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Exactly this. That's basically what it was anyway.

WLW starts out a little ahead in company pop and are killing me in the national battles. Emerald Angel has had eight matches in four months, and just one has rated lower than a 94 (four 99s). Sensational Dragon can fart out a 95 match in his sleep too. INSPIRES doesn't have much to compare to that - my best match is a 97 and the next highest is a 95,. It wasn't even the main event!

So I'm about four months in my INSPIRES save and I'm thinking of revamping the structure of the company - cutting the dead weight, getting rid of the brands and sticking to Japan. 1) Other than Remo and Oleg the Destroyer, there aren't enough workers with high popularity to get high show grades outside of Japan. Which leads to... 2) Getting killed in the national battle 3) Didn't realize this when I started, but workers with high pop in the US, but low in Japan, means they can help get high match ratings, but no one with high pop in Japan will want to lose to them (had to redo three months worth of shows) 4) So many shows to book... 5) Many of the workers on the Worldwide brand can't work 6) Can't get high enough show grades to keep from annoying the PPV companies in Japan and the US, which means workers can't gain pop there (they barely gain any for tour shows as it is) I like the idea of two brands (and this is by no means an attack on what @lavelleuk has done here - it's amazing), but for a human-controlled company (namely, me), it might be best to change things up. I'd consider doing maybe a one-month tour in the US for the US Heavyweight Tournament. And what to do with all of those titles...? Thoughts?

I'm playing with INSPIRES now and I significantly cut back their schedule, mostly because I didn't have the patience to book that many shows without it feeling repetitive. I currently have each brand running about 7-8 tour shows per month, plus whatever PPVs they have.

This was from TEW 2013, but I assume it still holds true: 1: Is already being tipped as a huge star for years to come = > 95 overness A+ 2: is definitely one to watch, the sky seems to be the limit of where his career can go = 88 > 94 A- to A possibly A+ 3: is somebody who should be handled carefully, as it's clear that the <30 year old has all the raw materials needed to create a big star in the future = 83 > 88 B+ to A - possibly A 4: " there is a lot of talk that Xis a potential break-out star, there seems to be an almost tangible sense of destiny with the <30 year old" in Hot Prospects <78 > 83 C+ to B 5: "Worker might still be young...." < 73-78 C+ to B range 6: Dark Horse for future Success 67- 73 C to C+ 1: Turn into an phenomenal worker (highest quality of worker) A or A* Psychology + solid other performance 2: Fantastic 3: Exceptional in ring worker 4: Really Fine 5: Very, Very Good 6: Very Good This is in the "Hot Prospects" section in Creative.

Add me to the 'enjoyed the different-from-the-usual-format' group. Good stuff.

I just finished my first month using INSPIRES - getting used to the Japanese schedule and number of titles took awhile to get accustomed. I'm also having a really hard time getting good match/show grades using the Worldwide brand. I've found the number of good workers on the Domestic brand far outweighs the number on the Worldwide brand.

Was it intentional to have venues in Japan with 75,000 capacity but only $1,000 in rental costs?

Gotcha - that makes perfect sense.

I definitely think I'll look into doing that - should make it less tedious to get through some of those months. What was your thought process behind the INSPIRES Worldwide brand schedule? They have several 'lesser' events on their international tours and much fewer 'normal' events than the Domestic brand. Are the lesser events intended for major title defenses and appearances from top stars?

I'm starting an INSPIRES save on the 2022 Alt CornellVerse database that was just released so I'll be keeping an eye on what you do here.

I wanted to jump in and say this looks great. I really liked what you did for the 2018 version and this looks even better. I think I'm going to jump into the Japan scene for the first time with INSPIRES and give that a shot, even though I'm a tad put off with the amount of shows they run - it's a ton!

With the new 'feature' of having certain roles during a segment decay and lessen ratings the longer it goes on (overness/charisma/sex appeal etc...), what do people do for promos where there are workers solely there for their menace or sex appeal (think Chyna during D-X promos or Kane during Paul Bearer promos)? Short angles don't get high ratings, but longer angles get penalized when there are workers there not doing anything.

I’d go Heavyweight, Intercontinental, North American and tag team. The InterCon and NA are the top two singles titles outside of the heavyweight, so I’d include them.

<p>Pop Caps</p><p> </p><p> Has anyone done some definitive testing on artificially breaking popularity caps? I assume they work in 20 like they did on other versions, but I noticed that the text on the Hot Prospects doesn't change if you do it, so I wasn't sure if they still worked the same way as before.</p>