The Jibbo Open 6
Dec 19th-Jan 10th
The Jibbo Open is a prestigious Backyard Baseball event where competitors take on a Backyard Baseball themed challenge created by the self proclaimed Backyard Sports maniac, Jibbodahibbo. This year you'll be matched up with 9 misfit boys and girls to try and win against the Stinky "Grinches". Will there be a Christmas miracle, or will there be Holiday heartbreak?
📺 Kickoff Stream Thursday Dec. 19th @ 6PM EST
🎄To Win and claim the festive title, you’ll need the best run differential compared to all other competitors. So, dust off your mitts, don your Santa hat, and step up to the plate!
🎅The Rules
- Use Backyard Baseball 1997
- Fill in the 6th save game slot in your game and then drag the SaveGame file provided below into your Backyard Baseball 97 Game files. ("user\AppData\LocalLow\Mega Cat Studios\Backyard Baseball 1997\#######")
- 6 Innings, Errors on, Hard Difficulty, No Swing Spot, and to top it off those stinkin' grinches have already stolen 5 runs!
- Metagaming and AI manipulation is 100% allowed. 👍
- Unlimited attempts provided you restart from the beginning.
- No hacking, tooling, save state manipulating, or mods. ❌
- To be eligible for awards, you must email a screenshot of the final score with a video (unedited, no cuts) of the full game to backyardsportscenter1@gmail.com between December 19th and January 10th.
- You can also send extra images, or videos if you'd like them to be highlighted in a recap video.
🎁 Prizes!
*USA and CAN only sorry 😔
- 1st Prize Mega Cat Studios Gift Box, $50 BackyardSports.com Gift Code
- 2nd Prize $25 BackyardSports.com Gift Code
- 3rd Prize A letter from "Santa Claus" saying you tried your best and that's all that counts.
- Raffle Prize! (Randomly drawn individual who submits a result)- Mega Cat Studios Gift Box, $25 Steam Code
- Crowd Control Champ Prize! $100 Steam Gift Card. Stream and earn the best Jibbo Open 6 score while using Crowd Control and recieve at least 5 (positive or negative) effects.
Video Guide here
"You know Luanne and Vladmir and Katie and Ryan,
Vanna and Geoge and Serena and Holly
But do you recall.....
The most famous Backyard Kid of all?
Reese the Red-Nosed Right Fielder?"
Sponsors
Standings
| Place | Name | Score | Runs For | Runs Against | Video? | Crowd Control? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gamerz 🏆 | +114 | 122 | 8 | 📹 | 🎮 |
| 2 | Jibbo | +24 | 36 | 12 | 📹 | 🎮 |
| 3 | Ltwon7 | +17 | 24 | 7 | 📹 | 🎮 |
| 4 | Itaniium 🏆 | +13 | 18 | 5 | 📹 | No |
| 5 | Saystafe🥈 | +4 | 11 | 7 | 📹 | No |
| 6 | Whiffspree01🥉 | +2 | 7 | 5 | 📹 | No |
| 7 | Laharl🥉 | +2 | 7 | 5 | 📹 | No |
| 8 | Skwidlegs | +1 | 11 | 10 | 📹 | 🎮 |
| 9 | Charguyder | -1 | 4 | 5 | 📹 | No |
| 10 | Loba | -2 | 3 | 5 | 📹 | No |
| 11 | SikeyMuch | -4 | 1 | 5 | 📹 | No |
| 12 | CrazyEi8ghts | -4 | 1 | 5 | 📹 | No |
| 13 | Jibbo | -4 | 2 | 6 | No | No |
| 14 | Yurya | -4 | 1 | 5 | 📹 | No |
| 15 | Elf #4 | -6 | 3 | 9 | No | No |
| 16 | JYKnight | -6 | 1 | 7 | 📹 | No |
| 17 | ExtraFun | -7 | 0 | 7 | 📹 | No |
| 18 | Adams Atoms | -8 | 1 | 9 | 📹 | No |
| 19 | Rudolph | -9 | 6 | 15 | No | No |
| 20 | Frosty | -20 | 1 | 21 | No | No |