1998 NPPL Portland Open

The 1998 NPPL Portland Open was a National Professional Paintball League tournament held at Enchanted Acres Paintball Park in Scappoose, near Portland, Oregon, from 28 to 30 August 1998. Jointly produced by Bad Boyz Toyz and DYE Precision, it replaced Atlanta on the NPPL schedule and attracted 26 teams. Competition was exclusively ten-man.[1][4]

Ground Zero won the professional division, Ground Zero Gold won Amateur A and Phantom Force won Amateur B.[2][3]

Competition format

Each team played six preliminary games. Eight professional and eight Amateur A teams advanced to semi-finals, with two teams qualifying from each semi-final group. All four Amateur B entrants advanced directly to their final after the preliminary round.[1]

Semi-final qualification dispute

Bushwackers challenged the Amateur A qualification procedure after scoring more points than one of the finalists. The team argued that the written rules required the four highest-scoring teams overall to advance, rather than two from each group.[1]

Ultimate judge Bill Cookston retained qualification by group, explaining that this maintained the procedure applied at earlier tournaments that season.[1]

Equipment restrictions

Insurance requirements at Portland prohibited the Smart Parts Shocker's Turbo mode and the Automag RT's reactive trigger function. WARPIG's subsequent World Cup report confirmed these restrictions and identified Portland as the first NPPL event to prohibit cutting down protective masks.[5]

Results

Professional final

Ground Zero won with 185 points, ahead of Bob Long's Ironmen, Lockout and Dave Youngblood's Ironmen.[2][3]

Position	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
1	Ground Zero	85	12	88	185
2	Bob Long's Ironmen	14	94	32	140
3	Lockout	−5	88	14	97
4	Dave Youngblood's Ironmen	−4	13	17	26

Scores follow WARPIG's contemporary scoreboard. ClassicScores corroborates the placings.[2][3]

Amateur A final

Ground Zero Gold won with 158 points, followed by Naughty Dogs, OBR and Team X-Treme.[2][3]

Position	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
1	Ground Zero Gold	74	−16	100	158
2	Naughty Dogs	15	14	95	124
3	OBR	9	97	10	116
4	Team X-Treme	12	6	0	18

Scores follow WARPIG's contemporary scoreboard. ClassicScores corroborates the placings.[2][3]

Amateur B final

Phantom Force won with 203 points, followed by Washington Reign Red. Washington Reign Black and Personal Vendetta II each recorded 39 points; the published results ranked them third and fourth respectively.[2][3]

Position	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
1	Phantom Force	14	95	94	203
2	Washington Reign Red	96	0	14	110
3	Washington Reign Black	12	10	17	39
4	Personal Vendetta II	15	12	12	39

Scores follow WARPIG's contemporary scoreboard. ClassicScores corroborates the placings.[2][3]

See also

• National Professional Paintball League
• 1998 NPPL Chicago Open
• 1998 NPPL World Cup
• 1998 Great Western Series Portland

References

1. 1998 Portland NPPL Tournament. WARPIG, 1998. Contemporary report documenting dates, organisers, competition format and the qualification dispute.
2. 1998 Portland Open NPPL — Preliminaries, Semi-Finals and Finals. WARPIG, 1998.
3. ClassicScores. “1998 NPPL — Portland Open, Portland, OR”. Professional, Amateur A and Amateur B ten-man placings.
4. Great Western Series Portland 1998. WARPIG, 1998. Identifies Enchanted Acres Paintball Park in Scappoose and describes preparations for the subsequent NPPL tournament.
5. World Cup 1998 — WARPIG Coverage. WARPIG, October 1998. Equipment standards section summarises restrictions introduced at Portland.