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Admin: Created article on the 2012 NZPPL Super 5 Man Series using recovered official league archives. Documented the October Event 3 schedule, NZ$600 entry fee, 24 registered team names, a retrospectively reported Round 1 winner and the surviving 2011–2012 tournament records. Distinguished registrations from confirmed participation.

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Created article on the 2012 NZPPL Super 5 Man Series using recovered official league archives. Documented the October Event 3 schedule, NZ$600 entry fee, 24 registered team names, a retrospectively reported Round 1 winner and the surviving 2011–2012 tournament records. Distinguished registrations from confirmed participation.

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'''2012 NZPPL Super 5 Man Series''' was a tournament [[paintball]] competition programme organised by the [[New Zealand Paintball Players League]] (NZPPL) in [[New Zealand]] during 2012. The league's archived website lists four event pages for the season and preserves a registration list containing 24 team names.[1][2]

A later tournament report credits '''ADHD''' with winning the opening NZPPL round of 2012.[3] The surviving records do not establish the complete season results or overall championship winner.

== Organisation ==

The NZPPL operated a national competition programme using five-player tournament paintball.

An archived version of its official website from August 2012 linked to four event pages and a dedicated season rankings section.[2]

The original competition used rules published by the NZPPL, with a separate registration process for participating teams.

The complete event calendar and original rankings have not been recovered.

== 2012 competition ==

=== Opening round ===

A retrospective report published by [[Asylum Paintball]] in 2014 identified '''[[ADHD (paintball team)|ADHD]]''' as the winner of NZPPL Round 1 in 2012.[3]

The report establishes a claimed tournament victory but does not provide the original 2012 results sheet, competition date or full standings.

=== Event 3: Kāpiti Coast ===

The NZPPL's registration page, archived on 31 August 2012, advertised its third event for '''20–21 October 2012''' on the Kāpiti Coast.[1]

The page specified:

{| class="wikitable"
! Item
! Advertised details
|-
| Event
| NZPPL Event 3
|-
| Dates
| 20–21 October 2012
|-
| Region
| Kāpiti Coast, New Zealand
|-
| Format
| Five-player
|-
| Entry fee
| NZ$600 per team
|-
| Rules
| NZPPL five-player rules
|}

The archived page contained 24 named team registrations.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Teams listed on the August 2012 registration page
! Team
! Team
|-
| South East Cartel
| Skullz
|-
| Predators
| Wellington Hybrid
|-
| Phoenix
| Naki-Nui
|-
| Outlaws
| Kamikaze Factory
|-
| Low Gear
| Arachnids
|-
| ADHD
| Tiger Blood
|-
| Tempest (Rage)
| Tempest (Ice)
|-
| Disposal Unit
| TPC Blast
|-
| Red Raw
| Scarlett
|-
| Obsidian
| Ebola
|-
| AoA
| Havoc
|-
| Napalm
| Mischief Militia
|}

Source: NZPPL official Event 3 registration page, archived 31 August 2012.[1]

The names are reproduced from the registration list, with capitalisation standardised.

Registration does not establish that every listed team attended the tournament. The original event results have not been recovered.

=== Other rounds ===

The NZPPL's August 2012 website contained links to Event 1, Event 2 and Event 4, as well as Event 3.[2]

The surviving homepage establishes the existence of these event pages but does not independently establish the completion dates, venues or final standings of every round.

== Earlier NZPPL activity ==

The NZPPL was already promoting five-player tournament competition in 2011.

An official announcement advertised an Easter tournament at Tatum Park, Manakau, Horowhenua, for 23–24 April 2011.[4]

The league's archived media gallery also contains links to footage described as the '''2011 NZPPL Nationals''', including Cup and Plate finals, and references to Queen's Birthday and Labour Weekend competitions.[5]

These records establish that the NZPPL's documented history predates the 2012 season.

The league should not be confused with the original [[National Paintball League (New Zealand)|New Zealand National Paintball League]], which operated during the 1990s, or the [[New Zealand Paintball Players Association]], a separate organisation.

== Historical records ==

The NZPPL maintained its official website at nzppl.com.

Surviving archived pages include the 2011 Tatum Park announcement, the August 2012 Event 3 registration list, a 2012 homepage linking to four events, and an archive of tournament videos.[1][2][4][5]

A subsequent report from Asylum Paintball provides additional evidence of an opening-round result in 2012.[3]

The original 2012 rankings table and complete event results remain unrecovered.

== See also ==

* [[New Zealand Paintball Players League]]
* [[New Zealand Paintball Players Association]]
* [[National Paintball League (New Zealand)]]
* [[Paintball tournaments in New Zealand]]
* [[Lock N Load Paintball]]

== References ==

# [https://web.archive.org/web/20120831202631/http://nzppl.com/registration.php NZPPL – Event 3 Registration, Kāpiti Coast, 2012]. Official registration page advertising 20–21 October 2012, including entry fee and 24 named registrations. Archived 31 August 2012.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20120818221008/http://www.nzppl.com/ NZPPL – Official Website, August 2012]. Archived homepage linking to the 2012 event programme and rankings.
# [http://asylumpaintball.co.nz/asylum-sponsored-team-adhd-takes-gold-at-nzppl-event-1/ Asylum Paintball – Sponsored Team ADHD Wins NZPPL Event 1]. 2014 report listing ADHD's earlier tournament results, including first place at NZPPL Round 1 in 2012.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20110414120918/http://www.nzppl.com/event1.html NZPPL – Super 5 Man Tatum Park Event 1, 2011]. Official Easter tournament announcement, archived 14 April 2011.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20131028132337/http://nzppl.com/photos.html NZPPL – Events Gallery]. Archived media page linking to footage of the 2011 Nationals, Cup and Plate finals, and other events.

== External links ==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120818221008/http://www.nzppl.com/ Archived NZPPL website, August 2012]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120831202631/http://nzppl.com/registration.php Original 2012 Event 3 registration list]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131028132337/http://nzppl.com/photos.html Archived NZPPL tournament video gallery]

[[Category:Paintball tournament series]]
[[Category:Paintball tournaments in New Zealand]]
[[Category:2012 in paintball]]

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Admin: Add contemporary reported opening-round placings and confirmed Auckland event details; preserve October registrations as registrations, remove unrelated history and repetitive commentary, and use the correct tournament category.