Jump to content

kmolnar3298

Members
  • Posts

    95
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    3

Reputation Activity

  1. Upvote
    kmolnar3298 got a reaction from Martin black in 2019 Tournament stats   
    Hey bud, glad to hear you enjoyed the multiple live tourneys you went to. Said it before and I’ll say it again. This is the best gamer community out there. also glad to see you had some success in the tourneys. Feels like the new guys w/tecmo you have to take your lumps, so any progress is solid. Congrats again.
     
    as for stopping the run. The only advice I can give you (ie, What has worked for me) is trial and error. With all running plays there seems to be an ideal player on defense certain people like to pick to try and blow it up. For example on the up the middle dive plays, I’ve found some success with playing the nose man , lb1, and the bottom corner man. With sweeps (especially the run3) I’ve been able to contain it sometimes with the top corner. Although, I’ve seen people blow up the same play w/the bottom corner. It’s all a matter of preference and repetition . Guess what I’m saying is you gotta put yourself in a good spot to stop the play, and it helps to get good at close up diving. 
     
    Hope that helps. Happy new year bud
  2. Upvote
    kmolnar3298 got a reaction from Deviled Greg in 2019 Tournament stats   
    Hey bud, glad to hear you enjoyed the multiple live tourneys you went to. Said it before and I’ll say it again. This is the best gamer community out there. also glad to see you had some success in the tourneys. Feels like the new guys w/tecmo you have to take your lumps, so any progress is solid. Congrats again.
     
    as for stopping the run. The only advice I can give you (ie, What has worked for me) is trial and error. With all running plays there seems to be an ideal player on defense certain people like to pick to try and blow it up. For example on the up the middle dive plays, I’ve found some success with playing the nose man , lb1, and the bottom corner man. With sweeps (especially the run3) I’ve been able to contain it sometimes with the top corner. Although, I’ve seen people blow up the same play w/the bottom corner. It’s all a matter of preference and repetition . Guess what I’m saying is you gotta put yourself in a good spot to stop the play, and it helps to get good at close up diving. 
     
    Hope that helps. Happy new year bud
  3. Haha
    kmolnar3298 got a reaction from JimSocks13 in Tecmo Cleveland - November 16 - 17, 2019   
    Dramatic Reenactment of Kevin’s domination of Robotron
     
     
  4. Haha
    kmolnar3298 got a reaction from DPS in Fairfield, OH - 07/27/19 - 2019 Midwest Tecmo Super Bowl Tournament (12th Annual)   
    Did he really? Shame no one bothered to remember it
  5. Upvote
    kmolnar3298 got a reaction from DPS in Fairfield, OH - 07/27/19 - 2019 Midwest Tecmo Super Bowl Tournament (12th Annual)   
    hank-Samoa joe
    anyone from Ohio-scott Steiner 
    dps-Kurt angle (someone had to go here)
  6. Upvote
    kmolnar3298 reacted to The Ultimate Weapon in Fairfield, OH - 07/27/19 - 2019 Midwest Tecmo Super Bowl Tournament (12th Annual)   
    And the bullseye just keeps getting bigger Hank
     

  7. Haha
    kmolnar3298 got a reaction from The Ultimate Weapon in Fairfield, OH - 07/27/19 - 2019 Midwest Tecmo Super Bowl Tournament (12th Annual)   
    hank-Samoa joe
    anyone from Ohio-scott Steiner 
    dps-Kurt angle (someone had to go here)
  8. Haha
  9. Upvote
    kmolnar3298 reacted to Martin black in First live tournament. Advice?   
    I finished 2 wins 3 losses on the day including a playoff win. I'll take it for my first time. Tournament was run very well. Great time. 
  10. Like
    kmolnar3298 got a reaction from Martin black in First live tournament. Advice?   
    Hey bud, dunno if this is too late or not but in regards to tourneys:
     
    Obviously have fun, win or lose don't let it deter you from having a good time. 
     
    agree with trojan, the computer you can only do so much with (playing against another person will always throw in wrenches into your scheme while the computer will do some foolish things) however if you're stuck w/ the computer, play season mode and try going undefeated, the computer will progressively get harder and harder and it'll be more difficult moving the ball vs them (especially w/ the run). 
     
    At the tourney, personally i'd try and get as many pick up games as possible, before the tourney or even after (maybe even if there's a break). Any experience helps and you'll never know if you can pick up on something. Every tourney i've been to has been great, by that i mean the group of people have been nothing but nice and are willing to help out and explain to you why somethings are the way they are in the game. Very welcoming community.
     
    If you're unsure of something, ask someone. There's usually no dumb questions. If there are i haven't heard it yet.
     
    www.tecmogeek.com is another great site, it tells you the best players to use offensively/defensively for every team. Helps immensely w/ defense as to who to take and who to scheme against on offense. 
     
    As for team rankings, if you need help with that. Usually the tourney will provide a sheet for rankings, and if you call something that's really lopsided usually the other player will tell you so, if not, still not the end of the world. Learning experience/all for fun anyways. Plus if if makes you feel better i called zona/cincy vs mort in my first tourney, so there's that. 
     
    that's all i can think of for now. Best of luck in your tourney bud! Hope you have a great time. 
  11. Haha
    kmolnar3298 reacted to The Ultimate Weapon in Road to Midwest Tecmo XII Begins   
    No but found a better picture of you (or at least your perception to the Ohio Tecmo Community lol)

  12. Haha
  13. Haha
  14. Like
    kmolnar3298 got a reaction from The Ultimate Weapon in Road to Midwest Tecmo XII Begins   
    Didnt i knock you out of tupa? 
  15. Upvote
    kmolnar3298 got a reaction from The Ultimate Weapon in First live tournament. Advice?   
    Hey bud, dunno if this is too late or not but in regards to tourneys:
     
    Obviously have fun, win or lose don't let it deter you from having a good time. 
     
    agree with trojan, the computer you can only do so much with (playing against another person will always throw in wrenches into your scheme while the computer will do some foolish things) however if you're stuck w/ the computer, play season mode and try going undefeated, the computer will progressively get harder and harder and it'll be more difficult moving the ball vs them (especially w/ the run). 
     
    At the tourney, personally i'd try and get as many pick up games as possible, before the tourney or even after (maybe even if there's a break). Any experience helps and you'll never know if you can pick up on something. Every tourney i've been to has been great, by that i mean the group of people have been nothing but nice and are willing to help out and explain to you why somethings are the way they are in the game. Very welcoming community.
     
    If you're unsure of something, ask someone. There's usually no dumb questions. If there are i haven't heard it yet.
     
    www.tecmogeek.com is another great site, it tells you the best players to use offensively/defensively for every team. Helps immensely w/ defense as to who to take and who to scheme against on offense. 
     
    As for team rankings, if you need help with that. Usually the tourney will provide a sheet for rankings, and if you call something that's really lopsided usually the other player will tell you so, if not, still not the end of the world. Learning experience/all for fun anyways. Plus if if makes you feel better i called zona/cincy vs mort in my first tourney, so there's that. 
     
    that's all i can think of for now. Best of luck in your tourney bud! Hope you have a great time. 
  16. Haha
    kmolnar3298 got a reaction from Nelson79 in Columbus, OH - 05/18/19 - Tupa Bowl V   
    hank On the left, still in his own little world after his lovely speech. Ohioians in general on the right, having to hear this awful awful attempt at talking smack

  17. Haha
    kmolnar3298 got a reaction from Nelson79 in Columbus, OH - 05/18/19 - Tupa Bowl V   
    Um..... I guess hanks winning this thing then. I’m certainly not getting in the way of a man and his quest for a butt tattoo.
     
    with that said, dibs on 2nd. 
  18. Upvote
    kmolnar3298 reacted to TecmoCleveland in Tecmo Cleveland - November 16 - 17, 2019   
    Official 2019 Dates: November 16 - 17, 2019
  19. Upvote
    kmolnar3298 got a reaction from hankthetank in Columbus, OH - 05/18/19 - Tupa Bowl V   
    hank On the left, still in his own little world after his lovely speech. Ohioians in general on the right, having to hear this awful awful attempt at talking smack

  20. Thanks
    kmolnar3298 reacted to hankthetank in Columbus, OH - 05/18/19 - Tupa Bowl V   
    Hey Yo myself Gats, Mort, and Retro Tom will be gracing you EST clowns with our presence Saturday May 18th at Grandad's Pizza and Pub in Columbus.  Now obviously that will be the Final Four and i challenge any of you bozos from Ohio to stop us.  Gats might be the greatest Tecmo Player of all time, Mort is the returning champion, Tom is a great player in his own right, and unless you've been living under a rock the last few months you would know i'm the hottest player in Tecmo right now undefeated in my last two tournaments.  We're even bringing another guy in to win Division 2 and i'll bring a copy of Dr. Mario so i can dominate another game as well.  If anyone who isn't signed up yet thinks they can prove me wrong it's Saturday May 18th at Grandad's Pizza and Pub in Columbus don't ya dare miss it and just in case any of you locals don't get it.
     
     
  21. Haha
    kmolnar3298 reacted to hankthetank in Columbus, OH - 05/18/19 - Tupa Bowl V   
    There is a good chance that i get to go to this event and if i do so i plan on winning it and getting a tattoo celebrating my victory on my butt.
  22. Thanks
    kmolnar3298 reacted to TecmoCleveland in Tecmo Cleveland - November 16 - 17, 2019   
    UPDATE 8/22/2019:
     
    www.gamecleveland.com has all the details and more!
     
    Tecmo Jam Cleveland is officially November 16 - 17. The TSB tournaments is on Saturday, November 16th! 
     
    3 Brackets: Gold, Silver and Bronze - 
     
    Gold goes up to $1,000 with pot bonuses
    Silver goes up to $350 with pot bonuses
    Bronze sponsor and donated vendor prizes
     
    Special guest this year: TIM KITZROW! The original voice of NBA Jam! 
     
    Tom Jenkins
    [email protected]
  23. Thanks
    kmolnar3298 reacted to TecmoCleveland in Cleveland, OH - 08/04/18 - Tecmo (Jam) Cleveland 2018   
    Sorry for the delay in my recap - I've been utterly exhausted following this year and oh yea, my family and I are currently selling our home (open house this Sunday 2pm - 4pm!) and moving to a newly purchased home. Just minor life events, that's all. 
     
    Also, quick summary/recap of Tecmo Jam Cleveland 2018: 
     
    We sold a total of 77 tickets for 2018, beating our 2017 numbers - which was great! We had a fantastic turnout both days and I appreciate the continued support in the community here and beyond. 
     
    We actually oversold the TSB portion of the tournament, selling close to (or around) 68 - 69 TSB tickets (some ppl buy the joint two-day pass and others buying one-day pass) with day-of registrations, last minute purchases, etc. 
     
    We had 16 stations playing TSB with Group Play starting a little late, around 12:30 - 12:45pm, following the national anthem and Tecmo Jam Cleveland 2018 hype video (to be posted to YouTube later once i've recovered). Group Play lasted about 3 - 3.5 hours (double elim), with players in groups of 8, so we did 8 groups of 8 (64 man total, b/c of some no shows and what not, per usual - even having over-sold it). Bronze was single elimination all the way through. Silver and Gold were single elim., I believe in the first 2 rounds and then we reseeded to double elim. with both final four groups. So, at a minimum all players were guaranteed at least 3 games, whether they lost all 3 of them or not, which was a nice change from 2017. Based on Group Play players were re-seeded into Bronze, Silver and Gold Brackets: 
     
    BRONZE: https://challonge.com/tecmojamclevelandbronzeTSB
    SILVER: https://challonge.com/tecmojamclevelandsilvertsb
    SILVER FINAL FOUR: https://challonge.com/eduqzjk7
    GOLD: https://challonge.com/tecmojamclevelandgoldtsb
    GOLD FINAL FOUR: https://challonge.com/n9iyr3au
     
    Players in Silver and Gold were then re-seeded in a Final Four, also attached above with links to Challonge. 
     
    I did my best to log all the scores for posterity - thanks to everyone for communicating so well and getting me results to log real-time. 
     
    I believe gameplay lasted all-in until about 8 - 9pm? Keep me honest if I'm off - it was a long day and I was beyond exhausted. Jordan Willis and Louis in the finals was incredible; and quite honestly, all finals match-ups, final fours, etc. were amazing. 
     
    Troy did a great job on the microphone with Eric Kuhlman doing broadcasting on some of the top games, and I appreciated him making the trip out to be a part of this years' experience. 
     
    NBA Jam TE was great the second day as well. We had exactly 24 competitors show-up so that made for great brackets. We did 6, four-man groups that were all double elim. Again, based on performance in group play, players were seeded in Gold, Silver and Bronze brackets respectively. So 8 Gold, 8 Silver, 8 Bronze. They can be found here as well: 
     
    We just ran these through the entire-way as double elimination to get everyone more games. 
     
    BRONZE: https://challonge.com/tecmojamclevelandbronzenbajam
    SILVER: https://challonge.com/tecmojamclevelandsilvernbajam
    GOLD: https://challonge.com/tecmojamclevelandgoldnbajamte
     
    Green Majic walked away victorious with some great games and hard-fought competition. This was great to see and an awesome addition from 2017 + it was just fun. 
     
    NBA Jam play ended around 5pm(ish)? Again, keep me honest guys. Then the fun part began... I think I got home around 9pm Sunday night by the time cars were unloaded, I dropped off arcade cabinets at John's arcade, hit up a storage locker and more. I was utterly and completely pooped, and my back was just killing me too. 
     
    Anyways, I think Tecmo Jam Cleveland 2018 was a great success and I owe a huge debt of thanks to a lot of the guys who have been Cleveland-faithful in helping me promote, setup, tear-down, etc. in the last 3 - 4 months and also on gameday. You guys are great - thanks. 
     
    What I learned in 2018? 
    Kudos to Chris Vogt, because he already read my mind and sent me an email re: 2019. I've felt like an ass for the last two years being really so close to Midwest Tecmo, knowing that they are both great tournaments - and truthfully I want to make the trip down as well, as I'm sure they want to come up. I've talked to so many ppl about this in regards and Chris and I are going to talk to figure this out for 2019. I 110% respect Chris' seniority and entitlement to the late July timeframe and I do want to move Tecmo Jam Cleveland 2019 out of mad respect for what they do as well and I am looking at options. 
     
    In the spirit of full-transparency to the community, the timing has always been an issue for me as well for the following reason - my wedding anniversary is August 28, I had Hamilton tickets this year on August 25, I have a huge conference with work I am planning for multiple months which is the 2nd week in September every year at our software company, my wife, son and mother-in-law (yes 3 generations all have the exact same birthday - which is October 6), my dad's birthday is late October, plus planning for Halloween costumes, etc. with the boys around Halloween is a disaster, plus my other son's birthday is November 20 - so that is a mess too. So basically from August 20th+ through the end of the year (any year) my calendar is hosed because as soon as November 20 hits it's holiday season. Factor in the Cleveland weather which can kick-up any time with snow storms really early October - it could spell disaster - oh plus football season and MLB playoffs (if not world series again [hopeful]). So, long-story short. I'm trying to find something that works and I want the community to know I seriously am (as you can tell) looking into it and trying to come up with an alternative for 2019 because I do not want our two tourneys to be back-to-back weekends next year as it does nobody any good. 
     
    At the end of the day that really leave me either pushing back a few more weeks in August, but not too close to our wedding anniversary date b/c I'm also dangerously close to the 10 year mark and I do not need a divorce and/or we usually take a wedding anniversary vacation around that time. 
     
    I also want to work with Kevin Cabarello re: Tupa Bowl too, b/c again - mad respect to him and I don't want to conflict at all and give him the space/time he needs around scheduling (which is generally May). 
     
    So really it comes down to either moving up in the June timeframe, but not close to Madison or anything else - maybe pushing to the 1st week of November in between Halloween and my second boy's birthday - i.e. 11/1 - 11/15 (but also knowing everyone will be in full NFL and college football mode, so I'm competing with that then too). Or moving entirely to the winter, but not competing with Tundra Bowl who I madly respect as well. 
     
    I'd be open to suggest, comments, recommendations or more because I really want everyone to understand I know I am a relative newcomer to this community and I fully respect the boundaries and work that these Tecmo-lifers have been doing and they are owed mad street cred. So kudos to them and we'll figure it out in 2019 best we can. I just didn't want anyone also think I'm not trying, because I am beyond this and even more. 
     
    Anyways, in summary - thanks for the support in 2018. I'm excited about 2019 - growing this thing even more. Growing Tecmo, growing Jam and maybe even adding more into the mix. Thanks for making the trip out. I hope you guys had a great time and I appreciate the support, knowledge transfer, collaboration, partnership, recommendations, suggestions and more. 
     
    Tecmo Jam Tom 
     
    *edited adding in handle/tags so ppl are aware of this post and not buried in the forums
     
    @vogtcd11 @trojan1979 @kmolnar3298 @red98sethuthut @Woodshed @The Ultimate Weapon @mort1237 @kevincabarello
     
     
  24. Upvote
    kmolnar3298 got a reaction from segathonsov in Fairfield, OH - 07/28/18 - 2018 Midwest Tecmo Super Bowl Tournament (11th Annual)   
    Had a great time, was a blast meeting the likes of the Vogt brothers, Diaz, gats, flo, Erik, ac Slater, tom, and many others. Below are some crummy photos I took, one is the crowd behind the finals gats v Diaz, other is of the championship bracket. In which somehow, someway gats managed to win this thing as a 10 seed (quite the stretch for him lol)
     
     


  25. Upvote
    kmolnar3298 got a reaction from allamerican1569 in Fairfield, OH - 07/28/18 - 2018 Midwest Tecmo Super Bowl Tournament (11th Annual)   
    Had a great time, was a blast meeting the likes of the Vogt brothers, Diaz, gats, flo, Erik, ac Slater, tom, and many others. Below are some crummy photos I took, one is the crowd behind the finals gats v Diaz, other is of the championship bracket. In which somehow, someway gats managed to win this thing as a 10 seed (quite the stretch for him lol)
     
     


×
×
  • Create New...