End of the world?

[dannefaerd]

Boston NiPPLe (www.nppl.tv) has been and gone ... and with it some changes.

Making the cut for Sunday were (in order):

NRG
Infamous
Avalanche
Hurricanes
Naughty Dogs
Evil
Rage
Joy Division
(Please note no XSV or Dynasty)

Going to the semi's

Naughty Dogs
Rage
Joy Division
Evil
(Wow - Joy makes it to the Semi's)

Final results:

Rage
Naughty Dogs
Joy Division
Evil

Many changes - can't wait to see some of the commentary around this one!

[FireFox]

Second tourny where a lowest qualifier takes it all (XSV tampa), and should make seeding the next round very interesting

One thing that suprised me about the tourny is the number of games that lacked flag pulls (e.g. St. Louis Avalanche 18 vs Sacramento XSV 21*) and must have either gone to time or been decided by the rules (paint on the flag carrier and unobvious hits).

If tournament paintball is entering into a stage of longer games, I think it is a good thing for the 7man sport as it differentiates it from X style games, and fundamentally improves it for TV. Contrast a 1min walk over (with limited camera movement opportunities) to a longer game where there is a chance to capture more 'minor' moves (back man changing bunker vs. a run through).

should make the season very interesting leading into the final few by compressing top scores.

S
* I can not think of how this score came up other than 6 vs. 7 kills and then the last XSV player is pulled for an infraction. This game lost it for XSV, a pull here would have put them through (ironically over Rage) as they missed out by 15 points

[Big SY]

and Evil into the finals.... Mr R... will be happy
Shte Wdp will be happy Angel 1 and 3