and build up comes to a boil the Friday night before the game . Players begin to arrive Thursday and into Friday for a chance to check out the field , preregister , set up their staging / camping areas and take a stroll down B & A ’ s ( Bones & Ashes ) exquisite vendor row . The action starts to come alive when players of all types and ages gather on the speedball field to try their hand at the ancient art of dodgeball . The weekend ’ s thirst for competition and domination begin with firmly grasping an air filled rubber ball and hurling it at an unsuspecting opponent just to hear that unmistakable noise a confirmed strike makes . Once players are thoroughly exhausted and well tenderized then it is time to choose which side of the field each team will start . This has been a historic tradition with CPX Legends events and they take particular interest in not making it easy for the two sides . The ref staff and CHAR staff were supplied with two different items : glow sticks and mischief . They pranced around the field and strategically ( some would say devilishly ) placed the glow sticks wherever they saw fit . Once this task was completed it was up to players on both sides to embark on a quest to retrieve as many glow sticks as they could , the side with the most sticks acquired would get to choose their starting side and possibly give themselves an advantage going into day one . Players from the red and blue team did everything possible from knocking sticks out of trees , digging in intricate areas and one player even stripped down to his undergarments to go swimming for a few glow sticks in the pond . Once it was all said and done Ceres Metal Industries would be starting near the proshop and Corean Consortium near the camping area . The sides were stacked , the line was drawn , all that was left was friends , family and hopefully a good night ’ s sleep .
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