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It’s almost as important to talk about
who’s NOT playing in the pro champions’ division at the 2014 PSP World
Cup as it is who will be competing at
the highest level. Aftershock, the most
famous and successful team in World
Cup history since the 10-man days,
was unable to secure a spot in the ultra-competitive champions’ division for
the World Cup, and though they can
still add a World Cup title to their long
list of previous Cup victories, it will
have to be in the Challengers’ division.
They are certainly capable of it too,
as their team is adding experience to
their impressive speed and gun-fighting skill, in addition to the World Cup
karma they have always enjoyed.
Joining Aftershock in the pro challengers division at the 2014 World Cup is,
in a shocker, the most successful and
popular professional paintball team
of all time, Dynasty. Relegated to the
challengers division after being frustrated at the PSP West Coast Open,
the team that rosters great names
including Oliver Lang and Ryan Greenspan are will likely be playing angry
with something to prove at the 2014
World Cup, and when Dynasty plays
angry paintball they’re dangerous no
matter who’s at the other end of the
field. It’s a good bet it won’t be long
before we see the legendary team in
blue back in the Champion’s division
of PSP competition, and it may be the
2014 World Cup where we see them
smash their opponents on their way.
September 2014
Yet another great team that has endured a frustrating few events to find
themselves still in the Challengers
division at the 2014 World Cup is Infamous. This Empire factory team has
won numerous events in the past, including an event in 2014, but encountered a string of bad luck and rough
calls that has seen them remain in the
Challengers division for World Cup,
and due to the arrival of Aftershock
and Dynasty, not to mention the rest
of the Challengers teams who want
a shot at Champions glory, it won’t
be easy for them to climb back up. A
World Cup trophy would set them up
for another run at it next season, and
you can be sure they know that and
are prepared to get after it in Florida
in October.
In the top division at the World Cup,
the Champions Division, things are
certainly going to be competitive.
Houston Heat is hungry and looking
for a champions win in 2014 after a
frustrating season that saw them drop
down to the challengers division before climbing back out, and you can be
a roster so stacked with talent is going
to leave it all on the field at the final
event of 2014. Then there’s Edmonton Impact. These Canadians (mostly,
sorry JRab) are enjoying one of their
best seasons ever, with a PSP win under their belts along with an amazing
string of overseas glory in the Millennium Series.