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So our games in Kirkkonummi weren’t that perfect. In Championship league we ended at 3rd place with Trivoga taking both top positions. In the Semi match Trivoga Silver showed great skill in changing their play againsta us. In Div1 again we were slow to start, with a lot of mistakes in the prelims. Still we got through to semis and finals, but GameOver was too tough an opponent, like all season.

After Kirkkonummi we had our end-season break week, when everyone got to heal their wounds and do those “family-oriented” activities. After that we’ve been playing a lot of game trainings and have rebuilt the field twice. We have to say we like the Paris layout better that the Austrian. The Austrian field felt like something developed outside Ring three whilst drunk. But enough of Bit*hing.

The last League round in Mikkeli will be this caturday. First Div is going to play the morning and League the afternoon. We feel strongly that the we have the teams to take the first in both divisions. In league we have calculated that we need fifth place to win the whole Series. Something that has been bad this year, is that official standings haven’t been published publicly. In div one I guess overall we have a chance for second or third place.  After the games we will celebrate our great Finnish season and party. It’s also nice that many of the wives/girlfriends/boyfriends/KitchenAid’s are comming along to see what this thing is all about.

LiveLeague will continue, with running scores for both League and Div 0ne. Div two and three are out of the question,  because of time management issues. This time we will have a dedicated person, who will run the scores and will run on cheap Finnish lager. This way our players (that being me) can concentrate on the games. If we will get somekind of sponsorship for this thing next year, we might do all the divisions.

After this week our training goes to a lower gear. Some of our domestic tournament players will probably slow their training schedule to one or two trainings per week. Of course we will have Millennium Paris to go, and Cyclone family will support our Mill players as much as possible, with team-game trainings still mandatory for all.

SPBL Kirkkonummi photos are up!

While waiting for the article, check out the gallery! We’re working on a summary of the event and our escapades, so stay tuned!

Cyclone LiveLeague Round Kirkkonummi (3/4)

So here it is. The first version of Cyclone LiveLeague. The system isn’t perfect, but we’ll test this thing. If it is a success, based on hits and usability, we’ll do both League and First Division for the last round in Mikkeli. So keep on hitting that refresh button for scores tomorrow.

Preliminary Games (Morning):

Game#Team1.P2.P3.P4.P5.P6.P7.PFinal Score
Trivoga Silverxxx-3
NVPxx2
Dream Teamx1
NVPx1
Takeoverxxxx4
RumaQx1
Takeover0
Trivogaxxx3
Trivoga Silverx1
NVPx1
RumaQxx2
Trivoga Silverxxxx4
1Dream Teamxxxx4
2Cyclonexxxx4
3Trivogaxxxx4
4Urho mustax1
5Dream Teamxxxx4
6Cyclonexxxx4
7RumaQxxx3
8Takeoverx1
9Urho mustaxxxx4
10Trivogaxxxx4
11Cyclonexxxx4
12Urho musta0

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Upcoming League and Our Hiatus of The Internet

As you’ve noticed, we’ve been having a break of this internet thing due to holidays, births, lazyness. Updates both here and in fecesbook have been rare. Here’s a little update. After the pro school, we’ve been training at our venue 2-3 times a week. Just yesterday we had a game day with Trivoga. Thanks guys! It was a joy to play in the almost cold 25C (that’s 77F for those people still riding their horses to work their lords demesne). We managed only a couple of games, while field walking took much of our time. Personally I would have prefered more game points, but we got a good read of the field.

Courtesy of Splatweb.net and SPBL.org

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2nd leg of SPBL: Victory for Cyclone!

Link to Gallery

The picture says it all:  Celebration!

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Victorious at last!

Five years.

That’s a long time by any standard. For a team that has been almost completely rebuilt and then nourished in the shadow of past success, it’s a long time to struggle for those rare rays of light. Already at the end of last season we felt that we are definitely on the right path, and the team headed into the off-season with a clear goal to make the last push to the top.  A lot of hard work has been put in, the countless hours of practises have finally started to pay dividends. Helsinki Cyclone won again.

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On the way to Ikaalinen

So, the first weekend of the Finnish National League is here, and we are litterally on the way.. In Helsinki the weather was nice when we set off, we’ll have to wait 60km to see what it’s like in Ikaalinen. So far, It’s a bit overcast but hopes for tomorrow are quite nice.. Hopefully it’ll be as nice as it was outside the terrace of Weeruska in Helsinki.

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WinterCup: Cyclone finishes 2nd in the series!

Last sunday was the time for the final leg of WinterCup 2010 at Splash Arena, Tuusula, Finland. Before the last leg we were leading the series with TriThe Trophyvoga, both tied with the same points and we were the only two teams to really compete for the title. Well, sunday wasn’t our day but we still managed to get in to the semifinals and faced Trivoga. So the semifinal game was all about winning the series and this time Trivoga was a bit better and won the game 2-3. Trivoga lost the final game against Urho Musta and we won PPW Mad in the bronze game. The third place was enough for us to take the second place in the series…

Anyway this was a good practice to us for the summer and I promise we will come back stronger!

Big ups for all our opponents, our supporters and the organizers of the Winter Cup 2010!

Helsinki Cyclone takes 3rd place in Winter Cup 2nd leg!

On Sunday, the 21st of February, ProGames organized the second leg of the Winter Cup 2010 (4-man race-to-3) in Splash Arena, Tuusula. We managed to win the first leg and we had mixed feelings in preparing for the event. Our primary focus for the tournament series is definitely to get some tournament games “in the system” – but winning is always a bonus, and it certainly creates an appetite for itself.. 

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The Finnish National League is rolling strong in 2010

The Finnish Paintball Federation (SPBL) has released information on the enrollments for the coming 2010 season. It’s great to see that the Finnish scene is doing well even though we have had a lot of bad news globally. The national league has the championship level and three divisional levels coming up to 41 teams in total,  all playing some variant of race to -format this year. What has been great to see is that the level of play in the lower divisions has really improved over the last 2 or 3 years and a clear attitude of professionalism and athleticism is starting to become more and more visible throughout the ranks.

Helsinki Cyclone will have two teams participating in the domestic competition series, one in the championship league and one in the first division. Naturally we have set our goals for highest finishes in both series.

Check out the full teamlist below:

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