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Rarely ever see them. My company (created company on default database) constantly has 100% backstage.

A 100-rated show is ever elusive, but this isn't far off.

Couple of child company questions. Is there a way to re-sign someone in my child company direct to that company? I can't find such an option, so they come on to my main roster once signed - which means anyone with a title loses it, the booker has to be re-assigned, etc. Also, do commentators, referees, road agents etc in the child company affect grades? Thanks!

I have Garry the Entertainer as a main eventer in a performance-based company. I only hired him because he became a star in my 2016 game, and intended to use him as a mid-card worker, tagging with Hawkeye Calhoun. It looked like he'd be stuck in that role, having maxed out at 70-odd pop. However, after a gimmick change he shot up into the high 80s within just a few shows, even without any particularly big wins. My product limits comedy workers from becoming main eventers, so that must have artificially capped him until I changed his gimmick. He's very much the odd one out - all my other main eventers are great in-ring workers, while he's merely decent - but he still gets good ratings.

So close to a 100-rated show!

This one's pretty good -

How does a large-sized development territory work? I have the option to take over or pillage CWA, which is currently Big sized. My concern is that if I took it over I would have to leave popular workers there to maintain its size - and they would quickly become unhappy at being stuck in development. Or is the unhappiness muted by it being a big company?

June 2029 with the default data. My user-created promotion is now Titanic and ranked #1 in the world. The early stars were Davis Wayne Newton, Fro Sure, Ant-Man and Grimm Quibble. Newton and Ant-Man are still going strong, Sure is declining and Quibble is stuck in the uppercard. Razan Okamoto just replaced Fro Sure as the figurehead. Spencer Spade and Greg Gauge have recently joined and gone straight to the main event, while Tommy Cornell Jr just signed a long-term contract. The big news is that CWA are about to go bust and I have the opportunity to buy them out. I'm trying to work out whether to take them over as a development territory, or to pillage them and set up my own development territory. The former seems more straightforward but I am not sure there is much value in having a Big sized development territory.

I've just got back into this after a year or so away, and I'm finding something frustrating. No matter what I do, Zombie Boy is stuck at 70 pop in Canada with my Canadian company (Titanic, with Very Big coverage). He's averaging 82 in match ratings, his own performance rating is in the 80s, he has white hot momentum, has won seven mid-level titles, has beaten people with higher pop...and just does not budge from 70. As I understand the guide, the caps are based on company factors (size, popularity, broadcast coverage) and worker factors (in-ring skills, entertainment skills & destiny). The former is obviously not an issue, which leaves the latter. If Flashiness and the fundamentals are not counted as in-ring skills, then his highest is Aerial in the early 70s. As to entertainment, his Charisma is around 80, but MIc/Acting are low. Is this likely a combination of a very poor destiny roll combined with his stronger skills not counting for these purposes?

I used to love Football/Championship Manager, and spent thousands of hours on it, but I don't recognise it now. It's so heavily focused on tactics which don't interest me; squad management is the main appeal for me. OoTP and Cricket Captain are okay, but my favourite these days is NBA 2K's My League mode.

My company has recently risen to Big size, and have found myself winning battles by virtue of non-wrestlers. Indeed, of my top three contributors, one is a personality (Jack Bruce), one is a commentator (Emma Chase) and the third is a road agent (Dan Stone Jr). I can see this having some real-world parallels, eg Hogan and Bischoff in TNA, but I query whether it should extend to someone in a purely off-screen role like a road agent. It may also be worth limiting the number of non-wrestling contributors to battles. It also seems rather unbalanced given their low pay demands. For instance I have Jack Bruce on a contract for $3,500 per show with a $16,000 downside. However, he brings in $300,000 through merchandise per month ($130,000 going to my company). Thus, I am making a substantial profit just by having him on the roster, plus he's our main weapon in battles, without even having to use him. [edit: I may be misunderstanding merchandise - now that I look at it closely, it seems you get a set amount based on company popularity regardless of the workers]

I always go with Fast & Furious. Performance-based means you can get good ratings with cheap workers, and longer matches let you use fewer workers per show - minimising cost even further.

Does anyone know what's changed in the contract system in 1.27? I'm hoping it's narrowed the huge gap between per show and per month pay.

Sorry if this has been raised before; couldn't find it on a quick search. It seems counter-intuitive that a development company would suffer a morale penalty (per the Backstage screen) for being in debt. The idea behind the penalty generally is, I assume, to reflect uncertainty over the fate of a company which falls into debt - but that doesn't really apply to a development company, as the parent company will absorb any losses. Indeed, it could be reasonably expected that a development company would run at a loss. As such, it doesn't seem appropriate that the penalty should apply to such a company.

The problem is likely with the settings for ladder matches in that mod. Fiddling with that (presumably reducing the risk) would be easier than changing products.