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Sounds like what you want to do is essentially run the kind of training fed I've been playing since midway through TEW 08's life cycle. I used to have a rule set I would share when asked about how I set my fed up for folks who wanted a go at playing as I do. But with finances having been rejiggered and scaled back like they have been, too much of it would be outdated now. Also it should be noted I play primarily C-Verse for the creative freedom. Taking a former OVW champion like Rocco Bellagio and making him a tooth fairy would seem ridiculous during to those "crazy eyes" of his. Where doing the same with a generic meathead in the C-Verse is easier because established ideas of what a guy's ideal gimmick would be are far fewer. However, my basic roster construction is essentially the same. First off, I deal from the very bottom of the deck for my roster. If you remember The Muppet Show, I view myself as Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and my fed as Muppet Labs. Where The Future Is Being Made Today. As such, I'm training everybody for something. I may have veterans nearing retirement on board to help them prep for a new stage of their careers. Maybe having them double as road agents or broadcasters or whatever out of ring role seems to fit. While the rookies learn how to be useful to larger companies. As for these veterans, because I'm dealing from the bottom of the deck, I'm getting career jobbers like Bob Casey and Ben Williams who may be getting a once in a lifetime push because they are with me. Extreme busts like Lion Heart and Tank Bradley who need to rebuild their professional rep from scratch. Neglected talents that may leave the business if someone doesn't pick them up. Guys who desperately need the job I offer to keep going. If you get to the point you don't need me anymore, I congratulate you and let you go. Don't fully agree with Pat about sticking to singles though. Even at the smallest size you get dark match time. Use it. In past games, I never added a full time tag division and adjoining title until I'd grown from Local, then the smallest size, to the next size up then called Small. But while I was waiting to make that jump in size, I'd be chem testing the 12 guys I had in as many combos as possible. That way I had a foundation for the division once the company had grown into having one. It would also give my young prospects more ring time and thus more time to grow. As a function of using dark time as training time pre-show, the one stat I would be most concerned about is Stamina. If a guy can't go either pre or post show and on the event itself, I typically don't want him. Styles don't matter as such. Those can shift around with things like skill increases and weight gain. But if you're needed to tag up in a dark match and wrestle solo on the main show, you'd better not be gassing on me after the first one. As for how shows look, I typically book an hour show to start and my first month is built around an 8 man tourney for the world title with the other four curtain jerking. Then whatever angle time isn't needed to pimp the tourney goes into skits to train the entertainment skills of the most needy in that department. Maybe I'll start a feud out of one of the first round matches to give material to people who'll fall out of the tournament but mostly storylines don't start until the second month so as to keep the focus on the world title. I'm a strong believer the world title should supercede the vast majority of anything else going on in the company and book accordingly as much as possible. Later as storylines become more meaningful and the company starts to grow the training skits on the main show start to disappear and show lengths grow to an hour and a half to insure the tags don't get starved for time in the name of singles.

I'd certainly be game to play some more given the chance. Last flick I put together never even got scored before the game fell apart. Would love the chance to see that corrected and proceed with some other notions I've been sitting on. The trick is finding the right moderator or moderating team so the game flows. Without that person or people, the game folds quickly.

Play some soccer management sims. You'll get the first line in short order. The second one someone else is going to have to help you with.

Didn't see the PPV. Never been able to justify that in my family budget over the years. But I did hear about the Brian Cage signing and being the mystery entrant. Gotta say I'm not impressed with that move. In the rare occasions I've gotten to see Cage, mostly in Impact, he struck me as just another guy. But maybe new scenery will freshen him up Kazarian or Omega style. When Kazarian was in TNA, I couldn't stand the guy. He felt horribly overhyped. And even worse than that, it felt totally illogical and inexplicable. The guy didn't have nearly the personality skills to make an apparent fit and yet people wouldn't shut up about him. Made me want to ignore the fact the man even existed. Then he and Chris left to join Ring of Honor and the moment he got there the fit was obvious. His personality work felt looser and freer than it ever did in TNA. He was more in his element and it showed. Loved the guy ever since. As for Kenny Omega, I used to dread his appearances in RoH. Bullet Club was in full swing and because it was primarily a New Japan thing, I couldn't properly relate. There was no sensible way for me to follow New Japan. And why should I care about New Japan when I was watching Ring of Honor for their homegrown talent? So whenever Omega showed up, it was to be an interloper in my eyes. Little to any of what he'd be involved in was any of my business as far as I was concerned. He was just something to be endured and fast forwarded past. Then AEW started up. He was finally going to be somewhere where what he did was my business. He was finally going to be something other than a distraction. And now I like the guy and enjoy his work. Do I always understand the stuff in his entrance videos or all the obscure allusions he makes? No. But even that I can relate to. Quite a few of my passions over the years have confounded friends and family in much the same way Kenny's obscurica can. I get him now because I'm more willing to try than I used to be when he was repping Bullet Club. Maybe Brian Cage is about to be the next in that line. Maybe AEW Creative can find ways to make him look and sound less ordinary. We will have to see. All I know right now is he's not the kind of name I was hoping to hear last night.

Man, I read stories like this and always find myself thinking "There but for the grace of God go I". Between being really short and engaging in habits the other kids just didn't understand, I was bullied mightily through my school years. In junior high, for example, rainy day indoor breaks could find me surrounded by bigger guys tormenting me for the crime of beatboxing. Apparently this behavior was too unacceptably abnormal for them to let go. Even though I would be off in my own little corner of the room staying out of the way doing it for my own amusement. Thankfully I learned the art of self-depreciation. I learned how to thank people for noticing I was weird before they could give me guff about it. And over time, I came to truly appreciate the little quirks that made me Cappy. But it was a real fake it to make it situation at first. Took quite a while before I truly meant what I was saying. Do wonder sometimes where I'd be or even if I'd be had I not learned though. Truly a shame that a gifted young woman living the dream of so many couldn't get to the same place. But we all have our own journeys and not all of them end well. RIP Hana Kimura. May your experience save others from enduring the hell you did.

He couldn't just revive Painful Procedure?

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Rayelek" data-cite="Rayelek" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47434" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I just realized when I signed both and they had a positive relationship that <strong>James Diaz</strong> and <strong>Logan Wolfsbaine</strong> are cousins. They were both already destined to be in my 2nd gen wrestler stable Wrestling Royalty (led by Ash Campbell, also feat. Dreadnought) but I want a name for the team by themselves. Does anyone have anything better than <strong>Gaijin Monsters</strong>?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Looking at their profiles, it says Logan is from Florida and James' home region isn't specified. Just that he's based in the South East US. So given that they are related, I'd assume James is too and think about calling them The Miami Monsters</p><p> </p><p> Although there's also a desire to play to the wolf in "Wolfsbaine" and make them some kind of Pack. The more I think about it, the more "Monster Pack" has the kind of random words thrown together sound Japanese based teams seem to have when they return to the States.</p>

Styles probably but I seriously doubt that about Joe. Dude had Big Show levels of difficulty maintaining a personality or an alignment when he was in TNA. They'd probably have stuffed him in a penguin suit by now. Or try and keep this on point, maybe he'd be Orange Cassidy with muscles.

Oh no doubt. This week's match on Dark with Rey Fenix was giving me flashbacks to Air Wolf's match with Fenix shortly before the Lucha Bros left MLW. That's how reasonable Angels getting the upset was made to look.

I typically play as small as possible to try and polish the dregs of the waiver wire into something useful. But otherwise Remi's right. This does sound like how I'd play if I got the itch to be big again. I love taking overlooked talent and building it up.

When I was a kid having my Masters of the Universe action figures wrestle in my WWF ring, Skeletor was a "masked man" I called The Neon Skull. To someone outside Mexican culture, it could appear Calavera's mask is festooned with symbols resembling neon signs. If that theory works for you, it's yours.

Do I ever hear that. "In these trying times" is right up there with "hunker down" as far as phrases that send me scrambling for the next TV channel. You want to help "in these trying times"? Don't remind me the times are trying. Just offer your product as though it were any other time.

The legacy of BSC everybody.

I've been using The Guide for years. and gushed to anybody who'd listen about that little app. This Trello looks like it may take things to the next level. Thanks for shouting it out, Piccamo.

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Will keep that in mind. Loved helping out on the first Queens of Chaos and would happily do so on another Remi mod if one comes to pass. And maybe I can find a way for my girl Abi Romanov to spawn a second generation.

Not at all, Brother Bull. I don't know if you remember the Queens of Chaos mod from 2010. Was one Remianen put together to spark a women's wrestling revolution in the C-Verse and make everybody worldwide talent. Anyway I was one of the guys writing new character profiles for that mod. And when it come time for the unfortunately failed followup in 2013 one of the scenarios I had going in the background was a Bob Casey/Reese Paige fling that resulted in a child. Reason being I love both characters. Bob has been my Boy since 2008 and Reese was a favorite road agent before I realized I could have my more veteran workers fill that role. Others that I love include: Ben Williams. Been mentioned already in the thread but dude has done so well from me playing the craziest of characters I had to reference him again. Will probably be main eventing a lot of training feds for me this time around. Remmy Honeyman: Found him in 2016 and love what a steady Eddie he is. Guy will never be much of note in a promotion of size but at the levels I prefer to play he can be a stalwart. Pettle: Up until this year anyway. Always had a bit of a render crush on her even when I learned she did have a bit of an attitude backstage. Glad for her that her acting career finally took off but disappointed she can't be my on-screen authority any more. Aging valets in general: Love using the chicks who are aging out of being valets as color commentators. As much as it was to be expected, I was rather disappointed to see the women like Abi Romanov and Eliza Buckley age into retirement. Not only would I train them as broadcasters but use the sex appeal to do film parodies where my more stoic guys could learn charisma and mic skills. So they always did double duty for me. Great bang for the buck when you're the little guy building the future from the ground up.

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Never have in the past but with how eye intensive some of the info screens are now I can certainly why one would. Would sure beat the roster overview screen for a decent size company for example.

This is all so true. And it even includes Adam and the testing team. They saw Prince Adam as someone to rebrand as Rocky Golden and elevate to the major figure he is today in the C-Verse. I always saw a no hoper. The beginning of his ascent back in 08 was one of the reasons I fled TCW and looking to bargain basement for guys I could elevate. Been 12 years now and the fun I've had using the Bob Caseys and Ben Williamses of the C-Verse as my centerpieces. Some truly epic wars most players will never partake in because they play big and focus on rising to the top.

Glad to have been of service. It sounds like we come from far different angles when it comes to how we choose who we like or don't. The last thing I want to know is what a wrestler is like behind the scenes. I've gotten my heart broken too many times this way. From learning how un-Gentlemanly Chris Adams actually was to learning the full extent of the Lex Luger-Miss Elizabeth relationship was to finding out just how broken a man Chris Benoit turned out to be. Unless the wrestler's putting out there themselves in the form of an autobiography or some such, I don't want to to know. I'd much rather appreciate guys for what they do onscreen. For their skills, how they play their roles, and what new dimensions they bring to the table that others can't or don't. I've had too many reminders of how story worlds and the real world differ. I hate having to stop and remember to qualify the fact I'm referring to a performer's in-character perspectives in chats on sites like this. Again, it sounds like we were looking from different angles. I've been looking more macro with comparisons where you've been looking at micro levels and seeing the building blocks I wasn't. I'd never really noticed Austin's verbal tics as Stone Cold to have caught on to the notion Mance might be emulating them. I was always too in a hurry for Stone Cold to shut up to notice the finer points of his speech patterns. And the affinity to light beer always struck me as more akin to Stan Hansen and his chaw than Stone Cold. Austin may have really liked his beers as well but there was nothing halfway with Stone Cold. He never would have specified the light beers the way Mancer does. Not to mention that beer and rednecks are just an SAT level pairing to begin with. It's not like that was new to Stone Cold. He just emphasized it more than most. Still, with the evidence you've cited and the explanation of how it applies, you are probably right about Austin being an influence on Mancer. Given when today's talent would have caught the bug, it's far more likely they'd draw intentionally from Stone Cold than Murdoch or Hansen

Oh Absolutely. Starting this thread myself is one of those thing I've kept meaning to do and been too distracted to achieve. So glad someone else came to the same conclusion. Disagree with you on Oliver. I love the guy. To my mind, he's the guy that really makes Injustice sing as a gimmick rather than just being another bit. Physically you aren't wrong. But then, I've always found being "a credible threat" a bit overrated in wrestling. If the guy were being presented as a brawler or a Mr. Olympia candidate then I'd be right there with you. But the guy is portraying a whiny little punk who happens to be a speed merchant. As such, who cares if he's imposing or not? He's perfect for the role he's given. If anybody feels like they need to be out of Injustice, it's Kotto. Good talent don't get me wrong. But I don't see the fit. Myron Reed's place is obvious. He's been with the group since Rich Swann started it up. With Jordan Oliver, it's just his (in-character) nature.. But Kotto? People loved him and vice versa until the eye injury. Then suddenly he came back and had a hate on for everything. It's never really made any sense. Wish they'd get him out and put someone with a better beef in his place. I think part of the problem there is the name. "Simon Gotch" is a name with baggage as you mention. Now if here were Simon GRIMM, as he was in RoH the first time I got to see him firsthand, that's a name more worthy of fear than the Gotch name that was used so frivolously elsewhere. And that's kind of a sad statement in a way given how far back in wrestling history the Gotch name goes. Oh no doubt. And for an old-school guy like myself, it helps all the more that he's doing it against the modern generation of Von Erichs. Things feel a little more right in the world when I can turn on a wrestling show where Von Erichs are relevant and a new voice is lodging new forms of the classic complaints against them. But regardless of target, he just feels so natural. He really makes you believe he would be such an extreme agitator. And I'd say the best part of it is that some of his more repulsive bits like pretending to desecrate the Texas state flag just serve to make his "Filthy" nickname feel all the more fitting. Sort of half and half here with Ol' Mancer. Definitely share the love. His feuds with Jimmy Havoc and The Dynasty have been pure wrestling fun. No doubt about it. But I gotta take issue with the Stone Cold comparison. Just don't see it. I look at Mance I see more a Dick Murdoch. A Dirty Dick Slater. Maybe a better looking Bunkhouse Buck. Nothing about him really reminds me of Stone Cold. But then, maybe I'm not the best judge either. For many years "Stone Cold" struck me as a pale imitation in his own right. I always liked and respected the skills of Austin the man but in his prime I could never take "Stone Cold" seriously. It always felt like he was some city dude trying too hard to playact at being the badass than actually being one. Heck for the war with Mr. McMahon, I was always on Vinnie's side because "Stone Cold" felt so over the top and out of proportion. Whereas with Mancer, I can actually believe he is the good ole country boy fighting for the people, swigging his light beers and yada yada. If you're gonna sell me Warner as an Austin copycat, then you'd better be telling me that Austin invented the role and Warner's been perfecting it. Because Mance has always felt more authentic than "Stone Cold" ever did in his prime. Mance has layers to him such as Uncle Moonman to ground him that the single note feeling "Stone Cold" never did. To be fair to Austin, I have come to accept him as Stone Cold over the years. But that's mostly been because he kept running with the role after he ceased to be relevant and seemingly faked it until he made it. And looking back in retrospect, I have caught on to elements of Austin's backstory that would have made "Stone Cold" easier to swallow had they been pointed out to me in the moment. Pre-WWE experiences that would have informed the Stone Cold attitude I was too blind to consider in the moment. But yeah. My perspective on Stone Cold probably isn't the best because of how long it took me to buy in. Heck yeah. Love The Dynasty. I'll watch MJF in AEW and find myself missing Holiday and Hammerstone at his side like they would be in MLW. But now that MJF's been run out of MLW, I have to say Hammerstone's my favorite. I love how he can be all big and bad and be so serious about competition and yet at the same time so loosey goosey in segments like the Lifestyles Of the Rich And Famous parody. Such a great balance that Hammerstone has. Put him in a WWE type that doesn't think it knows Entertainment better than the fans do and I can easily see him as champion. Perhaps even this generation's Hulk Hogan. And so as not to give Holiday short shrift, I share your opinion on him. Heck, perhaps the only better role/performer fit on the entire roster may be the aforementioned Jordan Oliver. Holiday has the rich snob bit down cold. I might have to really think hard and dip back into prior eras to find one quite as good. Will definitely agree with you about Alicia being easy on the eyes but I'm not quite as big a fan of her as backstage intervewer. She always feels a little bit uncomfortable and out of her element in that role. Maybe that ease off with time but at the moment, I'd prefer someone else backstage.

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Stickmaniac" data-cite="Stickmaniac" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46105" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Bruce Prichard?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> No, Brother Stick. Grew up in a church community where secular honorifics weren't really a thing and respect for one another was not just a top down affair. </p><p> </p><p> Like I could enter the building on a cold, winter day and be in the coat room next to the retired ex-pastor as I hung my jacket up. Address him like "Good morning, Brother Bradstreet. Cold enough out there for you?" And he'd address me as Brother in kind even though I was a mere teenager, joke about joints he forgot he had being stiff and it would just be a nice moment between generations. So over the years I've tried to carry that same spirit of inclusivity the church had into the world at large when and where I can.</p><p> </p><p> But I do like the nod to Brother Love all the same. He was a hoot back in the day. Welcome to the board. Hope to catch you again soon.</p>

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="tyrone" data-cite="tyrone" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47448" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Got another moment...<p> </p><p> This probably won't register as "special" to a lot of you, but my first wrestling memory was watching Ric Flair vs. "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton at the Clash of the Champions... no idea which number it was. But I remember laying on the floor while my dad sat on a chair next to me as we watched on one of those old floor model televisions made of wood. I didn't know a thing about wrestling, but I knew I hated Ric Flair (he was clearly the bad guy)... the match was 2 out of 3 falls (i didn't know what that meant either...was so young). When Bobby won the first fall after hitting the Alabama Jam, I jumped up cheering thinking he had beaten the evil Ric Flair and had won the world title! My dad quickly explained to me that he hadn't won yet, and that he had to win 1 more time. I remember thinking there's no way Ric Flair could win 2 times before Bobby could win one more... well, I was wrong lol. Anyways, this was special to me because I discovered my passion while spending time with my dad. Will never forget it.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Doesn't need to be special to anyone else. Is to you because of that personal connection. Kind of like me watching guys like Chief Jay Strongbow and Billy White Wolf with my dad. Tony Garea teaching me to appreciate the quick guys and how to enjoy tag team matches. As more recognizable periods of wrestling history took hold, Dad drifted away. Too much showmanship and too many Nasty Boy style "let's just scream because we can't project real intensity" promos for his taste coming from the days of Wild Red Berry, Johnny Valentine and Dick The Bruiser. But that late pre-WrestleMania era watching with him was awesome because we were sharing the experience together.</p>

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Derek B" data-cite="Derek B" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46105" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Google says it's about £28, but that's a number that would vary and I don't know what exchange rate it's based on for sure. The price is specifically in dollars, so I believe any conversions from other currencies are likely done through individual banks.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Good info, Brother Derek, but I don't think it was what Brother Shaun was looking for. Unless I'm mistaken, I believe he meant how gigs of data make up the file and how long it will take to download.</p>