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<p>Document the 1997 NPPL Pittsburgh Open using WARPIG&#039;s contemporary video-coverage descriptions, including professional ten-man competition, equipment demonstrations and the closing-ceremony announcement; omit unverified dates, venue and results.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>The &#039;&#039;&#039;1997 NPPL Pittsburgh Open&#039;&#039;&#039; was a [[paintball]] tournament held in the Pittsburgh area of Pennsylvania during the [[National Professional Paintball League]]&#039;s 1997 season. Contemporary footage produced by [[Traumahead Sportz]] documented professional ten-man competition, player interviews and the closing ceremonies.[1]<br /> <br /> Excerpts appeared in [[WARPIG]]&#039;s [[PigTV]] programme &#039;&#039;I Left My Paint in San Francisco&#039;&#039;.[1]<br /> <br /> == Competition coverage ==<br /> Traumahead recorded on-field action from the tournament&#039;s professional ten-man games. WARPIG&#039;s programme description identifies these segments as excerpts from Traumahead&#039;s dedicated 1997 Pittsburgh tournament video.[1]<br /> <br /> The production also included player interviews and a tour of the [[Smart Parts]] factory.[1]<br /> <br /> == Equipment demonstrations ==<br /> The tournament coverage included [[Bill Gardner]] demonstrating the [[Shocker]], described by WARPIG as an electropneumatic paintball marker.[1]<br /> <br /> Traumahead&#039;s Pittsburgh video also featured [[Bob Long]] showing his new [[Delta Defiant]] marker.[1]<br /> <br /> == Closing ceremonies ==<br /> WARPIG&#039;s description of the closing-ceremony footage records an announcement by NPPL president [[Tom Cole]] that two teams were being penalised for game fixing. The description does not identify the teams or specify the penalties.[1]<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[National Professional Paintball League]]<br /> * [[1997 NPPL Las Vegas Desert Open]]<br /> * [[1997 NPPL Chicago Open]]<br /> * [[Traumahead Sportz]]<br /> * [[Paintball in the United States]]<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> # [https://www.warpig.com/pigtv/classics.shtml PigTV Classics — I Left My Paint in San Francisco], WARPIG. Programme description identifying footage from the 1997 Pittsburgh NPPL tournament, including professional ten-man action, equipment demonstrations, interviews and closing ceremonies.<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> * [https://www.warpig.com/pigtv/classics.shtml WARPIG PigTV Classics programme archive]<br /> <br /> [[Category:National Professional Paintball League events]]<br /> [[Category:Paintball tournaments in the United States]]<br /> [[Category:Paintball in Pennsylvania]]<br /> [[Category:1990s in American paintball]]<br /> [[Category:1997 in paintball]]</div>

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