PALS THAILAND - Early Bird Discount

Spot Ivan in the poster

PB SWISS TOOLS

L-R Seburo Edition, Gold for Ivan, Titanium series and Rainbow Series
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I was looking at some tools to add to my kit. These guys from Switzerland make awesome looking hex tools BUT unfortunately all the good looking ones are in metric and Dye uses inch :(

Those who shoot Egos guys could use these though.

They have a series in Rainbow and they can do kits in "Personal Colour" Green, Blue, Red, Yellow etc- so you know which ones are yours. There is 24k gold kit and a set in super lightweight Titanium.

www.pbswisstools.com



I use this 3/32 Screw Driver from Bondhus to access the grip on my DM9 and to change the top plate/hopper lid for the Rotor. This is the most useful tool in my kit. If you have a Dye/Proto marker and want one - email me. Cost is about SGD10/USD7.8 each.

I'm also ordering a 3/16 screwdriver for adjusting the Chrono on Dye Hyper 3 Regs. To take off the whole Hyper 3 reg for servicing and cleaning you'd need a 5/16 hex key which is not available as a screwdriver.

SHANE HOWEs BOB LONG SEBURO COLOUR SCHEME

HAHAHA! Even Shane Howe got into the Seburo edition colour scheme black/green with his new Bob Long

MPOC1 2011

Our first MPOC1 tournament of the year was last weekend we bought along a newly formed Div 3 team with us in RED SEVENS 2. Our fresh crop of young players Carl, Tom, Mark, Lester, Jeremy, Jason and Sofie in our new Div3 team who played in their first MPOC and did very well to make it all the way to the finals on their very first MPOC.

We're extremely proud that the new guys have done so well to finish in second place on their first MPOC. Some of the guys on the team played at the World Cup Asia last November so MPOC1 was their second tournament together.

As for the D2 team- we did well to win all 6 of our preliminary games. With the increased number of teams in Div 2 this year we had to play 6 matches 4 of Sat and 2 on Sunday. Followed by Quarter finals and then Semi Finals and Finals. We had Azlan back in the team after a year out and Kiko came along to boost the forward line. I captained the Red Sevens again and went to the weekend hoping for the best and we did well to finish with a Third Placing losing only one match which was in the Semi finals to eventual winners CMX Republic.


VENUE
The venue was at Putra University which was way out of KL but the MPOC got us cheap rooms at the Palace of the Golden Horses same hotel for WCA in 09.

FIELD
The field was rather good the MPOC gave us two table and a lot of chairs. So that I have to thank and say that it was really appreciated. Comfort level was high as the tents were under trees and despite raining on Sat night the field and pit areas were not muddy.

I do have to say that I have been noticing the cuts and holes in the air arenas which thus lead to a couple of delays then the arenas collapsed and needed to be refilled. This was why the Millenium Series stopped using the arenas and went back to the old styled pole and nets. I must say that I do prefer the poles and nets as the this arena frames make it hard for coaches and spotters to see. Furthermore the noise from paint hitting the sides also doesnt help the coaches to get their instructions into the field. So I'm not a big fan of the air arenas for playing xball/M7 format.

The weekend went by smoothly without major dramas. It felt like a short and sweet weekend rather than sitting around waiting for the 10 prelims and finals in hot Pattaya. Again the extra tables, chairs and tents made everyone feel comfortable and not having to squeeze with other teams. The weather was good paintball weather with the sun behind the clouds but no rain. I hope we get the same number of tables and chairs and one team per tent at the next MPOC.

MPOC1 Federal Territory Cup
Red Sevens - Third Place Division 2
Red sevens 2- Second Place Division 3

SEBURO EDITION DYE NT

I was looking around to see if anyone had annoed or photoshopped green DYE NTs into green and voila! This is the best picture I have come across so far on the net.

I've been bugging Dye to specially make 20 of these in polished green. I even spoke to Dave personally about it lol. I should get in touch with Billy Wing and bug him but these days they are all made in Taiwan.

I guarantee that the other 19 'Green Lanterns' will be sold out in no time. Dye specially made 1 Gloss Red NT for a friend of mine and it gathered enough interest to make a very limited number of 15 of the Gloss Red ones. They wre sold out quickly, people kept asking for the 'Superman' NT that they re made a second batch of the Polished red ones. One of my team mates has 2.

This is close to the lime edition that Dye has but I like the green being this much more intense.



Found this on speedball world, its a custom anno job and it looks great.

EX-HK ARMY GUEST COMING FOR SPS

"Singapore doesn't know Zyzek Barro yet?" Oh yes we do now.

Guess what I found on HK ARMY's website. I didn't know that our friend Zyzek Barro from DYE ASIA played on HK ARMY before. HEH HEH.

HK AMRY SHOOTING FURIOUS BARRELS

Mark Kressin with a black 14" Furious Barrel

If you havent seen this you tube video- its PBFASHIONs video from last weekends NPPL LAS VEGAS of HK ARMY. Matt from Furious met the Kressin Brothers at Paintball Extravaganza and got them to shoot FURIOUS BARRELS. You can see in this video that they are indeed shooting FURIOUS BARRELS.
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Scott in the back shooting the Gold 15" tip FURIOUS BARREL


This is Billy Bernacchia playing on Avalanche- he has a Furious Barrel from playing with VICIOUS and I'm pretty sure that he was using it in Vegas.

MAP to SPS Field

Yesterday I was looking for a map or guide to the SPS Venue which is at Angsana Park at East Coast Parkway. I googled "SPS Angsana Park" and my blog was on top of he search list. So I might as well post a quick guide here.

Angsana Park is next to Carpark E2 on the bottom right of the map. It is just across the ECP highway from Bayshore Park Condominiums. On the map its where the EXIT 7A sign is.



If you're driving its straight down Bedok South Avenue 1 or if you're driving on the East Coast Parkway its EXIT 7A if you are coming from Changi. From the city lookout for EXIT 7B

For those taking public transport- there is only one bus going there which is 401 from Bedok MRT Station. The bus stop B93159 is near to the East Coast Lagoon which is a bit of a walk to the field.

I hope this helps.

www.singaporepaintballseries.com

NPPL-USPL PRO RANKINGS going into VEGAS

1 LA Infamous - 51

2 Tampa Bay Damage - 50
3 Edmonton Impact - 49
4 San Diego Dynasty - 49
5 Oakland Blast - 39
6 Louis Avalanche - 32
7 Seattle Naughty Dogs - 31
8 New Port Entourage - 26
9 Chicago Legend - 23
10 Vancouver Vendetta - 22
11 Sacramento XSV - 20
12 Indianapolis Mutiny - 18
13 San Francisco Explicit - 12
14 DC Arsenal - 8

When Nicky Cuba said earlier this week that "we have a championship to close out" he was speaking the truth. The resurgent Infamous leads the pro rankings going into Vegas but by a sinlge point. Its so tight up with the top 4 teams are separated by only 3 points. Infamous, Damage, Dynasty and Impact are in contention with defending Champions Blast 10 points behind. This has been the closest championship fight in years. The top 5 teams are playing for a Championship. It should be a great weekend of Championship paintball.

HK ARMY TRASH TALK - Funny

Furious' team HK ARMY has been bumped up into PRO as there are not enough teams in Semi Pro for Vegas. When they were told about this the trash talk started and pretty funny

“screw Zach Long! he just sits in the back center shooting 33 bps!”

“LJ’s washed up”

“Dynasty has feared this day for years!”


- From Brandon at the Pbnation website.
HK Army will be shacking up at the Hard Rock Hotel- (but of course)

HK's Game Schedule is also up
1 Infamous 7:00
2 Blast 7:28
3 Vendetta 8:03
4 DC ARSENAL 8:31
5 Rockstar 9:13
6 Dynasty 9:34
7 Chicago Legend 10:09
8 SF EXPLICIT 10:44

NPPL LAS VEGAS WILL HAVE WEBCAST!

AT LAST! This will be about the first time this year I have time to sit down and watch a paintball webcast. It looks like Nicky Truter will be back on screen (?) as he will be in Vegas.

For more information and schedules go to www.nppl.com

RED SEVENS TO SHOOT PROPAINT

The RED SEVENS are pleased to announce that PROPAINT will our new paint sponsor.

We are extremely proud to be shooting PROPAINT at all MPOC, PALS and the World Cup Asia. After winning PALS Pattaya/Thailand Open shooting PROPAINT we decided that PROPAINT is a very good grade of paintball. What we wanted was fresh, good quality fill and most important consistent quality from box to box.

With PROPAINT we can be rest assured that we will be consistently shooting high quality paint during our tournaments. PROPAINT are also sponsors of Div 1 teams Demonz from KL and Team Infernal of Thailand.

"Thank you Red 7's, Pro Paintball is proud to have you on as a sponsored team. Wish you guys all the best in upcoming events." - Patrick Tan of PROPAINT.

We would like to thank Patrick Tan of PROPAINT and PROPAINTBALL for your support to the RED SEVENS.

See you all at MPOC 5 and WCA with PROPAINT.

www.propaintball-shop.com


PROPAINT will be available at MPOC, PALS and the World Cup Asia
- Ask for it when you're picking up your paint.

RED SEVENS MPOC 5 FIELD MAP

This is the Official RED SEVENS MPOC 5 field map thanks to PROPAINT

Good luck to all teams playing this weekend in Subang in the last leg of the 2010 MPOC League.
Div 2 has already been won by Eastsiders. Div 1 is still up for grabs with XFOX gunning to finish no less than top 2 to secure the 2010 Series Championship for the second year in a row.

HAHAHAHAHA

MARK NG FROM MELBOURNE MAYHEM DROPS BY RED DYNASTY

Mark Ng is in the green Melbourne Mayhem jersey

We get visitors from all over the World who come and play and hang out with us at Red Dynasty. We've had some pretty good snake players who have dropped by and played with is and showed us some tips. Daniel Ong and Xkay Ong from XFox and recently Mark Ng who is a Singaporean studying in Melbourne and playing in the MXL Melbourne Xball League and PAVS - Paintball Association of Victoria. In Melbourne they play race to 7 points in 15 mins. Mark recently hooked up with Melbourne team House of Cards.

When I get asked "Why do I play paintball?" my answer would be "because I get to meet and make friends with other paintballers". Mark Ng is one of those really nice easy going paintballer that my team mates and I are most fortunate to make friends with. He is a snake player who plays in D1 in Melbourne Australia and I dare say very skilled and dedicated to the sport.


Mark told me he runs at night after midnight when its really cold during winter to acclimatise his body to playing in cold conditions. Over there it gets really cold playing in the mud in the snake and his legs and body can cramp up while being in the snake for too long. He runs 5km and 10km on alternate nights because in Melbourne Div1 play a race to 7 in 30 mins! Thats dedication.

Thank you Mark for dropping by and showing our Mark a few tips on getting into and playing the snake.

Tips and Tricks for SPS

I came up with an idea of each of us RED SEVENS presenting a paintball tip on video for those who are new to paintball who are going to play in SPS or in general. It's also to help generate some publicity for SPS.

The videos are here on SPS's Facebook.

My tip is to clean your barrels before every game and to carry a swab into the game so you can clean and clear ball breaks or dirt from the barrel when the shots start to stray.

Ivan's tip is the 3 point crawl in the snake- he shows how to do the 3 point crawl in the snake to get up as fast and low as possible

Ben show's how to break out with a mechanical marker with a gravity hopper - how its important to keep the marker level rather than bringing the market up from below the waistline.

Jane shows how to keep you marker up by resting it on the bunker while reloading.

Bengiun from Contract Killers tip is for the back corner player to wrap out and shoot at their center back.

PRINCE's SHOUT OUT TO SPS

I was chatting with Prince last week and thought of asking him to do a shoutout to the Paintballers in Singapore and wish them Good Luck for SPS. He said alright "I do it right now" and he went off and did a short video shoutout and sent it to me within 10 mins of my asking.

Thus video has 108 views to date and about 5-6 other guys I know have reposted it on their Facebook walls.

Thanks Prince for doing this the guys really appreciate it.

Stay tuned for more shoutouts.

EVIDENT PROBLEM

My friend from Iran Nimaa sent me these pictures a while ago and I misplace them until now. He had an interesting observation- that the Feedneck on the MacDev Clones were less than secure.
Here are a few incriminating photos to support the case.


Exhibit A - feedneck fails while on the run


Exhibit B - feedneck fails and its still attached to the Rotor


Exhibit C - Aleksadr Berdnikov after diving into the snake


Exhibit D


Exhibit E - Justin Rabackoff in the same spot and situation as Aleksadr


Exhibit F - doesn't only happen to Rotors in this case a Vlocity too

Many thanks to Nimaa for this post.

MPOC5 Field

The field for MPOC5 is up on their Facebook - a whole month early this time.
Thank yous to the organisers at the MPOC. Looks like a nice long snake and a stretch on Doritos for our snake and D guy to run down.

Most importantly to note is that MPOC5 will be held at the MPSJ Mini Stadium which is here on Google Maps - thanks to Daniel.

ANGEL FLY MASK

A lot of people have been asking me for the Angel Fly Mask (I dont know why)
We'll be bringing a few back directly from Paintball Extravaganza in October - so If you really want to be one of the first in Asia to rock one - let me know now.

Just be wary that it's going to look like this on your noggin.