2017 NXL Las Vegas Open

The 2017 NXL Las Vegas Open was a National Xball League (NXL) paintball tournament held from 17 to 19 March 2017 at Craig Ranch Regional Park in North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. The event included professional and divisional X-Ball, traditional five-player, mechanical, pump, ten-player and two-player competitions.[1]

San Diego Dynasty won the professional tournament, defeating Edmonton Impact 4–3 in the final.[2][3]

Dates and venue

Competition took place at Craig Ranch Regional Park, 628 West Craig Road, North Las Vegas, from Friday, 17 March, to Sunday, 19 March 2017.[1]

The tournament followed the 2017 NXL Winter Classic on the league's calendar and opened its five-event national series of major tournaments.[1][4]

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]

Open Pump five-player competition had five-minute game times, while Open ten-player competition had ten-minute game times. A mechanical five-player competition was also held; the final results identify its classification as Intermediate.[1][5]

Amateur and Novice two-player competitions took place on Sunday, 19 March. Their results were recorded separately through the NXL 2vs2 Series.[1][6]

Professional competition

Dynasty won three of its four preliminary matches, defeating ac Dallas, Seattle Thunder and Moscow Red Legion, while losing 6–5 to Boom.[2]

In the knockout rounds, Dynasty defeated Tampa Bay Damage 5–3 in the quarter-finals and ac Dallas 3–1 in the semi-finals before beating Edmonton Impact 4–3 in the final.[2]

Paintball Media's contemporary report highlighted Alex Rodriguez's contribution to the deciding point. With the match tied, less than a minute remaining and Dynasty starting a player short, Rodriguez attacked through the centre, eliminated four Impact players and reached the buzzer. Dynasty then preserved its lead through the remaining seconds.[3]

Round	Opponent	Dynasty's score	Opponent's score
Preliminary	ac Dallas	6	1
Preliminary	Seattle Thunder	3	1
Preliminary	Boom	5	6
Preliminary	Moscow Red Legion	5	4
Quarter-final	Tampa Bay Damage	5	3
Semi-final	ac Dallas	3	1
Final	Edmonton Impact	4	3

Results

The following tables show the leading four finishers in every competition with published placings.[3][5][6]

X-Ball

Division	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Professional	San Diego Dynasty	Edmonton Impact	ac Dallas	San Antonio X-Factor
Semi-Pro	Sacramento DMG	Brooklyn Bears	Distortion	Dallas Diesel
Division 2	PLUMLIFE	LA Boom	Houston Zone	Colorado BLITZ
Division 3	Utah Tropics	Scottsdale Elevation Dos	Project Mayhem	Seattle Ninjas
Division 4	Sacramento DMG GOLD	LA Booom	Crimson Rage	MPYR

Five-player competitions

Division	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Division 3	Wicked	South Texas Grind	West Coast Sharks 3	Halfway Decent
Division 4	Team Bro Army	Extreme XSV Platinum	Critical Lvpp Outkast	West Coast Sharks 4
Division 5	Extreme XSV Silver	Skeleton Crew	Desert Edge D5	Texas PhalanX white
Mechanical Intermediate	THE eNMEy	Capital Edge Daggers-Mech	Enemy	Colorado Hitmen

Pump and ten-player competitions

Competition	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Open Pump five-player	Dirtbags	LA Hitmen.com	Batteries Not Included	West Coast Sharks 1
Open ten-player	San Diego Aftermath	AAF 2	Washington Winstons	Tsunami

Two-player competitions

Division	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Amateur	The Gruesome Twosome	The Inglorious Baxters	Team FDP	Knox United Goons
Novice	DE Masters of the Universe	DE Voltron	DE ThunderCats	SNCS SOCAL SONICS GOLD

Subsequent event

The next major event was the 2017 NXL Texas Open, scheduled for 5–7 May in Fort Worth, Texas.[1]

References