Beef Juice

3 hours ago, regulator088 said:

To bad teleportation isn't a thing yet.... 6.5 hours of driving is to far

Don't worry. You can come to Dubuque again in February. 

WHAT: Tomczak Bowl X (MADISON MAJOR)
WHEN: Saturday, February 24, 2018
WHERE: The Venue, 285 Main St, Dubuque, IA 52001
Buy-In: $30
Registration: http://bit.ly/tomczak10
Rules: http://tomczakbowl.com/rules/

Format: Double elimination
Prizes: Cash prizes to top 3 finishers. Trophy and coveted Tomczak Champion Blazer to winner.

Live Stream: ‪https://www.twitch.tv/tomczakbowl

Website: http://tomczakbowl.com

Bracket: http://challonge.com/tomczak10

Registered Entrants:

Jake I. @Beef Juice

Nick R.

Cory S. @noonan

Adam K. @Super Duper

Justin P. @justinpeters51

Joel T. @DJ PSYKO-M1

Kyle N. @thegamer1185

Mike H.

Pete S. @SimpleSimon

Stephen J.

Aaron E.

Jason L.

Jordan M.

Jon S.

Levar M.

Raydell H.

Scott T.

Ben K.

Kramer J.

Jonathan H. @MadTownSpliffStars

Hank D. @hankthetank

Joey C. @joeygats

Matt A.

Francis B. @mort1237

Nate S. @RetroNathan

Dave M. @davefmurray

Ryan R. 

Kyle F. @ImFlo

Neil R. @Leonardite

Bob Nelson

6 hours ago, noonan said:

We will have a healthy set of TV's/Consoles/Controllers/Cartridges setup for this event (7-8).  However, every set we add will speed up this event by 20 min.

So if any of our guests care to bring their set, we'd gladly accept it.

I'll bring my tub of gear to have just in case.

I registered and have a hotel booked.

22 hours ago, Knobbe said:

 

Luke is from Omaha

How DARE you mix up Nebraska's only two cities!

On 8/18/2017 at 10:48 AM, segathonsov said:

Working on getting down there, but won't know till November if I can swing it.

I'll split a hotel with you and whoever.

On 8/26/2017 at 8:20 PM, qb_browns said:

 

One of the things we've discussed in the past and might have time for this upcoming Tecmo Madison is an 'Ask an Expert' desk. This is stolen straight from Evo - which most people know I adore as a tournament - where they have what was jokingly called Wizard Advice where you could ask a Street Fighter expert some tips on matchup selection. It is almost never used now because the tier lists at the various fighting game specific websites are universal enough, but for years it was at least a resource for the noob at a tournament with a few thousand competitors. Essentially, a noob could page the front desk and someone could come over to render advice if necessary. 

 

I doubt it would be used much, but having it there would assist some of the newer players in difficult decisions. 

I tend to offer up advice to any new people in my group. If a little advice can improve their experience and make them want to return I'm all for it.

On 8/25/2017 at 5:40 PM, qb_browns said:

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 what we did in Tomczak V when we had World Cup play. It worked well.

On 8/16/2017 at 6:29 PM, noonan said:

Pass the word to your Tomczak faithful about the Des Moines tournament.  Thx

I posted about it on our FB page and also gave it a tweet.

On 8/14/2017 at 11:18 PM, noonan said:

Got the page updated.  Get to www.iowatecmo.com and register.  With Tomczak pending... this is a good change for those eastern Iowans to get some good tournament games in.

Tomczak won't be until sometime in 2018. We're done with December tourneys.

I'd like to try to daytrip down for this. I'll check my schedule and hopefully register soon.

@davefmurray should this be pinned?

Also @noonan what is the status about registering?

The Conjurer needed his privacy in the Mort-o-potty to do it.

On 7/25/2017 at 9:32 PM, DionBoespflug said:

Burning Mort 2 Theme Song

https://youtu.be/O8g0-hb6wHQ

 

I hope Orenga Posse has a CD of this ready for Madison next year.

39 minutes ago, DrFrolf said:

Burning Mort Stargazing.

So much piss on that tombstone.

Does anyone have photos/vids of the band playing? That was the most surreal moment by far, watching a full band set up all their equipment in the middle of nowhere, play a kick ass set, then breakdown and leave.

Oh shit I found another photo from Burning Mort on my phone.

Looking good fellas!

Here's the other assorted pics I got.

Glovesies

Sega suckling from the teat.

This here was the People's Champion of Burning Mort.

3 hours ago, red98sethuthut said:

Nice Dive roll off Morts of Van after the "Colties vs Paties" in "Morties Vanies" Round. 7.5 usa judge 7.5 canada judge 7.o Czech Judge 3.o Russian judge... 

Oh god I forgot about that.

I have photos I will post later. I just wanted to thank everyone at Burning Mort for the amazing experience and especially to the ND crew for making it all possible.

16 hours ago, Leonardite said:

Am I allowed to wear my Northern Iowa shirts?

9 minutes ago, Dotdon said:

Anyone have any info on I35 by Owatonna on the way up?  I heard its very bad for delays.  I'm considering going 80-29 or 35-90-29 in lieu of 35-94.  Anyone have thoughts/input?

Looks like it's about a nine mile stretch with one lane going each way. Camera on Minnesota's 511 site right now shows pretty light traffic on it so it may just be at certain times. I plan on going up that way.

2 hours ago, red98sethuthut said:

If anyone needs a ride to Burning Mort hit me up. The "MortMobile" will leave Chi Fri Early Am and heads to all.points west ( Madison, Minneapolis) towards Fargo. We drive thru madison where i will def stop to get a case or 2 of spotted cow. I can taste it.now. Ofcourse we will have an Tecmo station hooked up for your pleasure in the Van.......Loser Drives!!!!!

Maybe Sega and I will see you on the road up there. We'll be easy to spot as I'll be on the top of his modified Subaru Outback playing my guitar the whole time.