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[Turd]

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.

[RBI PRO]

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.

[TbT]

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

[TbT]

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

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

[TbT]

The new podcast is now out.
August 2001 Show topics:
Listen here....  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/ 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/ 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

[Turd]

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.

[TbT]

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.

[Turd]

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.

[cpa68]

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...

[TbT]

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.

 

[Turd]

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.

[Turd]

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?

[TbT]

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. 

[Turd]

That's where I've been putting guys like revis, woodson, etc in the 2011 ROM. Thanks for the feedback.

[TbT]

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
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.

[Gantry]

Pretty bad ass TBT, keep it up .

[Turd]

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?

[TbT]

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.

[Turd]

Cool. Move to Milwaukee. I know a guy who'd love to play...

[TbT]

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
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