Editing Running With Scissors (New Zealand paintball team)

'''Running With Scissors''' was a New Zealand paintball team documented in three-player competition in 2005. It won the first two rounds of the [[2005 Hamilton 3x Series]]. [1][2]

== History ==

=== Hamilton 3x Series, 2005 ===
Running With Scissors finished first among twelve teams in the opening Hamilton 3x round on 10 July 2005, scoring 989 points ahead of Monkeys and Karnage. [1]

The team won the second round on 11 September with 810 points, ahead of [[Wellington Hybrid|Hybrid]] and Monkeys. The standings published after that event placed Running With Scissors at the top of the series with 20 points. These were interim standings rather than a final season championship result. [2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Date
! Event
! Placing
! Event score
|-
| 10 July 2005
| [[2005 Hamilton 3x Series|Hamilton 3x Series — Round 1]]
| 1st
| 989
|-
| 11 September 2005
| [[2005 Hamilton 3x Series|Hamilton 3x Series — Round 2]]
| 1st
| 810
|}

=== Use of the team name in Canada, 2007 ===
In March 2007, a New Zealand player posting as ST4T and signing as Stat reported competing under the Running With Scissors name at [[2007 Spring Fever (Vernon)|Spring Fever]] in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada. He played alongside two Canadian players whom he had not previously met and acknowledged his teammates back in New Zealand. [3]

According to his account, the mixed squad finished second in the rookie division after winning both semi-final games and losing both games in the final. This was a locally assembled squad using the name, rather than a documented appearance by the team's New Zealand lineup. [3]

== References ==
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20060109075103/http://p069.ezboard.com/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=287.topic 3x Results for Round 1], NZ Paintball message board, results posted on 10 July 2005. Archived on 9 January 2006.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20130207193604/http://paintball.net.nz/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=15 3x Series, Round 2], NZ P8NT forum, event announcement dated 1 August 2005 and results posted on 12 September 2005. Archived on 7 February 2013.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011085630/http://p069.ezboard.com/Team-Running-With-Scissors-NZ-take-2nd-in-Vernon-/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=368.topic Team Running With Scissors (NZ) take 2nd in Vernon], NZ Paintball message board, participant report posted on 27 March 2007. Archived on 11 October 2007.

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