Popular Post bruddog Posted February 20, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 20, 2015 None of these are the official seeds. I used an SRS (Simple rating System http://www.pro-football-reference.com/blog/?p=37) method to come up with a power list from tecmo tourney's 8-10. Then based on that and my own subjectivity/personal biases I came up with these seeds #1 SEEDSChet H. (holzy11) Jon J (daboy)James T (Skunker)Matt V (Bigmv) The heavy hitters. Chet is the odds on favorite with no Regulator and is the #1 overall seed. by quite a large margin. The difference between chet and another #1 seed is the same as the difference between a #1 and a #6 seed. Daboys might be one of the best to have not won so I'm looking for a deep run from him this year. He had chet on the ropes in Tecmo 9 and was about 14 minutes fromt he finals when chet returned a kick for a TD right before half that swung the momentum in the game. Matty V like DAboys was one win away from a finals appearance taking down skunker in an EPIC battle before falling to Chet. No shame in that and he's posied for another deep run #2 SEEDSJeff B.Peter K. (moonwalk)Troy H. (PrimeTime)joeygats Jeff B has wins over mort and daboy in his tecmo resume but faltered in the round of 32 last year as Odelle bested him by 14 in HOU v GIA matchup. It's been a couple tourney's for moonwalk but he had wins over Bontempo and Louis only to fall to Regulator... like most everyone not named Chet have. Troy H had a solid win over Adam (Garbage) in Tecmo X but also fell to the Tecmo wrecking ball Regulator last year. in the round of 32. Gats was cruising along last year in pool play and played Regulator and Chet tough in some practice games. Hwoever a controller malfunction helped to contribute to a first round exit. A winner of multiple online titles gats wants to get last years bad taste out of his mouth and make a finals run. #3 SEEDSFrancis B. (mort)Jim B. (Air Bontempo)Josh A. (Coconuts)Matt D. (Mattrick Swayze) Mort going down in the round of 64 was one of last year's stunning surprises. The former champ narrowly lost to an unknown in the round of 64and struggled in kumite. Can the Mort magic return? Two time champ and always dangerous Bontempo made another deep run last year besting sonofpatbeach and chris vogt before losing to who else...Regulator. My tourney run ended last year to Coconuts in matchup call I wish I could have back. Coco would beat orenga and posse before falling to two of the #1 seeds Skunker and MV in the final 8 double elim. Diaz rounds out the 3 seeds thanks to a deep Kumite run before falling to Regulator and a deep run in Texmo X before falling to chet. Had a hard time with seeds 4-8 as I feel they are fairly interchangeable. #4 SEEDSSeth B. (Virtuoso) - Last tourney was Tecmo IX where he lost to MortMatt M. (Ones11fahzu) - Known as REg's bro. Has made some deep runs and is famous for his slow down styleErik J. (rikfenny) - Homegrown and long time attendee with wins over sconnie and vikingMoe in Tecmo XJosh H. (sonofpatbeach) - Co founder and former champion beat daboy but lost to Bontempo in the round of 16 in Tecmo X #5 SEEDSEric O. (tecmodell42) - The cause of Regulators (X beers deep) only loss between Tecmo X and KumiteEric G. (VikingMoe) - New to Tecmo X last year made it to the round of 32 before falling to arncoem Dave B. (bruddog) - Finally makes the madison trip last year but falls in a tight game to final 8 represnetative CocoDerek R. (tecmopsycho) - One of the top tappers but even better tapper chet ended his run last year #6 SEEDSRico R. (ryanr33fulcher) - Went out in theRd of 64 in Tecmo IX and went tou in the round of 32 to Diaz in Texmo XAdam G. (Garbage) - One of the fastest tappers around with two round of 64 exits the past two tourneysMatt O. (LuckyTool) - A former repeat HSTL champion lost to Mv in the round of 64Chris V. (vogtcd11) - Vogt bro number 2. Trying to repeat last years final 8 run before falling to Bontempo and odelle #7 SEEDSTony O. (AverageTSBPlayer) - Owner of the biggest home field advantage at Madison. Run ended with losses to Mort (IX) and coco(X)Jimmy V. (lillefty) - Vogt bro #3 is looking to shake the rust off after an early round exit in Tecmo VII after dominating round robin. Kevin M. (buzzsaw) - Big wins came back in Tecmo VII. Got punded by REg in Tecmo IX and didnt make it out of round robin last year.Luke C. (Luke C.) - My first practice game on Friday of last year. Solid competitor. Losses to daboy R32 in IX and Vikingmoe R64 #8 SEEDSLouis B. (red98sethuthut) - Mort's bro Louis who seems to play better live had his run end vs Chris Vogt in the round of 16.Isaac W. (disastamasta142) - 4 time Ari. tourney champ and runner up to myself in the L.A tourney is primed for his first madison appearanceNick G. (Gio) - Gio gave me all I could handle in my round robin matchup. With a year of online tecmo under his belt and his tough defense he will be a hard outRyan S. (Ryan11p) - Ryan stepped up his game big time last tourney before falling hard to Arncoem. Rounding out the top 16 #9 SEEDSAdam K. (AEK)AJ B. (adversity)Matt B. (heechy)Chase M. #10 SEEDSGil P. (gnpiii)James K. (player121xk)Trevor O. (Trozier)Jonathan B. (QB_Browns) #11 SEEDSJustin G. (Lamefest)ira m. (gameboy)Todd D. (imimmortl)Matt K. (Rod Woodson) #12 SEEDSJustin O.Ryan K. (Hoigaard)GARY M. (SEXY LOVES SANDWICHES)Jimmy P. (Jim Socks) #13 SEEDSNathan L. (Nate)Eric D. (Ding)Barry A. (Bob Nelson)Tom B. (8-bit) #14 SEEDSKris S. (Sammie Smith)Joseph M. (manyo360)Peter B. (Gridiron)Bo J. (TecmoBo) #15 SEEDSNathan M. (Retro4Ever)Justin N. (The Shark)Andrew H. (Don)Joey S. (Dr. Frolf) #16 SEEDSJustin L. (Fargo10)Joe J. (Dirty Waters)Devin O.John F. (Slaughterhouse) Online tecmoer newcomers: Giorgio F. (ChiefsJr83)Matt G. (gripsmoke)Teddy B. (SirTed)William J. (chino_pino) holzy11, disastamasta142, Knobbe and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFM Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 That. Write-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moulds33 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) Excellent write up, I can't argue with 99% of it. Personally, I'd switch Gats and Josh H. around, just based on live tourney track record. I hate to admit it, but I think Orenga is a bit too low as well. Tom B. (8-bit) is way too low in my opinion, I'm thinking an 8 seed for him. He was one win from taking the Tomczak this winter and beat Josh, Dotdon, and RikFenny that day. Losing to Chet, Mort, and Reg is nothing to sneeze at in his other Madison/Tomczak apearances either. I think he'll make a deep run this year. Edited February 20, 2015 by moulds33 Ryan11p 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruddog Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 All very valid points Moulds. You could switch a lot of these around and I wouldn't argue hardly at all either. moulds33 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeygats Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Not sure how im a 2 seed lol i should be a 6 but ill take it lol. Great job bru it looks good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vogtcd11 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Caravan 7 representing well according to Bruddah's Odds. The result, subsequently, another bath of blood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImFlo Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 No love for lovable flo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vogtcd11 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 No love for lovable flo? Seeded 17: The Flo Booth Seeded 18: Flo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holzy11 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 This is awesome Dave. You can certainly argue that some guys are too high (Peter K) or too low (you, Orenga), but the objectivity is great. And you're right about Orenga's home-field advantage. It used to be irrelevant, as he wasn't that good. Those days, however, are gone.That crowd could prove decisive in a big game or two this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoigaard Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 On my absolute best "Everything's-going-right" day I'm probably an 8/9. On my worst-case-scenario day I'm probably in that "Just Outside" category. So a 12 sounds just about right. I'll very gladly take that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroNathan Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 #15 - I have a long ways to go, but am honored to be in the preview for the top 64. Looking forward to the tournament with it being only two weeks away; lots of sharpening to do by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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