i have recieved the green light to start a weekly RBI league at our local sports bar, Auesiellos 5th street bar and grill in downtown santa rosa california. Although it is still in the formative stage, it should be taking place on wednesday nights at 10:00 PM. Sometimes the bar closes at that time, but they generally keep it open if there are people still drinking. We have the okay to stick around after closing because 2 people who work there will be in the league. Alot of people are showing interest and this could be really fun.
if you live in the bay area and are interested, give me a PM for further information.
No replies so far? Unacceptable...
I'd play... but I'm in Montreal...
anyone wanna play now? ;)
i know that there aren't many deenee regulars in my area. just hopin that maybe some guests might show interest.
whats up chab? welcome to the boards
Whenever I'm in the area, I'm in. Unfortuntely. I'm usually only up there on weekends.
Just impressed by what I'm reading about the game... its nutz... where have I been? oh yeah, Canaduh!
hehe...
so theres gonna be a tourney in Les Moines in 2008?... 1440km from my place... planning to have kids in 2 years... hmmmm I should be fine with the wife at that time! >:D
anyone for an online game?
Is this Poolstroke?
Is chab pronounced like "ka-hab"?
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I wonder if Chab has ever dished the El Perfecto?
I'm up in San Jose/San Francisco next weekend. If I have time, and I highly, highly doubt it, I'll be down for some RBI. NOt gooonna happen thogh. Bitch.
Chab... nickname based on my last name... Charbonneau... which is French...
AHHH HAAAAAAAAAA a frenchman has landed in this Forum! BOuYA
Ticket to fame: hmmm
1) The only Charbonneau in the Major was Joe Charbonneau, played in 1980 for Cleveland..was rookie of the year, then hmm probably became a drunk since he was known for opening beer bottle with his eye socket and could drink the suds through a straw in his nostril.
relationship with joe: ... his great great great grand-father probably was on the same boat as my great great great grand-father... who were probably cousins... then well, after a long dispute in the family over our turnip land, we kick his ass towards South... (i made that last part up, but as long as I'm entertaining, no one will mind right?...)
2) I lived with Eric Gagne for 2 yrs while playing for our crappy national team. (and no I wasnt the waterboy ;)
....
I'm at work now... ughhhh
I think you become our 3rd Canadian, but our first French Canadian, do you understand the stock market?
I think you will have problems getting a game online as I don't know that many play online because of the lag problems
Namedrop Ryan Dempster's name and Ryno will love you forever.
Dempster... hmm I'll ask my sister if she ever did him? She probably did... she collects baseball players underwear...
3rd Canadian... 1st French Canadian... GO MOI!
stock market? Is that the place they sell stock? ;) like wal-mart, but for stocks?
Did you ever play against Sweden while you were on the national team? We have another forum member (The Dark Side) who plays pro ball in Sweden and has been on their national team for a few years.
Quote from: Chab on 09/01/06, 10:25:55 AM
Dempster... hmm I'll ask my sister if she ever did him? She probably did... she collects baseball players underwear...
So you played with Gagne but not with Dempster?
That seems weird to me.
so the first week of league play begins next week. it has been moved to tuesday to accomodate more playeres we have 8 people in right now which is good, but we are still looking for more players.
Tuesday September 5 @8:30
Auesiellos Bar & Grill, Santa Rosa
just keep the league going until around january. i may be able to make the drive up. how long would it take to get there from san luis obispo?
Someone get in touch with Erhajj, he's back in NorCal.
WHAT!!!
Ryan D... he's way out in British Columbia... roughly 3000 miles away... that would explain me not knowing the guy...
Does anyone play online games anymore? or am I getting overanxious for nothing...?
not too much action in the online RBI world. check the members list and send a PM to poolstroke
I've tried to read a bit of the past threads... but since this is probably gonna take me 2 mths, mind as well ask... How about we start a league ourselves?... i know its been tried before, but I'd be more then happy to be part of that!
my online connection is near T1 speed, very stable... I should be good to go.
lets see where this leads too.... ::)
I figured you'd know Ryan since you lived with Gagne on the national team and Ryan Dempster also lived with Gagne while they played for the national team.
Quote from: Chab on 09/01/06, 01:53:36 PM
my online connection is near T1 speed, very stable... I should be good to go.
Sadly, it's not the speed of your connection that's the problem - the problem is that NES games require a lot of work for the server, and it's the server that gets overwhelmed.
Now that I think of it, there may be an online league going on, run by MrOrangeJuice, who rarely shows up here anymore. I'll see if I can dig up the thread. He uses a different emulator and online setup than has been previously used, and I think he's had better luck.
I lived with him when we were 18-20 yrs old... Demster joined the Marlins in 98... Sounds weird, but I dont know him.
By the way, Terry Puhl is Canadian for those of you who think he sucks... HE DOES!
Anyone for a game in about 2hours?... I'm going home soon
.... I have 3 computers at home... I might be good to host some of the games?... Someone would have to tell me what to do exactly... I have limited knowledge on networking and IP shit...
Quote from: Chab on 09/01/06, 02:07:31 PM
.... I have 3 computers at home...
have you ever watched 3 pronos at once?
the trick is to do 3 powerpoints and be surrounded by 3 monitors... when the wife finds out, she can be pissed off for sure, but she has to admit that I'm creative!
8)
Quote from: Attezzobal on 09/01/06, 11:16:40 AM
Someone get in touch with Erhajj, he's back in NorCal.
I got his number, but I cannot call him. I heard he is trying to re-establish the Black Panther Party in Oakland.
tonight is the first night of league play. we have 8 people for sure and about 5 or 6 people who say they will probably make it. yesterday i bought a generic top loader console for $35 and rbi for $5. i also picked up rbi2, major league baseball, baseball, tecmo baseball, pro wrestling, tecmo wrestling, trojan, ninja kid, 3d worldrunner, and ghostbusters (possibly the worst game ever).
IMO Trojan is worse than Ghostbusters. Major League Baseball is right up there too...
i like trojan. i popped it in and beat it in about 15 minutes. i think it was worth the 5 bucks
reading the last post makes me horny
last night went very well. i beat out some tough competition and walked away with the championship. the only thing we need to improve on is bracketing. making a 12 man double elimination bracket is confusing. next week i am hoping for a 16 man single elimination just to keep it easier.
I was figuring this would be more league and less tournament.
Such as everyone plays a few games a week and you compile the records for a season end tourney.
It still kicks ass though.
this was the trial night to see how many people would actually show and to see who was interested enough in joining a league. i figure next week will have new faces and we may lose some people from last night. hopefully week after next official league play will begin.
all but one guy had a great time, and i saw him enjoying himself a couple of times even if he wont admit it. he was duped by his opponent into picking st. louis for his first game and it left a bad taste in his mouth for most of the evening.
Quote from: ultimate7 on 09/01/06, 10:21:46 AM
I think you become our 3rd Canadian, but our first French Canadian, do you understand the stock market?
Who was the other Canadian besides me? And don't say erhajj as he's American.
Isn't Rack Canadian?
these tournaments should decide the divisions for the league.
at least, that's how we did it for tecmo bowl.
we'll see if its the same people week after week. i have a feeling that tommorrow night will bring new faces and lose some who were there last week.
week 2. if we get 12 people like last week its going to be double elimination again. i have a printout of a bracket so this time there will be less confusion. but if we get 16 people like i am hoping, i may just make it single elimination to keep things moving quicker.
right now my game is hot and i dont think i can be beaten. i have been practicing with minnesota and new york, two teams i normally dont use but will have to use
tonight only eight people showed up but we still had fun. i lost my first game but battled my way through the losers bracket and ended up winning the tournament again. it is pretty fun to see people developing rivalries between each other. i am going to do some promoting this week to try to get 16 for next tuesday
hey gantry, can i say that the tournament is sponsored in part by dee-nee?
how bout the sept 29th event?
sorry malnu, no chance on moving it to friday. the owner of the bar lets us do it tuesday night because its slow for them that night.
there is a chance i could meet you guys in the city, let me check with the old lady to see if i have any commitments
i am sick, but the tournament must go on. i really dont feel like working today but i have to. and i know that i will just want to go home and go to bed, but......
The tournament will go on.
this week 7:30 instead of 8:00 due to some folks leaving early last week
another vicotry. tonight ten people showed up tonight and it was a good night. if every on came who had come to each night sof ar we would have a great turnout but its still fun. i want to get a full 16 man next week and get some more people invovlede. someone tonight mentgioned we should have a mario kart tourhey instead and i wonder if would be more fun. it would definatel y have a bigger draw but i stilll think rbi
you can expand the choice of video games, just maybe play one a month with the major tournament for each particular game culminating in a championship at the end of said month. you could do rbi every other month as your solid staple video game, then mix in others in the months in between just to keep things fresh. just an idea.
i am thinking about throwing the title this week to raise interest levels. there is alot of midlevel competition and to keep their spirits high i plan on throwing some serious meatballs on tuesday. i wont make it look too obvious, but i wont be throwing my regular nasty pitches. if i win for a fourth week in a row i fear no one will want to play.
what does dee-nee think about throwing a tournament?
It's for the good of the game.
I let Octo win about 70% of the games so that he stays interested.
Quote from: broiler on 10/02/06, 05:50:13 PM
what does dee-nee think about throwing a tournament?
Do what I do and let the opposition take an early lead and then rip their hearts out in the end.
Quote from: broiler on 10/02/06, 05:50:13 PM
i am thinking about throwing the title this week to raise interest levels. there is alot of midlevel competition and to keep their spirits high i plan on throwing some serious meatballs on tuesday. i wont make it look too obvious, but i wont be throwing my regular nasty pitches. if i win for a fourth week in a row i fear no one will want to play.
what does dee-nee think about throwing a tournament?
Next time I come home to the bay, we are hooking up for some RBI. I will dominate your little panzy style of play. Anyways, what team would you use? I got SF.
Quote from: The Dark Side on 10/03/06, 10:39:48 AM
Quote from: broiler on 10/02/06, 05:50:13 PM
i am thinking about throwing the title this week to raise interest levels. there is alot of midlevel competition and to keep their spirits high i plan on throwing some serious meatballs on tuesday. i wont make it look too obvious, but i wont be throwing my regular nasty pitches. if i win for a fourth week in a row i fear no one will want to play.
what does dee-nee think about throwing a tournament?
Next time I come home I'll plan to meet all of you but I won't follow through on those plans
Broiler - how did you find the people that are playing in the league? Did you post on Craigslist, or what?
i called everyone who would be remotely interested on my phone list. the first night was only friends. the last two weeks, we had friends of friends. no randoms yet. i also post a myspace bulletin but everyone who responds saying that they will come hasn't shown up yet. craigs list is probably a good idea
Quote from: ultimate7 on 10/03/06, 10:51:21 AM
Quote from: The Dark Side on 10/03/06, 10:39:48 AM
Quote from: broiler on 10/02/06, 05:50:13 PM
i am thinking about throwing the title this week to raise interest levels. there is alot of midlevel competition and to keep their spirits high i plan on throwing some serious meatballs on tuesday. i wont make it look too obvious, but i wont be throwing my regular nasty pitches. if i win for a fourth week in a row i fear no one will want to play.
what does dee-nee think about throwing a tournament?
Next time I come home I'll plan to meet all of you but I won't follow through on those plans
I already paid back my karma on that one. I am crippled now. Happy!
i threw the tourney last night. only 8 people showed. in the finals i was st louis and my buddy brian was boston. he beat me 1-0. i only allowed two hits so it looked like i was trying to win. hopefully the word will spread that i lost and more people will show next week.
since only 8 people were there and they had to leave early we did single elimination, only needing one console. we plugged the other one up and randoms from the bar were playing it. the best part of the night was seeing people i didn't know getting excited about rbi. hopefully some of them will show next week
Somehow I don't see this conversation happening much:
Hey did you hear Broiler lost in the RBI tournament
Aright lets go play in it next week
i won it three weeks in a row. two groups of friends that came different weeks said there was no point in playing in an rbi tournament because i would win it every time. they pretty much called me a dick for throwing a weekly tournament in a game that i was better than everyone else. we started strong on week one and participation has gotten worse by the week.
think what you want frisbee boy, but i have a feeling that yes, when people found out that someone else won, it may give them hope that they could win and maybe give it another shot.
besides, it was either that or just pick another game to play to spark more interest.
Couldn't you just go and be the moderator for a couple weeks, giving other people a chance for the win? Even Tyler Durden didn't fight every week.
Plus broiler, in their defense, you are a dick, right?
would a dick purposely lose in order to generate fun for others?
the answer is maybe.
Hey how many people do you have showing up every week for your rbi league? I live about 2 and a half hours away from the bay area, but I'd show up one of these nights if I thought it worth my while. I think we oughta get a weekend tournament going though.
I haven't paid enough attention to this thread, but that's an amazing turnout broiler. I think we should all start a local "bar league" to generate interest. I'm gonna ask Potsie about it, maybe a Bumpers RBI tourney on slow nights...
Quotehey gantry, can i say that the tournament is sponsored in part by dee-nee?
Abso-fucking lutely
Hey absolutely NO chance of ever getting a Friday or Saturday night? I live just south of Merced and would love to make the trip up...but a weeknight is all but impossible for me...but a weekend is no problem. I really, really want to make it up there for a tourney though, that's for sure.
the owner lets us do it on tuesday nights because that night is particularly slow for them. without us it would be virtually empty. from the start he said no chance of changing nights and now that we have made tuesday nights more profitable for him there is absolutely no chance in changing it. and besides, i like doing it on tuesday night. it gives me something to look forward to in the shitty part of the week.
we have had no less than 8 per week with 12 being our highest. this week i am expecting 12.
an old friend and rbi player just moved back to town today. tonights tourney will have some stiff competition.
good job broiler. now there'll be 2 guys clobbering all the competition. nobody else will want to play for sure. ;D
actually a my friend bill who hasn't made it except for week 1 will be showing up tonight. he is good. week one we drew each other first round and i only beat him by 1 run i think. and a couple of the guys who have been coming every week are showing improvement. tonight should be fun
still might be a good idea to have you and your buddy in the same side of the bracket.
in the mid-late 80's, at least the AFC was allowed to send a team to the superbowl.
Please TBT, shut up!
joe dirt.....
1. stop texting me fag. you know, those do cost me 10 cents each time.
2. were the brownies gonna beat the redskins, or giants in da superbowl?
3. your dog likes me.
man, last night was awesome. the bar was packed because of the playoffs, but after the game was done we settled in. 12 players, all with game to bring to the table. the first round was full of upsets. all the guys who sucked week 1 have developed some skills and are starting to become a threat. i ended up beating my buddy skislut in the final. we went with All Stars because thats what we would play in college. final score 3-2 broiler
sounds like a good turnout. maybe if this keeps up, i'll have to make a trip up in the spring. maybe i'll get to see some of your sweet bikes too.
i lost last night. a tough 2nd round knockout. 4-1 i was minnesota he was detroit. in all fairness i lost to a good competitor who had to fight through the best players. we also had a couple of new people last night who were super stoked on playing rbi again. also, the guy who won has been lurking the rbi board looking for tips. apparently its paid off
tongiht will be interesting. the owner of the bar is finally realizing that we are bringing him some business and he started putting up promotional flyers in the bar all week. it has sparked interest in many. but most of the regulars are not going to make it tonight. i am hoping to get some unknown ringers to make it a fun one.
most of the regulars flaked but we had 8 people anyway. some new faces but none too good at rbi. the cool thing was that the bar owner gave the winner, me, $20 in credit at the bar. pretty cool
Quote from: broiler on 11/22/06, 05:33:09 PM
most of the regulars flaked but we had 8 people anyway. some new faces but none too good at rbi. the cool thing was that the bar owner gave the winner, me, $20 in credit at the bar. pretty cool
No more throwing games now, eh
not when a cash prize is at stake. plus, i was playing against people i didn't know. when i threw it, it was to a regular so i knew the word would spread that i was beatable.
good call. i wish i was a little closer up there...