TheZies

April 25, 2020

My guess is that perhaps they assumed it was temporary and no one ever asked. That's the only other way this could've happened lol

yes, it seems like a functional skin for testing. the new paint of coat would be added once the engine is good to go. I'm still hoping for the swerve, bro.

April 25, 2020

Late to the party here, but I agree with the way perception functions.

I'd still like a tool to help organize how I am going to use them.

There is room on the character detail screen to have a "utilized as" dropdown. Even if it is cosmetic and we're allowed to filter with it. I think it works.

April 25, 2020

Agreed people are allowed their opinions. It just doesnt make their opinion correct and everyone is taking that opinion that the game is broken and that's just wrong.

"allowing opinion doesn't make it correct"

"if you have this opinion you're just wrong."

think through those couple of statements.

April 25, 2020

Yeah well I'm mind blown by the amount of people that actually make their own product. You know what I think? Once a feature becomes unavailable, it's thèn people start complaining. It's a bit weird we just get locked out of it and have to ask for products, but in the end it's all just a name and effects. Most of the effect combinations are represented, so what do you miss? Tweaking the "low" and "very low" values of your product that you know have no effect?

it's not just creating your own product, it's also about progressing to new products. I like the created products that are there, but the sandbox nature is going away in some cases.

if you're mind is blown that people use a feature, then you're not thinking outside of your own space. People are allowed to dislike it and are allowed to voice that a game style they like is being changed.

April 25, 2020

I hope so because you're not saying anything at all atm.

And YOU need to push back your purchase until you think it's worth paying $35 for.

I haven't really played the game so i can't judge, but WMMA5 launched very smoothly and I'm confident this one will too. There's still 5 days. You know he will eventually "complete" your game. Wait for it.

Anyhow, just read the rant in the player handbook in the "creative" session that explains why "Time Decline" is no longer a thing. Had me chuckle. Never realized there were booker cults here.

@rufas: Heavens, no. Don't get a 4k monitor just for this, you're going to be forced to scale the game and it will look ugly. It takes up one third of my screen atm. Not ideal. I'm playing it more on my laptop from work (also not ideal )

that sure ain't stopping you though.

April 25, 2020

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Rebby" data-cite="Rebby" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47578" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Was reading the manual and read 'Your Office > Creative' section. Damn, Adam, tell us how you really feel.</div></blockquote> I actually think that portion of the manual should be updated. Also, now that some skins are out, I'm able to play around with the game. I really like a lot of things so far under the hood. but there are just some design elements that just keep bothering me. I am the person that will straighten your pictures hanging on your wall. Things that aren't symmetrical bother me. Spacing, box layouts, white space not used or overused ... all those things I notice. Someone called it "unfinished" and I actually hope that is the actual state of the design. It may not matter to a lot of gamers, but to me design style and aesthetics are important. I've attached an image of the worker profile page. For real, the spacing needs work on this page. There is a difference between personal preference on design, and things just not being finished. This wasn't finished. The design is just something that I've noticed I am very passionate about, and there is definitely an expectation gap between what I thought we were going to get and what we got.<a class="ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image" href="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2020_04/test6.JPG.0ab27d7437802c1b88e3ae1e108bf157.JPG" data-fileid="3585" data-fileext="jpg" rel=""><img data-fileid="3585" class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed" alt="test6.thumb.JPG.8b188852b6f8d4a141280d34346fb96e.JPG" data-src="<fileStore.core_Attachment>/monthly_2022_08/test6.thumb.JPG.8b188852b6f8d4a141280d34346fb96e.JPG" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></a>

April 25, 2020

Going through the C-Verse looking at stuff.

I come across a worker that was deceased. Nowhere on the page does it say how old this worker was when they passed.

It's a small detail, but it would be a very nice touch to know how old they were when they died. Even if it is generated in the bio for a worker, there is room at the top in their name bar.

April 24, 2020

Thanks to the skin makers for saving my eyes.

April 23, 2020

I think one of the biggest problems with the UI is that numbers (i.e stats, popularity etc.) are now text rather than images. This is going to limit skinning massively as we can no longer customise our stats to be numbers/letters/grades/anything else we may want. Really hope this can be fixed.

UI overall is also extremely clunky and unorganised. It's difficult to get used to. Some may say 'wait until you get used to it' - but if it's not good, it's not good. Chunky white lines all over the place, lack of organisation on the main office page, no hierarchy or anything at all that draws your eyes to the important info. And it doesn't seem, from looking through the skin files, that it'll be easy to fix some of these issues just by changing the skin. The UI needs some serious work imo.

I think you'd be hard pressed to find someone who can genuinely say that the 2020 image is clearer, more intuitive and looks nicer than 2016.

The use of space is my biggest visual problem. Take the office page for one. The news sections is GIGANTIC, and it forces all the new buttons to be crammed to one side. If we can have a smaller news box and some spacing and organizing of the buttons (read: categories) that would help tremendously.

April 23, 2020

WCW definitely offered guaranteed money. Hence why several stayed home getting paid after the company folded. If it was any other deal, Time-Warner could simply have fired them and paid them a few months instead of having to pay the reminder of their contracts.

It's the difference between say the NFL and MLB contracts.

NFL players have written contracts but they're not fully guaranteed. MLB has fully guaranteed contracts. So NFL players get a remaining "bonus" when cut, while an MLB player would get the remaining contract.

Could there be an option to fully guarantee the written contract? I think that would cover the bases for the historical mods.

April 23, 2020

1. Sting

2. Vader

3. HBK

4. The Rock

5. CM Punk

April 23, 2020

i have about 200 custom guys and girls from over the years that'll transfer over. i love creating characters and rendering so I'll keep adding

That's amazing.

April 15, 2020

Has anyone yet said that they are going to read the handbook? People should definitely do that.

I will say it. I plan on making it my nightly reading before bed. lol

April 7, 2020

My first live event as a little kid in the 80s.

I had gone to my grandparents out in West Texas. I remember my sister taking me to a rodeo barn. I got Iceman King Parsons' autograph, and in the main event saw the lights suddenly go out and Kerry Von Erich had been knocked out! It had to have been in like the end of 86 or early 87 before Kerry left for the WWF.

April 2, 2020

So, just had something that I've never experienced happen to me before. Which considering this game is reaching the end of it's shelf life and I've played hundreds of hours of it, is quite surprising.

1990s All Japan. As you can imagine I have been moulding Misawa into the perfect figurehead but something happened that really stunned me.

As you can see progress is strong, Misawa is two months into his figurehead role and slowly take over myself (Jumbo Tsuruta) into becoming the undeniable top star of the company. However, one day he didn't just have a good jump in skills but a suspicious one.

As you can see, there is an astronomical, unfathomable jump in stats here and it was literally one day, one show, between the first image and the second one above here. I suspect this is some kind of destiny roll or potential kicking in but I'm not sure. Even his Sex Appeal went from 34 to 88?!?

Can someone inform me of what happened or did Mitsuharu Misawa find the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

this happens to Vader in the 91 save. He gets into the 90s on sex appeal. the visual always makes me laugh. #sexymastadon

April 2, 2020

A couple of teams I always do.

The West Texas Brawler's Club with some combo of Terry Funk, Bruiser Brody, and Stan Hansen (or DiBiase if I have the opportunity).

The Good Doctors - Dr. Tom Prichard and a revolving door of partners. Currently, Dr. Shane Douglas is working well, and they have great chemistry. They work great with Cornette as the mouthpiece.

February 24, 2020

The Hangman with Kevin Sullivan. Or The Spectre. or the Reaper. Something that conveys harvester of souls type of deadman.

That's where I'm leaning after some thinking. Not sure why I didn't think of Hangman haha. But doing that and sticking him with Sully works.

thank you both!

February 24, 2020

1987 Mod and bring Taker over to the JCP.

I have a twist on the deadman gimmick to use. Instead of a mortician, he's a cowboy. Black hat, bandana, and bull rope. The "deadman" gimmick and still work overtime, but now I don't know what to call him. Undertaker doesn't work. So, I just need some thoughts.

I've thought about Desperado. Cowboy of Death is too long and doesn't roll off the tongue.

and also need to think of a mouthpiece. maybe a Gary Hart or Kevin Sullivan

February 20, 2020

Getting excited for TEW20, so I pulled up the Golden Age 87 mod.

Taking over JCP and trying to build toward the WCW purchase that comes up in 88. Couple of interesting things to get started.

The first, Ric Flair is already on the Time Decline, WTF? It what universe would Flair be on time decline in the late 80s?? This one apparently.

Signed Pillman and HBK, teamed them together as the Air Raiders to do a long term Rockers story.

Signed Sting to build him. I'm planning a trilogy for him against Tully for the TV title. But during that build, Road Warrior Animal tore his labrum and was out six months. Well, seems like a good opportunity to have Sting team with Hawk. It should be very helpful in getting Sting over and keep an early nudge to Sting vs the Horsemen.

the biggest problem here is that there really is no one to face Flair. Funk isn't available in the US at this point. I like Windham, but the matches just aren't aren't turning out how i'd like (or how they turned out in real life). So, I signed Bruiser Brody for a six-month contract to do a little run with that. We will see what happens.

March 10, 2019

I did some searching but only found a couple of old threads about this, and that is a company rejecting a take over because they don't want to sell up.

The previous responses to this are all stating that it's an owner personality thing. I'm playing the NB2001 to try simulate the purchase of WCW leading into Wrestlemania rather than starting there after in the DOWCW mod.

Every effort I make to put someone in ownership for WCW provides the same response. I've done things from removing Bischoff from WCW entirely. By putting Ted Turner back in. By creating a AOL/Time Warner Group user. I've even put Shane as the head of WCW and ended the war to try and sell. Put Shane as the head of WWF and ended the war, and they all come back as they're not selling up.

Is there something I'm missing here to just get WCW to be purchasable? ECW does not have the same issue as WCW does.

January 3, 2019

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Adam Ryland" data-cite="Adam Ryland" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46105" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div> You would need to go east if you're in the Great Lakes - the criteria are listed in the journal entry. You can go to California or Canada if you want to, there's nothing stopping that, it just won't help your size. Most times you will get a choice as to which direction however.</div></blockquote> The only thing I would say is that if I see other promotions going in one direction, I'd be curious in going the other. So is the promotional size growth based on relative population sizes? Because then yeah, obviously going East is best for population reasons (there tends to be more people in New York than Idaho.).

September 14, 2018

I was digging through some old saves and opened a 1991 WCW file.

Jesse Ventura is the owner/booker and we just finished the WCW leaves the NWA angle ... and I ripped off the ECW angle. But it was a huge success as Clash of the Champions got a 94 rating and the match and angle got a 99 and 100 respectively.

But the save has what might be my favorite Midcard stable in this version of the York Foundation:

Alexandra York w/ Mr. Hughes

"Stunning" Steve Austin

Michael Wallstreet

The Good Doctors: Dr. Tom Prichard and Dr. Robert Eaton

Champions:

WCW World: Ric Flair

WCW US: Lex Luger

WCW Heritage: Steve Austin

WCW World Tag: Rick Martel and Tito Santana

WCW US Tag: The Steiners

August 15, 2018

Currently August 1996 for WCW.

Lots of action has taken place over the summer:

The Great American Bash saw the return of Hogan only for him to be the mystery partner of The Outsiders. His turncoat gimmick got over really well, and thus the nWo is formed.

The GAB also saw Mark Callous win the World title from The Giant. Jeff Jarrett lost the US title to Ron Simmons. The Steiners retained the Tag titles over Harlem Heat.

The biggest news coming out of the PPV was Hogan agreeing to renew his contract. There are some within WCW that are upset to go beyond the initial 9 month contract offer, but considering WWF's run at Hogan, the organization had to settle on giving him a 4 year extension at what will be over $125k a month, which also means Hall and Nash's contracts bumped up to match it.

But with Hogan's importance to the nWo story line, and his value to the industry, WCW basically had to pay the money.

WCW also stole Jim Corrnette from WWF (though I have absolutely no idea what to do with him... I though about putting him with the Dudleys for some reason haha).

Interestingly, WWF stole Kevin Sullivan from WCW and saw him ring their King of the Ring tournament. So, congrats to him?

Bash at the Beach was an interesting show. It saw Hogan defeat The Deadman. Callous has been being distracted some mysteriousness, and that along with the nWo cost him the title.

Sting and DDP lost to the Outsiders, and DDP is starting to become cynical of Sting.

As for the Horsemen, Anderson and Jarrett defeated the Steiners to take the Tag Titles. Between GAB and BatB, Benoit was sent to rehab, and the Horsemen brought in Ken Shamrock to take his place as part of the Horsemen and he debuted at BatB. (though the SOB, promptly lets me know that he'll be taking a MMA fight and will be leaving in 2 months ... which is fine, it'll work into the story).

As for the remaining titles, Simmons retained the US title. I need to ramp up his storylines as well, but he's kinda stuck while Regal finishes up with the kiddos. Speaking of the kiddos, they're in some type of weird almost alliance against Regal as Rocky Kavana defeated Regal for the World Heritage (formerly TV) title with some help from Bradshaw. And Jericho came up short against Mysterio again, one could say he's becoming frustrated (Jericho has been able to beat everyone expect ReyRey).

The next month leads up to the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. The show saw the semi-finals of the Steiners vs Faces of Fear and the Outsiders vs Harlem Heat.

From there The Steiners and Outsiders advanced, and much to the chagrin of everyone there the Outsiders won. Dusty and Bockwinkle had to award the trophy to the Outsiders. They "graciously" accepted, only to drop the trophy on the way from the ring, putting a giant dent into it.

Also on the card, Sting defeated DDP. Afterward, Sting blasts DDP about needing to trust him.

The main event was a Fatal Four way between Ric Flair, Hogan, The Giant and Callous. Hogan was able to sneak away with the win, after Callous was again distracted by two cloaked individuals (one was a gigantic individual and the other much smaller). Side Note: the nWo debuted Queen Sable. She hasn't done much yet, expect being in attendance.

The crowd absolutely devoured the last three matches, and was probably the best show of the year for WCW. (though the rating was only an 89 because I was short on attractive women. <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/rolleyes.png.4b097f4fbbe99ce5bcd5efbc1b773ed6.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Elizabeth's contract expired and Woman is preggers, and Regal didn't have a match to bring out Lady Kimberly)

Also on the show, a returning Eddie Guerrero defeated Rey Mysterio for the Cruiser-X title (I can't wait for the hissy-fit that Jericho throws on Monday Night), and Simmons defeated Big Rig Ray Traylor to retain the US title. (The tag titles and Heritage titles were not defended).

It should be noted, that WWF is going hard after DDP. Not as hard as they were going after Hogan, but are definitely throwing some good money at the emerging, albeit older, superstar.

And WCW is making a push to bring back Sid, despite the disapprovals from Flair and Arn (as expected).

So now we head into Fall Brawl, which means WAR GAMES!!

Champions

WCW World Champion: "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan

WCW US Champion: Ron Simmons

WCW World Tag Team: The Horsemen (Arn Anderson and Jeff Jarrett)

WCW World Heritage: Rocky Kavana

WCW Cruiser-X: Eddie Guerrero

Tournament Champions for 1996:

King of the World: "The Deadman" Mark Callous

Dusty Rhodes Tag Team: The Outsiders (Scott Hall and Kevin Nash)

August 8, 2018

In my '96 mod, I am entering June. The Outsiders have debuted. They've been causing trouble, but I have Nick Bockwinkle as my authority figure, so it's not quite as "Two guys tearing apart a whole roster" feel as it was in real life.

I'm entering an interesting point as I head into Great American Bash.

The Outsiders and WCW have agreed to an unsanctioned 3 vs 3 match. Team WCW will be Sting, DDP and Ric Flair (Luger and Savage both asked for their release, which I granted) and Hall, Nash and the mysterious 3rd man. If the Outsiders win, they'll be officially sanctioned as a provisional part of WCW. This makes the nWo's takeover a little more methodical and formal rather than simply hostile, like it was at the very beginning.

Building toward Hogan being the third man, he has been chasing The Giant, who is the current World Champion. However, Hogan lost a number one contender's match clean to "The Deadman" Mark Callous. In his dejection, he vanishes. DMC has helped start planting the seeds and red herrings that the nWo's third man could potentially be from within WCW and even hints at Sting. The announcers assume it has to be Callous, but he's remained a loner during his arrival helping no one and asking for nothing.

Here is the interesting part. Hogan has 35 days left on his contract. His renewal will come up literally the day after GAB. So, I am expecting a pretty big battle with WWF over his contract. Side note: Once Savage left, Hogan has actually been fine in the locker room, too. Weird.

The rest of the locker room is a mess though. Nash is a pain in the ass and has no respect for any type of punishment. Everyone does pot and is high all the time. (I've gone into the editor, and like everyone is 50-70 for soft drugs, which just seem ridiculously high considering what the notes say about those fields. So, i've started lowering them just to balance it back out, but all of the instances are still there, which is keeping the moral down.). However, Arn did take Kaynon as his protege, which should be interesting long term.

another small note is that rookie Rocky Kavana debuted as a fun little baby face. Mean Gene did a great job of putting the kid over (like for real, after his debut he jumped from 15 pop to 40 pop.).

Champion list:

World Champion: The Giant

United States Champion: Jeff Jarrett

World Tag Team: The Steiners

World Heritage: Lord Steven Regal.

Cruiser-X: Rey Mysterio Jr.

Jarrett is feuding with Big Rig Ray Traylor and a returning Ron Simmons. The fans seemed to love Simmons' return (way more than I expected, as I got the "debut had a great impact" note.).

The Steiners are feuding with the Horsemen Double A and Benoit. As expected, their matches are ridiculously good (their first clash was a 97. The Horsemen had the Steiners beat, but intentionally DQd themselves to send a message.) So, as long as Benoit can stay painkillers for another week or so, I can write him off and send him to rehab after GAB. Setting up the Steiners to feud with the Outsiders as we head to Bash at the Beach and then the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic as well as a fun little twist regarding the Horsemen and the nWo.

Lord Steven Regal is being annoyed by new comers John Bradshaw Layfield and Kavana. I'm using this as an opportunity to drop the Heritage title back down to the midcard, and move Regal up toward the upper midcard. (I just want Regal to proclaim himself the World's United States champion, which for some reason just makes me laugh).

The Cruiser-X Division is growing. Mysterio is feuding with Jericho and Malenko right now. Jericho is getting over like rover, but I think I want to keep the belt off of him until he can turn heel (I'm running no face/heels, but I can switch that gimmick and get the same feel storytelling wise).

Stables right now are:

nWo: Hall, Nash and eventually Hogan

4 Horsemen: Flair, Anderson, Benoit and Jarrett

Flock: Raven, Edge and Christian (Raven is in rehab, and Edge and Christian are just prophesying his eventual return). I'm expecting Raven to recruit a couple more guys like Kanyon and Kidman once he's back.

July 29, 2018

Playing 1996 Mod as WCW as of April 1, 1996:

World Heavyweight Champion: The Giant

After months of trying, Hogan finally was able to defeat Ric Flair at SuperBrawl '96. However, the next night on Nitro, Hogan had to defend against the Giant, as per the contact set up by Nick Bokwinkle. Hogan failed, and The Giant was able to win the title on live TV. <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/eek.png.0e09df00fa222c85760b9bc1700b5405.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

United States Champion: Jeff Jarret

After skipping out on the WWF, Jarret arrived in WCW and promptly joined the 4 Horsemen to solidify the group. Jarrett defeated Big Rig Ray Traylor and DDP at SuperBrawl to take the title back to the Horsemen.

World Tag Team: The Steiner Brothers

The tag titles have shot around a bit between the Steiners and Harlem Heat. But a 2 out of 3 falls match was set up at SuperBrawl, and after a grueling 30 minute affair, the Steiners took home the gold.

Cruiser-X: Dean Malenko

Malenko defeated Rey Mysterio at SuperBrawl in a "match of the night" candidate fight. Malenko continues to hold down the Cruiser-X division (well, for now, while Eddy is in rehab).

World Heritage (formerly the TV title): Lord Steven Regal

Lord Steven Regal defeated Johnny B Badd at Road to Revolution in February and acquired the services of "Lady Kimberly" and at SuperBrawl he defeated Raven to retain the title over the flock (because Raven can't stop getting high. The rest of the flock is Edge and Christian, and they're shooting off onto their comedy tag team, as they're getting over like rover).

At this point in 1996, Hall and Nash have both come up for contracts, and have been stolen by WCW. The other item is that The Undertaker also came up for a contract, and was taken by WCW. Rumors are that he'll debut as Mark Callous in more of a "Lone Wolf" role rather than a supernatural Undertaker. the phrase "Deadman, Inc." has been filed for trademark by WCW.

WCW at this time seems to have a major drug problem as Brian Pillman, Eddy Guerrero, Steve Corino and Raven are notables that have been sent to rehab. WCW has been working closely with Pillman though, they want to push him HEAVILY when he returns. He just has to keep his head on his shoulders. (For real, I bumped him to light heavyweight and his SQ went to 95, so he basically has the world has his doorstep when he comes back.)

WCW also announced THREE major tournaments for the coming year. The first being held over 2 days in April and into May will be the King of the World tournament. Potentially with title opportunities at Starrcade?

In August, WCW will honor the legend Dusty Rhodes with the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. Then in November heading into Starrcade, WCW will hold the Art of War within the confides of a steal cage to determine who will face the WCW champion at SuperBrawl 1997.

This has turned into a fun little save that I can hopefully stick with for a little while.

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