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Me too. In 2 years I merely had one incident when Boriken Love Machine got in a Internet troll battle with a kid. I ignored and never heard from it again. Otherwise backstage is paradise. There are very few "assholes" in the game world, who you "have to" pick up. Maybe that's the reason. Too few poisonous wrestlers. Well. Exept for my dojo, which seemingly only produce dorks. 75% of my regens have been difficult personalities so far. As for the critical posts at the beginning. While I don't get the "overly realistic judgement", I do understand some of the criticism. 1. All regens seem to need years before reaching good stats. IMO it should be more of a mixture: LowGrads (some with still worldclass potential) and those who already start at a high level (but maybe don't develop much). In the real world there are plenty Lesnars, crossover athletes and 2nd Generationers who don't start low. 2. Right now it takes a bit too long to get workers in the lower mid card area as far as their pop goes. It would be more realistix, when basic popularity level happens quickly, and then becomes harder and harder. ATM I think it's too slow at the beginning (for a Large promotion: ~45) and too easy at the end (above 70). I'd like it, when the cap wouldn't be the problem. The challenge should be, that only special booking successes increase pop beyond 70 (or more for wrestlers with good SQ). Like big feuds. Big wins. Successful title reigns. Public appearences. Great gimmicks. Certain attributs. And so one. The one thing that imo should NOT work is the "putting X over Y". I often use old/mid card workers to make my best talents famous. I don't find that realistic or interesting at all, to be honest.

<p>I think, that's plain luck. El Leon is capped at 79 in my game despite huge SQ.</p><p> </p><p> I really hope, that can change with time. It would be sad, when a young guy is always limited to the low 70s.</p><p> There are different factors (e.g. broadcaster) that can increase the cap. But I don't know, if time can also change things.</p>

I'm not a fan of hard caps. But imagine you are Vince McMahon. You see a guy with (in your mind) high SQ. So you push him as much as you can. But he never reaches the popularity of a Hogan or Austin. Or even of your minimum expectation of a Main Eventer. In his mind he was always capped to a certain potential. Personally I'd prefer a different approach. But with the approach above it may feel more real.

I put Matt Gauge under a mask as DaVinci Diabolo with the pic "Masked Male 28" as heir of Hijo Del Mephisto. Self-created gimmicks are best. =)

I live the "new hot catchphrase" attribute. Come to think of it... It would be nice, if occasionally one of these catchphrases become "legendary catchphrases", giving a permanent boost. Similar to the phrases of Hogan, Austin or The Rock, which to this day have a big effect.

Noddy The Nice Oger "Virtuos" Terry Taylor Dr. Darling Larry Vintage

I just ran a Trios Tournament over 2 rounds. Matt Gauge (18 pop in Mexico) was supposed to win with his team, practically in his debut. I had to shorten the first round to a 5min match and he was still overused (overall 20min match time). In a singles tournament during a PPV however I didn't have any problems with overusing. But I also didn't use undercarders.

In which direction do you wanna go? Syndicate 202X The Ensemble The Royal Court (pun intended)

I experience the same. Momentum is only challenging at the beginning, when you can't do so many great angles/matches. I also noticed, that with time all stables start to be red/white hot. Even when the wrestlers are mostly featured in the lower mid card.

First question: In the promotion section there is a buttom "top 100", where you can see best shows, etc. As for the other: Do you do events or TV? I had more promotion growth with TV shows. But with the current update you should gain pop.

Thanks guys! I'll try that. =)

I have my first (mid card) female announcing her maternity leave. For whatever reasons I was really happy for Lilly. Will probably give her time off even longer so she can prepare better for her baby. =) Also Megumi Nakajima surprised me. She broke her Forearm during a 5SSW match (I only have her on a handshake deal). I gave her time off to cure, since she currently is an undercarder anyhow. Now I noticed, that while still being injured she won the 5SSW J Grand Prix. Three tournament matches with the 3rd one being in a steel cage. Those Joshi workers... ;-)

I have played for 18 months with (mostly) 2 TV shows per week and 1 event per month. It took some time, but my whole upper card is almost all at its cap. The others are also mostly doing well. It just needs time and a storyline to push someone. Below 10% of my roster has negative momentum. Most are around Hot momentum, even when they win rarely. With TV shows it may be harder, but it's doable.

My first big event already featured Extraordinario vs. Nico Lopez. Bad chemistry in the ME of my first "final" show. I finished the storyline as soon as I could and had to change my whole plans.

There is a "product" section, where you can adjust your promotions style.

Three Way Elimination match with a heel wrestler and let the heel be eliminated first? Or change your product in a way, that face/heel doesn't matter.

I had Kip Keenan debut with a few angles, without a match and as "on screen" guy without being rated. He quickly increased by 10 points (at a very small level). So, there is growth. At least in certain situations. My experience so far is, that angles are not THAT decisive anymore. But I like it, because it makes it more difficult yet achievable. My workers have risen mostly during feuds, which imo seems to be the trigger. Then have wrestlers being involved in storyline matches/angles and they seem to benefit. Especially from matches of 15min length.

I have two small questions. 1. Since I reached Big size I always finished the national battles second. However in the "battle" section my top workers have the highest overness. I also had the best shows of all big promotions. - How are the battles judged? 2. At the current level booking is starting to get stale, with most of my workers reaching their cap. Gino Montero is champion with 91 pop. Since I had a long Extraordinario reign (88) I'd like to have the title change hand a few times, now. And also let the high-pop-wrestlers occasionally lose to mid carders. "Anything can happen." How can I book a less over guy to victory without the more over guy to lose popularity? I don't need a pop boost for the lesser worker. Just the freedom of creativity without penalty.

I agree and don't believe, that everybody should be able to reach everything. But wrestling isn't stale and occasionally e.g. a character change increases the potential. I believe Stunning Steve Austin would have never achieved the 100 that Stonecold probably had. I currently have Jay Silver capped at 70, after pushing him in the mid card. I'm fine with this. But if he stays there forever, I can never push him for the Main Event. Which feels stale.

<p>Is there a way to increase the cap with time? I like, that a "monster push" is not enough to become an elite superstar.</p><p> But it would feel sad, that a talented worker is limited to the 70 range forever.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="EIOEIO" data-cite="EIOEIO" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47811" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I've noticed this for the first time in the latest update. No idea where it's came from, Now had it in 2 if the last 4 shows I've ran. A TV show where I had 13,500 people in a 15,000 seat arena and a PPV with over 47,000 people in a 50,000 seat arena. The Two other shows I've run have been sell out's 10k and 2k respectively and to note. Very annoying New feature.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> So far it's not that bad. I just want a in-game description why this happened, so I can figure out what I can do to beat it. ;-)</p>

Since I reached Big size with OLLIE I get a after show message, that two regions don't increase because the audience was too small. What is needed to grow further than ~87?

Weird. I never experienced that, except if the losing guy had more popularity. When the match is good, often the losers gain popularity. Generally I don't like, that a wrestler loses pop when losing to a less over wrestler. I recently had my long-term champion Extraordinario beat a challenger, who had surpassed his popularity by 1-2 points. It pushed the challenger down by 8 points and the champion up by merely 2. That's sad, because this way I usually have to let the more over worker win. Even when that's opposing my creative stance, that "anybody can theoretically beat anybody". I'd prefer it when pop differences wouldn't matter in either way. When Stonecold Steve Austin loses against Hunter Hearst Helmsley via Interference during a normal TV matcv to make a feud more open, this alone wouldn't kill his popularity. Nor puts it HHH really over as long as the match is not designed to change the status of the two.

I had a B-show for half a year. It was nice to promote "different" Mainevents with lower grades and still earn some momentum and worker popularity. However I had the feeling that the individual popularity grew much slower. I have now both shows 'A' and do much better. Btw: I never used 'lesser'.

<p>With what booking strategy can I avoid fatigue penalties/consequences?</p><p> </p><p> I have 2 shows and do 2 house shows per week. Occasionally I get the "gruesome schedule" note and also experienced significant penalties during matches.</p><p> </p><p> However, when I'm at the booking screen, the said workers are practically never about "showing very low signs of fatigue".</p><p> </p><p> 1. Is there a way to filter out fatigued workers?</p><p> 2. Is there a way to permanently reduced e.g. the house show schedule for easily fatigueing workers?</p><p> 3. At which level of what status should I not book a worker?</p><p> </p><p> Best regards!</p>

I noticed in Drug Testing, that Standard Test Everyone and Comprehensive Test Everyone cost the same. Both times it showed "$224,000". With my current 63 wrestlers on the Main Roster I would have - standard: $68,000 - comprehensive: $194,000 Or am I missing something? Is the staff also tested?