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The crazy irony of how they took her out and probably only Vicki amongst them would realize it.

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="ArcheoOutOfNowhere" data-cite="ArcheoOutOfNowhere" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47434" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> - LSG and Gabby Ortiz: they're a real life couple as well, and I use them in the midcard. LSG (which stands for Leon St Giovanni) is basically a "better in ring worker but less talented with a microphone" Miz from his early career: the cocky guy that everyone wants to slap. Gabby Ortiz is on screen the pretty ill-tempered latina that will gouge your eyes out out of the ring with her nails. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Now I will admit this is partially based on personal bias. But the first thing I would do is rebrand LSG. The gimmick you have for him works well but I would never promote him under those initials. I get this full name is too clunky for wrestling but the initials are far too close to a drug reference, Close enough I can envision the parents in the community I grew up in banning their kids from watching him or any company he was with because of that near drug connection. The name I've always thought he should use is Giovanni Ellis. Still ties back to his actual name and sounds so much like the pompous pretty boy than using his initials ever could.</p>

Liquid Courage. Not only would you have the alcohol reference but easily traded assets are referred to as "liquid" in finance speak. So you'd have a similar feel to the Beer Money name.

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="HighDefOverDose" data-cite="HighDefOverDose" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47434" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Need a name for the pairing of Orlando Jordan and Funaki, they have great chemistry and are my new favourite jobber tag team.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> What kind of gimmicks and alignment? What we would expect from them or something off their beaten paths?</p>

Finally got my hands on Amalur over the winter and my reaction to it was a mixed bag. On the one hand it is a really good game. The fights were fun and the characters felt real and alive. Great visuals and a story world that really made you want to be part of it. All the praiseworthy points you'd expect to make about an epic title worthy of being a franchise. But at the same time it felt like you could have chopped that game in half, made the two halves separate games and they would have been just as good if not better experiences. By the time I shut it off, quit playing and went on to the next game, I felt overstuffed. It was like that bleck feeling you have when someone brings up dessert at Thanksgiving dinner. You've ingested so much and taken it all in and you just can't stand anymore even though you enjoyed how you built your way up to that point.

Was just watching this week's RoH TV and as I was watching the main event Pure gauntlet, it started to strike me just how heavily MLW has been raided the last couple years or so. You combine AEW and RoH, it been almost brutal. AEW's swiped everything from top line guys like the Lucha Brothers. To projects MLW started but couldn't finish like MJF and Donte "Air Wolf" Martin. To making a former afterthought like Sammy Guevara into a blue chipper. While RoH has taken two stagnant going nowheres in Rush and PCO and made them world champions. Taken a ho hum midcarder like Brody King and made him a big enough force to where he's leading his own stable. As well as making guys like Fred Yehi and the former Jimmy now Wheeler Yuta look like stars where in the Dub they were lucky to get to be flunkies. You think about all those subtractions and how much better they look in their new homes, it's kind of scary if you're looking at it from an MLW perspective. Look at recent episodes of Fusion in this light and you can almost feel the panic in how the front office is thinking.

<p>Certainly can't deny that the booking of MLW has seemed all over the place since returning. Take the middleweight title sitch. I can't say I was totally surprised to see Myron Reed lose it. That felt like it was coming for sure. But to give it to a guy just coming in the door like Lio Rush? And then for Rush to be rather inivisible since? Yeah. That is a way to go. Doesn't seem like a very good one but it is an option.</p><p> </p><p> Kind of like the idea behind the Gino Medina/Gringo Loco beef. Can't think of another time I've ever seen cultural appropriation used as the basis for a feud. And given the extra layer of Gino's familial connection to the term "Gringo Loco" it feels all the more organic. But to be doing this with Gino when the deal with Richard Holiday has yet to be properly resolved? Seems like this feud could have waited until after the Dynasty fallout had settled.</p><p> </p><p> And speaking of The Dynasty, what even are they anymore? MJF is long gone. Hammerstone has evolved beyond the group. Attempts to expand the ranks like Grogan and Gino Medina were failures. And Holiday seems to have gone soft. The guy can still be a bit shady as the Tim Donaghy hiring showed. But at the same time, every time the Dynastic Coffee merch promo comes on, he feels almost like a parody of his former self. It may be time to either end the Dynasty or reformulate it.</p><p> </p><p> Or Contra. That group really seems to be showing its age. It feels like Jacob Fatu is still champion primarily because MLW is so weak at the top these days. But beyond that, Gotch is often an afterthought. Mads Kruger hasn' really been that interesting. Daivari's alright but feels like he's trying to get in at the wrong end. Really feels like it's time for Contra to fall apart but there really isn't anyone that can kill it off.</p><p> </p><p> And I get why they resigned ACH. But did they really need to put him with the Von Erichs just because all three are from Texas? Having Ross and Marshall on my TV screen has been some serious wrestling comfort food for me. Loved their dad and uncles back in the day and had lost track of the male Von Erichs terribly before they arrived in MLW. But ACH? If there's one man in all of wrestling I'm burnt out on, that I would happily never see again, it's ACH. And that doesn't even have to do with the WWE stuff. Although that certainly didn't help. I was already getting bored of the guy before he left Ring of Honor. I certainly wouldn't say ACH is a poor talent. I understand how I could be in the minority. In a very distinct minority even. For some, his considerable athleticism would be enough. He just strikes me as a very boring personality. He's always projected himself the same when I've seen him. Never seems to grow or evolve or really offer more than the athletic prowess. Dude just can't seem to project himself in a way that isn't a broken record.</p>

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="miz468" data-cite="miz468" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47434" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Hey y'all! Looking for a name for a stable led by Charlie Corner playing a delusional rock god character, with Young & Wasted as the tag team, Penfold Perdition as his bodyguard, and Brianna Riott managing them. <p> </p><p> They have kind of an outsider Bullet Club-esque vibe. TIA!</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I think I'd call them The Corner Club. I was all set to follow hailthebulldog's lead with the Jimi Hendrix inspiration and get into groups like The Crazy World of Arthur Brown or The Alan Parsons Project when a place just jumped in my head. The New Gnisis Corner Club from Skyrim. In the game, people who don't go there bust on the name because it seems too fancy. Why call a place something high falutin like "corner club" when it's just a dive bar?</p><p> </p><p> To your purpose you'd have the delusional leader naming the group for himself. You'd have the Bullet Club nod. Having a name that that's synonomous with "bar" feels like a natural for your tag team given they go by Young & Wasted. And you have that Jimi Hendrix/Alan Parsons type flavor as well. A lot of layers that come together all at once to make the name fit.</p>

Don't know that I'd say I've ever quit watching altogether although there have certainly been down points for me. Most notably right after WCW died. They were a ride or die promotion for me and I followed that company from the time my little dot on the roadmap birthplace got cable in 1989 until they went under. Which I refused to believe was even a possible event until it that final Nitro and Vince showed up. If there was a time I was likely to give up altogether, that would have been it. I had drifted away from WWE because some of the Attitude Era stuff made it too hard to watch the show. I've always believed that if you're not building a story world the fans can be lost in while the show is on, you've done it wrong. And with crap like the valets raining through tables and some of the sexual content it was clear WWE was dead set on doing things wrong. That they didn't want people forgetting it was a show while the show was on and that honked me off to no end. So I missed the tail end of Attitude, the Invasion Era and that aftermath. All that kept me watching wrestling at that time was a local low power station that had indy promotions like Music City. Otherwise I would have been lost to wrestling. Watched TNA/Impact for a while in the early part of last decade but fell away from them when guys like AJ Styles and the schizophrenically booked Samoa Joe started falling away from the company. The final straw for me with was a feud between Matt Hardy and I forget who the presumptive face was but they kept double turning on each other. And there was a stretch at that same period when Rockstar Spud turned twice in the space of like a month. And before AEW started up Dynamite in October of 2019, that was the last time I'd watched a promotion with a national profile consistently. My current fed rotation is AEW, MLW and RoH who was become the ride or die for me ever since Sinclair took ownership of them and TVZ started running the show.

Agreed. I don't have any more idea than you do. And yet it feels like we're all supposed to know. It kind of reminds me of early AEW and moments like Excalibur losing his mind over the debut of Butcher & Blade. Just makes me feel behind the grind and rather clueless. Which prior to the pandemic break was something MLW was very adept at avoiding. I get why we can't have prior MLW color guys like Tony Schiavone and Jim Cornette in that chair. Tony too busy in AEW and Jim divisive because of the NWA situation. But surely there are more relatable, less cookie cutter commentators out there than Saint Laurent.

Certainly with you about the lack of an audience. Some promotions have done well with it. MLW is one that has not. Action's as good as ever but it does feel like the shows would be better with the energy a crowd can bring. Also with you on Saint Laurent. Have certainly heard better heel commentators with him. If they want a guy as lightly known as that as the color guy, I wish they'd poach Ted McNaylor from OVW. Ted does a great job balancing astute observations with heel bias. Saint Laurent feels a little too pat. Too Central Casting to really react to him the way I'm meant to.

Less than stellar workers. AKA my posse. Between C-Verse decisions that really put me off and never having really been comfortable with major promotion finances, I haven't played with a truly stellar worker since 2008. The closest I've come in that time is building Bradley Regan into an A* ref and getting him poached. My epic wars in TEW have been battles like Bob Casey v Ted Brady. Cal Sanders v Biff The Bruiser. Sozen Ishinomori (before his render chunked up) vs Haruhiro Tsumemasa over the breakup of a tag team. The Ex Games arc in my Cappy Pack story mod was modeled on a triangle of pre-NYCW Animal Harker, Air Attack Weasel and Willow. No name brands or superstars in the lot. Forget the superstars and legends. Give me the rookies just out of school, the reclamation projects, the declining talent that needs to find a new niche in the sport. Those are the folks I like booking. Let other folks book Kikkawa. I want Chikafusa Tadeshi. Forget Jack Bruce. Give me Remmy Honeyman. To most people Ben Williams is a pure bump machine. To me he is a legend that can molded into whatever I need in the moment. Whether that be blue collar fan made good or camp gay face. He'd not only do it but nail it. I can't imagine ever playing big again with all the fun I've had playing small.

MJF and Sammy both had pretty decent exposure in MLW given the slot on BeIn Sports. But to your point, AEW is the first run for both of them on a channel that would be part of basic cable and therefore a lot more visible to the average bear. Also it can be fairly noted that of the two only MJF was in his current form while in MLW. That Sammy was mostly an afterthought there and that his current persona is fully an AEW creation. And in MJF's case, we've all seen companies over the years that have balked at rolling with someone else's ball. Not just the one in Connecticut as readily as they come to mind. But AEW has done an excellent job at building on MLW's foundation where Max is concerned. Some promoters have trouble recognizing when they have a pre-made gold mine and cashing it in. Thankfully AEW recognized that MJF is one and have just let him be.

Will have to take y'all's word for this. Every time talk of a cinematic match comes up I start to feel ancient. My eyes glaze over and I don't even understand what's been discussed. I'm guessing I've seen some in my time. But if I have, I didn't connect with them to know that's what I was watching. What might I have seen in this vein on regular TV? (I don't watch pay per views.) From someone not named WWE or Impact? (Haven't watched either company in ages.)

The first thing that comes to mind to me would be a version of the hymn Onward, Christian Soldiers as performed by a Christian rock band like a Petra or a Third Day.

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="tywood2022" data-cite="tywood2022" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47434" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Playing SWF in 2020. I just signed away from BHOTWG NEO Prime members Koshiro Ino and Matthew Keith, also Gargantuan, all within a couple weeks of each other. <p> </p><p> What I want to do is group them together in like a *wink wink* continuation of NEO Prime, a la "The Club" AJ Styles/The Good Brothers when they signed with WWE. What I'm look for is a name that conveys this without naming it something that would get the SWF sued in real life. A good ripoff if you may. Open to anything but a few I got are:</p><p> </p><p> Future Prime</p><p> The Prime Faction</p><p> </p><p> As you can see, I'm stumped.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Some thoughts that jump in my head:</p><p> </p><p> BLEEDING EDGE</p><p> </p><p> Like the newest, most advanced of new technology. So new, so prime on your mind, that you should want it NOW to be as ahead of the curve as possible. Would capture the spirit of the existing faction but it would take thought to tie to into the old group and therefore not be actionable.</p><p> </p><p> THE PRIME DIRECTIVE</p><p> </p><p> Yes. As in Star Trek. You have the Prime part as Style and Co had the Club part but it's a phrase whose most natural connection is outside the wrestling world. That way those in the know would make the connection but the casual would just sluff it off.</p><p> </p><p> PRIME TIME PLAYERS</p><p> </p><p> Again the Prime/Club style reference whose most obvious connection would be outside of wrestling. Most people's thoughts would go that Deion Sanders style arrogance long before it got a Japanese wrestling stable they might not know of or have ever seen depending on which side of the country they live on. The hardcore wrestling nerd might notice the subtle nod to NEO Prime but to the average fan it would be a new thing entirely</p>

<p>Here's the thread on the storyline library I use when I'm playing.</p><p> </p><p> <a href="http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=538239&highlight=story+browser" rel="external nofollow">http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=538239&highlight=story+browser</a></p>

To be honest, I haven't really figured out Danhausen's deal yet. He kind of reminds me of that meme "I don't understand your particularly brand of crazy but I admire your commitment to it." Danhausen is a strange dude but in a way that feels totally original and organic. On that basis I rather like the guy. Whatever else he's going to be, he's certainly isn't going to be boring.

Well. Blake Stone was one of my earliest forays into first person shooting. Had it even before games like Doom or Quake because I was more into and better able to afford shareware in the early to mid 90's than I was commercial games. Currently I'm playing Mirror's Edge on PS Now. Gave it a look several months ago and balked at it being first person. Finding it quite a challenge but digging the atmosphere now that the mind's more open. Also planning to revisit the first Dishonored. Bailed on it the same way. Beyond that I don't know but plenty of time to figure that out.

Here are some of mine. Every one of my training feds opens with a first month long tournament. Typically ending with the heel finalist winning and the face finalist trying to get justice for that robbery. Leading into a long feud while other contenders build their credibility The second feud I always run is User Character v Upper Mid who may have potential to be champion but doesn't look quite ready yet. With that becoming a year plus long war ending in some kind of big gimmick match. Cage match. Strap match. Some PPV caliber stip like that. Wrestlers working kayfabe injuries tend to keep wrestling under masks. Typically using the Mr. JL theory WCW did with Jerry Lynn. Using their initials for their masked identiity. I refer to these masked men as my Letter People after the old 70's kiddie show. Sometimes literally using that name in tag match descriptions. I have trouble booking cowardly world champs. Often using title shots as rewards for people who improved the most the previous month. I can book cowardly tag champs well enough but not world champs. No matter much I want to have somebody have a regular interview segment I have a hard time keeping it going consistently. I loved bits like The Barber Shop or Piper's Pit back in the day but can never keep them afloat. I've never been good with authority figures of either alignment. Be it the hands-off Jack Tunney type, the activist Teddy Long type or the abusive Mr. McMahon style it doesn't matter. I can't be consistent with any of them. And usually it's the face GM I'm more inclined to want as I loved Tunney and especially Teddy.

Then here's a crazy thought for you. Because of the positive experience with Kingdom Come, I'm starting to revisit other first person games to see if I can slay that old bugbear. A lot of my issues with first person date back to the days of titles like classic Doom or Blake Stone. Back when games didn't have mini-maps and landmarks were at a premium. Also toying with dipping my toes into Steam. That way I can play Kingdom Come on PC as opposed to console and have a better experience as a hunter. Maybe get Sims 4 digitally as I've really been missing that series as of late. At any rate, Kingdom Come has really awakened my sense of adventure as a gaming consumer.

This sounds like an awesome idea. Always look forward to the Top Prospect tournament in Ring of Honor because it's usually my first chance to see most of the talent in it. Imagine the fresh faces AEW could give exposure to out of such a tourney.

Funny thing with the Rowan cameo. Not having watched WWE regularly in over a decade, that would have been a confusing moment for me on any other night. However, Jericho's excitement on commentary and flat refusal to have his spontaneous enthusiasm officially corrected made that segment for me. Turning it from a "HUH?!! WHO?!!" to a "How awesome is THAT?!!" Don't think I've ever felt better to see the appearance of a wrestler who was a virtual stranger to me beforehand. Great moment indeed.

Was just watching this past week's RoH TV and I'll give you this as a Rhett Titus skeptic, Jaysin. The promo Rhett cut prior to the match with Delirious is probably the worst I've ever heard him cut. For a guy who's been such a proud showman all these years, it felt unnaturally serious and un-Tituslike. I hope the foray into the Pure division isn't going to suck the spirit out of him or I may end up where you are.

Here's the original thread for it from the TEW 16 forum. Hope it helps. http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=538239&highlight=story+browser