2024 ICPL Texas Classic

The 2024 ICPL Texas Classic was a International Classic Paintball League (ICPL) major tournament held from 31 May to 2 June 2024 at Cousins Paintball in Forney, Texas, United States. It featured professional and amateur ten-player competition and open and amateur five-player competition, with 59 entries across four divisions.[1][2]

ac EMPIRE won professional ten-player, AAF won amateur ten-player and AAF 2 won amateur five-player. Louisville Asylum and Florida Annihilators finished with equal final-round scores in open five-player; contemporary coverage described them as sharing gold, while the official standings listed Louisville Asylum first and Florida Annihilators second.[3][4][5]

Dates, venue and ICPL status

The event took place at Cousins Paintball, 8975 FM 740 South, Forney, Texas 75126. The league promoted the venue as being in the Dallas area, while the official registration record specified Forney.[1][2]

The Texas Classic was advertised as an ICPL major. Five-player competition was scheduled for Friday, 31 May, followed by ten-player competition on Saturday, 1 June and Sunday, 2 June.[2]

Formats

Division	Playing dates	Published game time limit	Entries
Professional 10v10	1–2 June 2024	12 minutes	21
Amateur 10v10	1–2 June 2024	12 minutes	22
Open 5v5	31 May 2024	6 minutes	5
Amateur 5v5	31 May 2024	6 minutes	11

The league advertised mechanical paintball competition on Hyperball and Hybrid fields. Professional and amateur ten-player results were recorded separately, as were the two five-player divisions.[1][2][3]

Tournament conditions

Contemporary reporting documented thunderstorms, mud and flooding at the venue. Water from an adjacent lake reached the playing fields before receding. Competition continued in the wet conditions.[5]

Competition

Professional ten-player

FARSIDE won all eight preliminary games but did not reach the final. Chicago Aftershock defeated FARSIDE in the semi-final stage, while ac EMPIRE and Image also advanced to the three-team final.[5]

ac EMPIRE won the final round with 111 points, ahead of Image with 35 and Chicago Aftershock with 23.[4]

Amateur ten-player

AAF, Omaha Bulls and Dirty. reached the final. Dirty. scored seventeen points against AAF's fourteen, but Omaha Bulls then scored 97 against Dirty.'s six. AAF secured the division victory by scoring 97 against Omaha Bulls' six.[4]

The final totals were 111 for AAF, 103 for Omaha Bulls and 23 for Dirty.[4]

Open five-player

Louisville Asylum and Florida Annihilators each scored 114 points in the final round. Chicago Aftershock finished with twelve.[4]

Paintball Media described Louisville Asylum and Florida Annihilators as sharing gold. PBLeagues nevertheless published an ordered final classification, placing Louisville Asylum first and Florida Annihilators second. The results table below follows that official classification.[3][5]

Amateur five-player

AAF 2 won the final round with 104 points, followed by Roadies Factory with 36 and ac ULTRA EVIL U with sixteen.[4]

Final standings

The following tables include every entry in the official final standings. Ranking points are separate from game scores.[3]

Professional ten-player

Place	Team	Ranking points
1	ac EMPIRE	200
2	Image	192
3	Chicago Aftershock	186
4	FARSIDE	180
5	Team Smoke	174
6	Kapp Factory	170
7	All Americans	166
8	Infamous	162
9	Adrenaline	160
10	MVPS Dark Ops	148.33
11	Maple Leaf Chiefs	136.67
12	Louisville Asylum	125
13	The Misfits	113.33
14	Ground Zero Gold	101.67
15	Rogue	90
16	THE FARM	78.33
17	Annihilators	66.67
18	Fight Club	55
19	Enemy	43.33
20	The Golden State Chess Club	31.67
21	ARMADA	20

Amateur ten-player

Place	Team	Ranking points
1	AAF	200
2	Omaha Bulls	192
3	Dirty.	186
4	FRACTION	180
5	Roadies Factory	174
6	LOCKOUT CANADA	170
7	Valhalla FSU	166
8	LOCKOUT	162
9	Maple Leaf Chiefs II	160
10	Colorado United	149.23
11	Brimstone	138.46
12	Pittsburgh Rampage	127.69
13	Lake Superior LEGACY	116.92
14	ac EVILpb.com	106.15
15	MAP Factory	95.38
16	APE Guerrillas	84.62
17	Jungle Lizards	73.85
18	The Wolverines	63.08
19	ac GALAXY	52.31
20	Lost Boyz powered by Dirty.	41.54
21	Crowley Ridge Fight Club	30.77
22	Black Sunday	20

Open five-player

Published place	Team	Ranking points
1	Louisville Asylum	200
2	Florida Annihilators	192
3	Chicago Aftershock	186
4	ac ULTRA EVIL F	180
5	Armada Black	174

Amateur five-player

Place	Team	Ranking points
1	AAF 2	200
2	Roadies Factory	192
3	ac ULTRA EVIL U	186
4	ac EVILpb.com	180
5	Lake Superior LEGACY D500	174
6	Lake Superior LEGACY	170
7	APE Guerrillas	166
8	Green Devils	162
9	AAF 3	160
10	Texas Sannin	90
11	Crowley Ridge Fight Club	20

Final-round scores

Each final consisted of three teams playing two games apiece. The table reproduces the scores in each team's published order.[4]

Division	Team	First score	Second score	Total
Professional 10v10	ac EMPIRE	16	95	111
Professional 10v10	Image	22	13	35
Professional 10v10	Chicago Aftershock	13	10	23
Amateur 10v10	AAF	14	97	111
Amateur 10v10	Omaha Bulls	97	6	103
Amateur 10v10	Dirty.	17	6	23
Open 5v5	Louisville Asylum	20	94	114
Open 5v5	Florida Annihilators	14	100	114
Open 5v5	Chicago Aftershock	0	12	12
Amateur 5v5	AAF 2	6	98	104
Amateur 5v5	Roadies Factory	18	18	36
Amateur 5v5	ac ULTRA EVIL U	4	12	16

See also

• International Classic Paintball League
• 2024 ICPL season
• 2024 ICPL Pro DNA Open
• 2024 ICPL Badlandz 5-man

References

1. PBLeagues – Texas Classic: official dates, venue, registration categories and game formats, 31 May–2 June 2024.
2. ICPL – 2024 Texas Classic: major event announcement, formats and playing schedule.
3. PBLeagues – Texas Classic: complete final divisional standings.
4. PBLeagues – Texas Classic: final-round scores.
5. Paintball Media – 2024 Texas ICPL Classic. Cheryl Ellis, 2 July 2024.