1999 NPPL Boston Open

The 1999 NPPL Boston Open was a National Professional Paintball League ten-man tournament held at S.L.A.M. Paintball in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts, from 27 to 29 August 1999. Promoted by Bad Boyz Toyz and DYE Precision, it featured professional, Amateur A and Amateur B divisions.[1]

Image won the professional competition, Ground Zero Gold won Amateur A and Saberwolves won Amateur B.[2][3]

Venue and organisation

The Boston tournament replaced the Portland event on the NPPL schedule. Competition used a Hyperball field, a Sup'Air Ball field and two woodland fields.[1]

S.L.A.M. Paintball formed part of an entertainment complex that also offered activities including miniature golf, a driving range and batting cages. Spectators could watch Hyperball games from grandstands.[1]

Rage and Lockout refereed the tournament. WARPIG reported that limited referee numbers made covering the woodland games particularly demanding.[1]

Competition

Preliminary games took place on Friday and Saturday. A shortage of carbon dioxide briefly delayed Friday morning's play before a delivery allowed the schedule to recover. Light rain affected the afternoon session.[1]

All professional entrants advanced to Sunday's semi-finals because of the size of the professional field.[1]

Professional final

Image won with 202 points. The All Americans finished second with 131, two points ahead of Ironmen. Bob Long's Ironmen finished fourth.[2]

Position	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
1	Image	12	94	96	202
2	All Americans	20	14	97	131
3	Ironmen	78	43	8	129
4	Bob Long's Ironmen	16	12	1	29

Scores are from WARPIG's contemporary final scoreboard. ClassicScores corroborates the placings.[2][3]

Amateur A final

Ground Zero Gold won with 205 points, six ahead of Diggers. Shockwave finished third and OBR fourth.[2]

Position	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
1	Ground Zero Gold	14	97	94	205
2	Diggers	99	6	94	199
3	Shockwave	93	14	7	114
4	OBR	2	88	12	102

Scores are from WARPIG's contemporary final scoreboard. ClassicScores corroborates the placings.[2][3]

Amateur B final

Saberwolves won with 181 points, followed by SOBs, Krusade and G-Force 2.[2]

Position	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
1	Saberwolves	82	2	97	181
2	SOBs	97	13	6	116
3	Krusade	6	16	90	112
4	G-Force 2	3	22	10	35

Scores are from WARPIG's contemporary final scoreboard. ClassicScores corroborates the placings.[2][3]

See also

• National Professional Paintball League
• 1999 NPPL Chicago Open
• 1999 NPPL World Cup

References

1. NPPL Boston 1999. WARPIG, August 1999. Contemporary report documenting dates, venue, promoters, playing fields, refereeing and preliminary rounds.
2. Boston NPPL 1999 — Finals. WARPIG, August 1999.
3. ClassicScores. “1999 NPPL — Boston”. Professional, Amateur A and Amateur B ten-man final placings.