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Was outed with a NE vs SEA matchup. I've never really played with either team. It totally threw me off. 

One more time thanks to everyone who came out, some guys from pretty long distances. I hope we made it worth the trip. Thanks to all that tuned into the stream, and those that shared the tournament on social media, I appreciate it. To the Northeast roadie crew - Brian, Erik, Pat B, and Leif (rocking some amazing TB Bucs pants) thanks for all the help and grunt work getting this thing set up. Ray, what can I say, you're the man. Just finished watching the stream and it was great as usual. 
 
Brian R's 49ers won the season sim lotto.
 
The "Hold on to Your Butts" winners were Stu C with 432 yards gained with Marion Butts and Erik M (arncoem) holding him to just 3 yards.
 
Big props to Anthony M on an amazing run. Beating Northeast heavyweights Matt D, last years champ Brian R, and Kevin S (tadaos) on his way to the final.
 
Erik, congrats champ. You played great all day and deserved it. Between you and Brian, you guys have given me a lot of insight and wisdom on what it takes to run a tournament. 
 
We ran a little long this year. Going back to the drawing board to see how I can streamline the day a bit further. Hope to see you all back next year, lets keep this thing going!
 
 

Your 2019 Jersey Cup champion, Erik Merliss (arncoem)!

Thanks again to everyone who came out yesterday! Congrats again to Erik and Anthony M on an amazing run. 
 
1st place - Erik Merliss (arncoem)
2nd place - Anthony M
3rd place - David H (ranatoro)

This Friday, players are going to be LOADED up! HUGE BONUS: Aunt Ethel's just ensured that the FIRST 25 players to our satellite tournament get a FREE SWAG BAG full of tokens, tickets, and MORE for their stellar arcade-bar! The Game Capital added Starting Lineups and Headliners from top NFL STARS of the 90’s to give out AND Card & Coin is giving away Green Bay Packers merch (plus a gift certificate) to lucky players!! This is on top of the FREE drink you get from The Watering Hole - Green Bay, WI and the coupon for FREE ice cream/breadsticks from the Heartland Pizza Company - don’t miss out this Friday - it’s only $10 to play, you get a ton of practice, and you walk away with TONS from our sponsors!

imo your example isn't a lurch.  your nt made a football move by running left and then running through the hole before dive tackling the rb.  
 
I agree that player 1 had no ability to control the rb however that's the play design and subsequently good defense.  there are plenty of these examples.  what about flea flickers, or reverse runs, etc.
 
imo a lurch is immediately pushing the b button allowing the nt to dive through the OL.  if there is a football move then pressing the b button then it isn't a lurch.  

Congratulations again to Brian Rausse on being the first winner and name engraved on the Jersey Cup!

I want to thank Greg for running an outstanding first tournament.  From the space, to the raffle prizes, to the little Tecmo touches that add so much more to the day.  It was a lot of work and having to survive a power outage just added more to the day!  Also, looking at that f'n trophy!
 
It's hard for me to have an adequate description of all the day's events, but maybe I can at least recap it from my perspective.  I'm still in a bit of shock that I survived the day as the last man standing.  Especially the way it happened.
 
Here's my best summary of the day.
 
Group Play- First I want to say that I really enjoyed my group.  I thought it was fun, and I think it's always fun when everyone in the group wins a game. Also, I think everyone ended up winning 2 games on the day, so double win!
 
Game 1: Rams - 21 vs. Det - 38: Lost to Ed's Lions 38-21.  This was a case of a couple of unlucky breaks and complete dominance on Ed's part.  He amassed over 400 yards.  He ran the ball well with Barry and I gotta say it was one of the best Rodney Peete performances I've seen.  I couldn't stop him. I think 38 points is the most I ever gave up in a tourney.  At that point, I thought it was going to be a long day. I didn't know it was going to be my only loss.
 
Game 2: Raiders 31 vs. KC 7: Angelo called the matchup and I picked the Raiders, not knowing his playing style. I didn't want to give him Bo in case I couldn't out-tap him or if he was a good runner. It ended up being the right call as the Raiders defense did enough to stop Okoye and Co. early.
 
Game 3: Chargers 21 vs. Min 7: I called the matchup and Andrew picked Minny.  Again, not knowing someone's style means you could be putting a good defense into their hands.  Luckily, I was up big early by two scores.  Andrew adjusted pretty well and I think we exchanged TDs second half.
 
The Bracket- I won my group, but being 2-1, I was a #8 seed. Looking ahead, I knew I would have to face the #1 seed (Erik), but I tried not to think about it.
 
Round of 32: Browns - 14 vs. N.O. - 0 (forfeit): Unfortunately, this game never really got completed.  I won the coin toss vs. Bryan and figured I would call a lower tier matchup since he was new to tournaments. In the one and done bracket, I wanted to give myself any advantage I could.  Thanks to QB Browns, I was up 14-0 in the second quarter when POW! the power went out.  After a 10 minute outage, the power in the place came back on. Bryan unfortunately told me he was leaving and I ended up taking the forfeit win.
 
Round of 16: Raiders - 14 vs. Chi. - 7: Ray and I always seem to face in any tournament we both attend. He called the matchup and I'm guessing it's because he felt like he could run the ball with either team. Having played earlier with the Raiders worked in my favor as I was able to get ahead with the first score.  It was a tense fourth quarter, but the Raiders held on.
 
Quarterfinals: Chargers - 17 vs. Den. -14: Erik, the number 1 seed, knocked me out of the New York tournament in the round of 8 last October on a last second play that still rung in my head.  That tourney was my best performance in the last two years and to have it slip away in that fashion stung a lot.  I like both teams, but stuck with S.D. and the magic of Billy Joe.  The Chargers started the game ferociously, breaking out to a 14-0 lead until late in the 2nd quarter.  Erik had the ball at half, but he wanted to make sure to be within striking distance.  Too much time was left on the clock before the half and the Broncos cut the deficit to 14-7 at halftime.  Broncos had the ball and Erik marched down the field methodically and next thing I knew it was tied 14-14.  I had the ball in the 4th quarter and after a hard-fought first down, Butts cut inside and fumbled the ball.  Broncos recovered in Chargers territory.  All I could think was that I couldn't believe I blew a 14-0 lead and was about to lose.  Luckily the Tecmo gods were smiling upon me as Erik marched inside the 30 and then Humphrey fumbled the ball!  Chargers recovered with about 3 minutes to go.  I knew that I couldn't risk turning the ball over again, so I was able to run the clock down and march into FG range.  John Carney nailed the kick with less than 10 seconds to go and down went the #1 seed.  Another crazy tight contest with Erik as usual.
 
Semifinals: Chiefs - 23, Mia - 21: From what I gather, people think of this as a bait matchup for me, being that I like Dan and the Dolphins. That being said, so does Barletti as I found out.  It's another matchup where I don't mind either team but I felt I would have a more balanced attack with KC so I picked them.  This was another tight game and I really felt Barletti had the edge, especially early on.  He's a good passer and the Dolphins are a top tier passing team so it was hard to stop. With Miami up 14-7 late in the second, I was faced with 4th and 7 in my own territory. I decided to go for it and KC converted the first down. This allowed Lowery to kick a FG before half to make it 14-10.  KC scored on their first possession of the second half to take the lead 17-14. There was a bit of a misstep on Miami's part in the 3rd quarter, putting in Scott Mitchell and throwing a bomb to try to go for a homerun ball.  KC picked off the pass and helped turn the game in KC's favor.  The Chiefs were up 17-14 when they had to settle for a Lowery FG to go up 20-14.  On Miami's next drive they moved the ball quickly and Marino caught the bottom receiver (Duper) who broke a tackle and outran my guy for a score to take the lead 21-20. I truly believe that it was a blessing that he scored because I didn't think I could stop the pass at that point. The clock would have ticked down too much and I wouldn't have had enough time for Lowery to do his thing.  There was about 3 mins left on the clock when I got the ball and the Chiefs got into FG range pretty quickly.  There was under 30 second on the clock when DeBerg spotted "Chicken Alfredo" Roberts wide open over the middle. The ball bounced two pixels in front of Roberts, but if he would have caught it, it would have been a TD. It was a risky play, but I thought to try it because who knows what happens on a FG, especially under pressure. Luckily, Lowery is almost always money, and the Chiefs won this one in the final seconds.
 
Finals: Cowboys - 16, Jets - 13: This was the third time I was playing Shawn in a Tournament Final.  Needless to say, I was 0-2 against him in Finals and 0-2 against him in tournaments all-time.  In the last NJ Tournament, 4 years ago, Shawn and I faced off in a SD-TB matchup in which Haddix made a clutch INT to seal the deal. I also lost to Shawn two years ago in NYC against Tampa (again) with Minnesota, scoring a measly 3 points.  Shawn called the matchup again this time and went Cowboys-Jets. I snatched up the Cowboys and their defense came up big.  After squandering an opening possession, the Cowboys kept the Jets out of the endzone on a goalline stand and forced a FG.  It was 3-0 Jets in the second when I was able to finally score my first TD against Shawn in four years. The Jets kicked a FG to make it 7-6 at half. I was happy just to have the lead at halftime.  While the Jets had the ball to start the 2nd half, the tide turned when O'Brien threw a pick on a called play.  Emmitt and the Cowboys then marched down the field and scored to give Dallas a two score lead.  In the 4th, with the Jets near midfield and just out of field goal range, they went for it on 4th and 10.  With a called play, the Cowboys took over on downs and it seemed all but sealed with under 4 minutes to go.  Just then, with 3 minutes left, Aikman threw his first pick.  Jets got a quick JJ to bring them inside the 5 and punched it in with 2 minutes to go. Not getting the onside kick, it seemed like the Cowboys had this in the bag.  But, on a called play and a remarkably ill-conceived toss across the field, the Jets got the ball back with 23 seconds to go. One final play. I called pass 4 (shotgun). Jets called the other shotgun.  Eason drops back... but too far back. The Cowboys D-Line swarms him and sacks him in the endzone for the safety and a Dallas victory.  16-13 final score.  gg Shawn
 
Final Comments: It has been 11 years since I last won an in-person tournament.  That was the first ever tournament I ran in NYC and the venue closed a few months later. After Erik hosted a tourney in CT the next year in '08, I didn't really think Tecmo was going to be a thing in the Northeast.  But slowly the Tecmoers started coming out of the woodwork.  Finally winning one again, after finishing second five times, definitely means something to me.  While I participate these days more for the camaraderie, I feel happy winning one again. Thank you Greg for a great tournament and thank you to all the Tecmoers for keeping the game alive so that I can continue to have the "Tecmo experience."
 
 

I'm not exactly a wordsmith but I thought I'd give it a try. 
First and foremost, I want to thank everyone who made it out Saturday. I couldn't ask for a better showing to a first time tournament.
 
Erik, thanks for taking me under your wing and helping this thing run smoothly. With 9 tournaments under your belt yourself, I definitely appreciated all the advice and tips. Not to mention all the equipment, set-up, break down. Hope you were able to enjoy yourself. 
 
In the eleventh hour, Ray really came through and did an amazing job with the stream. Top notch. I was able to go back and watch and its phenomenal. Had me cracking up with some of the commentary. 
 
Also thanks to everyone else who brought equipment, or helped set-up/break down, anyone who shared a post, etc
 
The day itself started out like the previous 3 days in NJ, a lot of rain. Thankfully it was not too heavy and didn't make unloading the equipment too troublesome. Pool Play went smooth and my initial nervousness about running a tournament for the first time was just subsiding when the power cut out on the whole street! Think Ravens-49ers super bowl. My heart dropped and I immediately thought this tournament was doomed.Thankfully it was right after the first batch of bracket games so we didn't need to replay games once it came back on 20 minutes later. I had a nice win in the Sweet 16 with a last second Butler 50+ FG, tied at 10 with DT bearing down on me for the block. Lost in the Elite Eight to Barletti, 0-3 against him now, just can't seem to beat that guy haha 
 
But the man of the hour was Brian. He lost his first Pool Play game to Eddie Z pretty handily, and then did not lose again. Ripped off 7 W's in a row. Had to beat Erik, Barletti, and finally Shawn all in a row to win the Cup. I definitely enjoyed going back and watching those last two games. They were great, tight contests. Its funny the last time there was a tournament in NJ it was the same final with Shawn coming out on top. Couldn't be happier for Brian, the first tournament I ever attended was one of his in 2012 and he was very welcoming and introduced me to this awesome Tecmo community. Its so much more than just the game. Happy I can be a part of it. 
 
Oh and did I mention he also won the grand prize in the raffle, the Joe Montana signed poster? Yeah he had a pretty good day! Congrats champ. Your name will be the first to be engraved on the Jersey Cup!
Thank you guys for all the compliments, the main thing I want is for all of you to have a great time. Hopefully we can just keep making it better every year. Got some cool ideas for next years tournament brewing already. Hope I see some of you at the other Northeast tournaments this year. 

how come there's two tournaments on same day ?

Here it is in all its glory, the Jersey Cup! This baby is the real deal. Will you be the first to hoist it come May 19th? 
 

Here is the videos from CT Tecmo IX.
 
 

What a great end to an awesome Northeast Tecmo season. Nice to meet guys from all over the Tecmo globe. Final 2 games were intense and that burger would make Guy Fieri proud. Congrats to Matt D and big thanks to Erik for organizing the whole thing. 

Thank you to everyone who came out and celebrated our 7th annual NYC Tecmo Super Bowl tournament in Queens. Congrats to Kevin for going undefeated on the day and taking home the first place trophy!  I felt like this year had some of the fiercest all-around competition that the tournament has ever had.  The top 8 finishers were:
 
1) Kevin S (tadaos)
2) Matt D (Matty D)
3) Shawn S (stalltalk)
4) Erik M (arncoem)
Rounding out the top eight were Jim T (powerade), Chris B (Barletti), Brian R (BadMoonRison), Umberto R (discdolo)
 
This marks the first time that a NYC Tournament ended on an Overtime game, with Kevin's Browns victorious over Matty's Packers, 13-10.  All top 8 seeds advanced to the Elite 8, which may also be the first time that has happened in NYC Tourney history!
 
Raffle winners!: Matt B, Anthony M, Mike Mac, and Justin A
 
Tournament bracket and game results are here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Ex-dvO5LMKVUGCmcTmYzYlfnS7Ws52hma4h78YYx-kM
 
Photos:
 

Added intrigue for this one: If the Yankees lose tonight you get to see some of the local players on edge all day tomorrow before game 7 (which we can all watch together at Studio Square). Brian may throw up.

so there is a heart/like, a positive/upvote, and a negative/downvote....what is the heart/like?
 
what is member reputation linked to - still to upvote?

so, what happened to you?  
 
have you ever seen the trash talking and intimidation at m@dden tournaments?  now that shit is wack.
 
I mention orenga, and you know, I think that the "posse" is some bullshit right there.  nickle's blowing horns in your ear the whole game!?  you guys wanna talk about somebody being a dick?  I know orenga is a legend and all that, but his posse is just stupid.  I laugh when other people have to deal with it, but I can't imagine that being a fun time for a "noob"...
 
 

It's a good thing. I am holding a tournament where I newly relocated in New York State. It is in between NYC and Syracuse. I have already had a new group of guys reach out to me, who are actually pretty competitive.  I am looking to hold some practices with them, and grow them. It is a great way to add competition to the field, and see some new faces. Also, it gives people a chance to be more willing to play, by playing the game in their backyard and not having to travel so far away. Once they get some games under their belt and get better- they will venture out to larger, more meaningful tournaments.
 
To me- 100% good thing. In my opinion the end goal of Tecmo should be to grow it so large, that it is televised, and the grand prize is a huge cash payout like other video games do. Would be special if that happened.

I'll be hosting a Tecmo event Saturday July 8 for PNW Tecmoers. Think of a modified HSTL (drafting the tandems of QBs, RBs, WR/TEs, OL, DL, and DB, all while keeping under the 100 mil Salary Cap using Brudd's attached spreadsheet here tecmo_salary_cap.xlsx ) that we will be able to play ON CONSOLE thanks to the everdrive (and to @madmanyo360 )
 
This will be an 8 team season, each team playing 10 games, twice vs their division opponents and once vs each team in other division. Very similar to the former Grapple League NTF.
 
The Roster
1. Kamp
2. @DT. (still a maybe)
3. @invader_star64
4. @SirTed
5. @Tick
6. @boogiewithstu
7. @XtraLargent
8. Joe
(If DT cannot go, I'm fairly sure my man Jay (was at the first Another Castle tourney as well as the 2nd PacRim and the prefunk at Ted's spot that year) can make it.
 
Draft order will be reverse of the list posted above. OL and all defensive alignments are locked in as OG Rom alignments. One minor change from our first effort is that RBs, TEs and WRs are all interchangeable, however only RBs can run RB plays. WRs and TEs can run WR reverses.
 
Penalty for going over the cap is still to be deternined (DON'T DO IT!) I'm open to ideas.
 
League website is below. At the least we'll have rosters and schedule on there. Hopefully we can update stats there in real time, but we will be able to keep stats updated on the Everdrives (fingers crossed)
 
http://www.pnw.puretecmo.com/main/main.php
 
Plan is to start Week 1 as soon as Xtra Largent gets here ~1pm pst, or sooner if we can't get ahold of one more everdrive.
 
I'm feeling a $10 entry fee, with fees going to whatever Trophy/Medallion I can manage to get my hands on (or perhaps starting a fund for one more everdrive), and the remaining balance split 70 30 between Champ and Runner Up.
 
Food, Feel free to bring, or just enjoy the local eats (we got some good spots I can recommend in Grit City)
 
Beer, I plan on bringing a couple of growlers of Mac n Jack and can point any participants the way to securing their own. Or just BYOB.
 
Systems. I could use a couple more systems and TVs (CRT please, I got enough TVs otherwise, but would prefer 20-27 inch CRTs and Top Loader systems work best with the Everdrives. Feel free to also bring whatever controllers you got. I got more than enough but can't vouch for how awesomely responsive they all are.
 
Am I missing anything? I know @~Tailback Queen~  err.. @~Tailback King~ wishes he could make it but he's got some other celebratin to do that weekend.
 
PS we did a practice run of the draft format and you can find the google doc here
 
Also for K/P I was thinking we could do the same thing as last time. Name your own and keep them at the standard 50 for attributes.
 
 

Didn't know these existed. Thanks for uploading them.

I nominate myself, Jim bailey, chet h, josh h, regulator, and idk maybe that sobhi guy??
 
The odds of me being wrong are 0, just like ur chances of stopping my JJ, BOOM!!!!

Thanks everyone for the congratulatory messages. It was another great weekend, and tournament in New York.  Huge shout out to Brian for sticking with it after Break screwed you all over. The new venue was perfect and worked out great. Private bar, and two bathrooms in close proximity for those who were shitting their brains out. 
 
More shout outs to everyone else who helped Brian run the tournament. Ryan for keeping the brackets and group play going, Matt for the video productions, and everyone else who helped set up. 
 
I had some pretty close games throughout the day that could have gone either way. And it was awesome playing Brian in the championship game. Great seeing everyone, and meeting some of the new guys. See you all soon. 
 
PS* I stayed with some friends who live in Astoria, and while walking to their place after the tournament, the Break bouncer started yelling at me because I was wearing shorts. 

Congratulations Shawn @stalltalk on the hard fought victory!!

Thanks everyone for the congratulatory messages. It was another great weekend, and tournament in New York.  Huge shout out to Brian for sticking with it after Break screwed you all over. The new venue was perfect and worked out great. Private bar, and two bathrooms in close proximity for those who were shitting their brains out. 
 
More shout outs to everyone else who helped Brian run the tournament. Ryan for keeping the brackets and group play going, Matt for the video productions, and everyone else who helped set up. 
 
I had some pretty close games throughout the day that could have gone either way. And it was awesome playing Brian in the championship game. Great seeing everyone, and meeting some of the new guys. See you all soon. 
 
PS* I stayed with some friends who live in Astoria, and while walking to their place after the tournament, the Break bouncer started yelling at me because I was wearing shorts.