Havoc (New Zealand Paintball Team)

Havoc was a New Zealand tournament paintball team documented in North Island competition from 2000 to 2004. The team competed in national and regional events in Auckland, Whangārei and Rotorua, including the New Zealand Paintball Nationals, Northland Open, Volcanic Rotorua tournament and Auckland Super 5s.[1][3][4][9]

Havoc finished second in Division Two at 2000 Actions Mayhem, fourth in Division Two at the 2001 Volcanic Rotorua Paintball Tournament, third overall at the 2002 Northland Open and third at the 2002 Auckland 5-Man Tournament.[1][4][7][8]

History

2000 season

Havoc finished second in Division Two at the 2000 Actions Mayhem tournament, behind Paint Contractors' related entry Assault Korps.[1]

At the 2000 Northland Open in Whangārei, Havoc finished seventh with 190 points. The tournament report records that the Havoc–Katipo game was stopped and restarted after Havoc began playing before the official start.[2]

Havoc also competed at the 2000 New Zealand Paintball Nationals. It scored 420 preliminary points and was classified in Division Two, but did not advance to the divisional final.[3]

2001 season

At the 2001 Volcanic Rotorua Paintball Tournament, Havoc scored 395 points in the preliminary round and qualified for the Division Two final. It finished fourth in that division with 20 final-round points.[4]

Havoc finished eighth at the 2001 Northland Open with 250 points. During its game against Tag n' Release, a Havoc player identified only as Ange retrieved the opposing flag, eliminated the final opponent and completed the flag hang. Ange received the event's Player of the Match award for that game.[5]

Members of Havoc also assisted with refereeing at the 2001 New Zealand Paintball Nationals. The team was not listed as a playing entry at that tournament.[6]

2002 season

Havoc placed third overall at the 2002 Northland Open with 430 points. It was classified in Division Two and defeated Tag and Release and Katipo. The team used unnamed members of Team Insane to complete its event squad; this is evidence of an event-specific guest-player arrangement rather than a merger between the teams.[7]

At the 2002 Auckland 5-Man Tournament at Actions Paintball in Swanson, Havoc finished third with 540 points, behind Katipo and Kaos.[8]

Havoc also appeared in several smaller-format competitions during 2002. It finished sixth with 250 points at the Combat Zone three-player tournament in Ardmore. Dave of Havoc was credited with operating the chronograph at that event.[9] The team scored 12 points in the June round of the Paintball West three-player league.[10]

At the 2002 Volcanic Rotorua Paintball Tournament, Havoc finished seventh with 323 points.[11]

2003 and 2004

Havoc competed throughout the first half of the 2003 Auckland Super 5s season. It recorded points in each monthly round from February through June and finished fifth in the published mid-season standings with 1,754 points.[12]

At the 2004 Auckland Queen's Birthday Superball tournament in Kumeu, Havoc qualified for the Plate competition and finished third.[13]

The 2004 result is the latest confirmed appearance of this Havoc team identified in the inspected sources. It does not establish when the team ceased operating.

Team identity

The sources document this Havoc in North Island competition from 2000 through 2004. The team's precise home city, founding date and complete roster have not been established.

An Ashburton team also named Havoc won the 2011 Southern Series II round-robin and Ashburton Cup. The surviving Ashburton report identifies that team by location but supplies no player names.[14] No inspected source connects the Ashburton team with the earlier North Island Havoc, and the two are therefore treated as separate teams.

The Havoc included on a pre-event registration list for the 2012 NZPPL Kāpiti Coast event is not assigned to either identity because the registration record supplies no location or roster and does not confirm participation.[15]

Documented people

Name as published	Documented association	Evidence limit
Ange	Havoc player and Player of the Match for the Havoc–Tag n' Release game at the 2001 Northland Open [5]	Surname and wider team role not supplied
Dave	Identified as being from Havoc and credited with operating the chronograph at the 2002 Combat Zone three-player tournament [9]	Surname and playing status at that event not supplied

These references do not establish complete event or season rosters.

Selected results

Year	Event	Result
2000	2000 Actions Mayhem	Division Two runner-up [1]
2000	2000 Northland Open	7th, 190 points [2]
2000	2000 New Zealand Paintball Nationals	420 preliminary points; Division Two [3]
2001	2001 Volcanic Rotorua Paintball Tournament	4th in Division Two [4]
2001	2001 Northland Open	8th, 250 points [5]
2002	2002 Northland Open	3rd overall, 430 points [7]
2002	2002 Auckland 5-Man Tournament	3rd, 540 points [8]
2002	2002 Volcanic Rotorua Paintball Tournament	7th, 323 points [11]
2003	2003 Super 5s	5th in the published first-half standings, 1,754 points [12]
2004	2004 Auckland Queen’s Birthday Superball	3rd in the Plate [13]

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