Malaysian Paintball Official Circuit

Malaysian Paintball Official Circuit (MPOC) was a Malaysian tournament paintball series associated with Xtion Paintball Park in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur. Organiser material identifies the circuit as beginning in 2004, while surviving contemporary records document events from 2006 to 2014.[1][2][3]

MPOC generally operated as a multi-round seasonal circuit. Its formats and divisional structure changed over time, incorporating five-player competition, seven-player competition and Race-to matches. Events were held in Kuala Lumpur and other Malaysian locations including Penang, Johor, Malacca, Kedah, Putrajaya, Serdang and Subang Jaya.

Malaysian Paintball Official Circuit
Full name	Malaysian Paintball Official Circuit
Abbreviation	MPOC
Country	Malaysia
Sport	Tournament paintball
First season	2004, according to organiser material
Latest documented event	26–27 April 2014
Format	Multi-round seasonal circuit
Divisions	Divisions 1–4
Principal venue	Xtion Paintball Park, Bukit Jalil
Related international series	Paintball Asia League Series
Status	Not established

History

Establishment

Promotional material associated with the organisers of the Paintball World Cup Asia identifies MPOC as having been established in 2004 and describes it as a five-round Malaysian circuit.[1] Contemporary material from Xtion Paintball Park identifies the Bukit Jalil venue as the birthplace of MPOC and the Paintball Asia League Series (PALS).[2]

The surviving evidence does not provide complete results for the earliest MPOC seasons. Villain Paintball documented work on a video production for the second leg of the 2006 circuit and advertised its On Parole DVD at the MPOC third leg in June 2006.[4] A subsequent entry records a fourth-leg event during August.[5]

The 2007 season concluded with the Johor Cup, organised jointly by MPOC and the Johor Paintball Association on 10 and 11 November.[6]

Expansion

By 2008, MPOC was operating events in several Malaysian states. Its five-round season included competitions in Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Selangor and Johor.[7] A Penang municipal report independently records the third leg, associated with the Piala TYT tournament.[8]

The 2008 circuit used the M7 SuperLite seven-player format in Divisions 1 and 2, while Division 3 used five-player competition. A fourth five-player division appeared at the final round.[7][9]

During 2010, Division 1 used Race-to-four competition. Contemporary reporting described ten-minute matches ending when a team obtained the required number of round points or when the game clock expired.[10]

Later seasons

Complete divisional champions are documented for 2010 and 2011.[11][12] PBLeagues records list five rounds in both 2012 and 2013, followed by a single documented event in April 2014.[3]

The available evidence does not establish whether additional 2014 rounds took place or when the circuit ceased operating.

Seasons

Season	Documented rounds	Documented locations	Overall champions	Notes
2004	Not established	Kuala Lumpur	Not established	Organiser material identifies 2004 as the inaugural season.[1]
2005	Not established	Not established	Not established	MPOC activity is asserted in later organiser histories, but detailed contemporary records have not been located.[1]
2006	At least four	Bukit Jalil	Not established	Villain Paintball documented the second, third and fourth legs.[4][5]
2007	At least five	Kuala Lumpur and Johor	Not established	The Johor Cup was identified as the final leg.[6]
2008	Five	Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Selangor and Johor	D1: Demonz Red D2: Killer Beez D3: Johor Pirates	Division 4 appeared at the finale, but no overall champion was identified.[7][9]
2009	Five scheduled	Kuala Lumpur and one regional round	Not established	Surviving reports document individual rounds but not a complete set of season champions.[13][14]
2010	Five	Bukit Jalil, Padang Merbok and Subang Jaya	D1: Demonz Red D2: Eastsiderzz D3: Hammer Zero D4: KSK Flash	The finale was held at MPSJ Stadium in Subang Jaya.[11]
2011	Five	Serdang, Malacca, Alor Setar, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya	D1: Demonz Red D2: Red Sevens D3: Grammaton Clerics D4: CMX Badai	The finale was held as the Putrajaya Cup.[12]
2012	Five	Bukit Jalil	Not established	PBLeagues lists five rounds between January and July.[3]
2013	Five	Bukit Jalil and Selangor	Not established	The third round was combined with the Malaysian Open and the second PALS event.[3]
2014	One identified	Bukit Jalil	Not established	Only the first leg, held on 26–27 April, has been identified.[3]

2008 season

The opening round was held at Bukit Jalil on 16 and 17 February. It introduced the M7 SuperLite format to Division 2.[15]

Division	First-leg winner	Overall champion
Division 1	Demonz	Demonz Red
Division 2	Killer Beez	Killer Beez
Division 3	Johor Pirates	Johor Pirates

The third leg was held in Penang as the Piala TYT. Raskal won Division 1, Werdna Escort won Division 2 and Johor Pirates won Division 3.[7][8]

The final leg was the Johor Cup. X-Menz won Division 1, D'Mercy Kidz won Division 3 and Lanun Selatan won Division 4. The surviving result described CMX Buccaneers as the best performer in Division 2 rather than explicitly identifying a divisional winner.[7]

Demonz Red, Killer Beez and Johor Pirates were subsequently named the overall champions of Divisions 1, 2 and 3 respectively.[7]

2009 season

A published 2009 schedule listed five rounds:

Round	Scheduled dates	Venue or region
Leg 1	10–11 January	Xtion Paintball Park, Kuala Lumpur
Leg 2	7–8 March	Kuala Lumpur
Leg 3	18–19 April	Xtion Paintball Park, Kuala Lumpur
Leg 4	13–14 June	Xtion Paintball Park, Kuala Lumpur
Finale	14–16 August	Xtion Paintball Park, Kuala Lumpur

The schedule was revised during the season: an earlier version had proposed a regional fourth round in Penang or Johor.[7][14]

At the second leg, Matrix Entourage won Division 1, D'Mercy Kidz won Division 2, Oscar Legio-X won Division 3 and Overkill won Division 4.[13]

The fourth leg was won by Nemesis Legion in Division 1, Matrix Entourage Lemon Ruski in Division 2, Oscar Legio-X in Division 3 and Spunky Militia in Division 4.[14]

The available sources do not provide a sufficiently complete final ranking to identify the 2009 overall champions.

2010 season

All five 2010 rounds are documented in contemporary reports.[10][11][16][17][18]

Event	Venue	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4
Leg 1	Bukit Jalil	Raskal	Eastsiderzz	Zoo	Redhawks
Leg 2	Bukit Jalil	MacDev Ronin	Red Sevens	Overkill	KSK Flash
Leg 3	Xtion Paintball Park	Perth City Trauma	Eastsiderzz	Hammer Zero	KSK Flash
Event 4	Padang Merbok, Kuala Lumpur	X-Fox	Eastsiderzz	Hammer Zero	KSK Flash
Finale	MPSJ Stadium, Subang Jaya	Demonz Red	Kai Fan Killerz	Demonz Lucifer X	KSK Flash

Demonz Red won the Division 1 season championship after defeating MacDev Ronin in the finale. Contemporary reporting states that the two teams finished level closely enough for the title to be decided on countback.[11][19]

The other overall champions were Eastsiderzz in Division 2, Hammer Zero in Division 3 and KSK Flash in Division 4.[11]

2011 season

The 2011 season comprised five events, each associated with a named cup or host venue.[12][20][21][22][23]

Event	Venue or event name	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4
Event 1	UPM Open, Universiti Putra Malaysia	Infernal	Republic CMX	Grammaton Clerics	Armada Shooter
Event 2	Chief Minister of Malacca Cup, Dataran Pahlawan	Demonz Red	Republic CMX	Grammaton Clerics	Fraternity
Event 3	Sultan of Kedah Cup, Alor Setar	Nemesis Legion	Killerbeez	Grammaton Clerics	Armada Shooter
Event 4	Xtion Paintball Park, Kuala Lumpur	Nemesis Legion	Simpsons	Grammaton Clerics	Armada Shooter
Finale	Putrajaya Cup	Demonz Red	Red Sevens	Grammaton Clerics	CMX Badai

The finale results named Demonz Red, Red Sevens, Grammaton Clerics and CMX Badai as the respective overall divisional champions.[12] Red Sevens' Division 2 championship was also confirmed in a subsequent account by the Singapore-based team.[24]

2012 season

The first 2012 round was held at Xtion Paintball Park on 7 and 8 January.[25]

Division	First	Second	Third
Division 1	Raskal	Nemesis Legion	Xtioneers
Division 2	Republic CMX	Grammaton Clerics	Zoo
Division 3	Joker Unit	Sabil	East Coast Legion
Division 4	Xcavatos	Mad Bunnies	Outlaws

PBLeagues lists four further events at Bukit Jalil on 24–25 March, 20–21 April, 2–3 June and 14–15 July.[3] The available sources do not identify the final overall champions.

2013 and 2014

PBLeagues records five MPOC events in 2013. Four were listed at Bukit Jalil, while the third leg was held elsewhere in Selangor in conjunction with the Malaysian Open and the second event of the Paintball Asia League Series.[3]

The same database records an MPOC first leg at Bukit Jalil on 26 and 27 April 2014. No subsequent 2014 event is listed on the league page.[3]

Competition structure

Divisions

MPOC used graded divisions for teams of different competitive levels. By 2010 and 2011, four divisions were consistently documented, with Division 1 representing the highest category.[11][12]

The divisional formats were not fixed throughout the circuit's history. In 2008, Divisions 1 and 2 used seven-player M7 SuperLite competition, while Division 3 used five-player matches.[7][15] By 2010, Division 1 used a multi-point Race-to-four format.[10]

Seasonal championships

Teams accumulated points across individual events towards an overall divisional championship. An event winner was therefore not necessarily the season champion.

The 2010 Division 1 title illustrates this distinction. MacDev Ronin had reached four finals and led the standings before the final event, but Demonz Red's victory at Subang Jaya produced a countback which awarded the season championship to Demonz Red.[19]

International participation

Although primarily a Malaysian circuit, MPOC events included teams from elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific region. Documented examples include Red Sevens of Singapore, Perth City Trauma of Australia and Infernal of Thailand.[10][20][24]

Venues

Xtion Paintball Park

Xtion Paintball Park at Bukit Jalil was MPOC's principal venue. Xtion described itself as the circuit's birthplace and hosted numerous rounds between 2006 and 2014.[2][3]

The facility contained several tournament-sized fields and supported compressed air and inflatable-bunker competition.[2]

Regional venues

MPOC also held rounds elsewhere in Malaysia. Documented venues included:

Penang, for the 2008 Piala TYT;
Johor, for the 2007 and 2008 finales;
Padang Merbok, Kuala Lumpur;
MPSJ Stadium, Subang Jaya;
Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang;
Dataran Pahlawan, Malacca;
Sultan Abdul Halim Stadium, Alor Setar;
Putrajaya.

The named-cup rounds were components of the MPOC season rather than separate league championships.

Relationship with other competitions

Paintball Asia League Series

MPOC was associated with the organisers and infrastructure of the Paintball Asia League Series. Xtion Paintball Park identifies itself as the birthplace of both competitions.[2]

MPOC principally served as a Malaysian domestic circuit, whereas PALS developed as an international Asian series. The relationship became explicit in May 2013, when the Malaysian Open, the second PALS event and the third MPOC leg were held as a combined competition.[3]

Malaysian National Paintball League

MPOC operated separately from the Malaysian National Paintball League (MY-NPL). Contemporary schedules listed both circuits independently, and each maintained its own rounds, divisional rankings and overall champions.[7]

Teams including Nemesis Legion, Raskal, Demonz Red and MacDev Ronin competed in both circuits.

Organisation

MPOC was closely associated with Xtion Paintball Park and the organisers of PALS and Paintball World Cup Asia. Later organiser histories group MPOC with Nation Cup 2004, the Asia Pacific Paintball Championship and World Cup Asia as competitions developed by the same Malaysian tournament organisation.[1]

Historical material concerning the proposed Malaysian Paintball Federation identified Allan Phang with PALS and MPOC and Mohd Redza Yusop with Xtion Paintball.[26] This establishes individual involvement in tournament promotion but does not establish that MPOC itself was a national governing body.

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