2024 ICPL Lone Star Open

The 2024 ICPL Lone Star Open was a International Classic Paintball League (ICPL) tournament held from 6 to 8 December 2024 at Official Paintball Games of Texas in Forney, Texas, United States. The league advertised open five-player and ten-player competition alongside new Amateur B categories.[1][2]

The event recorded 28 entries across five final classifications. ac EMPIRE finished first in professional ten-player, Texas Storm won Amateur B ten-player, ac EVILPB BLACK won open five-player and ac GALAXY won Amateur B five-player. The official amateur ten-player standings listed both ac EVILpb.com and Hydra.Fit in first place.[2][3]

Dates and venue

The tournament took place at Official Paintball Games of Texas, 17437 Adams Trail, Forney, Texas 75126.[2]

Five-player competition was scheduled for Friday, 6 December, followed by ten-player competition on Saturday, 7 December and Sunday, 8 December. The league described it as its final event of the 2024 calendar year.[1]

Formats and classifications

The league promoted the tournament as an ICPL open event. Its announcement offered open and Amateur B competition in both five-player and ten-player formats, with Hyperball, Woods and Mounds fields.[1]

The registration record divided the ten-player entries into professional, amateur and Amateur B classifications. Final standings were published separately for these classifications.[2][3]

Classification	Format	Scheduled playing dates	Published game time limit	Entries
Professional	Ten-player	7–8 December 2024	12 minutes	3
Amateur	Ten-player	7–8 December 2024	12 minutes	8
Amateur B	Ten-player	7–8 December 2024	12 minutes	9
Open	Five-player	6 December 2024	6 minutes	4
Amateur B	Five-player	6 December 2024	6 minutes	4

Amateur B eligibility

The published Amateur B ten-player restrictions permitted players with PBLeagues ratings of no more than 360 points, with an allowance for up to one player rated no higher than 585 points. Amateur B five-player teams could not include a player rated above 360 points.[2]

Results

The following tables reproduce all final placings and ranking points published for the event. Ranking points are separate from individual game scores.[3]

Professional ten-player

Place	Team	Ranking points
1	ac EMPIRE	100
2	Maple Leaf Chiefs	96
3	The Misfits	93

Amateur ten-player

The official standings assigned first place and 100 points to both ac EVILpb.com and Hydra.Fit. The remaining places are reproduced as published.[3]

Published place	Team	Ranking points
1	ac EVILpb.com	100
1	Hydra.Fit	100
2	AAF	96
3	Central Texas Healthcare	93
4	Dirty.	90
5	Dirty. Bastards	87
6	Bricktown Bucks	85
7	LAX Playground Legends	83

Amateur B ten-player

Place	Team	Ranking points
1	Texas Storm	100
2	PPS	96
3	ac GALAXY	93
4	Black Sunday	90
5	Rogues	87
6	Lost Boyz powered by Dirty.	85
7	SVNT1 Factory	83
8	CJs	81
9	Giant Factory	80

Open five-player

Place	Team	Ranking points
1	ac EVILPB BLACK	100
2	Dirty. Beefy Boys	96
3	AAF 2	93
4	ac EVILpb.com	90

Amateur B five-player

Place	Team	Ranking points
1	ac GALAXY	100
2	SVNT1 Factory	96
3	Old Fat Ninjas	93
4	CJs	90

Recorded scores

Professional ten-player preliminaries

ac EMPIRE led the published professional preliminary scores with 689 points, followed by Maple Leaf Chiefs with 496 and The Misfits with 418.[4]

Team	Preliminary total
ac EMPIRE	689
Maple Leaf Chiefs	496
The Misfits	418

Amateur ten-player preliminaries

Hydra.Fit led the amateur preliminary score table with 681 points. These preliminary totals are distinct from the final placings above.[3][4]

Preliminary position	Team	Total
1	Hydra.Fit	681
2	AAF	450
3	ac EVILpb.com	441
4	Central Texas Healthcare	348
5	Dirty.	318
6	Dirty. Bastards	235
7	Bricktown Bucks	230
8	LAX Playground Legends	116

Amateur B ten-player final

Texas Storm won the three-team final with 111 points, ahead of PPS with 32 and ac GALAXY with 31.[4]

Team	First score	Second score	Total
Texas Storm	18	93	111
PPS	18	14	32
ac GALAXY	14	17	31

Open five-player final

ac EVILPB BLACK won the final with 106 points, followed by Dirty. Beefy Boys with 34 and AAF 2 with eighteen.[4]

Team	First score	Second score	Total
ac EVILPB BLACK	8	98	106
Dirty. Beefy Boys	20	14	34
AAF 2	14	4	18

Amateur B five-player final

ac GALAXY won the final with 120 points, followed by SVNT1 Factory with 104 and Old Fat Ninjas with eight.[4]

Team	First score	Second score	Total
ac GALAXY	100	20	120
SVNT1 Factory	96	8	104
Old Fat Ninjas	8	0	8

Scores within each final are reproduced in each team's published order.[4]

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