Bragging Rights - Series #2

We caught up again with our winner of Villain 1-on-1 Challenger Series #2 (V1o1CS2), Pengiran Khairoden Nizam also known as Oden for many others. He currently plays for Macdev Ronin in Div1 MY-NPL. Here are some questions he struggles to answer.

VPB: Congrats on the win. What do you think of the Villain 1-on-1 Challenge Series?
Oden: Thank you, it was awesome, a good experience for me and others. A good way to promote the sports!!!

VPB: Did you think you could win in the beginning?
Oden: Since i won it!!! yes, of course i could win from the start, LOL, kidding.... well, actually no...guess it was just my luck

VPB: Yeah, luck is really something. What would you like to see in the future series?
Oden: More lady competitor and more ladies.... hehehe

VPB: Girls eh? I'd figure you'd say that. If you have to shoot with a mechanical marker, would you still play?
Oden: Hmm....yup, mechanical would do for me...but i ain't going in alone with it....make sure all of the players goes in with the spider as well

VPB: Fine. Would you play in a 4 corner match? - 4 players start at each corner of the field in a decider, last man wins.
Oden: sounds interesting...would love to give it a try...and yes, i would play these format

VPB: Cool! Was leaving your boots at home an excuse not to join or you're just plain absent minded? *grins evilly*
Oden: Leaving the boots at home was part of the plan...psycho org maa!!!! actually, i forgot to bring it....

VPB: Haha! Whom did you share the peanuts all by yourself?
Oden: Family and family only, mom and dad ate it all!!! Oden hates peanuts!! (Sometimes he calls himself as a third person)

VPB: Congratulations, now you have the bragging rights until the next series. Anything to say to the blog readers?
Oden: Hmm, the most important thing is, train, TRAIN and TRAIN hard...dont give up half way and be creative in the game....trust me, it helps...

VPB: Thank you. See you again at the next series.

Refereeing Course by M-PRO at MAPAAC, 7th Feb 2008

So you wanna be a M-PRO ref? Here's a chance to learn the basic and of course also the chance to ref MY-NPL games in the future. Come to MAPAAC this 7th of February (Thursday, yes on CNY day) and bring RM100.

Email piandaud@my-npl.org or call 016-3323337 for more details.

More info here --> http://www.my-npl.org/main.php?section=ref&page=ref_training

Schedule:
0800 - 1000 Refereeing Theory
1000 - 1030 Tea break
1030 - 1300 Continue Refereeing Theory
1300 - 1400 Lunch break
1400 - 1600 Continue Refereeing Theory
1600 - 1800 On field training

Certificate of Attendance will be given.

Villain 1-On-1 Challenge Series #2: The Conclusion

This time around, we had 11 participants for the second series with a good mix of experienced and new players. There were supposed to be more but some had to withdraw and some just didn't care to inform that they weren't attending. Nevertheless, it was still exciting and most of all - WE HAD FUN! Caranthir joined in at the last minute and we also had a 'tag team' which comprised of Terry (Demonz) & Wei (DR).

There were new rules to the challenge - players must touch the opponents gate & run back to touch his own gate in order to win and reloads were allowed. Additionally, players were allowed to use their own markers. MAPAAC also greatfully loaned a Cyborg and a Timmy for the players which had no markers of their own.

The challenge kicked off at about 10am with each players playing about 4 games in the preliminary round. Top 8 players will get the chance to advance to the QF stage playing in a best of 3 format. Then its off to the Semis and finally - The Final.

In the Preliminary round, Terry, El-Gato, Arm, Oden, Greg, Hafiz & Hata made the early cut to go into the Quarters. The final spot was decided by a tie breaker which saw Ice melted by Caranthir. The Quarters saw Tag Team Terry & Ah Wei going up against Caranthir, El Gato versus Hata, Arm taking on Hafiz and the Ronin Family Feud - Greg challenges Oden. For the knockout rounds, we've decided that it'll be a non stop affair - they must finish all games before they can leave the field. The first two brackets saw the players slugging it out til the 3rd game while the final two finished off their opponents with swift action.

After dispatching their opponents, this was how the Semis would play out. El-Gato faces Caranthir while Arm will attempt to take out Oden. In the Gato Vs Caranthir battle, the former drew first blood taking down his opponent at close range. Caranthir evened out the score taking out Gato advancing from the 50s. The deciding game saw Gato gunning down Caranthir in a close range melee to take the win. Arm of DRX & Oden of Ronin was a close match as well as both of them fought like their life depended on this game. Oden who was a more experienced player of the two secured his place in the Final.

The weather was hot but the second installment of the Villain 1-On-1 Challenge was SCORCHING! In the Finals - Oden goes head to head with El-Gato of Banzai! Both individuals are great players in their team and possibly the league. It wasn't easy for these guys to get into the finals, the opponents they had to encounter did everything possible to stop them from advancing. Now it was time to choose the best and both players certainly have their sights locked on the Grand Prize - Bragging Rights til the next series! It seemed that Oden was much hungrier than El Gato who probably had too much to chew when he took down Caranthir in the Semis. The Gato fell into Oden's trap on both occasions giving the latter two straight wins for a Final victory.

The excitement didn't stop there, the participants & organizers adjourned to the VIP Players Tent for rounds of drinks, gossips and UNO STACKO!!!

Will Oden return to defend his 1-On-1 crown or will he chicken out in the next series? That we will find out in March when the Villain 1-On-1 Challenge returns. In the meantime, we would like to thank MAPAAC & their crew and MacDev for their support. Hopefully for the next series we would be able to provide the players with a more exciting format & prizes. Keep tuning into Villainpaintball for news updates on the next series and other things PAINTBALL!

Photo Gallery
by Queen Raina



Videos

Villain 1on1 #2 Rage


Oden's Bragging Video

Villain 1-on1- Challenge Series #02!

Villain 1-on-1 Challenge Series is back again! This time with new formats and rules (we did say that we going to experiment things around). It will be held this Sunday at MAPAAC, Astaka PJ from 8.30am onwards.

When:
• Sunday 27th January, 2008
• MAPAAC, Astaka PJ
• 8.30am

New Format:
• Preliminary round, minimum 4 games against random picked opponents.
• Unlimited reloads! reload all you want
• Gametime still 2 minutes. Touch opponent's gate for the win.
• Best of 3, from second round onwards to the finals.

Equipments/Markers
• Players can bring their own markers/loaders
• Shooting mode - MY-NPL, Semi-auto uncapped
• Those without emarker, MAPAAC will have 2 emarkers on standby. Could be a Cyborg, Droid or anything else! LOL!

Charges/Costs
• 1 case of 2000 rounds, RM200. 1 bag of 50 rounds, RM60
• RM10 for field & air charges and crazy fun

New Seedings/Rankings
• This time around, ranking points will be awarded to players. Details will be in later (or on that day itself LOL!)

Registration/Game day
• Register your name, nick & phone number at the comment box below.
• Come on Sunday 27th Jan, 8.30am sharp.
• Bring some boxes of tissues, cause you'll be crying one way or another!
• Bring your happy/fun mood pls.

Prizes (may change drastically throughout the day LOL!)
• 2 bottles mineral water
• 1 can of flower drink
• 1 packet of assorted nuts,
• 1 bag of Paint
& Exclusive interview & photoshoot at Villainpaintball & much much MORE!

What you geting back besides the weird prizes up there?
• Gain some respect from ballers for a week
• Made some enemies also
• You face pimping all over this blog
• Bragging rights

Pengerang Open 2008 - The Conclusion

The Full Result of Pengerang Open 2008. I don't have any photos or videos yet. So, whoever has some and would like to share it with us, I'd appreciate it. Email me at caranthir[a]villainpaintball.com to send photos. Thanks abunch.

Division Pendekar
Champion : RASKAL
Runners-up : FLANKER
Third Place : XTIONEER
Fourth Place : ZEALOUS

Division Pahlawan
Champion : S2K
Runners-up : X3MIX
Third Place : NOMERCY
Fourth Place : D'MERCY KIDZ

Pengerang Closed
Champion : BARATON
Runners-up : SCARECROW
Third Place : TEAM POWER
Fourth Place : GENG 69

Congratz to all the winners! Akira, our correspondent write tells what went on at Bandar Penawar. Thanks for the writeup!

The Story
written by Akira

The just concluded Pengerang Open 2008, which was held on 19 and 20 January 2008 at Stadium Bandar Penawar, Pengerang, Kota Tinggi, Johor has rewrite the record book of paintball in Malaysia. It offers the biggest ever prize money in the history of the game in Malaysia and once again the Team Of the Malaysian National League led by the main presenter, Tactical Action Sdn Bhd, was given to honour to execute the proceedings.

The day down south begun with downpour that nearly cost the game. At Field No. 1, teams from Johor, X3MIX and RAZ LEGION JR is the curtain raiser match whilst LEOPARD HUNTERS of Melaka played RAINFOREST 7 TIGERS of Jerantut, Pahang the opener at Field No. 2. Again and again we still see teams forfeiting the first game due to timeliness or rather lack of it, and RAZ LEGION JR is of no exception. Kudos to the team of organiser for keeping the time on schedule, whilst RAINFOREST 7 TIGERS began with flying colours beating LEOPARD HUNTERS. Nonetheless, the rain failed to deter the game and goes as schedule throughout the day. The coldness of South China Sea plus the rain had made the day like in the cold country as quoted from a player of DRX.."I could feel the coldness and the foggy day"....

Altogether 8 teams of the Pendekar Division, 14 of the Pahlawan Division and 28 of the Closed Pengerang took part and we are proud to see the mergence of teams from host state Johor which constitutes 10 of the teams in Pahlawan Division. Johor has become the force to be reckoned in the development of the sport in Malaysia and we sincerely hope that continuation shall prevail in MY-NPL 2008. So the first day ended with all the teams completed their preliminary games with ZEALOUS topping the chart in the Pendekar Division and NOMERCY lying top in the Pahlawan Division.

Come Day 2, the D-Day, the knock-out rounds of the quarterfinals begins. This is the very first tournament whereby the new format of MY-NPL, whereby quarterfinal shall be carried by means of a knockout, best of 3 was introduced. Initially causing confusions among the players, especially on the arrangement of game but eventually things becoming clearer and comprehendable. Thanks to the ever informative Mr Tournament Director!. ZEALOUS and SPITFIRE commence the day at Field No. 1 and NOMERCY and LEOPARD HUNTERS at Field No. 2. It was a very hot, sunny and humid second day of the tournament, the sunglasses and umbrella started to appear. And it was even hotter inside the field, with every contestant pouring their heart and soul to grab the biggest ever prize money offered in any paintball tournament in Malaysia. At the end of the game, FLANKER and RASKAL squared it off in the Division Pendekar whilst X3MIX and S2K battled it out in the Pahlawan Division. The prize giving ceremony was officiated by the local ADUN, YB Dato' Harun Abdullah and the end of the day - EVERYBODY IS A WINNER.

Akira Nurtagaya

Photos

"Raskal"


"Flanker a.k.a. Nemesis"

For more photos, visit http://www.residentevilchef.com/Pengerang_Open/. Taken by our unofficial blog-buddy photographer, Desmond Foo. Thanks for sharing us the photos buddy.