OL' Dirty Tecmo

There is a good crew from southeastern Ohio coming. Good as in good time, not sure about the Tecmo skill, unfortunately I will also be out of the continental U.S. that weekend which is a bummer. But I am going to give someone going some money and have them pick me up a tee shirt, size XXL. Will def make it in 2019 if not on vacation!
 
Last year was a blast, Tom goes above and beyond for this tournament. Still one of the best after tourney times I've had. Playing Sega/SNES at the 16 bit bar with the whole bar chanting to Family Feud. Then spending $18 on gas station food and watching @red98sethuthut destroy a gas station burrito...good times.

Don't recall dat burrito. all I remeber was my wrists were killing me playing 4man Tennage mutant ninja turtles at the beercade w/ u @OL' Dirty Tecmo and @Woodshed 

I played it online for a few years around 2009. It was full of audibles and players always exploited glitches, I was turned off pretty quickly. Played about .500 ball online. Found online Tecmo and never looked back. For me, there wasn't much variable to the play outcomes which is very counter-intuitive to the depth of programming involved. I had the most fun playing the computer at the hardest level and trying to compete. Furthermore, the community is really immature that's why I prefer hanging out with you old guys!
 
And for the sake of Tecmo, F Madden!!!

Awesome work. Thank you so much for everything you do! When I was loading it up I was like "please don't be on the 2, please don't be on the 2."  The 5 makes perfect sense, it gives both offense and defense a little room to work.

Your best bet is to start a discord or FB group for sharing content. You could upload results to TPC and track manually in a Google sheet. Or possibly get dynastyphile access from someone on here and permission for a league. But this would involve commitment from someone teaching you how to use. Good luck!

Everyone should be afraid of sober @regulator088, especially @joeygats & @Coconuts .
 
 

The very thought of me sober has already scared some away!

My son recently bought Madden 16 for Xbox One.  It's my first time playing it since my super Nintendo days.  I have to say the passing is really good and enjoyable.  Having a different button associated with different receivers makes alot more sense.  But, the running still feels bad.  It feels plastic-ee and laggy.  Switching directions takes too long and takes the fun out of it.
Has anyone else gotten a taste of the dark side (newer Maddens)?  If so, what are your thoughts?

Oh, it happened. 

 
This did too.

 
 
#DadBodLife

My quick look at QB speeds
 
DOWN
Brady 19MS ->  06 or 13 MS 
Rothlisberger 19MS->13 MS
Brees 13 MS-> 06 MS
 
UP
Rodgers 19MS->25 MS
Mariota 19MS->25 MS
Wilson 19MS->31 MS
Winston 13MS-> 19MS
PRescott 13MS-> 19MS
 
RB's
 
Blount 56 MS 31 HP ->  44MS 88/94HP
 

"sounds like one of them good problems"
 

Intergalactic Johnny Johnson's.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... cucumber?
 
 

If the goal is to avoid extreme blowouts, then use a World Cup style seeding system where group winners play group runners up in a prearranged bracket. Then cap point diff at 28 or 21. The goal then changes from needing to go 3-0 in group play with a massive point diff to just getting to 3-0 with every point above a 21 point lead reduced to a 0. 
 
This still allows for creative matchups, still allows underdogs to choose a matchup that they think works for them, and reduces the need to lay a 70 spot on a kid to move up by 1 spot on the bracket.

This is potentially really dangerous.
 
X-factors are not massive. So, you'd see the same, say, 4 matchups by the "pros" once they figured out which matchup gives them the best blowout potential plus x-factor points.

After going to the precursor to the Chicago tourney this week, as well as seeing the discussion about Madison group play blowouts, an idea came to mind for seeding without using even matchups/point differential. Especially at smaller tournaments, it also makes it harder to keep the interest of the new player and build the tecmo scene, since with even matchups they get blown out by the more experienced players.
 
Splitting a tournament into new players and vets, with two different brackets, is one solution. But not an ideal one imo.
 
Another idea to fix this would be to have bracket seedings based on cumulative TPC X Factor difference from group play, so the best seeds are incentivized to call unfair matchups (or choose the worse team if they don't call the matchup). This would add another layer of strategy for both the favorite (deciding whether to call an even matchup or an uneven one, and if uneven, by how much) and the underdog (deciding whether to call an even matchup or call an uneven matchup in the hope that the favorite will go for the X factor points and worse team).
 
Under this system, there'd be better/closer games (i.e. more fun for both sides), and perhaps some upsets if the favorite goes with too weak of a team relative to the opponent's.
 
Bracket play would use the normal matchup system since seeding is completed.
 
Benefits:
 
Likely creates more better games at the group play stage Adds strategy wrinkle for which matchup to call and which teams to choose  
Drawbacks:
 
TPC X Factor is not perfect, especially with certain matchups Larger tournaments more likely to have seeding ties when adding up cumulative X Factor difference, so would need a tiebreaker (probably point differential haha, but at least the matchups themselves would be less likely to create blowouts even if everyone tries to score as much as possible)  
One last thought - the favorite may not win every toss, which could lead to the opponent calling safe/even matchups and hurting the favorite's bracket seeding. One solution to this would be to have the higher seeded player always call the matchup in group play.
 
What do you guys think? Things you like/dislike or that I didn't mention?
 

There has been really good dialogue in this topic. My original intention/thought was that there needs to be better cohesiveness between tournament dates versus less tournaments all together. This seems to be the common sentiment which I am happy to see. Some other thoughts as a Tecmo vet and tournament participator....
 
I really like an idea Dave implemented in Tecmo Dallas in which myself, Gats, and Ones11fahzu were designated as resources for questions and advice on general Tecmo game play and rules. This should reduce some of the stress to those running tournaments as well as increase the communication between talented/experienced players and new ones. I imagine if tournament directors reach out to known Tecmo players prior to tournaments beginning and ask this favor, there would be positive response (I'm referring to smaller tournaments). I for one enjoy giving advice and would be happy to fill this role at any tournament I attend.
 
Also, if you look at the amount of votes cast, only 23 people including myself have done so. Our community is huge! Like Dave and Jon said, there are so many of us. Our participation in active topics like this and communication is key to the success of Tecmo. I want to attend more live events, and if tournaments are spread out, this is possible. 

Smaller tourneys and such are way more intimate, and dare I say fun

We'll be posting a recap of the event with brackets, videos and more to follow; but I just wanted to drop a line real quick to say "thank you" to everyone that came out and hopefully had a great time at Tecmo Cleveland. Overall, we had a total of 64 people register in total, which I think was incredible. I'd love to get your feedback and what you'd like to see more of next year as well. 
 
Thank you all in advance and congrats to @mort1237 (Champion), Panda (Matt Diaz, Runner-up), and Cleveland Force (Jason Wolf, Third-place). Hope to see you all and more next year in Cleveland! 
 
Also Channel 19 News came again during the event and had the following on the news in the evening and web here: http://www.cleveland19.com/story/36073730/tecmo-bowl-tournament-held-in-avon-lake 
 
Best. Tom 

@~Tailback King~ and @buck Look what I found. 
 
 

I would like to see @buck and @~Tailback King~ play each other live. I just think it would be a great time. That is all. (probably should have been put in the Random Thoughts thread)

well hopefully the tecmo gods will view it as 'tribute'. lol

Yeah I rented an American Legion Hall so it's a dedicated space and they'll have real cheap beers too - supposedly $2 beers! I have a meeting this week to confirm all the last minute logistics, etc. but i figured this would be ideal for gameplay so it's essentially our house, our time, our spot, our bar!
 
1st and 2nd do have cash prizes - but we'll have others as well. Trying to do as much as I can for everyone. 
 
Also we just confirmed we'll also have Tipsy Raccoons onsite as well in addition to our free-play arcade: http://www.glitchbit.com/ 
 
But yeah, I wrote a check for the venue which was fine and more than glad to do. Like I said, I wanted to do it right and get us our own space. I'm taking off work the two days before the event to do most of the work, setup, haul in arcade cabinets, etc. 

It's 3pm, btw

I could just go home now. My tourney is complete.