Editing 2008 PSP season

The '''2008 PSP season''' was the national tournament season organised by [[Paintball Sports Promotions]] in the United States. It comprised five events, beginning with the Phoenix Open in March and concluding with the World Cup in October. Competition included the professional [[National Xball League]] (NXL), divisional X-Ball and five-player tournaments.[1][2]

[[Los Angeles Ironmen]] won the NXL championship through the World Cup playoffs. RNT Allstarz, Fierce and Velocity Wrecking Crew won the Division 1, Division 2 and Division 3 X-Ball series respectively.[2][7]

== Calendar ==

The season visited Arizona, South Carolina, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Florida. Dates follow the PSP event archive, with venues documented in contemporary WARPIG reports.[1][3][4][5][6][7]

{| class="wikitable"
! Round !! Event !! Dates !! Venue !! Location
|-
| 1 || [[2008 PSP Phoenix Open]] || 13–16 March 2008 || Glendale Youth Sports Complex at University of Phoenix Stadium || Glendale, Arizona
|-
| 2 || [[2008 PSP Mid-Atlantic Open]] || 8–11 May 2008 || PBC Sports Park || Rock Hill, South Carolina
|-
| 3 || [[2008 PSP Chicago Open]] || 25–29 June 2008 || Bolingbrook Recreation and Aquatic Center || Bolingbrook, Illinois
|-
| 4 || [[2008 PSP Northeast Open]] || 14–17 August 2008 || All-American Paintball Park || Greensburg, Pennsylvania
|-
| 5 || [[2008 PSP World Cup]] || 22–26 October 2008 || Disney's Wide World of Sports || Kissimmee, Florida
|}

Although WARPIG's Mid-Atlantic report heading gives 9–11 May, its account describes X-Ball beginning on Thursday. The PSP event archive records the full event dates as 8–11 May.[1][4]

== Competition ==

The professional NXL began the season with twelve teams. San Diego Aftermath, Tampa Bay Damage, Edmonton Impact and St. Louis Avalanche joined the professional field for 2008. Aftermath had won the 2007 PSP Open Class series championship, while Avalanche had won that division at the 2007 World Cup.[3]

Divisional X-Ball comprised Divisions 1, 2 and 3. At the opening tournament, Division 1 and Division 2 matches had a seven-point victory limit and a 15-minute game clock; Division 3 used a five-point limit with the same clock.[3]

Division 3 and Division 4 five-player competition appeared at all five events. Division 2 five-player results were recorded at Chicago and the World Cup. Masters X-Ball was also contested at the World Cup.[2]

== Event winners ==

=== NXL and divisional X-Ball ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! NXL !! Division 1 !! Division 2 !! Division 3
|-
| Phoenix Open || Oakland Infamous || RNT Allstarz || TPA Revolution || Total Karnage
|-
| Mid-Atlantic Open || San Diego Dynasty || RNT Allstarz || New Jersey Jesters || RNT Speed
|-
| Chicago Open || Tampa Bay Damage || RNT Allstarz || Cross-Eyed Paintball || Velocity Wrecking Crew
|-
| Northeast Open || San Diego Dynasty || RNT Allstarz || Cross-Eyed Paintball || Velocity Wrecking Crew
|-
| World Cup || Los Angeles Ironmen || Vicious || Fierce || Fierce Army
|}

Sources: contemporary WARPIG tournament reports.[3][4][5][6][7]

RNT Allstarz won the first four Division 1 tournaments before finishing fourth at the World Cup. Cross-Eyed Paintball won consecutive Division 2 titles at Chicago and the Northeast Open, while Velocity Wrecking Crew did the same in Division 3.[5][6][7]

=== Five-player competition ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Division 2 !! Division 3 !! Division 4
|-
| Phoenix Open || — || No Limit || Texas Threat
|-
| Mid-Atlantic Open || — || Stinger Factory || RNT Kidz
|-
| Chicago Open || Team RNT || Boom || Total Karnage Kids
|-
| Northeast Open || — || Boom || RNT Kidz
|-
| World Cup || Miami Rage/Str8killas || Overhead || Cash Money Killers
|}

Sources: WARPIG tournament reports and the season results archive. Dashes indicate that no Division 2 five-player result appears for that event in the season standings.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

== NXL championship ==

The first four tournaments determined seeding for the NXL championship at the World Cup. The championship was decided by the World Cup competition rather than by the highest accumulated regular-season points total.[6][7]

Dynasty entered the World Cup with 240 points, ahead of Los Angeles Ironmen on 235 and Boston Red Legion on 210.[2]

St. Louis Avalanche did not attend the Northeast Open, leaving eleven participating NXL teams there. San Diego Aftermath did not attend the World Cup.[6][7]

Los Angeles Ironmen defeated Philadelphia Americans two games to one in the championship final. The Ironmen won the opening game 9–2, Philadelphia won the second 8–7, and the Ironmen took the deciding game 9–4.[7]

=== Final championship placings ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team
|-
| 1 || Los Angeles Ironmen
|-
| 2 || Philadelphia Americans
|-
| 3 || Boston Red Legion
|-
| 4 || Edmonton Impact
|-
| 5 || San Diego Dynasty
|-
| 6 || X-Factor
|-
| 7 || Oakland Infamous
|-
| 8 || Tampa Bay Damage
|-
| 9 || Seattle Naughty Dogs
|-
| 10 || Chicago Aftershock
|}

The original season standings list Aftermath and Avalanche without final championship positions.[2]

== Divisional season standings ==

The following tables reproduce the leading teams and published totals from the original APPA season standings.[2]

=== X-Ball ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! Position !! Team !! Points
|-
| rowspan="3" | Division 1
| 1 || RNT Allstarz || 480.71
|-
| 2 || Vicious || 427.20
|-
| 3 || Damage D1 || 424.80
|-
| rowspan="3" | Division 2
| 1 || Fierce || 446.06
|-
| 2 || Raiden || 442.49
|-
| 3 || New Jersey Jesters || 421.57
|-
| rowspan="3" | Division 3
| 1 || Velocity Wrecking Crew || 478.47
|-
| 2 || DSSP8NTBALL.COM || 461.36
|-
| 3 || Total Karnage || 453.64
|}

Velocity Wrecking Crew's Division 3 total included 100 refereeing points.[2]

=== Five-player ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! Position !! Team !! Points
|-
| rowspan="3" | Division 2
| 1 || Rogue || 171.15
|-
| 2 || Dark Army || 118.07
|-
| =3 || Miami Rage/Str8killas D2 and Team RNT || 100.00 each
|-
| rowspan="3" | Division 3
| 1 || No Limit || 441.56
|-
| 2 || Boom || 422.08
|-
| 3 || JFK || 356.07
|-
| rowspan="3" | Division 4
| 1 || Total Karnage Kids || 471.36
|-
| 2 || RNT Kidz || 467.67
|-
| 3 || Texas Select || 445.17
|}

Division 2 five-player standings combined results from Chicago and the World Cup. The other two divisions included all five events.[2]

=== Masters ===

Draxxus All Stars won Masters X-Ball at the World Cup and headed the corresponding standings with 100 points. EGO MANIACs finished second with 88.75 and Wild Bunch third with 77.50. World Cup was the only Masters event listed in the season standings.[2]

== See also ==

* [[Paintball Sports Promotions]]
* [[National Xball League]]
* [[2007 PSP season]]
* [[2009 PSP season]]
* [[Paintball in the United States]]

== References ==

# [https://pbleagues.com/leagues/1 PBLeagues — Paintball Sports Promotions event archive: 2008 calendar.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20081206124401/http://paintball-players.org/scores/L1/seasonrankings2008.html American Paintball Players Association — Paintball Sports Promotions: 2008 Season Rankings. Archived 6 December 2008.]
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/psp/2008/az/index.shtml WARPIG — PSP Phoenix Open, 13–16 March 2008.]
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/psp/2008/mao/index.shtml WARPIG — PSP Mid-Atlantic Open, May 2008.]
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/psp/2008/chicago/index.shtml WARPIG — PSP Chicago Open, 25–29 June 2008.]
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/psp/2008/neo/index.shtml WARPIG — PSP Northeast Open, 14–17 August 2008.]
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/psp/2008/worldcup/ WARPIG — 2008 PSP World Cup, 22–26 October 2008.]

== External links ==

* [https://pbleagues.com/league/1/seasonRankings/2008 PBLeagues — 2008 PSP season rankings]

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