans. And most important of all, dissemination of these plans to everyone in the team. That's 50% of planning when a team commits to joining a competition.
But when there is a screw up in the planning process....everything becomes shitty!!!! Real shitty!!! Can you imagine this? A team not knowing when their next competition is, who's going...how much to prepare? When to take leave? How to go? Where to stay? No training?...see what I mean? Things become shitty!!!
So for teams out there...do proper planning before you !@#$@uck up your team mates! Cos right now. I am damn piss off!!!
And lastly...everyone is busy, everyone is tie down with their own committments, so you are not alone. Definitely not alone...remarks such as I am busy...is so naive and unfair! A shrunk of responsibility..."Ohhh...I am so busy...." Come on...Red ASS! Wake up your ideas.
Seems stupid...but I think its a deja vu...
But when there is a screw up in the planning process....everything becomes shitty!!!! Real shitty!!! Can you imagine this? A team not knowing when their next competition is, who's going...how much to prepare? When to take leave? How to go? Where to stay? No training?...see what I mean? Things become shitty!!!
So for teams out there...do proper planning before you !@#$@uck up your team mates! Cos right now. I am damn piss off!!!
And lastly...everyone is busy, everyone is tie down with their own committments, so you are not alone. Definitely not alone...remarks such as I am busy...is so naive and unfair! A shrunk of responsibility..."Ohhh...I am so busy...." Come on...Red ASS! Wake up your ideas.
Seems stupid...but I think its a deja vu...
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Paintball in Singapore?
Yes, that's what this blog is all about. 1 year and 7 months into the promotion of paintball in Singapore...and what do we have so far? Media coverage...not bad, a paintball tourney under the wing of PBAS...not bad indeed...15 paintball teams...hmmmm....not so good, awareness....maybe.
The bottomline is there is still so much more to be done...We need to bring paintball out of Red Dynasty! We need to showcase more of paintball to the public's eye. And how do we go about doing that? Posting results on forum? Awareness clinic and roadshow? International events? Sports exhibition? So much more...hmmm...but where do we get all the fundings to do all this? I have no idea. It is good that we have a couple of sponsors for Leg 2, a beggar can't ask for more...but definitely, we need more, More, MORE...
These are some of the things that we can do by the end of this year:
1) Roadshows. Paintball will be featured during the NUS Sports Bazaar in August 08. We have done something similar in SMU before but this can certainly help us raise more awareness about paintballing in Singapore. A unique community that is tuck somewhere around the corner.
2) Get ourselves in for Sports Expo! Every year just before the Standard Chartered Marathon, thousands of people head towards the Expo to register themselves for the race...hey, talking about target audiences. All sports people out there...surely there is a room for us. But then again, each booth cost about $5000 over the 3 days exhibition and this is excluding the amount of effort we have to put in to man those booth...hmmm...expensive.
3) Formation of a proper national team. Being very much involved in the local basketball scene a couple of years ago, I realised that a national identity is very important...Someone to look up to, somewhere for people to excel in their sports and perhaps international representation. So far right now, Red Sevens is the only local team that has been participating in overseas tournament, some people, not all look up to us. But we are definitely not the national team, we are a nation representative. National team? Ney! not yet.
4) Regular paintball league as I have mentioned before....something more regular but doesn't cost much...keep playing, keep improving.
5) International exposure...I will be lucky to have 5 Singapore teams playing in the MPOC by this year!!! I hope!!!
The bottomline is there is still so much more to be done...We need to bring paintball out of Red Dynasty! We need to showcase more of paintball to the public's eye. And how do we go about doing that? Posting results on forum? Awareness clinic and roadshow? International events? Sports exhibition? So much more...hmmm...but where do we get all the fundings to do all this? I have no idea. It is good that we have a couple of sponsors for Leg 2, a beggar can't ask for more...but definitely, we need more, More, MORE...
These are some of the things that we can do by the end of this year:
1) Roadshows. Paintball will be featured during the NUS Sports Bazaar in August 08. We have done something similar in SMU before but this can certainly help us raise more awareness about paintballing in Singapore. A unique community that is tuck somewhere around the corner.
2) Get ourselves in for Sports Expo! Every year just before the Standard Chartered Marathon, thousands of people head towards the Expo to register themselves for the race...hey, talking about target audiences. All sports people out there...surely there is a room for us. But then again, each booth cost about $5000 over the 3 days exhibition and this is excluding the amount of effort we have to put in to man those booth...hmmm...expensive.
3) Formation of a proper national team. Being very much involved in the local basketball scene a couple of years ago, I realised that a national identity is very important...Someone to look up to, somewhere for people to excel in their sports and perhaps international representation. So far right now, Red Sevens is the only local team that has been participating in overseas tournament, some people, not all look up to us. But we are definitely not the national team, we are a nation representative. National team? Ney! not yet.
4) Regular paintball league as I have mentioned before....something more regular but doesn't cost much...keep playing, keep improving.
5) International exposure...I will be lucky to have 5 Singapore teams playing in the MPOC by this year!!! I hope!!!
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Post SPNS Leg 2
Singapore (23 June 2004) - PSG Warfreakz, a group of Filipino expatriats walked away with the champion medal for the Singapore Paintball Novice Series (SPNS) 2008 Leg 2, which was held in Red Dynasty Paintball Park. A well deserved champion indeed where they have to battle 10 games before reaching the finals. The morning event was greeted by a mild rain that was lurking around the night before, however this did not dampen the mood of the participants as they have long anticipated for the home coming of SPNS Leg 2. After months of training, it is finally the day where they put their practices to the test. A double fold increase from SPNS Leg 1, SPNS Leg 2 welcomed the participation of 15 paintball teams. New to the competition were Carnage, PSG Bravo, PSG Charlie, Wargh! Birds, Red Shadows, Shinpu, Kamikaze and 20th Legion.
New to SPNS Leg 2 is the collaboration between Paintball Association (Singapore) PBAS and the Malaysian Marshals (MMs). This collaboration has indeed raised the standard of officiating in SPNS and provides an opportunity for Singapore Marshals to learn a thing or two from our neighbours. The introduction of PSG Charlie, an all female team from the Philippines, has certainly raised the public's eyebrow on their misconception of the paintball being a male dominant sport.
As the rain subsided, the wet ground becomes the perfect playground for paintball as participants slided their way through the muddy soil with most players perfecting the ideal paintball movement of sliding and dodging. After 8 gruelling qualification games, the top 8 teams can advanced into the 2nd round. Among the 8 newly established teams, 5 teams qualified for the 2nd round with PSG Warfreakz, which was the eventual champion, White Death and Death Mavericks. A well deserving note to Carnage which only lost 1 game during the qualification rounds and emerged as the chart leader.
As the competition rolled on, PSG Warfreakz clinched the Champion Title of SPNS Leg 2 by beating Red Shadows, who had to settle for the 2nd spot. At 3rd position was White Death.
The icing of the cake was given to Thomas Lee, a SIM 2nd year student who was awarded the Most Valuable Player (MVP) for SPNS Leg 2. The winner of the MVP award was selected through peer nomination from opposing teams.
SPNS Leg 2 concluded with an exciting exhibition match between Carnage and Red Shadows. During the process of the competition, footages of the match was captured by reporter from the Channel News Asia and photographed by representatives from The Straits Times. Talk about media coverage...
SPNS Leg 3 will be held on 12 October as "The Final Showdown"...
New to SPNS Leg 2 is the collaboration between Paintball Association (Singapore) PBAS and the Malaysian Marshals (MMs). This collaboration has indeed raised the standard of officiating in SPNS and provides an opportunity for Singapore Marshals to learn a thing or two from our neighbours. The introduction of PSG Charlie, an all female team from the Philippines, has certainly raised the public's eyebrow on their misconception of the paintball being a male dominant sport.
As the rain subsided, the wet ground becomes the perfect playground for paintball as participants slided their way through the muddy soil with most players perfecting the ideal paintball movement of sliding and dodging. After 8 gruelling qualification games, the top 8 teams can advanced into the 2nd round. Among the 8 newly established teams, 5 teams qualified for the 2nd round with PSG Warfreakz, which was the eventual champion, White Death and Death Mavericks. A well deserving note to Carnage which only lost 1 game during the qualification rounds and emerged as the chart leader.
As the competition rolled on, PSG Warfreakz clinched the Champion Title of SPNS Leg 2 by beating Red Shadows, who had to settle for the 2nd spot. At 3rd position was White Death.
The icing of the cake was given to Thomas Lee, a SIM 2nd year student who was awarded the Most Valuable Player (MVP) for SPNS Leg 2. The winner of the MVP award was selected through peer nomination from opposing teams.
SPNS Leg 2 concluded with an exciting exhibition match between Carnage and Red Shadows. During the process of the competition, footages of the match was captured by reporter from the Channel News Asia and photographed by representatives from The Straits Times. Talk about media coverage...
SPNS Leg 3 will be held on 12 October as "The Final Showdown"...
Friday, June 13, 2008
BTOed and not playing in tourney?
Recently had a discussion with folks from the SPNS committee...something that I have strong views about: People going through the BTO and eventually not taking part in tourneys. If I can remember correctly, the aim of the BTO is to ensure that paintball tournament can be conducted in a safe way in which players are competent to comprehend game rules and understand the safety aspects of the game. Before the BTO, there was not a single paintball tournament in Singapore, there were no rules governing paintball tournament and obviously there is also no way that the centre line can be removed. Painstaking efforts have been put in placed to review adopted rules, players checklist, meetings with the authorities, organizing BTO courses, etc.
Objective: To allow players to participate in paintball tournament alike to rules and regulations by tournaments held overseas.
For once, I would like to set this straight...BTO is for the purpose of allowing SPNS to promote paintball in Singapore in the most similar way as compared to how it is done overseas without the constraint of the centre line, which is a regulated by the SPF. Sir! I respect the rules, and understand that education and awareness is important. We will work with you to ensure that no rules and safety will be breached.
But of late, I also noticed that there has been an increase of people wanting to go through the BTO for the sake of going through the BTO (I could be assuming). But I cant help thinking that the objective of them going through the BTO is play in Field 3 without the line! This is not right...definitely not what we want when we first came up with the BTO. I would like to urge all to forget about playing tournament paintball if your aim is to get BTO-ed and never to appear again. You are not helping us, you are not helping yourself. You are not helping paintball in Singapore. You are not helping us to convince the authorities! Paintball dont grow in that way...understand the math?
However, having said this, I am not against people who have gone through BTO-ed but continue to have a physical presence in the paintball community, be crew for teams. Thats okay...you can still help in many other ways, refeering, event organizing, publicity....you need to know something in order to start somewhere right? But I am totally against people who have BTO-ed and then play the vanishing Houdini....hello? Anybody home?
I would like to suggest this to the committee:
1) Players should play at least twice before enrolling for BTO. How can we do that? Hmmm...I have no idea. Course fee vs time? Maybe...
2) Players must have a team before going through BTO. Recommendation must come from team captain to commit player to at least one leg of the tournament.
3) BTO players having missed 2 tournaments, must return for a refresher course (FREE) else have ID revoked.
4) Another extra practical session after the BTO.
Things will changed...
Objective: To allow players to participate in paintball tournament alike to rules and regulations by tournaments held overseas.
For once, I would like to set this straight...BTO is for the purpose of allowing SPNS to promote paintball in Singapore in the most similar way as compared to how it is done overseas without the constraint of the centre line, which is a regulated by the SPF. Sir! I respect the rules, and understand that education and awareness is important. We will work with you to ensure that no rules and safety will be breached.
But of late, I also noticed that there has been an increase of people wanting to go through the BTO for the sake of going through the BTO (I could be assuming). But I cant help thinking that the objective of them going through the BTO is play in Field 3 without the line! This is not right...definitely not what we want when we first came up with the BTO. I would like to urge all to forget about playing tournament paintball if your aim is to get BTO-ed and never to appear again. You are not helping us, you are not helping yourself. You are not helping paintball in Singapore. You are not helping us to convince the authorities! Paintball dont grow in that way...understand the math?
However, having said this, I am not against people who have gone through BTO-ed but continue to have a physical presence in the paintball community, be crew for teams. Thats okay...you can still help in many other ways, refeering, event organizing, publicity....you need to know something in order to start somewhere right? But I am totally against people who have BTO-ed and then play the vanishing Houdini....hello? Anybody home?
I would like to suggest this to the committee:
1) Players should play at least twice before enrolling for BTO. How can we do that? Hmmm...I have no idea. Course fee vs time? Maybe...
2) Players must have a team before going through BTO. Recommendation must come from team captain to commit player to at least one leg of the tournament.
3) BTO players having missed 2 tournaments, must return for a refresher course (FREE) else have ID revoked.
4) Another extra practical session after the BTO.
Things will changed...
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Asian Invitational Paintball Championship 2008
Good to know that Red Sevens is being recognize in this aspect. Yes, the team has been invited to participate in the Asian Invitational Paintball Championship 2008. It will be held in Desaru, with the rest of the other 14 Asia teams from the region. Surely an event not to be missed.
The fact that Red Sevens has been invited to participate in this event, is certainly comforting. This goes to show that paintball in Singapore is growing...slow but surely growing. We are less than a month away from SPNS Leg 2 and we already have a few changes as compared to SPNS Leg 1:
1) Change of house markers to Spyder Sonix. Smaller profile, more compact when playing.
2) 8 verbally committed teams (Redlords, PSG (2 teams), WarghNutz, Death Mavericks, Carnage, 20th Legion, Kamikaze, . We have 7 teams in the previous leg. We are hoping to get at least 10 teams for Leg 2.
3) Possibility of a full ladies team battling guys on the field.
4) Support from Singapore Sports Council.
5) Introduction of podding and MVP award.
In the area of paintball development, we are currently toying with the idea of organizing a regular paintball league, something similar to the English Premiere League. Perhaps, we will call it the Red Dynasty Paintball League (RDPL). Teams will play every weekends over 2 months. Each weekend plays about 3 games. This sort of occupy teams with regular training and upkeeping of fitness before the real thing....SPNS!
In RDPL, we are talking about no frill games...meaning no press release, no volunteers, no banners (ok, maybe one), no proshop, no sponsorship. Teams just come, show up...with a same or different line up (for talent scouting) and play. Team roaster can change after every 2 weeks. So no need to fully commit to the full league. Players just turn up (associated with a team, of course) and just play. No frills...
Cost? hmmmm...affordable...enjoyment? 100%
The fact that Red Sevens has been invited to participate in this event, is certainly comforting. This goes to show that paintball in Singapore is growing...slow but surely growing. We are less than a month away from SPNS Leg 2 and we already have a few changes as compared to SPNS Leg 1:
1) Change of house markers to Spyder Sonix. Smaller profile, more compact when playing.
2) 8 verbally committed teams (Redlords, PSG (2 teams), WarghNutz, Death Mavericks, Carnage, 20th Legion, Kamikaze, . We have 7 teams in the previous leg. We are hoping to get at least 10 teams for Leg 2.
3) Possibility of a full ladies team battling guys on the field.
4) Support from Singapore Sports Council.
5) Introduction of podding and MVP award.
In the area of paintball development, we are currently toying with the idea of organizing a regular paintball league, something similar to the English Premiere League. Perhaps, we will call it the Red Dynasty Paintball League (RDPL). Teams will play every weekends over 2 months. Each weekend plays about 3 games. This sort of occupy teams with regular training and upkeeping of fitness before the real thing....SPNS!
In RDPL, we are talking about no frill games...meaning no press release, no volunteers, no banners (ok, maybe one), no proshop, no sponsorship. Teams just come, show up...with a same or different line up (for talent scouting) and play. Team roaster can change after every 2 weeks. So no need to fully commit to the full league. Players just turn up (associated with a team, of course) and just play. No frills...
Cost? hmmmm...affordable...enjoyment? 100%
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Paintballers are humans afterall...
Fearless on the field and charging at your opponents with great speed and agility. Running pass a stream of paintballs and into the bunker. But one thing remains unfold...paintballers are humans too. In the past few months, we have gotten to know each other so well that even the simplest creature does scare the shit out of paintballers. And here it goes: Kiko (snakes), Seburo (praying mantis), Jane (flying insects), Calgar (lizards)...WTF! Paintballers scare of creatures 10 times smaller than you??? Makes me wonder...For me? MUAHAHHAHAH....
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Things are looking good...
Been 5 months...things are looking good for paintball in Singapore. With a regular community and paintball league behind it...things are certainly looking very good. In the next 2 months, we will TRY our best to take paintball to the next level. What I mean by best...is to 1) achieve a double figure for SPNS participating teams, 2) to maximise usage of our field thus hoping to increase a pool of paintballers and lastly 3) to get better markers into Singapore??? Perhaps, maybe, definitely...
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Wake up your ideas!
Do what you are supposed to do...you can delegate but not last minute delegation! You just piss everyone off. You know where to get contact numbers, you know where to get registration forms, you know we are short of players, you know Ipoh is cancelled, you know you have lots of things to do, you know MPOC is important to Red Sevens!....so please dont fuck the team up!!! No last minute delegation! Plan early please! You are not alone now....you dont plan just for yourself, you plan for the team! You think of everyone who is in the team...you need to know your roster, you need to know if MPOC is still ongoing, you need to communicate and you need to know everything inside out!!!! Everything!
Given the job, just do a good one. If not a good one, do a satisfactory one! I have been helping and supporting but I cannot do it everytime! And to the rest of the Red Sevens!!! Wake up your ideas!!! Its so hard to get everyone to nod their head!!! And if you are not going to MPOC. Just keep us informed early....NO BEGGING NEEDED!!! Indicate early and you are a saviour, we can look for players, inform anything later than one week and you are a fucker! Wake up your ideas please!!! Everyone! You want to do a good job and play the game that you love then please give the committment!!!! I dont want to guess your thoughts!! I want you to tell us...
RED SEVENS please wake up your ideas! Still want to play as a team then commit. Dont want to play anymore...then just say! And Capt, you need to be in control more...tell us the plan!!! Not 5 days away from competition and scramble for help. Everyone is busy, everyone has their own committments, everyone has their role to play, everyone has more important things to do....I am not alone! I make scarifices and I hope you can too!!! MPOC is important to Red Sevens I say again. I am not going to let this team down by poor administration and poor committment.
If you want out! Tell me! Honestly, I will not blame you but I will fuck you up if you are wishy washy...and not have concrete reply. SO PLEASE TELL ME!
Given the job, just do a good one. If not a good one, do a satisfactory one! I have been helping and supporting but I cannot do it everytime! And to the rest of the Red Sevens!!! Wake up your ideas!!! Its so hard to get everyone to nod their head!!! And if you are not going to MPOC. Just keep us informed early....NO BEGGING NEEDED!!! Indicate early and you are a saviour, we can look for players, inform anything later than one week and you are a fucker! Wake up your ideas please!!! Everyone! You want to do a good job and play the game that you love then please give the committment!!!! I dont want to guess your thoughts!! I want you to tell us...
RED SEVENS please wake up your ideas! Still want to play as a team then commit. Dont want to play anymore...then just say! And Capt, you need to be in control more...tell us the plan!!! Not 5 days away from competition and scramble for help. Everyone is busy, everyone has their own committments, everyone has their role to play, everyone has more important things to do....I am not alone! I make scarifices and I hope you can too!!! MPOC is important to Red Sevens I say again. I am not going to let this team down by poor administration and poor committment.
If you want out! Tell me! Honestly, I will not blame you but I will fuck you up if you are wishy washy...and not have concrete reply. SO PLEASE TELL ME!
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Singapore Paintball Novice Series (SPNS) 2008
Yes, its coming...this Sunday, 30th March 08.
7 teams battling out on the paintball field, a battle of wits and skills. All these took us 3 months to build, 3 months to plan...and its less than 2 days away. Even before the start of SPNS, I can already list a few things that will take us to a better SPNS Leg 2!!! And here it goes:
1) Partnership with stake holders. Singapore Sports Council maybe...Singapore Police Force, NCC, Army, LAN Gaming community, media? Who knows?
2) Sponsorships - Need sponsors for prizes, banners, sound systems, door gifts, ambulance, food, apparels...Aim to get some of these so that we will not run in red as in SPNS leg 1. Haiz...what to do? Hope to just break even...last count, prizes is a few thousands already. DAMN! Can be better...
3) Volunteer groups. Calgar has done a good job in this...perhaps more in the next leg.
4) Publicity...Already we are planning for SPNS Leg 2!!! Posters, emailers, banners, forum posting.
5) Free paintball clinics for interested SPNS participants. More BTO courses...
6) Early registration!!! Sponsor early bird teams with a FREE training session of 100 paintballs!
7) Team loyalty...more offers for repeating teams.
8) more planned skirmish sessions amongst teams
Till then!!!
7 teams battling out on the paintball field, a battle of wits and skills. All these took us 3 months to build, 3 months to plan...and its less than 2 days away. Even before the start of SPNS, I can already list a few things that will take us to a better SPNS Leg 2!!! And here it goes:
1) Partnership with stake holders. Singapore Sports Council maybe...Singapore Police Force, NCC, Army, LAN Gaming community, media? Who knows?
2) Sponsorships - Need sponsors for prizes, banners, sound systems, door gifts, ambulance, food, apparels...Aim to get some of these so that we will not run in red as in SPNS leg 1. Haiz...what to do? Hope to just break even...last count, prizes is a few thousands already. DAMN! Can be better...
3) Volunteer groups. Calgar has done a good job in this...perhaps more in the next leg.
4) Publicity...Already we are planning for SPNS Leg 2!!! Posters, emailers, banners, forum posting.
5) Free paintball clinics for interested SPNS participants. More BTO courses...
6) Early registration!!! Sponsor early bird teams with a FREE training session of 100 paintballs!
7) Team loyalty...more offers for repeating teams.
8) more planned skirmish sessions amongst teams
Till then!!!
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Things can only be better...
Last year this time, there was only 1 tournament paintball team in Singapore. Right now, there are 6 and growing...all thanks to the creator of this paintball community. You! Yes, its you!
From HotFuzz, Death Mavericks, Red Lords, PSG Warfreaks...more teams are emerging from the scene and all taking up paintball as a sport and not from the angle of recreational. With 10 years of paintball history...if this was done much earlier, I am sure we will breed one of the best paintballer in town...reason is simple, when Singapore started paintball, Malaysia barely knew its existence. But look what's happening right now? We are 5 years behind...and maybe more! Our neighbours are organizing the World Cup! And we only have a novice series! Laughing stock it is...but never too late. With the inclusion of the Singapore Paintball Novice Series 2008 (SPNS) in paintball calender, let us take pride in our every own paintball league, let us take some time off to reflect on the future of this sport, let us tell everyone that we mean business. A new beginning indeed...but we will be there some day.
These are the various key factors for this sport to grow in Singapore and we need your passion and leadership to make this happen:
1) Play paintball as a sport and not a recreational activity! Promote the game as a sport! And dont you ever talk about war, hurting people, injuries, violence...this not only spoils the development, it will only hinder the growth of the sport! No offence to anyone but if you want this sport to grow play it as a sport and dont wear army uniforms when playing! It just gives people the misconception. In Leg 2 of SPNS, all participants are to wear paintball jerseys or their own clothing. No BDUs, no uniforms, no camo! No, No, No!
2) People with passion. People who talks paintball and play paintball...Not people who have tried once or twice and tell people how passionate they are! People who are willing to commit their time to train (Red Lord is one of those)...People who wants to be part of the growth!
3) Dont complain about what you have...but complain about what you dont have! Work with us to make the changes! Not demand for it! It takes time for things to develop. Things dont happen overnight! Instead of complaining...assist us by making a difference. We sure need some talent in leading areas of development.
Brain dead...but there are so much more.
From HotFuzz, Death Mavericks, Red Lords, PSG Warfreaks...more teams are emerging from the scene and all taking up paintball as a sport and not from the angle of recreational. With 10 years of paintball history...if this was done much earlier, I am sure we will breed one of the best paintballer in town...reason is simple, when Singapore started paintball, Malaysia barely knew its existence. But look what's happening right now? We are 5 years behind...and maybe more! Our neighbours are organizing the World Cup! And we only have a novice series! Laughing stock it is...but never too late. With the inclusion of the Singapore Paintball Novice Series 2008 (SPNS) in paintball calender, let us take pride in our every own paintball league, let us take some time off to reflect on the future of this sport, let us tell everyone that we mean business. A new beginning indeed...but we will be there some day.
These are the various key factors for this sport to grow in Singapore and we need your passion and leadership to make this happen:
1) Play paintball as a sport and not a recreational activity! Promote the game as a sport! And dont you ever talk about war, hurting people, injuries, violence...this not only spoils the development, it will only hinder the growth of the sport! No offence to anyone but if you want this sport to grow play it as a sport and dont wear army uniforms when playing! It just gives people the misconception. In Leg 2 of SPNS, all participants are to wear paintball jerseys or their own clothing. No BDUs, no uniforms, no camo! No, No, No!
2) People with passion. People who talks paintball and play paintball...Not people who have tried once or twice and tell people how passionate they are! People who are willing to commit their time to train (Red Lord is one of those)...People who wants to be part of the growth!
3) Dont complain about what you have...but complain about what you dont have! Work with us to make the changes! Not demand for it! It takes time for things to develop. Things dont happen overnight! Instead of complaining...assist us by making a difference. We sure need some talent in leading areas of development.
Brain dead...but there are so much more.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Top 16...yet again. But what's new?
Just returned from MPOC and straight into army uniform. Quite a tired transition I must say...but what the heck, at least the one thing that made me delighted over the weekend was the consistency that I saw in Red Sevens. 6 wins, 2 draws and 5 loses means that we are good enough for the top 16 spot out of 24 participating paintball teams... Nothing unusual as seen from our history but this time...things do differ a little. And here's why:
1) Lesser "sayoh" teams
Teams are getting better and better. Put a group of newbies into the team but equipped them with expensive markers. And viola! They are good or at least they "look" good. One of such teams...Nightm@R@! Teams are beginning to come on par with one another. Same faces, same level of play, same tactics. Well...good for the scene but definitely harder for newbies to take up this sport. A future Div4? Maybe...
2) "HARD"core teams
These are the teams who know that they are good enough on the other side of the pasture...but just choose to stay. Yes, you...shame on you. Unbeaten in all games? Move on and dont be a dry nose dirt. Hard to remove and definitely stinko in play...yawn...give others a chance. If you have a regular lineup and has been playing for more than 3 years. Move on to the next division...NOSE DIRT!
While there have been significant improvements in the organization of the game, for example the rapid filling to 4000 psi, a cha-cha step was enough for it to take one step back with spoilt choronographs. What a waste! And judging for Leg 1, we will be expecting the same kind of mood to the end of the year. So how different is this year's MPOC as compared to last year? I dont know. The spectator stand which leads to controversy? Maybe...
WDM! Time to wake up and start playing some serious paintball. Red Sevens got bashed! = Red Sevens bashed WDM = WDM got bashed badly by the rest!
Want to improve? Train on weekdays...
1) Lesser "sayoh" teams
Teams are getting better and better. Put a group of newbies into the team but equipped them with expensive markers. And viola! They are good or at least they "look" good. One of such teams...Nightm@R@! Teams are beginning to come on par with one another. Same faces, same level of play, same tactics. Well...good for the scene but definitely harder for newbies to take up this sport. A future Div4? Maybe...
2) "HARD"core teams
These are the teams who know that they are good enough on the other side of the pasture...but just choose to stay. Yes, you...shame on you. Unbeaten in all games? Move on and dont be a dry nose dirt. Hard to remove and definitely stinko in play...yawn...give others a chance. If you have a regular lineup and has been playing for more than 3 years. Move on to the next division...NOSE DIRT!
While there have been significant improvements in the organization of the game, for example the rapid filling to 4000 psi, a cha-cha step was enough for it to take one step back with spoilt choronographs. What a waste! And judging for Leg 1, we will be expecting the same kind of mood to the end of the year. So how different is this year's MPOC as compared to last year? I dont know. The spectator stand which leads to controversy? Maybe...
WDM! Time to wake up and start playing some serious paintball. Red Sevens got bashed! = Red Sevens bashed WDM = WDM got bashed badly by the rest!
Want to improve? Train on weekdays...
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Personal markers in Singapore?
I dont think so...
Things are not as easy as it seems. I have many people asking me...where can I buy a marker? Is it legal in Singapore? How can I bring my marker into Singapore? Answer is simple...no, no and no.
There is no such thing as personal marker in Singapore. Markers are classified as firearm under Singapore's regulations, as such there is no way that you can apply for your own licence to own one. At least not for the moment.
Dream on...
Pro-Paintball Cup...a new version of the Werdnahol Cup. New name, new management, new players. This year's event, will see the rise of Singapore's 2nd paintball team, the White Death Mavericks. Formed by a group of paintball enthusiats, these players know more than anybody else in the area of paintball strategy in Singapore. Pro-Paintball Cup? Here they come...
Things are not as easy as it seems. I have many people asking me...where can I buy a marker? Is it legal in Singapore? How can I bring my marker into Singapore? Answer is simple...no, no and no.
There is no such thing as personal marker in Singapore. Markers are classified as firearm under Singapore's regulations, as such there is no way that you can apply for your own licence to own one. At least not for the moment.
Dream on...
Pro-Paintball Cup...a new version of the Werdnahol Cup. New name, new management, new players. This year's event, will see the rise of Singapore's 2nd paintball team, the White Death Mavericks. Formed by a group of paintball enthusiats, these players know more than anybody else in the area of paintball strategy in Singapore. Pro-Paintball Cup? Here they come...
Monday, February 4, 2008
My Horrible One...
Fully upgraded...
- Ion Virtue Board
- Smartparts Bolt
- CP Lightning Drop Forward
- Upgraded QEV
- Ion Rake Trigger
- Shocktech Feedneck
- CP ASA
My first...
Thursday, January 24, 2008
When is the training...
Waiting waiting waiting...MPOC is approaching and honestly we have not been training. Not sure how the games are going to be played without any training. Now that the bunkers are in...there should be no excuse! We need to train! No more struggling in the first round. Dont want to be in that position again.
Teams will be looking at us again. And if we want to do well, we need to train. If we do good, teams will look up to us and hopefully that can spur more teams to join us. If we are shit, we are in for deep trouble for we represent Singapore. We are paintball ambassadors!
I will be going for a run soon....very soon....cycling too...and maybe some swim...
We'll see....
Teams will be looking at us again. And if we want to do well, we need to train. If we do good, teams will look up to us and hopefully that can spur more teams to join us. If we are shit, we are in for deep trouble for we represent Singapore. We are paintball ambassadors!
I will be going for a run soon....very soon....cycling too...and maybe some swim...
We'll see....
Monday, January 21, 2008
MPOC 2008 for Red Sevens
Mixed feelings. But one thing for sure, we can only do better.
Our last event was WCA 2007, never really enjoyed myself. Eliminated on the 1st day, aching back, cancelled referee clinic and bad attitude. Full loads of shit! and unfair treatment. DAMN!
Brand new year, brand new start...new career, new job, new environment, new friends, new life, new captain, hey...everything is new! Lost something...and gain a lot more. TIME? I am not so sure but surely looking forward to change money for time. $4000+ per month gone! Loads of paintball shit, CERTAINLY! Haiz...
Ryan Stoll show us lights into 2008. New he might be...young he may seem. This young fine gentleman is going to make waves into MPOC. Let's hope he wants to play for us. MPOC Leg 1 here we come.
Training starts in Singapore's Biggest Paintball Park - RED DYNASTY!
Our last event was WCA 2007, never really enjoyed myself. Eliminated on the 1st day, aching back, cancelled referee clinic and bad attitude. Full loads of shit! and unfair treatment. DAMN!
Brand new year, brand new start...new career, new job, new environment, new friends, new life, new captain, hey...everything is new! Lost something...and gain a lot more. TIME? I am not so sure but surely looking forward to change money for time. $4000+ per month gone! Loads of paintball shit, CERTAINLY! Haiz...
Ryan Stoll show us lights into 2008. New he might be...young he may seem. This young fine gentleman is going to make waves into MPOC. Let's hope he wants to play for us. MPOC Leg 1 here we come.
Training starts in Singapore's Biggest Paintball Park - RED DYNASTY!
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