2023 ICPL Windy City Classic
The 2023 ICPL Windy City Classic was a International Classic Paintball League (ICPL) tournament held from 28 September to 1 October 2023 at The Badlandz in Crete, Illinois, United States. The event featured professional and amateur ten-player competition and open and amateur five-player competition, with 76 entries across the four divisions.[1]
Image won the professional ten-player division, Valhalla FSU won amateur ten-player, Ground Zero won open five-player and ac EVILpb.com won amateur five-player.[2]
Dates, venue and formats
[edit]Five-player competition was scheduled for Thursday, 28 September. Ten-player competition was scheduled from Friday, 29 September to Sunday, 1 October.[1]
| Division | Playing dates | Game time limit | Entries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional 10v10 | 29 September–1 October 2023 | 12 minutes | 23 |
| Amateur 10v10 | 29 September–1 October 2023 | 12 minutes | 33 |
| Open 5v5 | 28 September 2023 | 6 minutes | 10 |
| Amateur 5v5 | 28 September 2023 | 6 minutes | 10 |
The official registration and final standings identified the competition categories as classic-format divisions.[1][2]
Competition
[edit]Professional ten-player
[edit]Twenty-three teams contested the preliminary round, with nine advancing. Kapp Factory recorded the highest preliminary total, scoring 579 points. Image, Annihilators and Adrenaline subsequently reached the three-team final.[3]
Image won the final round with 123 points, ahead of Annihilators on 22 and Adrenaline on 13.[3]
Amateur ten-player
[edit]Thirty-three teams entered amateur ten-player competition, with fifteen advancing from the preliminary round. gg_Factory Mech Gold led the preliminary standings with 699 points.[3]
Valhalla FSU, AAF and Louisville Asylum reached the final. Valhalla FSU finished first with 40 points, followed by AAF with 33 and Louisville Asylum with 22.[3]
Open five-player
[edit]Ground Zero led the ten-team preliminary round with 538 points, narrowly ahead of Rogue Silver on 536. Five teams advanced, with Florida Annihilators joining the two preliminary leaders in the final.[3]
Ground Zero won the final with 196 points. Rogue Silver scored 106 and Florida Annihilators scored four.[3]
Amateur five-player
[edit]ac EVILpb.com led the ten-team preliminary round with 626 points, ahead of AAF 2 on 620. Five teams advanced, and AAF 3 subsequently joined those teams in the final.[3]
ac EVILpb.com won the final with 112 points, followed by AAF 3 with 100 and AAF 2 with 94.[3]
Final standings
[edit]The following tables reproduce all final placings published for the event.[2]
Professional ten-player
[edit]| Place | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Image |
| 2 | Annihilators |
| 3 | Adrenaline |
| 4 | ac EMPIRE |
| 5 | Ground Zero Gold |
| 6 | FARSIDE |
| 7 | MVPS Dark Ops |
| 8 | Kapp Factory |
| 9 | Los Angeles Infamous |
| 10 | Team Smoke |
| 11 | Chicago Aftershock |
| 12 | All Americans |
| 13 | Enemy |
| 14 | The Misfits |
| 15 | Hydra.Fit |
| 16 | The Golden State Chess Club |
| 17 | Rogue |
| 18 | Fight Club |
| 19 | THE FARM |
| 20 | ARMADA |
| 21 | Maple Leaf Chiefs |
| 22 | Ground Zero |
| 23 | Mayhem Tigers |
Amateur ten-player
[edit]| Place | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Valhalla FSU |
| 2 | AAF |
| 3 | Louisville Asylum |
| 4 | Jungle Lizards |
| 5 | gg_Factory Mech Gold |
| 6 | Scorpions |
| 7 | Omaha Bulls |
| 8 | FRACTION |
| 9 | Maple Leaf Chiefs II |
| 10 | The Wolverines |
| 11 | Requiem |
| 12 | Brimstone |
| 13 | Kickn Factory |
| 14 | Social Mutants |
| 15 | TRIBE Savages |
| 16 | Moose Krew |
| 17 | DETROIT FUSION |
| 18 | Pittsburgh Rampage |
| 19 | Team Crowley 10Man |
| 20 | Wiseguys |
| 21 | Machine Gun Funk |
| 22 | Fiction |
| 23 | With Intent |
| 24 | NME |
| 25 | Veteran Militia |
| 26 | GSCC |
| 27 | Fight Club Chiraq |
| 28 | Outcast Dogs |
| 29 | Toxic Teddys |
| 30 | Reign |
| 31 | Fight Club Factory Soap |
| 32 | Northern Frontier |
| 33 | Chi Town Nightmare |
Open five-player
[edit]| Place | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ground Zero |
| 2 | Rogue Silver |
| 3 | Florida Annihilators |
| 4 | ac POWERHOUSE |
| 5 | Chicago Aftershock |
| 6 | FARSIDE |
| 7 | Omaha Bulls 5 Man |
| 8 | ARMADA RED |
| 9 | Armada Black |
| 10 | Chess Club |
Amateur five-player
[edit]| Place | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | ac EVILpb.com |
| 2 | AAF 3 |
| 3 | AAF 2 |
| 4 | Mayhem Tigers 5v5 |
| 5 | Social Mutants |
| 6 | Zoar hillZ Fury |
| 7 | Team Crowley 5Man |
| 8 | Louisville Asylum |
| 9 | Toxic Teddys |
| 10 | Northern Frontier |
Season standings
[edit]Windy City Classic results contributed to the ICPL's published 2023 season standings. In the categories containing this event, the final leaders were Image in Classic – Pro 10v10, Louisville Asylum in Classic – Amateur 10v10, Florida Annihilators in Classic – Open 5v5 and ac EVILpb.com in Classic – Amateur 5v5.[4]
| Published season category | First-place team | Published total |
|---|---|---|
| Classic – Pro 10v10 | Image | 828 |
| Classic – Amateur 10v10 | Louisville Asylum | 279 |
| Classic – Open 5v5 | Florida Annihilators | 286 |
| Classic – Amateur 5v5 | ac EVILpb.com | 200 |
PBLeagues listed other 2023 results separately under Mechanical and other division labels. The totals above are those of the specified Classic categories.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- PBLeagues – Windy City Classic: official event information and registration categories, 28 September–1 October 2023.
- PBLeagues – Windy City Classic: final divisional standings.
- PBLeagues – Windy City Classic: preliminary and playoff scores.
- PBLeagues – International Classic Paintball League: 2023 season rankings.