TecmoBowl-vs-RBI.com

[TbT]

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,
Joe
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Thrillist.com
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[TβG]

you could call the phone number...

[TbT]

already replied to it.  With any luck I can get a nice push in traffic, whihc should boost it up the search ladder.

[TβG]

coolf

[TbT]

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.

[TbT]

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.

[Turd]

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?

[TbT]

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.

[TbT]

I made a quick youtube video featuring the mention and discussion about the site on "The Solid verbal" college football podcast show.

 

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".

[TbT]

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.

[Turd]

Awesome, thanks for the shout-out. Much appreciated, and good luck. I'll try to listen in...

[fightonusc]

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?

[Mike D.]

Brad is killing it.

[Turd]

Yeah, listening now. You're a celebrity, my man...

[Baines]

Just got done listening.  Well done, TBT.

[RBI PRO]

Topic should be  Super Tecmo Bowl  vs  RBI... Those are the 2 most popular games in NES.   Not Tecmo Bowl, sorry Terror.

[Turd]

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.

[RBI PRO]

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.

[Turd]

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...

[RBI PRO]

 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.