Editing 2005 Hamilton 3x Series

'''2005 Hamilton 3x Series''' was a three-player [[Paintball|paintball]] tournament series held in Hamilton, New Zealand. Announced as a three-event competition, it used a limited-paint format intended to reduce the cost of entering tournament paintball. [[Running With Scissors (New Zealand paintball team)|Running with Scissors]] won the opening round on 10 July and the second round on 11 September 2005.[1][2][3]

== Organisation and format ==
The series was announced on 1 June 2005. Each player was permitted one hopper and one additional pod of paintballs, with play on an inflatable-bunker field.[1]

The announced sponsors were Daytona Indoor Raceway, Unit Networks and Global Imports. Adrenilin Promotions was added as a supporter on 7 June. The organisers initially advertised more than NZ$400 in prizes.[1]

Dates for the later rounds changed during planning. Although a June announcement listed the second round for 14 August, the subsequent round-specific announcement scheduled it for 11 September, followed by results published on 12 September.[1][3]

== Round 1: 10 July 2005 ==
Twelve teams competed in the opening round, which comprised 66 games. Running with Scissors finished first with 989 points. The organiser acknowledged Eyeon, Vegas Eclipse and Newbees as teams whose players were largely new to tournament competition.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Event score
|-
| 1 || [[Running With Scissors (New Zealand paintball team)|Running with Scissors]] || 989
|-
| 2 || Monkeys || 814
|-
| 3 || Karnage || 791
|-
| 4 || Eyeon || 788
|-
| 5 || Impact || 603
|-
| 6 || [[Wellington Hybrid|Hybrid]] || 557
|-
| 7 || Vegas Eclipse || 523
|-
| 8 || Mud || 514
|-
| 9 || Pyxsius || 471
|-
| 10 || Relic || 271
|-
| 11 || Remuera Gun Club || 247
|-
| 12 || Newbees || 77
|}

Source: organiser's results report, 10 July 2005.[2]

=== Series points after Round 1 ===
The opening-round report published the following series points, separately from the event scores.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Team !! Series points
|-
| [[Running With Scissors (New Zealand paintball team)|Running with Scissors]] || 6
|-
| Monkeys || 4
|-
| Karnage || 2
|-
| Eyeon || 1
|}

== Round 2: 11 September 2005 ==
Eleven teams appeared in the second-round results. Running with Scissors won with 810 points, followed by [[Wellington Hybrid|Hybrid]] and Monkeys.[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Event score
|-
| 1 || [[Running With Scissors (New Zealand paintball team)|Running with Scissors]] || 810
|-
| 2 || [[Wellington Hybrid|Hybrid]] || 707
|-
| 3 || Monkeys || 696
|-
| 4 || The Good the Bad and the Ugly (GBU) || 693
|-
| 5 || Vegas Eclipse || 674
|-
| 6 || Eyeon || 626
|-
| 7 || Remuera Gun Club || 458
|-
| 8 || Jager || 413
|-
| 9 || Reactant || 333
|-
| 10 || Blind V || 135
|-
| 11 || Mad Cows || 55
|}

Source: organiser's results report, 12 September 2005.[3]

The organiser reported that the fastest game, between Running with Scissors and Eyeon, lasted 14.35 seconds including the flag hang.[3]

=== Series points after Round 2 ===
The organiser published the following cumulative standings after the second round. These are interim series points, rather than final championship results.[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Team !! Series points
|-
| [[Running With Scissors (New Zealand paintball team)|Running with Scissors]] || 20
|-
| Monkeys || 10
|-
| [[Wellington Hybrid|Hybrid]] || 8
|-
| Carnage || 4
|-
| Eyeon || 4
|-
| Vegas Eclipse || 3
|-
| The Good the Bad and the Ugly || 3
|-
| Jager || 2
|-
| Remuera Gun Club || 2
|-
| Mud || 1
|-
| Pyxsius || 1
|-
| Newbees || 1
|-
| Mad Cows || 1
|-
| Blind V || 1
|-
| Reactant || 1
|}

The reports use “Karnage” in the opening-round results and “Carnage” in the subsequent series standings.[2][3]

== See also ==
* [[Hamilton 3s]]
* [[Paintball in New Zealand]]

== References ==
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20060109072622/http://p069.ezboard.com/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=279.topic 3x Hamilton 3 man Series], NZ Paintball Message Boards, discussion beginning 1 June 2005; archived 9 January 2006.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20060109075103/http://p069.ezboard.com/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=287.topic 3x Results for Round 1], NZ Paintball Message Boards, organiser's report, 10 July 2005; archived 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, discussion beginning 1 August 2005, with organiser's results published on 12 September 2005; archived 7 February 2013.

[[Category:Paintball tournaments in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Paintball tournament results]]