Photo By John Amodea
The CPX crew had a decision to make and
they made the right one, they decided that
they would bring the game to Dreaded, they
would build the platform for the players to
play if they were willing. In an effort to not
peer pressure players into breaking their own
personal boundaries of safety CPX staff did
not press for recruitment from themselves or
their command staff, they decided to create
the opportunity and they players would come
if they wanted to, and they did. Some of the
original Command staff on both sides had
decided to not attend for personal reasons
which gave way to Pirate commanders, also
affiliated with the Modern Day Pirates, to
step and go head to head in what would be a
relentless battle of will, brains and brawn.
The days leading up to any paintball event are full
of promise and titillation but Dreaded Legends
5 had the air of finality. Players and staff were
out doing what they loved after a seemingly
endless hibernation, playing an event that was
anticipated not to happen. For many people
the last game they played before quarantine
was a CPX event at Black Ops Paintball, Bones
and Ashes, so it was fitting that their first game
back was a CPX event at Black Ops Paintball.
Friday June 19th, 2020 officially kicked off the
fifth installment of CPX’s scallywag battle the
Buccaneers versus the Marauders. Leading
the Marauders was a CPX legend and veteran
commander Richard “Mamba” L from Capital
Offense battling against the Buccaneer’s first
time CPX legends commander Matt “Vanilla
Gorilla” Copeland from Phantom Regiment,
and both of these men came ready to fight
with stacked armies in tow. With no real press
for attendance and recruitment it was inspiring
to see the true spirit of the paintball player as
250 still showed ready to compete, nothing
stood between them, except a capsule full of
paint at 280 feet-per-second.
018 paintball.media magazine