2005 Auckland Queen’s Birthday Superball
2005 Auckland Queen’s Birthday Superball, also advertised as QBW Superball, was a seven-player paintball tournament held on 4–5 June 2005 at Kumeu Showgrounds, Auckland. It formed part of the New Zealand Paintball Players Association tournament programme and featured New Zealand and Australian teams.[1][2][3]
Organisation
[edit]The tournament used an unlimited-paint format, with field paint only. Advertised entry was NZ$500 per team, with PMI Premium paint supplied at NZ$85 per case. The field was available for inspection on the preceding Friday afternoon.[1]
Participants reported wet weather and muddy conditions. A contemporary account described play on an inflatable-bunker field and compressed-air fills of up to 4,500 psi.[4]
Results
[edit]The contemporary results discussion listed fourteen teams across Cup and Plate classifications. Its initial post placed Sydney SWAT first and Sydney Shock second; a subsequent reply corrected the winner to Sydney Shock. A separate participant discussion also congratulated Sydney Shock on winning. The reported order of the leading two teams is therefore shown as disputed.[3][4]
Cup
[edit]| Position | Team | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1–2 | Sydney Shock / Sydney SWAT | Order disputed in the contemporary results discussion. |
| 3 | Saints | |
| 4 | XXX | |
| 5 | Evil | Also corroborated by a separate participant report.[4] |
| 6 | Menace Blue | Tentative identification in the results discussion. |
| 7 | Cynical | Listed as “Synicool”; the spelling was subsequently corrected by team members.[5] |
| 8 | Black Ops |
Source: contemporary results discussion, 6–7 June 2005.[3]
Plate
[edit]| Overall position | Team |
|---|---|
| 9 | Flashpoint |
| 10 | Pirates |
| 11 | Relic |
| 12 | Impact |
| 13 | Carnage |
| 14 | Bad Karma |
Source: contemporary results discussion, 6 June 2005.[3]
Players
[edit]Brett, posting as “jazzybrett”, reported playing the tournament weekend with Cynical as a guest from Relic. His participation was acknowledged by Cynical players posting as Conan and Jake. These posts identify individual participants rather than a complete squad.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- NZ Paintball Message Forum — “Auckland QB”, April–May 2005; event arrangements posted on 25 April 2005.
- NZ Paintball Message Forum — “QBW Info Pack”, Rob Maddox, 11 May 2005.
- NZ Paintball Message Forum — “Any QB Results”, 6–7 June 2005.
- NZ Paintball Message Forum — “My take on QB”, discussion beginning 6 June 2005.
- NZ Paintball Message Forum — “Conan and Synicool”, June–July 2005; guest-player account and team-name correction, 14–18 June 2005.