1999 NPPL Dallas Open

The 1999 NPPL Dallas Open was a National Professional Paintball League tournament held in Dallas, Texas, from 30 April to 2 May 1999. Organised by Smart Parts, it was the second NPPL tournament of the season. Ten-man competition ran throughout the event, with five-man competition on 1–2 May.[1]

Avalanche won the professional ten-man title, Farside won Amateur A, Hostile Takeover won Amateur B and Da Boyz won the five-man competition.[2][3][4]

Organisation and playing fields

The tournament attracted 46 ten-man teams and 24 five-man teams. Layouts included ravines and brush, level woodland with constructed bunkers, a mound field and a Sup'Air field.[1]

The All Americans and OBR refereed ten-man competition, while G-Force officiated the five-man event.[1]

Weather interruption

Strong winds and lightning interrupted play on Sunday morning, halting ten-man semi-finals and five-man preliminary games. The NPPL rules committee considered contingency arrangements while teams waited for conditions to improve.[1]

Remaining ten-man games were moved to the mound, cypress and Sup'Air fields. Play resumed after the strongest winds and lightning passed, with finals taking place in light rain and muddy conditions.[1]

Ten-man competition

Lockout led the professional preliminary rankings with 494 points. The semi-finals produced a final comprising Ton Ton Flinguers, Avalanche, the Southern California Ironmen and Lockout.[5][6]

Avalanche won with 183 points, securing a second consecutive professional ten-man victory after winning the Las Vegas tournament.[1][2]

Professional final

Position	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
1	Avalanche	94	82	7	183
2	SC Ironmen	12	12	96	120
3	Lockout	94	16	8	118
4	Ton Ton Flinguers	12	21	20	53

Scores are from WARPIG's contemporary final scoreboard. ClassicScores corroborates the placings.[2][4]

Amateur A final

Farside won with 143 points, ahead of Diggers, Naughty Dogs and Addicted.[2][4]

Position	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
1	Farside	82	42	19	143
2	Diggers	19	16	93	128
3	Naughty Dogs	10	41	13	64
4	Addicted	−2	15	14	27

Scores are from WARPIG's contemporary final scoreboard. ClassicScores corroborates the placings.[2][4]

Amateur B final

Hostile Takeover won with 209 points, ahead of Washington Reign, Krusade and SOB's.[2][4]

Position	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
1	Hostile Takeover	18	94	97	209
2	Washington Reign	13	87	19	119
3	Krusade	45	12	13	70
4	SOB's	−38	16	14	−8

Scores are from WARPIG's contemporary final scoreboard. ClassicScores corroborates the placings.[2][4]

Five-man competition

Da Boyz won the five-man final with 120 points, followed by Energy A, Ambush and The Family.[3][4]

Position	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
1	Da Boyz	59	44	17	120
2	Energy A	6	58	7	71
3	Ambush	2	4	48	54
4	The Family	9	19	14	42

The final scoreboard does not assign a professional or amateur classification to the five-man final. ClassicScores records its classification as unknown.[3][4]

See also

• National Professional Paintball League
• 1999 NPPL Las Vegas Open
• 1999 NPPL Chicago Open

References

1. NPPL Dallas 1999. WARPIG, April–May 1999. Contemporary report documenting dates, attendance, fields, refereeing and weather interruptions.
2. Dallas NPPL 1999 — 10 Man Final. WARPIG, May 1999.
3. Dallas NPPL 1999 — 5 Man Finals. WARPIG, May 1999.
4. ClassicScores. “1999 NPPL — Dallas, TX”. Ten-man and five-man final placings.
5. Dallas 1999 NPPL — 10 Man Preliminaries. WARPIG, April–May 1999.
6. Dallas 1999 NPPL — 10 Man Semi-Finals. WARPIG, May 1999.