Tomczak Bowl

Monday, October 29, 2012

Tomczak Bowl V Info

What: Tomczak Bowl V
What?: It's the premier Tecmo Super Bowl Tournament in all of Waterloo, IA
When: Saturday, December 8th, 2012
What time: Noonish
Where: Spicoli's Bar & Grill, 3555 University Ave, Waterloo, IA
How do I sign up?: You must register here. http://tecmotourney.blogspot.com/2012/08/tomczak-bowl-v-registration.html
How much does it cost?: $15. Pay at the event.
What does that cover?: Entry for the event and two drink tokens for the bar.
Will there be food?: Yes, they will have their kitchen open to take orders.
Is there a payout?: There will be a cash prize as well as a trophy.
OK, thanks: That's not a question asshole.

We're starting to fill up fast now. The likelihood of us reaching our maximum of 48 entries is getting greater by the day. We're very excited by the number of entries we've received coming from all over Iowa and surrounding states. If you're coming from out of town and are looking for hotel accommodations I don't know if there's anything that great near the bar. There are some places closer to Cedar Falls that are decent as well as places down by Crossroads Mall as well as the Isle of Capri Casino. We strongly encourage folks to have a designated driver if possible or if all else fails get a cab at the end of the night. We can provide numbers for cab companies at the event if needed.

The plan as of right now is for the tourney to be double elimination like in the past. However if the entry count reaches 36 we will be switching to round robin pool play for a chance to enter a single-elimination bracket. I hope to have preliminary seedings posted around Thanksgiving.

Friday, August 31, 2012

Tomczak Bowl V Registration

Monday, August 6, 2012

Tomczak Bowl V - Save the Date

Friday, October 28, 2011

2011 Team Tiers

Last year was the second year we tried the tier system for team selection. Tecmo teams were divided in to six tiers. For each match, players rolled a die to determine which tier they could choose from. Tier 1 consisted of the best teams on the game while Tier 6 the not, so, best. After some tweaking from the year before the system seemed to work well but there was still room for improvement.

For example, last year Tier 5 was selected eight times. In all eight games the player who picked the Rams won. In Tier 6, Cleveland won five times out of six. And in Tier 1, the Bills went 6-1 when chosen.

So after doing more analysis than before, we've come up with Version 3.0 of the Tier System that I think will prove to be the best yet.

The 2011 Tecmo Tourney Tier System
After messing with having six tiers I figured that for better variety in matchups the system would work better with only five tiers. So this year there will be five tiers of five teams each. Three teams will not be included in the tournament which are the Falcons, Patriots and Colts.