usual high profile vendors in attendance—companies
like Empire Paintball, GI Sportz, Valken, Planet Eclipse
tech booth, HK Army, Ninja Paintball and more. There
were plenty of food options as well, including local
barbecue cuisine.
THE GAMES
The team to beat in the professional division coming into
Virginia Beach was clearly Edmonton Impact, NXL Great
Lakes Open (Cleveland) winners. Second in the pro NXL
season standing was San Antonio X-Factor, who lost a
tough 7-6 final round match against Impact at the Great
Lakes Open. Houston Heat and upTon 187 cRew round
out the top four pro Xball teams in the standings leading
up to Virginia Beach.
Surprisingly the Virginia Beach Open preliminary rounds
saw only two pro teams go undefeated: Edmonton
Impact and San Diego Dynasty. LA Infamous, San Antonio
X-Factor, Moscow Red Legion, ac Dallas and the Los
Angeles Ironmen each won three of their four first round
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