2017 NXL Atlantic City Open

The 2017 NXL Atlantic City Open was a National Xball League (NXL) paintball tournament held from 23 to 25 June 2017 at Bader Field in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. It followed the 2017 NXL Texas Open on the league's national calendar.[1]

Moscow Red Legion won the professional tournament, defeating Tampa Bay Damage 4–3 in the final. MLKings won the Semi-Pro division.[2][3]

Dates and venue

Competition took place at Bader Field, 545 North Albany Avenue, Atlantic City, from Friday, 23 June, to Sunday, 25 June 2017.[1]

Competition formats

Professional, Semi-Pro and Division 2–4 X-Ball were advertised with 16-minute game times. Traditional five-player competition was offered in Divisions 3, 4 and 5, with five-minute game times.[1]

The event also included Open ten-player and mechanical five-player competition. Ten-player games were listed with ten-minute game times. Although advertised as Mechanical Open, the mechanical competition was classified as Intermediate in the official results.[1][4]

Amateur and Novice two-player competitions were advertised with three-minute game times. Their records were maintained separately through the NXL 2vs2 Series.[1][5]

Professional competition

Moscow Red Legion began with a 4–3 preliminary defeat to Los Angeles Infamous before defeating Seattle Thunder, P.C. Katana and Houston Heat.[2]

In the knockout rounds, Red Legion defeated San Diego Dynasty 8–3 in the quarter-finals and San Antonio X-Factor 5–3 in the semi-finals. The team then defeated Tampa Bay Damage 4–3 in the final.[2]

A contemporary announcement from MacDev confirmed the professional victory and MLKings' Semi-Pro win at the same event.[3]

Round	Opponent	Red Legion's score	Opponent's score
Preliminary	Los Angeles Infamous	3	4
Preliminary	Seattle Thunder	7	2
Preliminary	P.C. Katana	8	1
Preliminary	Houston Heat	5	3
Quarter-final	San Diego Dynasty	8	3
Semi-final	San Antonio X-Factor	5	3
Final	Tampa Bay Damage	4	3

Results

The following tables show the leading four published placings in each competition. The mechanical division lists three teams.[4][5]

X-Ball

Division	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Professional	Moscow Red Legion	Tampa Bay Damage	San Antonio X-Factor	Edmonton Impact
Semi-Pro	MLKings	Scottsdale Elevation	Distortion	Brooklyn Bears
Division 2	NRG Elite	Colorado BLITZ	San Diego Aftermath	LA Boom
Division 3	Narcos	NJ Jesters Silver	Palm Beach Vipers	Royal Flush
Division 4	HVP Wrecking Crew	NRG Elite Alpha	Nasty Gold	Project Mayhem

Five-player and ten-player competitions

Competition	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Division 3 five-player	DC Justice	Sauceboyz	West Coast Sharks 3	Storm Riders
Division 4 five-player	ThunderCats	Coastal Virginia Afterburn	Quiet Storm	Critical Lvpp Outkast
Division 5 five-player	Detroit Action IV	West Coast Sharks 5	OTP United	Check Six Paintball
Mechanical Intermediate five-player	THE eNMEy	Master Blasters Black	Inception Indesign	—
Open ten-player	Fox 4 Darkside	Washington Winstons	AAF 2	DC Dev

Two-player competition

Division	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Novice	Apex Predators	CTM	Shinigami	Buffalo CashOut

The separately maintained Amateur two-player record lists 25 teams but does not assign finishing positions or ranking points. An Amateur winner cannot therefore be identified from that record.[5]

Subsequent event

The next major event on the league's calendar was the 2017 NXL Chicago Open, scheduled for 8–10 September in Oak Forest, Illinois.[1]

References