Insane (New Zealand Paintball Team)

Auckland tournament paintball team

Insane, also recorded as Team Insane and later as East Auckland Insane, was an Auckland-based New Zealand tournament paintball team. Contemporary records document the team in three-player, five-player and seven-player competition between 2000 and 2007, followed by recruitment for continued competition in 2008.[1][2][3][4][5]

Insane finished second in the 2001 Valhalla three-player national rankings with 181.7 ranking points.[4]

History

2000 season

A contemporary report of the 2000 New Zealand Paintball Nationals described Insane as a newly assembled team whose players had come together only days before the tournament. This establishes the assembly of that event squad rather than a precise formal founding date.[1]

Insane entered Division Two and recorded 80 preliminary points. It did not qualify for the divisional final.[1]

On 1 December 2000, Insane competed at the 2000 Auckland Indoor 3-Man Open at Urban Combat in Pakuranga. The team finished fourth with 15 points, behind Kamo Karzi, Solidaire and Saints.[2]

2001 season

Insane competed at the 2001 Northland Open at Jubilee Park in Whangārei on 25 February 2001. It finished tenth in the combined standings with 60 points.[3]

The October 2001 Valhalla standings recorded Insane in both seven-player and three-player competition. The team placed 21st among 23 entries in the seven-player rankings with 28.2 points. Its contributing appearances included the Northland Open, RotoVegas and the New Zealand Paintball Nationals.[4]

At the 2001 New Zealand Paintball Nationals, Insane recorded 223 preliminary points and did not qualify for the divisional finals.[5]

In the three-player rankings, Insane placed second with 181.7 ranking points, behind DamNatives Red. A second Insane squad, published as Insane B, placed 24th with 28.3 points.[4]

Insane B was a secondary squad of Team Insane rather than an unrelated team. Its separate ranking entry is retained because the two squads competed independently in the contributing three-player tournaments.

2002 competition and Kaos entry

On 27 January 2002, Insane competed in a three-player tournament at Combat Zone in Ardmore, Papakura. The team recorded 135 points in the published standings.[6]

At the 2002 Northland Open, members of Insane played as guests for Havoc to complete its event squad. The players were not named. This was an event-specific guest arrangement and does not indicate a merger between the teams.[7]

A report of the 2002 Auckland 5-Man Tournament, held at Actions Paintball on 26 October, identified the second-placed entry as Kaos (ex-Insane). Kaos recorded 750 points.[8]

The published wording establishes a connection between Kaos and Insane at that event, but it does not identify the players involved or establish that Insane permanently changed its name to Kaos.[8]

Captaincy

In a contemporary team-contact discussion preserved from January 2002, Kevin Lunt explicitly identified himself as Insane's captain.[9]

The same discussion referred to Mike as the team member with internet access. It did not identify Mike as captain or provide his surname.[9]

2007 return

Insane returned to documented tournament competition in the 2007 Auckland Super 5s series. The published results recorded Insane eleventh in the June round with 265 points and tenth in the July round with 60 points.[10]

The interim standings published in August placed Insane seventh in Division Two with 325 cumulative championship points.[10]

A roster published during the series named Jarrod Findlay, Tabitha Crump, Francis Hambook, Gareth Appleby, Justin Spencer and Sam Houlihan. The contemporary post misspelled Hambook's surname as Hambrock; the corrected spelling is based on participant identification.[10]

The source did not identify a captain and does not establish that every listed player participated in every round.

East Auckland Insane and 2008 recruitment

In January 2008, Jarrod Findlay used the name East Auckland Insane while recruiting for the team and a proposed development squad. East Auckland Insane was a later styling of the same Insane organisation rather than a separate team.[11]

Findlay stated that surplus players at the 2007 Nationals had provided the nucleus of the development squad. The new squad had not been formally named, although Asylum had been suggested. The post described planned twice-monthly training, five-player tournament participation, and promotional and refereeing work for sponsor Actions Paintball.[11]

The source establishes recruitment and planned activity. It does not confirm that the proposed development team subsequently competed or adopted the Asylum name.

The proposed squad should not be confused with the later Asylum Paintball field and business. A former participant has identified Asylum Paintball founder Vitaly Miheev as an earlier Insane player, but no recovered source establishes that the proposed Asylum squad became the field or business. The field's later history should remain in its own article.

Team identities and related entries

The following names have documented or contributor-confirmed relationships with Insane:

• Insane and Team Insane were styles used for the main team.
• Insane B was a secondary Insane squad.
• East Auckland Insane was a later name for the same organisation.
• Kaos (ex-Insane) was an event entry connected with former Insane players, but the source does not establish a permanent team renaming.
• The proposed development-squad name Asylum was never confirmed as a competing team in the recovered records.

Results should remain under the entry name printed by each source.

Documented personnel

Name	Documented involvement	Evidence limit
Kevin Lunt	Identified himself as Insane's captain in a contemporary team-contact discussion	The source documents his role around 2001–2002 rather than uninterrupted captaincy.[9]
Jarrod Findlay	Published 2007 roster; conducted East Auckland Insane recruitment in January 2008	The 2007 source does not identify him as captain.[10][11]
Tabitha Crump	Published Auckland Super 5s roster	The roster does not prove attendance at every series round.[10]
Francis Hambook	Published Auckland Super 5s roster	Printed as “Hambrock” in the source; corrected through participant identification.[10]
Gareth Appleby	Published Auckland Super 5s roster	The roster does not prove attendance at every series round.[10]
Justin Spencer	Published Auckland Super 5s roster	The roster does not prove attendance at every series round.[10]
Sam Houlihan	Published Auckland Super 5s roster	The roster does not prove attendance at every series round.[10]

Vitaly Miheev's recalled association with Insane has not been added to the documented roster because a corresponding contemporary team source has not yet been recovered.

Recorded results and rankings

Year	Competition	Published entry	Recorded result
2000	2000 New Zealand Paintball Nationals	Insane	80 preliminary points; did not qualify for the Division Two final
2000	2000 Auckland Indoor 3-Man Open	Insane	4th; 15 points
2001	2001 Northland Open	Insane	10th; 60 points
2001	Valhalla seven-player rankings	Insane	21st of 23; 28.2 ranking points
2001	Valhalla three-player rankings	Insane	2nd; 181.7 ranking points
2001	Valhalla three-player rankings	Insane B	24th; 28.3 ranking points
2001	2001 New Zealand Paintball Nationals	Insane	223 preliminary points; did not qualify for the divisional finals
2002	Combat Zone three-player tournament	Insane	135 points
2007	Auckland Super 5s, June round	Insane	11th; 265 points
2007	Auckland Super 5s, July round	Insane	10th; 60 points
2007	Auckland Super 5s interim Division Two standings	Insane	7th; 325 cumulative points

The scores came from different tournament and ranking systems and should not be compared directly.

See also

• 2000 New Zealand Paintball Nationals
• 2001 New Zealand Paintball Nationals
• 2001 Northland Open
• 2002 Northland Open
• Actions Paintball
• Paintball in New Zealand

References

1. Rob Maddox, The 2000 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament. Paintball.co.nz.
2. Kerry Munro, Indoor 3-Man Open Competition – Auckland. Paintball.co.nz, 1 December 2000.
3. Rob Maddox, The 2001 Northland Paintball Open. Paintball.co.nz.
4. Mercenaries Star, 2001 Valhalla National Rankings. October 2001.
5. Rob Maddox, The 2001 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament. Paintball.co.nz, archived 6 August 2002.
6. Dazz Marshall, Combat Zone 3-Man. Paintball.co.nz, 27 January 2002.
7. Rob Maddox, The 2002 Northland Paintball Open. NZ Paintball Online, archived 6 August 2002.
8. Rob Maddox, Labour Weekend Auckland 5-Man 2002. Paintball.co.nz, 26 October 2002.
9. Team Captain Contact Details. NZ Paintball Message Forum, archived 2 January 2002.
10. Auckland Super 5's Series Thread. NZ P8NT, July–September 2007.
11. Jarrod Findlay, Looking for a new player to join farm team. NZ P8NT, 13–22 January 2008.