we are attempting and RBI marathon this weekend...

[Reds]

I went ahean and took tommorow off of work solely for the purpose of not being tired too early...

I fully expect this to be completely awesome...and to royally suck ass...

I give my full compliments to Nacho and Strassy for the whole idea of marathon RBI.

I think we can definitely turn on the old radio to listen to, so the RBI music doesnt eat away at my ear drums.

My predictions for tommorow...

1.  I will win the mojority of games I play....I would be willing to say 66%.

2.  My brain will be completley melted by hour four.

3.  Someone at some point is going to have a major accomplishment.  (possibly a pitcher HR?  Likely no-hitter/perfect game.)

and

4.  Reggie Jackson will pull a hard hit liner directly to the right fielder 100 times.

[TβG]

be sure to have sufficient lighting as to not not cause any eye fatigue.  if you have have two tv's and two nes's then you may want to try to use them both alternating between the two so that your eyes have a chance to adjust to somehting else to lessen the eye strain.  have eyedrops as well. 

be sure to take long enough shifts to allow the extra person to rest during the time off.  maybe two hour intervals?  or four hour intervals?

has there been any research into this type of thing?  i'm sure there's got to be some documentation out there of a similar feat.

[Big Hath]

so how should one warm-up for this type of event?  eat pasta the night before?  play an inning or two just prior to the event?

[TempoGL]

i still don't like this "resting" or "rotating" idea.  nacho and i will do it by ourselves with no breaks.  right now my goal is to keep going to 100 even after the 24 hours are over.  i will finish against the computer if possible.

by the way, let's pray that i don't get offered a job before August 10th.  i have had some interviews and if they give me an offer by then, it may interfere with this grand idea.

[Briznock]

No playing the computer......

If you want to do it just the 2 of you... go ahead.  But no computer games.  2 humans playing for 24 straight hours.

[Attezz]

by the way, let's pray that i don't get offered a job before August 10th. 

More than just my regular nightly prayers of that?

[TempoGL]

pray very hard for me to get offered a new job on about August 11th.

and briznock, i wouldn't be playing vs the computer in the initial 24 hours.  but let's say nacho sallies out after 24 hours (there's a stretch) but i still have a little bit left in the tank.  if we are at 95 games or so by then...i would be all for taking the last 5 down myself, just to say i made it to 100.

[Attezz]

We should then give all the credit to Nacho and have him forever treated as if he was Magellan.

[Clambutt]

has there been any research into this type of thing?  i'm sure there's got to be some documentation out there of a similar feat.

[TβG]

some articles:

http://www.xboxcore.com/news/1252.html

http://www.nlgaming.com/nl/asp/id_2300/nl/newsDisp.htm

[TbT]

i am so pumped about this.  this is gonna be great.  nate and i ahve done a 7 hour rbi mnarathon once. bathroom breaks and tht was all.  i have no clue how many games we played in that span.  we were very weary though.   played from 3 pm to 10 pm.

with a 3rd or 4th guy im positive they could do this.  the extra guy could sleep for a couple hours here and there. realistically i think u need at least 3 guys to pull it off.

[TempoGL]

realistically i think u need at least 3 guys to pull it off.

we will prove you wrong sometime between august 21st and august 24th

[nomaaa]

some articles:

http://www.xboxcore.com/news/1252.html

"If Kelly beats Q*bert in addition to his prior victory over Tapper, he will attain a level of prestige few players will ever reach."

now he'll be able to get into that country club he's always dreamed about.

[Reds]

My mental preparation began tonight with a few High Lifes and Shark week on discovery....which soon got changed to Heathers.

I feel good, confident....there is no doubt in my mind that we'll knock out 24 hours like nothing...

Expect pics? and blogging around 2pm eastern, we'll try and give score updates and insight into each players mental status every hour or two.

[TbT]

Jim is in the eastern time zone.....this stuff should be happening right now.

[TbT]

just got a update via phone.  they are 1 hour into it, and at the time in the 8th inning of game # 4. all random selections, and st louis has been picked each time. 

its on fools...its on!

[Reds]

7 games in and my first series os over...

I am 2-5...and only had one solid offensive team, Ca, who got shutout. 

Scores so far...

game 1 - 1 -0 SF (goreds) over Stl (Briz)
game 2 - 3-1 Stl (b) over SF (g)  Tudor CG
game 3 - 2-0 Stl (b) over Ca (g)  Cox CG
game 4 - 4-1 Stl (g) over Mn (b)
game 5 - 4-1 Bo (b) over Mn (g)
game 6 - 4-3 Sf (b) over Ho (g)  Mitchell walkoff HR
game 7 - 6-4 Bo (b) over NY (g)  Hurst CG

My pitching is off, so a break should be nice....Briznock had some solid matchups too as I played with Houston and NY.  Stl has been afire with Vince and Ozzie scoring alot of runs...

For the first two hours everyone seems to be quite happy and genuinely excited still.

[Reds]

Things are starting to slow, stein doesnt feel like playing as much...Brock is still going strong on his 13th in a row.....I'm ready for more.  We are only 3 1/2 in, and things are going to be rough....

[TbT]

stiny, get me a danish!

[RedBarron]

stiny, get me a danish!

:POY: