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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

[TbT]

Tecmo Bowl heroes page
http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/tecmo-heroes.html

Tecmo Bowl villains page
http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/tecmo-villains.html

RBI villains
http://www.tecmobowl-vs-rbi.com/rbi-villains.html

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Davey Johnson is a nice touch...

[Brookensrules!]

I like the part about Brookens being better than Glen Davis.

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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.

[TbT]

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.     

[BeefMaster]

I like the "Royal Rumble" idea.

[Turd]

Agreed, it's a cool way to play the game because you could have any matchup at any time...

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Took some time tonight and ramped up the RBI villains page.  Added Willie McGee and the unholy combo of Donnie Moore, and Eric King. 

[fknmclane]

I like the "Royal Rumble" idea.

It's really fkn good.

[fknmclane]

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.

[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

Finding an animated looking world series trophy was really the icing on top for that page.

[Turd]

Where'd you get that RBI MLB type logo? It's quite similar to the one I made:

[Turd]

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...

[TbT]

Where'd you get that RBI MLB type logo? It's quite similar to the one I made:

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.

[Turd]

No problem, glad to help.

[TbT]

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

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.

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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.



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.   

 
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.

[nomaaa]

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"

[TbT]

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.