Editing 2024 ICPL Texas Classic

The '''2024 ICPL Texas Classic''' was a [[International Classic Paintball League|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 ==

{| class="wikitable"
! 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 ===

{| class="wikitable"
! 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 ===

{| class="wikitable"
! 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 ===

{| class="wikitable"
! 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 ===

{| class="wikitable"
! 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]

{| class="wikitable"
! 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 ==

# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8342/info PBLeagues – Texas Classic: official dates, venue, registration categories and game formats, 31 May–2 June 2024.]
# [https://www.nxlclassicpaintball.com/texasclassic ICPL – 2024 Texas Classic: major event announcement, formats and playing schedule.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8342/rankings PBLeagues – Texas Classic: complete final divisional standings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8342/scores PBLeagues – Texas Classic: final-round scores.]
# [https://paintball.media/2024-texas-icpl-classic/ Paintball Media – 2024 Texas ICPL Classic. Cheryl Ellis, 2 July 2024.]

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