2008 PSP season

The 2008 PSP season was the national tournament season organised by Paintball Sports Promotions in the United States. It comprised five events, beginning with the Phoenix Open in March and concluding with the World Cup in October. Competition included the professional National Xball League (NXL), divisional X-Ball and five-player tournaments.[1][2]

Los Angeles Ironmen won the NXL championship through the World Cup playoffs. RNT Allstarz, Fierce and Velocity Wrecking Crew won the Division 1, Division 2 and Division 3 X-Ball series respectively.[2][7]

Calendar

The season visited Arizona, South Carolina, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Florida. Dates follow the PSP event archive, with venues documented in contemporary WARPIG reports.[1][3][4][5][6][7]

Round	Event	Dates	Venue	Location
1	2008 PSP Phoenix Open	13–16 March 2008	Glendale Youth Sports Complex at University of Phoenix Stadium	Glendale, Arizona
2	2008 PSP Mid-Atlantic Open	8–11 May 2008	PBC Sports Park	Rock Hill, South Carolina
3	2008 PSP Chicago Open	25–29 June 2008	Bolingbrook Recreation and Aquatic Center	Bolingbrook, Illinois
4	2008 PSP Northeast Open	14–17 August 2008	All-American Paintball Park	Greensburg, Pennsylvania
5	2008 PSP World Cup	22–26 October 2008	Disney's Wide World of Sports	Kissimmee, Florida

Although WARPIG's Mid-Atlantic report heading gives 9–11 May, its account describes X-Ball beginning on Thursday. The PSP event archive records the full event dates as 8–11 May.[1][4]

Competition

The professional NXL began the season with twelve teams. San Diego Aftermath, Tampa Bay Damage, Edmonton Impact and St. Louis Avalanche joined the professional field for 2008. Aftermath had won the 2007 PSP Open Class series championship, while Avalanche had won that division at the 2007 World Cup.[3]

Divisional X-Ball comprised Divisions 1, 2 and 3. At the opening tournament, Division 1 and Division 2 matches had a seven-point victory limit and a 15-minute game clock; Division 3 used a five-point limit with the same clock.[3]

Division 3 and Division 4 five-player competition appeared at all five events. Division 2 five-player results were recorded at Chicago and the World Cup. Masters X-Ball was also contested at the World Cup.[2]

Event winners

NXL and divisional X-Ball

Event	NXL	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3
Phoenix Open	Oakland Infamous	RNT Allstarz	TPA Revolution	Total Karnage
Mid-Atlantic Open	San Diego Dynasty	RNT Allstarz	New Jersey Jesters	RNT Speed
Chicago Open	Tampa Bay Damage	RNT Allstarz	Cross-Eyed Paintball	Velocity Wrecking Crew
Northeast Open	San Diego Dynasty	RNT Allstarz	Cross-Eyed Paintball	Velocity Wrecking Crew
World Cup	Los Angeles Ironmen	Vicious	Fierce	Fierce Army

Sources: contemporary WARPIG tournament reports.[3][4][5][6][7]

RNT Allstarz won the first four Division 1 tournaments before finishing fourth at the World Cup. Cross-Eyed Paintball won consecutive Division 2 titles at Chicago and the Northeast Open, while Velocity Wrecking Crew did the same in Division 3.[5][6][7]

Five-player competition

Event	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4
Phoenix Open	—	No Limit	Texas Threat
Mid-Atlantic Open	—	Stinger Factory	RNT Kidz
Chicago Open	Team RNT	Boom	Total Karnage Kids
Northeast Open	—	Boom	RNT Kidz
World Cup	Miami Rage/Str8killas	Overhead	Cash Money Killers

Sources: WARPIG tournament reports and the season results archive. Dashes indicate that no Division 2 five-player result appears for that event in the season standings.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

NXL championship

The first four tournaments determined seeding for the NXL championship at the World Cup. The championship was decided by the World Cup competition rather than by the highest accumulated regular-season points total.[6][7]

Dynasty entered the World Cup with 240 points, ahead of Los Angeles Ironmen on 235 and Boston Red Legion on 210.[2]

St. Louis Avalanche did not attend the Northeast Open, leaving eleven participating NXL teams there. San Diego Aftermath did not attend the World Cup.[6][7]

Los Angeles Ironmen defeated Philadelphia Americans two games to one in the championship final. The Ironmen won the opening game 9–2, Philadelphia won the second 8–7, and the Ironmen took the deciding game 9–4.[7]

Final championship placings

Position	Team
1	Los Angeles Ironmen
2	Philadelphia Americans
3	Boston Red Legion
4	Edmonton Impact
5	San Diego Dynasty
6	X-Factor
7	Oakland Infamous
8	Tampa Bay Damage
9	Seattle Naughty Dogs
10	Chicago Aftershock

The original season standings list Aftermath and Avalanche without final championship positions.[2]

Divisional season standings

The following tables reproduce the leading teams and published totals from the original APPA season standings.[2]

X-Ball

Division	Position	Team	Points
Division 1	1	RNT Allstarz	480.71
	2	Vicious	427.20
	3	Damage D1	424.80
Division 2	1	Fierce	446.06
	2	Raiden	442.49
	3	New Jersey Jesters	421.57
Division 3	1	Velocity Wrecking Crew	478.47
	2	DSSP8NTBALL.COM	461.36
	3	Total Karnage	453.64

Velocity Wrecking Crew's Division 3 total included 100 refereeing points.[2]

Five-player

Division	Position	Team	Points
Division 2	1	Rogue	171.15
	2	Dark Army	118.07
	=3	Miami Rage/Str8killas D2 and Team RNT	100.00 each
Division 3	1	No Limit	441.56
	2	Boom	422.08
	3	JFK	356.07
Division 4	1	Total Karnage Kids	471.36
	2	RNT Kidz	467.67
	3	Texas Select	445.17

Division 2 five-player standings combined results from Chicago and the World Cup. The other two divisions included all five events.[2]

Masters

Draxxus All Stars won Masters X-Ball at the World Cup and headed the corresponding standings with 100 points. EGO MANIACs finished second with 88.75 and Wild Bunch third with 77.50. World Cup was the only Masters event listed in the season standings.[2]

References

External links

PBLeagues — 2008 PSP season rankings