"O God please help me to win for i always want to win, But if in thy inscrutable wisdom thou willest me not to win, Then let me at least Live the Game. For when the one great scorer comes to write against your name, He writes,
Not that you won or lost, But how you Lived the Game"

Sunday, September 28, 2008

MARKSMEN! LET'S GO SHOPPING!!

I think this is a good suggestion for Team Marksmen. there's a shop near our place of work n where we stay! it's Werdnahol Ampang! it is at Plaza Ampang City, somewhere near Transit Camp n RSD mess. Last saturday (27 Sep 2008), there was a lelong sale at this new shop. things r letting go cheaply! the address to this shop is


Werdna Hol Sportz Ampang @ Zone Alpha
3.18, 3rd FloorPlaza Ampang City Jalan Ampang
50450 Kuala Lumpur

Lelong session last saturday! more items in the bag, the bag was let go at rm360!

Where's the shop when u r there?? ez, go in the bubble lift, press no 3 and its on the right once u exit the lift. already 'kaotim' with the boss, all Marksmen will have special price!!!! for those who wanna 'kaotim' with the boss, do talk to him in RedBox! (my tips) hahahahahhha.

Oh.. this is not the taukeh, she's the PA to the taukeh...

CI of Marksmen also there!! CI cakap OK dah!

This is the speedball section

Woodsball section

Hybrid section

The leftguard of the shop

Rightguard of the shop

For those ATM personal who r still in service, this shop provides KASUMA Scheme!!! so, wanna setup own team for urself, corps, service, mess, etc........ do drop by and Marksmen can provide training! hahahahh

Sunday, September 7, 2008

WE ARE THE MARSHALS

This time, the Marksman being tasked to be marshals in helping Team Heatwave in organising a cooperate paintball event. the place was in TTSPORTS. it was on 6 Sep 2008. first 4 games were good, played under cloudy sky. smooth wind blowing into the field making marshalling job ez. after the 4th game, sky turned dark and it started to rain.

Game Master and Chief Marshal (acting Team Marksman capt as the real capt was late due to bz biz meeting the nite b4)

Some of the Marshals

Intro and Safety brief by Heatwave

Self tutor

Armoury Cpl

so most of the games after that were wet n it was hard to really see all the players. the field was slipery and most of the time all our masks were foggy too. logistic was slow as everyone rushed into the tent making it cramped up. its just oily,wet,stuffy and wet making most of us very hungry! kudos to those marksman that fast that day.

Cramped!!

OUT!

Sunday, August 31, 2008

MARKSMAN AND TM TRIPLE PLAY

Its time for Marksman to be in action again! This time is the TM-Triple Play game. Why triple play? This whole event consisted of 3 games which were paintball, futsal and street basketball. It was held outside Sunway Lagoon on 30 until 31 Aug 2008, its inconjunction with merdeka celebration. Turn out for the paintball was average (participation) and crowd…… pathethic. The main reason for this I presume was due to

1. weather - morning shines and afternoon rain.
2. no seats! – even the participants had to sit on the floor like pathetic drug abusers.
3. not well organized – the setup was not grand at all, any secondary school open day will
be better.
4. no big scoreboards (whiteboards or whatever)
5. no one selling food and beverages (time like this, hotdog stand would be great!)


3 tents for the whole event.. cool! really cut cost

Have to endure the heating sun

These guys r powered by the sun, i guess....

Nevertheless, we won 3rd in this event! Hahahahaha. Got ourselves RM500 (which of course will be the entrance fee for future up coming event again). Overall ranking is as follow :

Champion = Penyegat

1st runnerup = Zebra

2nd runnerup = Marksman

1st Day

It was an early start for Marksman. All arrived early at the place. We noticed a something like a mocked up of a paintball field, so we thought that it was just a small model where the organizer will let us walk the field. To our dismay.. it IS THE FIELD! So we came out with the idea that TM will play paintball their way, maybe let the players move on their knees only, but no.. u can run and jump as usually one play! Why the event organizer and TM never do their homework???, what the heck, we already registered so just carried on with the game.


Early birds sunbathing

Mock-up model which turn out to be the real field!

No wonder msia got so many kaki lepak... TM promoting kaki lepak??? i wonder (no chairs or bench)

Marksman won 2 games and lose 2 games on the 1st day. Anyhow, we managed to crawl into the quarter finals! Well done! In the morning, it was all shiny and good weather where the organizer can easily finish up all the game in the morning but they took a very ‘smart’ break by giving lunch break from 1245 until 1500! (time management?) So, way we go to have our lunch at Wendy’s. The game continued in the afternoon under the rain. For those who r not playing or waiting for their turn to play, all have to sardined inside the 3 tents, thanks to organizer!


Lunch time! all the 3/4 pounders!

cut cost! cut cost!! or Event Organiser making more money??

Safety and hygiene? second priority, perhaps making money 1st??



2nd Day

Started around 0900. It’s the quarterfinal. Marksman once again succeeded qualifying into the semifinal. It was a fast day and most of the games were hastily executed. Break for lunch again! Now was frm 1100 until 1400!!!! Wat the heck again! We didn’t go to lunch this time but eventually went n watch Abalone AD. After the movie, strolled for a while in the mall then proceeded to the game area.

Prepared ourselves and then played the 3rd n 4th ranking game against Team Raptor (which already beaten us twice before this). Lucky us!!! We won and that’s how we manage to secured No 3 (and RM 500).


Those who fought in this battle

Then have to wait until 1600 for the price giving ceremony. Why 1600?? Is there a crowd waiting to cheer for us?? NO! the whole TM Triple Play is not a crowd puller anyway. No one bother to stop n watch!! If like that, better do it inside the mall rite?? Like squash!! Hahahhaha. The paintball field is not on grass or carpet anyway, so if it is done inside the mall, that would be better n can further promote the game too! Ppl can watch frm the upper floor! Anyway, that’s our 2 cent worth.

Overall, we r happy to play in this event (cause managed to get something) eventhough it was not organized up to the normal standard. Advice to TM, DO NOT ENGAGE THIS EVENT ORGANISER AGAIN!!. Now…. Wonder when the other telcos will organize paintball?

The top 3

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

a million thanx....

team marksman would like to thank the following individuals/companies for their support and contributions be it in cash or kind and their assistance in making our MAKSAK tourney a success.... a million thanx....

1. our coach, William 'Slow Poke' Wong.
2. Werdna Hol Sportz.
3. Our bros Team Heatwave & Team Rabid Wombats.
4. MSAT
5. IBM
6. Heitech Padu Bhd
7. SCS
8. GSSB
9. ARNN Technology
10. Isente
11. Softlab Technologies
12. Sapura Thales Electronics Sdn Bhd

Monday, July 21, 2008

Game ON!!!

team marksman with our sponsor's banner!!
choy, tony, helmi, azman, khairul and yours truly!!!


Date: 18-20th Jul
Venue : Ayer Keroh, Melaka
Event : 2nd MAKSAK Paintball tourney

we left KL at about 1230.... picked tony and william up from tony's place.... then off we head to melaka..... arrived at about 1400 and we were housed in the MITC hotel... an average hotel with average amenities... the room was rather small...especially when u stuff in 3 fully grown men in it!! hahaha.... anyway, the room served us well la.... it became our bedroom, laundry room, drying room and whatever u can think off....haha... looks like a kongsi.... tony, william and i shared a room.... as soon as we got there.... we went to the field to walk the ground.... since it was our first real tourney, we did alot of research on the field.... from sketching to finding arc of fire... it was a brand new experience.... try to place ourselves in the hunter and prey position... haha...

our smaller than average multipurpose room..... haha....tido, mandi, cuci baju, dry baju, meeting room, ops room, tactic rooms, store room!! all in one.... hehe....
team marksman walking the ground..... choy seen trying to sketch... haha... i am using the more canggih way.... photography!!! but then sketching can be better sometimes.... u can draw the arch of fire and which bunker u are able to see..... as u can see...the ground was wet and muddy through out the whole tourney....

the first match was between us and the prisons department!! well.... we won that match... kill all and manage to grab the flag....the second game was also equally an easy game.... it was against penang.....on the 3rd game, we were somehow 'victimized' by the game marshals!! two of us was pulled out for the 1-for-1 rules....i was the last to be pulled out when i went into the safety zone, i counted and there was already 5 members including me.... the game was already over!! till this moment, we still dont get it why we were so harshly penalized when other teams also commit the same mistakes.....some of the marshals did apologized for their actions but wht else can be done.... we lost the game against terengganu!! damn!! the next game was against much experienced KL players.... they haf at least 3-4 pro players.... mostly haf experience playing in MPL tourney.... their tactics were fast and merciless!! hahaa..... and the last game for the day was against melaka.... well, we had to win this game to proceed to the next round.... and off coz we did.... we got 2nd place in the group table....not bad at all for a total beginner......


team marksman doing their break!!!

day 2 is much more exciting....better games and much more exciting..... our first quarterfinal game was against last years champ, negeri sembilan....the game was full with tension!! haha... at the end of the game, both teams still haf three players....so it was a 1-to-1 duel.... we nominated marksman ic3cool as our player....the two players went in and they only haf one minute to make a kill....otherwise, the most traditional way will be done to pick a winner!! tossing coins!! hahaa... anyway, we all have faith in tony la.... when the game started, all of us was practically not breathing!! haha... tony was seen moving alot and flanked the opponent from the right.... occasionally he was seen having problems with his marker!! the N9 chap was defending all the way and tony was the one moving here and there... it was a right call... the opponent who happens to be a right handed fella was in an awkward position... having to shoot with his right hand given an advantage to our team!! and just seconds before the timeout, tony manage to shoot him right on his head!! well done marksman!! hahaha... we proceed to semi finals!!! wohooo.... hehehe....semifinals was against another much stronger team.... the Selangor!!! they haf 4 MPL players!! haha... the first game was a wait and see game... both teams remained conservative and played a slow game..... after 5 minutes, both teams drew and still haf 5 players remaining.....2nd game went to selangor.... they manage to reorganize and outflanked our team after they manage to take out one of our team members!!! ok...we haf another game to go.... and this time we changed strategy!! we realized that we cant beat them if we remain passive and they are a much better team.... we also realized that we tried our best and we are already in medal position.... so it was now or never!!! we had a long pow-wow before deciding on the suicide mission!! hahaha..... 1 minute after the game haf started, mann was hit and out of the game... we are left with 4 members.... i was just waiting for the que to call from tony!!! once he said GO!! we all stood up got out of our bunkers!!! we all went charging towards the enemy!!! caught everyone by surprised... the marshals, selangor team and the spectators.... i can hear loud cheer as we were advancing!!! hahaha... one marshal was down... victim of cross fire!! haha... we was later taken out by stretcher and given treatment!! i was shot 3 times on the head and my mouth was filled with paints!!! hahaha.... that was the most exciting suicide mission!!! hahaha... when we got out of the field... everyone cheered... eventhough we lost the game... but we game a good fite... the last match gave the biggest impact!! hahaha.... and the armed forces team became the star of the day after the match!!! hahaha...

team marksman with the ladies team..... they lost badly!! hehehe....

overall, the game was a good exposure for us.... an eye opener and this is our first real paintball tournament!! the organizing part is so-so la... u cant expect much from the civvies... bad and his mudtrekker teams are there to organize....but the markers were big time let down!!! few occasions where the markers ran out of CO2.... and there were also cases of jammed markers!!!
this shouldn't happen in a tourney!!! and during the closing ceremony, the MAKSAK representative announced that the Armed Forces will most probably host next years event!

our team along with terengganu, penjara and selangor!!

Monday, June 30, 2008

cooling system

i was kinda bored...and thought that i need to complete my DIY mask fan project... hehe... at first i didn't thought that i would need a fan in my mask.... but after having gone thru several woodsball games, i find it essential to haf those fans to overcome fogging in the mask.....
now, what these are what u need to complete the project......


2 IC fans, soldering iron, switch, some black tape, 9v bty holder, and some cables....


how do u do it??? first get hold of ur mask..... identify where u intend to put the fan.... run thru the cables to see if it fits.... take the measurement and proceed to the next step.....

then u need to join the two fans together... connect it to the switch and battery holder..... solder all the joints and use black tapes to wrap some exposed wires....


walla!! the fan is done..... haha... and now my mask is fog free..... CHEERS!! hahah....

customized fans can be obtained at RM25 per set inclusive of an Energizer 9V battery. Please contact sparda da merchant for inquiry....

9th - Training of Marksman - Ready, Steady, Go!

Date : 28th June 2008

Venue : TT Sports
CI : William

That is the 1st training session for Marksman under the supervision of William. He's one ironclawed coach for this matter. The training started at around 11am and minor rain was complementing the training. Altogether, there were 7 of Marksman attended this dreadful training. 10 boxes of pallets were purchased and the session begin.

This is William the Ironclaws

Pallets for the training

Orientation to the field and introduction of all the types of obstacles in the field, each got their specific callsigns. in the speedball setting, according to wil, basically the game only will last for more or less, 5mins. time for sniper? i guess not. its all about speed, accuracy, dexterity, strategy and communications.

Orientation n introduction

The training ended at around 1530 and everyone were exhausted and tired. that was the 1st training, more will come in the future to sharpen the team's skill and add ups experience in playing speedball.

A Field Too Far

I Kill U!

Submarine Stance!

Damn! I Got Killed....

One of the member pee in the pant... sickening coach and intensified game

Metalized

Mocha

IceCool

At the end, all went back high in spirit but low in physics