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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!!