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"We don't reminisce like others do, we just keep playing"
Tecmo Bowl and R.B.I. Baseball are two all time classic NES games.
20 years of gaming experience have gone into creating this detailed & elaborate site. Strategy, analysis, and info take center stage along with hundreds of our most memorable games chronicled over the years.
Site features:
*In-depth Tecmo Bowl and R.B.I. Baseball strategy guides
*Tecmo Bowl team rankings, info, player abilities, and playbook analysis
*R.B.I. team rankings, info, along w/ batter and pitcher ratings examined thoroughly.
*Audio pod-casts and Video section with numerous You-tube videos.
*Pages chronicling the complete history of our Tecmo Bowl seasons
*Linked to Facebook and Twitter
*Great set of related gaming links
*A quick look at all the national attention TecmoBowl-vs-RBI has received.
*Over the top Tecmo Bowl tattoo artwork
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*Recent additions to the site: January 2013
New Tecmo Bowl strategy guides emphasizing game-planning for both passing and rushing attacks.
New individual RBI team pages. Giving each team their full write up.
Site Mission:
1. Project our passion and love for these games
2. Convey how advanced strategies have continued to make the games interesting
3. Showcase the many different and interesting styles of competitions that we engage in, which ultimately keeps the games exciting.
Audio segments taken from our podcasts
-American league batting line-up discussion
R.B.I. Baseball - American League discussion (NES) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJF_NRcbe6M#)
-California Angels batting line-up discussion
R.B.I. Baseball- California Angels discussion (NES) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60x3aXI6QRg#)
nice work brad....
I'd like to play you in a game of rbi/tecmo, where the top of each inning is tecmo and the bottom of each inning is rbi.
I didn't realize that Tornado Bird was Tecmo Mad Brad from knobbe...
Quote from: tecmoturd on 01/21/10, 07:08:09 PM
I didn't realize that Tornado Bird was Tecmo Mad Brad from knobbe...
x2.need to play him in a tecmo bowl game.
Bookmarked... good stuff so far.
I didn't check every page, but the tattoos need to be prominent on that site.
well done
There's not a lot I can do, or really any new way to present RBI content thats not already out there. That's somewhat discouraging. That'll be the challenge to try and run through RBI info with a new slant. Of course more RBI content floating around on the web isn't a bad thing regardless of the repetition.
Other than TSB, original Tecmo content thats worth a shit is hard to locate anywhere. CPA68's Tecmo site will never be trumped in a million years, but its buried 18 pages deep in a search engine(its on an ad-ridden free server), so people inevitably can't find it. If that thing can ever get further up the pecking order, the world will be a better place.
Talking about this:
http://www.geocities.com/cpa68/tecmo.html
Looks like it's no longer active.
Its got moved....geocities gave em 6 months notice they were shuttin all that down.
http://www.tecmobowl.bravehost.com/tecmo.html
Quote from: meat on 01/22/10, 08:04:42 AM
x2.need to play him in a tecmo bowl game.
<--- 12-4 against TBT in Tecmo Bowl.
Well done Brad...
Quote from: cpa68 on 01/22/10, 06:22:26 PM
<--- 12-4 against TBT in Tecmo Bowl.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/bradtheimpaler/010307-tom-brady.jpg) <--- No Super Bowl wins for 5 consecutive seasons.
hacked version or nomal?
Normal version with INTERNATIONAL RULES which the americans were very unprepared for in 2008 as they walked into a slaughter
Quote from: Tornado Bird: Terminated on 01/22/10, 12:13:51 PM
There's not a lot I can do, or really any new way to present RBI content thats not already out there. That's somewhat discouraging. That'll be the challenge to try and run through RBI info with a new slant. Of course more RBI content floating around on the web isn't a bad thing regardless of the repetition.
I think you can spend time doing what you do best - start listing playing strategies in terms of hitting, pitching, righty/lefty subs etc. It can be found on the forums, but it's scattershot and virtually impossible for a new person to find. Making an RBI strategy page is right up your alley and would be a valuable resource imo. I have just about zero strategy on dee-nee, especially when you take straight pitch out of it.
And nice fkn work...
Quote from: Tornado Bird: Terminated on 01/22/10, 07:53:22 PM
No Super Bowl wins for 5 consecutive seasons.
That's cold. Just for that I'll have to go 6-2 against you for the 3rd time this year.
Quote from: Tornado Bird: Terminated on 01/22/10, 08:52:49 PM
Normal version with INTERNATIONAL RULES which the americans were very unprepared for in 2008 as they walked into a slaughter
(http://downlode.org/Creative/Writing/Notebook/Illustrations/itsatrap.jpg)
Agreed, you need strategies for each team, for all three pitching styles.
Quote from: tecmoturd on 01/23/10, 11:03:23 AM
Agreed, you need strategies for each team, for all three pitching styles.
3 pitching styles?
Quote from: meat on 01/22/10, 08:49:16 PM
hacked version or nomal?
Played the hacked version against a buddy. I was Min, he was Chi and he used Dent and Singletary for most of the game. I could run on him when he called something else, but 5-7 yards was usually the norm, instead of the 8-12 yard range we're accustomed to.
Hes not much of a Tecmo player so the theory of wether or not the playbook is fucked up is still in question.
What's in the hacked version?
As for the three pitching styles, I was just talking about ATG, Slurve, and Straight Pitch
Quote from: tecmoturd on 01/23/10, 01:28:20 PM
What's in the hacked version?
Playbooks are changed for LA, WSH, and MIN to fix the blocking glitches.
http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/rbi-batting-line-ups.html
Starting to put together the RBI line-ups page. Plagiarized Gantry's work with the line-up pics...sue me bub!
Detroits write up will suck to do because late in the game with PH bonus so many of those bench fucks can sub out for half of the line-up.
Bos, Cal, and AL are done.
Paragraph.
Good stuff there, TBT.
Mets bats are done.
Played 16 games of Tecmo this weekend and season 4 got a page/update today. Finished off season 3 playoffs recap as well.
The Tecmo play was not good. Brett Favre called to tell us we were throwing a bunch of dumb interceptions. :(
Weekly update
created a little better header image.
added tecmo strategy #4(prevent defense) to home page
put a little work into the rivalry page
and RBI content is still lacking like mad. Thats on schedule for the next week.
Finally pimped on the front page of dee-nee
well since you did that, I should probably get some rbi work done on the site this weekend.
Got up a RBI strategy guide...nowhere near as fkn insane as the tecmo strategy page, but it covers the basics. Need some options for #5.
Stuff like mastering the quick throw is a strategy(sorta), but isnt...if ya smell what the rock is cookin'.
My son loved the site TBT...the write ups on the season and playoffs were awesome and descriptive---we were both reading the recaps and checking out the final standings.
Quote from: Dårky on 02/25/10, 07:38:42 AM
My son loved the site TBT...the write ups on the season and playoffs were awesome and descriptive---we were both reading the recaps and checking out the final standings.
Good to hear. I love doing the season recaps. next time nate and I are together for some Tecmo, we're going to record some audio podcasts about Tecmo and get those posted. Probably rehash the top 10 list and breakdown the rivalries on the fly. ive been gathering data for the rivalry games.
When I get a chance the game logs need an update. Ive gone through about 40 games worth of tecmo tape/taking notes on the treadmill this month.
recently found a gold mine of old ass exhibition games on tape(from 2004). those need to be properly accounted for. Just by watching, i can tell what team i had and what team nate had.
If we had more time, we'd do some RBI seasons as well.
1.) Brad, love the site...it's fun to read....
2.) I assume you're playing on a console...if you played on an emulator you could have the emulator record your games
3.) I still plan on putting together some sort of TB ROM with high school teams on it or some other fun theme and playing some sort of casual league with that...my favorite version is the SNES, as you know, but I love the fast, different style of gameplay of the original TB. Only thing I don't like is instant INTs with a covered WR.
More Tecmo updates. Season 4 page is updated with new standings and analysis through week 5.
SF puts a 56-0 BEATDOWN on Nates Raiders. Giants overcome a mad rally by Washington to prevail in OT. Both teams are 5-0. 10-2 is the best record a team has posted in modern play. Nate has minnesota flying high at 3-2 with a highly ranked defense despite the offensive limitations. Shit bag Dallas is turning out to be a decent team thanks to Dixon being the maniac of maniacs in the kick return game. .
We recorded an awesome audio session devoted to the top 10 named games, but having some issues getting the voice recorder to handshake with my computer. Curses! Podcasts on the site will be the shit once i get this figured out.
Quote from: Gantry on 02/17/10, 08:55:24 PM
Finally pimped on the front page of dee-nee
Analytics says this is doing alright......50 total visits(in 17 days) referred from dee-nee's front page.
4.26 pages per visit (site avg is 3.32), and 4:06 average time spent on site (site avg is 3:15).
Various Wiki referral sources combined have gotten me more traffic, but not a single one(RBI or Tecmo) has been able to trump my visits from Dee-Nee's homepage.
Dee Nee forums referral(this threads link) has been tops in time on site at over 6 minutes a visit. Overall, the page visits and time spent on site are improving weekly.
I can't believe I didn't think to install google analytics on my RBI site...I had been wondering about a good way to track visits...cripes. Good call, Brad.
BTW, you up for a game some time?
I can't believe that people actually go to the dee-nee homepage.
Gantry, can you stick the sites addy on the links page as well?
Decided to finally research what exactly the damn "bounce rate" is. Means its the percentage of people that visit the site and view only the 1st page they come across then leave.
Sitting at 41.22%. Eh, over 55% success in multi-page views. According to wiki though thats not all that great.
QuoteGoogle.com analytics specialist Avinash Kaushik has stated:
"It is really hard to get a bounce rate under 20%, anything over 35% is cause for concern, 50% (above) is worrying."
Time to give the homepage a little facelift.
Snazzed up the homepage. Kept the 2 seperate columns but added a few pics to give it some color.
Paging Darky...paging Darky. Nate and I got through weeks 6 and 7 last night. Posted brand new analysis and standings on the Season 4 page of the site. 5 weeks of games remain. lots of playoff seeding to be determined yet.
I thought Nate reached for Minnesota(5-2) taking them so early in the draft, but I was wrong. Biggest surprise this year. Only loses have come against NY(6-1) and SF(7-0) Very similar to Washington last season shutting out 7 of 12 opponents en route to a 9-3 record. The WR run teams can deal when they play elite defense.
NY finally lost a game as the Bears won 7-3 @ Chicago. SF pummeled Seattle in back 2 back weeks and has scored 107 points in the last 3 games.
Hapless Dallas behind some serious kick return antic of Dixon all season long is a respectable 3-4. LA(1-6) has the worst scoring offense and defense. Me thinks I have them figured out down to a science.
Quote from: TECMO BOWL TERROR!!! on 03/16/10, 02:44:31 PM
Paging Darky...paging Darky. Nate and I got through weeks 6 and 7 last night. Posted brand new analysis and standings on the Season 4 page of the site. 5 weeks of games remain. lots of playoff seeding to be determined yet.
I thought Nate reached for Minnesota(5-2) taking them so early in the draft, but I was wrong. Biggest surprise this year. Only loses have come against NY(6-1) and SF(7-0) Very similar to Washington last season shutting out 7 of 12 opponents en route to a 9-3 record. The WR run teams can deal when they play elite defense.
NY finally lost a game as the Bears won 7-3 @ Chicago. SF pummeled Seattle in back 2 back weeks and has scored 107 points in the last 3 games.
Hapless Dallas behind some serious kick return antic of Dixon all season long is a respectable 3-4. LA(1-6) has the worst scoring offense and defense. Me thinks I have them figured out down to a science.
Damn, LA is 1-6? How do you have them figured out? I was never the biggest fan of LA. I'll check it out the new analysis soon enough. This is getting exciting to follow.
Minnesota is scrappy from what I remember.
Quote from: Dårky on 03/16/10, 10:05:52 PM
Damn, LA is 1-6? How do you have them figured out?
The "defending LA" scheme is now up on the Tecmo strategy page(clear at the bottom). As for figuring them out...You can know what to call, and know which defender to be, but the bottom line is 40+ games of repetition vs LA within the scheme is really paying dividends. Nate keeps drafting them, so I see them 12 games a season. Should they become my team next season, I may have initial success. He rarely plays against them, and he will need to work out the bugs.
recent additions
-blog page discussing how the game is still changing after all these years with our defensive strategies
-tecmo teams page where they get ranked 1-12. eventually this page will be massive.
-Turd informed me that the tables I snatched from dee-nee's homepage have the CL/CR mixed up compared to the RBI manager. Those tables eventually need to be cleaned up with a better font anyways.
Actually, not with RBI Manager, but with NW's editor. Either way.
weeks 8 and 9 of season 4 have been played and documented on the site. Made a long ass list of season records that might fall in the final 3 games. Overall it's been a pretty monumental season....both good and bad.
Nate and I recorded an audio podcast about the "top 10 named games" a while back. Just loaded a 5 minute snippet to youtube covering #2, the "Bo Jackson will not beat me" game. I'll embedd the video on the site next. Nerdery at its finest!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koEUVKYFmMI
hopefully this gets me some traffic from youtube to the site
still neglecting the RBI sections. :( nate and I will just have to start up a RBI league to gte me motivated to do more with that.
Added another short video to the site's podcast page. The Giants pull off the greatest goal line stand ever in the #7 named game. Nate was nice and animated, but we did a shitty job of actually mentioning the teams involved. Dah-Nah
Played 2 more weeks of Tecmo. Season 4 page is updated with standings and analysis. The final week is planned for friday along with the consolation/invite playoffs. Not much intrigue as all the #1 and #2 seeds have already been determined.
The real playoffs will be held on sunday. we'll make some videos of the ordeal and probably make a championship game commentary video as well.
Quote from: TECMO BOWL TERROR!!! on 04/04/10, 09:12:11 PM
Nate and I recorded an audio podcast about the "top 10 named games" a while back. Just loaded a 5 minute snippet to youtube covering #2, the "Bo Jackson will not beat me" game. I'll embedd the video on the site next. Nerdery at its finest!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koEUVKYFmMI
hopefully this gets me some traffic from youtube to the site
I loved this! Sounded like some radio sports talk show.
Google analytics says yesterday i got 14 visits from the forums at "Something Awful.com"
based on what i know about that place, somebody thinks my site is a real piece of crap. Awesome! The forums cost $9.99 for a membership(WTF?) so I can't bask in the hatred. RBI pages were combed over pretty good by those people.
I got hits from there a while back. I wish I could see what was written.
Tecmo season 4 championship game makes its way onto YouTube. Realized i fucked up and wasn't recording the 1st 3 quarters, so it begins early in the 4th with a 0-0 tie.
Defense was stellar by both parties all game long. This bitch goes deep into OT to decide the champion. I recorded commentary over the videos to breakdown the action.
9 OT posessions in this epic battle. I've been involved in some defensive struggles, but this one takes the cake.
Parts 1-3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en9cGszvlto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK9efh4hB9E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhmNPXTSy2o
Quote from: TecmoBowl Terror on 04/27/10, 09:20:55 PM
Tecmo season 4 championship game makes its way onto YouTube. Realized i fucked up and wasn't recording the 1st 3 quarters, so it begins early in the 4th with a 0-0 tie.
Defense was stellar by both parties all game long. This bitch goes deep into OT to decide the champion. I recorded commentary over the videos to breakdown the action.
9 OT posessions in this epic battle. I've been involved in some defensive struggles, but this one takes the cake.
Parts 1-3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en9cGszvlto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK9efh4hB9E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhmNPXTSy2o
Awesome! Listening and watching part one right now. You have a good radio voice Brad.
BTW Brad, do you guys have 4th down rules? Do you have to punt on forth down when you are in your own territory? Or can you go for it no matter where you are?
Quote from: Dårky on 04/27/10, 09:53:48 PM
BTW Brad, do you guys have 4th down rules? Do you have to punt on forth down when you are in your own territory? Or can you go for it no matter where you are?
You can go for 4th down anywhere. Are you referencing the game? Nate/Giants faced a lot of 4th and short from around his 30 all game long. Not converting that against the 49ers is suicide.
Quote from: TecmoBowl Terror on 04/27/10, 10:04:53 PM
Quote from: Dårky on 04/27/10, 09:53:48 PM
BTW Brad, do you guys have 4th down rules? Do you have to punt on forth down when you are in your own territory? Or can you go for it no matter where you are?
You can go for 4th down anywhere. Are you referencing the game? Nate/Giants faced a lot of 4th and short from around his 30 all game long. Not converting that against the 49ers is suicide.
I'm on part two of the game now. Was just a general question. That pick you threw at the end of the 4th was huge! Nervous? hahaha
Hesitated reading the coverage and then forced it. Time was running out in regulation, so I didn't feel too bad about throwing that pick.
After the INT there was about 7 seconds left and the ball was at the 25 or so. With LB position players being allowed to try and block field goals (LT) It wasn't very likely that i could score there.
Enjoyed the hell out of the championship game video. And might have even learned something about how to play against Brad when he was the 9ers. The Giants called a beautiful game on defense until the final drive when they fell in love with being LT. A clear mistake against San Fran. Potentially cost them the title.
Quote from: cpa68 on 04/28/10, 04:37:04 PM
Enjoyed the hell out of the championship game video. And might have even learned something about how to play against Brad when he was the 9ers.
This is why we can't have nice things This is why we can't post videos on the internet.
Dang Candians will scour over the info looking for an advantage...which in turn i have to scour over the video looking for whatever the hell he has found, so I can see to it he has little chance to exploit it.
There is no offseason with these guys.
checking google analytics this morning, i noticed the site got 300+ visists yesterday. A typical day is roughly 10-15 hits.
the culrpit... http://bensbiz.mlblogs.com/
Saturday at an Omaha Royals game I get to do the outfield countdown for the stadium closing. Big set of numbers there, and i tear off one of the velcroed numbers as part of the countdown.
so while we're sitting in the bleachers waiting for the inning to end the Royals staff guy notices my tat artwork and inquires. he gets a quick pic and i give him the address. somehow it makes its to this guys blog about minor league baseball.
Bumpst/update
Well over 2,000 visitors to the site in less than 6 months. Not too bad. Dee-Nee has gotten me solid traffic numbers.
Awesome, the site means more to me now that I've started getting into the original TB...I really hope we can still get a league goin'. SuckerPunch here said he wanted in, so if we have one more guy, that'd make 6, perfect for a casual league...
That site is a lot of fun. Good work TBT.
TecmoBowl-vs-RBI forum/message board is now up.
http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/message-board.html#/
pretty generic and i'll need to figure out how to get rid of the damn giraffe avatar.
re-wrote the opening post on this thread with great authority and vengeance.
in other words, i really rolled out the cheese and cracker tray with that post.
I've Focused a ton on the Tecmo bowl side of my website, but a search of "tecmo bowl eric dickerson" finds my site on page 1 of google. same with tecmo bowl gameplans or tecmo bowl playbook, etc, etc.
This is pretty encouraging. Ive noticed in recent months the amount of search hits has risen rapidly.
I do need to get down to business and really rattle off some work on the RBI pages. Add more player names and such to get that side of the site up the rankings as well. it took roughly 6 months as predicted, but its finally being recognized.
The caveat is that the actual search for just Tecmo bowl or RBI baseball turns up nothing thru 40 pages. Dah-nah. Eventually it'll surpass a million stupid blog pages or whatever and finally climb that ladder. longevity and relevance is key.
http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/tecmo-cup.html
Put the finishing touches on our Tecmo Cup preseason competition page. Played 3 weeks. All set up for the playoffs now, with analysis of 1st round match-ups.
tbt, i didnt see anything about the early throw bop on your site
Until Turd or Nightwulf can verify, I'll make no note of that.
http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/rbi-teams.html
Got a RBI team page half ass done today. Basic overview of each squad. The individual pitching and batting pages need a lot more work, but this page is a good primer for any lurkers on the site.
Noticed since about august when the site started to get firmly entrenched in the search engines that my bounce rate has gone to shit. Through basic google searches, many more keyword combos are easily being found. My hits have gone up but its less and less my niche audience, meaning more and more look at the 1st page they find then quickly exit the site.
Side note here...started keeping a spreadsheet for RBI games. Will chronicle players/teams/scores, game notes, along with winning pitcher, losing pitcher, and saves.
Also keeping tabs on homeruns and general game notes as well. Its the power of the digi voice recorder! Best 40 bucks I ever spent. Of course I later figured out the 9 fkn MP3 players I own also record audio. ::)
Only played 4 games so far in the spreadsheet era. Got a 3 man tournament set up for us to begin early next year. RBI is a lot more work in terms of spreadsheet notes than Tecmo is.
I will admit RBI was number 1 for me forever, but with the recent development of Tecmo Bowl and Tecmo Super Bowl move over. Recently I picked up Tecmo Bowl and it's a lot of fun. Its like a chess match. Love it a lot. Tecmo Bowl wins my vote...
Quote from: MR TSB-MR RBI-MR TB on 12/30/10, 12:40:56 AM
I will admit RBI was number 1 for me forever, but with the recent development of Tecmo Bowl and Tecmo Super Bowl move over. Recently I picked up Tecmo Bowl and it's a lot of fun. Its like a chess match. Love it a lot. Tecmo Bowl wins my vote...
Recent?
I think he's referring to our league. www.tecmosuperbowl.net. Not positive, but that's my guess. Or, he could be talking about the 32 team ROM. We really had a reemergence of the game in the recent past.
Quote from: Turd on 12/30/10, 09:21:03 AM
I think he's referring to our league. www.tecmosuperbowl.net. Not positive, but that's my guess. Or, he could be talking about the 32 team ROM. We really had a reemergence of the game in the recent past.
Both!
http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/tecmo-2012.html (http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/tecmo-2012.html)
Season 5 page gets another overhaul. We came up with a better way to divvy up teams for the upcoming season. With only 2 of us, there have been some limitation in the past in terms of which teams could play each other during the 12 game season.
This new set up will lead to more match-ups, and more important division and conference games. The solution is 4 rover teams. Each rover team plays 6 games vs Nate's teams, and 6 games vs my teams. We switch out who controls them based on opponent.
New season 5 schedule spreadsheet is posted. Spent about 4-5 hours creating the most complicated schedule I have ever put together. The trick was putting together a bunch of random cross-over inter-conference games throughout the season, then getting all the home/road to work out appropriately.
nice schedule print out.
new additions to the home page to promote the site.
1. "Add to favorites" button
2. Badge that links to the TecmoBowl-vs-RBI twitter page
3. Added a facebook "like" box.
probably going to launch a game of the week on youtube here soon. put togther a quick highlight video with the key plays and add in some commentary and analysis. thats an easy way to put out a shit load of videos advertising the site on youtube without too much work.
I am your second Twitter follower...
I'm strongly considering dumbing down the home page. I like the write up explaining what the site is all about and spent a decent amount of time conjuring it up...but perhaps people don't wanna hear the labor, they just want to see the fkn baby.
I need to keep the most important text/keyword content, but simplify the whole thing, and make the homepage a more interesting place to be.
Anyone got an awesome idea, I'm all ears. I may have an "article of the month" at the bottom of the home page that really cranks out a tutorial to let the reader know I mean business. Other than that, I think i just need to figure out how to pimp this sucker in a more fun nostalgia-ridden 1980's nintendo-ey manner.
Tecmo question. Since it's impossible to stop Cap Boso, are the bears outlawed in championship tournaments?
Chicago is a staple of the international scene, but theres no cheating when we play.
ugh....Cap Boso is not unstoppable. Hang out at the top of the screen about 5 yards in front of him, and then go down at an angle towards him when the ball is thrown and you pick off the pass most of the time.
That lesson aside, we play tecmo how it should be played without a bunch of cheap cheatery patriotsy(hi jim!) stuff. When you call my play, my QB just tries to get back to the line of scrimmage. There's no throwing there to some slanting or curling guy at the last second. The defense won that play.
or if the computer has one of my targets covered and you have the other 2 locked down, my QB basically gets back to the line of scrimmage and then eats it. there's no throwing to the computer covered guy when he makes some cut or slant and a window appears for a second where a pass can be completed.
Anyone can complete that shit over and over. the key lies in out-calling the opponent and beating him straight up.
I had no idea about that. But with that said, it seems clear that exploiting a weakness in the game is clearly illegal in your world.
I say if you find a weakness, go for it.
You call my play and I can still find an open receiver, throw to the open guy. That's how football is. Sometimes you call a perfect play and Mike Vick still beats it
Quote from: BDawk on 01/22/11, 11:05:58 AM
I had no idea about that. But with that said, it seems clear that exploiting a weakness in the game is clearly illegal in your world.
I say if you find a weakness, go for it.
You call my play and I can still find an open receiver, throw to the open guy. That's how football is. Sometimes you call a perfect play and Mike Vick still beats it
problem being is that the game likely comes down to who could convert the most bullshit plays on 3rd down....over and over. In theory, with the curl routes that are completely un-intercept-able a few teams with those in the playbook would be completely unstoppable every time they had the ball.
Tecmo has a couple flaws that needed to be addressed to make it completely fair and playable.
All the more reason John Elway Football is the best
Home page got a facelift. I added in some images with links to feature pages to attract/drive traffic in past the home page to improve the bounce rate and other statistics created by the visitors.
Overall i think its a pretty good upgrade to "dumb it down a bit" and keep all the relevant keyword stuff lower on the page for those who want to read that far.
Dumbing it down is key...especially if Gantry is one fifth of your readership
I voted in that voting thing btw...you had it up on FB. Voted RBI...sorry.
Season 5 kicked off tonight. 2 HUGE upsets, 2 over-time games, and 3 kick returns do in the Seahawks.
http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/tecmo-2012.html (http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/tecmo-2012.html)
-I owned a 32 game win streak vs Nate with the 49ers. That went down the drain. Dexter Manley had 2 interceptions, and the Redskins defense was in mid-season form.
-John Elway made a critical mistake in the 3rd qtr of a defensive struggle with the Dolphins that basically gave the game away.
-Bears housed the Raiders by 13.
-Colts got by the Vikings in part to Duane Bickett blocking a field goal attempt, and Jack Trudeau played a flawless game.
-The Giants squandered a golden opportunity to get a game up on division rival 49ers by dropping an OT battle with the Cowboys. Allegre missed the game winner by an eye lash late in the 4th.
-Gerald McNeil has a career day accounting for all of the Browns points, including a kick return to the house in OT. Seattle held a 7 point a lead in the 3rd quarter.
Giants/49ers combined to lose only 1 game last season. SF plays Dallas next week, Washington play the Giants. Bears/Colts game coming up as winner takes early conference and division lead.
Dolphins play @ Minnesota which is a very likely win. Cleveland can keep pace beating LA @ home.
Seattle @ Denver is an important game for both as they face tough stretches coming up.
Added in a couple short audio segments on the season 5 page. http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/tecmo-2012.html (http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/tecmo-2012.html)
We mull over how the annual alignment of the teams will have an impact on the league.
Please rank the 49ers in their proper spot---number 1. Thank you and godspeed...
tosh.0 did a segment with tecmo superbowl as a demo of superbowl sunday. they said packers would win. i'm not so keen.
Quote from: TβG on 02/04/11, 12:11:27 AM
tosh.0 did a segment with tecmo superbowl as a demo of superbowl sunday. they said packers would win. i'm not so keen.
Was it an updated roster, or just the original teams?
Steelers offense was one of the worst on TSB
Quote from: TecmoBowl Terror on 02/04/11, 01:59:57 PM
Quote from: TβG on 02/04/11, 12:11:27 AM
tosh.0 did a segment with tecmo superbowl as a demo of superbowl sunday. they said packers would win. i'm not so keen.
Was it an updated roster, or just the original teams?
Steelers offense was one of the worst on TSB
This is true... but their defense was one of the best - three legitimately good/great players to use (Greg Lloyd, David Little, Rod Woodson), and not much for weak spots. Dwight Stone was also one of the game's better kick returners.
The Packers' offense wasn't any great shakes, either - Majkowski was a surprisingly good scrambler, but Sharpe was the only good receiver, the running backs were average at best, and the playbook had the stupid reverse and fake reverse.
Brad, looks like Cam has put his name in the hat for season 2 of the Tecmo Bowl league. He actually got some games in vs. WMB...league has been a good time so far.
Also, let me know when you fellas do the next in-person tourney at Gantry's. I'll take a trip down...
the rosters on tosh.0 were original, if anyone still cares.
Got this email below today...could lead to some nice exposure/traffic if anything comes about with it. I visited the site http://www.thrillist.com/about/ and found a wide assortment of different features, info on foods in your area, and products and its centered around facebook/twitter. At 1st I thought it could be spam of some sort but the mail addy appears to be legit.
Hello,
My name's Joe and I write for Thrillist.com, the men's daily email newsletter/online magazine. I was tipped off about your site and I think it'd be perfect to cover for our readers.
I just have a couple questions -- when did you start the site? And can you tell me a bit about yourself -- how many people work on the site, and where do you all live?
Thanks! Looking forward to hearing from you,
Best,
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you could call the phone number...
already replied to it. With any luck I can get a nice push in traffic, whihc should boost it up the search ladder.
coolf
The traffic from the Thrillist article has about run out....
http://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/tecmo-bowl-vs-rbi-baseball_services_time-wasters_video-games_websites
800 visits from thrillist according to Google analytics. 40-50 email referrals, and roughly 10-11 times the normal traffic in a week from facebook when the article came out.
The biggest push came in the form of google search term Tecmo Bowl placing the site on page 2. Thats been the on-going mission.
Just got an email this morning....some radio station host in Huntsville Alabama wants to have me on his sports show to talk Tecmo Bowl. Wow! Color me surprised.
I looked at his facebook page and saw some Auburn player pics. Might have to discuss a little Chizik at ISU as well. Booya!
Im starting to actually think that if i can get a fkn Tecmo Bowl/RBI baseball website this much noteriety over the last year, I could work wonders for people with a real website and an actual worthy product to push.
You should record it or post a link if they stream it...I gotta say your efforts to promote are displayed everywhere. Every time I go and try to promote rbibaseball.us, there's a forum post from you regarding TB, RBI, or your site...
Where did this guy hear about your site?
Quote from: Turd on 05/17/11, 12:13:07 PM
You should record it or post a link if they stream it...I gotta say your efforts to promote are displayed everywhere. Every time I go and try to promote rbibaseball.us, there's a forum post from you regarding TB, RBI, or your site...
Where did this guy hear about your site?
Ha....you snooze, you lose! I need to ask them where they found it at.
Got another email. Friday morning sometime between 6-10 AM...they haven't set a time just yet.
Apparently they think Tecmo and RBI and the greatest NES games of all time. They wanna discuss what should be number 3 for NES sports games. I'm already on that shit. Ive also got the list and names of all the Alabama and Auburn alum that made their way onto Tecmo Bowl. Drop some local knowledge for em.
http://www.977thezone.com/cubelic.php
I'm not sure they podcast this stuff, but I'll inquire about getting a copy of the audio for sure. Perhaps i can parlay this into being their Big 12 weekly correspondent.
I made a quick youtube video featuring the mention and discussion about the site on "The Solid verbal" college football podcast show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuWWxao6MR0
They read an email I sent in, then went into the TecmoBowl-vs-RBI.com discussion at about the 1:50 mark and go so far as to call it a "webshrine".
Friday may 20th 8:15 am CST. I'm a guest on the Cole Cubelic show.
http://977thezone.com/cubelic.php They offer live streaming of all their shows.
Its my job to analyze his Tecmo ability. I'm locked and loaded and ready to talk some serious Tecmo here.
Cubelic was an offensive olineman at Auburn and graduated in the mid 90s. Ive also prepared a little info on all the Alabama and Auburn players who made an appearance on Tecmo Bowl.
Turd, I included some info about you and your site in an email to them this morning.
Awesome, thanks for the shout-out. Much appreciated, and good luck. I'll try to listen in...
Quote from: TecmoBowl Terror on 05/19/11, 10:31:52 AM
Friday may 20th 8:15 am CST. I'm a guest on the Cole Cubelic show.
http://977thezone.com/cubelic.php They offer live streaming of all their shows.
Its my job to analyze his Tecmo ability. I'm locked and loaded and ready to talk some serous Tecmo here.
Cubelic was an offensive olineman at Auburn and graduated in the mid 90s. Ive also prepared a little info on all the Alabama and Auburn players who made an appearance on Tecmo Bowl.
Turd, I included some info about you and your site in an email to them this morning.
Can we call in and ask the guest questions?
Brad is killing it.
Yeah, listening now. You're a celebrity, my man...
Just got done listening. Well done, TBT.
Topic should be Super Tecmo Bowl vs RBI... Those are the 2 most popular games in NES. Not Tecmo Bowl, sorry Terror.
First of all you lost all you lost all credibility calling it super Tecmo bowl. Second, whther TSB is more popular or not is irrelevant, brad, and myself, actually, prefer the original. To each his own, but obviously if you had read brads site, you'd know that.
Quote from: Turd on 05/21/11, 10:16:40 AM
First of all you lost all you lost all credibility calling it super Tecmo bowl. Second, whther TSB is more popular or not is irrelevant, brad, and myself, actually, prefer the original. To each his own, but obviously if you had read brads site, you'd know that.
Yea I hear ya, just was trying to say tsb is much better than TB. more of a fair comparison. RBI can only match up with TSB IMO.
Well, for starters, noone's trying to compare them...moreso pay tribute to his (and my) two favorite NES games. If anything, his domain needs some work.
That being said, even though they are different sports, I'd say TB is more like RBI due to its simplicity as opposed to TSB and all its "bells and whistles."
I jsut had this conversation with someone the other day...if more people gave TB a chance, they would see that it's a fantastically fun game. All the things people bitch about for TSB (random fumbles, jumping catches, etc) are not present in this game. It's just pure play-calling and out-witting your opponent, and relying on your stars to shine.
It's not without its issues, but to me, it's a more purely fun game. If I want a full season of stats and more of an NFL sim, I'll go with TSB (for the SNES, which is my preference), but for simple arcade fun, TB all the way. Brad has shown me the light...
I was not trying to say it was more like RBI..all I was saying it is the 2 greatest sports games on NES. They will go down together #1 and #2, that is all i was saying. I do agree though TB was a lot of fun until TSB came along.
Would you ever play TB again? I'm always looking for opponents.
Quote from: Turd on 05/21/11, 03:11:53 PM
Would you ever play TB again? I'm always looking for opponents.
have not played in years but would for sure try it again.
Id like to put it to a debate anytime, anywhere that the original Tecmo Bowl is just as good as TSB...and especially in terms of strategy needed to be dominant at TB. It is a far more cerebral game as the random element does not exist in TB.
I get this shit all the time..."its got more teams, and more plays" so therefore its better. But that wouldn't hold up in a court room. Bring some legit hard facts that prove it. No one really ever cites any other reasons than those 2 factors.
As I prepared for the radio show last week I put some serious time into properly articulating some high end strategy I have, and will be unveiling on the site soon.
Most of the stuff was concerning the computer controlled pass coverage-defensive based schemes we have that have put us light years ahead of any mere novice. I also created a proper write up explaining the linebacker protect strategy that we have uncovered which basically short circuits the blocking scheme for the offense.
By really getting these schemes properly drawn on out paper, it will go a long ways towards educating people on just how much of a chess match the original Tecmo Bowl. More specifically when played between two knowledgeable and experienced individuals.
I'm certain that if I were placed in a court room and had to plead my case to a jury of random people(some familiar with the games, some not) that Tecmo Bowl is an equal , because it has by far a greater element of strategy needed to excel at it...I would come out with flying colors.
Added 2 new pages today.
Put up a page that shows all the different sites that have featured or reviewed TecmoBowl-vs-RBI.com...each one also links to their site. This may end up being a nice marketing tool, as I can pass this page around to various people/sites.
http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/reviewed--featured.html (http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/reviewed--featured.html)
Just need to add a link to the solid verbal, and also to the audio from that show.
Once I get the audio from the Alabama show, I'll put that together as well.
Also created a page with all the Tecmo player abilities
http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/tecmo-player-rating.html (http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/tecmo-player-rating.html)
Added share buttons for facebook, twitter and email.
Thats gotten the site linked onto facebook 3 times and passed along in email once in less than 24 hours. That should lead to a lot of traffic over the course of a month.
Also added a monthly news feature at the top of the home page. Pieced together some stuff from the mike tyson's punchout newspaper. Not only will it draw attention to the latest happenings...also lets the visitor know the site hasn't been abandoned.
Received the audio from the show. Haven't gotten a chance to do anything with it yet, but eventually will make it into a 2 part youtube video. I think the file is too big to post here, so I'll have to chop it in 2 then add it to the thread.
Ive got a laundry list of things I learned from that show and how to do a much better job if I get featured on the radio again.
Got the audio cut up into 2 parts, but they are still too big to load here. I'll have to cut some more.
In the meantime heres the 30 second promo they cut for the show.
Part 1 of the radio show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzicwFaExKQ
Part 2 of the show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcjikcURxkQ
Quote from: TecmoBowl Terror on 05/22/11, 10:35:10 AM
Id like to put it to a debate anytime, anywhere that the original Tecmo Bowl is just as good as TSB...and especially in terms of strategy needed to be dominant at TB. It is a far more cerebral game as the random element does not exist in TB.
I get this shit all the time..."its got more teams, and more plays" so therefore its better. But that wouldn't hold up in a court room. Bring some legit hard facts that prove it. No one really ever cites any other reasons than those 2 factors.
As I prepared for the radio show last week I put some serious time into properly articulating some high end strategy I have, and will be unveiling on the site soon.
Most of the stuff was concerning the computer controlled pass coverage-defensive based schemes we have that have put us light years ahead of any mere novice. I also created a proper write up explaining the linebacker protect strategy that we have uncovered which basically short circuits the blocking scheme for the offense.
By really getting these schemes properly drawn on out paper, it will go a long ways towards educating people on just how much of a chess match the original Tecmo Bowl. More specifically when played between two knowledgeable and experienced individuals.
I'm certain that if I were placed in a court room and had to plead my case to a jury of random people(some familiar with the games, some not) that Tecmo Bowl is an equal , because it has by far a greater element of strategy needed to excel at it...I would come out with flying colors.
Don't get me wrong, I played TB a lot before TSB came along, but once the greatest game of all time came along TB was history! TB is just too plain and simple. TSB is a lot more action and much more fun to play. It really is not even close. I know you love TB better but you are in the 5 % tile at best. Tough to find anyone that likes TB better other than it was the originator.
Yeah, no doubt we're in the minority. I think one of the non-gameplay things that helps make it better for me is that TB fans are generally less douchebaggery, since they haven't been tarnished by the allure of online play and leagues. Play in the NES TSB online community long enough, and you know that it eventually just gets to be too much. It's too hardcore, and not enough plain fun
The TB guys I've met Brad, Cam, WMB, Swampc1 etc are all guys I regularly converse with and are pleasant to talk with.
Gameplay wise, I love the larger player models, the simplicity/quickness/arcade feel of the game. I rather like the no JJ/CC gameplay. Either way, I don't think we're ever going to convince you that TB > TSB, Im just staying MY reasons why I like it better.
Quote from: Turd on 05/26/11, 11:28:27 AM
Yeah, no doubt we're in the minority. I think one of the non-gameplay things that helps make it better for me is that TB fans are generally less douchebaggery, since they haven't been tarnished by the allure of online play and leagues. Play in the NES TSB online community long enough, and you know that it eventually just gets to be too much. It's too hardcore, and not enough plain fun
The TB guys I've met Brad, Cam, WMB, Swampc1 etc are all guys I regularly converse with and are pleasant to talk with.
Gameplay wise, I love the larger player models, the simplicity/quickness/arcade feel of the game. I rather like the no JJ/CC gameplay. Either way, I don't think we're ever going to convince you that TB > TSB, Im just staying MY reasons why I like it better.
I feel ya man!
Quote from: RBI PRO on 05/25/11, 11:46:38 PM
Don't get me wrong, I played TB a lot before TSB came along, but once the greatest game of all time came along TB was history! TB is just too plain and simple. TSB is a lot more action and much more fun to play. It really is not even close. I know you love TB better but you are in the 5 % tile at best. Tough to find anyone that likes TB better other than it was the originator.
Off the top of my head, myself included I can think of about 6-7 dee nee posters who prefer the original Tecmo Bowl. And only 1 of them(Turd) used to favor TSB.
Quote from: Turd on 05/26/11, 11:28:27 AM
Gameplay wise, I love the larger player models, the simplicity/quickness/arcade feel of the game. I rather like the no JJ/CC gameplay. Either way, I don't think we're ever going to convince you that TB > TSB, Im just staying MY reasons why I like it better.
What is "JJ/CC"?
Jumping Jackass = the auto jumping catch that happens on long bombs or timing patterns. Some guys build their whole game around it
Coverage Catch = throwing into coverage and having a guy like Jerry Rice who has high REC or a high PC QB (Montana) throwing to him (or both), making the completion.
These are terms used frequently over at Knobbe.org (the tecmo community)
There are no jumps in TB, and covered WR's 99% of the time result in an INT.
Brad, what other forum posters here prefer TB? I would hear this information, and I would hear it very well.
Quote from: TecmoBowl Terror on 05/26/11, 01:06:00 PM
Quote from: RBI PRO on 05/25/11, 11:46:38 PM
Don't get me wrong, I played TB a lot before TSB came along, but once the greatest game of all time came along TB was history! TB is just too plain and simple. TSB is a lot more action and much more fun to play. It really is not even close. I know you love TB better but you are in the 5 % tile at best. Tough to find anyone that likes TB better other than it was the originator.
Off the top of my head, myself included I can think of about 6-7 dee nee posters who prefer the original Tecmo Bowl. And only 1 of them(Turd) used to favor TSB.
Yea..like i said probably among the 5% tile. 5 out of every 100 players..that's being kind :(
i am nowhere near and expert, but i certainly prefer the original TB
Quote from: broiler on 05/27/11, 12:57:11 PM
i am nowhere near and expert, but i certainly prefer the original TB
Didn't know that. Thinking about it, I'll say that of about the 20 or so absolute regulars here(5,000 + posts), at least a quarter of them prefer TecmoBowl to TSB.
Myself, Turd, Nomaaa, Broiler. Theres at least another 1 thats escaping me.
Cam and Nate don't post here much but both certainly are in the group as well.
I prefer the original as a head-to-head game, though I don't play either that much. TSB clearly superior in one player mode, don't think anyone doubts that...
my very first PM, i remember it fondly
Tecmo Bowl
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Glad to hear yah like the original. the best game ever in my book, but RBI lately has been closing the gap big time.
i doubt you'll find anyone who plays more than me and my friend nate. we've burned thru probably 150 games the last 9-10 months. were dorks and keep records and spread sheets, and crap like that. i love the game , talking about the match-ups and general strategizing.
if your in need of indepth insight at the game then pm and i'll break down all yah need to know to be a world beater at that game.
TBT.
Totally wanted to fuck you
Sweet, any of you guys ever feel like playing, I'd be down for a casual game. I'm nowhere near an expert either, I just enjoy it...
I've been playing a juiced version of TB single player and with a few rules I put in place, it's definitely a challenge to beat the CPU.
1.) You must go for it on 4th down (no FG/Punting)
2.) You must wait 3 seconds before throwing the ball
3.) Can't read the same place twice on defense
4.) Close your eyes when kicking off (creates a random field position)
5.) Sometimes I limit myself to 2 runs and 2 passes per first down. If you pass on 1st and 2nd, you have to run on 3rd and 4th.
The juice makes every team play like you're in the super bowl against them, and I've also got a late season coverage hack that makes the pass/run coverage tighter.
All this and I'm 1-2 in my last 3 games...it's nothing compared to playing a human, but it's still great fun, and a great challenge.
Quote from: TecmoBowl Terror on 05/27/11, 01:02:47 PM
Quote from: broiler on 05/27/11, 12:57:11 PM
i am nowhere near and expert, but i certainly prefer the original TB
Didn't know that. Thinking about it, I'll say that of about the 20 or so absolute regulars here(5,000 + posts), at least a quarter of them prefer TecmoBowl to TSB.
Myself, Turd, Nomaaa, Broiler. Theres at least another 1 thats escaping me.
Cam and Nate don't post here much but both certainly are in the group as well.
Probably true, but online i would say its more like 5 out of 100...just not including dee-nee. Do not ge tme wrong, I loved TB before TSB came along.
Opened an account at podbean to host some audio
http://tecmobowlversusrbi.podbean.com/
Its a free account so there are some limitations, but should be able to hold about 10-12 pod-casts clocking in at 10 minutes each.
Whenever I get a permanent home for the audio, we'll do some serious homework and prepare a few rock solid audio shows. Once that occurs, it'll be time to get this on itunes with a monthly show. You have to bring it hard with your best foot forward when you come to itunes, and deliver a solid product. When recorded on the fly we stumble and stagger a bit. Gotta clean it up around the edges.
Added about 5 new videos in the last month at the You Tube channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/TECMOBOWLvsRBI?feature=mhee
Nate and I put out the 1st official podcast. Holy shit, I'm actually surprised how well it went. I think the RBI segment was by far the best of the show.
Listen to it here.... http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/podcast-show.html (http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/podcast-show.html)
We rolled through a quick intro to explain ourselves.
-We go in-depth and break down the 2011 RBI world series match-up with Detroit, and AL
-We breakdown the theory and scheme behind our pass defense in Tecmo Bowl
-Nate goes overboard and banana sammich with "not impressed" concerning the Russell Wilson to Wisconsin situation. I have to make a rebuttal on the fly.
-We also talk a little 2011 Tecmo season through 9 weeks.
-Then wrap up with some quick hitter discussions
The new podcast is now out.
August 2001 Show topics:
Listen here.... http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/podcast-show.html (http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/podcast-show.html)
-We breakdown the elaborate set up used for the annual World Championship of Tecmo Bowl. 4 players face off in Chicago with 47 games of Tecmo Bowl over 3 days.
-Travis Jansen (AKA Turd here at Dee-Nee) from http://www.rbibaseball.us/ (http://www.rbibaseball.us/) is a guest and talks about his annual R.B.I. updated versions, and also playing in an online R.B.I. league.
-The California line-up is examined in great detail, and we also look at some players from other teams that we consider "under the radar" type guys.
-We take a quick look at Iowa State's football facilities, and Iowa's defensive prowess in recent years.
Upcoming September 2011 show (possible topics):
-Mike Beales from http://www.rbibaseballcotut.com/ (http://www.rbibaseballcotut.com/) joins us to talk about his R.B.I. tourney that's pays out $800 for 1st place.
-We re-cap the 2011 world championship of Tecmo Bowl
-We may take a look at the the strategy involved with using a relief pitcher to start the game.
-Season 5 of Tecmo Bowl should be about wrapped up by then.
You can also subscribe to the show on Itunes. The preview page is here.... http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/id451017434 (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/id451017434)
Brad, food for thought, would you guys ever consider playing a style of qb running where you can do it as often as you like but you have to commit to the run right away instead of waiting til the coverage is downfield and THEN taking off? Just something for discussion. I havent decided which side of the qb running coin I fall on.
That's an interesting concept for sure. Team Canada would not be impressed with that though....I would assume.
In theory though i think its a pretty decent idea for people that play the QB running style.
Yeah, I mean, it makes Denver a little better, adds a new strategy to the game, and takes out the cheapness of sending your guys deep and then rushing with the QB every play...
I've never played a game with this rule before, but I think it could be kind of fun to try out. I can't wait to finish my 2011 TB ROM and get some playing time on it.
Quote from: TecmoBowl Terror on 08/17/11, 08:02:41 AM
That's an interesting concept for sure. Team Canada would not be impressed with that though....I would assume.
In theory though i think its a pretty decent idea for people that play the QB running style.
Definitely interesting. It would be fairly unstoppable in short yardage situations but would have almost 0 chance of going for more than 5 yards. Hmm...
Yeah its not a bad idea. Good points all around.
Mike Beales is set up to drop by Gantry's on Thursday night for his interview. We'll be giving the RBI COTUT some publicity with the next show. Mike said registration for the 2012 COTUT opens sometime sin the next month or so.
Come to think of it, I may have to attend and interview a lot of people at the COTUT next summer for the show.
Well, if you guys try it, let me know what you think. I like the no qb running style myself, but it might beagood compromise. Hi cam.
Ps, I sent this to brad but I might as well ask. If you have two DB and one is good, and one isn't, do you prefer the better DB to be top of screen or bottom?
hard to say actually...depends on the match-up. There's already so many good top DBs that its the norm...but often those are the guys used by the computer to cover the deep route.
I guess I would say give me a top DB. I almost feel like his chances to pick off a quick pass to the bottom might be a bit better than being a bottom DB and the QB rifling a quick pass up top. It takes the QB a moment to identify the coverage and cycle through...giving the top DB a slight advantage.
That's where I've been putting guys like revis, woodson, etc in the 2011 ROM. Thanks for the feedback.
Working on a new project. Thorough analysis of each Tecmo Team. Got Giants and 49ers done so far. See it here... http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/tecmo-teams.html (http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/tecmo-teams.html)
Its s hit load of work, but pretty much encompasses every damn thing imaginable about each team.
Its kind of given me the idea to integrate all the RBI stuff (bats and pitchers) onto just 1 teams page.
Pretty bad ass TBT, keep it up .
In your RBI league do you draft teams or just split them into divisions and you take one team and the other guy gets the other?
Quote from: Turd on 02/05/12, 10:40:16 PM
In your RBI league do you draft teams or just split them into divisions and you take one team and the other guy gets the other?
We determined which teams were the rovers ahead of time(teams controlled by both if us through the season), then from the pool of teams left we each drafted our own squads. After all that was done, we randomly placed the teams into the 2 divisions.
Pretty similar to our Tecmo set up. Since i just got moved to Omaha I need to try and recruit some new RBI Players around here, and get another season underway.
Cool. Move to Milwaukee. I know a guy who'd love to play...
Putting some work in on a RBI heros page. Unheralded guys that are awesome, but are not of the big name known commodity realm. http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/rbi-heroes.html (http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/rbi-heroes.html)
So far Bob Ojeda, Willie Hernandez, Tom Brookens, and Tim Raines have made the list.
Reworked the top 10 "Named Games" of Tecmo Bowl. Re-ranked some stuff, and added in a lot of pics and captions. Page is 10 times better than before. http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/tecmo-best-games.html (http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/tecmo-best-games.html)
The Willie Hernandez normal/fastball disparity is the greatest asset for a pitcher in straight pitch. Most feared hurler in the drinking game arena
PS - It's spelled heroes
Tecmo Bowl heroes page
http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/tecmo-heroes.html (http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/tecmo-heroes.html)
Tecmo Bowl villains page
http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/tecmo-villains.html (http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/tecmo-villains.html)
RBI villains
http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/rbi-villains.html (http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/rbi-villains.html)
Davey Johnson is a nice touch...
I like the part about Brookens being better than Glen Davis.
Quote from: Brookensrules! on 05/22/12, 02:06:21 PM
I like the part about Brookens being better than Glen Davis.
Perhaps we shouldn't be that hard on Davis though. Swap him out with Brookens, and you basically have St. Louis..which is marginally less crappy than Houston. Mainly because you walk Jack Clark 3 or 4 times a game and it gives the Cardinals an extra baserunner which they really don't do anything with anyways.
New way to blaze through some RBI games. We call it R.B.I. "Royal Rumble". This would work well with 2 or 3 players.
-Randomly draw out 2 teams to face off, and randomly designate home/road team.
-Loser is eliminated, winner moves on to play the next team drawn out.
-Winning team has choice of home or road in next game
-9 games in total to get through all 10 teams
Our stipulations
-1 starting pitcher style.
-Win and you have to use the other starting pitcher in the next game. Similar to the best of 3 series in RBI.
When the last team is drawn out, there's a few different ways you could go.
-1 game to decide the royal rumble?
-Last 2 teams automatically play in a best of 3 series
Or....the last team drawn could have a a few different paths.
-If they win that game, they automatically force a best of 3(which they then lead 1-0). Kind of penalizing them for being the last team into the competition, and saying "you were given the golden egg, but now you have to prove you deserve it by taking 2 of 3."
-Or if they lose that 1st game, then the competition is over.
-Or its just 1 game at the end in a free for all-2 starting pitcher setting to decide the champion. My thoughts on that though is 2 starting pitcher set up tends to favor the better team moreso. And in RBI royal rumble its all about the parity and mystery that would make things most interesting.
Regardless of the ending stipulations you come up with, there's a slew of mystery throughout the competition. The 1 starting pitcher deal means there will be plenty of #2 starters facing off against the newly drawn #1 pitchers. Boston or N.L. is more likely to get bounced if they are drawn early and Hurst and Sutcliffe have to lead them against some good #1 starters. That set up though sorta fucks a team like the Cardinals as Tudor could get them the win, then Cox takes the hill vs a good pitcher.
-With 3 players in the mix, the guy who isn't playing, would always rotate into the next game in place of whoever just lost. In theory, with 9 games and 3 players, each guy is assured to play in at least 6. The 9 game royal rumble can be played in just under 3 hours...provided the average game of RBI goes about 15-18 minutes.
Similar set up has been devised for Tecmo Bowl, but with a final game/winner take all setting.
I like the "Royal Rumble" idea.
Agreed, it's a cool way to play the game because you could have any matchup at any time...
Took some time tonight and ramped up the RBI villains page. Added Willie McGee and the unholy combo of Donnie Moore, and Eric King.
Quote from: BeefMaster on 05/23/12, 09:49:59 AM
I like the "Royal Rumble" idea.
It's really fkn good.
Quote from: TecmoBowl Terror on 05/23/12, 11:50:16 PM
Took some time tonight and ramped up the RBI villains page. Added Willie McGee and the unholy combo of Donnie Moore, and Eric King.
Villians page is great as well. Nice work, TBT.
Beaten some ass lately on the RBI league page. Just finding new ways to present things so much better in a lot of different ways.
Easily one of the best pages on the site. http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/rbi-league.html (http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/rbi-league.html)
Finding an animated looking world series trophy was really the icing on top for that page.
Where'd you get that RBI MLB type logo? It's quite similar to the one I made:
(http://www.rbibaseball.us/images/mlbrbilogo.gif)
P.S. Your site gets better every single day. One of my favorite sites on the net...were you still thinking of changing the domain name to something cooler? I remember we talked about that way back when...
Quote from: Turd on 06/13/12, 08:59:06 AM
Where'd you get that RBI MLB type logo? It's quite similar to the one I made:
(http://www.rbibaseball.us/images/mlbrbilogo.gif)
its the design thats on a shirt somewhere. i had forgotten about your logo. no chages to the site title. im good with it.
ps...thanks for the recent site help. its really gotten me fueled up and working on it again.
No problem, glad to help.
Taken some solid steps towards finally having a proper page to illustrate the basics and the greatness of R.B.I.
http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/rbi-baseball.html (http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/rbi-baseball.html)
Put together a collage of RBI images, and a semi-detailed breakdown of all the goods. Props again to Turd for really pushing some changes.
Been getting a handle on some expanded RBI team write ups lately, which are turning out nicely...here's a partial sample of National League.
Not as ridiculously detailed as the Tecmo team pages, but RBI is pitching, line-up, and bench.
Tecmo has more with offense, defense, playbooks, punting, kicking, return game, etc, to cover.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/bradtheimpaler/NLpreview2_zps0e5b7dac.png)
The amount of documented Tecmo strategy is getting to where it needs to be. Recently added a bunch of really great diagrams.
Pass coverage help from the computer and what the human controlled player's responsibilities are.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/bradtheimpaler/coveragesbears_zps1bcae191.png) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/bradtheimpaler/coveragesbearspass_zps75c65add.png)
These are important because they really allow you to disrupt the offenses ability to get the quick strike 10 yard passes.
Broke down the Linebacker protect guidelines for every team. These are key because you can be a fast LB or DT from the middle of the field, and with these calls, you short circuit the run blocking schemes. Use a fast defender to patrol the passing game while not needing to worry about getting run on.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/bradtheimpaler/Defenserunschemes3_zps6ce22535.png)
amazing stuff. i was playing a lot of drunk tecmo in pennsylvania over xmas.
you've come a long way since "ALWAYS PICK RUN DEFENSE"
Quote from: nomaaaa on 02/01/13, 04:03:07 AM
amazing stuff. i was playing a lot of drunk tecmo in pennsylvania over xmas.
you've come a long way since "ALWAYS PICK RUN DEFENSE"
Down and distance can dictate when the "always pick run strategy" if most feasible. The Colts for instance are not really built to convert a 3rd and long in the air, so it's wise to corral Eric Dickerson in that situation. 3rd and long vs the Browns is dicey. With that playbook you sorta have to call pass, and hope Mack doesn't break off a long run.
Calling run 2 with a bottom side defender works wonders against Seattle or Denver on 3rd and long, if they go with Pass 1. If they go with Pass 2, then you're likely screwed though.
It's interesting that "always pick run" is a legitimate Tecmo Bowl strategy, especially since I am a believer in "always pick pass" in TSB (with a few exceptions, like the offset-I toss sweep to the bottom or the single-back toss sweep to the top, both of which I find basically impossible to stop if they're not picked).
It's not an absolute strategy, but as I mentioned in certain situations such as 3rd and 10+ yards to go against many of the playbooks calling run is a sound strategy. Late in the game trying to protect a TD lead with maybe 30 seconds to go and 80 yards of field to work with, I'm calling a lot of run against those teams that have 2 run plays....but you also need to sneak in a couple pass play calls or else you will get picked apart in the final seconds.
Those trains of thought are perhaps what Nommmaaaa was remembering from back in the day, but I've never gone out and said calling run on defense 100% will lead to victory. That won't help you vs MIA, SF, MIN, WSH
Obviously against Indy or Chicago, we call maybe 60-70% of run on defense, because Payton and Dickerson are that good...also helps that those offenses have very conservative passing plays, and you want to force them into facing multiple 3rd downs
Cleveland is a team where calling run doesn't really invoke good pass coverage help from the computer against their pass plays....so our calls vs the Browns can really be a mixed bag of pass and run if we don't have a dominant defender to make those diving tackles against Mack.
I was recently in the Lincoln TSB tourney, and while TB and TSB share some of the same philosophical ideas, the games are so different in how you excel at both.
It's been quite a while since I've played original Tecmo Bowl for comparison. In TSB, my basic strategy is to pick pass plays, letting the computer handle pass coverage. It seems like picking the pass play with the most available receivers results in the most complete coverage, so I usually pick the non-play-action pass that fits that bill (I don't choose play-action, because I prefer to play for the sack in those cases). Other than the two running plays I mentioned earlier, there aren't many (any?) running plays that can't be reliably held to moderate gains most of the time, particularly if you know the formations well enough to be able to narrow it down to one or two possibilities once they come to the line.
Not sure of the best place to put this (TBT please help). A friend from baseball posted this on Facebook: Tecmo Superbowl Grey Cup for CF . https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10207560893012735&id=1602290630