1999 NPPL Chicago Open
The 1999 NPPL Chicago Open was a National Professional Paintball League tournament held at The Badlandz in Illinois in June 1999. Produced by Bad Boyz Toyz, it included five-man competition and professional, Amateur A and Amateur B ten-man divisions.[1]
Image won the professional ten-man competition, Jacksonville Warriors won Amateur A and Team Strange won Amateur B. Phantom Jesters won the five-man competition.[2][3][4]
Organisation and schedule
[edit]Five-man preliminary games took place on Wednesday, followed by the semi-finals and finals on Thursday. Ten-man preliminaries began on Friday and concluded on Saturday, with semi-finals and finals on Sunday. WARPIG's closing update was published on 27 June.[1]
The tournament used woodland, Sup'Air and Hyperball fields. Aftershock, Avalanche and SOB's refereed the games.[1]
Ten-man competition
[edit]Image entered the semi-finals eighth in the professional preliminary rankings, progressed to the final and won the tournament.[1]
Professional final
[edit]| Position | Team | Final-round points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Image | 156 |
| 2 | Rage | 116 |
| 3 | Bob Long's Ironmen | 100 |
| 4 | Ground Zero | 26 |
WARPIG records the scores; ClassicScores corroborates the placings. Ground Zero's published total is 26, although its three listed game scores of 16, 4 and 16 sum to 36.[2][4]
Amateur A final
[edit]| Position | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacksonville Warriors | 98 | 92 | 96 | 286 |
| 2 | Ground Zero Gold | −1 | 94 | 93 | 186 |
| 3 | Fusion | 91 | 2 | 7 | 100 |
| 4 | Shockwave | 18 | 16 | 14 | 48 |
Scores are from WARPIG's contemporary final scoreboard. ClassicScores corroborates the placings.[2][4]
Amateur B final
[edit]| Position | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Strange | 96 | 95 | 97 | 288 |
| 2 | Aces Wild | 85 | 89 | 6 | 180 |
| 3 | Landslide | 8 | 12 | 97 | 117 |
| 4 | X-Men | 10 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
Scores are from WARPIG's contemporary final scoreboard. ClassicScores corroborates the placings.[2][4]
Five-man competition
[edit]Phantom Jesters and Absolute Carnage entered their last final-round games level on points. Absolute Carnage's game ended in a stalemate. WARPIG reported that Thomas Osterhoff eliminated three remaining opponents and hung the flag to secure the Jesters' victory.[1]
Final results
[edit]| Position | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phantom Jesters | 60 | 4 | 46 | 110 |
| 2 | Absolute Carnage | 60 | 4 | 18 | 82 |
| 3 | Body Count | 0 | 58 | 13 | 71 |
| 4 | Brass Eagle | 0 | 47 | 14 | 61 |
Scores are from WARPIG's contemporary final scoreboard. ClassicScores corroborates the placings but records the five-man classification as unknown.[3][4]
See also
[edit]- National Professional Paintball League
- 1998 NPPL Chicago Open
- 1999 NPPL Dallas Open
- 1999 NPPL Boston Open
References
[edit]- 1999 NPPL Chicago Open. WARPIG, updated 27 June 1999. Contemporary report covering organisation, schedule, fields and tournament action.
- Chicago NPPL 1999 — 10 Man Finals. WARPIG, June 1999.
- Chicago NPPL 1999 — 5 Man Finals. WARPIG, June 1999.
- ClassicScores. “1999 NPPL — Chicago, IL”. Ten-man and five-man final placings.