Editing 1999 NPPL Las Vegas Open

The '''1999 NPPL Las Vegas Open''' was a [[National Professional Paintball League]] tournament held in Las Vegas, Nevada, from 12 to 14 March 1999. Produced by [[DYE Precision]], it featured ten-man competition on 12–14 March and five-man competition on 13–14 March.[1]

[[Avalanche]] won the professional ten-man title. Paraplegic Turtles won Amateur A, Krusade won Amateur B and Ton Ton Flinguers won the five-man competition.[2][3]

== Venue and organisation ==

The tournament moved to a new desert location closer to Las Vegas. WARPIG reported that improved windbreaks reduced the wind and dust problems experienced at previous editions, although dust entering equipment seals continued to occupy manufacturers' technicians.[1]

DYE provided tents for team staging and vendors. Outta Control, Bad Company and the Southern California Ironmen refereed the event.[1]

Referees enforced the NPPL's new zero-tolerance policy towards arguing with officials or disputing decisions on the field.[1]

== Ten-man results ==

Avalanche won the professional final with 194 points, 12 ahead of Image. Paraplegic Turtles won Amateur A with 282 points, while Krusade won Amateur B with 201.[2]

=== Professional final ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Game 1 !! Game 2 !! Game 3 !! Total
|-
| 1 || [[Avalanche]] || 90 || 17 || 87 || 194
|-
| 2 || [[Team Image|Image]] || −3 || 90 || 95 || 182
|-
| 3 || [[All Americans]] || 17 || 37 || 10 || 64
|-
| 4 || [[Ground Zero]] || 3 || 15 || 17 || 35
|}

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

=== Amateur A final ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Game 1 !! Game 2 !! Game 3 !! Total
|-
| 1 || Paraplegic Turtles || 93 || 95 || 94 || 282
|-
| 2 || [[All Americans|All Americans II]] || 93 || 10 || 93 || 196
|-
| 3 || OBR || −23 || 93 || 14 || 84
|-
| 4 || [[Ground Zero|Ground Zero Gold]] || 9 || 14 || 7 || 30
|}

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

=== Amateur B final ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Game 1 !! Game 2 !! Game 3 !! Total
|-
| 1 || Krusade || 12 || 95 || 94 || 201
|-
| 2 || Scream || 89 || 10 || 87 || 186
|-
| 3 || Phantom Force || 90 || 14 || 20 || 124
|-
| 4 || [[Washington Reign]] || 16 || 93 || −13 || 96
|}

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

== Five-man results ==

Ton Ton Flinguers won the five-man final with 115 points, ahead of Bushwackers, Damage and Team Dragoon.[2][3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Game 1 !! Game 2 !! Game 3 !! Total
|-
| 1 || Ton Ton Flinguers || 46 || 59 || 10 || 115
|-
| 2 || Bushwackers || 18 || 59 || 6 || 83
|-
| 3 || Damage || 58 || −10 || 20 || 68
|-
| 4 || Team Dragoon || 4 || 2 || 57 || 63
|}

WARPIG's final scoreboard does not assign a separate professional or amateur classification to this five-man final. ClassicScores likewise records its classification as unknown.[2][3]

== Equipment and sponsorship ==

Air America-sponsored teams used the company's new Armageddon compressed-air system. Bob Long's Ironmen signed an air-system sponsorship agreement with Max Attack during the tournament.[1]

JT operated a support and sales trailer, with its new J-Ball paintballs among the products available.[1]

== See also ==

* [[National Professional Paintball League]]
* [[1998 NPPL Las Vegas Open]]
* [[1999 NPPL Dallas Open]]
* [[1999 Great Western Series Las Vegas]]

== References ==

# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/vegas99/index.shtml NPPL Las Vegas 1999]. ''WARPIG'', March 1999. Contemporary report documenting dates, organisation, playing conditions, refereeing and equipment.
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/vegas99/final.shtml 1999 Vegas NPPL — Ten-Man and Five-Man Finals]. ''WARPIG'', March 1999.
# [https://www.classicscores.com/ ClassicScores]. “1999 NPPL — Las Vegas, NV”. Ten-man and five-man final placings.

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