Editing Nemisis (New Zealand Paintball Team)

'''Nemisis''' was a New Zealand tournament [[paintball]] team that competed under the earlier names '''Cutthroats''' and '''Cut-throats''' during 2006. The players adopted the name Nemisis before the 2007 Northland Open.[1][2]

As Cut-throats, the team finished ninth in Division 2 of the 2006 Super 5s championship. Competing as Nemisis in 2007, it finished second in the Amateur division of the Northland Open and was second in the published interim Super 5s Division 2 standings after six rounds.[1][3][4]

== History ==

=== Cut-throats ===

Cut-throats began competing during the 2006 season. A contemporary Super 5s announcement described both Cut-throats and Sinista as teams that had started that year and had recorded game victories against established sides including XXX and Legion.[2]

The team finished ninth in Division 2 of the [[2006 Super 5s (New Zealand)|2006 Super 5s]] with 2,239 championship points. At the final round on 3 December, Cutthroats placed ninth in the combined classification with 234 points.[1]

=== Change to Nemisis ===

The team changed its name before the [[2007 Northland Open]]. In the event's January entry discussion, a team member asked the organiser to replace ''Cut-throats'' with ''NEMISIS'', explaining that the players had agreed upon the new name. The organiser's subsequent entry list described the side as ''Nemisis formerly cut-throats''.[3]

The Northland Open was held at A Paintball Adventure in Papakura on 4 February 2007. Nemisis finished second in the Amateur division behind Sinista. The published results used the combined form ''Nemisis / Cut-throats'', reflecting the recent name change.[3][4]

=== 2007 Super 5s ===

Nemisis competed in Division 2 of the [[2007 Super 5s (New Zealand)|2007 Super 5s]]. The team appeared in all six recovered rounds between February and August.[5][6][7][8][9][10]

Its highest overall round placing was second in August, when it scored 532 points behind Legion. Nemisis also placed fourth overall in March and sixth in April.[6][7][10]

After the August round, Nemisis was second in the published interim Division 2 standings with 2,149 points, behind Sinista.[10] The six published monthly scores total a different figure, and the surviving reports do not explain the discrepancy. The 2,149-point figure is therefore retained as the organiser's published interim total rather than a recalculated result.

Later rounds were announced, but surviving results have not established the team's final 2007 championship position.

== Team identity and spelling ==

The forms ''Cutthroats'' and ''Cut-throats'' refer to the team's earlier identity. Contemporary January 2007 posts explicitly document the players' change to ''Nemisis''.[2][3]

The spelling ''Nemisis'' appears in the team's own name-change post, the Northland Open entry list and results, and the 2007 Super 5s records.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] A 2008 administrative list used the conventional spelling ''Nemesis'', but does not establish that the team formally changed or corrected its name.[11]

The New Zealand team should not be confused with unrelated overseas teams named Nemesis.

== Tournament results ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date
! Name used
! Tournament
! Result
! Points
|-
| 3 December 2006
| Cutthroats
| [[2006 Super 5s (New Zealand)|2006 Super 5s final round]]
| 9th overall
| 234[1]
|-
| 2006 season
| Cutthroats
| [[2006 Super 5s (New Zealand)|2006 Super 5s Division 2 championship]]
| 9th
| 2,239[1]
|-
| 4 February 2007
| Nemisis / Cut-throats
| [[2007 Northland Open]]
| 2nd, Amateur division
| —[4]
|-
| 25 February 2007
| Nemisis
| [[2007 Super 5s (New Zealand)|2007 Super 5s Round 1]]
| 5th, Division 2; 9th overall
| 273[5]
|-
| 25 March 2007
| Nemisis
| [[2007 Super 5s (New Zealand)|2007 Super 5s Round 2]]
| 4th overall
| 499[6]
|-
| 22 April 2007
| Nemisis
| [[2007 Super 5s (New Zealand)|2007 Super 5s Round 3]]
| 6th overall
| 439[7]
|-
| 24 June 2007
| Nemisis
| [[2007 Super 5s (New Zealand)|2007 Super 5s Round 4]]
| 10th overall
| 338[8]
|-
| 22 July 2007
| Nemisis
| [[2007 Super 5s (New Zealand)|2007 Super 5s Round 5]]
| 7th overall
| 406[9]
|-
| 26 August 2007
| Nemisis
| [[2007 Super 5s (New Zealand)|2007 Super 5s Round 6]]
| 2nd overall
| 532[10]
|}

== See also ==

* [[2007 Northland Open]]
* [[Super 5s (New Zealand)]]
* [[Paintball in New Zealand]]

== References ==

# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011071333/http://p069.ezboard.com/December-super-5s-scores/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=360.topic “December super 5's scores”, NZ Paintball Message Forum, 4 December 2006.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011130128/http://p069.ezboard.com/NovemberDecember-super-5s/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=356.topic “November//December super 5s”, NZ Paintball Message Forum, 2 November 2006.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011113500/http://p069.ezboard.com/2007-Northland-Open/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=362.topic “2007 Northland Open”, NZ Paintball Message Forum, January 2007.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011205929/http://p069.ezboard.com/Northland-scores/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=364.topic “Northland scores”, NZ Paintball Message Forum, 5 February 2007.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011071558/http://p069.ezboard.com/Super-5s-round-1-scores/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=366.topic “Super 5's round 1 scores”, NZ Paintball Message Forum, 26 February 2007.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011071526/http://p069.ezboard.com/Round-2-Super-5s-scores/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=370.topic “Round 2 Super 5's scores”, NZ Paintball Message Forum, 27 March 2007.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011071528/http://p069.ezboard.com/Round-3-super-5s-scores/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=374.topic “Round 3 super 5's scores”, NZ Paintball Message Forum, 25 April 2007.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011113805/http://p069.ezboard.com/June-super-fives/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=376.topic “June super fives”, NZ Paintball Message Forum, results posted 25 June 2007.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011210009/http://p069.ezboard.com/Round-5-super-5s-scores--july-/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=380.topic “Round 5 super 5's scores (July)”, NZ Paintball Message Forum, 26 July 2007.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20130218070622/http://paintball.net.nz/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=703 “Auckland Super 5's Series Thread”, NZ P8NT, including August results and interim standings, 2007.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20081020232915/http://www.paintball.net.nz/archive/index.php/t-1575.html “How to register for council of captains”, NZ P8NT, February 2008.]

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