National Professional Paintball League

The National Professional Paintball League (NPPL) is one of two American paintball national tournament series that travel throughout the United States each year. It is also the largest and most popular professional seven-man paintball league in the world. The NPPL holds five events throughout the United States each year. Registration is open to any team in any division except in the professional division which consists of 18 franchised professional teams. The three lowest-ranked professional teams at the end of a season are relegated to the semi-professional division, and the three highest-ranked semi-professional teams are promoted to the professional division. Teams compete according to skill level classified into separate divisions. Divisions are distinguished in ascending order as: Division III (D3), Division II (D2), Division I (D1), Semi-Professional, and Professional. Cash prizes are given out to the top four finishers in each division. The season GeneRally starts in March and goes through October with a tournament being played AbOUT every other month.

General regulations

A regulation NPPL field is 180 feet long by 100 feet wide. Inflatable bunkers of differing shapes and sizes are placed on the field in mirrored symmetry. Each end of the field has a start box with the team's flag On It. Each team consists of seven players.

At the beginning of a match, the head referee raises his hand and announces the start of The Silent ten-second countdown. At the end of the silent countdown, the game is commenced with the head referee yelling "Go, go, go!" When the game commences, a seven minute countdown is started. The game ends when either all the players on both teams are eliminated, time runs out, or a flag is hung. Points are awarded for hanging the opposing team's flag on your start station, pulling the opponent's flag from their start station, eliminating opposing players, and for live (unmarked) players at the end of a match.

A player is eliminated when they are hit by a paintball that breaks on any part of the body or equipment. Upon elimination the player must place their gun behind their start station and go to their team's deadbox, located in their back left corner of the field. If a player fails to acknowledge a hit they run The Risk of being penalized with a "one-for-one." This penalty consists of a referee pulling out the eliminated player and the closest friendly player.

Past Venue Locations

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Event 1

Huntington Beach, CA

Huntington Beach, CA

Huntington Beach, CA

Huntington Beach, CA

Huntington Beach, CA

Event 2

Las Vegas, NV

Tampa, FL

Tampa, FL

Tampa, FL

Tampa, FL

Event 3

Chicago, IL

Denver, CO

Denver, CO

Boston, MA

Boston, MA

Event 4

Atlantic City, NJ

Las Vegas, NV

San Diego, CA

San Diego, CA

Kansas City, MO

Event 5

Miami, FL

San Diego, CA

Miami, FL

Orange County, CA

San Diego, CA

Teams

Professional

The following are Professional teams for the 2007 NPPL season.

  • Portland Naughty Dogs League entrance: 2003
  • San Diego Dynasty 2002
  • Pittsburgh All Americans 2006
  • Dallas Elite 2007 originally DC Arsenal
  • St. Louis Avalanche 2003 originally San Francisco Avalanche
  • Oakland Blast 2005 originally Oakland Empire
  • Chicago Farside 2005 originally Chicago Evil
  • New England Hurricanes 2004
  • Edmonton Impact 2007
  • Los Angeles Infamous 2004
  • Los Angeles Ironmen 2006
  • Stockholm Joy 2005 [withdrawn at end of season due to problems with reffing]
  • Miami Rage 2003
  • Jacksonville Raiders 2007
  • Sacramento XSV ("excessive") 2004
  • New Jersey Authority 2007
  • Montreal Image 2007 originally New York NRG
  • Las Vegas LTZ 2007 originally London Nexus' spot

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