Shock Tactics (New Zealand Paintball Team)
Shock Tactics was a New Zealand tournament paintball team documented in national and regional competitions during 2001 and 2002. Its best recorded result was seventh in the Cup standings at the 2002 Volcanic Rotorua Paintball Tournament.[5]
The singular name Shock Tactic, printed in the 2001 Rotorua Volcanic results, was a spelling variant of Shock Tactics.[1] Entries named Shock (W) and Shock (P) also competed at the 2002 Hawke's Bay 3-Man, where they appeared separately from Shock Tactics.[4] Their relationship to Shock Tactics has not been established, and the surviving report does not explain the two qualifiers.
History
[edit]2001
[edit]Shock Tactics first appears in the available results as Shock Tactic at the Rotorua Volcanic tournament on 2–3 June 2001. The team scored 350 points across fourteen preliminary games but did not advance to either divisional final.[1]
At the 2001 New Zealand Paintball Nationals at Actions Paintball, Shock Tactics recorded 275 preliminary points and did not advance to a divisional final.[2] The October 2001 Valhalla National Rankings placed the team 19th in the seven-player table with 44.6 ranking points, comprising 25 points from the Rotorua event and 19.6 from the Nationals.[3]
2002
[edit]Shock Tactics scored 480 preliminary points at the Hawke's Bay 3-Man on 2–3 February 2002 and did not reach the two-team final.[4] Shock (W) and Shock (P) were separate entries at the same event, scoring 902 and 670 points respectively. No roster or contemporary statement has been recovered establishing whether either entry was connected with Shock Tactics.[4]
At the 2002 Volcanic Rotorua Paintball Tournament on 1–2 June, Shock Tactics qualified for the ten-team Cup competition. It finished seventh in the Cup standings with 417 points, behind Phantom and ahead of Kamo Karzi.[5]
Recorded tournament results
[edit]| Date | Tournament | Published entry | Recorded result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2–3 June 2001 | Volcanic Rotorua Paintball Tournament | Shock Tactic | 350 preliminary points; did not advance to a divisional final |
| Labour Weekend 2001 | 2001 New Zealand Paintball Nationals | Shock Tactics | 275 preliminary points; did not advance to a divisional final |
| 2–3 February 2002 | 2002 Hawke's Bay 3-Man | Shock Tactics | 480 preliminary points; did not reach the final |
| 1–2 June 2002 | 2002 Volcanic Rotorua Paintball Tournament | Shock Tactics | 7th, Cup; 417 points |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Rob Maddox, The 2001 Rotorua Volcanic Paintball Tournament, Paintball.co.nz.
- Rob Maddox, The 2001 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament, Paintball.co.nz.
- Mercenaries Star, 2001 Valhalla National Rankings. Standings dated October 2001.
- Dazz Marshall, Hawkes Bay 3-Man 2002, Paintball.co.nz, February 2002.
- Rob Maddox, The 2002 Rotorua Volcanic Paintball Tournament, Paintball.co.nz.