ATA 24 Week 9 Play of the Game

 

ATA Season 24 Week 7

Tecmo Madison IX - Marino Royale Recap



Last year I did not write recaps for Madison and/or the Midwest Tournaments. Shame on me. After a night a pre-tournament festivities, daboy8821 and I headed to the Badger Bowl. Let's start with this venue. I have attended Tecmo VII and Tecmo VIII, so the only venue I have ever known for the Madison tournament was Logan's Madtown, which is now out of business. I thought Logan's was a great venue, but after attending Tecmo IX, I would have to say it was not. The Badger Bowl was ideal for this tournament. Due to the enormous size of this 224 person field, not to mention the increased numbers of significant others, children, and spectators, the Badger Bowl had two large rooms to split the field. One room had about 16-18 TVs/systems arranged along long walls and a small bar. The other room had a stage for live music, a bar/restaurant area, and about 10 pods of 2-3 TVs/systems.

The tournament opened with a Casino Royale-inspired Dan Marino poem read by Josh Holzbauer. I have always felt that Josh really is the gear behind this tournament with his humor and MC ability. Competitors' names and stations were called out as group play was about to get underway. The Madison crew always do a great job spreading out talent across the groups. My group this year was no different. Out of the 8 people in my group I was pre-determined as the #2 seed. Since my OKOYE jersey didn't arrive in time I wore my Anthony Munoz jersey and white sunglasses. A player from my group nicked-named Beef Juice said that, "You have no idea how intimidating it is to watch you play or to play you (my size mixed with the sunglasses and no facial/silent expressions the whole time)". I thought that this was pretty funny as I wear the sunglasses to eliminate the bright screen on my shitty contact lenses and I don't talk because I listen to music to block out the crowds and other distractions.

vogtcd, daboy8821, BigMV54, tecmopsycho

The rest of the group consisted of #1 Lucas Streiber who sported a nifty quarter-zip black turtle-neck sweater with white 8-bit snowflakes across the chest. #3 Kevin Nicksic was a no show. #4 Jake Ironside aka "Beef Juice" had Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer headbands and wrist bands. 5 Miguel Cintron, #6 Joe Lulott who was sporting a Sebastian Janikowski jersey, a Lakers hat, and had Troy Polamalu hair (the white guy version), #7 Kevin Mulcahy, and #8 Peter Best. In round 1 Lucas defeated Peter handily 38-0. Beef Juice beat Miguel with a buzzer beater JJ to Haywood Jefferies against Eagles 21-24. Kevin N. was a no show which allowed Joe a forfeit win in round 1. I defeated Kevin M. 28-7 on a matchup I called, which was DEN vs S.D. Kevin took the Chargers.  Elway played smart scrambling and had 75% completion rate. B. Hump did his thing on the ground. I did lose 2 fumbles in this game, but B.J. Tolliver threw 4 picks. The only score that I gave up came on a JJ to Anthony Miller.



In round 2 of the winners bracket Lucas defeated Jake as Jake picked a CIN/K.C. matchup, which played right into Lucas' strong suit. I had to play Joe Lulott who called a NYJ/DAL matchup. I took the Cowboys. I had a very easy drive to go up 7-0. Joe comes back and after converting a deep 3rd and 14, tied it up at seven. Joe kicked a full meter kick off right before the half. Awalt barely gets out of the end zone before he is tackled. The last play before the half I am in the back of the end zone buying time for a long JJ attempt when I see MAN controlled Dennis Byrd coming at me. Risking the possibility of a dive safety, I baited him into a grapple, tossed him over the goal posts, and chucked to Jay Novacek as he catches in stride and zig zags the drones to go up 7-14 at the half. This was huge as Joe got the ball after half. The first play after half was a Manny Hendrix INT, which led to another Dallas TD. Jets counter with a score of their own. Dallas scored again (14-28) and then force a Jets punt. Trying to increase the point differential, the Cowboys over throw a wide open TD and then throw a miss-press INT when another receiver was by himself in the end zone.



In the loser's bracket Peter B. defeated Miguel C. 24-7 with the GIA over S.F. Kevin M. got a forfeit win over the no show. Beef Juice then defeated Kevin M. Joe L. defeated Peter B. Joe L. beats Beef Juice in the loser's bracket semi.

In the championship of the winner's bracket I played Lucas S. He wins the toss and called a PIT/PHX matchup. I took PHX. Most frustrating game of the tournament. First drive I immediately force him to punt. My first possession I drive and score 0-7. Next possession I force another punt. I drive to into the red zone and then fumble away at the 25. He then scores making it 7-7. Middle of the second I have to punt after two called plays, but I get it back with a MAN controlled Lonnie Young INT. I get the ball after half only to lose another fumble. Again, I make a great MAN controlled INT with Lonnie Young with 3:20 to go in the game; still tied at 7. I march the ball down to the 25 and in FG range to take the lead. I have a wide open Roy Green at WR 2 on a streak to the end zone. I have to avoid two PIT drones in the backfield (was happening all game). As I am tapping off the drone, I over press and instead of hitting Roy Green, the ball is thrown up top to a Rod Woodson-covered Johnny Johnson and is picked. To make matters worse, the INT is returned from about the 20 to the 50. He checks conditions and of course Strom is in EXCELLENT. I have to call pass. He runs two run 3s with ridiculous blockers and then connects on a short pass to go up 14-7 with hardly anything left. After the kick-off I have 3 seconds and from my 3 he calls my play to end the game. First and foremost, Lucas is an incredible player. He was ranked higher than me for a reason. He did beat MattyV and Josh H. He had Mort down and out for the elite eight. With that being said, I completely dominated this game and got screwed by Tecmo in every way possible. He had 48 rush yards and 64 pass yards to my 108 rushing and 79 pass. I was in his back field the entire game. He had to punt 3 times yet I lose. Nuts.

So after some really bad luck I have to play the championship of the loser's bracket against Joe L. again just to advance to the big dance. I win this toss and call DET/S.D. He took DET as I expected. I dominated this game and was winning 21-0 until he kicked a FG with 43 seconds left to avoid a shut out. I held him to 77 yards on 17 carries (43 of these were Rodney Peete). So I finish 3-1 and advance to the big 64-man tournament with a bad seeding and would have to play a very skilled player in the opening round.

 



After group play I went to check on Jon aka daboy8821 (he rides up with me). He won his pool only giving up 7 points and going 3-0. With a small break before the big boy tournament, I met up with one my wife's friends who lives in Madison, and ate lunch at the bowling alley. Half-pound cheeseburger, fries, cheese curds, and a Mountain Dew ($15.63). Delicsh!

Region studs were Chet, Sobhi, Skunker, daboy, regulator088, ryanfulcher33, Mort, and Josh H. As the names get drawn out, I wait and wait. With the last names called, I am paired with Kyle Floetl aka Flo. I can count on 2 hands the number of elite tappers who are equal with me or better out of this 224 man field. Flo is one of them. I knew he was the same or better, so this would be interesting. He won 2/3 one-on-ones during the game. He called a WAS/MIN matchup. After some deliberation I took WAS. Game was a defensive slug fest. Punts, TODs at mid field, a missed Flo FG and a Chip Lohmiller make was the only score of the first half. Flo had a posse. I love this. I tend to play better when people are against me. I got a lot of shit about 3 feet from my ear despite blaring some Notorious BIG. In the second half I was able to start moving the ball with ease, mixing it up with pass and runs. The play action plays were huge and led to a 24-7 win.



In the round of 32 I got Josh Holzbauer. I called a N.O./ATL matchup. I hoped he would take ATL. He didn't. Josh has a great drive inside the 10 and all the sudden my thumb locks. I couldn't move it unless I used the other hand. I have never had this happen. I guess it was the massive amount of games played the week before. I straighten it out and try again. Same result. Extremely painful. I was on the verge of forfeiting. Josh graciously tells me to take as long I need. His wife (a nurse) says I need water and gets me a glass. This is a testimate to the Madison crew. Thank you Erin. Josh, like me, you hit the jackpot on that one. I chug and she gets me another glass. I chug again and wait about 10-15 minutes stretching my thumb. When we resume, I am wary of pressing hard, but I am able to play. Neither of us could stop each other. He ran at Deion and I threw to Rison. The difference in the game was a 3rd quarter safety on a called play. I lost 24-26. I can accept a loss like this because there was no shit and the safety was a bad play call on my part.



 I got the chance to meet several new people yet again. Chad Norwood from Louisiana. Travis R. (Moulds33), and Dave Murray were just a few. Dave Murray may very well be the coolest human being alive. Dude was as nice as could be and had the technology rolling with streaming games and conducting the interviews with O'Dell and Chris Vogt. He was throwing packs of 1990 and 1991 football cards into the crowd, giving free T-shirts, and I got a copy of the exclusive Tecmo Bowl.org 2013 cartridge.

The Sweet 16 and Elite 8 were started by readings from the book of L.T. Mort was magical pulling out back to back miracles. regulator088 steam-rolled the competition to win the winner's bracket. Daboy defeated Joe Naughton (RAI over CHI) and bgboud (K.C. over MIA) to advance to the final four.



 

8-bit Tecmo helmet on Joey Browner 

The crowd was getting larger. The outfits and throwback jerseys were awesome. Saw Steve Grogan, Joey Browner, Christian Okoye, Randal Cunnigham, Thurman Thomas, and Hardy Nickerson, and Jesse Tuggle throwbacks. Tecmo T-shirts were for sale. Beer was flowing, pizza being devoured, and spectators from the bowling alley were gazing at the spectacle. I also saw the coolest Mario tattoo ever.



Mario tattoo (castle and shy guy was on the back) 

Bounced players, significant others, and family members crowded around the two big flat screens and were standing on tables and chairs as the final four games were displayed. Daboy achieved redemption after a big loss to Jeff B. 42-21 in the Sweet 16 Round. In that earlier game, he was down 21-0 in the first 3 minutes due to a Marion Butts fumble and 2 Louis Oliver INTs. He did come back to 21-14, but a Mark Clayton CC, wide open Dolphin receivers on pass calls, and several dropped balls from Charger RBs led to that defeat. Daboy would meet Jeff B. in a rematch and called a G.B./N.O. matchup. Daboy got G.B. This was actually a really good game that was 10-3 late in the 4th. Jeff was 4th and 5 from the 5 and going for the tie. He scrambled with Fourcade and daboy MAN controlled Tim Harris. Daboy tornadoed Harris and cheated on the short pass to the end zone forcing Jeff to run with Fourcade. Harris stopped Fourcade at the 2 to hold on for the win.

Jon played Chet with the winner to meet regulator088 in the championship. It was a Browns/Saints matchup. The first half was completely dominated by daboy8821. Where ever Chet went on defense, QB Browns carved it up. Daboy stuck with Eric Metcalf and played the sidelines to avoid the fumble. He never fumbled. The pro-Chet crowd was silenced and doubtful as daboy went up 14-0 right before the half. One daboy supporter shouted, "Take him to the f---ing woodshed Jon." Shortly after this, Ironhead Hayward returned a kick right before the half with Chet having possession afteR. This completely won the game. In the fourth quarter daboy was 4th and 3 from the 3 and elected for a FG to tie it at 17. Chet was able to march the field and get a FG with little time left. I felt bad for Jon. I thought he earned it. Chet played well too, but I just felt bad.

In game one of the championship Chet faced elimination in a DET/K.C. Game started horribly for regulator going down 9-0 with a DT safety. Regulator did come back, but Chet pulled back away late forcing regulator to pass. I think that final was 33-14? The elimination championship game was another Chet matchup call. DET/CIN. Chet was the Bengals. WR2 burn route to Tim McGee all game. Regulator countered with long Barry runs on dangerous 3rd and longs and 4th shorts deep in his own territory. Two huge plays late gave the Bengals the edge. A JJ to Eddie Brown between 3 defenders for a score and a diving CC to Ickey Woods in the end zone on double coverage for a 28-17 win. Chet is truly the Michael Jordan of Tecmo with a back to back Madison titles to go along with his numerous résumé of other tourney titles.

 

LuckyTool, Ones11fauzu (front), bgboud2 (back), tecmodell42, daboy8821 (front), tecmopsycho (back), regulator088 

 



The tourney followed with the awards ceremony (video below) and group pictures. Just awesome. You aren't a true Tecmoer until you experience this. Huge thank you to Josh and Chet with their crew (Bailey, Orenga, the women of Tecmo, etc.) for another brilliant production of the Madison Tecmo Tournament. You have to keep this going.



Travel and Pre-Tournament Festivities

Hit a bad snag of traffic in Chicago.  Wasn't nearly as bad as last year.  Decided to skip the tolls this year and took a bunch of back roads through northern Illinois and eastern Wisconsin.  Daboy8821 rode with me again this year and got a bad case of McDonald's pains.  Not a restroom in sight.  We finally discovered a small hole-in-the-wall bar called Snuffy's Still.  He reported that it was very embarrassing to have all the locals stare at him while he made the march to the John.

We realized we got the same hotel as last year.  We played several games before heading to the early bird registration.  Got to the Badger Bowl and they had about 16 TVs/stations going.  We played each other several times again.  Met a few from online for the first time (Dave Murray and Travis R./moulds33).  Talked with the Vogts, O'Dell, Toolie, Louis B., and the Wisconsin crew.  Several were there getting in pre-tournament reps.



MIB Season 2 Week 2

Hooterville Jealousy hosts the Naptown Punch in a week 2 matchup which had plenty of antics.

MIB Season 2 Week 1

Defending CFC Champion Indy Force is renamed in season 2 as the Naptown Punch and square off against powerhouse Mt. Pocono Rejects (formerly Hogsmeade Aurors) in the week 1 matchup.

HSTL s21 Super Bowl

HSTL s21 AFC Championship

HSTL s21 AFC Championship S.D. @ IND from Tecmo Psycho on Vimeo.

HSTL s21 AFC Divisional Playoff Game

HSTL s21 AFC Divisional Playoff K.C. @ IND from Tecmo Psycho on Vimeo.

Another Division Title

The ATA season 22 Colts clinched the #1 Tecmo Football League division making them 13-3.  This is the Colts third straight division crown with an overall record of 39-9.

HSTL s21 AFC East Division Champs

The s 21 HSTL Colts finished a league best 14-2 this season taking the AFC East.

Colts Clinch TFA Division

The ATA season 21 Colts clinched the Tecmo Football Association division with a 35-14 win over the Chicago Bears on December 14; making them 13-1. Three nights later, the Colts defeated division competitor Tennessee 24-10 putting them at 14-1 with one game remaining. At this point the Colts are the two seed for the playoffs. Colts coach Tecmo Psycho will not be happy of anything short of American Bowl XXI.

WTF 2008 Draft

Colts GM made a tough decision when trading star LB Terrell Suggs and a 3rd round pick for the rights to RB Peyton Hillis at 1.17. With the potential bust line similar to that of 2007 draft pick Adrian Peterson, Colts management decided it was worth a shot a made the deal. Instead of hitting the bust line, Hillis rolled his best line (44 RS, 56 MS, 75 HP, and 50 REC). Now the Colts have a true one-two punch at the running back position. The 2008 season will rest squarely on the duel play of Matt Schuab and Derek Anderson at QB.

ATA Season 21 Opener

ATA's season 20 Offensive MVP carries the Colts to a 1-0 start against TechMobile's Packers. Defense covered the pass really well, picked up 4 sacks (2 safeties), and 2 fumble recoveries (one for a score).

WTFC 1992 Season Opener: IND @ PIT

The new look Colts headed east to face rival Pittsburgh in the season opener of the WTFC 1992 season. The Colts boast a talented rookie QB in Brad Johnson along with newly acquired RB Barry Foster from Minnesota. The Colts defense was bolstered in the secondary with Carnell Lake and Barney Bussey, along with rookie standout Troy Vincent. The very weak LB core from the 1991 season also changed with the addition of Chris Spielman and rookie draft picks Quentin Coryatt and Dwayne Sabb. The Steelers snagged Earnest Byner from the Colts during the off-season while keeping Gary Anderson and Christian Okoye in the backfield. LB Mike Croel and DB Wayne Haddix were going to make it tough on this new-look young Colts team.

GAME RECAP in attached vid:

WTFC 1992 Season Opener from Tecmo Psycho on Vimeo.

Colts come into Pittsburgh for the week 1 matchup in 1992 WTFC season.

Game ball goes to rookie Jason Hanson for drilling 3 FG. Coach tecmopsycho was not happy about the defense after the game. Seemed like every time our guys went in for a tackle they got popped off the line or just bounced off the ball carrier.

GG swamp and GLRW.

WTF 2007 Draft

Defensive Season

I just finished my first ever defensive regular season (haven't started the playoffs yet. This consists of no offensive plays from scrimmage (just kicking FG, scoring on returns, or scoring off defensive plays).

WTFR 1976 Week 5: The Comeback

WTFR 1976 Week 5: Dolphins @ Colts

THIS IS A MUST SEE!

WTFR 1976 Week 5 "The Comeback" from Tecmo Psycho on Vimeo.

This may be the craziest game of Tecmo ever. Down 14-0 with 1:53 to go in regulation the Colts pull off the miracle over the Dolphins.

4th Annual Midwest Tournament - - Fairfield, Ohio

This year's Midwest Tournament was triple elimination. I like this much better because if you have a bad game, or get screwed by the Tecmo gods you are not necessarily done. In my first game of the day I played Dallas from Plainfield, IN. He won the toss and deferred to me. I chose a San Diego/Denver matchup playing it safe against someone I did not know. He chose the Broncos and that made beam. It was really an easy game. I won 24-0 and ran the final break away run out at the 1 yard line.

My second game was against tournament director Chris V. (vogdtcd11) from Fairfield, OH I won the toss and went with Detroit/Minnesota. He took the Vikings and I was happy with that. This was the closest back and forth game of the day for me. 14-14 with a little under 2 minutes to go, he connects to Hassan Jones on two consecutive CC's. He wins 21-14.

My third game was against Tony G. from Toledo, OH. He won the toss and went with Bears/Raiders. I took da Bears. Things looked bad at first when I fumbled the opening kickoff and a 60 yard later in the game with Johnny Bailey, but the Bears come up with 3 picks and two fumbles of their own to secure a 38-7 victory.

My fourth game was against Matt M. (ones11fahzu) from Elkart, IN. This was the most ridiculous game of the tournament for me. He wins the toss and defers for P1. I go with Chargers/Bengals he takes the Bengals. Game was pretty even in the first half tied at 7-7 at halftime. In the second half I play it safe and kick the 3 to go up 10-7. He drives and I get a stop and force him to 3 of his own. With B.J. in Excellent, he burns David Fulcher with 94 PS to go up 17-with a minute and 34 seconds to go. Forced with a long field at his own 7, he completes a diving CC to Holman (also in Excellent), runs a few runs, and then bombs a 70 yard JJ to Holman as time expires. In OT he wins the toss. Chargers play good defense and get the stop with an INT around his 35. Butts runs to about the 5 yard line goes to the out of bounds line, fumbles completely out of bounds, and the Bengals recover out of bounds. On the very next play, James Brooks runs 60 yards as my MAN defender got bounced and my drones turned to ghosts and wouldn't tackle him. Another diving CC and two Brooks runs later he wins 23-17. I felt that I played well enough to win this game.

In my fifth game I played Matt M. from Cincinnati, OH. I won the toss and picked Chargers/Lions. He took the Chargers. This guy played mean run D. I was only getting 7 yards at max with Barry. After the first quarter I nearly passed the rest of the game. At one point in the game, Vlasic throws a ball to the top of the screen, Quinn Early gets the jump cut screen, ball goes off his hands, cut scene ends and Blades INTs the pass, but play is called dead. Chargers retain the ball on 3rd and 10. Very next play, Chargers had called pass, but there were no icons to thrown to. Never seen this happen in real life. Crazy stuff. I won this game 28-0, but this guy was good. I just played good defense and pass well.

In my 6th game I played Tony O. (averageTSBPlayer) from Madison, WI. He picked ATL/PHX. With my despise for ATL I went with PHX. ATL continually tried to force the ball to Rison who was mostly double covered for the entire game. Even when Rison cleared some space between the defenders both Chris Miller and backup Hugh Millen couldn't time the JJ or dive correctly. PHX got timely runs from a BAD Johnny Johnson, and good passes from Tom Tupa who "managed" the game very well. Final score was 21-7.

In my 7th game I played Aaron H. (ahake21) from Fairfield, OH. He picked ATL/NYJ. I went with the Jets. ATL lost 2 fumbles in this game which was pretty much the story. O'Brien was in Good during the 4th quarter and made good passes and QB runs to avoid a turnover. Final score was 21-7

In my 7th game I played Matt M. (ones11fahzu) again. This time I call Packers/Saints. I was hoping he would call Packers, but he was smart and gave me the passing team. I thought everything was gravy when I went up 10-0 in the first quarter, but Matt Played well using N.O.'s strong OL to break long runs with Hilliard. Before I knew it he was up 14-10 going into the final half of the 4th quarter. I take the ball the the 3 yard line on 2nd and goal. With a BAD 38 MS Woodside, I could not turn the corner to get in the end zone. Saints get the stop after a failed 4th and 2. I play great defense and force a punt which would have given me about 1 minute to bomb to Sharpe, but the punt was fumbled and he takes it in to win 21-10. Another good game with Matt. I didn't feel as bad on this one because Matt made the defensive plays to win it and I had about 80 yards to go with Sharpe besides the fumble. Matt played really well and had a strong showing which should not be overlooked at this tournament. He went on to beat Chris V. in the next round and what I believe to be the game of the tournament against Mort in a double overtime thriller in the next round. Great job Matt. Way to represent the Hoosiers.

Matt O'Toole beat Mort in a very good game the next round. O'Toole lost to bigmv the next game. bigmv played well against Josh H., but came up short when Josh gets an onside kick with John Carney against the Bucs. In order for Josh to win he had to beat his brother Chet 3 times. Chet had to beat Josh twice. First game Chet wins 35-21 with Rams over Redskins. Not enough Kevin Green cryptonite in this one. Chet goes 28-21 Giants over Bills in next game with Greg Jackson taking MVP honors.

Great tournament Chris. Love it and will be back next year.

Madison Tecmo VII Championship

Francis "Mort" Buennagle takes the Cowboys against Jim "Air" Bontempo's Phoenix Cardinals in the Championship of the 7th Annual Madison Tecmo Tournament.

This includes post game interviews with the finalists.

Actual Championship footage: http://www.tecmomadison.com/

Tecmo VII Hoss Whisperer Madison, WI Tournament

Ok. I have had a week to recuperate. I guess I will post my story for my weekend in Madison. I went out with my wife. We flew out of Indy on Thursday morning. One of my wife’s best friends lives in downtown Madison. On the first day we drove around downtown and also went to the Cave of the Mounds. Never been in a cave like that before. It was a trip. Thursday night we got some real Wisconsin food at a place called Old Fashioned. Cheese and Bratwurst. Good stuff. On Friday we went to the National Mustard Museum (yes there is such a place). Played some practice Tecmo with some guys on Friday night. Good times.

Saturday morning I walked to the tournament sporting my Wayne Haddix jersey, and watched some games, as I was in the afternoon session. When my pool play started I was nervous. Knowing I was fully capable of making the tournament, I had my doubts thinking back to Chicago in October.

My first game was against John D. from Madison. I was really nervous and played one of my worst games in this one. He picked a DAL/K.C. matchup. I went with Okoye and used my juice to win. On one play I juiced and popped nearly the entire defense for about 60 yards. The play of the game was late in the third quarter when he decided to punt the ball away from his own 20 on 4th and 1. I took advantage and closed him out on defense to win the game 14-7. Nightmare ran for 180 yards.

With the pressure off my back I felt at ease in the next two games. My second game was against Cody H. from Cedar Falls, Iowa. I picked a MIN/DET match up. He went with the Vikings. I came out throwing with Peete as he was picking runs the whole time. I slowly incorporated Barry. Defense played solid. I was up 3-21 early in the fourth quarter and went for it on 4th and 1 from the 1. The picked play resulted in a long MIN drive and FG. Final score was 6-21.

Being 2-0 in pool play I was really loose and was starting to feel confident. Next game I picked a CIN/S.D. matchup. I was playing Kevin H. from Madison. He picked the Bengals. I threw with B.J. and B.J. wasn’t B.J. I slowly incorporated Butts. Butts had some crazy jukes and long runs. Defense was stout really only getting beat on one ridiculous pass play threw the hands of a jumping Byrd and diving Eddie Brown. Final score was 31-14.

Brett P. and me

So I go 3-0 in pool play and I was placed as a 5 seed in the 64-man bracket. The opening round game was against Brett P. from Lake Mills, WI. I picked a S.D./DEN matchup. He took the Chargers and this time B.J. was B.J. He threw 2 picks early. Pickle came in and threw 2 of his own. Bronco’s defense was all over the place as I picked pass 95% of the time knowing this guy was a passer after the first quarter. I juiced with B. Hump and got out of bounds nearly every time. I was patient with Elway running when nothing was fo sho. Final score was 37-14.

In the round of 32 I played John B. (qb_browns). Dude put me out with a 50 yarder in Cincy back in July in a SEA/CLE matchup. Every game with him is solid. Plus he is one of the coolest people at the tournament. I go DET/S.D. matchup and he takes the Lions. I wasn’t going to give B.J. a chance to eff this up. Butts goes for 269 on 15 carries. Quinn Early got the only longer completion of the game. I might have had 3 completions the whole game. Barry ran 8 for 87 yards. I thought he would have been used more. Game was back and forth the entire time. If I remember correctly there were no picks? Final score was 21-14 Chargers.

In the sweet 16, I played Seth B. from St. Louis, MO. After the game I later found out that this was Tecmo Virtuoso. I have played him some online (http://www.sois.com/tpc/matchup.php?player=tecmopsycho&opponent=TecmoVirtuoso).
He picked a RAI/HOU matchup. I was so successful running the ball all day long, all I could think about was Bo, Bo, Bo. I even made the comment, “I’ll give you the better team.” What an idiot. I lost this game before the opening kickoff. I also forgot that WR in the RB2 spot could run the ball (Drew Hill). So banking on fumbles wasn’t going to happen. He scored at the end of the first on a called run/wide open receivers pass. I drive to his 25 or 30 and opt to not kick the FG. Mistake #2. Called play stuffed me without points. My second possession on second play from scrimmage, Shredder gets JJ picked at my own 40. He drives and gets another score going up 14-0. On my next drive I go to his 40, but fumble with Fernandez. Thankfully I recover and take it to the house with a lineman. On his first possession of the second half he sucked my defender in with a threatening Moon making dump off after dump off pass when I covered deep. He then went deep when I came to cover short. He goes up 21-7. Next possession, Shredder is benched for Beuerlein and he gets JJ picked by Johnson. I force a punt on his next drive and take a BAD Bo down the field for another score making it 21-14. I can’t remember how I got the ball back, but I did have the ball with a chance to tie. The entire second half and especially on this drive he called my play. Without exaggeration he picked me at least once every series and it seemed like 2-3 every series. For that alone he deserved to win the game. Didn’t help that Bo was in BAD the entire second half either. Seemed like he was a 44 MS back, and that sucks when you are using RAI and getting your pass plays picked. Going for it on 4th and like 7 I turned the ball over with a minute and change left. I was disgusted and can’t remember if he scored a garbage TD at the end (he probably did). Odell was right. I deserve to be hassled. I disagree with the overall showing. I was happy with what I did and how far I made it. On a side note, Indiana went 13-3 (9-0 in pool play) in the tournament.

regulator088, ones11fahzu, and tecmopsycho (Indiana)

I stayed and watched the rest of the tournament. Great games. Bgboud and Mort played a heart stopper. Mort and Skunker had a good one as well. Seth B. did go to the final four against Mort. I just would like to play him again with the reverse matchup just to see the outcome. I have video of the crowd and finals competitors. When I get a free moment I will upload. Fun time in Madison. I will be back in 2012.

me, qb_browns, and Rod Woodson

WTF 2004 Season Recap: Cleveland Browns

WTF 2004 Browns Season Recap from Tecmo Psycho on Vimeo.

Highlights and statistics from the Browns 2004 WTF season.

1st Annual Chicago Tecmo Super Bowl Tournament

I better write this up before I forget. Woke up late and left Naptown about 10:30 AM (EST). Got into Chicago about 1:00 PM (CST). Got to meet some of the guys I see online all of the time: Rico, Knobbe, Odell, and Toph. I also saw Louis, Mort, Josh, Chet, Bailey, the Elkart brothers, and averagetsbplayer. Bar set up was pretty cool. Games were played on nice flat screens throughout. I was set up for the 3:30 time slot. I was in Pool I. It consisted of Kevin Miller, myself, Ryan Daniels, and Paul Leffler. We were seeded in that order.

My first game was with Ryan Daniels and the Tecmo gods. He won the flip and picked a Dallas-Cleveland match up. I absolutely despise Dallas on TSB so I went Browns. Figured I could throw short completions and run with Mack and Metcalf. Yeah right. For one, this dude called at least 40% of my plays. Out of 4 downs, I swear there was 2 picked plays nearly every time. QB Browns was throwing on his heels the entire game. Mr. PC ended with a 38% completion rate and 1 INT. The 2 fumbles which resulted in Dallas TDs didn't help either. The Dallas drone DLs were possessed sacking me on 4th and long from what seemed like 5 yards away every time. Final score was Dallas 24 and Cleveland 7. Yuck... And what is frustrating is I know I can out play that guy. He was the better team that game. He did play pretty good defense and did pick my play nearly every time, but I know I am a better overall player... this would turn out to be the game to screw me.

My second game was against Paul Leffler. He wins the toss and picks a Chiefs-Bengals match up. I chose the Chiefs on the sole basis that Derrick Thomas could eff up FGs (4th man down WAS allowed). The first half was slow. Just 3 total possessions. He had 2 and I had 1. Halftime score was 7-7. In the second half, Deberg was patient and found the open receivers. I steadily pulled away and won 21-7.

My third game was against the number 1 seed Kevin Miller. All day I was being told how solid he was. I was told he had mad tapping skills. I also watched 2 of his games. He is a master of the arrow trick as well. I knew I would have to play my best to win. I finally won a toss and picked a Lions-Chargers match up. He chose the Lions. This game was a shoot out. Both teams went to the air more than expected. The end of the game proved to be a Butts-Sanders war. The score was tied at 21 with about 10 seconds left so I elect to go for a FG at the 25 yard line on 4th and 3. The kick is up, online, and BLOCKED. OVERTIME. Of course I lose the toss. Barry eats up about 3 minutes and 40 seconds of quarter number 5 and punches it into the end zone. Very disappointed. No 4th man down and that game is over. I felt like I matched him in every facet of the game. This also put me at 1-2 in the pool and a very unlikely chance to make the field of 32. Kevin finished 3-0, Ryan went 2-1, and Paul was 0-3. All were good game except my game with Ryan. Good players and good games.

The top 2 from every pool made the single elimination tournament. There were 6 wild card spots for teams that did not make top two in their pool. People with the best point differential made those 6 spots. I was -9. When they drew out the bracket I was pulled as #32! This meant I was to play the #1 overall seed Josh Holzbauer. We started our game. He won the toss and deferred the match up to me. I chose a Chargers-Redskins match up and he took the Chargers. Defensive battle. Josh canned a FG early in the first quarter. I missed a FG late in the first. The half time score was 0-3. I got an INT about a minute or so into the 3rd. Started driving with Byner. About half way through the 3rd our game was stopped. There was a mathematical error on the differential for another player. This meant that I was not supposed to be in the 32 man field. Odell asked the other player if he would play a play-in game to see who would face Josh. He said no. Can't blame him. I would have said the same thing. So my tournament ride ended before it really got started. I decided not to stay. The 3 1/2 hour trip up was cake compared to the 5 1/4 home. WTF. Had fun. Can't wait until March.

2010 Midwest Tecmo Super Bowl Tournament

First of all I would like to apologize to Matt Knobbe for not getting any live coverage up at the tournament. I was under the impression that the location had wireless, but that was not the case. Only one spot in the entire room had "wireless" and that spot was very low connectivity, which would not even allow us to open up a browser. Tournament directors will do a better overall recap of the tournament, but I will recall some things from my perspective.

Tournament consisted of four person pool play. I am new to the game, but from the people I met and the people I play online it looked like the pools were pretty even. I mean there were no "STACKED" pools. Every person moved on from the pool despite records to a single elimination tournament.

My pool consisted of Chet Holzbauer (WI), Jimmy "Yimme_Ball" Davidson (OH), and God help me, some guy with a throwback Chris Johnson jersey on. He told me like 50 times his name and where he was from (OH), but I can't remember... sorry bud.

My first game was against Chet Holzbauer from Wisconsin. I believe I won the coin toss and deferred. Chet picked a Tampa Bay vs Dallas matchup. Since I despise the Cowboys on this game my decision was simple. Defensive war. Chet fumbled 4 times during the course of the game (2 were lost). Michael Haddix had a Superman Snatch on a TD pass attempt to keep the score 0-0 at half. I took a 3-0 lead in the middle of the 3rd quarter. Chet came back with a long TD pass after I switched to calling runs every single play. Most of you know I do have tapping talent, but this dude is truly THE MAD TAPPER. I did not win one the entire game. It took me out of my element. He had the ball for some time and there was not much I could do. I had the ball on the final drive running successfully with Anderson and corn Cobb. I lost a fumble in the red zone with 40 seconds to play. Not a bad game against the eventual 2010 Midwest Tecmo Super Bowl Champion. Final score was Tampa Bay 3 - Dallas 7. GG bro. Nice taps.

Second game was against Yimme. I had to pick the matchup. I went with Phoenix vs New York Jets. Yimme took the Jets and I took the Cards. Yimme had two big bombs to Al Toon early and played well in the first half. Repeated online play had both of us picking each other’s plays and brains early. Second half was all about Johnny “on-the-spot” Johnson. Lots of jukes and popping corn. Final score was Jets 10 - Cards 21. GG man.

Third game of pool play was against Chris (that’s what I’m calling him). When he didn’t change his playbook I knew something was up. He made the comment that he thought this was a Tecmo Bowl Tournament, but didn’t hear or see Tecmo SUPER Bowl Tournament. He picked a Chargers Bucs matchup. I took the Chargers. This one got out of hand really early. Tolliver lit it up throwing 4 TD’s. Four picks, a recovered fumble, and a safety later the final score was 37-3. His 3 points came from a lost fumble by Cox on a kickoff return. Early and Miller also dropped two wide-open passes in BFE for TD’s.



I received an 11 seed going into the single elimination tournament. First opponent was Dan from Cleveland. He won the toss and picked the matchup. With some certainty he said Houston/Rams. I did a double take and wondered if he meant something else. He said no and I was wondering what the hell he knew that I didn’t. Never playing with Houston I took them because you have to be an idiot not to. Kickoff return for me = fumble and take it to the house. 0-7 Dan. FUUUUUUUDGE. Good start huh? When I got the ball back I ran the skin off the pig with 19 ball control Lorenzo White. I ran like freaking Forrest Gump (making sure I went out of bounds every single time). When he became frustrated by the run, I threw deep only to complete two deep balls for TD’s. Lorenzo did the rest. Best plays calls all day. He did not have one called play all game. Game changer was the drive after half time when he was cruising at midfield and Ray… no I didn’t stutter Childress picked off Everett to Anderson at the first down marker. It was the difference maker. Final score Houston 28 – Los Angeles 21. GG Dan, and sorry about Lebron.

Next game was against Johnny Bailey (not the Bear) from Wisconsin. He won the toss and I had to call… boo. I chose Seattle versus Cleveland. I was fully aware he would choose the Browns (I love the Seahawks). Best called game all day. We both were frustrated with the lack of defenses, but played near flawless. I was on Webster Slaughter like the dirty jersey he was wearing all game. Score was 21 all when he went for a 45 yarder with time expiring. No question. Final score was Cleveland 24 – Seattle 21. I played well. Hindsight is 20/20, but I probably should have went for a Cincy/Denver game. Oh well.

Many first round blowouts (as expected). Memorable games that I watched were Frank versus a local. I believe he was down 14 with 3 minutes to play and won in OT. Frank’s defeat against Johnny Bailey. BigMV versus Josh Holzbauer (Josh won a tough one).

The final four were Daboy (KY), Johnny Bailey (WI), Josh Holzbauer (WI), and Chet Holzbauer (WI). Josh and Chet played a Giants/Bills Championship. Chet’s Giants won 37-14 to win the title.

First Online Tecmo League

Today I was lucky enough to join the High Speed Tecmo League (HSTL) in its 17th season. My team is the Miami Dolphins. I acquired the team with a 3-2 record. My star offensive player is Neal Anderson and my star defensive player is Seth Joyner. I am very excited to start this league. The season ends on July 25 and I have 11 games to make up!

Tecmo Super Bowl Online

I was perusing the Internet last night when I stumbled on to a link for one of my all-time favorite NES games... Tecmo Super Bowl. I just want to say that when I found out I could play TSB online against other people I almost had an aneurysm. Knowing I can play with current rosters on the old school game play is something I have dreamed about for years. I also found out that I could rig up my Wii to play it as well. Thank you Tecmo Repository.

I first played TSB when I was 11 years old. I played it religiously against the computer for just about 8 years straight. I played countless hours of season play, zig-zagging computer drones, and breaking thousands tackles during that time. I have not played a single game for about 4 years now. I purchased a NES USB controller off Amazon.com and seriously waiting by the door for the USPS man (and it is Sunday). I signed up for AIM and TCP. Tecmo Players Circuit is an online center for the best Tecmo players in the world. It keeps stats for each player registered. As soon as I get the controller I want to start playing. I also signed up for a tournament in Fairfield Ohio on July 31. Probably get my head stomped in, but it’s worth it.

Some of my highlights (all against the CPU because this forum wasn’t around when I started playing) for TSB are running for 1527 yards with Bo in one game, 8 team interceptions (ATL) in one game, and maxing out the score on several occasions. I’m looking forward to meeting some new friends online and at these offline tournaments.