sional league referees along
ears of experience at the highest
ent paintball handling the officingle air ball field was used for the
ent’s games, with a grass playn unorthodox layout. “I’m tired
e old snake side, Dorito side,
e center layouts and this layout
h the intention of giving players
nt that would reward aggresams to push wherever they were
otes succeeded, as the layout
” RaceTo bunker moved off-cenken into several individual pieces
ulated Dorito side with a fortress
ne that proved to be the field’s
t and former professional players
compete at the Carolina Cup’s inluding several players from legBaltimore Trauma, Chattanooga
Topgun Union. Weather for the
d chilly for registration and the
stly cloudy throughout the day,
ures rose to near sixty, making
ct for play with no rain or other
ms at the Carolina Cup were able
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to bring their own paintballs if they so-desired, but most purchased paintballs from
Glory Road, who offered Empire Evil and All
Star paintballs, as well as more cost-effective options. Push-button air fills were available at the field entrance and at no point
during the day did air pressure at the whip
drop below 4350psi.
Play throughout the day was decidedly intense, with teams pushing aggressively to
the midfield fortresses in one or two bumps
after going guns-up to initial bunkers.
During the finals Kyle Bowen made the move
of the event as he ran, gun-up all the way,
up the center of the field using the large
Race bunker to protect himself, then kicking
out towards the Dorito side at the last moment and sliding into the large Dorito fifty
fortress before wrapping around it, shooting
inside and streaking down the wire to finish
the game in style. Most of the action was on
the Dorito side of the field, as teams battled to
control the larger bunkers in the center of the field
that would afford them cross shots into their opponents. The vast majority of the event’s games
took less than two minutes to decide. Though the
preliminary round of the tournament was scheduled to end at around 4:30, thanks to the teams
willingness to turn games quickly and the hard
work and dedication of the referee staff, the entire
event was completed before 5pm. The large pile of
Empire and JT masks, medallions and of course a
pile of hundred-dollar bills were handed out to the
top teams, with Trophimus Red taking top honors
at the first event of the Carolina Cup, ahead of the
Inglorious Blasters and Brew Crew.
The Carolina Cup will promote four more events in
2014, all hosted by Glory Road Paintball of Monroe, North Carolina. Events will be played in June,
July, August and November, with cash and &