teams moving on after the preliminary rounds , the message here is : Don ’ t suck , use the preliminary rounds as practice and get ready for Sunday play .
Interestingly , the East Coast Raptors , Las Vegas winners , didn ’ t make the trip to Dallas ( scratching my head ) to defend their win . But Wolfpack , Kickn Factory and Dynamic were there setting the pace in the preliminary rounds , each blowing up their bracket to the tune of four wins in four game each . Texas Titans , Altitude Sickness , PTN , DBS Factory and Punishers Paintball each took three .
Watching divisional play , it ’ s usually fairly easy to pick four to five teams coming out of the preliminary rounds to make a deep run on Sunday . This division was no exception . All four final-round teams won at least three of their four preliminary round games . And when the fat lady sang her last notes ( sports reference people ) it was Texas Titans knocking off PTN 3-1 to take first place . Dynamic hung on for a 1-0 victory over Altitude Sickness to take third .
Division Four Xball saw 31 teams enter with 14 teams advancing to postpreliminary round play . In this division Austin Notorious FsU D4 , EAVL and TKO Blue would each sweep their brackets in round one . And while TKO Blue got bounced by Woodkings in the quarterfinal rounds , Austin Notorious FsU D4 and EAVL would meet in the finals .
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