1998 NPPL Chicago Open

The 1998 NPPL Chicago Open was a National Professional Paintball League paintball tournament held at The Badlandz in Illinois in June 1998. The event included professional ten-man competition and Amateur A and Amateur B divisions in both five-man and ten-man formats.[1][2][3]

Revolution won the professional ten-man title, while Bushwackers and Tidewater won the amateur ten-man divisions. Illusion and Addicted won the five-man divisions.[2][3]

Playing fields and weather

The tournament used woodland, Hyperball and a field combining inflatable and fabric bunkers. WARPIG described the woodland layouts as wider than those familiar to some visiting teams, requiring adjustments to their usual tactics.[1]

Delivery problems delayed the planned inflatable field. During five-man competition, the layout instead combined USPL inflatable bunkers with fabric-and-aluminium obstacles associated with the Challenge Cup, producing a field containing 38 obstacles.[1]

Players faced heat and humidity. Thunderstorms before play on Friday brought down some netting and portable bunkers, which were restored before games began. Further storms on Saturday night were followed by cooler conditions for the ten-man semi-finals and finals.[1]

Ten-man competition

Revolution won the professional final with 187 points, ahead of the All Americans, Bob Long's Ironmen and Lockout. Bushwackers won Amateur A with 214 points, while Tidewater won Amateur B with 156.[2]

Professional final

Position	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
1	Revolution	97	84	6	187
2	All Americans	43	14	97	154
3	Bob Long's Ironmen	11	7	94	112
4	Lockout	6	17	12	35

WARPIG records the scores; ClassicScores corroborates the four professional placings.[2][4]

Amateur A final

Position	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
1	Bushwackers	98	92	24	214
2	OBR	89	85	12	186
3	Fusion	4	7	99	110
4	Para Turtles	6	7	2	15

Scores and placings follow WARPIG's contemporary final score sheet.[2]

Amateur B final

Position	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
1	Tidewater	92	47	17	156
2	Primal Rage	43	89	14	146
3	Zero Tolerance	16	7	94	117
4	Crush	−5	6	7	8

Scores and placings follow WARPIG's contemporary final score sheet.[2]

Ironmen meeting and Lockout's professional debut

WARPIG identified the ten-man semi-finals as the first tournament meeting between Bob Long's Ironmen and Dave Youngblood's Ironmen following the division of the original team. Bob Long's side secured the flag hang.[1]

The report also identified Chicago as Lockout's first tournament competing as professionals. The team reached the professional final and finished fourth.[1][2]

Five-man competition

Illusion won Amateur A with 125 points, ahead of Bad Karma II, NVP and Crossfire A. Addicted won Amateur B, labelled novice on the final score sheet, finishing seven points ahead of The Family.[3]

Amateur A final

Position	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
1	Illusion	60	6	59	125
2	Bad Karma II	9	9	59	77
3	NVP	0	58	2	60
4	Crossfire A	19	4	2	25

WARPIG records the scores; ClassicScores corroborates the placings.[3][4]

Amateur B final

Position	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
1	Addicted	56	60	6	124
2	The Family	60	0	57	117
3	Damage	0	9	48	57
4	Swarm	8	5	6	19

WARPIG records the scores; ClassicScores corroborates the placings.[3][4]

See also

• National Professional Paintball League
• 1998 NPPL Pittsburgh Open
• 1998 NPPL Portland Open

References

1. Chicago NPPL 1998 — WARPIG On-Scene Coverage. WARPIG, updated 28 June 1998. Contemporary report covering fields, weather, results and the meeting between the two Ironmen teams.
2. Chicago NPPL 10 Man Finals. WARPIG, June 1998.
3. Chicago NPPL 5 Man Finals. WARPIG, June 1998.
4. ClassicScores. “1998 NPPL — Chicago, IL”. Professional ten-man and five-man placings.