>> 26 July 08, The morning started out very calmly and you can see lots of special forces type (and a couple of people wearing speedball attires) were already at Padang Merbuk, KL, the location for the first ever Urban Assault Scenario Series.The scenes at the padang was impressive with the army type people, gears and markers.The event was for the benefit of the victims of the recent China earthquake and Gaza Strip blockade. It was coordinated and organized by Islamic Relief Malaysia (IRM) and Isi Rimba.
There were a total of 11 teams, big names in the scenario community, Mud Legion, Marauders units, RimbaWarrior (hmmmm) amongst others. The single tournament field was almost as big as 2.3/4 speedball field – that’s one huge area (if u intent to run around a lot lah). There was a derelict Volvo right in the middle of the field with numerous small bunkers made from plywood and metal drums, air bunkers was slotted in later into the games.
The game play was a bit different, there were to be 7 man/side in the field, and the captains and medics are prohibited to be armed, but there were allowed shields. The objective was to grab the flags and passed it to the captains. Each captured flags carried points..and you can start anywhere along the starting line.
The first game started about 1030, a bit delayed. The first couple of games saw the teams moving cautiously, team members were attacking or defending while trying to go for the flags…not much different from speedball, cept that the medic was running all over the place. Then one team decides to utilize the captain with shield advantage to go for the flags. All hell broke loose, subsequent games saw lots of running and chasing, with opponents chasing the medics and captains who were dodging bullets to rush for the flags, the use of ATVs also adds to the scenario mood of the game.
Games then were played back to back, which efficiently sap energy from the participating teams. The amount of fast running, while dodging pellets, got me thinking that the scenarios/woodsball guys are definitely ready for speedball tourneys. Soooo how bout it guys?
RimbaWarrior fought hard but hard luck to us, I think we were more into eliminating the opponents (and in one game, our captain..hahahahaha) than trying to get the flags which carried more points – what the hey…we are speedballers….and good at it, I mite say..heh heh heh.
In the end, only two were left, squads, Mud Legion and Marauder Assault,
for the finals, the rules were changed, the captains and medics are allowed to be armed, but cannot carry any shielding. The finals were like a speedball game, but with full camo and rocking markers. I even saw some of them sliding into bunkers…whoa stop dude….bangs.
Mud Legion persevered and clinches the first ever Urban Assault title. Congratulations to the winner and all participating teams. Thank you marshals and organizers, I am sure they will do better at the next Urban Assault. Lets keep that date.
Two team member of the Sacremento's XSV, Junior and Thomas, dropped by at the Padang, together with the Kementerian guys to watch the games, there were some photo sessions with participating teams - thank you for dropping by and welcome to Malaysia. Cheers.
Results
1. Mud Legion
2. Marauder Assault
3. Marauder Berserker
4. Rimba Warrior
