Paintball Magazine Paintball Media Magazine July 2019 | Page 100

The air Sunday morning was thick with
ferocious and barbaric intent. The Command
staffs set up shop and started sifting through
the diabolical errands that DJ has given them,
the ref staff and photographers position
themselves in the most critical spots, and
the warriors line the starting gates. The horn
bellows, the heartbeat skips once and they
are off! 1300+ players once again stampede
towards epic glory. Di Inferi jumped off to a
start they could not have planned any better,
they seemingly stopped every Crusader dead
in their tracks, taking a good portion of the
field and gaining points quickly. This swing
in momentum was one that the Red team
needed to hold tight to and ride through the
rest of the day. The Red teams wall of players
was sturdy and strong but not enough to
stop the erosion caused by wave after wave
of Blue team pushes and advances. The
Crusade dug through the woods, through
the Omen field and through the Cemetery
to eventually put Di Inferi into a tug-o-war for
field position. The Crusade advancement
put a stopper to Di Inferi’s point grab and
slowed the progression of their comeback.
Though Di Inferi was able to cut into the
Crusade’s massive lead they were unable
to overcome the Crusade in the last head-
to-head battle in the middle of the field, an
all out brawl devised by the puppeteers for
pure slaughter and enjoyment. With day 2
coming to an explosive end, only Final Battle
was left, and with the game already decided,
there was nothing to lose.
Final Battle of Living Legends 12 only
happens once. This means you only get one
last opportunity to leave it all on the field,
one last challenge against destiny, one last
chance at glory. Every Final Battle that CPX
Living Legends puts on outside of the hill in
CPX has had a twist. Last year was at Hell
Survivors and it was slapsticks, the previous
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year was the last at CPX in Joliet and they had
cubes that you had to place in a barrel on top
of the hill. This year for Living Legends 12 at
Legacy Adventure Park they had a hill, they
had slapsticks and why not add cubes into the
mix. Players were tested for every amount of
grit they could possibly muster, who would
be brave enough to dare that 50 yard line,
to score a slapstick or to place a cube in a
barrel, who would come out a Legend? The
game was in the books, the Crusade was only
minutes away from glory. Every player in that
Final Battle put on a true show of barbaric
fortitude and fearless determination. As
the horn closes Living Legends 12 and the
crowd merges in the middle a display of
sportsmanship adds the final touches on an
amazing event. Before the awards are given
out, CPX treats some of our young guns with
gear that will hopefully carry them through
the beginning of their Paintball career. The
awards are presented, the most valued, the
most feared, the true good sports and the
toughest of our younger generation. The
Crusade takes the Victory, congratulations
to Sebastian “Seabass” Alvarez on his LL12
win and congratulations to the Crusade on a
brilliant fight. Thank you to Legacy Adventure
Park for putting heart and soul into their field.
Thank you to CPX Event staff for producing
another extravagant event and thank you to
Solstice Law for their welcomed presence
throughout the field. Thank you to all the
photographers that make us look like heroes.
With another Living Legends in the books it
seems as though we have another year to
wait on CPX’s finest, but they have still more
to come this year. Hawaiian Legends is right
around the corner and Endless and Dead are
in the future. Check out CPX Events for all
their great games. We hope to see you at
Hawaiian Legends and next year for Living
Legends 13.