qb_browns Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 "The shirt" is completed. Yet another successful year of refuting the Tecmo Gods and arrogantly proclaiming tournament success. Gulp.........This ought to be interesting to see... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruddog Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 "If you will it, it is no dream" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qb_browns Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 "If you will it, it is no dream"Is that something from "The Secret"? I sure hope not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruddog Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 No. Walter says it in the Big Lebowski which is my reference. DONNYWahooo...I'm slammin' 'em tonightYou guys are dead in the water!!As the Donny walks back to the scoring table he points toanother team in black bowling shirts--the Cavaliers--thatshares the lane.Walter, just arriving, is carrying a leatherette satchel inone hand and a large plastic carrier in the other.WALTERAlright! Way to go, Donny! If you will it, itis no dream. DUDEYou're fucking twenty minutes late, man.What the fuck is that?WALTERTheodore Herzel.DUDEHuh?WALTERState of Israel. If you will it,Dude, it is no dream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knobbe Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Is that something from "The Secret"? I sure hope not. http://www.anyclip.com/movies/the-big-lebowski/walter/#!quotes/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamphuna8 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 I am one of those that really look forward to watching any broadcasting of the event. I undderstand other things are of higher priority but appreciate any broadcasting that might happen. This would be the 3rd year to watch for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamphuna8 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 And any lebowski reference is ok by me. Spot on brudd bob sacamano 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qb_browns Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 No. Walter says it in the Big Lebowski which is my reference. DONNY Wahooo...I'm slammin' 'em tonight You guys are dead in the water!! As the Donny walks back to the scoring table he points to another team in black bowling shirts--the Cavaliers--that shares the lane. Walter, just arriving, is carrying a leatherette satchel in one hand and a large plastic carrier in the other. WALTER Alright! Way to go, Donny! If you will it, it is no dream. DUDE You're fucking twenty minutes late, man. What the fuck is that? WALTER Theodore Herzel. DUDE Huh? WALTER State of Israel. If you will it, Dude, it is no dream.Well played. I am not as conversant in the Big Lebowski as I should be. bob sacamano 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob sacamano Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 I too am a Lebowski honk, but missed that one! Touche brudd. Touche. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moulds33 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 "If you will it, it is no dream" An error occurred You have reached your quota of positive votes for the day I tried Brud... Knobbe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Out of curiosity, are there any guys who play online who will be attending their first tournament?I am. Found out about last year's too late for signups, so I made sure to get in this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qb_browns Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 I am one of those that really look forward to watching any broadcasting of the event. I undderstand other things are of higher priority but appreciate any broadcasting that might happen. This would be the 3rd year to watch for me.There is going to be something. And, if we're lucky* when I get knocked out, I'll be providing my always riveting color commentary on the day's action. *be aware that "lucky" may be unlucky for your ears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoigaard Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 (edited) Anyone else bored this Friday night? Need a break from Mar1no Royal3 training? I did some number-crunching. I wanted to see what the general rate of team selection has been in the Madison Tourney, as well as team winning percentages. So, here's what I got: Data collection information- According to the tourney history on the website, the current method of team selection started in Tecmo VI, so for this study, I only looked at Tecmo VI, VII, and VIII. I chose not to look at tournaments from other cities because I wanted to limit this strictly to Madison (you can be certain to a strong degree that most of these numbers would hold across multiple tourneys). From my shitty math, there were 796 games played in Tecmo VI, VII, and VIII. To get a reasonable sample size w/ 90% accuracy, I needed about 200 data points (roughly 25%). I chose, at random, various guys' results from those tourneys (making sure not to duplicate. Made-up example: Joe Blow beats Jim Balls in Tecmo VII. I would not count that same result if I was tallying Jim Balls results). Things this study did not factor in- Strength of player, Who called the matchup, Early-round games vs late-tourney games (many instances teams weren't listed in the results, so I couldn't use them), Controller 1/2, etc. This was strictly "What were the two teams selected, and who won that particular game?" Results (let me repeat: This was FAR from an exact science. It's possible a number or team was screwed up here or there, but all in all, it gives you the general idea of what you're looking for)- Total # of Uses: Total Uses (Usage %)... SD 24 (11.62%)Min 23 (11.14%)Cin 22 (10.66%)Den 22 (10.66%)Dal 22 (10.66%) Wash 21 (10.16%) Det 20 (9.68%) Rams 20 (9.68%) Jets 18 (8.72%) Phx 18 (8.72%) Atl 17 (8.24%) Mia 16 (7.74%) TB 16 (7.74%) Cle 15 (7.26%) KC 14 (6.78%) Chi 14 (6.78%) NO 14 (6.78%) Pit 12 (5.82%) GB 12 (5.82%) Buf 11 (5.32%) NYG 10 (4.84%) Phi 10 (4.84%) NE 9 (4.36%) Oak 8 (3.88%) Sea 8 (3.88%) SF 7 (3.38%) Ind 5 (2.42%)Hou 5 (2.42%) Winning % of Teams:Wins (Win %)SF 6 (.857) TB 13 (813) Phi 8 (.800) Pit 8 (.667)Buf 7 (.636) Rams 12 (.600) Hou 3 (.600) Cin 13 (.591) SD 14 (.583) GB 7 (.583) NO 8 (.571) Min 13 (.565) NE 5 (.556) Cle 8 (.533) Wash 11 (.524)Phx 9 (.500) KC 7 (.500) Chi 7 (.500) Dal 10 (.455) Det 8 (.400) Ind 2 (.400) Mia 6 (.375) NYG 3 (.300) Atl 5 (.294) Sea 2 (.250) Den 5 (.227) Jets 4 (.222) Oak 1 (.125) Takeaways:-You could reasonably say the Jets and Denver are the most over-valued teams in the game based on these results. Denver only had 5 wins in 22 games, while the Jets had 4 in 18.-The most under-valued teams? Point towards Philly, Pit, and Buf. They were involved in 10, 12, and 11 matchups apiece (at least 17 teams rank ahead of them in usage), and hold winning %s of .800, .667, and .636.-People are just as hesitant to put Houston in a matchup as they are Indy.-The Rams surprised me being so high on the usage list. 20 instances, ranking 7th.-I believe there were 3 ties in the study. Curious if any of you notice little nuggets hidden in the numbers at all? Anything jump out at you? I don't think there's any earth-shattering information in here, but I do find the numbers interesting to look at. Edited February 23, 2013 by hoigaard moulds33 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbayer1 Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Interesting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knobbe Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Article about Chad Norwood (and company) coming up from Louisiana for the tournament Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob sacamano Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Very informative data gathering session hoigaard! While the Jets (including the Broncos) definitely stood out to me as having a surprisingly low return on investment, so do teams such as the Falcons, Giants, and Dolphins. And this data was gathered when you could use Rison at RB2, which is now no longer the case. I wonder how this will effect the data. You wouldn't think the 25% random grabbing of results would skew the data as a whole, but I think there is a decent possibility that it did in a couple of these instances. Etiher way, nice work man! < Knobbe, nice article find man! How far is Madison from LA btw? I imagine there will be some back seat Tecmo rocking throughout that trip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knobbe Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Tourney organizers - question regarding advancing out of group play... Each region has 7 groups of 8 players. 7 groups, with a winner and runner up advancing = 14 per region. 14 x 4 regions = 48 players. The bracket portion of the tournament will begin with 56 participants, right? How will the other 8 participants be determined? Will these kind of be 8 wild card spots, who all, for all intents and purposes finished 3rd within their group? Just looking for a clearer picture. My apologies if somehow I missed this in the rules, or it's been answered before. According to my University of Nebraska degree, 14*4 = 56 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob sacamano Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 hahaaaaah. aaaah. post deleted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob sacamano Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Will there be a max point differential per game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holzy11 Posted February 25, 2013 Author Share Posted February 25, 2013 Will there be a max point differential per game? Yeah, 28 points. bob sacamano and moulds33 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qb_browns Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 (edited) Just in case anybody was wondering...Mar1no Royal3 Edited February 25, 2013 by qb_browns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob sacamano Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Wow. 1t is approaching so rapidl3y! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knobbe Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 If anyone was interested in doing some additional broadcasting from their phone, let me know and I'll get you tied into the broadcast page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adversity Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Is there 2 rounds of group play? Would the first 14 groups alphabetically play before the last 14 groups? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holzy11 Posted February 26, 2013 Author Share Posted February 26, 2013 Is there 2 rounds of group play? Would the first 14 groups alphabetically play before the last 14 groups?No. Everyone has group play at the same time this year, as mentioned on the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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