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== Music City Open ==

=== Origins ===

The [[Music City Open]] became another major event associated with Lively Productions.

Historical accounts identify Music City Open tournaments during the late 1980s.

=== Tournament development ===

The event helped broaden tournament paintball beyond the original National Survival Game championship structure.

=== Equipment rules ===

Historical summaries identify the Music City Open as an early national tournament that permitted constant-air systems, semiautomatic markers and players bringing their own paintballs.[9]

The precise year in which each rule was introduced requires verification against original event rulebooks.

=== Tournament formats ===

Music City Open events featured several forms of competition.

These included team tournaments and individual contests.

=== 1998 revival ===

Lively Productions organised a Music City Open event on 17–19 April 1998 at Nashville Paintball Sports.[5]

WARPIG identified the principal organisers as:

{| class="wikitable"
! Person
! Role
|-
| Jim Lively
| Promoter
|-
| Sam Caldwell
| Producer
|-
| Tad Taylor
| Team coordinator
|-
| Chip Herbert
| Operations
|}

=== Competition ===

The 1998 event featured a seven-player centre-flag tournament.

Twenty-nine teams participated.

Additional competitions included Top Gun and quick draw.

=== Weather conditions ===

The event took place during severe weather affecting the Nashville area.

WARPIG reported heavy rainfall and tornadoes in the surrounding region.

The tournament nevertheless continued.