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[holzy11]

Plans for the 2nd Annual Tecmo Ryder Cup are in the works. For those of you who have no idea what this is, see here: http://tecmo.us/arena/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=25456&hilit=ryder+cup. Last year, teams from Madison, Minnesota/Illinois, and Milwaukee competed for regional Tecmo supremacy. Minnesota/Illinois held off a hard-charging Madison team in the final singles session to capture the Cup (Ed presently possesses the Cup).

Quick Summary: Like the real Ryder Cup, 1 point is at stake in each individual Match (i.e. a game) and it takes a certain amount of overall team points to capture the Cup. A full point is awarded if a team wins a Match by 4 or more points. If a team wins a Match by 3 points or less, it gains 2/3 point and the losing team receives 1/3 point. If a Match is tied at the end of regulation, each team receives ½ point.

Also like the real Ryder Cup, there are multiple doubles sessions (i.e. 2 guys from Madison playing 2 guys from Milwaukee) followed by the all important singles sessions (i.e. 1 guy from Madison versus 1 guy from Milwaukee). Last year, we did 3 doubles sessions followed by 2 singles sessions. None of this is set in stone and ideas are encouraged.

When: October 23, 2010

Who Will the Regional Teams Be: There are a lot of guys in Wisconsin interested in this, enough so that we can simply do a Madison v. Milwaukee Ryder Cup and hold it in Madison. In recently speaking with some of the Minnesota and Illinois guys, however, there is legitimate interest in expansion. But there likely isn’t enough Minnesota/Illinois interest to match the 5-6 man teams from Madison and Milwaukee. Because Wisconsin has so many Tecmoers, one idea is to combine the Madison and Milwaukee teams and do a Wisconsin v. World (i.e. Tecmoers from any state besides Wisconsin) Tecmo Ryder Cup. 8-10 man squads for each region would be the ultimate goal. Chicago residents Flo and O’Dell are already in, but we need to know who else would join the World team.

Where: Chicago, Illinois if it is a Wisconsin v. World format. A Chicago venue should help ease any travel concerns. If it is just Madison v. Milwaukee or Madison, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis/Illinois again, we will probably hold the competition in Madison.

Please post if you are interested and provide your state. All of last year’s attendees had a great time.

Interest By Region Thus Far:

Wisconsin (Madison)
Josh
Chet
Rickster
Peter
James
Orenga

Wisconsin (Milwaukee)
Rico (ryan33fulcher)
Kevin Miller
Bailey
Jimmy B?

Illinois
Flo
O'Dell
Run Like Lonnie
AllAmerican
Ryan K

Nebraska/Kansas
Buck
Rod Woodson

Indiana
Tecmopsycho
dcsmooth5z

Michigan
Matt O'Toole ("toolie")

New York
Mort
Louis B.
Stratis C.

Texas
Jeid

[averagetsbplayer]

As if it needs to be stated, I'm interested.

[buck]

Hey, that's my birthday (23rd).

I'm interested - but need to work out the logistic$.

....Knobbe interested in working something out?

edit: is this only for CHI/WI people?

[holzy11]

edit: is this only for CHI/WI people?

No. Anyone besides Wisconsin guys can be on the "World" team.

[ImFlo]

I think it would be cool to have more than just "WIS vs WORLD".

A couple of my buddies said that they would be willing, even though they aren't that good. Good enough to compete with a little training. Plus me an Odell, Chicago would be sitting at 4. I'm sure we could pull together 2 more guys for a team.

If some other guys got together and made another team of Minnesota/Ohio/Nebraska or whatever, that would be awesome.

I don't care where we do it. If you guys need help finding somewhere by or in Chicago, I'll see what I can do.

[Tecmo Psycho]

Ohio could pull a team alone... I think Indiana and Illinois would be able to do a team. Then the remaining could be a rest of the country.

[brodell]

Flo and I are in, and I'm down for whatever.

If we are to do a Minnesota/Illinois team of 4-6, that will not be a problem whatsoever, getting some good enough talent. There are a couple CHI players out there that I'd like to bring along. If it is WIS v.s. World, obviously, we also will have no trouble fielding a 10 man team.

As far as the Chicago locale - there is this bar that I have played Tecmo at, that I'm in love with. It's an Irish pub, that has about a dozen 40+ inch TVs, with about 8 Nintendo's in the joint. The bartender, who seemed to be straight off the boat from Ireland, claimed they've held alof of different tournaments there, including Blades of Steel, and the original Tecmo Bowl. I think this would be a perfect place to hold our tournament. I would say of no more than like 30-40 players though.

So if everyone who is interested could respond, and also include an email, along with region/city, that will give us a real good idea as to how to go about this! Real excited about the 2nd annual Ryder Cup!

O'Dell

[Tecmo Psycho]

You could also do a three region set up. Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan from the North region, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio from the Central region, and everyone south/east of Ohio in the South East region. There could be a rotating venue each year for the tournament and a traveling team trophy.

[holzy11]

I think it would be cool to have more than just "WIS vs WORLD".

I'd agree. But we have 5-6 man teams from both Madison and Milwaukee. Can another region (besides Madison, Milwaukee, and/or Illinois) really field a 5-6 man team? If so, I am all for it. Having a World team, however, avoids the "I live in a Tecmo-less region" problem.

Ohio could pull a team alone... I think Indiana and Illinois would be able to do a team. Then the remaining could be a rest of the country.

I have my doubts about this. Maybe if the Vogts and Ahake were willing to make the trip. Perhaps I'm underestimating interest in this thing. Lets wait and see who else is interested.

[Tecmo Psycho]

I am just throwing names out there without their knowledge of this.

North: 10 people

Central: odell, psycho, flo, bigmv, lillefty, cvogt, ahake, dcsmooth, elkart dan, ryanfulcher 33, and any others who are interested

South East: daboy, bgboud2, mort, mort's bro, gats, toph (he's from PA, but may live or going to college in chicago now), ... and any others who are interested

[brodell]

I am just throwing names out there without their knowledge of this.

North: 10 people

Central: odell, psycho, flo, bigmv, lillefty, cvogt, ahake, dcsmooth, elkart dan, ryanfulcher 33, and any others who are interested

South East: daboy, bgboud2, mort, mort's bro, gats, toph (he's from PA, but may live or going to college in chicago now), ... and any others who are interested

Yeah, ryanfulcher33 is milwaukee, and toph is chicago

We could go any different ways here.

If we were to do a regional 8+ man teams, Madison and Milwaukee could be divided, or throw Milwaukee in one of the other regions to create an 8+ man team.

[ImFlo]

I think best idea is to get the word out, and figure out how to split up the teams later.

[dcsmooth5z]

I cant put into words how amazing this sounds..I would be 100 percent willing to go. Also could get some of my locals from Northwest Indiana to come if needed. Let me know!

[brodell]

I think best idea is to get the word out, and figure out how to split up the teams later.

I couldn't agree more.

[Run Like Lonnie]

I'm down (Illinois). I'm in the process of getting set-up online right now. Participated in the Madison and Midwest Tourneys this year.

[Knobbe]

Hey, that's my birthday (23rd).

I'm interested - but need to work out the logistic$.

....Knobbe interested in working something out?

edit: is this only for CHI/WI people?

I'll have to let you know.
If this is the same weekend as a home Huskers game, then the answer is already no

[slim_jimmy7]

I am somewhat interested, I want to make it to one of these things eventually, I will have to check though...

Got an idea, instead of trying to do regions etc why not create two "Ryder Cup Captains" and have them choose people?

You could even have shirts for each team. It maybe a little corny, but what the hell.

[averagetsbplayer]

Regions are the way to go. We're playing with the purpose to represent a region for God's sake!

[Run Like Lonnie]

I feel fairly confident that we could get Mort and his brother down here (not sure which region), but when I told them we were talking about hosting something in Chicago (it wasn't necessarily going to be the Ryder Cup, just any tournament at all), Mort was definitely interested.

Also, this bar O'Dell is talking about is awesome. We should be able to convince them to let us do this as they've apparently hosted large Tecmo Bowl and Blades of Steel tournaments in the past.

[brodell]

Who is down for some Tecmo action @ that bar tonight (thurs)? Flo, Toph, dcsmooth ... The place is called Galway Bay - 500 W Diversey, Chicago. I know it's kinda last minute notice, but I just found out it's my only evening off this week. Or we could just rock it out at my house for a few hours. You know how to get a hold of me. But if anyone in CHI is down, let me know! tecmodell42 on aim.