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Rob Maddox, known as Psyg’, is a New Zealand paintball player, writer, online community organiser and former association official. He played for The Goodies and Kamo Karzi, operated the New Zealand Paintball website and helped run PaintNet, a paintball bulletin-board network documented in 1995.[1][2][3]

Maddox also wrote tournament reports for Paintball.co.nz and served as secretary of the New Zealand Paintball Players Association.[4][5][6]

Playing career

Early involvement

In his contemporary New Zealand Paintball profile, Maddox recalled first playing on his thirteenth birthday at the former Ultimate Game field in Riverhead, Auckland. He described hearing about paintball through a friend and subsequently reading an explanatory article in the New Zealand Herald.[1]

The Goodies and Kamo Karzi

Maddox's profile identifies him as a longstanding Kamo Karzi member who previously played for The Goodies.[1]

Kamo Karzi's website identifies him by the nickname Psyg’ and states that he joined in 1994 after The Goodies broke up. It also describes his involvement in maintaining the New Zealand Paintball website, operating PaintNet and writing for overseas paintball magazines.[2]

Kamo Karzi won Division Two of the 1997 National Paintball League and finished third overall and first in Division Two at the 1997 Auckland Nationals.[2]

Maddox's account of the 1998 New Zealand Paintball Nationals records Kamo Karzi finishing eleventh with 435 points. Maddox received the tournament's Best Flag Pull award for a flag pull during a game against Katipo One.[5]

PaintNet and Mordor BBS

In December 1995–February 1996, Australian Paintballer published Maddox's article “Using the Net to Catch New Players”. It described PaintNet as a free paintball message network operated by members of Kamo Karzi.[3]

Maddox was listed as the contact for Mordor BBS, one of nine bulletin-board systems regularly receiving PaintNet messages. The network carried discussion, tactical and technical advice, team messages, event listings and advertising. Messages were also distributed through the OtherNet.PaintNet Usenet area.[3]

PaintNet organised an InterBBS four-player stock-class tournament. The winning Mordor BBS team comprised Psyg, Allison, Hobbit and Wolf. Maddox credited other players and Commando One Paintball operator Rob Tapper with assisting the event.[3]

New Zealand Paintball website

Maddox's profile and the Kamo Karzi website identify him as the operator of the New Zealand Paintball website during the late 1990s.[1][2]

The website published player profiles, team information, field directories and articles. Maddox's later work for Paintball.co.nz included reports on the 1997 and 1998 New Zealand Paintball Nationals.[4][5]

The paintball.co.nz domain was listed under Paintball Express in contemporary Internet directories from October 1996 and March 1997. Maddox's subsequent association with the domain therefore does not establish that he originally registered it.[7][8]

Writing

Maddox contributed contemporary reporting on New Zealand tournament paintball. His Nationals accounts documented results, organisation and incidents during play, including Kamo Karzi's third-place finish in 1997 and his own award in 1998.[4][5]

In April 2004, he interviewed Rik Goldsworthy about Saints and the team's participation at NPPL Huntington Beach.[9]

New Zealand Paintball Players Association

Maddox served as secretary of the New Zealand Paintball Players Association (NZPPA).[6]

In his February 2004 article “What has the NZPPA done for me?”, he identified himself as a former secretary who remained an association member but no longer served on its committee. The article presented his personal account of the association's work.[6]

Equipment and views

In his profile preserved in February 1998, Maddox identified the Shocker as his preferred marker for semi-automatic or open competition and the Phantom SCP for stock-class or pump competition.[1]

He advocated greater team participation, more favourable publicity and a national paintball body establishing safety standards and practices.[1]

References

New Zealand Paintball — Who's Who: Rob Maddox. Contemporary profile recording his early playing recollections, team membership, website operation, equipment preferences and views; February 1998 archive.
Team Kamo Karzi — Team History and Team Members. Official team website, archived on 4 February 1998. Identifies Psyg’ as Rob Maddox and records his joining date, previous team and media involvement.
Rob Maddox, “Using the Net to Catch New Players”, Australian Paintballer, December 1995–February 1996, p. 22.
Rob Maddox, “1997 New Zealand Paintball Nationals”, Paintball.co.nz, October 1997. Contemporary tournament report; direct archived article URL not recovered.
Rob Maddox, “1998 New Zealand Paintball Nationals”, Paintball.co.nz, October 1998. Contemporary report recording Kamo Karzi's placing and Maddox's Best Flag Pull award; direct archived article URL not recovered.
Rob Maddox, “What has the NZPPA done for me?”, Paintball.co.nz, February 2004. Identifies Maddox as a former NZPPA secretary. Archived articles index.
Mark Davies — “Internet Connected Organisations in New Zealand”. nz.net.announce, 1 October 1996. Lists paintball.co.nz under Paintball Express.
Mark Davies — “Internet Connected Organisations in New Zealand”. nz.net.announce, 31 March 1997. Lists paintball.co.nz under Paintball Express.
Rob Maddox, “Interview with Rik Goldsworthy”, Paintball.co.nz, April 2004. Interview conducted during Wellington X-Cess 2004; direct archived article URL not recovered.

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-'''Rob Maddox''' is a New Zealand paintball player, writer, online community organiser and former paintball association official. Associated with the Auckland tournament team [[Kamo Karzi]], he helped operate [[PaintNet (New Zealand)|PaintNet]], a free paintball bulletin-board network documented in 1995, and was the contact for Mordor BBS.[1]
+'''Rob Maddox''', known as '''Psyg’''', is a New Zealand paintball player, writer, online community organiser and former association official. He played for [[The Goodies]] and [[Kamo Karzi]], operated the New Zealand Paintball website and helped run [[PaintNet (New Zealand)|PaintNet]], a paintball bulletin-board network documented in 1995.[1][2][3]
-Maddox later became associated with [[Paintball.co.nz]], also known as New Zealand Paintball Online, and the NZ Paintball Message Boards. He wrote contemporary reports about New Zealand tournament paintball and served as secretary of the [[New Zealand Paintball Players Association]].[2][3][4]
+Maddox also wrote tournament reports for [[Paintball.co.nz]] and served as secretary of the [[New Zealand Paintball Players Association]].[4][5][6]
-== Paintball career ==
+== Playing career ==
-Maddox played tournament paintball for '''[[Kamo Karzi]]''', an Auckland team whose name was also written as Kamokarzi. His membership was documented by 1995, when his article “Using the Net to Catch New Players” appeared in ''Australian Paintballer'' under a byline identifying him with the team.[1]
+=== Early involvement ===
-Kamo Karzi competed in major New Zealand tournaments during the late 1990s. At the 1997 [[New Zealand Paintball Nationals]], held on 25–26 October at [[Actions Paintball Sports Arena]] in Te Atatū, Auckland, the team finished third overall with 818 points.[2]
+In his contemporary New Zealand Paintball profile, Maddox recalled first playing on his thirteenth birthday at the former Ultimate Game field in Riverhead, Auckland. He described hearing about paintball through a friend and subsequently reading an explanatory article in the ''New Zealand Herald''.[1]
-Maddox returned to the Nationals in 1998. Kamo Karzi placed 11th among 14 teams, scoring 435 points. Maddox received the tournament's '''Best Flag Pull''' award for a flag pull during a game against Katipo One.[3]
+=== The Goodies and Kamo Karzi ===
-Kamo Karzi also appeared in the Valhalla national team rankings between 1997 and 2000:
+Maddox's profile identifies him as a longstanding Kamo Karzi member who previously played for The Goodies.[1]
-{| class="wikitable"
+Kamo Karzi's website identifies him by the nickname Psyg’ and states that he joined in 1994 after The Goodies broke up. It also describes his involvement in maintaining the New Zealand Paintball website, operating PaintNet and writing for overseas paintball magazines.[2]
-! Year
-! National position
-! Ranking score
-|-
-| 1997
-| 3rd
-| 74
-|-
-| 1998
-| 9th
-| 43
-|-
-| 1999
-| 9th
-| 63
-|-
-| 2000
-| 18th
-| 59
-|}
-The rankings document the team's continued competition but do not establish Maddox's participation at every event.[5][6][7][8]
+Kamo Karzi won Division Two of the 1997 [[National Paintball League (New Zealand)|National Paintball League]] and finished third overall and first in Division Two at the 1997 Auckland Nationals.[2]
+Maddox's account of the 1998 [[New Zealand Paintball Nationals]] records Kamo Karzi finishing eleventh with 435 points. Maddox received the tournament's '''Best Flag Pull''' award for a flag pull during a game against Katipo One.[5]
 == PaintNet and Mordor BBS ==
-In late 1995, ''Australian Paintballer'' published Maddox's article “Using the Net to Catch New Players”. The article described '''PaintNet''', a free computer-based paintball network operated by several members of Kamo Karzi.[1]
+In December 1995–February 1996, ''Australian Paintballer'' published Maddox's article “Using the Net to Catch New Players”. It described PaintNet as a free paintball message network operated by members of Kamo Karzi.[3]
-PaintNet carried general discussion, tactical and technical advice, team messages, event listings and paintball advertising. Maddox reported that the network was used by members of numerous Auckland teams, occasional players and people seeking information about the sport.[1]
+Maddox was listed as the contact for '''Mordor BBS''', one of nine bulletin-board systems regularly receiving PaintNet messages. The network carried discussion, tactical and technical advice, team messages, event listings and advertising. Messages were also distributed through the OtherNet.PaintNet Usenet area.[3]
-At the time of the article, nine bulletin-board systems regularly received PaintNet messages. Material from the network was also posted nightly to the '''OtherNet.PaintNet''' area on Usenet.[1]
+PaintNet organised an InterBBS four-player stock-class tournament. The winning Mordor BBS team comprised Psyg, Allison, Hobbit and Wolf. Maddox credited other players and [[Commando One Paintball]] operator [[Rob Tapper]] with assisting the event.[3]
-Maddox was listed as the contact for '''Mordor BBS''', an Auckland bulletin-board system providing access to PaintNet. He invited bulletin-board operators, field operators and paintball publications in New Zealand, Australia and elsewhere to carry the network.[1]
+== New Zealand Paintball website ==
-PaintNet was a distributed bulletin-board and Usenet network rather than a World Wide Web publication. It was distinct from the commercial bulletin-board and website services then operated by [[Paintball Express]].
+Maddox's profile and the Kamo Karzi website identify him as the operator of the New Zealand Paintball website during the late 1990s.[1][2]
-=== Inter-BBS tournament ===
+The website published player profiles, team information, field directories and articles. Maddox's later work for [[Paintball.co.nz]] included reports on the 1997 and 1998 New Zealand Paintball Nationals.[4][5]
-PaintNet organised an InterBBS four-player stock-class tournament for members of the network. Maddox credited other members of Kamo Karzi, players from the [[Saints (New Zealand paintball team)|Saints]], new players and Commando One field operator '''Rob Tapper''' with assisting the event.[1]
+The paintball.co.nz domain was listed under [[Paintball Express]] in contemporary Internet directories from October 1996 and March 1997. Maddox's subsequent association with the domain therefore does not establish that he originally registered it.[7][8]
-The tournament was won by the Mordor BBS team of '''Psyg''', '''Allison''', '''Hobbit''' and '''Wolf'''. Maddox reported that the response encouraged plans for another tournament.[1]
+== Writing ==
-== Paintball.co.nz ==
+Maddox contributed contemporary reporting on New Zealand tournament paintball. His Nationals accounts documented results, organisation and incidents during play, including Kamo Karzi's third-place finish in 1997 and his own award in 1998.[4][5]
-Maddox subsequently became associated with the operation of '''[[Paintball.co.nz]]''', also known as New Zealand Paintball or New Zealand Paintball Online.
+In April 2004, he interviewed [[Rik Goldsworthy]] about [[Saints (New Zealand paintball team)|Saints]] and the team's participation at NPPL Huntington Beach.[9]
-The website published tournament reports, results, articles, interviews, playing-field information and material concerning paintball organisations and regulations. It was also associated with the NZ Paintball Message Boards, which provided an online discussion forum for New Zealand players.
+== New Zealand Paintball Players Association ==
-Maddox contributed tournament reports and articles to the website. His surviving work includes accounts of the 1997 and 1998 New Zealand Paintball Nationals.[2][3]
-The paintball.co.nz domain existed before Maddox's documented association with New Zealand Paintball Online. An October 1996 directory of New Zealand organisations connected to the Internet identified paintball.co.nz as '''Paintball Express (NZ), Auckland'''.[9] A March 1997 edition of the directory continued to associate the domain with Paintball Express.[10]
+Maddox served as secretary of the [[New Zealand Paintball Players Association]] (NZPPA).[6]
-Maddox later took over paintball.co.nz for New Zealand Paintball Online, but the date and circumstances of the transfer have not been established from the surviving contemporary published records. His later association with the website does not establish that he originally registered the domain.
+In his February 2004 article “What has the NZPPA done for me?”, he identified himself as a former secretary who remained an association member but no longer served on its committee. The article presented his personal account of the association's work.[6]
-== Tournament writing ==
+== Equipment and views ==
-Maddox wrote contemporary accounts of the 1997 and 1998 New Zealand Paintball Nationals.[2][3]
+In his profile preserved in February 1998, Maddox identified the Shocker as his preferred marker for semi-automatic or open competition and the Phantom SCP for stock-class or pump competition.[1]
-His reports recorded tournament results, participating teams, organisers, refereeing and incidents during play. They provide participant accounts of New Zealand tournament paintball during the period of the original [[National Paintball League (New Zealand)|National Paintball League]].
+He advocated greater team participation, more favourable publicity and a national paintball body establishing safety standards and practices.[1]
-At the 1997 Nationals, Maddox documented Kamo Karzi's third-place finish behind Katipo and Saints Black.[2] His 1998 report recorded a tournament won by Saints Gold, with Paint Contractors second and Saints Grey third, as well as his own Best Flag Pull award.[3]
-Some of Maddox's tournament reports survive through historical transcriptions and archived Paintball.co.nz material, although the original individual URLs have not all been recovered.
-== New Zealand Paintball Players Association ==
-Maddox served as secretary of the '''[[New Zealand Paintball Players Association]]''' (NZPPA).
-In February 2004, he published an article titled “What has the NZPPA done for me?” through Paintball.co.nz. Maddox identified himself as a former secretary who remained a member of the association but no longer served on its committee.[4]
-The article discussed the NZPPA's activities concerning paintball marker regulation, compressed-air equipment, tournament standards and communication between regional paintball communities. Maddox presented the article as his personal account rather than an official statement issued by the association.[4]
-His precise term as secretary has not been established.
 == See also ==
+* [[Kamo Karzi]]
+* [[The Goodies]]
 * [[PaintNet (New Zealand)]]
-* [[Early online paintball in New Zealand]]
 * [[Paintball.co.nz]]
-* [[Paintball Express]]
-* [[Kamo Karzi]]
-* [[New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]
 * [[New Zealand Paintball Players Association]]
-* [[Paintball in New Zealand]]
 == References ==
-# Rob Maddox, “Using the Net to Catch New Players”, ''Australian Paintballer'', December 1995–February 1996, p. 22. Identifies Maddox with Kamo Karzi and documents PaintNet, Mordor BBS, the network's nine participating bulletin boards, Usenet distribution and the InterBBS tournament.
+# [https://web.archive.org/web/19980204164230/http://www.webel.co.nz/whmaddox.htm New Zealand Paintball — Who's Who: Rob Maddox]. Contemporary profile recording his early playing recollections, team membership, website operation, equipment preferences and views; February 1998 archive.
-# Rob Maddox, “1997 New Zealand Paintball Nationals”, Paintball.co.nz, October 1997. Contemporary tournament report preserved in historical research material; the individual original article URL has not been recovered. [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.paintball.co.nz/ Paintball.co.nz historical archive].
+# [https://web.archive.org/web/19980204174450/http://www.webel.co.nz/kk/mainmenu.htm Team Kamo Karzi — Team History and Team Members]. Official team website, archived on 4 February 1998. Identifies Psyg’ as Rob Maddox and records his joining date, previous team and media involvement.
-# Rob Maddox, “1998 New Zealand Paintball Nationals”, Paintball.co.nz, October 1998. Contemporary tournament report recording Kamo Karzi's placing and Maddox's Best Flag Pull award. [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.paintball.co.nz/ Paintball.co.nz historical archive].
+# Rob Maddox, “Using the Net to Catch New Players”, ''Australian Paintballer'', December 1995–February 1996, p. 22.
-# Rob Maddox, “What has the NZPPA done for me?”, Paintball.co.nz, February 2004. Historical article identifying Maddox as a former NZPPA secretary. [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.paintball.co.nz/articles.htm Archived Paintball.co.nz articles].
+# Rob Maddox, “1997 New Zealand Paintball Nationals”, Paintball.co.nz, October 1997. Contemporary tournament report; direct archived article URL not recovered.
-# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/1997Hall.htm Mercenaries Star – Valhalla National Rankings, 1997].
+# Rob Maddox, “1998 New Zealand Paintball Nationals”, Paintball.co.nz, October 1998. Contemporary report recording Kamo Karzi's placing and Maddox's Best Flag Pull award; direct archived article URL not recovered.
-# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/1998Hall.htm Mercenaries Star – Valhalla National Rankings, 1998].
+# Rob Maddox, “What has the NZPPA done for me?”, Paintball.co.nz, February 2004. Identifies Maddox as a former NZPPA secretary. [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.paintball.co.nz/articles.htm Archived articles index].
-# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/1999Hall.htm Mercenaries Star – Valhalla National Rankings, 1999].
+# [https://groups.google.com/g/nz.net.announce/c/K-_GOvxpI0Y Mark Davies — “Internet Connected Organisations in New Zealand”]. ''nz.net.announce'', 1 October 1996. Lists paintball.co.nz under Paintball Express.
-# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/2000Hall.htm Mercenaries Star – Valhalla National Rankings, 2000].
+# [https://groups.google.com/g/nz.net.announce/c/DCAREJCfNYo Mark Davies — “Internet Connected Organisations in New Zealand”]. ''nz.net.announce'', 31 March 1997. Lists paintball.co.nz under Paintball Express.
-# [https://groups.google.com/g/nz.net.announce/c/K-_GOvxpI0Y Mark Davies, “Internet Connected Organisations in New Zealand”, ''nz.net.announce'', 1 October 1996]. Lists paintball.co.nz as “Paintball Express (NZ), Auckland”.
+# Rob Maddox, “Interview with Rik Goldsworthy”, Paintball.co.nz, April 2004. Interview conducted during Wellington X-Cess 2004; direct archived article URL not recovered.
-# [https://groups.google.com/g/nz.net.announce/c/DCAREJCfNYo Mark Davies, “Internet Connected Organisations in New Zealand”, ''nz.net.announce'', 31 March 1997]. Continues to list paintball.co.nz under Paintball Express.
 == External links ==
-* [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.paintball.co.nz/ Paintball.co.nz in the Internet Archive]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/19980204164230/http://www.webel.co.nz/whmaddox.htm Archived Rob Maddox player profile]
-* [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.paintball.co.nz/articles.htm Paintball.co.nz historical articles archive]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.paintball.co.nz/ Paintball.co.nz website archive]
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