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I've been struggling to find a product that gives me the freedom to book the way I want to and ended up trying no style style. I have to impose some restrictions to try and keep it realistic but it allows me to run the way want to. The one thing it doesn't do is allow for a style that runs shorter matches with the 15 minutes penalty cap so I was wondering if this could be changed to 5 or 10 minutes as this would then really allow you to do any style you wanted and would probably better suit No Style Style. Thanks.

Hi with No Style Style you can just about any type of promotion you want, the one thing you can't do with it is one that has shorter main events so was wondering if the 15 minutes World Class penalty could be reduced to 10 minutes to allow this. Thanks.

Not really when I ran the match the first time it got a rating of about 57. I wanted to see what had caused the problem so I went back and rebooked the whole show and the only possible thing I could see was the thumb tacks so I removed them and it got a rating of 79 so had a big effect.

Hi using latest patch, just a small thing but the Ruthless Aggression product states - Ultra-Dangerous match setups (like glass or explosives) will be penalised however it is also currently penalises any match involving thumbtacks. There were numerous matches in WWE during that time that featured Thumb Tacks - Foley v Orton Foley v Edge Ric Flair v Big show, Ric Flair v Foley, and even a bit more recently when they had become PG, Chris Jericho v Dean Ambrose so just wondering if that could be changed for the Ruthless Aggression product. Thanks

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47002" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div> Explosive Ring Style: The worker's extremely explosive in-ring style means that they get a bonus when allowed to dominate a match but a penalty in bouts that are slowly built, go over 10 minutes, or are aimed at working or calming the crowd. </div></blockquote><p> </p><p> This seems like a great addition but just wondering if it would be possible to raise this to 15 minutes like the all-out match note penalty limit. Reason being and this might not be what it is intended for but I immediately thought of Brock Lesner when I read this and he and Seth Rollins went 13 minutes at Summerslam and it didn't feel like the extra few minutes hurt the match. Thanks.</p>

Love the disposition strictness. This opens up so many possibilities. I have a quick question in relation to an earlier entry. It was announced in journal entry 69 that we can now edit chemistry. Just wondering if this extends to announcer chemistry / experience level. I hate starting a game and spending a lot of time on it only to discover that an obvious announcer experience level has been missed and having the choice of either starting again or leaving it as is as there’s currently no way to correct it.

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="nerodragomir1" data-cite="nerodragomir1" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46105" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>At least 5 more months. 5 more months at the least..... I really can't wait till the game gets dropped. I know they will take their time & late 2019 is highly unlikely. But, whenever this beauty gets released. I will be so happy.<p> </p><p> But I'll say it again. TEW needs more road agent notes. I sometimes need at least 50 notes for some matches.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I’m pretty sure Adam already said when asked after the “At ringside note” was announced that the limit had been removed.</p><p> </p><p> [quote name=Quote:</p><p> Originally Posted by TeemuFoundation View Post</p><p> Are we still limited to 20 notes?</p><p> </p><p> Adam Ryland]No. There is no limit.</p>

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Dolfanar" data-cite="Dolfanar" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46105" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Except Hogan actually did this in the case of Bill Goldberg...</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> We were talking about a worker offering to put another worker over in a series of matches as described in the Journal and that was what Mick Foley did for Edge and Randy Orton. </p><p> </p><p> Hulk Hogan only put Goldberg over in one match and he definitely did not do it to help Goldberg. Goldberg was already over by then. He did to prove he could still draw a crowd and a rating to increase his own value.</p>

I like this feature and while I agree that it’s unrealistic for someone like Hulk Hogan to offer to do this, there are some wrestlers where it would be very realistic for this to happen. Mick Foley for example who did this for both Edge and Randy Orton.

I have no issue with Chain Wrestling and Mat Wrestling being combined but I strongly agree with the others that have said that Submission wrestling and Chain Wrestling are two different things. I understand that in TEW 2016 the game would use the highest value out of the three for its calculation and that this change effectively just makes this more transparent for TEW 2020, but none of us knew this until yesterday so I don’t agree that is a good justification for the change. If anything as K-Nection said it should really be that the way that the games calculates is fixed for TEW 2020 as opposed to being more transparent with a previous deficiency. As things stand there will be no way to properly differentiate between a wrestler who is really good at Submission but not so good at chain wrestling and vice versa. There are lots of wrestlers that fall under these categories and taking what amounts to a cookie cutter approach with a technical stat trivialises the differences in those workers. The various different stats are part of what allows for each wrestler to feel unique. It’s what allows a mod maker to make a mod with over 2000 workers and have a variation to each worker. Football manager has 36 different stats for a player as well as 12 hidden stats all of which allows for a diverse database of players. With every stat that’s combined in TEW we stand to lose more diversity in the workers that populate the various databases.

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Adam Ryland" data-cite="Adam Ryland" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46105" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>It'd be extremely unfair on people who aren't playing with the feature turned on if you have a bonus. <p> </p><p> A scenario where two players book identical shows but one gets a 10% bigger crowd just because he or she is using mandatory pre booking would be silly - especially in a multiplayer game, where it's going to give a significant advantage over time for the player who has the feature turned on.</p><p> </p><p> You'd effectively be handing any competent booker a constant bonus to their attendance just for being organised.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Hi Adam</p><p> </p><p> I asked a couple of questions yesterday one of which someone else also asked but I neglected to link them to your post which is probably why you haven’t seen them / responded.</p><p> I thought I would send them again in a reply to your last post to correct this.</p><p> </p><p> 1. If pre booking is switched on will this affect the AI booking or will the AI book as before without pre booking.</p><p> </p><p> 2. If you have pre booking on and your booking a TV show the night after an event like Monday Night Raw after a PPV, will that show be treated differently in regards to the penalties as these shows can’t realistically be booked a day in advance and so seems unfair to get penalised. This is especially true when you consider that usually the boost that these shows get from people tuning in for the fallout from the Event the night before would balance out the lack of any pre booked matches / angles etc. </p><p> </p><p> Given that we cannot book after the event the night before, if nothing else could these specific TV shows allow matches to be booked on the day prior to the show without penalties to better simulate reality.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Thanks</p>

<p>I wanted to ask another question about the pre booking. </p><p> </p><p> The description states that if you’re using this you’ll get penalised if you don’t pre book matches far enough in advance – A week for events and a day for the TV. </p><p> </p><p> What about TV shows the night after a PPV. For example like Monday Night Raw the night after a PPV where you couldn’t realistically pre book any matches the day before because the PPV wouldn’t have happened yet. </p><p> </p><p> Will these be treated differently?</p>

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="SirMichaelJordan" data-cite="SirMichaelJordan" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46105" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>To play devils advocate, if those workers are on the roster, it’s expected for them to be on the show. I do wish there was a WMMA type draw feature tho. That will sometimes force you to main event certain guys.<p> </p><p> </p><p> I think the easiest way to implement it will be to allow story line heat to directly boost attendance if it doesn’t already does so.</p><p> </p><p> Surprise guess and debuts are already accounted for if they are on the roster.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><p> To be on the show yes but just being expected to be on the show is different from being booked in a specific match. Being on the show could very well just end up wrestling in a squash match or if it’s the WWE being put in a nonsensical angle. </p><p> </p><p> As a very basic example – There are two shows that you have an option to attend and Steve Austin and Rock are both on the roster for both shows.</p><p> </p><p> The first show has no matches booked and the second show has Rock v Steve Austin Booked in a match. </p><p> </p><p> I pretty sure anyone with that choice is going to the second show.</p>

<p>Today’s entry is a big plus for me as well and I will definitely be using this feature.</p><p> </p><p> I would also echo the previous post however in that I also would have preferred if the pre booking feature offered a small boost when used successfully to give a further incentive other than realism for using it. </p><p> </p><p> I also have a quick question - If we play with this feature on will the AI then also be pre booking or will it still be booking the other way.</p>

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46105" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div> Is there ever going to be a return of "match hype" like in the 2005 Edition as I felt that made angles really important.<p> </p><p> If not, is there a reason this feature isn't in as I feel it's the one thing lacking from TEW. You can get a good rating just by putting the best card on rather than giving fans a reason to see the match, which doesn't really reflect real life, bar a certain few examples.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="BrokenCycle" data-cite="BrokenCycle" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46105" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>The reason why it was taken out of the game was because it was implied that these cards are promoted anyway, and it would make the game more streamlined if you didn't have to it yourself.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> While I understand its more streamlined this is something I always felt was an unrealistic / restrictive way of doing things.</p><p> </p><p> It implies that the tickets sales / TV ratings are solely determined by what’s booked and what happens on the card. </p><p> </p><p> In reality an attendance / buy rate / TV rating will be affected positively or negatively to a degree by what’s been advertised for the show and not just what’s actually on the show. </p><p> </p><p> Not everything advertised actually happens especially in wrestling where the bait and switch is fairly common thing (John Cena being advertised for the Rumble when he was never going to be in it / Austin being advertised for the Austin v Rock v Triple H match at Survivor Series 99 etc.)</p><p> </p><p> Pre advertising wrestlers and matches is a big part of what a booker do. Do it well there should be positives, do it poorly there should be negatives. Abuse it too often in the examples above and there should be repercussions.</p><p> </p><p> As an example - If a promotion has a run of poor ratings and lays out and hypes a big match for the TV show a few weeks in advance which they build up as something special this would generally be considered good booking as it would maximise the opportunity to draw a higher rating and depending on how far in advance tickets sales for the event. If they just out of nowhere book a really big match with no hype or set up this would be considered wasteful booking as it can result in the loss of a potential higher rating and loss of additional ticket sales.</p><p> </p><p> In TEW the result you get would be exactly the same regardless of where you announced 2 weeks before or halfway through the show so it removes the incentive to book well in that way.</p><p> </p><p> If you read some of the amazing diaries in the Dynasty section the people who right them do a great job of building up there shows and matches and really build the anticipation of their readers. Many of these diaries will involve stories or matches that involve a mystery tag partner or mystery opponent or masked man reveal. These are built up to fever pitch and the anticipation they generate leads to loads of predications and conversation about who the reveal could be. Sometimes these reveals are positive and sometimes they are a let-down but regardless the anticipation of the reveal is still one of the main drivers of the show.</p><p> </p><p> In game TEW assumes that you have pre advertised everyone that appears so you cannot duplicate that anticipation or the positive or negative reaction that can come from it. </p><p> </p><p> Someone in one of these discussions about this issue once said in relation to the way it works now in TEW 2016 why would you not want to advertise everyone and every match on your show in advance. Apart from the examples above, Last night’s Royal Rumble is a perfect example where not advertising everyone who will be on a show is not necessarily beneficial to a promotion.</p><p> </p><p> Part of the royal rumbles appeal is the surprise entrants. In the game it is implied you will have advertised everyone on the show which would include the 30 men and 30 women who are in the rumble however in reality that surprise element is a big part of what make the Royal Rumble PPV unique. If we knew exactly who was or who wasn’t going to be in it the Rumble would not be as exciting or as big a draw as it is.</p><p> </p><p> This is one of these things that always divides opinions every time it comes up so I wonder if maybe it could be one of those things that’s included but made optional so you can turn it on or off in the settings so as to cater for everybody.</p>

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="35691" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>That's... a really solid guess. I'd ruled him out due to retirement but he absolutely fits the mold: dark, short-ish (?) hair, deep voice, strong wrestling skills. </div></blockquote><p> </p><p> He's not set as retired in the Hive Mod he's set as semi active which also fits but it was the fake sting using a hangman's neck breaker aka a Rude Awakening at the Bash against Muta, and Jesse on commentary for the same match remarking not for the first time about recognising the wrestling style (which he would if it was Rude) that made me think Rude. </p><p> </p><p> Oh and a few weeks ago Rude was late to the ring for his tag team's match on Nitro without any explanation given.</p><p> </p><p> That said this diary is so good and Beejus has pulled so many twists and turns along the way that I wouldn't be surprised if I was completely wrong and the clues pointing at Rude were a deliberate red herring.</p>

<p>Hi</p><p> </p><p> Amazing Diary. Don't normally post on these but I had to have a guess at the identity of the fake sting. I think it might be Rick Rude.</p>