Paintball Magazine Paintball Media Magazine, May 2019 | Page 70

Photo By Thomas McDaniel
It is very tasking to walk for twenty plus
minutes to find action, well Dreaded
Legends was action packed at every
corner of the field. When touring the
field players should have noticed that
there are differences in every corner of
the field map, for example in the back
left corner of the field exists a swamp.
For simulated battle this swamp adds to
the full effect of what scenario players
love about their fields but for strategic
purposes this created a tactical difference
between the right and left sides of the
field and it made field choice seem
like a vital decision. If you have been
to a CPX event then you know that DJ
Honu Fox loves to be entertained by his
Commanders during their competition
for field choice, a coin flip would do just
fine, but there is entertainment value in
doing more. In the past we have seen flip
cup, board games, cornhole, building
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competitions and much, much more. For
2019 Honu had his Commanders and
their XO’s compete in a 3 v 3 tourney on a
speedball field, but instead of relying on
their own markers of choice they were to
use rental markers and were also required
to hand-load paintballs instead of relying
on hoppers. Shortly after the break we
saw the Buccaneers go down one player
by losing their Commander but they
quickly evened the count by taking out
the Marauder’s Commander. One of the
earliest lessons we learn in paintball is to
check your hit, you should not call “hit” or
continue to play on without confirmation
of a break, the Buccaneers were relieved to
know that William Crook had learned this
lesson long before this battle. Archangel
ran down the outside line to shoot out
Crook from the side but, unfortunately
for Archangel, it did not break and more
unfortunately for him, Crook checked his