Pro Xball Division
Unlike Chicago , Orlando , Dallas , Los Angeles and New York , Philly doesn ’ t have a rich history of tournament paintball . But since the NXL has made the Philly area an annual home to one of its tour stops four years ago , it ’ s starting to feel like a tournament hot-spot in the making .
This year ’ s NXL Mid Atlantic Major once again took place in Royersford , Pennsylvania , a half hour or so northwest of downtown Philly . The location is not glamorous like the World Cup or the Huntington Beach events of the NPPL early 2000s — but it has everything needed to run a major paintball event . Hotels , restaurants , shopping and gas stations are all nearby . The site is large enough to host more teams than the league will ever see in the middle-of-the-season events .
For this event , seven fields were used , each sponsored by some of the larger companies in paintball . Companies like Empire , Valken , HK and Infamous . Across and adjacent to the playing fields was the vendor village featuring companies like Planet Eclipse , GI Sportz , Virtue Paintball , Trade My Gun , Luxe Paintball , Ninja , Lone Wolf Paintball and many more .
Pro Xball Division
With two events in the books so far this season the story has been San Diego Dynasty ’ s dominance . Two events , two wins for Dynasty , the team that continues to amaze . I ’ ve said it before and I ’ ll continue to say Dynasty is the best tournament team the game has ever seen , with more than 60 major event wins since turning pro in 2001 . No other team in the game ’ s history has won 30 major pro events . When telling the history of tournament paintball , the only arguable logical discussion is which team is second best . First is etched in stone and any
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