Editing Malaysian Paintball Official Circuit

'''Malaysian Paintball Official Circuit''' ('''MPOC''') was a Malaysian tournament paintball series associated with [[Xtion Paintball Park]] in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur. Organiser material identifies the circuit as beginning in 2004, while surviving contemporary records document events from 2006 to 2014.[1][2][3]

MPOC generally operated as a multi-round seasonal circuit. Its formats and divisional structure changed over time, incorporating five-player competition, seven-player competition and Race-to matches. Events were held in Kuala Lumpur and other Malaysian locations including Penang, Johor, Malacca, Kedah, Putrajaya, Serdang and Subang Jaya.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Malaysian Paintball Official Circuit
|-
! Full name
| Malaysian Paintball Official Circuit
|-
! Abbreviation
| MPOC
|-
! Country
| Malaysia
|-
! Sport
| Tournament paintball
|-
! First season
| 2004, according to organiser material
|-
! Latest documented event
| 26–27 April 2014
|-
! Format
| Multi-round seasonal circuit
|-
! Divisions
| Divisions 1–4
|-
! Principal venue
| [[Xtion Paintball Park]], Bukit Jalil
|-
! Related international series
| [[Paintball Asia League Series]]
|-
! Status
| Not established
|}

== History ==

=== Establishment ===

Promotional material associated with the organisers of the [[Paintball World Cup Asia]] identifies MPOC as having been established in 2004 and describes it as a five-round Malaysian circuit.[1] Contemporary material from [[Xtion Paintball Park]] identifies the Bukit Jalil venue as the birthplace of MPOC and the [[Paintball Asia League Series]] (PALS).[2]

The surviving evidence does not provide complete results for the earliest MPOC seasons. Villain Paintball documented work on a video production for the second leg of the 2006 circuit and advertised its ''On Parole'' DVD at the MPOC third leg in June 2006.[4] A subsequent entry records a fourth-leg event during August.[5]

The 2007 season concluded with the Johor Cup, organised jointly by MPOC and the Johor Paintball Association on 10 and 11 November.[6]

=== Expansion ===

By 2008, MPOC was operating events in several Malaysian states. Its five-round season included competitions in Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Selangor and Johor.[7] A Penang municipal report independently records the third leg, associated with the Piala TYT tournament.[8]

The 2008 circuit used the M7 SuperLite seven-player format in Divisions 1 and 2, while Division 3 used five-player competition. A fourth five-player division appeared at the final round.[7][9]

During 2010, Division 1 used Race-to-four competition. Contemporary reporting described ten-minute matches ending when a team obtained the required number of round points or when the game clock expired.[10]

=== Later seasons ===

Complete divisional champions are documented for 2010 and 2011.[11][12] PBLeagues records list five rounds in both 2012 and 2013, followed by a single documented event in April 2014.[3]

The available evidence does not establish whether additional 2014 rounds took place or when the circuit ceased operating.

== Seasons ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Season
! Documented rounds
! Documented locations
! Overall champions
! Notes
|-
| 2004
| Not established
| Kuala Lumpur
| Not established
| Organiser material identifies 2004 as the inaugural season.[1]
|-
| 2005
| Not established
| Not established
| Not established
| MPOC activity is asserted in later organiser histories, but detailed contemporary records have not been located.[1]
|-
| 2006
| At least four
| Bukit Jalil
| Not established
| Villain Paintball documented the second, third and fourth legs.[4][5]
|-
| 2007
| At least five
| Kuala Lumpur and Johor
| Not established
| The Johor Cup was identified as the final leg.[6]
|-
| 2008
| Five
| Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Selangor and Johor
| D1: Demonz Red<br>D2: Killer Beez<br>D3: Johor Pirates
| Division 4 appeared at the finale, but no overall champion was identified.[7][9]
|-
| 2009
| Five scheduled
| Kuala Lumpur and one regional round
| Not established
| Surviving reports document individual rounds but not a complete set of season champions.[13][14]
|-
| 2010
| Five
| Bukit Jalil, Padang Merbok and Subang Jaya
| D1: Demonz Red<br>D2: Eastsiderzz<br>D3: Hammer Zero<br>D4: KSK Flash
| The finale was held at MPSJ Stadium in Subang Jaya.[11]
|-
| 2011
| Five
| Serdang, Malacca, Alor Setar, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya
| D1: Demonz Red<br>D2: Red Sevens<br>D3: Grammaton Clerics<br>D4: CMX Badai
| The finale was held as the Putrajaya Cup.[12]
|-
| 2012
| Five
| Bukit Jalil
| Not established
| PBLeagues lists five rounds between January and July.[3]
|-
| 2013
| Five
| Bukit Jalil and Selangor
| Not established
| The third round was combined with the Malaysian Open and the second PALS event.[3]
|-
| 2014
| One identified
| Bukit Jalil
| Not established
| Only the first leg, held on 26–27 April, has been identified.[3]
|}

=== 2008 season ===

The opening round was held at Bukit Jalil on 16 and 17 February. It introduced the M7 SuperLite format to Division 2.[15]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division
! First-leg winner
! Overall champion
|-
| Division 1
| Demonz
| Demonz Red
|-
| Division 2
| Killer Beez
| Killer Beez
|-
| Division 3
| Johor Pirates
| Johor Pirates
|}

The third leg was held in Penang as the Piala TYT. Raskal won Division 1, Werdna Escort won Division 2 and Johor Pirates won Division 3.[7][8]

The final leg was the Johor Cup. X-Menz won Division 1, D'Mercy Kidz won Division 3 and Lanun Selatan won Division 4. The surviving result described CMX Buccaneers as the best performer in Division 2 rather than explicitly identifying a divisional winner.[7]

Demonz Red, Killer Beez and Johor Pirates were subsequently named the overall champions of Divisions 1, 2 and 3 respectively.[7]

=== 2009 season ===

A published 2009 schedule listed five rounds:

{| class="wikitable"
! Round
! Scheduled dates
! Venue or region
|-
| Leg 1
| 10–11 January
| Xtion Paintball Park, Kuala Lumpur
|-
| Leg 2
| 7–8 March
| Kuala Lumpur
|-
| Leg 3
| 18–19 April
| Xtion Paintball Park, Kuala Lumpur
|-
| Leg 4
| 13–14 June
| Xtion Paintball Park, Kuala Lumpur
|-
| Finale
| 14–16 August
| Xtion Paintball Park, Kuala Lumpur
|}

The schedule was revised during the season: an earlier version had proposed a regional fourth round in Penang or Johor.[7][14]

At the second leg, Matrix Entourage won Division 1, D'Mercy Kidz won Division 2, Oscar Legio-X won Division 3 and Overkill won Division 4.[13]

The fourth leg was won by Nemesis Legion in Division 1, Matrix Entourage Lemon Ruski in Division 2, Oscar Legio-X in Division 3 and Spunky Militia in Division 4.[14]

The available sources do not provide a sufficiently complete final ranking to identify the 2009 overall champions.

=== 2010 season ===

All five 2010 rounds are documented in contemporary reports.[10][11][16][17][18]

{| class="wikitable"
! Event
! Venue
! Division 1
! Division 2
! Division 3
! Division 4
|-
| Leg 1
| Bukit Jalil
| Raskal
| Eastsiderzz
| Zoo
| Redhawks
|-
| Leg 2
| Bukit Jalil
| [[MacDev Ronin]]
| Red Sevens
| Overkill
| KSK Flash
|-
| Leg 3
| Xtion Paintball Park
| Perth City Trauma
| Eastsiderzz
| Hammer Zero
| KSK Flash
|-
| Event 4
| Padang Merbok, Kuala Lumpur
| X-Fox
| Eastsiderzz
| Hammer Zero
| KSK Flash
|-
| Finale
| MPSJ Stadium, Subang Jaya
| Demonz Red
| Kai Fan Killerz
| Demonz Lucifer X
| KSK Flash
|}

Demonz Red won the Division 1 season championship after defeating MacDev Ronin in the finale. Contemporary reporting states that the two teams finished level closely enough for the title to be decided on countback.[11][19]

The other overall champions were Eastsiderzz in Division 2, Hammer Zero in Division 3 and KSK Flash in Division 4.[11]

=== 2011 season ===

The 2011 season comprised five events, each associated with a named cup or host venue.[12][20][21][22][23]

{| class="wikitable"
! Event
! Venue or event name
! Division 1
! Division 2
! Division 3
! Division 4
|-
| Event 1
| UPM Open, Universiti Putra Malaysia
| Infernal
| Republic CMX
| Grammaton Clerics
| Armada Shooter
|-
| Event 2
| Chief Minister of Malacca Cup, Dataran Pahlawan
| Demonz Red
| Republic CMX
| Grammaton Clerics
| Fraternity
|-
| Event 3
| Sultan of Kedah Cup, Alor Setar
| [[Nemesis Legion]]
| Killerbeez
| Grammaton Clerics
| Armada Shooter
|-
| Event 4
| Xtion Paintball Park, Kuala Lumpur
| Nemesis Legion
| Simpsons
| Grammaton Clerics
| Armada Shooter
|-
| Finale
| Putrajaya Cup
| Demonz Red
| Red Sevens
| Grammaton Clerics
| CMX Badai
|}

The finale results named Demonz Red, Red Sevens, Grammaton Clerics and CMX Badai as the respective overall divisional champions.[12] Red Sevens' Division 2 championship was also confirmed in a subsequent account by the Singapore-based team.[24]

=== 2012 season ===

The first 2012 round was held at Xtion Paintball Park on 7 and 8 January.[25]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division
! First
! Second
! Third
|-
| Division 1
| Raskal
| Nemesis Legion
| Xtioneers
|-
| Division 2
| Republic CMX
| Grammaton Clerics
| Zoo
|-
| Division 3
| Joker Unit
| Sabil
| East Coast Legion
|-
| Division 4
| Xcavatos
| Mad Bunnies
| Outlaws
|}

PBLeagues lists four further events at Bukit Jalil on 24–25 March, 20–21 April, 2–3 June and 14–15 July.[3] The available sources do not identify the final overall champions.

=== 2013 and 2014 ===

PBLeagues records five MPOC events in 2013. Four were listed at Bukit Jalil, while the third leg was held elsewhere in Selangor in conjunction with the Malaysian Open and the second event of the [[Paintball Asia League Series]].[3]

The same database records an MPOC first leg at Bukit Jalil on 26 and 27 April 2014. No subsequent 2014 event is listed on the league page.[3]

== Competition structure ==

=== Divisions ===

MPOC used graded divisions for teams of different competitive levels. By 2010 and 2011, four divisions were consistently documented, with Division 1 representing the highest category.[11][12]

The divisional formats were not fixed throughout the circuit's history. In 2008, Divisions 1 and 2 used seven-player M7 SuperLite competition, while Division 3 used five-player matches.[7][15] By 2010, Division 1 used a multi-point Race-to-four format.[10]

=== Seasonal championships ===

Teams accumulated points across individual events towards an overall divisional championship. An event winner was therefore not necessarily the season champion.

The 2010 Division 1 title illustrates this distinction. MacDev Ronin had reached four finals and led the standings before the final event, but Demonz Red's victory at Subang Jaya produced a countback which awarded the season championship to Demonz Red.[19]

=== International participation ===

Although primarily a Malaysian circuit, MPOC events included teams from elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific region. Documented examples include Red Sevens of Singapore, Perth City Trauma of Australia and Infernal of Thailand.[10][20][24]

== Venues ==

=== Xtion Paintball Park ===

[[Xtion Paintball Park]] at Bukit Jalil was MPOC's principal venue. Xtion described itself as the circuit's birthplace and hosted numerous rounds between 2006 and 2014.[2][3]

The facility contained several tournament-sized fields and supported compressed air and inflatable-bunker competition.[2]

=== Regional venues ===

MPOC also held rounds elsewhere in Malaysia. Documented venues included:

* Penang, for the 2008 Piala TYT;
* Johor, for the 2007 and 2008 finales;
* Padang Merbok, Kuala Lumpur;
* MPSJ Stadium, Subang Jaya;
* Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang;
* Dataran Pahlawan, Malacca;
* Sultan Abdul Halim Stadium, Alor Setar;
* Putrajaya.

The named-cup rounds were components of the MPOC season rather than separate league championships.

== Relationship with other competitions ==

=== Paintball Asia League Series ===

MPOC was associated with the organisers and infrastructure of the [[Paintball Asia League Series]]. Xtion Paintball Park identifies itself as the birthplace of both competitions.[2]

MPOC principally served as a Malaysian domestic circuit, whereas PALS developed as an international Asian series. The relationship became explicit in May 2013, when the Malaysian Open, the second PALS event and the third MPOC leg were held as a combined competition.[3]

=== Malaysian National Paintball League ===

MPOC operated separately from the [[Malaysian National Paintball League]] (MY-NPL). Contemporary schedules listed both circuits independently, and each maintained its own rounds, divisional rankings and overall champions.[7]

Teams including Nemesis Legion, Raskal, Demonz Red and MacDev Ronin competed in both circuits.

== Organisation ==

MPOC was closely associated with Xtion Paintball Park and the organisers of PALS and [[Paintball World Cup Asia]]. Later organiser histories group MPOC with Nation Cup 2004, the Asia Pacific Paintball Championship and World Cup Asia as competitions developed by the same Malaysian tournament organisation.[1]

Historical material concerning the proposed [[Malaysian Paintball Federation]] identified Allan Phang with PALS and MPOC and Mohd Redza Yusop with Xtion Paintball.[26] This establishes individual involvement in tournament promotion but does not establish that MPOC itself was a national governing body.

== See also ==

* [[Xtion Paintball Park]]
* [[Paintball Asia League Series]]
* [[Paintball World Cup Asia]]
* [[Malaysian National Paintball League]]
* [[Paintball in Malaysia]]
* [[Paintball in Asia]]

== References ==

# [https://p8ball4life.blogspot.com/2012/10/paintball-world-cup-asia-2012.html Play For Fun – Paintball World Cup Asia 2012, October 2012]
# [https://xtionpaintball.wordpress.com/about/ Xtion Paintball Park – About]
# [https://pbleagues.com/leagues/229 PBLeagues – Malaysian Paintball Official Circuit event archive]
# [https://villainpaintball.blogspot.com/2006/06/mpoc-2nd-leg-on-parole-dvd-will-be-out.html Villain Paintball – MPOC 2nd Leg “On Parole” DVD, 8 June 2006]
# [https://villainpaintball.blogspot.com/2006/08/mpoc-4th-leg-29-30-aug-2006.html Villain Paintball – MPOC fourth leg, August 2006]
# [https://villainpaintball.blogspot.com/2007/10/final-leg-of-mpoc-2007-johor-cup.html Villain Paintball – Final Leg of MPOC 2007: Johor Cup, 2 October 2007]
# [https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/728672/%2B2320 Lowyat.NET – Malaysian paintball tournament schedules and results, 2008–2009]
# [https://www.mbpp.gov.my/images/05-penerbitan/laporan-tahunan/ar2008.pdf Penang Island Municipal Council – Annual Report 2008]
# [https://singaporepaintball.blogspot.com/2008/11/ Paintball in Singapore 101 – MPOC Johor Cup, November 2008]
# [https://villainpaintball.blogspot.com/2010/01/mpoc-2010-leg-1-results-conclusions.html Villain Paintball – MPOC 2010 Leg 1: Results & Conclusions, 25 January 2010]
# [https://villainpaintball.blogspot.com/2010/10/mpoc-2010-event-5-results-conclusions.html Villain Paintball – MPOC 2010 Event 5: Results & Conclusions, 4 October 2010]
# [https://villainpaintball.blogspot.com/2011/07/mpoc-2011-event-5-finale-results.html Villain Paintball – MPOC 2011 Event 5: The Finale – Results, 25 July 2011]
# [https://villainpaintball.blogspot.com/2009/03/mpoc-2009-2nd-leg-xtionpaintball-bukit.html Villain Paintball – MPOC 2009 second leg: Results & Conclusions, 10 March 2009]
# [https://villainpaintball.blogspot.com/2009/06/mpoc09-4th-leg-results-conclusions.html Villain Paintball – MPOC 2009 fourth leg: Results & Conclusions, 15 June 2009]
# [https://villainpaintball.blogspot.com/2008/02/mpoc-2008-1st-leg-results.html Villain Paintball – MPOC 2008 first leg: The Conclusion, 21 February 2008]
# [https://villainpaintball.blogspot.com/2010/04/mpoc-2010-leg-2-results-conclusions.html Villain Paintball – MPOC 2010 Leg 2: Results & Conclusions, 19 April 2010]
# [https://villainpaintball.blogspot.com/2010/06/mpoc-2010-3rd-leg-results-conclusions.html Villain Paintball – MPOC 2010 third leg: Results & Conclusions, 14 June 2010]
# [https://villainpaintball.blogspot.com/2010/07/mpoc-2010-event-4-results-conclusions.html Villain Paintball – MPOC 2010 Event 4: Results & Conclusions, 26 July 2010]
# [https://villainpaintball.blogspot.com/2010/10/mpoc-2010-after-finale.html Villain Paintball – MPOC 2010: After the Finale, 7 October 2010]
# [https://villainpaintball.blogspot.com/2011/01/mpoc-2011-event-1-results-conclusions.html Villain Paintball – MPOC 2011 Event 1: Results & Conclusions, 16 January 2011]
# [https://villainpaintball.blogspot.com/2011/03/mpoc-2011-event-2-results-conclusions.html Villain Paintball – MPOC 2011 Event 2: Results & Conclusions, 7 March 2011]
# [https://villainpaintball.blogspot.com/2011/05/mpoc-2011-event-3-results-conclusions.html Villain Paintball – MPOC 2011 Event 3: Results & Conclusions, 8 May 2011]
# [https://villainpaintball.blogspot.com/2011/06/mpoc-2011-event-4-results-conclusions.html Villain Paintball – MPOC 2011 Event 4: Results & Conclusions, 13 June 2011]
# [https://singaporepaintball.blogspot.com/2012/02/ Paintball in Singapore 101 – Red Sevens interview, February 2012]
# [https://villainpaintball.blogspot.com/2012/01/mpoc-event-1-2012-results.html Villain Paintball – MPOC Event 1 2012: Results, 9 January 2012]
# [https://persatuanpaintballmalaysia.blogspot.com/2010/02/ Persatuan Paintball Malaysia – Formation of the Malaysia Paintball Federation, 27 February 2010]

== External links ==

* [https://pbleagues.com/leagues/229 MPOC historical event archive at PBLeagues]
* [https://xtionpaintball.wordpress.com/ Xtion Paintball Park historical website]
* [https://villainpaintball.blogspot.com/search/label/mpoc Villain Paintball MPOC archive]

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