2010 NPPL season

The 2010 NPPL season was the four-event United States tournament season of the National Professional Paintball League (NPPL). It followed the 2009 USPL season, with the circuit returning to NPPL branding after the US Paintball League acquired rights to the name.[1]

Tampa Bay Damage won the professional series championship, taking three consecutive tournament victories at Chicago, the D.C. Challenge and Las Vegas. San Diego Dynasty won the opening event at Huntington Beach.[1][2]

Return to NPPL branding

The US Paintball League had organised the 2009 programme following the collapse of the previous NPPL operating company. It subsequently obtained rights to the NPPL name, which was used for the 2010 circuit.[1]

Some contemporary WARPIG headings and archive addresses retained the USPL name, although the reports identified the competition as NPPL events.[1][3]

The league offered professional and Divisions 1–3 seven-player competition, alongside five-player and pump divisions at selected events.[4]

Calendar

Round	Event	Dates	Venue
1	Huntington Beach Open	9–11 April 2010	Huntington Beach, California
2	Chicago Open	29–31 May 2010	CPX Sports, Illinois
3	D.C. Challenge	6–8 August 2010	Pev's Paintball Park, Aldie, Virginia
4	Las Vegas World Paintball Championships	8–10 October 2010	Riviera Hotel grounds, Las Vegas, Nevada

Sources: contemporary tournament reports and the league's championship announcement.[1][3][4][5]

The Chicago tournament shared CPX Sports and Memorial Day weekend with Living Legends III, bringing tournament and scenario competition to the same venue.[3]

The Las Vegas competition dates were 8–10 October in the league announcement. WARPIG's report used a broader 6–10 October heading.[4][6]

Seven-player results

Event	Professional	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3
Huntington Beach	San Diego Dynasty	Warped Army	Vanguard	Notorious
Chicago	Tampa Bay Damage	Naughty Dogs Silver	Obnoxious	TLords
D.C. Challenge	Tampa Bay Damage	Arsenal Predators	One18	Noobies
Las Vegas	Tampa Bay Damage	Off in the Woods	Paradox	Noobies

Sources: WARPIG and contemporary Chicago results reporting.[1][5][6][7]

Professional competition

Dynasty defeated Edmonton Impact at Huntington Beach.[1]

Damage won Chicago ahead of Impact, Los Angeles Infamous and St. Louis Avalanche. It then defeated Infamous in the D.C. Challenge final.[5][7]

At Las Vegas, Damage recovered from losing the opening championship game to defeat Oakland Blast two games to one. Edmonton Impact finished third and St. Louis Avalanche fourth.[6]

Five-player and pump competition

Event	Division 3 five-player	Division 4 five-player	Pump
Huntington Beach	eNVy Reign	Blackout	LA Hitmen
Chicago	—	TCP H8 Factory	Vigilante
D.C. Challenge	Iron Legion — classification unspecified in the contemporary report		Vigilante
Las Vegas	406's Finest	Tropix Hawaii Tradition	LA Hitmen

Sources: contemporary tournament reports.[1][5][6][7]

WARPIG's Las Vegas report contains conflicting pump results: its introductory list names 406's Finest, while its detailed finals account records LA Hitmen defeating Milwaukee Throwback. The table follows the detailed account.[6]

Season championship

Tampa Bay Damage won the professional season championship. Las Vegas completed its third consecutive NPPL tournament victory.[2]

Event placings should be distinguished from season standings. In particular, the top four professional finishers listed in the Las Vegas report describe that tournament rather than the final season ranking.[6]

All-Star competition and S7 exhibition

The D.C. Challenge included an Empire Paintball-sponsored East–West professional All-Star contest. The West won three consecutive games in the best-of-five competition.[5]

The league subsequently announced an exhibition of its proposed S7 format at Las Vegas, following its use during the D.C. All-Star competition. The announcement described the format as under consideration for 2011.[4]

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