Paintball Magazine Paintball Media Magazine July 2019 | Page 91

Photo By Zac Arbuckle
still going to events near each of us. Take
the time to meet and greet these people,
take a moment to understand the road that
brought them to where they are and learn
the lessons that they have to deliver. Living
Legends truly delivers in the promises of
Living Legends by providing opportunities
for us to meet these sculptors of paintball.
Day one, Saturday morning, the day all the
planning comes to fruition and the hoards
prepare for war, this however, is a Saturday
unlike any other. This Saturday only comes
once a year, this is Living Legends Saturday.
It is a new year, new field and fresh new
Commanders eager to dominate their
opponent, eager to claim victory and the
glory that lies within. The Commanders are
not left to their own accord, throughout the
months of planning they choose seven Legion
Commanders, seven of their most trusted to
help organize the masses and focus different
attacks around the field. Each one of these
Legion Commanders build their own teams
to communicate back and forth with. The
CPX production staff does not only single
out the Commanders for specific missions
and tasks but will also single out Legion
Commanders and their legions to complete
missions. The total count of players for the
weekend topped 1300+ ballers ready to roll.
That is 650+ warriors on each side, chanting,
strategizing and focusing with bloodlust in
their eyes. The CPX ref staff and the Solstice
Law ref staff wait patiently for the mayhem
to begin. The countdown is on, the only
quiet you will ever hear on a Paintball field
is just before the beginning horn, the only
sound you can hear is the heartbeat of your
comrades. This time not a horn but a boom
to start the game, a faux pas beginning
to an epic game. The boom was actually
from a premature flash bang (that was not
permitted in the rules of the game), but aptly
timed seeing as how it was only a matter of
seconds from the real start time.
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