Bad Collin

The wrestling media asking the important questions in my first media scrum

First PPV was let down by Chord and Gauge having bad chemistry. I'm really enjoying the creative energy system though, it's great for bumping up angles.

I just got great chem between Taylor and Speed so I am going with that team to try and elevate Marc. I also got great chem between Andrews and Bach so these two teams are going to feud.

Loading up MAW with young guys is probably a good move too, the companies income seems good so the roster can be easily expanded.

I'm still on 11th Jan because I take so long to come up with angles (also because I raced through the start of an RTG).

That's the fun of it I think, jobbing out the midcard to bring through the next gen who are going to take on SWF and USPW. Hawkins is in time decline in my save so the big four will soon be a big three too. I added a B show because one show a week isn't enough to use everyone.

Does booking skill affect anything other than the amount of creative energy created? I haven't seen any penalties for having 0 booking skill so far. Edit: From reading the manual it seems like this is mostly to determine how good AI bookers are. Booking reputation goes up based on the quality of shows booked (mine went from 0 to 1 after five shows) The question that remains then is how and when does booking skill change. Does it rise as bookers get experience?

TCW is really interesting this time around. You have four top tier stars to feud over the strap and up and comers like Remus, Speed, Queen and Blaze to start to take over from the older guys in the mid card. I have to admit that I have resorted to cliche during the demo and have signed Youngman, Wolfsbaine and DWN to come in and get an immediate push. I also brought back RDJ to manage them. The plan will be to have RDJ turn up to shockingly help Chord beat Gauge at Malice in Wonderland and have Chord run with the belt until Total Mayhem where he faces Andrews.

I second this suggestion. Hopefully we'd be able to copy the text too. Ideally the angle output would also be added to the show summary (example below). I feel like this should at least show both parts of a muliple part angle (the 'Ivanoffs attack Carlile' angle below was a multi parter but there is no way of knowing that.

I think with booking skill it will depend how quickly it grows. If we can get over 50 within 200 or so shows then I would favour starting at 0 and relying on the owner and other people in the booking committee to provide the creative energy at first. I'll test some things this week.

Hints, Tips and FAQs What is the best way to start? The best start still seems to be to hold free shows for the first 9-12 months with the cheapest workers available. After this you should have grown enough to be able to make a profit by setting your ticket prices to very cheap. Booking Skill/Booking Reputation Booking Skill has no effect other than to give you Creative Energy. Booking Reputation is how AI companies decide who gets offered Head Booker jobs when they come up.

Road to Glory is a TEW challenge where you begin as a custom made wrestler booking a 0/0/0/1000 backyard fed and aim to rise up the ranks. The challenge is completed when you headline a PPV of a Big, Huge or Titanic promotion with a 100 rated match. Step One - Starting Promotion: You start with a 0/0/0/1000 Promotion. That means it has 0 Popularity, 0 Momentum, 0 Prestige and $1000 in the bank. Edit the promotion into the database before you begin the game, it is recommended that you select an owner who will be cheap and put them on a PPA deal. Ideally they will have some booking skill too. Choose whatever product you want for your promotion. Step Two - Create Your Character: Skills Age: 18 (If playing the default Cornellverse your birthday should fall between January 2004 and December 2004) Potential: Excellent in all categories or random if you wish. You can allocate your skills one of two ways: 1. Allocate 750 skill points Skills: Your character starts with Resilience 100, Reputation 50, Experience 0 and Respect 0. You have 750 Points to spend on other skills. (No skill may exceed 75 to begin with) 2. Use the Quick Skill Creation tool Use the following settings: Top Row Left - Set to 'trainee' Top Row Middle - Choose any setting Top Row Right - Set to 'Whose skills are average' Bottom Row Left - Set to 'of average athleticism' Bottom Row Middle - Set to 'Somewhat entertaining' Bottom Row Right - Set to 'Who looks like a star' Then click 'create'. Then make the following changes: - No skill should be higher than 75 (except resilience). If any stat is above 75 then change it to 75 - Set Resilience to 100 - Set Reputation to 50 - Set Respect to 0 - Experience should be 0 - Move points between Sex Appeal and Menace if you wish ------- Attributes Attributes will be added via mystery boxes as the game progresses. You can add up to three gimmick performance attributes (e.g. plays dominant well) as long as they are balanced out by adding the same number of negative gimmick performance attributes (e.g. Can't play comedy) ------- Popularity Set to 0 everywhere, you are starting from the bottom here. ------- Booking Skills and Booking Reputation You start with 0 for both of these stats You gain one booking reputation point per five shows automatically and five points everytime your promotion goes up a size. You can add to this by choosing to take +5 booking skill and +5 booking reputation instead of a roll for completing booking achievements. Step Three - User Preferences: Everything that affects gameplay should be left as default, making the game that little bit harder. You can change cosmetic preferences such as 'Enable coloured text' and 'Enable drag and drop booking' but not anything that affects gameplay such as 'Booking times', 'Momentum' and 'Repetitive booking penalty'. If you wish you can activate the pre-booking requirements and bonuses. Step Four - Changing Promotions: When you are ready to move on from your starting company you can take a booking job in a promotion 1 level larger than your current employer (or your previous if you are currently unemployed). For the purposes of this challenge Big, Huge and Titanic count as the same level. If you drive your promotion bankrupt then you may only accept your next position with a company of the same size or lower than they were when they closed. Step Five - Achievements: Achievements in RTG - TEW IX Edition are split into two categories. Booking Achievements (worth one mystery box roll or 5 booking skill and 5 booking reputation points each) Getting Started - Produce an Event Card of 25 Fresh New Indie - Produce an Event Card of 50 A True Alternative - Produce an Event Card of 75 Hottest Thing In The Industry - Produce an Event Card of 90 Hello World - Work for a Tiny company Not So Small After All - Work for a Small company We Are The Moment - Work for a Medium company The Road To Glory - Work for a Big company Larger than life - Work for a Huge company Unsinkable - Work for a Titanic company In Ring Achievements (worth one mystery box roll each) First Step - Earn a Match Grade of 50 or More With Your Wrestler Taking the Next Step - Earn a Match Grade of 75 or More With Your Wrestler Becoming Elite - Earn a Match Grade of 90 or More With Your Wrestler Almost There - Earn a Match Grade of 99 or More With Your Wrestler Into The Bubble - Debut in the Power 500 Going Places - Break into the Top 250 Turn of A Centenary - Break into the Top 100 A Select Few- Break into the Top 50 Best of the Best- Break into the Top 10 Legendary Angle - Be involved in a 100 Rated Angle Legendary Show - Book a 100 rated show Legendary Event - Win the main event of a legendary show Legendary Year - Win wrester of the year in the annual awards You also get one mystery box roll per year Achievements and rolls can be tracked via the TEX IX - RTG Tracker sheet Step Six - Mystery Box Rolls: When you complete a year or first complete an achievement, roll randomly on this list as an added bonus. This is for the RTG Challenge, but would also work to spice up normal games. If you are looking for an online way to roll a custom sided dice, Id suggest here http://www.brockjones.com/dieroller/dice.htm (Look under Full Roll). Random.org is also very useful for random numbers: https://www.random.org/ Alternatively, you can use a deck of cards to roll for you as the numbers have been deliberately limited so that you can use a standard deck plus jokers to do the roll for you.

Personally I much prefer the new system because you don't have to deal with workers complaining about their push all the time.

I'm just using this post to collate announcements for TEW IX which may affect RTG games: Creative Ideas - Creative Finishes could make getting 100 easier? Extended Bankruptcy Grace Period - 3 years grace period before going bankrupt New Owner Goals - New goals should keep things interesting, goals are more specific too Enhanced Eras - An era change roll could be really interesting More Realistic Avatars - User talents are gone! No more Iron Fist / Velvet Glove. Do we need to put points into booking/business skill at the start? Crowd Heat Display - Should make managing the crowd easier Wrestling And Crowd Ratings - More info to help see who is worth pushing Lower Attendance Levels - Will make it harder to make money (and presumably grow pop) Owner-Booker Relationships - Owner goals affected by your relationship, be nice to them! Attribute Additions - More attributes to spend your 750 points on

I know exactly what you mean. Wrestling leans heavily on popular culture and it feels weird to be booking in 2035 when you have no idea what is going on in the world.

Aaron Knight became the man in one of my 2020 saves so he is one of the first names I will look for. In the UK Mark Adonis and Wade Orson are guys that I like to use, I hope they are doing well.

Updated Hall of Fame. Let me know if I have missed you out: 2020 Road to Glory Hall of Fame: Calvin King (Chisoku) Calvin King defeated Jay Chord Pro Wrestling Eternal - PWE Unscripted - Sunday, Week 4, April 2026 (5 years, 4 months) Raymond Mathers (Evilman) CV22 Mod Tsubouchi & Furusawa defeated Notorious and Booths Matter Big Smack Wrestling - BSW Clash 76 - Monday, Week 2, July 2027 (5 years, 7 months) Revel (Evilman) CV97 Mod Tommy Cornell defeated Revel FUSION - The Last Dance 2005 - Sunday, Week 4, December 2006 (9 Years) Chloe Chaos (Bad Collin) Chloe Chaos defeated Shiori Jippensha Valkrie Pro Wrestling - Winter Warfare 2029 - Saturday, Week 4, December 2029 (10 Years) Aaron Phoenix (Aidenw723) CV97 Mod Aaron Phoenix defeated Yosuke Narita Supreme Wrestling Federation - Supreme Challenge 21 - Thursday, Week 2, July 2002 (5 Years, 7 Months) 'Superperm' Kevin Burn (Bad Collin) CV77 Mod Rocket Burn (Kevin Burn and Ryusei Kanai) drew with Wild Men (Robbie Gordon and Major Havoc) QUEST Heritage Wrestling - Quest Calling XXIX - Saturday, Week 2, May 1983 (6 years, 5 months)

Second RTG completion, this time using the CV77 mod. I was going to try a diary where I played 50 years and tried to get as many RTG completions as possible but that will have to wait for the new game now.

The Star Era: Wage Demands - up 200% Sponsorship, Attendance, TV Viewership, PPV Viewership, TV Revenue, PPV Revenue - all down 50% Merchandise Income - up 500% Marketing Expenses, Admin Expenses, Misc Expenses, Show Costs and Venue Hire - same You gotta get those big names to survive.

Question about era specific contracts: "In addition to what was discussed in the previous entry, era can now also be used to set whether written contracts are enabled or disabled. If disabled, they can't be offered at all. This may be useful to some database makers constructing historical scenarios such as the days of the territories." If a 'written contracts are disabled' era starts part way into a save, would the writtens already in place stay or be converted to PPAs?

Today's eras entry is huge for long term games. Assuming we can create or import eras, we can now fine tune the game world to make the financial environment harsher or easier.

Yes please. And an ability to export shows for diary use.

My prediction is that either the UK will finally have a viable women's promotion or a women's Road to Glory will be my first save in TEW IX.

I just found out about the new game today and I am thinking about potential changes. I'll probably keep this thread going while I test a few RTG games when the new game is out and evolve the rules accordingly.