Division Two Xball is jam-packed with
competitive and up and coming teams.
Division Four Xball is probably the least
predictable of all divisions. Many teams have
entered just one or two events and played
well and some have entered all five events
and have not much to show for it. Then
there’s PaintballFit.com, who won Las Vegas,
won Texas, didn’t play Atlantic City and then
won Chicago. Heading into the World Cup
this is clearly the best team in the division but
their missed event made it nearly impossible
to win the title. Noobies have played all five
events and even with a 21st showing here at
the World Cup, they still managed to win the
title. PaintballFit.com placed 5th at the Cup
and that was enough to secure second place
in the final standings. “So who won Division
Four at the Cup,” you ask? That would be
DSO, playing their first Division Four event of
the 2018 season. Like I said… unpredictable.
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Fifteen teams entered the Open Ten-Man
Division at the World Cup. If you’ve not
followed the game closely the past two years
you may have missed the huge resurgence
in the ten-man play. As they have for the past
few seasons, the NXL has incorporated this
into their events and it’s been a blast for all
that have had a chance to play—and this
event was no exception.
Washington Winstons are the only team to
play all five events in the Open Ten-Man
Division, so it will come as no surprise that
even with their 11th place finish at the Cup,
they still won the series title going away.
Interestingly it was Boom that would walk
away winners at this year’s Cup and even
more interesting that they played in only two
ten-man events and won them both. NRG
took second place and Prague’s MLKings
took third.