Paintball Magazine August 2018 | Page 32

Photo By Gary Baum Photo By Gary Baum The same could be said for the Russians, how would they fare on a slower layout? And how about Infamous? No-one forgot about Baltimore Revo, either; their season to-date had been an impressive one. Would they shake things up in the top slots? Then there’s the new guys on the block – the Elevations, New York Xtremes, PC Katanas and the ML Kings. Would one of them rise to the occasion like Scottsdale had their last two events? There were even questions in the semi-pro bracket: namely whether anyone would step up to challenge the dominance of SD Aftermath. In the misty morning fog of Atlantic City, the teams would sling paint to find the answers. without dropping a game, and their names were Dynasty and Houston Heat. Impact made it through, but dropped a game to a tough-fighting Revo squad along the way. Revo made the cut with them. The Ironmen looked better in Atlantic City than they had all season, hanging three convincing wins on the board on their way to Sunday. They didin’t take the easy route to get there, but Damage and X-Factor also battled their way into Sunday, along with New York Xtreme in their best showing in the pro division thus far. AC: Dallas hung three wins on the board on their way to the Sunday club as well. The Russians managed to hang seven points on the board, one of a very small number of teams to do so, and this was enough, with In the pro division only two teams managed two wins, to see them through to Sunday as to battle their way through to the late rounds well. One of the real surprises on the other 032 paintball.media magazine