Event number one of the five-event 2024 National Xball League ( NXL ) schedule took place March 8-10 , 2024 . As it has been for many years , the event was held at the Craig Ranch , just minutes from the Las Vegas Strip . The event featured an astonishing 343 teams spread across 12 divisions , making it the largest non-World Cup event in paintball history . Amazing , right ? But what makes this more incredible is that west coast paintball events typically are middle of the pack events in terms of the number of attending teams . So what the heck happened ?
The Pro Division
Twenty of the world ’ s best teams battled for three days on the main stage to get this season started . New to the Pro division this year were PaintballFit and Blast Camp , the two best teams from the 2023 Semiprofessional bracket . In fact , these two were so dominant in the Semipros last year that they met in the final round at all five events , a feat that ’ s never been accomplished in any division of any NXL or PSP event in history . But the jump in weight class is a big one , with both Blast Camp and PaintballFit each only managing one win in their four preliminary round games . That said , PaintballFit ’ s 3 losses were by one point each . They looked poised to compete on Sunday possibly as soon as the second event of the season .
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