2011 TPOC Young Blood Paintball Challenge
2011 TPOC Young Blood Paintball Challenge was a paintball tournament held on 17 April 2011 at C.A.T. Paintball Pattaya in Pattaya, Thailand. It was promoted under the Thailand Paintball Official Circuit (TPOC) name and offered Division 3 competition.[1][5]
Competition format
[edit]The tournament used a five-player, race-to-one M5 format. Games had a seven-minute time limit, with semi-automatic firing capped at 13 balls per second.[1][5]
Each Division 3 team was permitted to include a maximum of one Division 2 player. The announcement offered free use of DYE Proto Reflex 2011 markers and allowed competitors to use their own markers.[1][5]
Registration and advertised prizes
[edit]The organiser's announcement listed an entry fee of THB2,000 and a paintball price of THB1,500, without specifying the quantity supplied at that price.[5]
The advertised prize schedule was as follows.[5]
| Position | Advertised award |
|---|---|
| 1 | Trophy, medals and THB15,000 |
| 2 | Medals and THB10,000 |
| 3 | Medals and THB6,000 |
| 4 | Medals and THB3,000 |
The announced cash prizes totalled THB34,000. These figures describe the advertised awards rather than independently verified payments.[5]
On 12 April, the organiser published a registration list containing 16 teams, with payment statuses identifying teams that had paid and others intending to pay at the captains' meeting. This was a pre-event registration list, rather than a confirmed attendance count or results table.[6]
Event arrangements
[edit]An updated organiser's notice scheduled the captains' meeting at C.A.T. Paintball Pattaya for 19:00 on 16 April 2011. The arrangements included a rules briefing, field walk and draw for competition groups.[6]
Competitors intending to use their own markers were instructed to submit them for adjustment after the draw. The organiser stated that unadjusted personal markers would not be permitted in competition.[6]
Contemporary coverage
[edit]A video titled “TPOC Young Blood PaintBall Challenge 2011 by C.A.T.Pattaya” recorded the tournament's date, venue and competition rules in its description.[1]
Further footage was published under the titles “TPOC Young Blood PaintBall Challenge 2011 #JMY udon” and “differ pattaya team”. The latter video's description explicitly identifies the Young Blood event.[2][3]
The official TPOC website subsequently listed “TPOC Pattaya Young Blood in 2011 with M5 format” among tournaments its organiser had completed.[4]
See also
[edit]- Thailand Paintball Official Circuit
- 2011 Thailand Paintball Official Circuit Leg 1
- 2009 Charity Cup
- 2010 Lakehill Arowana
References
[edit]- Meat lover 9000, “TPOC Young Blood PaintBall Challenge 2011 by C.A.T.Pattaya”, YouTube, April 2011. Video description identifies the event date, venue, format and equipment arrangements.
- l2asta666, “TPOC Young Blood PaintBall Challenge 2011 #JMY udon”, YouTube, 2011.
- Meat lover 9000, “differ pattaya team”, YouTube, April 2011. Description identifies the TPOC Young Blood Paintball Challenge.
- “About”, TPOC Thailand 2011, PALS Thailand. Archived 20 July 2011.
- C.A.T.PB pattaya, “TPOC Young Blood PaintBall Challenge 2011 date:17 April2011”, PBThailand forum, opening post, 11 March 2011. Archived 16 December 2019.
- C.A.T.PB pattaya, updated registration list and event arrangements, PBThailand forum, post 63, 12 April 2011. Archived 9 December 2019.