ASTRO PLATUN
ASTRO PLATUN, also styled Astro Platun or simply Platun, was a Malaysian paintball game show broadcast on Astro Ria in 2007. The programme combined televised entertainment with organised paintball and involved Tactical Action, the Malaysian National Paintball League (MY-NPL) and the Malaysian Paintball Referee Organisation (M-PRO).[1]
The first episode was broadcast on 2 April 2007. Thirteen weekly episodes were scheduled, with the season finale broadcast on 25 June 2007.[2]
| Genre | Paintball game show |
|---|---|
| Country | Malaysia |
| Language | Malay |
| Broadcaster | Astro Ria |
| Original broadcast | 2 April – 25 June 2007 |
| Episodes | 13 |
| Broadcast time | Mondays at 22:30 |
| Associated organisations | Tactical Action; Malaysian National Paintball League; Malaysian Paintball Referee Organisation |
Broadcast
[edit]Promotional material announced that ASTRO PLATUN would begin on 2 April 2007 and air on Astro Ria each Monday at 22:30.[1]
The programme was initially planned for a one-hour broadcast slot. A contemporary notice reported that a scheduling issue reduced the transmitted programme to approximately 30 minutes, requiring its producers to shorten the material prepared for each episode.[1]
An episode list circulated in June 2007 records weekly broadcasts from 2 April through the thirteenth and final episode on 25 June.[2] The surviving list contains links for episodes 1–9 and 11–13 but omits a link for episode 10; this does not establish that the tenth broadcast was cancelled.
Participants and format
[edit]The recurring group promoted as the “Platun” consisted of:
| Published name | Role |
|---|---|
| Da Baron | Platun captain |
| Solo | Platun member |
| Black Rose | Platun member |
| Vegas | Platun member |
| Supah Star | Platun member |
| Da Boss | Blue-team coach |
| Soon | Red-team coach |
Contemporary promotional material credited Astro, Tactical Action, MY-NPL and M-PRO in connection with the programme.[1] The surviving announcement does not define the contractual or production responsibility of each organisation.
The programme used opposing red and blue teams under their respective coaches. Available contemporary summaries do not provide a complete account of its rules, contestant-selection process or scoring system.
The episode listing identified Shion Lim of Team X-Pursuit Penang as appearing in the season finale and associated him with the winning team.[2]
Paintball organisations
[edit]The involvement of MY-NPL connected the programme with Malaysia's established tournament-paintball structure. M-PRO provided an association with organised paintball refereeing, while Tactical Action was active in Malaysian paintball event operations.[1]
ASTRO PLATUN should not be confused with later Malaysian paintball television productions, including the 2013 reality programme 1 Peluru.[3]
Contemporary coverage
[edit]Clips of the programme were uploaded to YouTube during its original broadcast run. The contemporary episode index divided most episodes into three uploaded sections and preserved the announced broadcast dates.[2]
ASTRO PLATUN was subsequently covered in issue 3 of the Malaysian paintball publication Welt Magazine.[4] The surviving notice confirms that the programme appeared in the issue but does not provide a complete copy of the feature.
Promotional material described ASTRO PLATUN as the world's first paintball game show.[1] No sufficiently independent international survey has been located to verify that claim, and it should not be stated as an established record.
See also
[edit]- Paintball in Malaysia
- Malaysian National Paintball League
- Malaysian Paintball Referee Organisation
- Tactical Action
- Paintball television programmes
- 1 Peluru
References
[edit]- "ASTRO PLATUN – Paintball Game Show", Villain Paintball, 6 June 2007.
- "PLATUN on YouTube", Villain Paintball, 6 June 2007.
- "1 Peluru – The Paintball Reality Show", Xtion Paintball Park, 22 April 2013.
- "PLATUN in Welt Magazine Issue 3", Villain Paintball, November 2007.