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Thank you! I will definitely continue the story! But since I don't really know how this forum works, is every new episode supposed to be a new topic or a new post in the same thread? Should I delete this topic and make a new one?

Hello, everyone and welcome to EGO! The newest promotion and the sole show to be hosted inside a casino! (which for now is just a TV Studio with future plans to build a casino venue.) The co-owners of this company are the two announcers, Herb Mackintosh and Clay St. James, two iconic figures in their respective realms. The first, a media savant, Herb Mackintosh has built an almost midian fortune by selling as seen on TV products. When you pull an all nighter binging user reviews on YouTube from kitchen knives to unbreakable sticky putty, you're probably seeing a Herb Mackintosh product! An avid wrestling fan and rumoured master strategist, this guy knows more about selling than the entire Power 5000 of 2020 and if you don't believe that just ask his accountant! (though I doubt he would tell you.) As muddy as his name has gotten over the years, be it IRS scams, alleged under-the-table deals with less than legal suppliers and a recent barrage of "Me Too" targeted tweets, Mackintosh has endured it all. Just beside him on the announcers' table and a bit further on the morality spectrum sits Clay St. James. While his surname is a product of coincidence, almost everyone who has dealt with him swears the opposite. A proverbial "Good Samaritan", St. James is the reason dozens of wrestling superstars have gotten their big break in the bussiness. His wrestling passion and seemingly infinite knowledge have him dubbed "The Matricularius of Wrestling" and his contribution to numerous wrestling classics have etched him as a legend in his own right, with one wrestling superstar claiming "St. James added the lyrics to our music." Now, Clay joins his rightfully gained fortunes with Herb in an attempt to fulfill his lifelong dream and establish a breakthrough wrestling promotion under his own views and guidance. During the very rare moments he spends not around wrestling he lives a quiet and private life with his children. EGO Mania is filmed in a TV studio in front of a live audience. Las Vegas, NV Wk 2 of January 2021, Friday Herb Mackintosh and Clay St. James welcome us to EGO, a slightly cheap imitation of a luxurious casino. A couple of more 'old than gold' sprinklers shoot their supposedly fiery sparks near the entrance ramp, in an effort of frugal impressiveness. The set almost succeeds in recalling images of a glorious casino with its golden flaked walls but the rough,unfinished patches quickly dispell the illusion. A red, moldy carpet covers the flooring and bright green plants sit near the entrance curtains. A roulette table lounges on the side of the arena stage, desperately trying to convey that this is indeed a casino since there's gambling paraphernalia about and yet the dingy black and red posters with '21' written on them immediately kill anything the table could manage. Above the stage hangs a big, dreary curtain that's covering a big portion of the stage ceiling. Herb and Clay banter and we are told that this is just the beginning of EGO. The show format for now will be part the regular wrestling you know and love but part of it is something new and exciting. Herb reveals that the rumours were true and that, yes, there will indeed be a gigantic tournament culminating on the promotion's season finale, titled Nero Burns The World, which takes place on the last Saturday of August. But until then they have scoured the earth, all corners of it, to produce the very best in every aspect of fighting. From classically trained amateur wrestlers, to world renowned professional wrestling superstars and all the way back to the hungriest, most savage bare knuckle brawlers in the underground scene; high flying modern day ninjas, olympian weightlifters, deadly mixed martial artists whose fist pack a punch, all of these and more will be trying their best to win the grand prize fit for a king. As they talk about the prize, the curtain lifts to reveal where the entire budget has probably gone to. One million American US Dollars, jointly gathered from the personal wealth of our owners (and announcers) plus the honour of receiving the EGO King of Diamonds championship title, a diamond encrusted belt with the EGO logo and two opposing King face card figures on each side of the belt as side plates. The championship belt rests atop a lavish King's throne and on the chair's right shoulder sits an equally expensive crown. So, without further ado, let's get to the action and find out who will reign as the first ever EGO King of Diamonds! Show intro plays. We go to ringside for our first bout. A beautiful, young woman is inside the ring and holds a microphone. Her nameplate reads "Amy St. James" but that's only visible to TV viewers, not the live crowd. Herb Mackintosh makes a lewd comment on Miss St. James' backside. Perhaps Herb Mackintosh meant to compliment the ring announcer's dedication to her obvious physical fitness, a pat on the back -if you will- however his demeanour and something about the cadence of his quip reveal that he'd like that pat to be a bit below the back. Clay St. James's silence was as much response as Mackintosh was getting, maybe with just an extra hint of a heavily exhaled sigh just beside the microphone. Let's not forget that Mr. St. James is too much of a storied professional to simply ventilate on his mouthpiece. Miss St. James welcomes and informs us that the following contest is scheduled for one fall and it will be the very first match of the very first round of our enormous tournament. Please welcome, from Ireland, Finlay O'Farraday! Cut to Finlay's vignette We see shots of a menacing, shaved man in the woods. His body definition is heavily muscled and veins adorn the entirety of his chest. He is only wearing pants and boots and we see him swinging an axe versus a giant tree. Voiceover: Dedication. Purpose. Pride. This is what I bring to EGO. As he's talking, he keeps attacking the great, brown tree trunk. With his third chop, we switch to a visual cut of him inside a boxing ring right at the moment he is punching an opponent out. VO: I know I am the best. My opponents know it too. And soon, the entire world. He punches a hung boxing bag, sweat dripping of his textured forehead. With every punch we hear the sound of the axe meeting the tree. He punches the bag and again we get a visual cut of him punching an opponent out again, in the exact same position as he was when punching the bag. VO: The money is just a bonus. My reason for coming is clear. The music stops and he lifts his opponent from a prone position into a Death Valley Driver position. Match cut where he lifts the tree trunk onto his broad shoulders, like he lifted his opponent before. Closeup on his face as he's exerting herculean effort for a herculean feat. VO: I am Finlay O'Farraday and I will not stop until they all bow down to my feet. video ends O'Farraday has made his entrance in the ring and he's eyeing Amy St. James for a single moment, like a predator who loses interest because the prey is not up to its standards. And now, St. James continues, please welcome from New Zealand, Kal Wayne! Kal Wayne vignette High energy, surfer style music. We see Kal Wayne, a blonde action-figure figured man, doing extreme sports on the water. VO: I'm Kal. I'm from New Zealand and I love to have a good time! We see Kal pulling tricks while wakeboarding and then a shot of him, all wet, doing the shaka hand sign. (thumb and pinky thing) VO: I love to challenge myself every single day whether it's sports, weights or girls! Kal is on the beach with friends and they're all sitting around a bonfire in the sand, the sun setting behind them. VO: One million dollars is a lot of money. When I win it, I'm going on a trip around the world. And I'll bring all my friends too. It's gotten dark now, the fire being the only light. Kal and his group, both girls and boys, jump in the sea as they're shouting playfully to each other. VO: I'm Kal Wayne and I'm coming to EGO! vignette end Kal enters the ring and Finlay dresses him down with just his eyes, clearly two polar opposites in each corner of the ring. Amy St. James exits. KoDR1: Finlay O'Farraday vs Kal Wayne The bell rings and the match begins. In a match that goes about 5 minutes, Kal gets an early shine but is quickly denied by the massive Finlay O'Farraday. Finlay attacks Kal's torso with short but painful jabs while retaining control of him. Kal's hopeful comeback also ends in vain with a flurry of strikes from Finlay that leaves the New Zealander almost out. Finlay scoops a dizzy Kal Wayne on his shoulders and delivers a Death Valley Driver. He pins and the referee counts 1-2-3. Winner: Finlay O'Farraday Finlay seems to find little cause for celebration as he merely stares at Kal. The referee lifts his arm as the ring announcer calls his victory and only then do we see his arm stay airbound a little too long. "There it is", says Clay St. James. "I've seen that delay before. Finlay O'Farraday is full of it. He knew he would be coming in for the victory." "And he did!", adds Mackintosh. "Say what you will but I think we already got a contender on our hands. And that's just the first match!" "Well, when we said we scoured the earth, we really did mean it. O'Farraday isn't known in any social circles. He's not someone in the wrestling world but look at him." "And that could change very soon because the Irishman is the first and only person, as of right now, to make the second round." "Don't count your chickens 'till they hatch, Mackintosh. We got two more qualifying matches for you good folks tonight and a lot more in the coming weeks.", says Clay and we move on to match number two. Ring announcer Amy introduces our next competitor, a professional wrestler you might be familliar with and his name is Frederique. video package We see Frederique's wrestling highlights, courtesy of his former employers. He's very stylish, has a large collection of shoes and he wants the mil to buy more. video end And his opponent, the mighty Towerblock In his video package, Towerblock is all menacing and the gist from his words is that he's really, REALLY tall. He cuts a short promo saying that standing on the shoulders of giants is very dangerous and it's a long fall from grace. KoDR1: Frederique vs Towerblock In a surprisingly open match that goes for about 14 minutes, Frederique manages to get some offense in. About halfway, Towerblock's attacks are too much to bear for poor Fred. TB spends a good five minutes toying with Frederique's carcass and finishes it off with the 'Ten Storey Chokeslam", which unsurprisingly is just a chokeslam. Towerblock really is tall though at 7''1 so we'll let him have it. Winner: Towerblock Like any good heel, Towerblock menacingly looks at Amy St. James, who couldn't be very bothered, and leaves the ring. And now for our final match of the evening with one more spot being filled in the King of Diamonds tournament. Amy St. James makes the introductions. Nothing from nowhere, it's no one at all. No, not him. It's Cross! video package A fire is burning inside a barrel near an abandonded, derelict lot. A dozen of not exactly well kept people are lying on the floor, moaning in a fit of drug filled illusion. VO: My friend, my brother. They have filled you with lies. Syringes are scattered on the floor swimming in a sea of trash and clutter. A stoic looking man with runny, black painted eyes looks dead serious in the camera. VO: They tell you that this is all there is to life. (holding an american dollar bank note.) They tell you to jump and you ask how high. They use you, strip you of everything and it's all for this. But it's a lie, little brother. (We hear a distant burst of fake sounding laughter.) This isn't all there is to life. Because in life, there is nothing. And I'll prove it to you. (He burns the dollar inside the fire barrel and the laughter and voices crescendo.) I'll win it and burn it all to the ground. video ends Cross makes his entrance. He's a bit like real life's Raven, a nihilist who would rather see the world end. And his opponent. video package We see a man wearing a priest's black frock and he's feeding chickens in a beautiful, rural place. He tends to a donkey and pets its snout. VO: I am Father Rodriguez. We all have our cross to bear and I have mine. (he picks flowers and we hear the voices of children playing, with one even running by him as he's doing his daily chores.) God works in mysterious ways, this I know for myself. And He has a plan for me. To prevail and spread His message. Not through pain but perseverence. Not through hate but love. Through my sins, I walk the line. And I sin again for He wills it so. I am Father Rodriguez and my mission is holy. Amen. video ends "Wow, we rushed to use the 'polar opposite' trope before and look what we have now!", says Herb Mackintosh. "A man of the cloth? Who? How? This keeps getting better!", Mackintosh continues. "Yes, well, we have all sorts of contestants here", adds an eerily flushed Clay St. James. The bell rings and the match begins. KoDR1: Cross vs Pablo Rodriguez The most evenly matched fight of the night reaches the 17 minute mark. A barrage of offense from both fighters keep us on out toes in this one, with plenty of false finishes and near falls. Up until the actual finish where Pablo Rodriguez has control of his adversary. He puts him in the DDT position for 'The Sinner's Salvation' which is a Twist of Fate but Cross shoves him onto the ring post. Cross with an attack, he kicks the Father's gut and lifts him for his own finisher, The Crucifix Powerbomb! He attempts it but Rodriguez somehow escapes and lands on his own two feet. Rodriguez runs towards Cross and they drop each other with a double clothlesline! The crowd is on their feet for this double down and Clay St. James is beside himself with emotion, throwing phrases like 'This is what EGO is all about, this is why we're doing this, etc.' Mackintosh is very, very quiet. Perhaps too engrossed in the spectacle. Suddenly, we hear the crowd gasping and people screaming and shouting along with the sound of... gunshots?! A group of men enters through the crowd! A bald, gigantic mammoth of a man. Two latino gangsters wearing red plaid shirts and face bandanas. A dangerous looking man with tattoos on every surface of his body. A handsome hispanic man with a well kept small mustache, carrying a firearm. And behind them all a nightmare in the shape of a man. A towering figure wearing a face mask, with a tattoo of a bull and a tower on the side of his face, just on his left crown. "What the hell is going on? Who are these guys?", screams Herb Mackintosh with a mix of defiance and shock. The men all enter the ring and the smaller guys start attacking both Cross and Rodriguez. The bell rings! Winner: DRAW Amy St. James is still ringside and the dangerous looking man with the tattoos is looking at her with a sadistic smile. Clay St. James gets up immediately from his chair and starts screaming. Back in the ring, the two smaller men who like a little alike throw Rodriguez onto the giant who lifts and drops the Father like a ragdoll. The same thing happens to Cross. Herb Mackintosh, now on his own, is still struggling for answers. When the handsome man approaches, Mackintosh knows it's time to call it a day otherwise he might not be able to call anything ever again. The handsome man takes a microphone in his hand and heads back to the ring. By the way they are all standing, it becomes evident that the half-masked man is the leader of this operation. The handsome man speaks with a spanish accent. "You open a classy place like this and don't think to invite us? No, no, that won't do. Any business that goes on around these parts is Del Toro business or no business at all. Mr. Del Toro is very disappointed you didn't send a message so he sent his very best to make ammens. And ammends will be made, mi amigos. This is ours now. We are The Bullpen and EGO belongs to the cartel!! The handsome man drops the microphone and the entire group stands inside the ring to close the show. This was the first episode of EGO Mania. I hope you liked it! If reading isn't your thing, it's pretty late for me to say but it might not be for you! I wanted to do an extended diary for so long and I finally got the courage to do it! Sorry if my english is not that great, it's not my first language. I hope you enoyed and please let me know if you'd like to see what follows! I have plans for the story up until, at least, the end of August. Thank you for reading!

Am I missing something or is this simply not possible?

Limited involvement and Late addition do nothing. Also, it just doesn't make sense for a wrestler to have, say, 85 performance in the match but then have the game tell you (and not explain why) that said worker lost 5 popularity points worldwide. If it was just a penalty to performance that would be logical. Also, how are you supposed to work around this in Rumble matches and Elimination Chamber matches?

<p>After multiple tests I arrived at the conclusion that the Explosive style is the reason for the popularity losses. As the Elimination Chamber match lasts close to 50 minutes, the game thinks it should penalise the participants that have this skill which makes absolutely no sense.</p><p> It's an Elimination Chamber or a Royal Rumble. It's meant to last long.</p><p> Also, I can understand penalising performance but popularity?</p><p> Who's going to say "Oh, I like Brock Lesnar less because he fought in a Royal Rumble?"</p>

<p>Okay, something is definitely wrong with my save.</p><p> Last month my PPV buyrate was much larger and this month it's been shot to hell even though I haven't lost popularity as a company.</p><p> Something weird is happening here.</p>

Replicated via backup and it seems to happen again. Booked Braun Strowman, who is on the top of my Who's Hot list, to win the WWE title beating 5 other people in an Elimination Chamber match, with some opponents being much more popular than him. Instead of gaining popularity he lost, and tons of it. Is this a bug? Strowman has been booked very strongly with almost no losses.

Unfortunately that doesn't work as both the mother company and the dev company are human controlled and it seems you can't invite a human controlled company to an alliance. If I exit the game as the dev company, invite to alliance and then re-enter could that work?

I want to give a title to a superstar from developmental but without having to vacate the title every time from borrowing him. Is there a way to keep that guy on both companies without breaking the title's lineage?

So far it looks like this will be my mod of choice. Thank you.

Not a fan of this one. Popularities are all over the place.

Not sure if only on my PC or if this is a problem for more people but moving segments is a huge hassle in 2020 because you have to readjust the mouse up and down. Any way to revert to the 2016 way of selecting a segment with one click and then keep moving?

<p>As it stands, it's extremely hard to move a segment in the booking screen.</p><p> In TEW 2016 you could select a specific segment, click on it and then keep pressing move up or move down until the opener or the main event respectively.</p><p> Now, not only does it take a lot of time but you have to move your mouse for every time you want to keep moving the segment which is a lot harder than it should be. </p><p> Maybe we could change the number order itself on the left of each segment by keyboard input?</p>

This looks much better but there's a lot of info missing compared to the original. For example the roles, the wrestling style, sending down to developmental. If you could add all of the new info into that great interface then it's perfect.

As it stands, you can't prebook your weekly shows per episode even though there's a perfectly good Calendar system that should allow you to do so. Just clicking on the calendar gives you the show name again which is not useful for anything. Why not take you to a pre-booking screen for that specific day of your weekly that you could prebook and then import when that day comes? Please, this was the only feature I wanted out of TEW2020 and even though a lot of people seemed to want it too, there was no effort in adding it.

<p>The new info is overwhelming but we'll get there.</p><p> So far it looks great but I have to admit something disappointed me greatly, especially after everyone seemed to want a specific feature that didn't make it. </p><p> The calendar is not very useful, upon clicking on it you just see the event name which you already know instead of the pre-booked card for the event.</p><p> Also, with every weekly show for the next three months on the calendar, I don't understand why you can't pre-book the specific week of that show.</p><p> In essence, to treat each weekly as a different event which you can pre-book as a card.</p>

<p>2018 - 2024</p><p> August 1st Wk</p><p> </p><p> RAW</p><p> WWE Universal - Okada (2 time champion, still undefeated)</p><p> RAW Tag Team - Ramon Hall (Cody Hall) & Matt Riddle</p><p> RAW Women's - Toni Storm</p><p> </p><p> SDL</p><p> WWE - The Velveteen Dream</p><p> Intercontinental - Seth Rollins</p><p> US - Kenny Omega</p><p> SD Tag Team - New Day</p><p> SD Women - Bayley</p><p> Mitb holder - The Omen (Marty Scurll)</p>

<p>TEW wise, finishing up a 2018-2025 multiplayer save at Wrestlemania 41.</p><p> Currently at Summerslam.</p>

Reboot my multiplayer save with a friend but this time make it more hostile. I'll be WWE and he'll be AEW. My current plan is to not prebook and let things kinda go on their own for now. I will rework two things though. The 24/7 Championship will be replaced with the Wildcard championship. Draft will be strict and only the Wildcard champion and a group of their choosing can work all brands. I'll run a legit Random Rampage tournament. So the entire pool of WWE contracted superstars that are active will team up with another worker, randomly. The winning team faces off and the winner of that much will become WWE or Universal champion.

High Fantasy A product to accommodate the 9000verse type databases with workers like Batman and the such. Don't know what it would consist of, just throwing it out there.

I'm sure this won't make it but I'll still suggest it. Reality TV Show. Has no wrestling whatsoever and is entirely consisted of angles. May have comedy but no wrestling related elements. In a multiplayer game, we had a TV sci fi show with wrestlers and the matches were the fights and arguments. It was pretty fun. Damn, just read through all the products and it seems this already made it in. Pretty cool for a few people like me. I just wish we could have specific products for different TV shows instead of a blanket product for the entire company.

<p>My suggestions based on my time on a real promotion. Feel free to take whatever you like and alter it </p><p> </p><p> Old Soul - This worker is more likely to bond with other Old Souls and disapprove of Youngbloods. </p><p> Old Sould enjoy a boost to psychology but receive a penalty to flashiness and aerial. </p><p> </p><p> Youngblood - This worker is more likely to bond with other youngbloods and disapprove of Old Souls. </p><p> Youngbloods enjoy a boost to aerial and flashiness but receive a penalty to psychology. </p><p> </p><p> Company Man - This worker is more likely to be liked by their promotion's leadership which may lead to a better push. </p><p> They are not well liked by the rebels and will usually have negative events with them. </p><p> </p><p> Rebel - This worker will speak out against the leadership to their own detriment. </p><p> Is well liked by the rebels but disliked by the leadership and company men. </p><p> </p><p> Liberal - This worker's political views make them more likely to have a negative relationship with conservatives. </p><p> </p><p> Conservative - This worker's political views make them more likely to have a negative relationship with liberals. </p><p> </p><p> Golddigger - This worker is much more likely to pursue romance with a well established worker who makes a lot of money. </p><p> </p><p> Fan - This worker is still a fan of professional wrestling so will be very happy to do whatever is asked of them (maybe even for free) but will also probably bug the more established wrestlers. </p><p> After a year of employment they cease to be fans.</p><p> </p><p> I understand why one might not want the last one but I've seen it happen so.. </p><p> </p><p> Racist - This worker is likely to dislike workers that are not their own race and might complain if asked to put them over.</p>

<p>Still no confirmation on a Booking Calendar? I really really hope it's implemented in some shape or form in the end. I hate booking a weekly only to have to book the next episode a week later, especially after I've had to book five different shows with five different rosters in that time. </p><p> Pre-Booking just the next episode doesn't help all that much, unfortunately.</p>

<p>Started with Brand Split after Wrestlemania 35 with a buddy. Now we are approaching Wrestlemania 39.</p><p> </p><p> RAW (my brand) </p><p> WWE Universal: Dean Ambrose</p><p> United States: EC3</p><p> RAW Tag Team: Roman Reigns & Drew Mcintyre </p><p> RAW Women's: Bianca BelAir</p><p> </p><p> Smackdown (buddy's brand) </p><p> WWE: Alister Black</p><p> IC: Velveteen Dream</p><p> SD Tag Team: Bate & Dunne</p><p> SD Women's: Tessa Blanchard</p>

Sting being such a Steve though