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With the final four Pro teams about to gear
up for the semifinals I couldn’t help but
wonder how Edmonton Impact and Houston
Heat were packing up to go home. But this
is professional paintball and like most pro
sports anyone can beat anyone on a given
Sunday. But credit to San Antonio X-Factor,
Moscow Red Legion, San Diego Dynasty and
Seattle Uprising to get to the semis, knocking
off some great teams in the process.
The Semiprofessional division saw 26 teams
battling it out for three days in Philly. Don’t
be fooled by the prefix “Semi.” These are
some of the best paintball teams in the
world. With teams like the Toulouse TonTons,
ac: Diesel, Gulf Coast Hurricanes, Columbus
LVL and dozens others, this is a division with
many teams that could probably compete at
the pro level worldwide. Just looking at the
TonTon’s roster shows the level of play, with
Fabrice Colombo, and Alex Gaudin, two of
The semifinals were both well-played the best players in the world, among many
competitive games. San Diego Dynasty gave others in the division.
Moscow Red Legion all it could handle but
fell a point short, 5-4. In the other Po semifinal Even with 26 teams in the division, only three
match San Antonio X-Factor knocked off squads would win all four of their first round
Seattle Uprising 4-2.
games. Ac: Diesel, Carolina Crisis and Gulf
Coast Hurricanes would breeze through to
As great as the Sunday’s play was across the Sunday. Sunday’s early Semipro Xball games
board, the final match between San Antonio saw the TonTons dominate TBD Jits 7-2.
X-Factor and Moscow Red Legion was even
better.
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