X-Fighter$ Fracture (New Zealand Paintball Team)
X-Fighter$ Fracture was a New Zealand competitive paintball team that won the 2013 New Zealand Paintball Players League (NZPPL) Super 5 Man Series championship. The team won the opening two Super 5 Man events and finished third at the season-ending Nationals.[1][2]
X-Fighter$ Fracture also won the 2013 NZPPL Race 2 Open Tournament in Auckland, ahead of Australia's Sydney SWAT and New Zealand team ADHD.[1]
The team's contemporary Facebook page described it as a New Zealand-based team competing in the NZPPL and Southern Series.[3]
History
[edit]2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Series
[edit]X-Fighter$ Fracture competed in the three-round 2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Series.
At 2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 1, held at El Rancho Holiday Park in Waikanae on 9–10 March, the team won the Cup competition ahead of Tiger Blood and Wellington Vendetta.[1]
The original Event 1 results identify the winner as X-Fighter$. The NZPPL's combined series table identifies the corresponding entry as X-Fighter$ Fracture, establishing that the two published forms referred to the same team.[1]
The team won again at 2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 2, held at Adrenalin Paintball Sports in Paraparaumu on 1–2 June. KC Damage finished second, followed by Arachnidz.[1]
Following the opening two events, X-Fighter$ Fracture led the published series standings with two victories.[1]
2013 NZPPL Race 2 Open Tournament
[edit]X-Fighter$ Fracture won the 2013 NZPPL Race 2 Open Tournament, held at Blockhouse Bay Reserve in Auckland on 31 August–1 September.[1]
The seven-team tournament was recorded separately from the Super 5 Man Series in the NZPPL's official rankings. Sydney SWAT finished second and ADHD placed third.[1]
This was X-Fighter$ Fracture's third documented NZPPL tournament victory of 2013.
2013 NZPPL Nationals
[edit]X-Fighter$ Fracture competed at the 2013 NZPPL Nationals, held at Asylum Paintball in Kingseat, Auckland, on 26–27 October.
The team finished third, behind tournament winner KC Damage and runner-up Wellington Vendetta.[2]
Its two earlier victories and third-place Nationals result gave X-Fighter$ the overall 2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Series championship. The championship and final-event podium were confirmed in a Blacksheep Communications press release published on 16 March 2014.[2]
Tournament results
[edit]| Date | Tournament | Published entry | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9–10 March 2013 | 2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 1 | X-Fighter$ | 1st, Cup |
| 1–2 June 2013 | 2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 2 | X-Fighter$ Fracture | 1st, Cup |
| 31 August–1 September 2013 | 2013 NZPPL Race 2 Open Tournament | X-Fighter$ Fracture | 1st |
| 26–27 October 2013 | NZPPL Nationals | X-Fighter$ Fracture | 3rd |
| 2013 | NZPPL Super 5 Man Series | X-Fighter$ | Overall champion |
Documented players
[edit]| Player | Documented involvement |
|---|---|
| Billy Jackson | Talia Carlisle identified the Seatoun, Wellington player as a member of X-Fighter$ Fracture in an article published by The Wellingtonian on 7 August 2013.[4] |
The newspaper report confirmed that Jackson's team had won the first two NZPPL tournaments of the season and described plans to compete at an Australian Super 7s event in Sydney.[4] It does not provide the team's complete roster.
Other competitions
[edit]The team's contemporary Facebook description identified X-Fighter$ Fracture as competing in New Zealand's Southern Series.[3] Results from those appearances have not been established from the recovered records.
An entry named X-Fighter$ appears in the Australian Super 7s' 2013 professional rankings with 50 ranking points.[5] This is consistent with the contemporary report of the New Zealand team's planned Australian appearance, although the published standings do not provide a roster.[4][5]
The Australian records also contain earlier entries named X-Fighters and Sydney X-Fighters. The available sources do not establish continuity between those earlier Australian entries and the New Zealand-based X-Fighter$ Fracture team. Their results are therefore excluded from this article.
The complete X-Fighter$ Fracture roster, precise formation date and final operating date have not been independently established.
See also
[edit]- New Zealand Paintball Players League
- 2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 1
- 2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 2
- 2013 NZPPL Race 2 Open Tournament
- 2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 3
- KC Damage
- Wellington Vendetta
- Australian Super 7s
References
[edit]- NZPPL – 2013 Series Rankings. New Zealand Paintball Players League, archived 28 October 2013.
- Blacksheep Media Release 2013 NZPPL Video. Scoop Independent News, 16 March 2014.
- X-Fighter$ Fracture – official Facebook page.
- Talia Carlisle, “Jackson hits paintball big-time”. The Wellingtonian, 7 August 2013.
- Super 7s Paintball – historical results.