The final event of the Malaysian Official Paintball Circuit was held in the administrative capital of Putrajaya. The location is the country's proof to administration and governance excellence. Which ironically is how MPOC have been operating all season. Hats off to Paul and PALS for completing the whole season with high and consistent quality.
Grammaton Clerics have already sealed the D3 title in the previous leg thus the pressure was off our shoulders and the whole weekend was to play paintball and have fun. The venue was good with god blessing the tourney with exceptional weather. Slight shower on Saturday was welcomed as it softened the ground a bit. 14 teams competed in D3 among them were Kejahatan, KSK Flash, Labuan Fighters, Pandamonium, Red Sevens 2 and Shoot In Rage.
Prelims were spread out in the afternoon with the points running tight. We managed to pull 8 wins out of 9 games and topping the prelims table with 24 points ED. The next day saw us in the quarter 8 drawn up in the same group as Red Sevens 2, Labuan Fighters and Duckside. Surprisingly Shoot In Rage stumbled in their quarter 8, which was odd since they were 2nd in the prelims. We managed to win all of our Q8 games. That squared us off to face Lost Boys in the Semis.
Knowing Lost Boys from previous legs, we knew their style of play was fast with a fair chance to catch them moving from bunker to bunker. We locked them on one side and let the other side move up and pick them out one at a time. We nearly lost a point when they decide to charge down one flank taking our forward off guard but quickly met with our heavy gunning back line. We won the points in straight games which fated us to meet Red Sevens 2 of Singapore.
The Singaporeans skipped Xtion Cup and we didn't get a chance to meet them in Kedah since they were eliminated early. So we didn't really know what sort of game they have against us thus we stuck to a lockdown to see what were they up to. We lost the first point and reshuffled a bit to counter their fast attacking forwards. Both teams traded bodies fast but we edged them to force the decider to be concluded in a third point. Funny that we didn't have to win to get the overall title but we played like as if the title was on the line. Again we reshuffled and had a forward heavy line-up. Both sides were trading bodies right after the break-out. We were given a 1 for 1 but somehow stuck to the game plan and punctured a hole mid field and a side. Finishing off their last player at the 50s.
With that we maintained a clean sweep for all 5 legs and obviously the championship. The dream was to be Immortals and that was what exactly we did. It was a great season, extremely competitive and punishing mentally as well as physically. Now comes our long deserved break and right after will be World Cup Asia in Langkawi!
Our greatest thanks to God. Valued sponsors Dye, RPS and Energy Paintball for the excellent support. Friends, family and the competition for being professional. Last but not least Hello MPOC Division 2 2012!
Photo credits goes to Dez of Residentevilchef and Badman.
DIVISION 1:
Champions - Demonz Red
2nd - Nemesis Legion
3rd - Raskal
4th - Xtioneers
DIVISION 2:
Champions - Red Sevens
2nd - KFK Halloween
3rd - Urban X
4th - Ultimate Speed
DIVISION 3:
Champions - Grammaton Clerics
2nd - Red Sevens 2
3rd - KSK Flash
4th - Lost Boys MSN
DIVISION 4:
Champions - CMX Badai
2nd - 7th Legion
3rd - Sabil
4th - TMS
Overall Champions Division 1- Demonz Red
Overall Champions Division 2- Red Sevens
Overall Champions Division 3- Grammaton Clerics
