Link to a little footage taken from the RD5 League at Red Dynasty
YouTube
Sunday 13/07 - RD5 skirmish training with help from Jayex XXL. Practiced communications. Practiced field awareness. Practiced PB technique... basically went all out to hold our own against well seasoned teams and players for our first venture onto a speedball field. I won't say we did well but we learnt a lot about each others playing style...
Lessons learnt:
- If you have protective elbow guards wear them!!!!
- If you get hit keep as close to bunker as possible while checking for paint, stepping away from the bunker will results in further hits...
- Proper naming of all bunkers by the entire team is essential if you are to communicate opposition positions properly to each other
- Don't always get caught up in firefights across the field, take a few seconds to listen as your eyes aren't the only things that can determine the positions of the opposition
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Monday, July 14, 2008
RD5 and Singapore's first ever X-ball game!
Team Damnation took part in our first ever speedball tournament yesterday at the Red Dynasty 5s (RD5). RD5 is an informal no-frills league played every Sunday at the Red Dynasty Paintball Arena in Yishun.
Opening day yesterday saw four teams taking part, Red Sevens, Team Damnation, Wargh! and Kamikaze. Initially we were supposed to join up with Wargh and form a 5-man side but due to the fact many of the teams could only field 4 players, we put up two teams of three-men with two guys from 20th Legion (XXL) split between TD and Wargh! to make up the numbers.
So the teams were named DamWargh!XXL 1 & 2 with the TD guys in Team 1 and Wargh! guys in Team 2. I suppose we could have named the teams Damned Legion and Wargh! Legion but it was cool.
TD had a baptism of fire of sorts when we went up against the Red Sevens (Singapore's first reps in regional paintball tournaments). We got first blood but the experience of the remaining Red Sevens players showed when they whittled us down.
The Wargh! juggernaut (and if you saw Chak in his armor you'll know what I mean by juggernaut!) shot their way through Kamikaze and the Red Sevens to set the standard for the rest of the day.
TD's game against Kamikaze was a roller coaster of sorts for yours truly. Down 3-1 with an empty hopper, I somehow survived a two player rush after spilling half the paint in my pod and bunkered the last player thanks to a grinning lady luck.
Kamikaze must have been stung by that and went all out against Red Sevens to win their only match of the day. TD got smashed by Wargh! in our last match of the round, good covering fire and movement winning the match for Wargh!
The fixtures in Round 2 mirrored Round 1 and TD was up against the Red Sevens again. This time we were better prepared and took the match, applying lessons learned in Round 1.
Wargh! won their match against Kamikaze but lost to Red Sevens in their next match. Red Sevens upped a gear in this match and took Wargh! apart one player at a time. Small Ben (Calgar) was the toast of the Red Sevens with his aggressive snake play on the right, taking out two players.
TD did the double over Kamikaze in the next match and the latter also lost to Red Sevens. It was down to DamWargh!XXL 1 (TD) and DamWargh!XXL 2 (Wargh!) in the last match, winning would have put TD on par with Wargh! at 4 wins each. We were unlucky after Houdini got hit on the break and the Wargh! guys make the numbers count. Kudos to sgb33f for laying down a wall of paint to cover his team's advance and hitting me in the head in the process!
All in all it was an awesome day and it was capped with an impromptu X-ball match between a combination of Team Damnation/Red Sevens and Wargh!/20th Legion. Seburo and King of the Red Sevens join us for this and it was an experience playing with them.
The basic rules were similar to RD5 but unlimited number of matches with a 15-minute or no paint limit. Players also had to have their markers on the frame within 30 seconds of a flag hang for the restart. We won the first round but three of us made the mistake of not having our markers in the ready position and were ruled out at the break on restart. It was insane to say the least but I can see why it is fast gaining popularity in the US. You need to be super fit to play this though!
We won the mini X-Ball 4-3 but the result didn't really matter. It was a historic event as it was the first ever X-ball game in Singapore!
What a day for TD, first tournament speedball and our first X-ball game all in one day!
Note: This report is written from what I remember so apologies for any errors.
RD5 Day 1 Results
Round 1
Game 1 Red Sevens vs DamWargh!XXL 1 - Red Sevens
Game 2 DamWargh!XXL 2 vs Kamikaze - DamWargh!XXL 2
Game 3 Red Sevens vs DamWargh!XXL 2 - DamWargh!XXL 2
Game 4 Kamikaze vs DamWargh!XXL 1 - DamWargh!XXL 1
Game 5 Red Sevens vs Kamikaze - Kamikaze
Game 6 DamWargh!XXL 2 vs DamWargh!XXL 1 - DamWargh!XXL 2
TIMEOUT
Round 2
Game 7 Red Sevens vs DamWargh!XXL 1 - DamWargh!XXL 1
Game 8 DamWargh!XXL 2 vs Kamikaze - DamWargh!XXL 2
Game 9 Red Sevens vs DamWargh!XXL 2 - Red Sevens
Game 10 Kamikaze vs DamWargh!XXL 1 - DamWargh!XXL 1
Game 11 Red Sevens vs Kamikaze - Red Sevens
Game 12 DamWargh!XXL 2 vs DamWargh!XXL 1 - DamWargh!XXL 2
Rankings
DamWargh!XXL 2 - 5 wins, 1 loss - 83.3%
Red Sevens - 3 wins, 3 losses - 50%
DamWargh!XXL 1 - 3 wins, 3 losses - 50%
Kamikaze - 1 win, 5 losses - 16.6%
Opening day yesterday saw four teams taking part, Red Sevens, Team Damnation, Wargh! and Kamikaze. Initially we were supposed to join up with Wargh and form a 5-man side but due to the fact many of the teams could only field 4 players, we put up two teams of three-men with two guys from 20th Legion (XXL) split between TD and Wargh! to make up the numbers.
So the teams were named DamWargh!XXL 1 & 2 with the TD guys in Team 1 and Wargh! guys in Team 2. I suppose we could have named the teams Damned Legion and Wargh! Legion but it was cool.
TD had a baptism of fire of sorts when we went up against the Red Sevens (Singapore's first reps in regional paintball tournaments). We got first blood but the experience of the remaining Red Sevens players showed when they whittled us down.
The Wargh! juggernaut (and if you saw Chak in his armor you'll know what I mean by juggernaut!) shot their way through Kamikaze and the Red Sevens to set the standard for the rest of the day.
TD's game against Kamikaze was a roller coaster of sorts for yours truly. Down 3-1 with an empty hopper, I somehow survived a two player rush after spilling half the paint in my pod and bunkered the last player thanks to a grinning lady luck.
Kamikaze must have been stung by that and went all out against Red Sevens to win their only match of the day. TD got smashed by Wargh! in our last match of the round, good covering fire and movement winning the match for Wargh!
The fixtures in Round 2 mirrored Round 1 and TD was up against the Red Sevens again. This time we were better prepared and took the match, applying lessons learned in Round 1.
Wargh! won their match against Kamikaze but lost to Red Sevens in their next match. Red Sevens upped a gear in this match and took Wargh! apart one player at a time. Small Ben (Calgar) was the toast of the Red Sevens with his aggressive snake play on the right, taking out two players.
TD did the double over Kamikaze in the next match and the latter also lost to Red Sevens. It was down to DamWargh!XXL 1 (TD) and DamWargh!XXL 2 (Wargh!) in the last match, winning would have put TD on par with Wargh! at 4 wins each. We were unlucky after Houdini got hit on the break and the Wargh! guys make the numbers count. Kudos to sgb33f for laying down a wall of paint to cover his team's advance and hitting me in the head in the process!
All in all it was an awesome day and it was capped with an impromptu X-ball match between a combination of Team Damnation/Red Sevens and Wargh!/20th Legion. Seburo and King of the Red Sevens join us for this and it was an experience playing with them.
The basic rules were similar to RD5 but unlimited number of matches with a 15-minute or no paint limit. Players also had to have their markers on the frame within 30 seconds of a flag hang for the restart. We won the first round but three of us made the mistake of not having our markers in the ready position and were ruled out at the break on restart. It was insane to say the least but I can see why it is fast gaining popularity in the US. You need to be super fit to play this though!
We won the mini X-Ball 4-3 but the result didn't really matter. It was a historic event as it was the first ever X-ball game in Singapore!
What a day for TD, first tournament speedball and our first X-ball game all in one day!
Note: This report is written from what I remember so apologies for any errors.
RD5 Day 1 Results
Round 1
Game 1 Red Sevens vs DamWargh!XXL 1 - Red Sevens
Game 2 DamWargh!XXL 2 vs Kamikaze - DamWargh!XXL 2
Game 3 Red Sevens vs DamWargh!XXL 2 - DamWargh!XXL 2
Game 4 Kamikaze vs DamWargh!XXL 1 - DamWargh!XXL 1
Game 5 Red Sevens vs Kamikaze - Kamikaze
Game 6 DamWargh!XXL 2 vs DamWargh!XXL 1 - DamWargh!XXL 2
TIMEOUT
Round 2
Game 7 Red Sevens vs DamWargh!XXL 1 - DamWargh!XXL 1
Game 8 DamWargh!XXL 2 vs Kamikaze - DamWargh!XXL 2
Game 9 Red Sevens vs DamWargh!XXL 2 - Red Sevens
Game 10 Kamikaze vs DamWargh!XXL 1 - DamWargh!XXL 1
Game 11 Red Sevens vs Kamikaze - Red Sevens
Game 12 DamWargh!XXL 2 vs DamWargh!XXL 1 - DamWargh!XXL 2
Rankings
DamWargh!XXL 2 - 5 wins, 1 loss - 83.3%
Red Sevens - 3 wins, 3 losses - 50%
DamWargh!XXL 1 - 3 wins, 3 losses - 50%
Kamikaze - 1 win, 5 losses - 16.6%
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Field Test - New Paintball Gear...
Ok - Observations from first run with all my gear...
- Although I can dance all night at Zouk in a alcohol enhanced trance, 5 minutes on a PB field in full kit playing re-spawn simply kills me...
- The Empire elbow ground pounders are great protection but take getting used to wearing and add to the heat exhaustion
- The Dye C8 pants are also great protection and look great but with the multi-layers and lining no amount of venting seems to help
- The Empire Events Goggles are great - a little less visibility than the Profilers and probably less protection but they fit well. Still undecided as to whether the lack of front venting effects both breathing and communication - will be doing more testing to find out. The lenses change over in a flash although the locking bits are tiny and I can see them getting lost very easily if I'm not careful. The additional attachments for the cap peak etc are also a little hard to put on when the lense is in...
I did take a hit on the bottom of the jaw guard which I think then bounced on to my neck - bit hard to tell if this was actually the case or got hit twice as there was paint flying in all directions - so if you're worried about more protection the profilers look like they offer a little more in this area...
Will update with pretty pics later..
- Although I can dance all night at Zouk in a alcohol enhanced trance, 5 minutes on a PB field in full kit playing re-spawn simply kills me...
- The Empire elbow ground pounders are great protection but take getting used to wearing and add to the heat exhaustion
- The Dye C8 pants are also great protection and look great but with the multi-layers and lining no amount of venting seems to help
- The Empire Events Goggles are great - a little less visibility than the Profilers and probably less protection but they fit well. Still undecided as to whether the lack of front venting effects both breathing and communication - will be doing more testing to find out. The lenses change over in a flash although the locking bits are tiny and I can see them getting lost very easily if I'm not careful. The additional attachments for the cap peak etc are also a little hard to put on when the lense is in...
I did take a hit on the bottom of the jaw guard which I think then bounced on to my neck - bit hard to tell if this was actually the case or got hit twice as there was paint flying in all directions - so if you're worried about more protection the profilers look like they offer a little more in this area...
Will update with pretty pics later..
Saturday, July 5, 2008
TD/XboX Forummers Paintball Orgy
TD hosted a bunch of guys from the Singapore XboX Forums at Red Dynasty today and despite a heavy downpour that turned most of the field into a mudbath, everyone was ready for some paintballing action!
Kudos to the armchair warriors who showed they were equally gung ho in real life as they are on Xbox Live. We hope you all enjoyed yourselves and perhaps even get the paintball bug.
I'm shagged so I'm just gonna steal some of what I posted in the XboX forums as paste them here for the rest of this post.
We saw a couple of acts of heroism that would have earned multiple medals from the SAF and also a couple of turkey of the year awards. Some guys would have earned both!
Our war correspondent extraordinaire Arthur will be putting up more pictures so stay tuned to this thread. I hope those who got the paintball bug will consider playing tournament paintball. Find out more at the Singapore paintball forums.
We'll try and organise more sessions but the Team Damnation paintball squad will be preparing to take part in tournaments both locally and in Malaysia so these kinda fun days will be few and far between.
Getting a team together and playing in the local leagues and tournaments is the way to go so give us a call if you want to find out more.
P.S The bruises take a couple of days to disappear!
Thursday, July 3, 2008
RD5 League 2008
Hot off the internet press... RD are looking into a 5 man league... we look forward to hearing more details on the concept.
RD5 League 2008 Forum Thread Link
Meanwhile Team Damnation and some BOB.com.sg forum members are getting together this Saturday for some paintball pleasure. For those who don't know BOB stands for Brotherhood of the Box, like minded xbox gamers who get together and rant about their xbox gaming addiction. So it will be interesting to see whether the boys and girls can take out the current #1 Ghost Recon 2 player in Singapore aka houdini RIP : ) on the paintball field (yes I'm taunting the opposition to play hard - being a whiz on an xbox controller is far removed from real-life fitness and marker skills)
Looking forward to also road testing our new gear - expect reviews to be posted next week.
I think the rest of TD will agree - the weekend can't come soon enough!!!!!
RD5 League 2008 Forum Thread Link
Meanwhile Team Damnation and some BOB.com.sg forum members are getting together this Saturday for some paintball pleasure. For those who don't know BOB stands for Brotherhood of the Box, like minded xbox gamers who get together and rant about their xbox gaming addiction. So it will be interesting to see whether the boys and girls can take out the current #1 Ghost Recon 2 player in Singapore aka houdini RIP : ) on the paintball field (yes I'm taunting the opposition to play hard - being a whiz on an xbox controller is far removed from real-life fitness and marker skills)
Looking forward to also road testing our new gear - expect reviews to be posted next week.
I think the rest of TD will agree - the weekend can't come soon enough!!!!!
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Ready to roll!
Question: What could possibly make four grown men make a fool of themselves in public, oblivious to the stares of passers-by?
Answer: A box filled to the brim with goodies from http://www.actionvillage.com/!
There we were, four reasonably respectable men who have decent day jobs sitting outdoor at the Starbucks in Tampines Mall, sipping lattes and other overpriced drinks.
In fact, we looked perfectly normal until Houdini started dishing out all the goodies. At first, people were just stealing glances but these turned into outright stares as the V-Force profilers and Empire E-Vents came on lol. You'd have expected one of them to have called the cops based on the looks we were getting hehe.
We didn't care. We were too busy admiring the abovementioned masks, the Dye C7, C8 and Empire Contact pants, the Empire groundpounder elbow guards, our harnesses and even the pods! We'll have some pictures up soon but you can bet your last dollar that we tried on all our gear as soon as we got home!
PICTURES
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
BACK TO BLACK
Ok one word...
WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Our gear is here..
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