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'''Kamo Karzi''', also recorded as '''Kamo Kazi''', '''Kamo Karzis''', '''Kamokarzi''', '''Kamo''' and '''KK''', was a New Zealand [[paintball]] team formed around 1994. The team combined social and tournament paintball, won the 1997 [[National Paintball League (New Zealand)|National Paintball League]] Second Division and finished third overall and first in Division Two at the 1997 [[New Zealand Paintball Nationals]].[1][2]


'''Kamo Karzi''' (also written '''Kamokarzi''') was a New Zealand competitive [[paintball]] team based in [[Auckland]], active from at least 1997 to 2001. The team competed in national and regional tournaments during the development of organised paintball in New Zealand, including the [[New Zealand Paintball Nationals]] and RotoVegas tournament in Rotorua.
Kamo Karzi competed in national events through 2003 and appeared in the [[Valhalla National Rankings]] for five consecutive seasons from 1997 to 2001.[3][4][5][6][7]
 
Kamo Karzi finished third in the published 1997 Valhalla national team rankings and remained in the rankings for five consecutive seasons, from 1997 to 2001.[1][2][3][4][5]
 
The team was associated with [[Rob Maddox]], a tournament paintball player, writer and administrator of the early New Zealand paintball website Paintball.co.nz and the NZ Paintball Message Boards.
 
Kamo Karzi maintained an early team website, which was listed in the directory of New Zealand paintball resources published by [[Mercenaries Star]]. The team also included a player known as '''Spider''', who maintained a separate website featuring modifications to paintball equipment.[6]


== History ==
== History ==
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=== Formation and early competition ===
=== Formation and early competition ===


Kamo Karzi emerged in Auckland's competitive paintball community during the 1990s.
Kamo Karzi's official website states that the team formed around 1994 after users of two bulletin-board systems organised a social paintball game. The team continued organising social games, through which several later members joined.[1]
 
Its first recorded tournament was the 1994 Winter League organised by Tactics Paintball. Kamo Karzi received the Most Improved trophy but did not record a placing.[1]


Its exact founding date has not been established, although the team was competing nationally by 1997.
In 1995, the team competed at the Taupō Nationals with support from RP Scherer and finished fourth. Its contemporary history states that five regular players, including the captain, subsequently left for another team. The remaining group spent approximately a year rebuilding. An original member known as Wolf became captain in 1995.[1]


During this period, tournament paintball in New Zealand was organised primarily through commercial playing fields, independent tournament organisers and emerging regional competition structures.
=== 1997 season ===


Auckland was home to several established tournament teams, including Katipo, Saints, Paint Contractors, Grey and Red Alert.
Kamo Karzi entered and won the Second Division of the National Paintball League in 1997 with support from Combat Vision.[1]


Kamo Karzi was among the teams participating in competitions associated with the original [[National Paintball League (New Zealand)|National Paintball League]] (NPL).
At the New Zealand Nationals on 25–26 October 1997 at Actions Paintball in Te Atatū, Kamo Karzi scored 818 points. It finished third overall and first in Division Two. Allan Gatland was identified as captain when he accepted the divisional trophy.[2]


The NPL was established in 1997 through the efforts of [[Ian Southern]] and [[Dave Pellet]]. Its participating commercial field operators included Splatman, Strategy Tag and [[Actions Paintball|Actions Paintball Sports Arena]].[7]
The league championship and Nationals result were separate achievements. Kamo Karzi also finished third in the retrospectively compiled 1997 Valhalla rankings, with a ranking score of 74.[3]


The league incorporated established major competitions into its First Division programme and introduced regular competition for developing teams.
=== 1998–2001 ===


Kamo Karzi's appearances in contemporary national tournament results place it within this early organised competition environment.
The 1998 National Paintball League Division Two team list named Allan Gatland as manager of ''Kamo Karzi 2''. Separate results recorded 16 league points for ''Kamo Karzi #2'', without giving a final placing.[8][9]


=== 1997 season ===
At the 1998 New Zealand Nationals, Kamo Karzi finished eleventh with 435 points. The tournament report identifies the captain as ''Alan Gatland'', preserving that source's spelling.[10]


The earliest surviving Valhalla national ranking table lists Kamo Karzi in third place for 1997, with a score of 74.[1]
Kamo Karzi supplied most of the referees for the 1999 Nationals instead of entering as a playing team. Marty Kinny was the head marshal.[11]


The leading teams in the published standings were:
At the 2000 Nationals, Kamo Karzi competed in the First Division, scoring 515 preliminary points and not advancing to the divisional finals.[12]


{| class="wikitable"
At the 2001 Nationals, the team recorded 665 preliminary points and did not reach the finals. A player identified only as Dazz, described as formerly of Saints, received the second day's player award.[13]
|+ 1997 Valhalla national rankings – leading teams
! Position
! Team
! Ranking score
|-
| 1
| Katipo 1
| 91
|-
| 2
| Saints Black
| 79
|-
| 3
| '''Kamo Karzi'''
| '''74'''
|-
| 4
| Paint Contractors
| 72
|-
| 5
| Grey
| 71
|}


The standings document Kamo Karzi among the leading teams in the records available to the ranking compiler for the season.
=== 2002–2003 ===


The Valhalla rankings were retrospectively compiled from available tournament results. The compiler acknowledged that some early results were missing, so the published standings should not be treated as an exhaustive record of every tournament played in New Zealand.[8]
Kamo Karzi and Phantom provided referees for the 2002 Northland Open. The team was not listed among the eight playing entries.[14]


==== 1997 New Zealand Paintball Nationals ====
Kamo Karzi returned as a playing team at the 2003 Auckland Queen's Birthday Superball. It scored 341 points in the preliminary round and did not reach the four-team finals.[15]


Kamo Karzi competed at the '''1997 New Zealand Paintball Nationals''', held on 25–26 October at Actions Paintball Sports Arena in Te Atatū, Auckland.
The contemporary report described Kamo Karzi's final preliminary game, against Katipo, as its last tournament game as a cohesive team. It reported that the team was disbanding after approximately ten years because of player shortages and other commitments. Rob Maddox and Kerry Munro were identified as the remaining players seeking places with other teams.[15]


The tournament used a five-player centre-flag format, with games lasting a maximum of ten minutes.
The same report described the newly formed Raiderz, printed there as ''Raiders'', as being composed primarily of former Kamo Karzi players. This establishes a player connection but does not make Raiderz an alias or direct continuation of Kamo Karzi.[15]


Eleven teams participated.
== Members and team entries ==


A contemporary tournament report attributed to Rob Maddox records Kamo Karzi finishing third overall with 818 points.[9]
The surviving sources identify the following people with Kamo Karzi. They relate to different seasons and events and do not constitute a complete roster for any one tournament.


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+ 1997 New Zealand Paintball Nationals – reported results
! Name
! Position
! Documented involvement
! Team
! Evidence
! Tournament points
|-
| Allan “Wolf” Gatland
| Captain
| Identified as Kamo Karzi's captain in his contemporary player profile, the Paintball.co.nz Who's Who directory and tournament reports from 1997, 1998 and 2001. His given name was also printed as Alan.[3][9][17][19][20]
|-
| Rob Maddox
| Player and team contact
| Described in his contemporary profile as a long-standing Kamo Karzi member. He was identified as a player in tournament reports, supplied the team's website address in 2001 and was listed as its internet contact.[1][9][15][18][19]
|-
| Paul “Spider” McKay
| Player
| Listed as a Kamo Karzi member in the Paintball.co.nz Who's Who directory. His own profile states that he joined in 1996 and played during the team's 1997 Second Division campaign.[2][19]
|-
| Kerry Munro
| Player
| Authored the team's report on its victory at the 2000 Auckland indoor three-player tournament. A 2003 report identified Munro and Rob Maddox as the team's two remaining players.[13][15]
|-
| Jo Pitts
| Former player
| His contemporary profile states that he played for Kamo Karzi before joining Saints. The profile does not establish the dates of his Kamo Karzi involvement.[16]
|-
|-
| 1
| Dazz
| Katipo
| Player
| 1,008
| Identified by first name only as a Kamo Karzi player, formerly associated with Saints, at the 2001 New Zealand Paintball Nationals. He received the second day's player award.[20]
|-
|-
| 2
| Wayne
| Saints Black
| Player
| 866
| Identified by first name only in Kerry Munro's report on Kamo Karzi's victory at the 2000 Auckland indoor three-player tournament. The source does not provide his surname.[13]
|-
|-
| 3
| Quad
| '''Kamo Karzi'''
| Player
| '''818'''
| Identified by this name in Kerry Munro's report on Kamo Karzi's victory at the 2000 Auckland indoor three-player tournament. The source does not provide a full name.[13]
|}
|}


The event also included Paint Contractors, Grey, Team Raven, Flashpoint, Syrian Suicide Squad, Red Alert and DaBayBoyz.
The 2000 indoor tournament report also refers to an unnamed 13-year-old member of Munro's family playing for Kamo Karzi. The player is not added to the table because the source does not provide a name.[13]


The tournament's five-player format was typical of competitive paintball during the period.
=== Recorded team entries ===


The reported third-place tournament finish should be distinguished from Kamo Karzi's separate third-place position in the Valhalla national rankings.
The team's normal published name was '''Kamo Karzi'''. Contemporary records also used the spellings '''Kamokarzi''', '''Kamo Kazi''' and '''Kamo Karzis''', together with the shortened forms '''Kamo''' and '''KK'''. These are treated as spelling or shorthand variants of the same New Zealand team.


=== 1998 season ===
Kamo Karzi entered multiple affiliated squads at some smaller tournaments and league rounds. Recorded squad names include:


Kamo Karzi continued competing during 1998.
* Kamo Karzi 2
* Kamo Karzi #2
* Kamo Karzi Team One
* Kamo Karzi Team Two


The Valhalla database ranked the team ninth nationally, with a score of 43.[2]
These names identify secondary or event-specific Kamo Karzi entries rather than separate permanent teams.


Saints Gold headed the published season rankings, followed by Grey and Katipo 1.
The separately recorded name '''Kami Kazi''' is not treated as a Kamo Karzi spelling variant because no recovered roster, location or organisational evidence establishes that identity.


Other participating teams included Paint Contractors, House Steiner, Black Dragon, Kiwi Extreme, Barbarians and Flashpoint.
== Team names and squads ==


==== 1998 New Zealand Paintball Nationals ====
New Zealand sources use several renderings of the team's name, including ''Kamo Karzi'', ''Kamo Kazi'', ''Kamo Karzis'', ''Kamokarzi'', ''Kamo'' and ''KK''. These are treated as spelling or shorthand variants of the same team when the New Zealand context is clear.


The 1998 Nationals took place on 24–25 October at Actions Paintball Sports Arena in Te Atatū.
The entries ''Kamo Karzi 2'', ''Kamo Karzi #2'', ''Kamo Karzi Team One'' and ''Kamo Karzi Team Two'' identify event or league squads associated with Kamo Karzi rather than separate permanent team histories.[8][9]


Fourteen teams entered the event.
== Tournament results ==


Rob Maddox's contemporary tournament account records Kamo Karzi finishing 11th, with 435 tournament points.[10]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
! Year
Saints Gold won the competition, followed by Paint Contractors and Saints Grey.
! Tournament or series
 
! Recorded result
The reported results were:
|-
 
| 1994
{| class="wikitable"
| Tactics Winter League
|+ 1998 New Zealand Paintball Nationals – selected reported results
| Most Improved trophy; no placing[1]
! Position
! Team
! Tournament points
|-
|-
| 1
| 1995
| Saints Gold
| Taupō Nationals
| 1,290
| 4th[1]
|-
|-
| 2
| 1997
| Paint Contractors
| National Paintball League, Division Two
| 1,008
| 1st[1]
|-
|-
| 3
| 1997
| Saints Grey
| [[1997 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]
| 970
| 3rd overall; 1st in Division Two; 818 points[2]
|-
|-
| 11
| 1998
| '''Kamo Karzi'''
| NPL Division Two league
| '''435'''
| Kamo Karzi #2 recorded 16 points; placing not supplied[9]
|}
|-
 
| 1998
The event was one of the final major tournaments held at Actions Paintball's Te Atatū venue before the business relocated its west Auckland activities.
| [[1998 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]
 
| 11th; 435 points[10]
The contemporary report also records disagreements concerning tournament refereeing and game administration, illustrating some of the challenges involved in establishing consistent competition standards.
 
==== Best Flag Pull ====
 
Rob Maddox, playing for Kamo Karzi, received the '''Best Flag Pull''' award at the 1998 Nationals.
 
His contemporary tournament account identifies the award as recognising a flag pull against Katipo One.[10]
 
In centre-flag paintball, players attempted to secure a centrally positioned flag, with successful flag pulls and hangs contributing to tournament scoring.
 
The award is a documented example of individual recognition received by a Kamo Karzi player during national competition.
 
=== 1999 season ===
 
Kamo Karzi remained active in national tournament paintball during 1999.
 
The Valhalla standings placed the team ninth, with a ranking score of 63.[3]
 
The leading teams in the published rankings were Saints Gold, Paint Contractors, Psychosis, Grey and Black Dragon.
 
Kamo Karzi was ranked between Solidaire, which scored 65, and Phantom 5 Purple, which scored 59.
 
The original two-division National Paintball League structure ended during 1999 after the participating commercial operators withdrew their support.[7]
 
Although the NPL's developmental division ceased, established national and regional paintball tournaments continued.
 
Kamo Karzi's recorded ranking confirms its continued involvement in the competitive scene during this transitional period.
 
The original results available for 1999 do not establish the team's complete schedule or its finishing position at every tournament.
 
=== 2000 season ===
 
Kamo Karzi competed during the 2000 season, appearing again in the Valhalla national rankings.
 
The team finished 18th, with a score of 59.[4]
 
The leading published teams included Saints Gold, Team Crisis, Grey, Paint Contractors and Katipo 1.
 
The 2000 ranking list included a wider selection of teams, reflecting the expansion of the Valhalla database to incorporate regional competitions.
 
The ranking compiler noted that results had been collected from nearly every tournament played that year, with the Southern Three-Man competition among the missing records.[4]
 
The published methodology sought to compare performances across tournaments of different sizes and playing formats.
 
Kamo Karzi's lower ranking position should therefore be considered in the context of changes in the number of participating teams, competition results available and ranking methodology.
 
=== 2001 season ===
 
Kamo Karzi continued competing into 2001.
 
The Valhalla database recorded the team in the national seven-player rankings, finishing '''10th among 23 teams''' with 111.4 ranking points.[5]
 
The team's recorded results came from RotoVegas and the New Zealand Paintball Nationals.
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Kamo Karzi – 2001 seven-man results
! Competition
! Ranking points
|-
|-
| RotoVegas – preliminary round
| 2000
| 63.9
| [[2000 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]
| 515 preliminary points; did not reach the First Division finals[12]
|-
|-
| New Zealand Paintball Nationals – preliminary round
| 2001
| 47.5
| [[2001 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]
| 665 preliminary points; did not reach finals[13]
|-
|-
! Season total
| 2003
! 111.4
| [[2003 Auckland Queen's Birthday Superball]]
| 341 preliminary points; did not reach finals[15]
|}
|}
These values were calculated by Valhalla for national ranking purposes and were not necessarily the raw game scores awarded by the tournament organisers.
==== RotoVegas ====
Kamo Karzi entered the RotoVegas seven-man tournament in Rotorua.
The Valhalla database recorded 63.9 points for the team's preliminary-round performance.
The tournament was part of the Rotorua competitive paintball calendar, which included events associated with the Volcanic Rotorua series.
Other teams recorded at RotoVegas included Saints Gold, Jetts, Katipo, Black Dragon, Damage and Tag n' Release.
The surviving ranking table does not provide Kamo Karzi with a final-round ranking contribution for this event.
==== New Zealand Paintball Nationals ====
Kamo Karzi also competed at the 2001 New Zealand Paintball Nationals in Auckland.
The event used a seven-player format, with a preliminary competition followed by separate divisional finals.
Valhalla credited Kamo Karzi with 47.5 ranking points from the preliminary round.[5]
The tournament attracted teams from different regions, including Saints Gold, Jetts, Katipo, Damage, Flashpoint, Tag n' Release and Insane.
No final-round contribution is recorded for Kamo Karzi in the surviving Valhalla table.
The team finished tenth in the seven-man national season rankings, ahead of Warp Speed and TNT.
The 2001 records are the latest currently identified results for Kamo Karzi. They do not establish whether the team ceased operating after that season.


== National rankings ==
== National rankings ==
Kamo Karzi appeared in the Valhalla national paintball rankings for five consecutive seasons.


{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Kamo Karzi – published Valhalla standings
! Season
! Year
! Ranking category
! National ranking
! Position
! Ranking score
! Ranking score
! Category
|-
|-
| 1997
| 1997
| 3rd of 11
| Combined
| 74
| 3rd
| National rankings
| 74[3]
|-
|-
| 1998
| 1998
| 9th of 18
| Combined
| 43
| 9th
| National rankings
| 43[4]
|-
|-
| 1999
| 1999
| 9th of 22
| Combined
| 63
| 9th
| National rankings
| 63[5]
|-
|-
| 2000
| 2000
| 18th of 37
| Combined
| 59
| 18th
| National rankings
| 59[6]
|-
|-
| 2001
| 2001
| 10th of 23
| Seven-player
| 111.4
| 10th
| Seven-man
| 111.4[7]
|}
|}


Sources: Mercenaries Star Valhalla tables for 1997–2001.[1][2][3][4][5]
Valhalla ranking scores were calculated ranking values rather than raw tournament points. The calculation method and categories changed during the period, so the seasonal figures are not directly comparable.[7][19]
 
The rankings were compiled using different data structures and methods over time.
 
The 1997–2000 tables present comparative national performance scores, while the 2001 seven-man standings incorporate ranking contributions from individual tournament rounds.
 
Consequently, ranking scores should not be compared directly between seasons as if they represented identical measurements.
 
The database also acknowledged gaps in its historical results, particularly for earlier years.[8]
 
== Players ==
 
=== Rob Maddox ===
 
[[Rob Maddox]] was a member of Kamo Karzi during the late 1990s.
 
He competed at the New Zealand Paintball Nationals and published contemporary reports of the 1997 and 1998 events.
 
Maddox received the Best Flag Pull award at the 1998 Nationals.[10]
 
He was also involved in the operation of Paintball.co.nz, an early New Zealand paintball website.
 
The website published tournament reports, playing-field information and material concerning the development and regulation of paintball in New Zealand.
 
Maddox subsequently served as secretary of the New Zealand Paintball Players Association (NZPPA), before identifying himself as a former secretary in an article published in February 2004.
 
His work in tournament reporting preserved details of events in which Kamo Karzi participated.
 
=== Spider ===
 
A Kamo Karzi member known as '''Spider''' operated an independent paintball website during the early 2000s.
 
The Mercenaries Star directory listed the site under the name '''Spiders Paintball'''.[6]
 
The directory described Spider as an Auckland member of Kamokarzi who regularly modified paintball markers.
 
It specifically mentioned photographs of a modified '''Sheridan PGP''' paintball pistol.
 
The listing documents the technical interests of at least one member of the team and connects Kamo Karzi with the early online paintball equipment community.
 
Spider's full name has not been established from the surviving directory entry.
 
The historical listing does not establish whether Spider and Rob Maddox were the same individual; they should therefore be treated as separate identities unless further evidence becomes available.
 
=== Other players ===
 
The full Kamo Karzi roster has not been recovered.
 
Team membership may have varied across the five-player and seven-player tournaments documented between 1997 and 2001.
 
Contemporary tournament reports and photographs may contain further information about individual players and their positions.
 
== Competition formats ==
 
=== Five-player centre flag ===
 
Kamo Karzi competed in the five-player format used at the 1997 New Zealand Paintball Nationals.
 
Games involved teams attempting to capture a central flag while eliminating opposing players.
 
The format commonly awarded points for eliminations, flag pulls and successful flag hangs.
 
Natural terrain and constructed barricades were used at tournaments during this period.
 
The team continued participating in national competitions as tournament formats developed.
 
=== Seven-player paintball ===
 
By 2001, Kamo Karzi was competing in seven-player tournament paintball.
 
Seven-man competition was an established international format during the late 1990s and early 2000s.
 
The larger team size placed greater emphasis on communication and coordinated movement between different playing positions.
 
Kamo Karzi's 2001 results document its participation in the seven-man format at RotoVegas and the Nationals.
 
== Online presence ==
 
=== Team website ===
 
Kamo Karzi maintained an internet presence during the early development of New Zealand paintball websites.
 
Mercenaries Star listed '''Kamokarzi, Auckland''' in its directory of team websites.[6]
 
An independent international directory, Paintball Emporium, also listed Kamo Karzi as a New Zealand paintball team with an associated website.[11]
 
These references establish that Kamo Karzi was represented online and linked from both domestic and international paintball resources.
 
The team's original website address has not been conclusively recovered from the surviving directory text.
 
The original site may have contained player profiles, tournament reports and photographs, but its precise contents cannot be established without the underlying archive.
 
=== New Zealand Paintball Online ===
 
Kamo Karzi's association with Rob Maddox connected the team with Paintball.co.nz and the NZ Paintball Message Boards.
 
The website provided information about paintball fields, tournament events and equipment.
 
Mercenaries Star independently described New Zealand Paintball Online as offering a field directory, moderated discussion board and chat facility.[6]
 
These websites were part of the early internet community through which New Zealand players communicated before social media became widespread.
 
=== Equipment modifications ===
 
The separate Spiders Paintball website reflected the technical interests of players during a period when mechanical paintball markers were commonly customised.
 
Its historical listing specifically identified modified Sheridan PGP equipment.
 
The PGP was a stock-class paintball pistol originally manufactured by Sheridan and widely used during the sport's early development.
 
Modification, maintenance and equipment experimentation were common activities among experienced tournament players.
 
The existence of a dedicated equipment website operated by a Kamo Karzi member demonstrates the team's connections beyond competition results.
 
== Historical documentation ==
 
=== Valhalla database ===
 
The most complete surviving record of Kamo Karzi's competitive activity is the Valhalla database maintained by Mercenaries Star.
 
The database contains annual national rankings for 1997 through 2000, followed by separate competition-format rankings in 2001.
 
These records establish the team's continued activity and include tournament-level ranking contributions for its final documented season.
 
Valhalla was not a complete official registry of all New Zealand paintball tournaments.
 
The compiler acknowledged missing results and made revisions to the methodology used to compare performances.[8]
 
=== Paintball.co.nz tournament reports ===
 
Rob Maddox's reports on the 1997 and 1998 New Zealand Paintball Nationals contain additional information about Kamo Karzi's participation.
 
The reports were originally associated with Paintball.co.nz, an early national paintball information website.
 
Historical summaries attribute the 1997 third-place result, the 1998 11th-place result and Maddox's Best Flag Pull award to those contemporary accounts.[9][10]
 
The original individual article URLs have not been recovered, limiting independent verification of the full report texts.
 
=== Early website directories ===
 
The Mercenaries Star directory and Paintball Emporium links page document Kamo Karzi's presence in the early online paintball community.
 
The directories also demonstrate that the team maintained a public identity beyond its tournament entries.
 
The surviving references are especially useful because many paintball team websites from the 1990s and early 2000s are no longer accessible.
 
== Historical significance ==
 
Kamo Karzi was one of Auckland's established tournament paintball teams during the development of national competition in the late 1990s.
 
The team participated in the original National Paintball League era and remained active through the transition toward seven-player tournament formats in the early 2000s.
 
Its third-place position in the 1997 Valhalla standings and subsequent appearances through 2001 provide evidence of sustained competitive participation.
 
Through Rob Maddox, the team was also connected with contemporary paintball journalism, tournament reporting and the development of national online discussion communities.
 
The historical record of Kamo Karzi illustrates the relationship between competitive teams, commercial field operators and independent paintball websites during the sport's early development in New Zealand.


== See also ==
== See also ==


* [[History of paintball in New Zealand]]
* [[Raiderz (New Zealand Paintball Team)]]
* [[Paintball in New Zealand]]
* [[National Paintball League (New Zealand)]]
* [[New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]
* [[Valhalla National Rankings]]
* [[Rob Maddox]]
* [[Rob Maddox]]
* [[New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]
* [[The Goodies]]
* [[National Paintball League (New Zealand)]]
* [[Actions Paintball]]
* [[Mercenaries Star]]
* [[Northland Open]]
* [[Volcanic Rotorua]]
* [[Team Insane]]
* [[New Zealand Paintball Players Association]]


== References ==
== References ==


# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/1997Hall.htm Valhalla National Rankings, 1997]. ''Mercenaries Star''. Lists Kamo Karzi third with a ranking score of 74.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/19980204174450/http://www.webel.co.nz/kk/mainmenu.htm Team Kamo Karzi, official team history and member list. Archived 4 February 1998.]
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/1998Hall.htm Valhalla National Rankings, 1998]. ''Mercenaries Star''. Lists Kamo Karzi ninth with a ranking score of 43.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020613133123/http://www.paintball.co.nz/nats97.htm Rob Maddox, ''The 1997 Two Day NZ National “SplatMan” Tournament'', Paintball.co.nz. Archived 13 June 2002.]
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/1999Hall.htm Valhalla National Rankings, 1999]. ''Mercenaries Star''. Lists Kamo Karzi ninth with a ranking score of 63.
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/1997Hall.htm Mercenaries Star, ''Valhalla Hall of Heros: 1997''.]
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/2000Hall.htm Valhalla National Rankings, 2000]. ''Mercenaries Star''. Lists Kamo Karzi eighteenth with a ranking score of 59.
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/1998Hall.htm Mercenaries Star, ''Valhalla Hall of Heros: 1998''.]
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/2001Hall.htm Valhalla National Rankings, 2001]. ''Mercenaries Star''. Records Kamo Karzi tenth in the seven-man standings, including RotoVegas and New Zealand Nationals preliminary-round results.
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/1999Hall.htm Mercenaries Star, ''Valhalla Hall of Heros: 1999''.]
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/Links/NZPO.htm New Zealand Paintball Online Directory]. ''Mercenaries Star''. Historical team website listing for Kamokarzi and a separate Spiders Paintball website operated by a team member.
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/2000Hall.htm Mercenaries Star, ''Valhalla Hall of Heros: 2000''.]
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/Rules/Leagues/NPLIntro.htm The Rise and Fall of the New Zealand National Paintball League]. ''Mercenaries Star''. Historical account of the NPL established in 1997.
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/2001Hall.htm Mercenaries Star, ''Valhalla Hall of Heros: 2001'', standings dated October 2001.]
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/RankIndex.htm Valhalla National Ranking Methodology]. ''Mercenaries Star''. Explanation of the rankings, calculation methods and acknowledged gaps in historical results.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020606144228/http://www.paintball.co.nz/div298.htm ''The 1998 “SplatMan” Division 2 League'', compiled by Rob Maddox; information dated 8 March 1998.]
# Rob Maddox, ''1997 New Zealand Paintball Nationals''. Contemporary tournament account originally associated with Paintball.co.nz, October 1997. Results reproduced in the New Zealand Paintball History project research; original article URL not established. [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.paintball.co.nz/ Historical site archive].
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020613121455/http://www.paintball.co.nz/npld298.htm ''The 1998 NPL Division 2 League Results'', Paintball.co.nz. Archived 13 June 2002.]
# Rob Maddox, ''1998 New Zealand Paintball Nationals''. Contemporary tournament account originally associated with Paintball.co.nz, October 1998. Tournament placing and individual recognition reproduced in historical research; original article URL not established. [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.paintball.co.nz/ Historical site archive].
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020817071008/http://www.paintball.co.nz/nats98.htm Rob Maddox, ''The 1998 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament'', Paintball.co.nz. Archived 17 August 2002.]
# [https://www.oocities.org/Colosseum/Loge/4039/resources/links.html Paintball Emporium – Links]. Historical international paintball directory listing Kamo Karzi as a New Zealand team.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020817070413/http://www.paintball.co.nz/nats99/ Rob Maddox, ''The 1999 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament'', Paintball.co.nz. Archived 17 August 2002.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020613133336/http://www.paintball.co.nz/nats00.htm Rob Maddox, ''The 2000 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament'', Paintball.co.nz. Archived 13 June 2002.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020806192513/http://www.paintball.co.nz/nats01.htm Rob Maddox, ''The 2001 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament'', Paintball.co.nz. Archived 6 August 2002.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020806192035/http://www.paintball.co.nz/north2002.htm Rob Maddox, ''The 2002 Northland Paintball Open'', Paintball.co.nz. Archived 6 August 2002.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20041011120622/http://www.paintball.co.nz/articles/2003/qbw.htm Rob Maddox, ''Superball 2003 “Queens Birthday” Tournament'', New Zealand Paintball, June 2003.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020425061937/http://www.webel.co.nz/whspider.htm Paul “Spider” McKay, ''Who's Who of New Zealand Paintball'', undated profile. Archived 25 April 2002.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020613232202/http://www.paintball.co.nz/whjo.htm Jo Pitts, ''Who's Who of New Zealand Paintball'', undated profile. Archived 13 June 2002.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020222212416/http://www.webel.co.nz/kk/mainmenu.htm Team Kamo Karzi, history and contact page. Archived 22 February 2002.]
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/RankIndex.htm Mercenaries Star, Valhalla National Team Rankings methodology.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020421082442/http://www.paintball.co.nz/whgatlnd.htm Allan Gatland player profile], Paintball.co.nz.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020423173950/http://www.paintball.co.nz/whmaddox.htm Rob Maddox player profile], Paintball.co.nz.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020420035522/http://www.paintball.co.nz/who.htm ''The Who's Who of New Zealand Paintball''], Paintball.co.nz.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020806192513/http://www.paintball.co.nz/nats01.htm Rob Maddox, ''The 2001 New Zealand Paintball Nationals''], Paintball.co.nz.


== External links ==
== External links ==


* [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/Links/NZPO.htm Mercenaries Star – historical New Zealand team directory]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/19980204165358/http://www.webel.co.nz/kk/ Official Kamo Karzi website, archived 4 February 1998]
* [https://www.oocities.org/Colosseum/Loge/4039/resources/links.html Paintball Emporium – historical international team directory]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020213213112/http://www.webel.co.nz/kk/ Official Kamo Karzi website, archived 13 February 2002]
* [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/1997Hall.htm 1997 national rankings]
* [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/1998Hall.htm 1998 national rankings]
* [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/1999Hall.htm 1999 national rankings]
* [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/2000Hall.htm 2000 national rankings]
* [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/2001Hall.htm 2001 seven-man rankings]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.paintball.co.nz/ Paintball.co.nz – historical website archive]
* [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/RankIndex.htm Valhalla ranking methodology]


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Latest revision as of 06:45, 28 October 2026

Kamo Karzi, also recorded as Kamo Kazi, Kamo Karzis, Kamokarzi, Kamo and KK, was a New Zealand paintball team formed around 1994. The team combined social and tournament paintball, won the 1997 National Paintball League Second Division and finished third overall and first in Division Two at the 1997 New Zealand Paintball Nationals.[1][2]

Kamo Karzi competed in national events through 2003 and appeared in the Valhalla National Rankings for five consecutive seasons from 1997 to 2001.[3][4][5][6][7]

History

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Formation and early competition

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Kamo Karzi's official website states that the team formed around 1994 after users of two bulletin-board systems organised a social paintball game. The team continued organising social games, through which several later members joined.[1]

Its first recorded tournament was the 1994 Winter League organised by Tactics Paintball. Kamo Karzi received the Most Improved trophy but did not record a placing.[1]

In 1995, the team competed at the Taupō Nationals with support from RP Scherer and finished fourth. Its contemporary history states that five regular players, including the captain, subsequently left for another team. The remaining group spent approximately a year rebuilding. An original member known as Wolf became captain in 1995.[1]

1997 season

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Kamo Karzi entered and won the Second Division of the National Paintball League in 1997 with support from Combat Vision.[1]

At the New Zealand Nationals on 25–26 October 1997 at Actions Paintball in Te Atatū, Kamo Karzi scored 818 points. It finished third overall and first in Division Two. Allan Gatland was identified as captain when he accepted the divisional trophy.[2]

The league championship and Nationals result were separate achievements. Kamo Karzi also finished third in the retrospectively compiled 1997 Valhalla rankings, with a ranking score of 74.[3]

1998–2001

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The 1998 National Paintball League Division Two team list named Allan Gatland as manager of Kamo Karzi 2. Separate results recorded 16 league points for Kamo Karzi #2, without giving a final placing.[8][9]

At the 1998 New Zealand Nationals, Kamo Karzi finished eleventh with 435 points. The tournament report identifies the captain as Alan Gatland, preserving that source's spelling.[10]

Kamo Karzi supplied most of the referees for the 1999 Nationals instead of entering as a playing team. Marty Kinny was the head marshal.[11]

At the 2000 Nationals, Kamo Karzi competed in the First Division, scoring 515 preliminary points and not advancing to the divisional finals.[12]

At the 2001 Nationals, the team recorded 665 preliminary points and did not reach the finals. A player identified only as Dazz, described as formerly of Saints, received the second day's player award.[13]

2002–2003

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Kamo Karzi and Phantom provided referees for the 2002 Northland Open. The team was not listed among the eight playing entries.[14]

Kamo Karzi returned as a playing team at the 2003 Auckland Queen's Birthday Superball. It scored 341 points in the preliminary round and did not reach the four-team finals.[15]

The contemporary report described Kamo Karzi's final preliminary game, against Katipo, as its last tournament game as a cohesive team. It reported that the team was disbanding after approximately ten years because of player shortages and other commitments. Rob Maddox and Kerry Munro were identified as the remaining players seeking places with other teams.[15]

The same report described the newly formed Raiderz, printed there as Raiders, as being composed primarily of former Kamo Karzi players. This establishes a player connection but does not make Raiderz an alias or direct continuation of Kamo Karzi.[15]

Members and team entries

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The surviving sources identify the following people with Kamo Karzi. They relate to different seasons and events and do not constitute a complete roster for any one tournament.

Name Documented involvement Evidence
Allan “Wolf” Gatland Captain Identified as Kamo Karzi's captain in his contemporary player profile, the Paintball.co.nz Who's Who directory and tournament reports from 1997, 1998 and 2001. His given name was also printed as Alan.[3][9][17][19][20]
Rob Maddox Player and team contact Described in his contemporary profile as a long-standing Kamo Karzi member. He was identified as a player in tournament reports, supplied the team's website address in 2001 and was listed as its internet contact.[1][9][15][18][19]
Paul “Spider” McKay Player Listed as a Kamo Karzi member in the Paintball.co.nz Who's Who directory. His own profile states that he joined in 1996 and played during the team's 1997 Second Division campaign.[2][19]
Kerry Munro Player Authored the team's report on its victory at the 2000 Auckland indoor three-player tournament. A 2003 report identified Munro and Rob Maddox as the team's two remaining players.[13][15]
Jo Pitts Former player His contemporary profile states that he played for Kamo Karzi before joining Saints. The profile does not establish the dates of his Kamo Karzi involvement.[16]
Dazz Player Identified by first name only as a Kamo Karzi player, formerly associated with Saints, at the 2001 New Zealand Paintball Nationals. He received the second day's player award.[20]
Wayne Player Identified by first name only in Kerry Munro's report on Kamo Karzi's victory at the 2000 Auckland indoor three-player tournament. The source does not provide his surname.[13]
Quad Player Identified by this name in Kerry Munro's report on Kamo Karzi's victory at the 2000 Auckland indoor three-player tournament. The source does not provide a full name.[13]

The 2000 indoor tournament report also refers to an unnamed 13-year-old member of Munro's family playing for Kamo Karzi. The player is not added to the table because the source does not provide a name.[13]

Recorded team entries

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The team's normal published name was Kamo Karzi. Contemporary records also used the spellings Kamokarzi, Kamo Kazi and Kamo Karzis, together with the shortened forms Kamo and KK. These are treated as spelling or shorthand variants of the same New Zealand team.

Kamo Karzi entered multiple affiliated squads at some smaller tournaments and league rounds. Recorded squad names include:

  • Kamo Karzi 2
  • Kamo Karzi #2
  • Kamo Karzi Team One
  • Kamo Karzi Team Two

These names identify secondary or event-specific Kamo Karzi entries rather than separate permanent teams.

The separately recorded name Kami Kazi is not treated as a Kamo Karzi spelling variant because no recovered roster, location or organisational evidence establishes that identity.

Team names and squads

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New Zealand sources use several renderings of the team's name, including Kamo Karzi, Kamo Kazi, Kamo Karzis, Kamokarzi, Kamo and KK. These are treated as spelling or shorthand variants of the same team when the New Zealand context is clear.

The entries Kamo Karzi 2, Kamo Karzi #2, Kamo Karzi Team One and Kamo Karzi Team Two identify event or league squads associated with Kamo Karzi rather than separate permanent team histories.[8][9]

Tournament results

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Year Tournament or series Recorded result
1994 Tactics Winter League Most Improved trophy; no placing[1]
1995 Taupō Nationals 4th[1]
1997 National Paintball League, Division Two 1st[1]
1997 1997 New Zealand Paintball Nationals 3rd overall; 1st in Division Two; 818 points[2]
1998 NPL Division Two league Kamo Karzi #2 recorded 16 points; placing not supplied[9]
1998 1998 New Zealand Paintball Nationals 11th; 435 points[10]
2000 2000 New Zealand Paintball Nationals 515 preliminary points; did not reach the First Division finals[12]
2001 2001 New Zealand Paintball Nationals 665 preliminary points; did not reach finals[13]
2003 2003 Auckland Queen's Birthday Superball 341 preliminary points; did not reach finals[15]

National rankings

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Season Ranking category Position Ranking score
1997 Combined 3rd 74[3]
1998 Combined 9th 43[4]
1999 Combined 9th 63[5]
2000 Combined 18th 59[6]
2001 Seven-player 10th 111.4[7]

Valhalla ranking scores were calculated ranking values rather than raw tournament points. The calculation method and categories changed during the period, so the seasonal figures are not directly comparable.[7][19]

See also

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References

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  1. Team Kamo Karzi, official team history and member list. Archived 4 February 1998.
  2. Rob Maddox, The 1997 Two Day NZ National “SplatMan” Tournament, Paintball.co.nz. Archived 13 June 2002.
  3. Mercenaries Star, Valhalla Hall of Heros: 1997.
  4. Mercenaries Star, Valhalla Hall of Heros: 1998.
  5. Mercenaries Star, Valhalla Hall of Heros: 1999.
  6. Mercenaries Star, Valhalla Hall of Heros: 2000.
  7. Mercenaries Star, Valhalla Hall of Heros: 2001, standings dated October 2001.
  8. The 1998 “SplatMan” Division 2 League, compiled by Rob Maddox; information dated 8 March 1998.
  9. The 1998 NPL Division 2 League Results, Paintball.co.nz. Archived 13 June 2002.
  10. Rob Maddox, The 1998 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament, Paintball.co.nz. Archived 17 August 2002.
  11. Rob Maddox, The 1999 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament, Paintball.co.nz. Archived 17 August 2002.
  12. Rob Maddox, The 2000 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament, Paintball.co.nz. Archived 13 June 2002.
  13. Rob Maddox, The 2001 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament, Paintball.co.nz. Archived 6 August 2002.
  14. Rob Maddox, The 2002 Northland Paintball Open, Paintball.co.nz. Archived 6 August 2002.
  15. Rob Maddox, Superball 2003 “Queens Birthday” Tournament, New Zealand Paintball, June 2003.
  16. Paul “Spider” McKay, Who's Who of New Zealand Paintball, undated profile. Archived 25 April 2002.
  17. Jo Pitts, Who's Who of New Zealand Paintball, undated profile. Archived 13 June 2002.
  18. Team Kamo Karzi, history and contact page. Archived 22 February 2002.
  19. Mercenaries Star, Valhalla National Team Rankings methodology.
  20. Allan Gatland player profile, Paintball.co.nz.
  21. Rob Maddox player profile, Paintball.co.nz.
  22. The Who's Who of New Zealand Paintball, Paintball.co.nz.
  23. Rob Maddox, The 2001 New Zealand Paintball Nationals, Paintball.co.nz.
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