Luchador Canadiense

Of the Top 10 matches in Cornellverse history, only one lucha match made the list: #8. Mr. Lucha vs. Sam Keith So one of my dream matches that I am dying to book is Matthew Keith vs. Mr. Lucha III in a lucha del apuesta, preferably for a Mexican promotion. Sadly, I've never been able to get them on the same roster at the same time. I could probably pull this off with South of the Border if Matt's contract were ever to come up, but I tend to shy away from companies with a roster of over 100 people.

Oh this is so easy... The Minor Annoyance!

When I do play in the U.S., it's NYC. I feel the least constricted by it's product. That said, I have never played a game with a promotion of Cult size or above (at least, not for longer than a month). I'm thinking of giving that a try soon though.

That fight was ridiculous and absolutely disgusting. I hear this is out of character for Garrett, which makes me wonder if there was some roid rage going on there. Me personally, I'very been a Chiefs fan sine the Joe Montana years. Thrilled to have Mahomes. Chiefs have needed a true franchise QB for a long time!

I love all anime, but particularly anything with mecha. Robotech, Gundam SEED and Gundam SEED Destiny, GunBuster, GunSword, and Gundam 00. I also want to rewatch Neon Genesis Evangelion, which I love but have't watched in nearly 20 years. On the non-mecha front, I'll watch ANYTHING by Miyazaki. Got to see Totoro on the big screen in September, which was a real treat. My wife and I recently re-watched Great Teacher Onizuka, which feels very inappropriate in 2019. And she''s got me watching Maid Sama these days.

So far, I'm loving the length of the show. A tight 1 hour show is a great way to consume wrestling. I'm still getting acclimated to the roster, but I am looking forward to the show each week,so I'll keep watching. What I'm not enjoying is the campy humor and Colt Cabana, which is kind of related. I just can't buy Colt''s move set. It''s too show-y, and his ankles-on-ankles, push up pin is too ridiculous to buy. I love old school NWA, which I thought is what we would be getting. But there is too much silliness, and I'm afraid it might get to be too much for me at some point. Finally, I wish there was a more concrete face/heel divide. It''s taking me out of the matches because I never know who I should be cheering for. Maybe that'll get easier once I get more invested in the roster. All that aside, I continue to look forward to the show each week, so I'll keep watching.

CMLL... though I'm losing interest. The booking is incomprehensible these days. NWA Powerrr A lot of old school wrestling on YouTube. I love to watch Memphis, Portland, and the occassional 80s era WWF. I don't have the time on my hands I used to (to watch wrestling or play TEW) so I have become extremely picky. I still enjoy NJPW, but I'm lagging behind by about 2 years and I'm not sure I'll ever get caught up. I am hoping to catch some wrestling on the indie scene here in Toronto because I am told it''s great, but I've been here for over 10 years and have yet to get out to a show. Some day it'll happen.

Never have gotten past the first month in any save with a company over Cult size in all my years of playing this game. But I've been watching some 2004-6 WWE. (some of my favourite stuff... I always feel nostalgic over this period.) Anyway, it put me in the mood to try, so I decided to start a SWF save. Dealt a tough hand to start. Skull DeBones is 8 years into terminal decline, and Jack Bruce isn't far off the mark at 5 years in decline. I thought I might have to bite the bullet and replace Jack as my figurehead, but the Economy is at F+ and the Industry is at E+. Not feeling like the economy is in good enough shape to take the hit of loosing a figurehead just now. May need to see how long Jack can go before he finally topples over into terminal decline. Hopefully things turn around sooner rather than later. I feel like USPW may be about to eat my lunch.

This is going to sound odd coming from someone who owned this game from Day One, but... how do you meddle? I've never used this feature, but now that I am tempted to... I can't even find where to do it.

<p>Rolling into December with OLLIE, new owner Phoenix appears to prefer his lucha with a little more Pure and Realism, and a little less Comedy and Modern, which has affected how much money I can bring in... but I'm not complaining, as I'm averaging slightly over $80,000 per month.</p><p> </p><p> SOTBPW raided... of course... and took Hijo del Mephisto, Extraordinario Jr. and Amo Del Gato. So for now, I've managed to keep Gino and Mr. Lucha III. Doubt I'll make it to Cult without losing them, but I'm going to enjoy my luck for now. </p><p> </p><p> But with the loss of so many heels, I turned Nicolas Lopez. Marcos Flores is champ, but on the verge of hitting 5 years of time decline, so my goal is to flip the title at our January season ender, Aniversario.</p><p> </p><p> I brought in Ultimate Phoenix to feud with my other main event heel, Silver Tiger. He's 5 years into time decline too... but I love that B- pop.</p><p> </p><p> And I finally got my announce team to the point of being respectable. Humberto and Ruiz have good chemistry, adequate experience, and Tortega continues to improve. I'm glad I stuck with them. They've started becoming a real positive to my matches.</p>

<p>I'm back with my favorite promotion, OLLIE, and having a great time. Having a lot greater success this time. </p><p> </p><p> I'm in May 2016, and El Hijo Espada Roja just won the first Copa del Patron, my single-fall tournament. El Patron died the week before the big event, Gran Torneo, so I decided to name the title after him.</p><p> </p><p> Most of the real fun stuff has been happening behind the scenes, giving me no end of headaches. First, Mystery Pink and Cosmic Rider started dating. Then, everyone in the back started loaning their car to Cosmic Rider who apparently just can't drive. At first, I was giving him Stern Warnings. But eventually, I decided to Fine him, which led to hostilities between him and I. Round about the FIFTH time he damaged someones rental, I finally got fed up and just Fired the guy because everyone backstage was pissed at him. This proved to be stupid. Now he hates me, Hellspawn 666 is angry because he felt that was overkill, and Mystery Pink got so pissed she gave me her notice.</p><p> </p><p> In July, Joaquin Soler retired, and Phoenix I took over as owner... I was cruising towards my toughest Owner Goal, (build up to $1.25 million), when Phoenix came along and gave me an even easier set of goals (Don't fall below Regional, don't go in debt). Since there is no risk of either, it looks like the climb to Cult continues.</p><p> </p><p> Meanwhile, Queen Amazon is letting herself go and is now Flabby. She followed a whole mess of people from across the industry who all seemed to let themselves go in the same month. This was balanced out, however, by two people getting themselves in better shape:</p><p> </p><p> 1. Purple Viper - Can wrestle and now has B- Star Quality... meet my next women's champ.</p><p> 2. Champagne Lover - If I can ever get to the point of competing with SOTBPW, this is going to be a problem as the guy now has 100 SQ.</p><p> </p><p> Also, in news from around the world, the Japanese tsunami has just hit, and apparently misery doesn't love company as Vicki Company and Mark Misery have now divorced.</p>

So is it better to have a Commentator with Good or better Charisma, or a Commentator with Average Charisma but Good chemistry with the Announcer?

If today's "ask them" feature includes asking whether they'll drop their mask in a mask vs. mask match, then I am THRILLED! I love this idea.

<p>Love the idea of pre-booking. I'll be turning that on.</p><p> </p><p> I've always felt that if the object of the game was to put someone in the shoes of a real wrestling booker, then it needed to focus on the one thing wrestling bookers have always had to focus on: putting backsides in the seats!</p>

Love the new "luchas de apuestas" feature. Fingers crossed that we'll also get a feature that'll tell us at the outset of feud whether someone might be willing to drop their mask. Nothing worse than building up a feud to a "lucha de apuesta" and finding out the guy isn't likely to drop his mask. The way it is now, it is really hard to plan a feud that culminates in a lucha de apuesta.

Love the idea of experience. With this one change, NYCW may become a better training ground than MAW!

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Christian_Shane" data-cite="Christian_Shane" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45672" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I had one half finished from a while back, so I went ahead and finished it out. It's based on the SMW Tag titles, just to keep the unity with the Canadian singles belt.<p> </p><p> <img alt="DAFjfaB.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/DAFjfaB.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> That is a magnificent piece of work!</p>

Not a requset, more a question: any thought of doing a Canadian Tag Team title to go with that beautiful Canadian Heavyweight title?

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="lavelleuk" data-cite="lavelleuk" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41231" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Hi all, I was wondering if anyone has ever done a "doctor insane" alt for African Earthquake, that's his old gimmick. If not would anyone fancy trying one for me? Apparently it's a "mad scientist" look and ring gear, would be hugely appreciated.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> There options:</p><p> </p><ol style="list-style-type:decimal;"><li>MHero created one here: </li></ol><a href="http://www.greydogsoftware.com/~arles/forum/showthread.php?t=522400&page=30" rel="external nofollow">http://www.greydogsoftware.com/~arles/forum/showthread.php?t=522400&page=30</a><br /> 2. There was one in this diary that appears to still be available (Scroll down the page): <a href="http://greydogsoftware.com/~arles/forum/showthread.php?t=14115&page=3" rel="external nofollow">http://greydogsoftware.com/~arles/forum/showthread.php?t=14115&page=3</a><br /> 3. Download the trial for TEW 2008 and scoop the original render for Doctor Insane from that version of the game. (Sorry, but my laptop with TEW2008 is down for the count, otherwise I would have posted it for you.)<br /><p></p>

<p>Developing a new-found distaste for Marv Earnest. I decided to start a local company and run an old school rasslin' product: the Florida Wrestling Alliance. I also decided to start the game with no owner to increase the random element, and was really excited when Marv took over. I figured he'd be great for what I wanted to do.</p><p> Fast forward to five months into the save... Marv has completely re-written the product. We're more conservative than NOTBPW! He removed all Mainstream from the product (so no more need for managers), reduced the Traditional to Heavy, dropped all elements of Hardcore and increased the Realism. Oh, and now we have a little Comedy and Cult.</p><p> So no blood... no managers... and barely any semblance of storytelling. This hardly feels like a southern promotion anymore. I may have to kill this save and start over.</p>

Absolutely tremendous! You have come a long way. Your work is very impressive.

<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Favourites</span></strong></p><p> </p><ol style="list-style-type:decimal;"><li><strong>NYCW</strong> - Seems to be the promotion I play most now.<br /></li><li><strong>OLLIE</strong> - I love lucha.<br /></li><li><strong>MAW</strong> - I love old school wrestling and this seems to fit the bill.<br /> <br /> I seem to have a heavy love for small promotions despite the fact I never go to indie shows in real life. (It may be time to try something outside my comfort zone. TCW, maybe?)<br /></li></ol><p></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Least Favourites</span></strong></p><p> </p><ol style="list-style-type:decimal;"><li><strong>Anything that is exclusively 1 vs 1</strong> - I hate promotions that actively discourage you from one of the best ways to train your talent. Plus tag teams are awesome!<br /></li><li><strong>Anything hardcore</strong> - I had a good run with IPW once, but honestly... I just have no taste for the style in general.<br /></li><li><strong>Anything that requires me to increase the Match Content</strong> - There are no default matches with upgraded content, so I hate having to spend the time creating a duplicate match just to make the content higher. There are many bloody Southern wrestling promotions who did just fine running safe content on television to get people to the bloody matches at the arena, and their fans didn't mind watching those TV matches at all. (Hello Memphis!)<br /></li></ol><p></p>

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Rayelek" data-cite="Rayelek" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41263" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I currently have Aldous Blackfriar and Scythe, along with manager Emmy, as a stable known as The Black Night. I'm not thrilled with the name, but I wanted something like The Dark Watch, but not quite. Any other thoughts? I plan on adding to the stable over the course of the next in game year, but no specific plans yet.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Then what about: </p><p> </p><p> The Night Watch</p><p> Agents of Darkness</p><p> The Black Blades (to kind of incorporate both their names)</p><p> The Shadow Operatives</p>

That's certainly Adam's choice for comparison... http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=534455

It's all good. Happens to us all at some point or another.