Addicted (New Zealand Paintball Team)

Addicted was a competitive paintball team from Wellington, New Zealand. The team is documented from 2005 to 2015, winning the 2005 Nelson Three-Man Tournament and a 2006 Auckland Queen's Birthday tournament before finishing second overall in the 2015 South Auckland Paintball Club Open X-Ball Race Series.[1][2][3]

Contemporary records identify Joshua Bailey as the team's captain in 2006.[4] Contributor clarification confirms that the New Zealand Addicted entries recorded during the 2000s and the Wellington-based team registered with PBLeagues in 2015 were the same team.

History

2005 season

Addicted's first confirmed tournament result is its victory at the 2005 Nelson Three-Man Tournament, held at the Nelson A&P Showgrounds in July 2005.[1]

The published standings identified Addicted as a Wellington team and recorded the following leading placings:[1]

Position	Team	Reported location
1	Addicted	Wellington
2	Fallen Red	Christchurch
3	Bleeding Welts	Christchurch
4	Soul Assassins	Nelson
5	Exile	Nelson

The result report stated that the tournament comprised more than 80 games and was refereed by the Black Ops Factory Team.[1]

Addicted was subsequently listed as registered for the second round of the 2005 Hamilton 3x Series under the entry `Addicted (duka duka, Mohummad Jihad)`.[5] The team does not appear in the recovered final results, so the registration is not treated as proof of participation.

2006 season

A March 2006 payment-status report listed Addicted among seven paid entries for the Wellington Easter tournament at the Grenada North playing fields.[6] The surviving material establishes that the entry fee had been paid but does not provide a complete result table confirming Addicted's final participation or placing.

Forum posts made during the event period identify Joshua Bailey as captain of Addicted and a Wellington representative.[4]

At an Auckland tournament held during Queen's Birthday weekend in June 2006, a participant reported the leading placings from memory as:[3]

Reported position	Team
1	Addicted
2	Saints
3	XXX
4	Phantom

The same discussion identified a player named Jim from Wellington Hybrid as playing with Addicted at the event. It does not provide Jim's surname or establish that he became a permanent Addicted member.[3]

Bailey reported that Addicted lost only one game, the first semi-final against Phantom.[3] No official score table, complete entrant list or precise venue has been recovered, so the published order remains a participant-reported result.

Activity in 2007

A September 2007 discussion following the Christchurch X-ball tournament referred to Addicted as an existing Wellington team and discussed the prospect of the team playing again. The discussion does not show that Addicted competed at that particular Christchurch event, and its results are therefore not assigned to the team.[7]

The surviving remarks indicate continued team identity but do not establish a complete 2007 roster, tournament programme or final results.

2015 SAPC Open X-Ball Race Series

Addicted competed in all four rounds of the 2015 SAPC Open X-Ball Race Series at Asylum Paintball in Kingseat, Auckland. PBLeagues records Wellington as the team's home town.[2]

At the opening event on 31 January–1 February, Addicted finished fourth among eight teams with 61.43 ranking points.[8]

At Event 2 on 11–12 April, Addicted defeated Wolves, ADHD and CamoMeat, and drew 3–3 with Auckland Faction during preliminary play. Auckland Faction defeated Addicted 2–1 in the final, leaving Addicted second among seven teams.[9]

Addicted again finished second at Event 3 on 13–14 June. Its preliminary results included 4–0 victories over Shattered and ADHD and a 2–2 draw with CamoMeat. Auckland Faction won their preliminary meeting 4–2 and defeated Addicted 4–0 in the final.[10]

At the concluding event on 1–2 August, Addicted defeated Auckland Faction 2–1 during preliminary play. Faction won the final 4–2, with Addicted finishing second among four teams.[11]

The official season standings awarded Addicted 293.93 ranking points and second place overall. Auckland Faction won the championship with 387.14 points, while ADHD finished third with 242.5.[12]

Tournament results

Year	Competition	Division or format	Recorded result	Verification
2005	2005 Nelson Three-Man Tournament	Three-player	1st	Contemporary results report[1]
2005	Hamilton 3x Series, round 2	Three-player	Registered; participation not confirmed	Pre-event registration only[5]
2006	Wellington Easter tournament	Tournament entry	Paid registration; placing not established	Payment-status report only[6]
2006	Auckland Queen's Birthday tournament	Tournament format not securely established	Reported 1st	Participant-reported from memory[3]
2015	SAPC Open X-Ball Event 1	Open X-Ball	4th of 8; 61.43 points	PBLeagues official record[8]
2015	SAPC Open X-Ball Event 2	Open X-Ball	2nd of 7; 85 points	PBLeagues official record[9]
2015	SAPC Open X-Ball Event 3	Open X-Ball	2nd of 5; 77.5 points	PBLeagues official record[10]
2015	SAPC Open X-Ball Event 4	Open X-Ball	2nd of 4; 70 points	PBLeagues official record[11]
2015	SAPC Open X-Ball Race Series	Season standings	2nd overall; 293.93 points	Official season standings[12]

Players

Historical personnel

• Joshua Bailey – identified in contemporary 2006 forum signatures as captain of Addicted and a Wellington representative.[4]
• Jim – Wellington Hybrid player reported as guesting for Addicted at the 2006 Auckland Queen's Birthday tournament; surname not established.[3]

Informal replies associated with the 2005 Nelson tournament mention Matt, Brad and Josh, but they do not explicitly provide a complete Addicted roster. Those names are therefore not presented as the confirmed 2005 squad.[1]

2015 PBLeagues roster

PBLeagues records the following eight players for Addicted's 2015 competition history:[2][13][14][15][16]

Player	PBLeagues events recorded with Addicted
Chris Jones	1
Cuan Lategan	4
Daniel Renner	3
Ethan Bailey	3
Joshua Bailey	4
Kane Anderson	4
Mike Taylor	4
Tom Van Lierop	4

The PBLeagues appearance totals do not establish that all eight players competed at every round. Chris Jones is recorded for one event, Daniel Renner and Ethan Bailey for three, and Cuan Lategan, Joshua Bailey, Kane Anderson, Mike Taylor and Tom Van Lierop for all four recorded events.[2]

Joshua Bailey's appearance in the 2015 roster, together with his documented Addicted captaincy in 2006, provides a player link between the team's earlier and later competition periods.[2][4]

Identity

The team name is generic and has also been used by unrelated overseas paintball teams. Only entries connected with New Zealand competition or the PBLeagues Wellington team are included here.

The PBLeagues team registration is dated 3 January 2015. This is a database registration date and not Addicted's founding date.[2] The earlier New Zealand records establish that the team name was already in use by 2005.

See also

• 2005 Nelson Three-Man Tournament
• South Auckland Paintball Club
• Auckland Faction (New Zealand Paintball Team)
• Wellington Hybrid (New Zealand Paintball Team)
• Paintball in New Zealand
• Paintball teams in New Zealand

References

1. Nelson 3 Man Pics & Standings, NZ Paintball Message Boards, 18 July 2005. Contemporary report recording Addicted as the winning Wellington team.
2. Addicted — team profile, PBLeagues. Wellington home town, registration date and 2015 tournament history.
3. Queen's Birthday in Auckland, NZ P8NT, 5–6 June 2006. Participant-reported leading placings, guest-player identification and Addicted captain's account.
4. Wellington Easter draw discussion, NZ P8NT, April 2006. Joshua Bailey's contemporary `Cpt. ADDICTED` and `WELLINGTON Rep.` signature.
5. Hamilton 3x Series round 2, NZ P8NT, August–September 2005. Registration list and final results.
6. Where we are up to with Easter, NZ P8NT, 10–11 March 2006. Payment-status list and venue arrangements.
7. CHCH Results, NZ P8NT, 9–13 September 2007. Post-event discussion referring to Addicted without recording it as a Christchurch entrant.
8. SAPC D4 & Open Event 1, 2015 — final rankings, PBLeagues.
9. SAPC D4 & Open Event 2, 2015 — match schedule, PBLeagues.
10. SAPC D4 & Open Event 3, 2015 — match schedule, PBLeagues.
11. SAPC D4 & Open Event 4, 2015 — match schedule, PBLeagues.
12. South Auckland Paintball Club — 2015 season rankings, PBLeagues.
13. Addicted roster — SAPC Event 1, PBLeagues.
14. Addicted roster — SAPC Event 2, PBLeagues.
15. Addicted roster — SAPC Event 3, PBLeagues.
16. Addicted roster — SAPC Event 4, PBLeagues.

External links

• Addicted on PBLeagues
• SAPC 2015 season standings