Editing Bad Karma (New Zealand Paintball Team)

'''Bad Karma''' was a Rotorua-based New Zealand tournament [[paintball]] team documented competing between 2003 and 2005. The team also entered tournaments using the numbered squad names '''Bad Karma 1''', '''Bad Karma 2''' and '''Bad Karma #1'''. These were entries belonging to the same team rather than separate organisations.

== History ==

=== 2003 Auckland Super 5s ===
Bad Karma fielded two squads during the first half of the 2003 Auckland Super 5s season. The contemporary mid-year standings recorded five rounds from February to June.[1]

Bad Karma 1 accumulated 1,422 points, while Bad Karma 2 accumulated 1,248 points.[1] These were mid-year cumulative totals and should not be treated as final full-season placings.

{| class="wikitable"
! Squad
! February
! March
! April
! May
! June
! Mid-year total
|-
| Bad Karma 1
| 156
| 415
| 389
| 462
| 0
| 1,422
|-
| Bad Karma 2
| 42
| 419
| 0
| 587
| 0
| 1,248
|}

=== 2003 Auckland Queen's Birthday Superball ===
At the 2003 Auckland Queen's Birthday Superball, Bad Karma competed as a single entry. The team scored 884 points during the preliminary stage, qualified for the four-team Cup final and finished fourth.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place
! Team
! Preliminary points
|-
| 1
| Phoenix
| 701
|-
| 2
| Raiders
| 809
|-
| 3
| Saints
| 1,076
|-
| 4
| Bad Karma
| 884
|}

The preliminary scores in this table are not final-round scores and therefore do not determine the published finishing order.

=== 2005 Auckland Queen's Birthday Superball ===
Bad Karma returned for the 2005 Auckland Queen's Birthday Superball at the Kumeu Showgrounds.[3] Contemporary forum discussion identifies Boog as the team's captain.[3]

Bad Karma qualified for the Plate stage but surrendered its finals position to [[Impact (New Zealand Paintball Team)|Wellington Impact]]. The decision was described by Bad Karma members as intended to allow a developing team to contest the Plate final.[3] Bad Karma should therefore not be assigned Impact's subsequent Plate placing.

A player who filled in for Bad Karma identified teammates by the names or nicknames Pete, Boog, B, Reg and Seth.[3] These references do not establish a complete roster. Contributor identification associates Boog with Gavin Mumby and Pete with Peter Mumby. The identity of Reg remains uncertain; a possible identification as [[Reg Low]] has not been independently verified.

== Documented players ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Published name
! Identification
! Evidence
|-
| Boog
| Gavin Mumby
| Identified as Bad Karma captain in the 2005 forum discussion; full-name identification supplied by a project contributor.[3]
|-
| Pete
| Peter Mumby
| Named as a Bad Karma player in the 2005 forum discussion; full-name identification supplied by a project contributor.[3]
|-
| B
| Unidentified
| Named in the incomplete 2005 event list.[3]
|-
| Reg
| Unconfirmed
| Named in the incomplete 2005 event list. A possible identification as Reg Low remains unverified.[3]
|-
| Seth
| Surname not recovered
| Named in the incomplete 2005 event list.[3]
|}

== See also ==
* [[2003 Auckland Queen's Birthday Superball]]
* [[2005 Auckland Queen's Birthday Superball]]
* [[Impact (New Zealand Paintball Team)]]

== References ==
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20041011122324/http://www.paintball.co.nz/articles/2003/super5midyear.htm Auckland Super 5 results, first half of 2003 — Paintball.co.nz]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20041011120622/http://www.paintball.co.nz/articles/2003/qbw.htm Rob Maddox, 2003 Auckland Queen's Birthday Superball report — Paintball.co.nz]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20060117200325/http://p069.ezboard.com:80/fnzpaintballfrm30.showMessageRange?topicID=64.topic&start=1&stop=20 Auckland Queen's Birthday discussion, June 2005 — NZ Paintball Message Forum]

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