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The Ah Boys to Men Cast Got Nerf-ed at the NERF Powerplay 2013!
By InCinemas / 25 Jun 2013 (Tuesday)
The NERF Powerplay competition saw groups competing with one another to clinch the top honour, bragging rights and attractive NERF prizes.
The Ah Boys to Men cast came down to have a go at the NERF Powerplay where Tosh Zhang, Noah Yap, Wang Wei Liang, Charlie Goh and Maxi Lim pitted their skills against one another. Find out which team won after the jump!
The NERF POWERPLAY tournament is the third of its kind held in Singapore
by organisers, Hasbro Singapore. This year though, the event has been
put together as a launch pad for a series of NERF-related events due to
unfold throughout the rest of the year to encourage the community to
play NERF socially and actively.
Held at the atrium of NEX
Shopping Mall over the weekend, the NERF POWERPLAY 2013 saw 64 teams
battling it out across two main categories amidst an on-looking crowd of
eager spectators who rooted for their favourite teams.
The new NERF champions as team “S-16 Command” picked up the overall title as champions of the Open Category at the NERF POWERPLAY 2013, while team ‘NoobBusters’ emerged as winners of the Youth Challenge (ages 8 – 17). The two teams beat 32 others to take home the honours in their respective categories.
After three intense days at the NERF POWERPLAY, Open Category winner, Jun Jie, 24 years of age, said “it was a very close fight as all our opponents were very strong and skilled, but we are all very happy to have become the champions of the NERF POWERPLAY 2013 Open Category.“
Linn Min Hoot, age 14 years from ‘NoobBusters’, said “We did not expect to be the winners of the NERF POWERPLAY Youth Challenge, as this is the first time we participated in a NERF tournament and we had very little training. However with the help of our friends, we held a few NERF play sessions under our block prior to the tournament for practice.”
Hasbro Singapore will also be releasing new models of NERF blasters
in the coming months, adding onto its already impressive line-up of NERF
Elite blasters of which the NERF Elite Alpha Trooper CS-12 and NERF
Elite Spectre Rev-5 were amongst the latest released exclusively at NERF
POWER PLAY 2013.
(More information about NERF can be found on the website here!)
Ah Boys To Men Cast Show Their NERF Mettle
NERF fans were also treated to an appearance by the Ah Boys to Men cast which included Tosh Zhang, Noah Yap, Wang Wei Liang, Charlie Goh and Maxi Lim who turned up amidst a cacophony of screams and cheers from excited fans who came down especially to catch a glimpse of the young stars managed by JM Artiste Network and FLY Entertainment.
The quintet put their NERF skills to the test in three specially arranged match-ups
against their fans. We talked to them about their NERF skills, team strategies and upcoming projects fans can expect in the future!
Noah mentioned that the NERF Powerplay is an interesting game for him, and it definitely was harder than it looked. He even brought his own NERF blaster just for this event! Fans were screaming their names during the battle and when asked about being 'pressured to win' due to the tremendous amount of fans staring at them, Charlie replied jokingly, "I don't think we are trying to impress the fans, just look at the way they (Noah and Weiliang) played."
Commenting on their team strategies, Maxi Lim said, “Our team made
it a point to ‘NERF’ the opponent’s key players and we tried to keep
some form of team structure and organisation. But once the game started,
all our tactics and strategies went out the window. But it’s a really
fun and interactive game. We had a good time.”
Regarding their future projects, Tosh talked about Jack Neo's upcoming movie, "The Lion Men" where it is slated to release in January 2014. "As it's still in the casting process, we can't say much about the show", he replied.
After three furious battle rounds, Charlie Goh, Maxi Lim and Tosh Zhang managed to bring glory to the blue team by capturing the flag before being hit by their opponents!