PaintNet InterBBS Challenge
The PaintNet InterBBS Challenge was an amateur stock-class paintball competition organised by PaintNet and Kamo Karzi for bulletin-board users and internet correspondents in Auckland, New Zealand. Surviving results document three tournaments in 1995 and 1996.[1]
History and format
[edit]The organisers traced the competition to a friendly challenge between the operators of Mordor and Nexus bulletin-board systems. Their account also associated that earlier game with the formation of Kamo Karzi and PaintNet.[1]
The competition was described as taking place every six months. Stock-class markers were provided to participants who needed them. Members of established teams, including Saints and Kamo Karzi, could represent different bulletin-board systems.[1]
Rob Maddox's contemporary magazine report described an InterBBS event as a four-player stock-class tournament. It credited assistance from Kamo Karzi members, Saints players, newcomers and Commando One operator Rob Tapper.[2]
Recorded tournaments
[edit]| Tournament | Venue | First | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1995 | Commando One | Mordor BBS | Nexus | Purgatory One |
| February 1996 | APSA | Nexus BBS | Mordor | Purgatory One |
| August 1996 | APSA | Mordor BBS | Purgatory One | Nexus |
These are the top-three placings recorded in the organisers' account.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- The PaintNet InterBBS Challenge. New Zealand Paintball, archived 29 January 1999.
- Rob Maddox, “Using the Net to Catch New Players”, Australian Paintballer, December 1995–February 1996, p. 44.