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The '''2024 ICPL Lone Star Open''' was a [[International Classic Paintball League|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]

{| class="wikitable"
! 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 ===

{| class="wikitable"
! 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]

{| class="wikitable"
! 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 ===

{| class="wikitable"
! 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 ===

{| class="wikitable"
! 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 ===

{| class="wikitable"
! 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]

{| class="wikitable"
! 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]

{| class="wikitable"
! 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]

{| class="wikitable"
! 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]

{| class="wikitable"
! 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]

{| class="wikitable"
! 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]

== See also ==

* [[International Classic Paintball League]]
* [[2024 ICPL season]]
* [[2024 ICPL Texas Classic]]
* [[2024 ICPL Pittsburgh Open Classic]]

== References ==

# [https://www.nxlclassicpaintball.com/lonestaropen ICPL – Lone Star Open: official 2024 event announcement, open and Amateur B formats, playing days and fields.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8580/info PBLeagues – Lone Star Open: official dates, venue, registration categories, game limits and Amateur B eligibility, 6–8 December 2024.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8580/rankings PBLeagues – Lone Star Open: complete final classification standings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8580/scores PBLeagues – Lone Star Open: preliminary scores and published final-round results.]

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Admin: Replace article with verified dates, Official Paintball venue, ICPL open-event status, Amateur B eligibility, all 28 final placings and recorded scores; preserve the jointly listed amateur ten-player first place.