Running With Scissors (New Zealand paintball team)
Running With Scissors, also styled Running with Scissors, was a New Zealand competitive paintball team documented in three-player competition during 2005. It won the first two rounds of the 2005 Hamilton 3x Series.[1][2]
History
[edit]Hamilton 3x Series
[edit]Running With Scissors finished first among 12 teams in the opening round of the 2005 Hamilton 3x Series on 10 July. The team scored 989 points, finishing ahead of Monkeys and Karnage.[1]
The team won the second round on 11 September with 810 points, ahead of Wellington Hybrid and Monkeys. The published standings following the event placed Running With Scissors at the top of the series with 20 points.[2]
These were interim standings published after Round 2 rather than a confirmed final season championship result. No completed third-round result or final championship table has been recovered.
The organiser also credited Running With Scissors' game against Eyeon as the fastest completed game of Round 2, with a flag hang after 14.35 seconds.[2]
Use of the name in Canada
[edit]In March 2007, a New Zealand player using the forum name ST4T and signing his report as Stat competed under the Running With Scissors name at Spring Fever in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada.[3]
Stat played alongside two Canadian players whom he had not previously met. According to his contemporary participant account, the mixed squad entered the semi-finals in first place, won both semi-final games and then lost both games in the final to finish second in the rookie division.[3]
The Vernon entry was a locally assembled mixed squad using the Running With Scissors name. The source does not establish that the two Canadian players became members of the New Zealand team or that the team's regular New Zealand roster travelled to Canada.[3]
Documented personnel
[edit]| Name | Documented association |
|---|---|
| Stat | New Zealand player who used the forum account `ST4T`; competed under the Running With Scissors name at the 2007 Spring Fever tournament in Canada.[3] |
No complete New Zealand roster has been recovered.
Tournament results
[edit]| Date | Tournament | Entry | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 July 2005 | 2005 Hamilton 3x Series, Round 1 | Running with Scissors | 1st of 12 teams — 989 points[1] |
| 11 September 2005 | 2005 Hamilton 3x Series, Round 2 | Running With Scissors | 1st of 11 teams — 810 points[2] |
| March 2007 | 2007 Spring Fever (Vernon), rookie division | Running With Scissors | Runner-up; mixed entry consisting of one New Zealand player and two locally recruited Canadian players[3] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 3x Results for Round 1. NZ Paintball message board, results posted 10 July 2005.
- 3x Series, Round 2. NZ P8NT, August–September 2005. Results posted 12 September 2005.
- Team Running With Scissors (NZ) take 2nd in Vernon. NZ Paintball message board, participant report posted 27 March 2007.