Welcome everyone to the annual Tecmo Super Bowl Tournament. This tournament will last for 24 weeks. The first 4 games will determine who advances into the regular games and also to determine who gets placed into which division (if everyone participates, everyone will advance). The next 16 games are regular games and will be used to determine who goes to the playoffs. The last 4 games are the playoffs and the last week of course is the Super Bowl. The idea is to have this tournament last as long as the NFL season so hopefully it ends right before the Super Bowl.

For the first 4 weeks there will be no divisions but after that, I'll split the teams up into 4 divisions. The divisions will be based on everyone's record from the first 4 weeks. Each division will be balanced with good and bad players (so the best 2 players will not be in the same division). The best player from each division will advance to the playoffs and then the next 3 best out of the entire league after that. A total of 7 players will go to the playoffs. The best player overall will get a first round bye. Your regular season record (not including the first 4 preseason games) will determine your seed in playoffs. Users with a higher seed will play users with a lower seed and the higher seed player will always be the home player.

In each matchup, you'll be either the home player or the away player. The home player is the one who creates the session, they'll be player 1 and they get to pick their team first. Everyone will get a chance to be the home player for 50% of their games but in the playoffs, whoever has the better record will be the home player.

Make sure to let your opponent know what your availability is all week right away. Be sure to tell them what days your available and what time your available on each day. Also be sure to let them know what time zone your times are based on. If you and your opponent can figure out right away what times your both available on, than there should be less problems with scheduling a time to play. I suggest you summon them your availability AND PM them your availability.

Once Regular Season Week 1 begins, you must record your matches using the plugin's built in recording. Either you or your opponent should do the recording, you both don't have to do it but if neither of you are able to do it than you should have a spectator do it for you. Your matchup results WILL NOT COUNT if you do not record your matchup so if you both forget to record the game, you'll have to play again! When you've recorded the game, be sure to upload it to the vizzed YouTube account, you can do so by going to the game's page and adding it to the game's page by scrolling down to the video section of the page. The recording is necessary for checking for cheating, verifying results and for statistics. The recordings will also be used for weekly compilation videos which will show off every touchdown from every game for every week.

It is recommended that you play on the United States L2 server since that's the best server. If you're interested in hosting your own server, you must be a Trusted member and you can find the details on how to do that here. The benefit of hosting your own netplay server is that netplay runs a lot faster when your in a session on a server that you're hosting.



Prizes:
1st = 250,000 Viz
2nd = 100,000 Viz
3rd = 50,000 Viz



Final Results:
1st. MattyIce
2nd. Kruzer
3rd. Davideo7

Eliminated Week 2
Jordanv78 (4)

Eliminated Playoffs Week 1
gamerforlifeforever2 (7)
megamanmaniac (6)
Barathemos (5)

Name	W-L-T	Div	Pts For	Pts Agnst	Net Pts	Streak
VFL North
MattyIce	14-02-01	03	326	082	244	1 Win
Davideo7	11-06-00	01	264	189	075	3 Wins
Barathemos	09-06-02	00	159	223	-64	2 Wins
VFL East
Jordanv78	09-06-02	02	244	246	-02	2 Wins
Lynchcats	07-10-00	01	161	341	-180	2 Losses
lacktheshack13	05-08-04	00	080	250	-170	1 Loss
VFL South
Kruzer	10-04-03	00	248	140	108	1 Loss
megamanmaniac	08-05-04	01	156	103	026	2 Losses
Foxyman1113	08-07-02	01	154	170	-26	1 Tie
VFL West
gamerforlifeforever2	08-08-01	02	230	277	-47	2 Wins
diamondsplus	03-10-03	01	051	034	004	1 Tie
virus16	00-16-01	00	000	000	000	3 Losses

Here's the games you'll be playing:

During Regular Season and Playoffs
Tecmo Super Bowl 2016
Choosing:
You'll pick 'Preseason' and choose 'Man' vs 'Man'. Keep all the settings set to default, which includes 5 minute Quarters. The home player is the one who creates the session, they'll be player 1 and they get to pick their team first.

During Preseason
Tecmo Super Bowl 2015
Choosing:
You'll pick 'Preseason' and choose 'Man' vs 'Man'. Keep all the settings set to default, which includes 5 minute Quarters. The home player is the one who creates the session, they'll be player 1 and they get to pick their team first.

Letting you guys know of this thread. Please read all of it.
Davideo7 :
MattyIce :
Barathemos :
megamanmaniac :
gamerforlifeforever2 :
Lynchcats :
Kruzer :
eviltimmy666 :
Detroit Pistons :
guardia2234 :
deathnote234 :
virus16 :
Jordanv78 :
JakandLufia :
FrizzyG33 :
lacktheshack13 :

I'll be making the Preaseason Week 1 thread soon.

Davideo7 : So, you said that we have to have the regular season games recorded, but how about preseason? If neither person can record, then what would we have to do to show the result of our match?

gamerforlifeforever2 : A screenshot is fine. You don't have to provide anything for preseason matchups.

Davideo7 : How long would I need to wait until I'd need to report an opponent for not communicating about setting up a game? I'm just wondering for future reference in case a situation like that were to ever come up.

Preseason Week 1 Results

Davideo7 vs MattyIce = MattyIce wins 21 - 10
Barathemos vs megamanmaniac = megamanmaniac wins 25 - 0
gamerforlifeforever2 vs Lynchcats = gamerforlifeforever2 wins by default
Kruzer vs eviltimmy666 = Kruzer wins by default
Detroit Pistons vs guardia2234 = Tie by default
deathnote234 vs virus16 = virus16 wins by default
Jordanv78 vs JakandLufia = Jordanv78 wins by default
FrizzyG33 vs lacktheshack13 = lacktheshack13 wins by default



Overall results after Week 1

MattyIce = 1
megamanmaniac = 1
gamerforlifeforever2 = 1
virus16 = 1
Jordanv78 = 1
Kruzer = 1
lacktheshack13 = 1
Davideo7
Barathemos
Lynchcats
superman231
Detroit Pistons
guardia2234
deathnote234
JakandLufia
FrizzyG33

gamerforlifeforever2 : As long as you make an effort to communicate to the user in the thread as well as via PM you will get credit for the win if they don't show up. If you notice it's getting close to the end of the week and they haven't responded, just summon them to the thread again.

Preseason Week 2 Results

Davideo7 vs lacktheshack13 = Davideo7 wins
Barathemos vs JakandLufia = Barathemos wins by default
gamerforlifeforever2 vs virus16 = gamerforlifeforever2 wins
Kruzer vs guardia2234 = Kruzer wins by default
Detroit Pistons vs superman231 = Tie by default
deathnote234 vs Lynchcats = Lynchcats wins by default
Jordanv78 vs megamanmaniac = Jordanv78 wins
FrizzyG33 vs MattyIce = MattyIce wins by default



Overall results after Week 2

MattyIce = 2
gamerforlifeforever2 = 2
Jordanv78 = 2
Kruzer = 2
megamanmaniac = 1
virus16 = 1
lacktheshack13 = 1
Davideo7 = 1
Barathemos = 1
Lynchcats = 1
superman231
Detroit Pistons
guardia2234
deathnote234
JakandLufia
FrizzyG33

Preseason Week 3 Results

megamanmaniac vs Davideo7 = Davideo7 wins
MattyIce vs Barathemos = MattyIce wins
lacktheshack13 vs gamerforlifeforever2 = gamerforlifeforever2 wins
JakandLufia vs Kruzer = Kruzer wins by default
virus16 vs Detroit Pistons = virus16 wins by default
guardia2234 vs deathnote234 = Tie by default
superman231 vs Jordanv78 = Jordanv78 wins by default
Lynchcats vs FrizzyG33 = Lynchcats wins by default



Overall results after Week 3

MattyIce = 3
gamerforlifeforever2 = 3
Jordanv78 = 3
Kruzer = 3
virus16 = 2
Davideo7 = 2
Lynchcats = 2
megamanmaniac = 1
lacktheshack13 = 1
Barathemos = 1
superman231
Detroit Pistons
guardia2234
deathnote234
JakandLufia
FrizzyG33



It's pretty sad that only 3 matchups took place.

I've added Foxyman1113 to replace guardia2234 who hasn't participated in any matchups yet.

Davideo7 : I saw that the Tecmo Super Bowl 2016 rom was put online last night by Tecmobowl.org. Can't wait to start playing! Some of the defensive changes sound interesting...

http://tecmobowl.org/

Jordanv78 : I just got it added now
https://www.vizzed.com/play/tecmo-super-bowl-2016-%28tecmobowlorg-hack%29-nes-online-nintendo-nes-89191-game

Preseason Week 4 Results

Foxyman1113 vs Davideo7 = Davideo7 wins 35 to 7
megamanmaniac vs deathnote234 = megamanmaniac wins (by default)
MattyIce vs gamerforlifeforever2 = MattyIce wins 31 to 0
lacktheshack13 vs Kruzer = Kruzer wins (by default)
JakandLufia vs Detroit Pistons = Tie (by default)
virus16 vs Barathemos = Barathemos wins (by default)
Lynchcats vs Jordanv78 = Jordanv78 wins 23 to 14
superman231 vs FrizzyG33 = Tie (by default)



Overall results after Week 4

MattyIce = 4
Jordanv78 = 4
Kruzer = 4
gamerforlifeforever2 = 3
Davideo7 = 3
Lynchcats = 2
megamanmaniac = 2
virus16 = 2
Barathemos = 2
lacktheshack13 = 1
Foxyman1113



Removed from the tournament due to no participation:
superman231
Detroit Pistons
deathnote234
JakandLufia
FrizzyG33



Added the following user to the tournament:
diamondsplus



Regular season will begin later today and will use the latest roster hack which was just added to the site today.

The divisions have been put together. Refer to my first post for more info.
MattyIce :
Kruzer :
gamerforlifeforever2 :
Davideo7 :
Lynchcats :
megamanmaniac :
virus16 :
Barathemos :
lacktheshack13 :
Foxyman1113 :
diamondsplus :

Davideo7 : Can we use an external recorder? Every time I use the built-in RGR recorder it slows down the gameplay.

Kruzer : Recording isn't required so you can use whatever you want to record.

Week 1 Results

Jordanv78 vs MattyIce = MattyIce wins 14 to 7
Lynchcats vs Kruzer = Kruzer wins 35 to 10
Davideo7 vs gamerforlifeforever2 = Davideo7 wins 42 to 0
virus16 vs megamanmaniac = megamanmaniac wins by default
diamondsplus vs Barathemos = Barathemos wins by default
Foxyman1113 vs lacktheshack13 = Foxyman1113 wins 24 to 0



Overall Results after Week 1

Name	W-L-T	Div	Pts For	Pts Agnst	Net Pts	Streak
VFL North
Davideo7	01-00-00	00	042	000	042	1 Win
MattyIce	01-00-00	00	014	007	007	1 Win
Barathemos	01-00-00	00	000	000	000	1 Win
VFL East
Jordanv78	00-01-00	00	007	014	-07	1 Loss
lacktheshack13	00-01-00	00	000	024	-24	1 Loss
Lynchcats	00-01-00	00	010	035	-25	1 Loss
VFL South
Foxyman1113	01-00-00	00	024	000	024	1 Win
Kruzer	01-00-00	00	035	010	025	1 Win
megamanmaniac	01-00-00	00	000	000	000	1 Win
VFL West
virus16	00-01-00	00	000	000	000	1 Loss
diamondsplus	00-01-00	00	000	000	000	1 Loss
gamerforlifeforever2	00-01-00	00	000	042	-42	1 Loss

Results are in. Be sure to let me know ASAP if something is wrong.
MattyIce :
Davideo7 :
Barathemos :
Jordanv78 :
Lynchcats :
lacktheshack13 :
Kruzer :
megamanmaniac :
Foxyman1113 :
gamerforlifeforever2 :
virus16 :
diamondsplus :

So basically not showing up to a match is better than showing up and getting pwned? Maybe I shouldn't have showed up lol!

gamerforlifeforever2 : I guess if you look at it that way then yeah but neither of us expected me to win by that much. Also, if someone fails to show up to too many matches, I'd add them to the netplay ban list.

Just letting everyone know that entering the "check def" menu could potentially freeze up your game so if you have to enter that menu, do it early in the game. Jordan and I had our matchup and he accidentally entered that menu and it froze up our game during the 4th quarter so we had to start over. If you're on defense and call timeout, it may force you to enter that menu so keep that in mind. Not sure if this is a common problem or not but hopefully tecmobowl.org releases a patched rom to fix this issue.
MattyIce :
Davideo7 :
Barathemos :
Jordanv78 :
Lynchcats :
lacktheshack13 :
Kruzer :
megamanmaniac :
Foxyman1113 :
gamerforlifeforever2 :
virus16 :
diamondsplus :

EDIT: If you want to see exactly how it happened, skip to 20:40 in this video:
http://www.twitch.tv/davideo7/v/17250491