RBI Baseball Tournament

[Dennis Kim]

smokedUbad,

your tourney sounds great. we definitely need to talk, because i have a crew out here in the west coast who play curve style, and think that they are the best in the world.

chicago in the winter time might be difficult for us, but maybe we can get something else together for the near future.

-dennis

[dkshaft]

We like playing only one starting pitcher per game. You should try this, its a great challenge in a 7-game series scenario.

-dennis

[B]

Mr. Ubad,

this sounds more than enticing...its about a 15 hour trip from here in worcester MA, but my freind works for an airline so maybe i can get a few days out and head out there...t too if hed be willing....this would be something that we could never get around here, because no one really ever  wants to play RBI, let alone set up a tourney....i will definately keep in touch...

[SmokedUBad13]

Concerning Dennis a.k.a. dkshaft's posts (Two and Three Above):

     I'm sorry to hear you probably won't be able to make it to Chicago during the winter.  But if things change be sure to let me know, we'd love to have you.  Yes, we also have some hot heads who feel we are the best at curve.  So I agree that we should try and set something up (Summer maybe?).  We'll keep in touch.
     Regarding your one starting pitcher rule... That sounds insane.  I can imagine some high scoring games with that rule in effect.  Not to mention the fact that pitching is so much more of a skill when you play like that.  I'll be sure to give it a try.  Later.

SmokedUBad
www.dee-nee.com/rbi/mbeales - The Official R.B.I. Baseball COTUT

[SmokedUBad13]

Concerning bban7700's post (Two Above):

     That'd be excellent if you could actually attend the tournament.  Players from California, Florida, Virginia, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois (of course), and now yourself from Massachusetts have all inquired about the tournament.  You never know, airfare is low (esp. after 9/11) so maybe you'll be able to get out here and play some ball.
     I think that's sad that noone is really willing to play out there.  R.B.I. is without a doubt the greatest game ever.  Nothing will ever replace the memories.  Personally, I think R.B.I. is fairly big out here in the midwest (I think Gantry and his pals would probably back me up on this).  I can't recall a friend of mine who ever had Nintendo, yet didn't have R.B.I. Baseball.  The two have always seemed to go hand in hand with the kids in this area.  Talk to ya later man.  Good to hear from the East Coast.

SmokedUBad
www.dee-nee.com/rbi/mbeales - The Official R.B.I. Baseball COTUT

[SmokedUBad13]

Update on the Tournament:

     Recruiting for the tournament over the holiday weekend was successful.  We picked up another 4 and now officially have 12 players who have committed to the tournament.  That means that there are only four spots available for the 16 man tournament.  We will continue recruiting this weekend and hope to come close to fulfilling the 16 player roster by the next update.
     Once again, we are asking everybody to get the word out so that we can get another 20 players to make this a 32 player tournament.  We have all summer and are hoping that this will happen as this would be our ultimate goal for the tournament.
     Also, I will start working on sponsorship from Tengen and Nintendo later this week when I get home from college.
     Another final note, I will be leaving for home in a couple days and will not have time to update the site every couple of days as I have been recently.  However, I will be updating the site and this forum (with player info and such) every Tuesday.  So please be patient as there will be weekly updates during the summer and I may take a longer time to get back to you.  Don't forget you can always e-mail me at SmokedUBad@aol.com.
  Just put "RBI Baseball" in the subject line.  Thanks.

SmokedUBad
www.dee-nee.com/rbi/mbeales - The Official R.B.I. Baseball COTUT

[dkshaft]

SmokedUBad

Hey I added your link to our website. If you get a chance check out our West Coast Rules section on our RBI website. http://rbibaseball.tripod.com/home.html. This outlines the rules we have set for competitive RBI play.

Would love to discuss seriously some sort of summer tourney situation, anytime in the future. Do you guys ever get out to sunny California?

-DK

[SmokedUBad13]

    Excellent DK.  I've added a link to your page from our link page also.  I'll read your rules and get back to you by e-mail.  Maybe we can set something up this summer.

SmokedUBad
www.dee-nee.com/rbi/mbeales - The Official R.B.I. Baseball COTUT

[Gantry]

Some comments:

GDavis - Given that there are already 12 people signed up, it is fairly certain that I will be in the tourney.  We are having a very tough time with curves and most of the dee-nee crew isn't into curve yet (meaing most of my games until tourney time would be straight pitch). I will train myself for the tourney (if it gets to 32), but it's tough to change a 10-year style of play.  Back to my Searching for Bobby Fischer analogy....

Dennis - Since we started dabbling in curves (for a whole week now), we've adopted all your rules.  I like the one starting pitcher - two starters is too much for us right now, as we never do anything when a pitcher is fresh.  We do head out to Vegas every year, so maybe we can set something up, though it'll be tricky...

Mike - If I do end up entering myself, I'll have one (perhaps two) training partners who will be in as well.  Though we would like to have our games scheduled relatively close together.  Is this possible?  Also, I highly doubt you are going to get any sort of sponsorship.  First off, I'm pretty sure that Tengen is no longer a company.  Second, Nintendo and Tengen were involved in a huge lawsuit over Tetris and as a result Tengen released all their game without a license from Nintendo.  Good luck though...

[SmokedUBad13]

IMPORTANT UPDATE ON THE LOCATIONS/TIMES OF THE TOURNAMENT:

Gantry,

     That would be wonderful if you could join and bring a friend or two (when we approach 32 players).  That would tremendously help the tournament and we'd greatly appreciate it because the last few players will be the hardest ones to get.  It always turns out that the last 5 or so are nearly impossible to find.
     I don't exactly know what you mean when you say "scheduled relatively close together."  But we'll see what we can do.  However, this might help (and this is directed to other players thinking about joining also)....  

Everyone,

     If we get 32 players, we will be looking to rent either a union hall or some large room, possibly either a vacancy in a strip mall or a hotel conference room.  Then we can put up 4 Nintendos in that single room and hold all the games at that single location.  In this case, the tournament series times (and maybe even the dates for the tournament) will probably be decreased.  For example, we would no longer have two games (each occuring at a different location) being played at once.  We would instead have four games being played at once, one for each Nintendo that we have set up.  This would decrease the length of the tournament tremendously.  Also, the whole tournament would be held at one location as opposed to the scheduled two.  This would help people who come in groups with friends so that they won't be split up and won't have to travel or wait as long as three days for the entire tournament to be finished.

     Once again, none of this is official.  But if we get 32:
     1. We will most likely have the tournament held at one location with multiple Nintendos and
     2. The tournament would most likely be decreased to two days.  Let me make it clear that no matter what happens, it will still start on the 27th of December.  That date will not change as people have plans to arrive that day to start the tournament.  In short, if anything changes with the dates, the tournament would probably end a day early.  This shouldn't mess up anyone's plans.

SmokedUBad
www.dee-nee.com/rbi/mbeales - The Official R.B.I. Baseball COTUT

[B]

im a big fan of what is going on here....within the next couple weeks, i should be able to pin down whether or not i and possibly t can go....this would be an event like none have ever seen...

[SmokedUBad13]

bban7700:

     That's awesome.  I just talked to my VP who is helping me run this tournament and we have agreed to pick up anybody who needs a ride from the airport.  So if you're in the tournament and need a lift to either a hotel or whatever, we will gladly pick you up.  Consider it a sort of promo for getting out-of-staters to join the tournament.  I wish you luck man.  Looking forward to seeing you!!!
     Also, this is the first post where I'm going to say that I honestly feel we are going to get 32 players.  Esp. if Gantry & friends, pedriqrules, and yourself get into the tournament.  Then it's a definite that there will be 32 players for the Second Biannual R.B.I. Baseball Championship of the Universe Tournament.

SmokedUBad
www.dee-nee.com/rbi/mbeales - The Official R.B.I. Baseball COTUT

[SmokedUBad13]

    Alright people, I'm going to have to ask everyone to hang with us here as we are having some technical difficulties concerning the tournament site.  It appears as though I can't update the site unless I'm on campus (because the site is saved on the campus server which apparently can only be accessed while on campus).  This poses a minor problem since I do not attend school during the summer and my college is 120 miles from my home.

     I'm either going to have to;
  A) find a way to update the site from my home (which is why I'm calling information technologies tomorrow to see if this is possible),
  B) find a new site to host the tournament website, or
  C) take occasional (possibly even weekly) trips down to my college to update the site.  Yes, this would suck.  But if it is the only way to update the site and keep everyone informed I will make that sacrafice.

     I will, somehow, find a way to update the site on June 4th with it's biggest update yet.  This update will include new info on the 32 player tournament, the addition of new players, and the latest info on how we're working to hold the tournament at one location (as opposed to two).  Thanks and later.

SmokedUBad
www.dee-nee.com/rbi/mbeales - The Official R.B.I. Baseball COTUT

[SmokedUBad13]

HUGE UPDATE ON THE TOURNAMENT:

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     "The Campaign for 32" has had tremendous success over the past two weeks.  The Second Biannual R.B.I. Baseball Championship of the Universe Tournament will officially be a 32 player tournament.  We gained support from another four players who have committed to the tournament bringing the total number of committed participants to 16.  Meaning that the tournament is halfway full, leaving only 16 spots available.
     The committed list does not include four other potential players (who will probably be joining sometime soon) or the e-mail that I have received from R.B.I. players in Rockford, IL (who are considering bringing up to 5 players into the tournament).  Also, the committed list doesn't include Gantry or his pals  .  So we're hoping they will be able to make it.  These possible additions to the tournament could leave only 5-6 spots available, which is truly incredible.  The 32 dream is becoming more and more of a reality each and every week.  Later people.

SmokedUBad
www.dee-nee.com/rbi/mbeales - The Official R.B.I. Baseball COTUT

[Gantry]

Been a slacker and should have done this earlier, but test out:

http://dee-nee.com/rbi/mbeales/

If it works and Mike is still having trouble @iwu, then I'll host the tourney page during the summer...

God bless wget, this took all of 10 minutes...

[SmokedUBad13]

    Excellent, I just tested your FTP and it worked successfully (with the exception that I don't have a password yet, otherwise it would have worked perfectly).  So that's all good.  We should be able to update the site regularly if everything goes well over the next few days.  Thanks again man!!!

SmokedUBad
www.dee-nee.com/rbi/mbeales - The Official R.B.I. Baseball COTUT

[SmokedUBad13]

    The new temporary site for the Official R.B.I. Baseball Championship of the Universe Tournament will be hosted by Gantry and can be found at www.dee-nee.com/rbi/mbeales  The website will be held here until I return to IWU on August 25th.  Thanks again Gantry.

SmokedUBad
www.dee-nee.com/rbi/mbeales - The Official R.B.I. Baseball COTUT

[Blyleven_No-No]

I question the name of the last person who posted, "Pedrique Rules", I would love to be matched up against him in the tourney.  Pedrique is as bad as Santana.

I may plan a roadtrip after XMas from New York to Chi Town with my roomate, I am glad it is curve pitch, I really don't acknowledge slow pitch play as a competitive means of RBI.  32 heads would be the bomb!

[SmokedUBad13]

UPDATE:

      We have completed and added the finished brackets to the website.  The finished brackets include dates, televisions, and times.  As of now there are only two televisions used.  There is the possibility that we might be able to add another two televisions to the tournament.  This would make the days/sessions shorter.
      Based upon popular demand, we have decided to divide the tournament into sessions.  This enables players to play their session and leave so that they don't have to spend the entire day at the tournament.  The first day consists of four sessions.  The second day consists of three sessions.  And the final day is reserved for the top 6 players in the tournament.
      E-mail me with comments or suggestions on improving the brackets.  Thanks.

SmokedUBad
www.dee-nee.com/rbi/mbeales - The Official R.B.I. Baseball COTUT

[owencetnar]

I just wanted to point out that RBI baseball is amasing and what u all have done with your own tournaments and this website is clearly amasing. i am only 16 years old and going to be a junior in high school. Our Amsterdam, New York Franchise still has many years left for our organization. i am sorry to the people that though i lived in new york city as posted on our event site. that was just a mis-understanding. To be completely honest, i though we were the only stupid fucks to do this shit this. you guys are totally amasing. All of New York Respects any man who came in contact with this site and has played the game of RBI Baseball!
 
my sn is 'Y2Jericho46' so im me, dont be a dick. ill be cool if youll be cool and maybe someday we can all get together for a national tournament. [thatd be fucking crazy]  
 
 
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