2000 NPPL Pittsburgh Open
The 2000 NPPL Pittsburgh Open was a National Professional Paintball League tournament held at Urban Assault in the Pittsburgh area of Pennsylvania on 5–6 May 2000. Produced by Smart Parts, it included five-man and ten-man competition.[1]
Lockout won professional ten-man, Bushwackers won Amateur A ten-man and Strange won Amateur B ten-man. Navarone won the five-man competition.[2][3][4]
Venue and organisation
[edit]Smart Parts returned its tournament to Pittsburgh after staging the 1999 event in Dallas. Playing areas included woodland, a mound field and a Sup'Air field on grass.[1]
The All Americans and OBR refereed the event. Despite forecasts of thunderstorms, the weather remained clear, with heat and humidity during the weekend.[1]
There were 54 ten-man teams and 30 five-man teams. All five-man games took place on one Sup'Air field separated from the ten-man playing areas by woodland.[1]
Equipment and rules
[edit]Enhanced firing modes, prohibited at the preceding Los Angeles Open, were permitted again at Pittsburgh with a reported limit of nine shots per second.[1]
Products displayed included the Smart Parts Impulse marker and Brass Eagle's muzzle-mounted chronograph.[1]
Ten-man results
[edit]Lockout's professional victory followed its win at the season-opening Los Angeles tournament.[1]
All tables show final-round scores. ClassicScores corroborates the placings.[2][4]
Professional
[edit]| Position | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lockout | 96 | 92 | 14 | 202 |
| 2 | Avalanche | 8 | 71 | 95 | 174 |
| 3 | Rage | 20 | 38 | 95 | 153 |
| 4 | Ground Zero | 20 | 16 | 10 | 46 |
Amateur A
[edit]| Position | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bushwackers | 92 | 17 | 44 | 153 |
| 2 | KAPP Factory | 19 | 98 | 12 | 129 |
| 3 | Naughty Dogs | 9 | 14 | 94 | 117 |
| 4 | Ground Zero Gold | 16 | 4 | 12 | 32 |
Amateur B
[edit]| Position | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strange | 98 | 95 | 18 | 211 |
| 2 | Exile | 4 | 95 | 100 | 199 |
| 3 | Last Word | 85 | 10 | −2 | 93 |
| 4 | Sonic Rage | 4 | 10 | 0 | 14 |
Five-man results
[edit]Navarone won with 121 points, ahead of Highlanders, Philadelphia Eclipse and Elite Force.[3][4]
| Position | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navarone | 18 | 48 | 55 | 121 |
| 2 | Highlanders | 58 | 9 | 4 | 71 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Eclipse | 8 | 6 | 53 | 67 |
| 4 | Elite Force | 4 | 57 | 0 | 61 |
The contemporary final scoreboard does not specify a professional or amateur classification for the five-man competition. ClassicScores records its classification as unknown.[3][4]
See also
[edit]- National Professional Paintball League
- 1998 NPPL Pittsburgh Open
- 2000 NPPL Los Angeles Open
- 2000 NPPL Chicago Open
References
[edit]- Smart Parts NPPL Pittsburgh 2000. WARPIG, May 2000. Contemporary report covering dates, venue, attendance, fields, refereeing, equipment and rules.
- NPPL Pittsburgh 2000 — Ten-Player Semi-Finals and Finals Scoreboard. WARPIG, May 2000.
- NPPL Pittsburgh 2000 — Five-Player Semi-Finals and Finals Scoreboard. WARPIG, May 2000.
- ClassicScores. “2000 NPPL — Pittsburgh”. Ten-man and five-man final placings.