R.B.I. / Tecmo Bowl Tournaments (Omaha, NE 3/4/2017)

[TbT]

>Addy's Sports Bar in Omaha (Millard area across from The Amazing Pizza Machine):  Saturday March 4th, 2017
>Tecmo Bowl at noon  RBI at 6PM
>$15 entry fee per game, or enter both for $25.  All fee's go to payouts for top 4 finishers.
>1st Place wins roughly 45% of all fees collected.

Free Prizes!
>Giving away gift certificates to Addys.
>Kick returns TDs & Grand Slams for cash.  Giving away $5 to the first 3 players that have a KRTD and Grand Slam.
>Free door prizes available to entrants:  Starting line-up action figures still in the box, player print in frame (Lawrence Taylor 16 X 20 for example), unopened packs of late 80's NFL and MLB cards, NES game fridge magnets, and other items.

>1st place wins a trophy for each event.
>Each event begins with group play.  Records with point differential then seed players in single elimination tournament.
>RBI Baseball will feature best of 3 series beginning with the final 4.
>Team Selection:  1 person names the teams, and the other will have choice of their team.

>Game-play rules:  RBI-Anything Goes.  Tecmo Bowl-No gaining yards when defense picks same play as offense.
>  I currently have 10 NES available.

See video below for more details

[TβG]

You do a fine job

[BeefMaster]

Omaha is close enough that I need to make a serious attempt to get to this.

[Gantry]

Not 100% shutting the door, but it's darn close to my NCAA wrestling trip.  That said, I could swing by Floods, another stop at a buddy's in Des Moines and follow up with Omaha. 

[TbT]

Yes and Yes to Beefmaster and Gantry.  Were planning to lodge Nate, his co-worker, and the 2 Canadians in the 2 basement bedrooms.  However, the basement man room is huge and I have a big ass L-shaped sectional down there.  Comfortably sleeps 2 and there's a semi comfy recliner.  We also have a full bathroom in the basement.

This has the makings of an epic event.  BTW the guy that looked like the Expos mascot will be at this tourney.

[TbT]

Plans are in the works to put on a couple mini events to build interest for the March 4th tournaments.  I'm hosting a small "free to enter" Tecmo and RBI tourney in February at Addy's to help pump up the big event.  I won't be playing in those, just hosting and running them.  Probably only bringing 3 NES/TVs.   
Each free event will have a gift certificate to Addy's bar & grill go to the winner.         

[giveMongoBall]

This is cool. I am from Omaha, and hope to attend.

[Gantry]

Booyah, and welcome giveMongoBall! 

[TbT]

I put this video together to hype the tournaments.  This rolls though all the main details of the event.

[whatagop]

Maybe I'll be able to make it.

[TbT]

Facebook event page https://www.facebook.com/events/760768844079435/

I won't start the big ad campaign for about a month, but I see that 11 are listed as going and 33 are interested.  Many of those are random Omaha people that I don't know.
   

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43 days left until the event. 

Here's the countdown/player spotlight for tomorrow.

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Stuff I've tossed on facebook to plug the event

[Gantry]

Your dedication to this event is awesome

[TbT]

There's a good chance Mr. Cotut founder himself (Beales) will be making the drive over from Chicago for some RBI!   

Controller test session


The Tecmo Bowl championship trophy has arrived!

[Shooty]

Those ads are great

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[Brookensrules!]

the last ad was great.