2018 NXL Atlantic City Open

The 2018 NXL Atlantic City Open was a National Xball League (NXL) paintball tournament held from 22 to 24 June 2018 at Bader Field in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. It was the third event on the league's United States national calendar.[1]

Edmonton Impact won the professional tournament, defeating ac Dallas 5–2 in the final.[2]

Dates and venue

Competition took place at Bader Field, 545 North Albany Avenue, Atlantic City, from Friday, 22 June, to Sunday, 24 June 2018.[1]

Social Paintball's contemporary highlight coverage independently identifies Bader Field as the venue.[3]

Competition formats

The 20-team professional division was advertised as 15-minute X-Ball with a six-point mercy rule. Semi-Pro and Division 2 used 15-minute games with a five-point mercy rule. Divisions 3 and 4 used 12-minute games with a four-point mercy rule.[1]

Traditional five-player competition was offered in Divisions 3, 4 and 5, alongside Open Mechanical five-player. Five-player games were listed with five-minute game times.[1]

Open and Amateur ten-player divisions were listed with ten-minute game times. Open and Amateur three-player divisions had three-minute game times. No two-player or pump competition appears in the event's registration or final results records.[1][4]

Open ten-player and Open Mechanical each had one registered entrant. Their published first-place listings should therefore be distinguished from victories in contested divisions.[1][4]

Professional competition

Edmonton Impact won three of its four preliminary matches, defeating Seattle Uprising, Boom and New York Xtreme, while losing 4–3 to Baltimore Revo.[2]

Impact then defeated Houston Heat 3–2 in the quarter-finals and San Antonio X-Factor 3–1 in the semi-finals. In the final, Impact defeated ac Dallas 5–2.[2]

Round	Opponent	Impact's score	Opponent's score
Preliminary	Seattle Uprising	4	3
Preliminary	Boom	6	0
Preliminary	New York Xtreme	3	2
Preliminary	Baltimore Revo	3	4
Quarter-final	Houston Heat	3	2
Semi-final	San Antonio X-Factor	3	1
Final	ac Dallas	5	2

Results

The following tables show the leading four published placings in each division, or all listed teams where fewer than four were entered.[4]

X-Ball

Division	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Professional	Edmonton Impact	ac Dallas	San Diego Dynasty	San Antonio X-Factor
Semi-Pro	Indianapolis Mutiny	Colorado BLITZ	ac Diesel	Baltimore Nasty
Division 2	Carolina Crisis	TBD Jits	Noobies	Louisville Xtreme
Division 3	Royal City Seadogs II	SA Notorious FSU	DZ AllStars II	Seattle Ninjas
Division 4	Annapolis A-Team RBC	REVO 3	Noobies	NJ Bomb Squad

Five-player competitions

Competition	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Division 3	Richmond Rage	TNB	Shock2	All Out
Division 4	Super Fast	Murder Inc. Black	Regulators	Chubby chasers
Division 5	Austin Chaos D5	Angry Penguins	Baby We Brave	NYC WARRIORS
Open Mechanical	Scorpions (sole entrant)	—	—	—

Ten-player competitions

Division	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Open	Washington Winstons (sole entrant)	—	—	—
Amateur	TJ Evans Turrets	California Golden Seals	Faded Image	Blue Barracudas

Three-player competitions

Division	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Open	Wild Dogs	Buc-ee's Florida boys	SOS	—
Amateur	XPX	Destiny X	Fox Brothers BATTALION 3	cep

Subsequent event

The next event on the United States national calendar was the 2018 NXL Chicago Open, scheduled for 14–16 September in Oak Forest, Illinois.[1]

References