2022 R.B.I. Baseball & Tecmo Bowl National Championship.

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-The 7th annual Tecmo & RBI tourney is Saturday July 23rd!  RBI Baseball at 11 AM, Tecmo Bowl at 5 PM.
-Hosted at DJ's Dugout (Miracle Hills location) in Omaha Nebraska.

-Tecmo Bowl trophy will be presented to the tourney champion by former Bears QB Jim McMahon.  Sports media personalities Cole Cubelic(ESPN) and Adnan Virk(MLB Network) will be competing at the event.
-This day long celebration has attracted players from 11 states and Canada since 2016.  Many of the top players in Omaha have impressive resumes competing in other states.

-Both tourneys feature group play followed by eliminations rounds and consolation games for players eliminated early.
-Cash prizes to the top players, and 1st place wins a trophy in each event.
-The elimination round is capped with the top 16 players from group play.
-Players seeded 17 & higher will face off in the "2nd Division" tourney with cash prizes to 1st & 2nd place.


This year's Tecmo Bowl tourney will be featured in a documentary by Forty FPS Films.  The RBI portion of the event will have a small role in the film as well.
See teaser video for documentary below




For a glimpse of the RBI tourney from 2021, see video below



The most noteworthy film by Forty FPS is the Price Is Right documentary.  See below.

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Promotional page by Forty FPS.



No waiting around to play RBI here.

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Gameplay rules




Team selection process.  I plan to make 1 small tweak to it this year.

[BeefMaster]

I WILL BE THERE!

(note that I am not the celebrity guest, there's someone EVEN BIGGER than me)

[TbT]

Confirmed attendees include Bears QB Jim McMahon who will handle duty of Tecmo Bowl tourney champion trophy presentation. 
Cole Cubelic (ESPN sideline reporter) and Adnan Virk (MLB Network commentator) will be competing at the event.

Not sure who else CJ has up his sleeve at the moment, but will report when I know more.



A guy emailed me from Canada.  He's looking at bringing a group of about 5 players down for RBI.  Said they really weren't gamers, but their group played a lot of RBI in college.    With all the additional fanfare this year, shouldn't be much work to get an attendance figure in the low to mid 20s for both games.  The group of 5 Canadians would really get us a great turnout for RBI.

Not going to put much effort into promotion via social media this year as virtually every regular is going to be attending.

[TbT]

I WILL BE THERE!

(note that I am not the celebrity guest, there's someone EVEN BIGGER than me)

Baines and Wife of Baines are planning a trip to Omaha for the event.
Joe Dirt has been looking at flights recently.

[nomaaa]

fucking awesome

[Gantry]

How the fuck did you get Jimmy Mac?

[BeefMaster]

I WILL BE THERE!

(note that I am not the celebrity guest, there's someone EVEN BIGGER than me)

Baines and Wife of Baines are planning a trip to Omaha for the event.
Joe Dirt has been looking at flights recently.

HELL YES!

I'm bringing my college roommate, who will absolutely not be competitive but I think will be participating in both tournaments as well.

[TbT]

How the fuck did you get Jimmy Mac?

The Producer for the film is nearing completion of his Jim McMahon documentary.  CJ and Jim are BFFs. 😄

[TbT]

I'm bringing my college roommate, who will absolutely not be competitive but I think will be participating in both tournaments as well.

I was just thinking about that recently.  Awesome.  I'll add him to the tally.

Currently sitting at a field of 20 players for each tourney from people that have confirmed.  That number does not include 3 guys that have been successful at past tourneys that will more than likely attend and play in both.  And there is a batch of 4-6 guys from Canada that are looking into the trip down here to play RBI, but are not on the spreadsheet yet. 

RBI has a pretty good shot at hitting 26-28 players if even half of those Canadians attend. 
I haven't planned on doing any facebook ads as I've been letting things play out with the regulars first to see where we are at numbers wise closer to the event.

[The Good Brother]

This is beyond amazing

[BeefMaster]

BUMP

Just booked my hotel this morning. I'm hoping for a better showing in RBI this year, and that my shockingly good results in Tecmo last year weren't just beginner's luck (and a VERY fortunate round robin group draw). TBT's latest announcement on the Facebook event page expects turnout in the high 20s for both tournaments. It was 16 in each last year, so it'll be really interesting to see what an expanded field looks like, comparatively... it's not clear whether the expanded field is from picking up more casuals or more high-end players.

[BeefMaster]

I have arrived in Omaha, and I met Baines and his wife and daughter at the tournament venue. They are awesome. I'm gonna try to get there early tomorrow to help TBT with setup.

[BeefMaster]

3-0 in group play, including a Dee-Nee battle against Baines. Not sure yet what I'll get for a seed in the knockout round

[BeefMaster]

Made the semis in RBI, after winning a 15-inning bit of inanity in my first knockout game.

[Gantry]

Holy shit, well done!

[BeefMaster]

I beat Beales 1-0 to finish in third. Vic and Bridges are paying for the title right now.

[fightonusc]

You are doing something right if you beat Beales.

[Gantry]

Absolutely, that's an amazing run