Florida is also where the infamous “ sniper incident ,” took place . It ’ s where Aftershock ’ s completely dominated the 90s . And it ’ s where the Russian Legion played their first US tournament , the place where the late Maurice Gibb of the BeeGees opened a paintball store and played regularly , and it ’ s where Miami Effect became Infamous and broke ranks from the original NXL and played the NPPL Tampa event . And if that ’ s not enough Florida paintball history for you , it ’ s also where the game of scenario paintball was invented in 1985 by Wayne Dollack .
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Since the NPPL and PSP split in 2003 , San Diego Dynasty , winners of the 2022 World Cup have simply outpaced their pro counterparts — and that includes three , two-year spans where they didn ’ t win a single event . Since 2004 Dynasty has won 22 PSP / NXL events , nearly doubling their
Photo By Dave Stufflebeam closest competitor , Edmonton Impact with 12 . The Russian / Boston / Red Legion franchise has 11 wins in that timespan and Houston Heat has ten win and have only been in the league for ten seasons . Dynasty , Impact , Red Legion and Houston Heat have clearly been the top shelf teams since 2004 .
Coming into the NXL Sunshine State Major , the born-again San Diego Dynasty squad has been as dominant as any team in paintball history . Unless you just woke up from a yearlong nap , you probably know that Dynasty has won five of the last six major events as they try to make it six of seven in this first NXL event of 2023 . That is the best historical pro team run since the same Dynasty won five of six in 2004 and 2005 . Many faces have changed over the years but the core of this Dynasty team , Ryan Greenspan , Alex Fraige , Yosh Rau , Kevin Bredthauer ( coach ) remains mostly intact since they entered pro paintball in 2000 .
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