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Big thanks to Brian for another awesome tournament. Congratulations to @Ranatoro on an amazing run. He won a game on a safety glitch on the last play of a tie game when his opponent was going for the AC JJ. Rode the wave all the way to the championship. I, like many others couldn’t believe the SF-BUF championship game call. Especially after he gave up an onside kick return td to open the game. Mort commented “You gotta have some big balls to call SF-BUF!” Haha But he battled back and played a great game. Nice catching up with some NE regulars and seeing some new faces too. Looking forward to CT Tecmo X!

Thanks to everyone who came out and played. It felt like as much like a celebration as it does a tourney to me. I will have a more official writeup of my take on the day and my games soon, but first I wanted to congratulate @Ranatoro for his big win. The top finishers were: 1) Dave H (Ranatoro) 2) Matt D (Matty D) 3) Kevin S (tadaos) 4) Mort Rounding out the top eight were Danny K (@knightsof3), Bo O (oklahoma), Erik M (arncoem), and Mike M. Five different players finished in the top 8 this year from last year! The raffle prize winners were Mort, Patrick B (@PatrickB1008), Mike M, and Matt B (@deadfaulkner) (for a second year in a row). Special thanks to Ryan, Patrick, Matt, Erik, and Greg for all the extra work they put into making the tournament happen. The Championship features a Bills-49ers matchup, which was a sight to behold. San Fran was called in two other matchups on the day (SF/GIA and SF/HOU) and they won both. Other tecmobowl.org members who were in attendance were Brad T (@dwightstone) who also made the round of 16. If I am missing any board members who were there, please tag them!

I will make sure to be drunk off my ass in Iowa

Holla, I had a good time overall. I enjoyed the pizza and I liked the style of the swiss thing. It allowed for games to get going and get through. Im from out of town so i could have even done 8-9 rounds of that but 6 was good. Elimination round was like every other tourney, no game is easy and it is always a grind. I would like to say again i liked the pizza and seeing ahmand greene was cool. he sure was a little fela, i think i could tackle him easy. If i see him again i will try a one on one tackle drill to see if that is true. I was kind of sad that Hank had to work sunday and could not get drunk, that is one of my favorite things about tourneys. I would like to point out that JOEY GATS told me to stay in bounce to kill clock and it is that exact moment that my guy fumbled, so I blame all the loss on him only.

im 50/50 now on Iowa (that's a good thing) talked to Mort about it yesterday. Justin I was disappointed I didn't get to face you as it has been a while since you defeated me. I don't even know which tournament it was in honestly. Joey Gats told me to call run 3 when instead I called pass 4 and Levi guessed it. Should've listened to Joey Gats. Hank I owe you a beer as I didn't get to buy you one in Green Bay. Nate, thanks for the love for the sign off. It felt right. Let's try to come together as a community more. Questions are ok but it's no secret how people perceive Troy. So any questions should maybe be asked different than a regular tournament organizer so as to not start the wheels turning of people who have no idea what's real and true. Love you guys and can't wait to play you all again sometime soon! DPS

Website is up with Stats from Tecmo Players Championship, The Equalizer, and Tecmo Super Bowl Hardcore Championship. https://www.retrosportsgamer.net/ You can register for this tournament through the website as well.

Thank you to all who came out and/or watched the stream this weekend! With being gone a significant part of the weekend for setup/tear down, and of course running the event. I haven't had the opportunity to put together a proper recap. I am currently working extra hours this week. I do promise a proper recap within a week or so. For those of you that are friends with me on Facebook, I think you got the basic idea through the photos we uploaded throughout the day. Yes there was a mistake on my end that was corrected the very next day regarding payouts. There was no malicious intent, and i'm glad we got that rectified right away. The no shows were obviously disappointing. A mix of no communication, same day communication, some excuses being 100% legit, the others simply prioritizing some other activity over the tournament. It's easily the most no shows we've ever had proportionately. Yes a game 7 NLCS was a part of the equation with this, something we didn't anticipate when the date was chosen. The silver lining was that more rounds of Swiss were possible, so that meant more games for everyone there, as we didn't have to wait for a 2nd set of games per round to finish the Swiss round. Ultimately, every single player played at least 7 games. Nelson79 was 1st, Tom Stanke 2nd, Timpai 3rd, DPS was 4th. Ahman Green was a late show participant, and we didn't know that was happening until moments before he arrived. He was very nice, and won a game on stream. Hopefully he attends future tournaments, including Tundra Bowl. He seemed to have a nice time. Despite being one of the no shows, our sponsor Dallaire Realty still stepped up and provided pizza to the attendees. We gave away 3 Gamerztek consoles, and a signed TSB NES Cartridge(signed by Ahman) The format was well received by those there save one.(Sorry Gats) I have no preference, it's just something different than what's typically out there, and there seems to be a demand for it. We had a number of new players that really enjoyed it. Thanks to Tom for his additional stream coverage, including games of NHL94 and Mortal Kombat I and II after the tournament. No one took AJ93 or my money in the challenges. That's all I have time for right now. We had a ton of fun, and I look forward to the next time we can put something together. -Trojan

Congrats to @Ranatoro for winning this thing over @MattyD @tadaos out Mort for 3rd. I also see @Yak @discdolo @Bad Moon Rison @oklahoma @Nameless Loser @arncoem @Barletti @Deviled Greg and @hoigaard A lot of heavy hitters. Did I miss anyone?

Don’t sell yourself short. This kind of format is made for you. If you get to draft a high powered passing team you will be dangerous in bracket play. I just witnessed your Rams beat Toolie’s Chiefs while eating my lunch on Saturday.