Xtioneers
Xtioneers, also recorded as Xtioneer, is a Malaysian tournament paintball team based in Kuala Lumpur. The team competed in Malaysian and international tournaments from at least 2008, including the Paintball Asia League Series (PALS), Malaysian Paintball Official Circuit (MPOC) and Paintball World Cup Asia.[1][2]
Xtioneers won the 2013 PALS Division 1 season championship and the Open Division at the 2015 Sharjah Open Paintball Championship in the United Arab Emirates. The organisation also fielded a second squad, Xtioneers II, which won Division 2 at the 2010 PALS Philippines tournament.[3][4][5]
History
Early competition
Xtioneer was competing in Malaysian tournaments by January 2008. At the Pengerang Open in Johor on 19–20 January, the team finished third in the Pendekar Division behind Raskal and Flanker.[6]
Later that year, Xtioneer finished third in Division 1 at World Cup Asia in Kuala Lumpur, behind Thailand's Infernal and Malaysia's MacDev Ronin.[7]
The team's original founding date has not been established.
2010–2012
By 2010, the organisation operated two squads competing in different divisions of PALS.
Xtioneer I entered Division 1, while Xtioneer II competed in Division 2. Both teams participated in the Philippines leg of the 2010 season, held at Clark Field on 21–22 August.
Paul Lam was identified as the organisation's team manager in contemporary reporting published by mStar.[4]
Xtioneers II won the Division 2 championship, defeating the Philippines' Global Pinoy 1 in the final.
The Star reported that Xtioneers II was the first Malaysian team to win a PALS Division 2 tournament outside Malaysia. Kevin Wong and Raja Anor Shah were among the documented members of the squad.[5]
In June 2011, Xtioneers finished third in Division 1 at the fourth round of the Malaysian Paintball Official Circuit, behind Nemesis Legion and MacDev Ronin.[8]
At the 2012 World Cup Asia in Langkawi, Xtioneer finished fourth in Division 1 after losing the third-place playoff 3–2 to Nemesis Legion.[9]
2013 PALS championship
Xtioneers won the overall Division 1 championship in the 2013 Paintball Asia League Series.
During the season, the team finished second at the Malaysian Open in May and fourth at the NAZA World Cup Asia in Langkawi in November.
At World Cup Asia, Xtioneer finished behind Johannesburg Dynamix, Raskal Malaysia and Iran's Datis.
Despite finishing fourth at the final tournament, Xtioneers secured the overall 2013 Division 1 series championship.[3][10]
International competition (2014–2016)
Xtioneer finished second in Division 1 at the opening round of the 2014 PALS season in Bangkok, Thailand.
The team subsequently finished ninth at the 2014 World Cup Asia.[2]
In March 2015, Xtioneer won the Open Division at the Sharjah Open Paintball Championship in the United Arab Emirates, finishing first among nine teams.
Later that year, Xtioneers finished sixth among sixteen Division 1 teams at World Cup Asia in Langkawi.[2]
The team continued competing in 2016, finishing sixth in Division 1 at World Cup Asia in Kuala Lumpur.[11]
Its PBLeagues historical profile also records an entry for the opening round of the 2017 Malaysian Paintball Official Circuit, although no final placing is listed.[2]
Selected tournament results
| Year | Tournament | Division | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Pengerang Open | Pendekar | 3rd [6] |
| 2008 | World Cup Asia | Division 1 | 3rd [7] |
| 2010 | PALS Philippines | Division 2 (Xtioneers II) | 1st [5] |
| 2011 | MPOC Event 4 | Division 1 | 3rd [8] |
| 2012 | World Cup Asia | Division 1 | 4th [9] |
| 2013 | PALS Malaysian Open | Division 1 | 2nd [2] |
| 2013 | World Cup Asia | Division 1 | 4th [3] |
| 2013 | PALS season standings | Division 1 | Series champions [3] |
| 2014 | PALS Bangkok | Division 1 | 2nd [2] |
| 2015 | Sharjah Open | Open | 1st [2] |
| 2015 | World Cup Asia | Division 1 | 6th [2] |
| 2016 | World Cup Asia | Division 1 | 6th [11] |
See also
- Paintball in Malaysia
- Paintball Asia League Series
- Malaysian Paintball Official Circuit
- Paintball World Cup Asia
- Xtion Paintball
- Raskal Malaysia
- Nemesis Legion
References
- Villain Paintball – Pengerang Open 2008: The Conclusion, 21 January 2008.
- PBLeagues – Xtioneers Historical Tournament Results, 2013–2017.
- Social Paintball – 2013 PALS/NAZA World Cup Asia Video, Results and Photo Gallery, 25 November 2013.
- mStar – Xtioneer Tekad Bangkit Di Filipina, 20 August 2010.
- The Star – Underdogs Seal the Win, Ng Wei Loon, 14 September 2010.
- Villain Paintball – Pengerang Open 2008 Results, 21 January 2008.
- Lowyat.NET – Malaysian Paintball Tournament Results, Including World Cup Asia 2008.
- Villain Paintball – MPOC 2011 Event 4 Results, 13 June 2011.
- mStar – Paintball: Infernal Muncul Juara Baru WCA 2012, Suryati Mohd Nor, 11 November 2012.
- PBLeagues – Xtioneer 2013 Malaysian Open and World Cup Asia Results.
- PBLeagues – World Cup Asia 2016 Official Tournament Rankings.