Editing Fear Factory (New Zealand Paintball Team)

{{Short description|New Zealand tournament paintball team}}

'''Fear Factory''' was a New Zealand tournament [[paintball]] team documented at the 2001 Invercargill three-player tournament. The event is identified in the [[Valhalla National Rankings]] as the National Three-Man Centre Flag Championships.[1][2]

The available sources do not provide the team’s home area, captain or playing roster.

== Tournament history ==

Fear Factory was one of four teams at the 2001 Invercargill three-player tournament. The other entries were Flashpoint, Damage Inc and TeamX, with TeamX identified as Damage Inc’s second entry.[1]

The tournament was played over two days. Saturday’s games took place on the Hill Field, while Sunday’s games were played on the Moat Field.[1]

=== Saturday ===

Fear Factory recorded the following results on the Hill Field:[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Opponent
! Fear Factory score
! Opponent’s score
|-
| Damage Inc
| 25
| 25
|-
| TeamX
| 27
| 5
|-
| Flashpoint
| 4
| 49
|}

Fear Factory finished Saturday with 56 points, level with Damage Inc and behind Flashpoint on 111.[1]

=== Sunday ===

Fear Factory recorded the following results on the Moat Field:[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Opponent
! Fear Factory score
! Opponent’s score
|-
| Damage Inc
| −5
| 47
|-
| TeamX
| 42
| −4
|-
| Flashpoint
| 4
| 59
|}

Fear Factory’s published Sunday total was 41 points. The figure represents Sunday’s games rather than a cumulative weekend score.[1]

Flashpoint and Damage Inc advanced to the final, which Flashpoint won 49–4. Fear Factory did not qualify for the final. The report does not publish a formal overall placing for Fear Factory.[1]

== Valhalla ranking ==

The 2001 Valhalla three-player table identifies the Invercargill competition as the National Three-Man Centre Flag Championships. Fear Factory received a normalised ranking contribution of 20.2 from the preliminary stage.[2]

Fear Factory placed twenty-seventh in the published 2001 national three-player standings with a total of 20.2 ranking points.[2]

The Valhalla figure is a normalised ranking value and is not the same as Fear Factory’s raw tournament scores.

== Recorded tournament result ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Published event names
! Result
|-
| 2001
| Invercargill three-player tournament / National Three-Man Centre Flag Championships
| Participated in the round-robin competition; did not advance to the final. Recorded 56 points on Saturday and 41 on Sunday; received 20.2 Valhalla ranking points.[1][2]
|}

No later New Zealand result has been securely connected with this Fear Factory team. PBLeagues records for overseas teams using the same name are not included.

== See also ==

* [[Damage Inc (New Zealand Paintball Team)]]
* [[Flashpoint (New Zealand Paintball Team)]]
* [[Paintball in New Zealand]]

== References ==

# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020814203254/http://www.paintball.co.nz/inv2001.htm Mark Abbott, ''The 2001 Invercargil 3-man'', Paintball.co.nz.]
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/2001Hall.htm ''2001 Valhalla National Rankings'', Mercenaries Star.]

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