Tomczak Bowl VI Official Registration

Tomczak Bowl Update

I hope everyone is having a good summer.  I just wanted to post a few things regarding the next Tomczak Bowl coming this December.

• Tomczak Bowl VI will be held Saturday December 14, 2013 in Waterloo, IA.
• More than likely the tourney will be at Spicoli's Bar and Grill for the fourth year in a row.  The venue has been great and the staff very accommodating to us.
• Given the successful turnout last year (52 competitors) we are planning for a full field of 64 this year.
• After switching to a World Cup style pool play last year, we've decided to go back to a double elimination bracket instead.  The number of games played overall isn't much different plus this will ensure we have games going constantly and don't have folks waiting for hours between games.
• The Tier System will once again be revised for 2013.  It will include all 28 teams for the first time. The arrangement of the teams is still TBD.
• When picking teams for a match we will still roll a die to determine which tier to pick from but now we will use the Madison rules for team selection for the tier.  So the winner of the coin flip will pick both teams from the given tier and the other person will have first pick of the two selected teams.
• Our custom-made trophy last year really turned some heads and became the talk of the Tecmo world. I've already got the thumbs up from our master carpenter on building another great trophy for this year. I can assure you it will be just as awesome if not better than last year's.
• The crazy door prizes will also be back again.  I'm sure Nick will find some more treasures to raffle off.
• I plan to open up online registration some time in September.  I will for sure post info on TecmoBowl.org again as well as send out email notices to anyone who participated last year.
• The level of competition last year was pretty fierce.  I expect that to only increase this year.  I can't promise anything but back in March at Madison I talked to the Madison crew and they were very interested in attending, as was notable Tecmo celebrity Mort.  Again, I can't guarantee anything but this tourney could be pretty huge.

That's all for now.  Cheers, and happy Tecmo-ing!

Tomczak Bowl VI, Save the Date

Date is subject to change but you can pencil this in for now.

Congrats to the Tomczak Bowl V Champion

Congratulations to Luke C. (Art Vandelay) from Omaha, NE for winning the Tomczak Bowl.

Top 4
1. Luke C.
2. Steven M.
3. Andrew B.
4. Travis R.

Thanks to everyone who played.  In the end we wound up with 52 competitors this year and the whole event was a lot of fun.

That's all for now.  See you next December.

PS - At some point I'll post more extensive tourney results.

Tourney Update: Prizes and such

A couple quick updates here.  The cash prize amounts have been determined for this year's tourney.

• First Place: $200
• Second Place: $100
• Third Place: $50

Also there have been a few revisions to the Official Rules document.  Just some further clarification on how some stuff will work.

Also, we're going to ask folks to be there by noon.

12:00pm: Check-in

12:45pm: Quick welcome and introduction

1:00pm: Tourney play begins.

Behold! This year's trophy!

Masterfully crafted by that guy standing behind it.

Tourney Update

Well it didn't take very long to fill up to 56 people.  If you're still interested in playing but haven't registered I strongly encourage you to do so.  You'll be added to the Standby List and if someone backs out you'll be activated to the main list.

Our trophy for this year is nearing completion.  Our master carpenter has sent us some photos of its current state and I'm not gonna lie, it's pretty god damn amazing.  This thing will be all the envy in your household when you display it proudly on your coffee table or as a dining room centerpiece.

On the matter of cash prizes.  We haven't established the amounts yet but we are planning to issue money for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.  We're also considering having a raffle drawing for some assorted prizes so stayed tuned for that.

Official start time is still not yet firm. I think if you can plan on being there around noon that will be good. I will send out an official start time as soon as we establish it.

I've posted a link to our official tourney rules.  Click on the link in the header called "Tourney Rules" to read them. It likely answers nearly all of the questions you may have.

For those of you needing to find the location of Spicoli's, it is at 3555 University Ave, Waterloo, IA.  I noticed in Google Maps that it does not show the correct location.  Therefore I created this quick and dirty map for you to use if you want. Click on it to view a larger version.

That's all for now.  Only 3 more weeks!