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Then there were the trees. The woods
field at Urban Assault was a luscious green
reminiscent of the old days of NPPL woodsball
competition of decades past. The Hybrid
field was somewhat small with huts on either
side, trenches and undulating small mounds.
Games were intense on this field and rarely
took more than a few minutes once one team
or the other was able to create an opening or
break open a tapeline.
dozen more ten-man teams from around the
US, plus the Rushers, who came all the way
from the UK to see where they stood. Two
AC squads, Powerhouse and Evil, took home
gold and silver in the five-man competition
ahead of Nasty and the Saberwolves held
Friday. After two days of intense ten-man
battles, the field was whittled down to some
legendary names from paintball’s history,
including Dynasty, who won the event ahead
of Image, the Philly Americans and Ground
Teams playing the 2019 Iron City Classic Zero Gold.
included the 2018 champions and recent
NXL pro winners San Antonio X-Factor, Players and teams are already talking about
Dynasty with some old familiar faces, next year’s Iron City Classic and most of them
Image, the Philadelphia Americans, the still have pink stains on their fingers. A good
Saberwolves, Gridlock with some Trauma friend summed up the 2019 ICC succinctly
assistance, Ground Zero, the Misfits, the when he looked at me at one point during
Family, Northwest Rogue, Adrenalin, Bad the event and said, “...look around, everyone
Company, Shocktech, AC:Dallas, Farside, here is smiling.”
Infamous, Fox 4 Darkside, Fight Club, the
Veteran Militia, NRG Elite, Smoke and a few
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