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I still plan on sharing my thoughts around this... It's just been super busy since. Sunday after the season 2 was all clean up and rest before the fam got home (and cut up vids for YouTube). Started teaching summer school on Monday, last weekend was in Salem all weekend, and now back to the Summer School grind and getting that kitchen sink/faucet fixed tomorrow. @invader_star64 should be here tomorrow and I should get the rest of the footage that we captured and start cutting that up too. Twas a blast and I'm thinking about more ways to improve and how and when we should do the next season. CFT!

It took another 3 years plus. But we were able to take this format and make it like a condensed but real Tecmo Regular Season. I just love looking at how this was approached by all the owners. I think this could be a substantial part of tecmo competitions moving forward.

Had this banner waiting on me when I got home. I have a true lady of Tecmo. I had so much fun this weekend and to win one of these was incredible. I was a little salty that they didn’t have a police escort for me as I rolled into my hometown with the trophy, but I think I might get a sign underneath the 2009 boys basketball state champions, so I’ve got that going for me. Big thanks to everyone involved, and the love from the Tecmo community after this was phenomenal. Something I’ll never forget. You guys are the best. Can’t wait to spend another day drinking and playing this game with you guys. It’ll never get old.

Tecmo Cleveland recap thoughts....(sorry long) After a 2 hour flight delay that would have resulted in getting home faster via car, I thought I'd share some thoughts on my Tecmo Jam Cleveland 2018 weekend. I'll probably do a video later on this too with a bit more emotion behind it. My journey took me from Green Bay into Chicago first, then transferring into Cleveland. United thought it would be fun to change my terminal and gate to the other side of the airport about a half hour after landing. I had a 2 hour layover, so it wasn't the end of the world, however it felt like their climate control wasn't keeping up with the body count. It was so crowded, I thought I was at Lambeau during a Packer game. Moving on, my flight was delayed on the runway about 15 minutes, and we arrive about 10 minutes late in Cleveland. For a Friday night out of Chicago, I can live with that. The ever so patient Mark Nutter was kind enough to pick me up from the shuttle depot, and that's where the fun started. I was greeted by a shuttle bus driver named Thurman(can't make this up), who immediately started messing with me, telling me I was on the wrong bus. A moment later his ear to ear grin tells me he got me good. I shake his hand, and away we go. Mark Nutter takes me away in style to the legion hall in his caddy. Upon arrival, I see Tom Jenkins and a small army of local bred volunteers slaving away at hauling a massive supply of CRT's and consoles, testing each one. As I am setting up the TGFN Retro stream setup, suddenly it starts pouring buckets. John Salter arrives with multiple arcade cabinets, including my all time favorite, Mortal Kombat 2. This was the 2nd sign I had made the right decision to be a part of this event. Sadly no one was able to take my $20 from me in MK2. I again remain undefeated on random select on console/arcade since the year 2000. I estimated at least 40 games played/won, with 20 of those being against Kevin Cabarello. Maybe next year boys. We had some technological adversity, but we battled through it. The Internet on site ended up not being as fast as originally communicated, so we ended up using our company ATT LTE Nighthawk hotspot. It provided a challenge in that the building material was concrete block in the general area of the equipment. We were able to run a very long ethernet cable to a window, extend the power, then had just a strong enough signal to stream at 30 fps. We had a minor issue during the break where it just turned off. We then realized that the router was in direct sunlight and was overheating as a result. We shielded it with the window treatment, then had to slightly downscale the stream due to a poorer signal from ATT near that time of day. Despite all of this, we do have every game we covered on stream in their entirety. Outside of this, the equipment held up well, and we were able to accomplish our mission of broadcasting this amazing event. Fast forward to gameday, Saturday morning(Kevin Cabarello picks me up after I had coffee with Joe Mosqua aka Shark). I get there early to make sure we are all ready to go, and get a warm up game in with Francis Buennagel aka Mort. I was there in official capacity, not to play in the tournament, so I welcomed the opportunity to play one of the all time greats. This would be the 4th time I'd play Mort in my life, the other three times all being losses by a combined 10 points. This time was different, despite some amazing use of Rod Woodson by Mort to force two close jump picks, I was able to survive a 3-0 game. To say he got Tecmoed would be an understatement. I blocked two FG's with Leslie Oneil, and at least two of his burn routes to open guys were redirected at crucial moments. An eventual fumble sealed the deal. I played a handful of pickup games, and didn't lose any, so I think I still got it. The venue had great food and service, and the prices were ridiculously low. Smiles all day long from the staff. Next year they might want to double up on their Yuengling supply though. Free play setups with games like Mario Kart, Ice Hockey, and Goldeneye were available to anyone. Opening ceremonies, I was honored to lead in the national anthem, and I've never been honored by so much praise as I was not only immediately after, but for the remainder of the event. I am truly humbled. I pray someone was able to capture the song in its entirety. It's a moment I'll truly never forget. This was followed by an awesome Tecmo Jam Cleveland 2018 video put on by Tom Jenkins, with a bit of Jj abrams inspired lense flare at the end of it. Tom Jenkins was amazing on his wireless mic all day long, commentating crucial games, getting crowds to gather around certain stations, and being the voice of reason throughout the entire thing. It truly was electric all day long. Because the tournament was at/over capacity, it was necessary to have every tv assigned a station number. We had hoped for a dedicated highlight setup for the stream, but instead covered some interesting games for group 1. Joe Mosqua and Tecmo Lou were the heavy hitters in this group, and the games ended up being very fun to call. I encourage folks to stay tuned to TGFN Retro as we share the games with you. There were originally streamed to twitch.tv/tgfnretro, and you can catch the original streams on there. I was able to sneak in an interview on the BIGPLAY.com booth with the gentlemen there who were covering the action in their own way. I'm looking forward to hearing that when it's online. They were active on Twitter supporting the event, and that's incredibly appreciated. There was a bit of a delay in between group play, and the gold/silver/bronze brackets, but this in itself was one of the great things about the tournament. No matter how poorly you did, you got to continue playing at least one more game, and were grouped with others with a similar fate as your own. We did go offline as we waited for this to happen, as we were making sure we didn't use up all of the data allotment, and there was a raffle at that time. I know for sure if Ryan M hadn't had to go to the Hall of Fame ceremonies, this would have gone a bit faster than it did. Francis Buennagel stepped in to help Tom Jenkins, and I know it might have taken a bit longer, but they both did a great job, and once things were back up and running, it was exciting Tecmo for the rest of the evening. As a fellow organizer of tournaments, the amount of information collection of a tournament like that takes an enormous effort to ensure accuracy, and having 3 brackets to form instead of 1 definitely complicates things. Well done gentlemen! As we were waiting for the Gold groups to be formed, we did choose to call a silver bracket game to be called. Because this game had not yet completed, and to move things along, we didn't get any of the first round of gold bracket games on stream, but got everything from the elite 8 on, and boy it didn't disappoint. In addition to covering each one of the final 4 games(which because double elimination), we were able to cover the bronze finals(single elimination), silver finals(double elimination, which went the full two games), and it produced some amazing games. Slowly but surely, as people were eliminated, many had to move on with their lives and leave the venue, but we had a very strong contingent of Tecmo faithful remain behind, including my friend Eric Kuhlman who rocked it in the booth with me. Near the end I was really starting to fade, eyes burning, and he carried the energy over into the finals, where I was able to catch that 2nd wind, to an amazing finish, where Jordan Willis aka Woodshed emerged triumphant. You can see that finish here: https://www.twitch.tv/tgfnretro/clip/BadTenaciousDisc4Head I had help all day long on the mic from the likes of Joseph Readitnweep Moore, Kevin Cabarello, Tecmo Lou, Jordan Willis, and of course Eric Kuhlman. Having that 2nd voice really helps things along. In short, Tom Jenkins and staff run a great event. It's catered to all involved, not just the few elite players at the top, and I think that's the key to a successful event, and crucial to the growth and sustainability of Tecmo tournaments to come. It was an honor to be involved. Sadly I could not stay for day two. After tearing down and grabbing some needed grub, Kevin Cabarello drove me back to the hotel where we crushed about 8 games of NHL '94. I think we split our games, and there was a lot of laughing, as well as hats thrown.(Kevin's patented gesture after a NHL94 hat trick) Thanks to Joe Mosqua for getting his tail up super early and dodging that deer on the way to the airport. After a grueling 70 minute walk through TSA, I finally made it to Chicago. If only I had known of the fun 2 hour delay waiting for me in Chicago, that was riddled with about a dozen reschedules and updates. No thanks to United, first they didn't have a plane, then they didn't have a crew. I could have gotten home in a car faster than it took between the layover and delays. I did get home safely though, so I will be thankful in that. Whenever possible, we will be working with Delta Air Lines moving forward, and avoiding ORD if it can be helped. I hope everyone got home from the tournament safely. Working on making Tecmo Players Championship our next TGFN Retro destination. Hopefully will see many of you in September!

Congrats Jordan! Happy for you bud. I wish I didn't have to leave early from the tourney and could have been there to celebrate with you and everyone else. My wife and I bought tickets to see Brian Dawkins get indicted into the Pro Football HOF which was amazing but glad I was able to be there at least through group play! Tom did an amazing job again (I think we had 61 total players after having 63 last year). NBA JAM TE was a lot of fun too on Sunday. Long live Tecmo!

Goji's NFL Tecmo Super Bowl LIII (Beta 2.2) is up! *Gameplay -Default playbook adjustments -Team SIM ratings adjusted *Rosters 8/4/18 -More accurate depth charts -Player rating adjustments -Players added : Patriots - WR, eric DECKER Bengals - WR, josh MALONE Browns - G, austin CORBETT Colts - G, braden SMITH Titans - S, kenny VACCARO Raiders - WR, ryan SWITZER, K, e. PINEIRO Chargers - CB, trevor WILLIAMS Vikings - T, rashod HILL Panthers - T, taylor MOTON, *CB, donte JACKSON *Team SIM offensive and defensive ratings have been revisited. This will apply to SKP games only. Some minor adjustments to default playbook for some teams. Enjoy!

Hey Fellas, I asked in advance if I could post this, but not sure if I got the right spot. Feel free to move or delete. It's all good. WHAT: King of 94 III presented by Mikey McBryan and NHL94.com WHEN: Sunday, October 28, 2018 WHERE: The Canadian Brewhouse at 1305-4755 McClelland Rd, Richmond, BC Buy-In: Special price of $49.94; guarantees 7 games. Registration: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/king-of-94-iii-nhl-94-tournament-registration-47538592209 Rules: http://www.kingof94.ca/rules.html Format: 6 game round robin, 3 or more round robin wins puts you into the king of 94 best of 3 elimination bracket, until final 8 where it converts to double elimination, winners side is still best of 3, and losers side is single elimination. For those that have 2 wins or less after the round robin, will be in a single elimination consolation bracket. Prizes: TBD. Typically 1st, 2nd and 3rd place cash prizes on each console (Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo) Live Stream: ‪https://www.twitch.tv/kingofnhl94 Website: http://www.kingof94.ca/king-of-94-iii.html Tournament Stream Announcer: Arda Ocal of MSG Networks Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdhK3J2-cJ4 If you were thinking about attending but haven't, @kevincabarello would be a good person to ask. He came to Vegas and competed last year. **and seriously, im not sure if there's any out there who plays so well and enjoys so many retro sports games like Kevin. Thanks!

This made me giggle

Jim will be a special guest tonight's show: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/tecmotalk/2015/04/27/tecmo-talk-radio--the-ressurection--episode-12

LET's GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I probably won't be in on this, but just want to be on record as saying this is an awesome/amazing idea...great stuff!

Ya I'll make an updated one at some point.

Proof that the biggest challenge in Tecmo Super Bowl is not out tapping your opponent

Nice to see my spreadsheet values getting used for a real tourney. Would definitely be in if I lived closer...

*RB may not play any other position than RB *WR/TE may be placed at RB/WR/TE but may not run the ball *OL, DL, LB and DB Players will remain in their original spots and cannot be moved *Every team will receive the Bengals K and P

Was able to finalize everything and this is going to happen - thanks to everyone for their input! Please see the official post: http://tecmobowl.org/topic/63669-stone-age-gamer-tecmo-franchise-bowl-42515-12pm/