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paintballimpact.com / Bunkers / X Bunker
X | Inflatable Bunker
The giants X Bunker at the center of the X-Ball field is one of the most recognizable sites in paintball. The X is a towering inflatable, and some are as tall as 25 feet. With its size, the X can offer players excellent protection. The central location of the X cuts the angles of the field and hinders lane shooting and sweet-spotting, allowing for more variation and unique strategies. The X is a must have inflatable for teams practicing for Division 1 tournament X-Ball. Other popular bunkers on the X-Ball field include the Temple, Dorito, Wings, Cylinder, and Wedge. Some X-Ball events featuring this famous inflatable include Bunkerfest and the PSP LA Open. Fields that use inflatable bunkers and flat grass or turf fields are very popular because they can easily illustrated so that players and coaches are able to study them before matches. This allows all players and teams the ability to compete on a level playing field because everyone will know what to expect. At the NCPA www.college-paintball.com College Nationals, teams will be able to compete on soft grass fields and use some of these inflatable for cover: the Temple, Pyramid, Cylinder, and Brick. If you go on to NCPA website, most or all of the big events will have published graphics of the tournament field layouts, including all the essential field details.
Field layouts allow teams the ability to download and study the bunker arrangements of fields so that they will be able to you come up with winning strategies. Some of the most important strategies include picking the first bunkers that back and front players will try to charge, and planning group movements up the field. Contact the National Collegiate Paintball Association to see which fields will include the X Bunker in their field layout.
The X Bunker is generally used only in paintball games played in the X-Ball format. One of the most prominent leagues to use the X Bunker is the NXL. The NXL event results are often published in paintball magazines such as PGi, and Action Pursuit Games Magazine. Some of the teams in the NXL include the Baltimore Trauma, Boston Red Legion, Chicago Aftershock, Detroit Strange, Los Angeles Ironmen, and Miami Effect. The field layouts of NXL events include the classic X Bunker at the center of mid-field and a number of smaller bunkers radiating away from the X. At Mardi Gras 2003, the left side of the field featured a line of long and short cylinder bunkers connected to each other at right angles to form a long Snake. The right side of the field featured a series of Dorito and Temple bunkers that move diagonally from one end of the field to the other. One Temple is located just in front of each teams starting box.
There are several manufacturers of field systems that include the familiar X and other bunkers. Ultimate Airball www.ultimatexball.com sell systems that include the bunkers, repair kits, stakes, and blowers.
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