Xtionpaintball website gets a new facelift

Looking great now at http://www.xtionpaintball.com. Designed by Solidink.

Matthew Nekvapil speaks about Furious Paintball

I'm sure you guys have seen Matthew around and PBliveTV have set up an interview with him and talked about Furious Paintball. Matthew used to play with Tag Effect, Bandits, Ronin, Demonz and with the Xtioneers in World Cup Asia 2010.

Ramped Magazine Issue 1 is out now

Issue 1 is out now! Ramped was very well received last weekend at the MPOC in Melaka. With beautiful high quality photos and easy reading content, it was an instant hit. Ramped will be sold at MY-NPL at the PB Heaven booth, and will be making a trip to Kedah on 1-2 April for the NPOC, where they have a booth. Check out the article on "Sponsorship" by yours truly. Hope it will enlighten the subject to some of the new players out there. So, what are you waiting for, get it now! Price should be RM15 per copy.

China Cup 2011 Postponed

China Cup in Hainan Island scheduled on March 25th to 27th is to be postponed because of the 2011 Boao Forums will be held a week after. The Chinese government cited that nowhere on Hainan Island will any sport with a firearm be allowed (for safety reasons) from March 15th to April 25th because of the Boao Forums. Full explanation by Michael Whybrew, China Cup Tournament Director here and also on PALS.

The Energizer Night Strike Event - Results

Here are the results of the recent concluded Energizer Night Strike Event. Congratulations to all the winners.

1st - Team ACE
2nd - Team Double R
3rd - Team Black Cell
4th - Team Orale Canal

Refer previous post on this tournament here.

Villain Paintball in Ovi Store

I made a Villain Paintball application for Ovi Store. Download the application for FREE and you'll get updates straight to your nokia phone! My phone doesn't support anything this cool but those who can, please try it out and let me know. Thanks alot!

Ramped Magazine

Company Overview:
RAMPED is a brand new, bi-monthly paintball lifestyle magazine. It will be the first paintball lifestyle magazine to focus almost exclusively on the Asian market, covering everything from paintball news, tournaments and the latest gear to how-to guides and features on Asian players and teams.

The magazine will contain content on both speedball (played in the field) and recball (played in the jungle), and will also cater to all levels of play, from the seriously fresh to the hardcore. RAMPED will engage readers on an interactive level with on-going contests, a Q&A section, and reader reviews for gear and equipment.

With 100 pages of pure paintball, innovative writing style, and brilliant, attention-grabbing photography wrapped in a slick, professionally printed package, RAMPED is hot, intense, and brutally creative – it can’t leave you untouched.

The magazine will contain content on both speedball (played in the field) and recball (played in the jungle), and will also cater to all levels of play, from the seriously fresh to the hardcore.


Mission:
To bring paintball to the Asian masses, to nurture the new paintballing generation, and to bridge the gap between the innocent and the fanatic. We’re here to grow the sport, and to give you a reference for everything you’d want to know about paintball in Asia.

We’re here to be exciting, to be fun, and to shine a whole new light on paintball. Let us show you how sexy paintball can be. Made by paintballers, for the love of the sport.

Products:
The first issue of RAMPED is scheduled to be launched in January 2011 and will be priced at RM15 per issue. RAMPED will be available at the following locations:

KUALA LUMPUR
Xtion Paintball Park
National Sports Complex
Bukit Jalil, 57700 Sri Petaling,
National Sports Complex,
Kuala Lumpur.
Tel : +603 8027 0658, +603 8873 0658
www.xtionpaintball.com

Paintball TAG Bukit Kiara
Bukit Kiara Equestrian Club
Jalan Bukit Kiara (Off Jalan Damansara)
60000 Kuala Lumpur.
www.paintball-tag.com

SELANGOR

Napshot Paintball
52-A Jalan PJU 8/5B
Bandar Damansara Perdana,
Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Tel: +603 7710 3960
www.napshotpaintball.com

Pro Paintball Resources
D-G-2, Jalan SS6/20A
Dataran Glomac
Kelana Jaya
Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Tel : +603 7803 2407
www.propaintball-shop.com

TT Sports Park
Lot 017394, Jalan SS12/1,
Taman Subang Ria
Subang Jaya, Petaling Jaya
47500 Selangor DE
Tel: (6)03-5638 8969, (6)03-5635 6969
www.ttsportspark.com

Mudtrekker Scenario Paintball Park
PJU 1/3B, Sunway Mas Commercial Centre,
47301, Selangor, Malaysia.
Tel: +6016 3326104
www.mudtrekker.com

MELAKA

Flashpoint Paintball Park Melaka
1577-A Jalan Solok Bukit Bayan,
Bukit Katil,
75740 Melaka.

EVENTS

- Malaysian Paintball Official Circuit
- World Cup Asia

We'll keep adding to this list, so check back frequently! For more information about RAMPED at WCA 2010, contact us:

General inquiries
info@rampedmagazine.com

Advertising
sales@rampedmagazine.com

Amber Wong
+6012 3345630 | amber@rampedmagazine.com

Shamsher "Terry" Opherden
+6016 2622869 | terry@rampedmagazine.com

Website
www.rampedmagazine.com

Facebook Page:
http://www.facebook.com/rampedmagazine

Contact Info

Email:
info@rampedmagazine.com
Phone:
+6012 3345630 (Amber) / +6012 2622869 (Terry)

Note: This magazine is just what the Malaysia paintball scene needed to put the sport to another level. Yours truly will also be contributing articles regularly.

Hydro Test your Paintball Tanks

Another year has gone by and your paintball gears are getting old - especially compressed air bottles. You can always buy a new one (So many sales towards year end) or you can send it for hydro testing; and for small fee your bottle can last another for another 3 - 5 years. You can save alot by doing this. But before that, why do we need to hydro testing our tanks?


Hydro testing is a very important process for your paintball air tanks and should be done every 3-5 years. Hydro testing is so important because it ensures that you’re paintball air tanks are structurally sound and safe to be filled. How the testing works is a little complicated, but here’s the process in a nutshell:

• The paintball bottle is separated from it’s regulator.
• Every inch of the bottle, inside and out is inspected for decay, rust, cracks, etc.
• Typically, the bottle is then lowered into a vat of water/the hydro testing machine.
• Water is pumped into the bottle, increasing the PSI.
• If the amount of displaced water in cubic centimeters, exceeds the REE number (on the bottle’s DOT label), then the bottle fails the hydro test and is unfit for further use.

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So now that seems like a good idea where do we go to do it here in Malaysia? I've recently stumbled again to this website http://hydrotestpaintball.blogspot.com and thought I could help highlight this. The blog is run by Aziddin "KakiMusha" Jamil and he seems to be able to handle the job properly. Give him a visit :)

Sources: Guerrilla Air, Wiki, hydrotestpaintball.blogspot.com. Photo is owned by hydrotestpaintball.blogspot.com.

Crome2 - Regency Paintball

Looking for a different marker or an exotic brand? Well, look no further ~ the Crome2 from Regency Paintball has finally reached the shores of Malaysia (Asia)! The first and only marker made from Sweden was first featured during the recent World Cup Asia, and some of you may have already seen it and some even shot it! The following are the specifications of the Crome2 marker:

• Liquid milling - attractive, easy to cleaning
• Integrated eye and detent cover
• Patent pending Push-pull bolt-kit, PPB
• Two-cylinder bolt, extremely low reciprocating mass, low kick
• Controlled gentle bolt speed
• Bolt assembly removable without tools
• No tool cleaning
• 3 dynamic o-rings
• Flexible In-line design
• Extremely low noise sound signature
• Slide on 45 frame
• Hidden bolts for aesthetics
• Quick removal - bolts only needs half a turn
• Speed, as fast as your hopper feed
• Ball rollback eliminated, shoot the most brittle paint
• Ball loading control system
• Break-beam self cleaning eyes
• Large radius spherical detents for gentle paint loading
• True vertical ball stack for gentle paint handling
• Convex Trigger
• Repelling magnet, accelerated force for faster trigger return - more balls per second
• Full trigger width single needle roller bearing - smooth and stable trigger feel
• 4 point external adjustment - fully adjustable
• Firing point, front and back stop, magnetic force
• Ultra low profile lever lock feedneck
• Cocker threaded CP barrel
• Custom Products regulator - CP warranty
• Direct acting high performance custom designed solenoid
• Electronics
• All tourney modes: Semi, Ramping, Millennium, NXL, PSP, NPPL
• Three color led
• Single external push-button
• Trigger programmable
• State of the art eye logic

For more information, kindly check out www.regencypaintball.com

Millennium Series London: The Millennium Vision for Asia

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

Note: The BOLD part is exactly my sentiment.

Patrick Tan & Thailand Paintball Tournament 2010

Patrick Tan recently played and finished third in the Thailand Paintball Tournament 2010 held in Bangkok. Normally I don't blog about non-Malaysia paintball events, but since we have our local guys compete and won there, this definitely deserves some headline.

(VPB) Tell us briefly about yourself, paintball experience and Pro Paintball
(PT) Hi Caran, I own and manage Pro Paintball here in Malaysia and Thailand. I started playing paintball as a leisure activity and eventually got hooked with the intensity of the game. I started playing in division 3 in the MY-NPL series and eventually merged with the older generation Demonz team to form what is today Demonz Red. Back then there was only one pro shop in Malaysia and choices were limited. Together with Andrew, we formed Werdna Hol Sportz. As time passed by, we parted ways and I went on to form what is Pro Paintball today. Seeing a emerging market in Thailand, I opened a Pro Paintball Thailand as well.


(VPB) You played with Chia Industries. Who are they and what do they do?
(PT) Chia Industries was a rag tag team made up of a couple of Malaysian guys namely Poison Doc (whose surname is Chia and plays for Team Simpsons), Hashidee Murshim (CMX), Rahiza Zahidi (CMX), Ben and Myself (Demonz Red). I had obvious interest in the league in Thailand and these guys decided to have a bit of holiday and paintball. Coming in third was seriously unexpected as we had never played together as a team before. Plus Thai teams put up a really good game.

(VPB) What are the gears you used - from top to bottom.
(PT) We use JT products on the soft goods and VL Loaders, we are also sponsored by Skirmish with Planet Eclipse markers.

(VPB) How do you rate the level of Thai paintball? Since you had the chance to play with alot of them.
(PT) We played in Division 1 in the Thai league but mind you their level of play between division 1 and 2 are pretty close. I maintain a very high level of respect for these guys as unlike us they don't shoot a lot of paint. They play very aggressive and everyone in their teams can basically play any position (no fix back/snake) which makes it difficult to understand and read their games. Team Infernal recently took champion in ISSC here in Malaysia and they only shot 15 boxes!! Demonz Red in comparison coming in 3rd shot 32 boxes!! That I guess pretty much speaks for itself.




(VPB) Something regarding PALS, i know you're involved in PALS Thai as well. How did this came about? Some people out there might not know this yet.
(PT) My involvement with their local league has eventually led us to discussion on hosting an international tournament, which was Pattaya International Paintball Championship last year. Joining up with the prestigious PAL series was a necessity to put in place a infrastructure, format and system which players from all over Asia can enjoy. That eventually led to my involvement as the PAL series working partner representing Thailand.

(PT) I would like to take this opportunity to also market for the Thai National Paintball League, we welcome players from Malaysia to participate. For more inquiries please contact me directly at : patrick.tan@propaintball-shop.com

Thanks Caran!!

(VPB) Thanks Pat.

You can visit Pro Paintball website at http://www.propaintball-shop.com.


Results from the International Paintball Tournament 2010

Div 1
1st - Infernal
2nd - Alien 11
3rd - Chia Industries
4th - Bad All Stars

Div 2
1st - Tubchang Prototype
2nd - Tubchang Adrenaline
3rd - Tubchang 3
4th - VHS

Note: Photos are owned by their respective owner(s).

Add: There will be Malaysian teams going off to London for the Campaign Cup 2010. I hope to bring some story with it soon.