Paintball Magazine February 2019 | Page 57

The 2019 N X L Pro Xball Title Winner Will Be… From 2014 and until 2018 if your team name wasn’t Edmonton Impact you weren’t wining a professional paintball title. From 2014 and until this past season when Houston Heat took the NXL’s pro title it’s been all Edmonton Impact. In fact, since 2011 there’s only been three different pro teams to win a title with Houston Heat winning two, San Diego Dynasty winning two and Edmonton Impact winning four. So it would make sense to go “chalk” and pick Heat or Impact, the probable winners in most people’s eyes. But Impact lost Keith Brown this off-season and Raney Stanczak’s off to X-Factor. Impact has picked up three solid players for 2019 but since none of them are named Keith Brown we’re not predicting an Impact title this year. Houston Heat has reportedly lost Sergei Solnyshkov but largely kept their roster intact. Prediction: : San Antonio X-Factor has been close to the level of the top four teams in the world the past 4-5 seasons. A play here or there, one good roster move, or just a bit of luck and X-Factor could have won a title recently. Our prediction is this is the year they put it all together. X-Factor wins the 2019 NXL pro Xball title. Recent Pro Title Winners 2018: Houston Heat 2017: Edmonton Impact 2016: Edmonton Impact 2015: Edmonton Impact 2014: Edmonton Impact 2013: San Diego Dynasty 2012: Houston Heat 2011: San Diego Dynasty www.paintball.media 057