Today 29th July is my good friend Ryosuke Banno's Birthday - he turns 30 today.
Banno is the Captain of Team Ku from Japan and he plays for Delta Rovers in the MY-NPL.
ハッピーバースデー私の友達
Thursday, July 29, 2010
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BANNO!
Today 29th July is my good friend Ryosuke Banno's Birthday - he turns 30 today.
Banno is the Captain of Team Ku from Japan and he plays for Delta Rovers in the MY-NPL.
ハッピーバースデー私の友達
MY INTERVIEW ON SPS WEBSITE
I did this interview a while ago as in I was the one being asked questions this time round.
Here is is on SPS' Website if you haven't seen it
Please click on the link or the screen grab above to go and read my interview.
NOOB WARS THIS SUNDAY 1St AUGUST
Thinking about playing paintball as a Sport in Singapore?
Come and check out NOOB WARS this Sunday 1st August at RED DYNASTY.
8 New Singaporean Paintball teams are playing their first tournament.
Come and show your support to these 8 new teams making their own history in Singaporean Paintball.
If you have any questions about paintball or setting up a team please approach any of the Red Dynasty Staff or the Marshals.
Noob Wars is organised by Red Dynasty and Marshal duties will be done by the RED SEVENS.
SPS Singapore Paintball Series
PRESS RELEASE
The Singapore Paintball Series (SPS) will be held on 16 & 17 October 2010 in East Coast Park (Angsana Field, next to carpark E2). From the same organizers who brought you the Singapore Paintball Novice Series (SPNS) in 2008 and 2009, this year's tournament will feature a 2 day event for participants with up to 4 different participating divisions. New to the tournament scene will be the Corporate and Tertiary Division which is targeted to introduce the sport of paintball to corporate companies and schools as an excellent form of team building activity. "After taking a break from organizing paintball tournament in Singapore, the committee felt that it is time to introduce a new wave of Singapore paintball to the general public. Our focus for the SPS will be creating paintball awareness to the masses and to create an opportunity for people to try out paintball games in the park", exclaimed Jane Koh who is the SPS Tournament Director and the former President of the Paintball Association (Singapore). With the introduction of the Open Division which involved the use of electronic markers, the committee hopes to bring about a completely new tournament scene to the paintball community to Singapore. This is also the first time that electronic markers competition will be showcase to the crowd.
With a strong restriction in the firearms law in Singapore, the organizers will be working closely with the governing authorities to ensure that there will be no hiccups to the tournament. With a combined industrial experience of more than 15 years, the SPS committee will be ready to rock the nation with Singapore's most exciting paintball tournament to date. For more information on how you can register for the tournament, please contact: info@singaporepaintballseries.com
Thursday, July 15, 2010
My Take on the Millenium Series Asia
My take on this is some people trying to get a bigger piece of the pie by trying to create another pie. This of course did not go down well with the owners of the first pie as it threatens its existence and everything they have worked hard to build.
Now, my take on this is more of a question. Instead of creating an Asian Series with the Millenium Series- WHY try to recreate another series with the Millennium Series?
There are other leagues like the PSP which has a similar 'race to' format to the Millennium's M7 format. If they wanted to go with the straight up 7 or 5 man semi auto format - they could have approached the NPPL. One of the supporters of the consortium runs a series which is closely modeled on the NPPL with the type of bunkers and referring style.
Personally I don't think the pie in Asia is big enough for two series especially if its going to be a similar 'race to' format. If anything a second series should offer something entirely different from the 'race to' format. If you look at America the two biggest paintball series are different formats. They reluctantly compliment each other and have found common ground to work together somewhat. They both need each other because having two is better than having one. It simply gives teams, sponsors and the sport more mileage.
We all know that the two parties will not work with each other its just not going to happen. Ok that's fine - lets move on. Instead of destroying something to recreate the same thing - why not CREATE something new.
The PALS Organisation is safe - for now. However I think they should not rest on their laurels and instead build upon the recent "endorsement" from the Millennium Board. I'd like to see the PALS Series make an important come back to Taiwan and open new avenues in countries like Indonesia up north to Japan Korea and even Singapore. The middle east have their own PALM Series now, however if PALS gets into more countries then its prestige would draw the teams from the Middle east back to the PALS Series.
The Asian Golf Tour have successful collaborations with the European Golf Tour in by having some of the Golf tournaments in Asia co-endorsed by the European PGA thus drawing European Pros to come out to Asia to play. We could have collaborations between the PALS/PALM/Millennium Series and draw more teams to play in each others league.
Anyway that's my take on this Millennium Series in Asia matter.
Thank you for reading my blog and I'll be back soon.
Now, my take on this is more of a question. Instead of creating an Asian Series with the Millenium Series- WHY try to recreate another series with the Millennium Series?
There are other leagues like the PSP which has a similar 'race to' format to the Millennium's M7 format. If they wanted to go with the straight up 7 or 5 man semi auto format - they could have approached the NPPL. One of the supporters of the consortium runs a series which is closely modeled on the NPPL with the type of bunkers and referring style.
Personally I don't think the pie in Asia is big enough for two series especially if its going to be a similar 'race to' format. If anything a second series should offer something entirely different from the 'race to' format. If you look at America the two biggest paintball series are different formats. They reluctantly compliment each other and have found common ground to work together somewhat. They both need each other because having two is better than having one. It simply gives teams, sponsors and the sport more mileage.
We all know that the two parties will not work with each other its just not going to happen. Ok that's fine - lets move on. Instead of destroying something to recreate the same thing - why not CREATE something new.
The PALS Organisation is safe - for now. However I think they should not rest on their laurels and instead build upon the recent "endorsement" from the Millennium Board. I'd like to see the PALS Series make an important come back to Taiwan and open new avenues in countries like Indonesia up north to Japan Korea and even Singapore. The middle east have their own PALM Series now, however if PALS gets into more countries then its prestige would draw the teams from the Middle east back to the PALS Series.
The Asian Golf Tour have successful collaborations with the European Golf Tour in by having some of the Golf tournaments in Asia co-endorsed by the European PGA thus drawing European Pros to come out to Asia to play. We could have collaborations between the PALS/PALM/Millennium Series and draw more teams to play in each others league.
Anyway that's my take on this Millennium Series in Asia matter.
Thank you for reading my blog and I'll be back soon.
Millennium Series London: The Millennium Vision for Asia
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE MILLENNIUM SERIES
Please read and I'll interpret for you below.
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The Millennium Series is dedicated to the growth and promotion of the sport of paintball since 1999. Since that time the Millennium Series (www.millennium-series.com) runs the biggest tournaments in Europe and offers a platform for competition to the best teams of the world.
Apart from running our own series, we support other tournaments, series and leagues, in Europe and worldwide on a global scale by various means. This includes, but is not limited to providing knowledge, equipment and various other assets.
In the Far East, the Millennium Series has been endorsing the PALS tournaments, which use our rules. The PALS (www.palseries.org) has grown over the years amazingly fast, featuring their flagship event, the World Cup Asia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and having successfully hosted events in other countries, like Thailand, Taiwan and Philippines.
In the last months the Millennium Series has been approached by a consortium of individuals and companies, who want to develop paintball in Asia as well. During our recent London event the Board of the Millennium Series invited all parties involved to several rounds of meetings to learn more about their exact intentions and to explain our own vision for the development of the sport in Asia. What was clear was there was a lot common themes and aspirations by all and we sincerely hope that all concerned will see the benefits of collaboration rather than competition which will only help to slow down the growth of the sport in the region
Basically the Millennium Series is asking all parties involved to find a way together towards our common goals. In a time, where support from within the paintball industry is getting less and less, it does not make sense to build parallel structures and organisations, which would lead to divide and fighting each other. Instead, existing structures should be used to accommodate the ambitions and totally justified strategic interests of other individuals, which have already shown commitment and constructive passion for the game, both in Malaysia and in other Asian countries.
If these parties manage to focus on common goals and strategies in a constructive manner, exciting times lay ahead for Asia, which is already the fastest growing region in paintball!
Barry Fuggle
Board of the Millennium Series
Millennium Series Ltd
Adrenalin House, Brooklands Park, Farningham Road,
Crowborough, East Sussex, TN6 2JD, United Kingdom
TEL: 44-(0)845-2720860 FAX: 44-(0)845-6062657
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Right- here it is in a gist
1. The Millennium Series is here to promote paintball by supporting other leagues around the world including the PALS Asian Series.
2. Recently The Millennium Series have been approached by some individuals who want to promote another Asian Series.
3. In light of this new consortium seeking official endorsement from Millennium Series in Asia, the board called for a meeting with the two groups in London and their cases were heard.
4. Instead of supporting one consortium over the other. The Millennium Board would like both parties to work together rather than against each other for the good of the sport.
Please read and I'll interpret for you below.
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The Millennium Series is dedicated to the growth and promotion of the sport of paintball since 1999. Since that time the Millennium Series (www.millennium-series.com) runs the biggest tournaments in Europe and offers a platform for competition to the best teams of the world.
Apart from running our own series, we support other tournaments, series and leagues, in Europe and worldwide on a global scale by various means. This includes, but is not limited to providing knowledge, equipment and various other assets.
In the Far East, the Millennium Series has been endorsing the PALS tournaments, which use our rules. The PALS (www.palseries.org) has grown over the years amazingly fast, featuring their flagship event, the World Cup Asia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and having successfully hosted events in other countries, like Thailand, Taiwan and Philippines.
In the last months the Millennium Series has been approached by a consortium of individuals and companies, who want to develop paintball in Asia as well. During our recent London event the Board of the Millennium Series invited all parties involved to several rounds of meetings to learn more about their exact intentions and to explain our own vision for the development of the sport in Asia. What was clear was there was a lot common themes and aspirations by all and we sincerely hope that all concerned will see the benefits of collaboration rather than competition which will only help to slow down the growth of the sport in the region
Basically the Millennium Series is asking all parties involved to find a way together towards our common goals. In a time, where support from within the paintball industry is getting less and less, it does not make sense to build parallel structures and organisations, which would lead to divide and fighting each other. Instead, existing structures should be used to accommodate the ambitions and totally justified strategic interests of other individuals, which have already shown commitment and constructive passion for the game, both in Malaysia and in other Asian countries.
If these parties manage to focus on common goals and strategies in a constructive manner, exciting times lay ahead for Asia, which is already the fastest growing region in paintball!
Barry Fuggle
Board of the Millennium Series
Millennium Series Ltd
Adrenalin House, Brooklands Park, Farningham Road,
Crowborough, East Sussex, TN6 2JD, United Kingdom
TEL: 44-(0)845-2720860 FAX: 44-(0)845-6062657
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Right- here it is in a gist
1. The Millennium Series is here to promote paintball by supporting other leagues around the world including the PALS Asian Series.
2. Recently The Millennium Series have been approached by some individuals who want to promote another Asian Series.
3. In light of this new consortium seeking official endorsement from Millennium Series in Asia, the board called for a meeting with the two groups in London and their cases were heard.
4. Instead of supporting one consortium over the other. The Millennium Board would like both parties to work together rather than against each other for the good of the sport.
Friday, June 11, 2010
SPEED TAPPING APP FOR IPHONE
This is a great App for paintballers with Iphones/Ipod touch.
Its a free speed tapping app which you can use two fingers to tap and my record is 352 taps in 30 seconds.
Please post your scores.
Saturday, June 5, 2010
"Less Lethal" Weapons
You can see the commandos with their "paintball guns" with the gravity loaders trying to shoot at the seamen. Iron pipes 20 - Paintball guns 0
When I heard about the botched raid on the ship my Israeli commandos using "paintball guns" that caught my attention. Apart from the infamous video of the commandos getting whacked by 20-30 guys with iron pipes.
Propaintball.com picked up on an article on Popular Mechanics website on Israel's "Less Lethal" arsenal. At the top of the list is the ubiquitous "paintball gun"
Popular Mechanics
June 2, 2010 1:03 PM
When Israeli commandos launched their assault on ships bound for Gaza on Monday, the plan was to take them without bloodshed. It was a tall order, but after decades of conflict the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has built up a comprehensive arsenal of "less lethal" weapons, many of them developed indigenously. These cover everything from controlling large crowds to subduing individuals. However, technology has so far failed to deliver a Star Trek–styled phaser that is both completely harmless and perfectly effective. Each type of weapon has its own strengths and weaknesses. And as the botched raid shows, smart tactical use of such weapons is essential or everything can go tragically wrong.
Paintball Guns
The commandos of Flotilla 13, Israel's equivalent of the SEALs, were armed with paintball guns. This was an unusual use for paintballing gear, but not unique. For crowd control, paintballs are usually replaced with solid rubber slugs or rounds that break apart and release a cloud of pepper dust. Standard paintball guns do not produce enough impact force to deter a motivated opponent; the U.S. military prefers the FN303 launcher, which has twice the muzzle energy. In this case, the paintballs do not seem to have been effective.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
TUNED BY FONJEN
Our Red Sevens Dye DM9s and special edition NT markers have been specially tuned by Master Fonjen from Taiwan. Fonjen owns over 45 paintball markers and has in depth knowledge of all makes of markers especially the DM9 and NT which are his personal choice of tournament markers.
Master Fonjen's tuning involves finely balancing the throughput and efficiency of the air flow through the Hyper 3 regulator into the marker. The result is a more smoother consistent shot that is more efficient and maximsies each puff of air into the shot thus saving air during the game.
Every one of our new markers have been sent to Fonjen to be tuned and each one comes to us ready to shoot straight out of the box. We take our dye markers into the field with confidence and pride that they have been tuned by Fonjen.
Master Fonjen will be in Clark for PALS Philippines with the Red Sevens in August.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
SIGN UP FOR PALS PHILIPPINES AT PAINTBALLERS WORLD
From leo Sy's Facebook
The registration center for the 2nd leg of PALS Series in the Philippines for Singapore teams is at Paintballers World. For inquiries and registration, Singapore teams can visit Paintballers World or email them at sales@paintballersworld.com
With this cooperation, we like to make the registration for the Singaporean Teams be much easier and hassle free. Feel free to visit Paintballers World at 100 Beach Road, Shaw Towers, #02-21, Singapore.
"Bringing Convinience to all Singaporeans!!".
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I suppose we cant call it PALS MANILA anymore since it'll be at Clark which is like an hour plus out of Manila itself.
www.paintballersworld.com
Monday, May 31, 2010
MPOC3 Map
No more Hello kitty- looks like a crab with stubby claws.
Good news for Ivan- its the Pattaya/Kedah snake and 2 big center back bunkers to back your ass up. Nice run of big big bunkers running up into the Doritos too.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
LAYSICK SUBVERT PANTS
Last week I featured Laysick's sick pro jersey jerseys - here are the pants which will be out soon. HK will be wearing them however Entourage is wearing the Empire Pants.
PRACTICE THE SOKC FIELD AT RED DYNASTY THIS WEEK
The Sultan of Kedah Field Layout will be set up at Red Dynasty for teams to practice this weekend. The Red Sevens will be practicing at 3pm this Saturday and will aslo be there on this Sunday for XKay's snake Clinic. Yes you will get the opportunity to learn how to play the snake on the actual snake layout at will be at SOKC.
EYE CANDY - ROYAL PURPLE DYE NT
Once in a while I stumble across something special online. This Purple NT iss for sale on PbNation for USD1800. Purple not exactly a common colour in paintball which makes this Purple NT really stand out.
ANGEL FLY MASK BLACK WHITE COLOURS
Angel has released the now famous Fly mask in 2 basic colours of black and white. The big external lens certainly makes the mask look more like a pair of fashionesque sunglasses rather than a practical piece of paintball safety equipment.
I guess Angel needs one or two pro teams to wear them to really give it credibility on the field. Otherwise it'll end up like NXe's Jrny loader which disappeared off the scene as soon as it was launched - remember that one?
I guess Angel needs one or two pro teams to wear them to really give it credibility on the field. Otherwise it'll end up like NXe's Jrny loader which disappeared off the scene as soon as it was launched - remember that one?
Saturday, May 8, 2010
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