2021 NXL Windy City Major

The 2021 NXL Windy City Major was a paintball tournament held from 17 to 19 September 2021 at Chicago Gaelic Park in Oak Forest, Illinois, United States. It formed part of the National Xball League (NXL) United States season. San Diego Dynasty won the professional competition, defeating San Antonio X-Factor 7–4 in the final.[1][2][3]

Dates and venue

The official event dates were 17–19 September 2021. The venue was Chicago Gaelic Park, 6119 West 147th Street, Oak Forest, Illinois.[1]

The tournament followed the 2021 NXL Golden State Open and preceded the 2021 NXL World Cup on the league's United States calendar.[1]

Competition formats

The programme included professional and semi-professional X-Ball, Division 2–5 X-Ball, Division 3–5 five-player competition, amateur 10-player competition, Classic five-player competition and three-player competition.[1]

Competition	Published format
Professional X-Ball	15-minute matches; six-point mercy rule
Semi-professional and Division 2 X-Ball	15-minute matches; five-point mercy rule
Division 3 and Division 4 X-Ball	12-minute matches; four-point mercy rule
Division 5 X-Ball	10-minute matches; three-point mercy rule
Division 3–5 five-player	Five-minute games
Classic five-player	Five-minute games; 5.5 balls-per-second classification
Amateur 10-player	10-minute games
Open, amateur and novice three-player	Three-minute games

Source: official event information.[1]

Professional competition

San Diego Dynasty won all four preliminary matches before progressing to the final against San Antonio X-Factor. Dynasty won the final 7–4. Los Angeles Infamous finished third and Baltimore Revo fourth.[2][3][4]

Columbus LVL also completed the preliminary round with a 4–0 record, reaching the Sunday playoffs for the first time. Its victories included a 5–4 overtime win against Edmonton Impact on Friday.[4][5]

The contemporary NXL event report highlighted Alex Fraige's attacking play for Dynasty, alongside the contributions of Ryan Greenspan, Yosh Rau, Marcello Margott and Blake Yarber.[4]

Divisional competition

Blast Camp defeated New Orleans Hurricanes 6–3 in the semi-professional final. Austin Notorious won Division 2 X-Ball with a 7–6 victory against MX DEAD LEGION.[3]

Shut up we're trying defeated Blastcamp Revolution 5–3 in Division 3 X-Ball. Coalition won the Division 4 final against Brooklyn Raptors 5–1.[3]

Results

The following table records the winner and runner-up in all 14 competitions listed in the official final standings. Team names follow the event record.[2]

Competition	First	Second
Professional X-Ball	San Diego Dynasty	San Antonio X-Factor
Semi-professional X-Ball	Blast Camp	New Orleans Hurricanes
Division 2 X-Ball	Austin Notorious	MX DEAD LEGION
Division 3 X-Ball	Shut up we're trying	Blastcamp Revolution
Division 4 X-Ball	Coalition	Brooklyn Raptors
Division 5 X-Ball	Tropic Thunder	BOMBSQUAD
Amateur 10v10	Extreme Rage	Boss Paintball Products
Classic five-player	Annihilators	N J Jesters
Division 3 five-player	Tbd somos lobos	Marked Militia
Division 4 five-player	P.R. Crew	787 CHAOS
Division 5 five-player	Hostile Ground 2	Tropic Thunder 5
Open three-player	XPX	MurdaGoons.com
Amateur three-player	406s Finest	Mafia
Novice three-player	PR ALLSTARZ	Free Parts

Division 5 X-Ball records

The published final standings place Tropic Thunder first, BOMBSQUAD second and LA Allstars-NQPR third. The match-score page separately records L.A. Wildcards defeating Tropic Thunder 6–5 in the final. The results table above follows the final standings.[2][3]

References