Once again Sabah Paintball League Cup (SPL) will hit another season for the 3rd time. The Sabah Paintball League Cup 2012 3rd season will kick-off this Saturday and it will be held for two days (28 & 29 January 2012) at Likas Sports Complex.

KK Paintball Centre (KKPC) has successfully held the league without fail every year since 2010. Each season will have 3 legs and from these 3 legs the overall champion will be decided. Last year Team Hoodlums brought home the SPL 2011 Cup.

Other than SPL, KKPC also has two other events to be held this year. The Nexus War Game 2012 (NWG 2012) and the Sabah Tactical Cup 2012 (STC 2012). The NWG has been held since 2010 while the STC is the new even and to be held for the first time this year.

We hope the weather will be favourable this Saturday and Sunday so that the 18 teams competing in the SPL2012 will have a great game. There will be two teams from Brunei while Sarawak, Melaka and Labuan will have one team each. For the first time, there will be an all ladies team… the Barbarinas. And the youngest player for this season is a 13 years old lad.

The youngest player for this season.

To promote the Sabah Tactical Cup 2012, a demo game by Team Revolucion will be held during SPL 2012.

The tactical game field for scenario or jungle settings.

And to those who hate the sun or do not have time during the day to play paintball, KKPC also conduct Night Paintball.

SPL 2012 field was setup on 24th January… here are some photos during the setup… it’s gonna be very exciting… don’t forget to drop by at Stadium Likas this Saturday and Sunday to watch this exciting and adrenaline pumping game…

There will be more than 20 teams participating in the tournament namely… HOODLUMS, TRIBE-X, SPLATZ1, MIGHTY OWL, BOOMSLANG, TRIBE-X II, CARCASS, TXT, ROKKEAN, BRIZZIO, BAKAKUK SYNDIKETZ, PAINMISH, DRACONE, NOUNTUN, TIMBUL TENGGELAM HUNTERS, UNCLE HORNET, PEMUDA PBS TAMPARULI, SM TEKNIK LIKAS, NBE, THE HEADHUNTERS, PANTERA and CHUPACABRA.

Although it is raining most of the time lately, we are hoping for a good weather during the tournament. And hopefully, the teams will be more better equipped with new markers, goggle/mask and jersey… and possibly with barska scope if that is allowed by the organizer…

I was rushing to the field, I did not take any food for breakfast… just a cup or tea. Since I was late, I was not planning to train… just want to test my marker then… furthermore I did not put any sun block… but lucky the sun was not that strong… but strong enough to turn someone into BBQ… and probably has to work on to get rid of blackheads on nose

At the end I have to train with the rest… they insist… I played two matches… the first match was great… my marker was working fine… manage to kill two… but during the rest, my marker started hissing… damm… something leaking… the air runs out pretty fast… I only switch on the air when the game started… it was noisy… but still can shoot… but at the end, I have to get out of the field coz the air-line started getting too cold and the tank is getting empty…

Anyways, had a fun training… but it was super tiring… stretched most of my body muscle… especially my leg… now can’t walk straight… and I also having stomach ache… which turn out to be food poisoning.

Anyways, this is about the Sabah Paintball League 2011 which was held on 12 and 13 March. Once again, I was assigned by the organizer to take photos from inside the field. Like last year, I was assisted by Bonaventure who assisted me on the first day and Louis on the second day… meaning I was covering it for two days… standing under the sun for two days… well there was not much sun… it was cloudy most of the time and it was raining on the first day towards the end of the day… around 3pm.

After standing under the sun and rain for two days, I continued with journey to Sandakan for 3 days… Monday to Wednesday… went there by road which put us 8 hours on the road and I came back by air which only took about 55 minutes. I was bloody tired with the two events… I’m really exhausted… I really need a massage therapy program… I’m thinking to get body massage this weekend… probably with acupuncture too…

OK, back to SPL… this time the field is much better then last year… and it is bigger too. The field was dry on the first day but it was wet when the rain came down at the end of the first day event… causing two matches carried to the following day. There are 24 teams divided into 3 groups with 8 teams each. This is the first leg of three legs league. The winners of this first leg are… 1st is Hoodlums, 2nd is Tribe-X and 3rd is Splatz 1… and I have not processed all the photos yet… here are some of it…

Winner… Hoodlums

2nd… Tribe-X

3rd… Splatz 1

4th… Mighty Owl

Paintball enthusiasts in Sabah will be treated once again with Sabah Paintball League or SPL cup in one week time. The league is organized by KK Paintball Centre and this is going to be the second year of the cup.

There are three legs in this league and the first leg will be held at KKPC Field, Stadium Likas (next to Likas Golf Driving Range and Likas Swimming Pool Complex) from 12th to 13th March 2011.

Teams who intend and have not registered yet, you still have less than a week to do so… Hurry up.. There are 18 teams confirmed and more are registering…

1. Lantin
2. Tribe X -a
3. Tribe X -b
4. Paintmish
5. Dracone
6. TxT
7. Bakakuk Syndiketz
8. Sabah cement – a
9. Sabah cement – b
10. Poli – a
11. Poli – b
12. Uncle Hornet
13. Nountun Gunners
14. Splatz1
15. LPC slot A
16. LPC slot B
17. LPC slot C
18. Mighty Owl

There are more than RM7,000 worth of prizes to be won.

And to those who are interested to open F&B stall, please contact the organizer ASAP… we need you for foods and drinks coz its gonna tiring two days event…

anyone interested to buy paintball t-shirt?…

OK, just helping a fren to promote his t-shirt… if you are interested to buy, the contacts is on the picture…

The t-shirt has wording “NO PAINTBALL NO LIFE” in green at the front with some colorful broken pallets… i think there are 8 yellow pallets and 7 orange pallets shots on it… at the back is the designer logo… Blaze Design Co.

Sizes are from S to XL… and priced at RM35 each…

Sabah Paintball League or SPL is the first big paintball tournament held in Sabah… hopefully it will become bigger every year… Me and two more photographers will be covering the two days event. In the first leg, there are quite a number of teams participated… and this time there are more than 20 teams… and on Sunday, there will be a special event… One On One.. for those who want to try and eager to shoot legally and safely, you should try this… just drop by… and don’t worry about jersey or what to wear… you can wear anything… even hip hop clothes… or better still wear your favorite World Cup team… but just make sure you wear shoes… sandals, sleepers or crocs are not allowed… I love crocs… You can use sneakers, shoe with studs… as long as it is shoes, that’s fine… OK see you all there tomorrow

Kaamatan is celebrated in Sabah for two days… 30th and 31st May every year… and it’s gonna be public holiday till Tuesday coz the first day of Kaamatan falls on Sunday.

OK, I have not updated my blogs for more than two weeks…  well, I took a break coz I was away with some activities…

I left for KL on 15th to attend the Digital Camera, Imaging and Media expo in Mid Valley… then continue with study tour to Hi Tech Padu, Ranhill and Putra Jaya from Monday and Tuesday.

Then I was hotel alone for two days waiting for my paintball teammates at Cititel Hotel MidValley for the International Super Seven Championship 2010 in Petaling Jaya… which were held from 22nd and 23rd May. I did not played coz my back was still injured… but I still had sunburn… coz I was also under the sun watching and taking my teammates photos.

Then back to Sabah on 24th May… full with sunburn and fatigue… really exhausted with more than a week activities… My skin has turn black… i guess my face is full with blackheads… need a blackhead remover and some scrub… coz I look black and shiny now…

Then get more sun burn on Saturday, 29th May, for the Burnout360 Sabah Drift Challenge… which was organized so badly…  they put the schedule as 8am – Midnight… but the drift challenge was put to 4pm then to 6pm… imagine the amount of sunburn we have to take from 11am!!!

OK, thats all for now… need to get ready to KDCA to take cultural photos… Aramai Tii…

But tomorrow, I’m going to change my flight again… for coming back… since the International Super Seven Championship is on 22 to 23 May, and we have bought our ticket since January, which we supposedly fly on Thursday, 20 May… my as well stay in KL for another 2 nights… while waiting for my teammates… instead of flying home on Tuesday, 18 May… then fly back to KL again on Thursday… So, it’s going to be almost like last year World Cup Asia 2009 Paintball… 2 weeks in KL

One other thing I need to be prepared for the official thingy and then for the paintball thingy is… I needed a haircut… it has been more than a month since my last haircut… my hair is getting harder to manage… what causes hair loss you may ask?… my answer will be unmanaged long hair :p I hate it when my hair is long… worse when the wind blow the hair… so I went for haircut after work today… took less than 15 minutes to have my hair cut

I had experienced back pain twice before… and it takes one or two weeks to heal… dang… this time it gonna cost me a paintball championship… the International Super Seven Championship 2010 on 22-23 May 2010… it worries me so much till pimples are popping out… I think I’m gonna need a blackhead remover at the same time…

Because it was so painful, i went for massage… it helps a little bit… but the next day, I think the pain of the massage was making my whole body painful… so on Saturday I went to see doctor… had an x-ray… and emm…. looks like it’s not a simple problem… since it has been going on for sometimes, there are some problem on the bones… and it cost me 300++ and still need about 750++ if I go for MRI… and another 20K++ if have to do operation… dang… health insurance is very important in this case…

I hope I will recover completely soon… and hope this problem never come back again… have to take care my weight and back…

Well, both packages are not personalized gift… it will be great if someone out there did send me these gifts… anyway, they are actually goods I bought online… well not exactly… one is purchased online and paid using PayPal and the second one is through IM and paid using Maybank2U.

The fist one is the BlackRapid’s RS-7 R-Strap camera strap bought from ShaShinKi which comes with ConnectR-2 and FastenR2. If you are not sure what are these, just Google BlackRapid. This strap helps handling the camera better.

OK, the second package was DYE’s i4 Clear Lens… this is not camera stuff but it do help in taking picture The lens is for my paintball goggle… the DYE i4. When I purchased it, it came with a Smoke Lens… tinted lens. Smoke Lens is good for playing paintball but not for taking paintball photos in the field. So, this clear lens will help me see better through the camera’s eyepiece when taking photos in the field.

Since everyone are tired… including me… let’s just go straight to the results… then go to sleep

For the SPL Cup Leg 1 Rookie…
Champion: Pitbull
1st Runner Up: Domestic Community
2nd Runner Up: Brotherhood JR
4th Placing: Brotherhood SR

As for the SPL Open…
Champion: Splatz1 Borneo
1st Runner Up: Splatz1
2nd Runner Up: Brotherhood

Man Of The Match / Most Valuable Player (MVP) goes to Mike Athanasius (Uncle Mike) from Brotherhood.

And to those who missed this 1st leg and also to the teams who wants to ‘appeal/tidak puas hati’… see you all at the next leg. The 2nd leg will be held in Keningau on 3 – 4 July 2010.

Once again congratulation to all winners and well done to the organizer, KK Paintball Centre

The game will start at 8.00am for two days… 6 & 7 March 2010

And the location is (click image for full size)…

BAH… last call for Sabah’s paintball players out there…

This is your chance to play paintball league cup… there will be three legs in this league.

For this first leg, it will be held from 6th to 7th March 2010 at the new paintball fields at Likas Stadium.

There are two categories, rookie and open.

For rookie category, it’s going to be 3 men + 3 reserve. Entrance fee is RM300 and inclusive of paintball pallets. Newbie & students are highly encourage to participate.

For open category, it’s going to be 5 men + 2 reserve. Entrance fee is RM300. You can use electrical or mechanical marker…

USPL rules will be used in this tournament.

For further information, contact:
KK Paintball Centre – 088 727445
Zachary – 016 8146301
Sammy – 016 8472592
Gabrielle – 016 8459991
Tracy – 016 8459903
Miguel – 016 8350053
Email – info@kkpaintbalcentre.com

And as what to expect from this league… here are photos of Pre-WCA games last year… expect to have the same or better excitements…

Some of the i4 features are:

- Revolutionary rapid lens changing system which allows the lens to be changed in less than 10 seconds.
- Gives more vertical and horizontal peripheral vision than any other mask system on the market today.
- Designed with the Professional in mind, thus provides comfort, rigidity and lightweight protection with Dye one piece, dual injected mask design.
- Sleek, light, low profile soft compression ear pads provide the protection you need while offering style and hearing clarity.
- The anatomically correct i4 mask system offers the best in comfort for all facial contours.
- The i4 retention strap system needs to be adjusted once and once only.
- One of the i4’s greatest features is the Multi-Directional Venting.
- The i4 comes equipped with Dye’s enhanced High Definition Lens, providing optimal lens clarity in any weather situation.

And I bought one during the World Cup Asia 2009 – Paintball Asia Series (PALS) for RM350.

I have not tried it on field yet but soon…

It’s a great goggle… it snugs nicely on my face… and it gives more confidence when wearing it…

I fall down while trying to shift from one bunker to the other. It was the last match… it is actually an additional match after most of the other went back… only about 9 of us left and we decided to play 3 on 3.

My left trigger finger… index finger… was badly torn… coz I fall down and the trigger finger was absorbing my fall… holding my 95kg body weight!!! But lucky it did not brake to the opposite but instead get torn…

Went to clinic at Donggongon and had 5 stitches on it. Supposed to remove the stitches on 10th day, but I was away in KL for the Hacker Halted 2009… at the end I only manage to remove it on the 14th November at Medicare Clinic in Mid Valley, KL.

Then had it x-ray on Monday, 16th November, at the same clinic coz I was worried something might be broken inside… yea, should have x-ray it before it get stiched…

But anyway, I’m lucky nothing broken inside… except it is still swollen till now and still cant bend it completely.

Next, I need to do insurance quotes… errr.. insurance claim… I must get my insurance to refund me all the medical bills… and plus 2 weeks of allowance… probably RM150 per week…

Thanks to Donny who send me to the clinic and helping to take the photos inside the clinic…

The torn trigger finger

Not crying… just giving pressure to the arm to reduce pain while getting clean…

Stiching…

and stiching…

Stiched…

Getting anti-tetanus jab.

Well, there are many things went by for the past 24 days…

Let me just summarize what happen for the past 24 days… and later I will talk more about it in the next postings…

Fist day of November, I injured myself during in a friendly paintball game… other than face mask, I did not use any other protective gear… not even breeches… lol.. only use my standard clothing… t-shirt with short pants… I played 3 matches… but on the third match I use a vest… and that is the time I injured my finger and end up with 5 stitches!!!

On the second week of November, I was away in KL for Hackers Halted 2009… it was fun but the rainy days with dry air in KL made my lips cracked. I’m glad to be back home and enjoy the cool breeze here.

Third week, I was waiting for my paintball team in KL for the World Cup Asia 2009 – Paintball Asia Series (PALS) which runs from 19 to 22 November 2009. My team, Predator Sabah, played in Division 4. Another team, Kinabalu Legion played in Division 3.

Forth week, feeling exhausted and back to work…

My colleagues who are in two teams are going to play for the Word Cup Asia 2009 paintball tournament in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur on 19th to 22nd November 2009… one in Division 3 and one in Division 4.

In the beginning, I was only planning to join them to take photos during their training and during the competition in Bukit Jalil… but at the end, I will be playing for the Division 4 team since they are short of one player… so I will be their reserve player… But I don’t think I will be playing during the competition…

My earlier plan for the competition is to get a Pit Crew Pass so that I can enter the players’ area to photograph them… but since I will be one of the players… I will get a Player Pass instead… Hopefully everything goes well with the new plan…

It feel so different waking up so early in morning… the air is so fresh… … feels very healthy… then join the teams to warm-up… well, I did not join them stretching but more on following them around and photographing… but it’s quite tiring… with the morning sunshine… this is a great way on how to burn fat

Then I join them playing in three games… it was fun except for the marker… the gun… problem… it gets jammed… no pallets coming out… it really pissed me off… on the first game where I got hit on my leg, my marker gets jammed but not as bad as on the third game where I only manage to shoot less than 20 pellets I guess… before I received a head shot!!!

The second match was the best… I become the last man standing for my team before I was hit with two close range shots from behind… I was the defender… so I only stayed in one place…

Here are some of the photos… will publish the rest later…