2000 NPPL Los Angeles Open

The 2000 NPPL Los Angeles Open was the opening tournament of the 2000 National Professional Paintball League season, held at SC Village in Corona, California, from 10 to 12 March 2000. Produced by Dave Youngblood and DYE Precision, it featured five-man and ten-man competition.[1]

Lockout won professional ten-man, Naughty Dogs won Amateur A ten-man and Liquid won Amateur B ten-man. C-Ya, Storm and Spider's Web won the amateur, novice and rookie five-man divisions respectively.[2][3][4]

Venue and organisation

The tournament moved the NPPL season opener from Las Vegas to Southern California. SC Village's SC Arenas included Sup'Air, Hyperball and mound fields, with raised spectator walkways and screening.[1]

The inflatable fields used buried pipes to supply air to the bunkers. Tournament staging and trade-show tents occupied raised ground overlooking the fields.[1]

The Southern California Ironmen, Outta Control and Bad Company refereed the event.[1]

Rules

WARPIG reported several changes for the 2000 season: barrels had to be removed in areas where goggles were not required; enhanced firing modes were prohibited; and team classification changes would take effect at the end of the season. Ten-man games were shortened to 15 minutes at tournaments played entirely on qualifying concept fields, excluding mound fields.[1]

Ten-man results

All tables show final-round scores. ClassicScores corroborates the placings.[2][4]

Professional

Position	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
1	Lockout	21	92	21	134
2	Bob Long's Ironmen	10	92	15	117
3	Avalanche	82	16	14	112
4	Image	−25	6	95	76

Amateur A

Position	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
1	Naughty Dogs	5	10	98	113
2	OBR	−1	95	16	110
3	Fusion	87	18	4	109
4	Ground Zero Gold	15	18	19	52

Amateur B

Position	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
1	Liquid	91	95	7	193
2	Strange	14	88	89	191
3	Exile	18	10	22	50
4	Landslide	23	10	12	45

Five-man results

All tables show final-round scores. ClassicScores corroborates the placings.[3][4]

Amateur

Position	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
1	C-Ya	21	57	58	136
2	CP	8	57	49	114
3	TC Factory	59	6	12	77
4	Sharp Shooters	2	−9	4	−3

Novice

Position	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
1	Storm	56	6	58	120
2	Rapid Fire	59	12	3	74
3	Marine Team	8	−3	56	61
4	Resurrection	−8	59	4	55

Rookie

Position	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
1	Spider's Web	59	60	9	128
2	Agent Orange	2	59	56	117
3	LOS	56	2	19	77
4	Hot Boyz	8	0	−2	6

See also

• National Professional Paintball League
• SC Village
• 1999 NPPL Las Vegas Open
• 2000 NPPL Pittsburgh Open

References

1. DYE Precision LA Open 2000. WARPIG, March 2000. Contemporary report covering dates, venue, organisation, refereeing and rule changes.
2. LA Open NPPL 2000 — Ten-Man Semi-Finals and Finals. WARPIG, March 2000.
3. LA Open NPPL 2000 — Five-Man Semi-Finals and Finals. WARPIG, March 2000.
4. ClassicScores. “2000 NPPL — Los Angeles”. Ten-man and five-man final placings.