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  1. Pleased to announce my first diary since Shane McMahon's WCW back in 2016. It's going to be me learning how to use TEW 2020 along with some self-indulgent angle/match writing, all while trying to steer the McDonalds of wrestling. Managed to convert the database and successfully book my first show but it'll probably be a couple of weeks before the diary goes live -- I do like to build up a little bit of a backlog. WWE 2018: MONOPOLY MATTERS by blaustein "Seventeen years ago, World Wrestling Entertainment vanquished its biggest opposition with the purchase of WCW. For a generation and around the world, WWE is wrestling -- this publicly-listed company has built multiple brands of content, a world-class development system and its own streaming platform. Every year, hundreds of thousands of tickets are sold to Wrestlemania week events, and rights to broadcast Raw and Smackdown Live are more valuable than ever. No other wrestling promotion has the exposure, infrastructure and sheer finances to challenge them on a global scale. But something is wrong. WWE have amassed one of the deepest talent rosters in history yet haven’t produced a break-out star in over a decade. It leans more heavily than ever on yesterday’s stars for ever-diminishing returns while its brightest developmental prospects flounder on the big stage. With five weekly shows its reach has never been greater, but the programming is homogenous and stale; the writing shallow and nonsensical. The promotion is too big to fail and yet struggles to attract fresh new fans. WWE is a victim of its own success. The man with most claim to its rise and stagnation is Vince McMahon -- when WCW was at its peak and his company’s future uncertain, his vision and willingness to embrace change and invest in new stars heralded the Attitude Era, Stone Cold, The Rock and more. Yet increasingly in 2018, it’s Vince’s inability to evolve to modern tastes and constant micro-management that are holding WWE back from critical if not commercial success. In January 2018, competition arose -- not for WWE, but for McMahon’s attention. With the announcement of a relaunched XFL kicking off in early 2020, more of Vince’s time, money and energy are going into restarting the league and avoiding the failure of its 2001 incarnation. Though still majority owner and CEO of WWE, Vince has placed the long term creative direction of his promotion in the hands of Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque, his son-in-law and senior producer of NXT. How much WWE will truly change and what that might look like is yet to be seen, but first in Paul’s in-tray is steering the promotion through its biggest show of the year, Wrestlemania. With fourteen matches announced and seven days to go, this week’s Raw and Smackdown will present the final build to the event."
  2. <p>Would Fleisch or anyone else have a copy of the RWC for December 2014 for TEW 2013? Home of Pro Wrestling doesn't have it in its archives and I can't find it through a forum search.</p><p> </p><p> I'd like to convert it to TEW 2016 for my personal use.</p>
  3. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="RKOwnage" data-cite="RKOwnage" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41205" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Hey, I tried to search the thread but couldn't really find anything on this. Two questions: I'm trying to convert your 2014 RWC from the last game to TEW2016 for my own personal use; is that cool?<p> </p><p> Also, if that's cool, you wouldn't happen to have access to old picture packs, would you? I can totally work with the one you have now, but just some looks are different than they were then (Rusev, Strowman, Alexa Bliss, to name a couple).</p><p> </p><p> Great job on the RWC stuff, it's a really great and comprehensive mod.</p></div></blockquote><p> If you're primarily looking at playing WWE, I have a picture pack from January 2014 that covers most of that. The main inconvenience would be that the various files aren't labeled to be synced with RWC, given they were for my own personal use than intended as a proper release.</p><p> </p><p> Second pack down here:</p><p> <a href="http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=537821" rel="external nofollow">http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=537821</a></p>
  4. <p>Here you go, Chief! Hope these are fine.</p><p> </p><p> <a href="http://s1190.photobucket.com/user/kazkukat/media/NJPW/canalsat_zpsbke3drnu.jpg.html" rel="external nofollow"><span>http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z459/kazkukat/NJPW/canalsat_zpsbke3drnu.jpg</span></a><a href="http://s1190.photobucket.com/user/kazkukat/media/NJPW/dish%20mexico_zpswmx4tofj.jpg.html" rel="external nofollow"><span>http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z459/kazkukat/NJPW/dish%20mexico_zpswmx4tofj.jpg</span></a><a href="http://s1190.photobucket.com/user/kazkukat/media/NJPW/vubiquity_zps3qzy6mzx.jpg.html" rel="external nofollow"><span>http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z459/kazkukat/NJPW/vubiquity_zps3qzy6mzx.jpg</span></a><a href="http://s1190.photobucket.com/user/kazkukat/media/NJPW/one_zpsedr55it3.jpg.html" rel="external nofollow"><span>http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z459/kazkukat/NJPW/one_zpsedr55it3.jpg</span></a><a href="http://s1190.photobucket.com/user/kazkukat/media/NJPW/city_zpssvvk1wsg.jpg.html" rel="external nofollow"><span>http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z459/kazkukat/NJPW/city_zpssvvk1wsg.jpg</span></a><a href="http://s1190.photobucket.com/user/kazkukat/media/NJPW/makeful_zpstd7v4unr.jpg.html" rel="external nofollow"><span>http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z459/kazkukat/NJPW/makeful_zpstd7v4unr.jpg</span></a><a href="http://s1190.photobucket.com/user/kazkukat/media/NJPW/fox%20sports%20networks_zps3ivf6z0c.jpg.html" rel="external nofollow"><span>http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z459/kazkukat/NJPW/fox%20sports%20networks_zps3ivf6z0c.jpg</span></a><a href="http://s1190.photobucket.com/user/kazkukat/media/NJPW/fox%20sports%202_zpsabk6dter.jpg.html" rel="external nofollow"><span>http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z459/kazkukat/NJPW/fox%20sports%202_zpsabk6dter.jpg</span></a><a href="http://s1190.photobucket.com/user/kazkukat/media/NJPW/bell%20tv_zpseo71j3og.jpg.html" rel="external nofollow"><span>http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z459/kazkukat/NJPW/bell%20tv_zpseo71j3og.jpg</span></a><a href="http://s1190.photobucket.com/user/kazkukat/media/NJPW/spectrum%20sports_zpsfocyjxxq.jpg.html" rel="external nofollow"><span>http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z459/kazkukat/NJPW/spectrum%20sports_zpsfocyjxxq.jpg</span></a></p>
  5. <p>The IWGP Jr Tag Team title isn't pointing to a picture on the title belt page.</p><p> </p><p> Some TV station name updates (size etc doesn't need to be changed). It's largely irrelevant to the game itself, so feel free to ignore, but:</p><p> - MVS Multivision is now Dish México</p><p> - Bell Expressvu is now Bell TV</p><p> - Télévision Par Satellite is now CanalSat</p><p> - TVN Entertainment is now Vubiquity</p><p> - OneHD is now One</p><p> - BiteTV is now Makeful</p><p> - CityTV is now City</p><p> - Bright House Sports Network is now Spectrum Sports</p><p> - Fox Sports Net is now Fox Sports Networks</p><p> - Fuel TV is now Fox Sports 2</p><p> </p><p> I have graphics ready to go for the renamed stations (working on broadcasters right now for my own picture pack). Let me know if you'd like them. <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>
  6. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Idolized" data-cite="Idolized" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41967" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Mid September will be the earliest possible release, and even then no promises.<p> </p><p> The fact that the Japanese scene was fleshed out at all was due mostly to help from other people as I do not, and haven't ever watched Puro. If anyone would be willing to make a list of workers from Japan that that should be added i would be more than happy to.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> If I recall correctly, Minoru Suzuki isn't in the mod and I'd love to use him in that time period. I can't recall if Kazushi Sakuraba is, but if he isn't, he'd be neat to include too. Two pretty legitimate dudes at a time when the lines between puroresu and MMA were getting blurred in Japan.</p><p> </p><p> Love the mod and the painstaking attention to detail, by the way. You're the man.</p>
  7. <p>Threw together some graphics for a WWF 2001 diary, once the 2016 edition of the Death of WCW mod is released. I've done the entire roster plus some extras, and I'd like to know your thoughts on these examples.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z459/kazkukat/WWF%202001/attitudeadjustment_zpsxbt2fm5o.png</span><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z459/kazkukat/WWF%202001/austinkane3_zpsw81fergx.png</span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z459/kazkukat/WWF%202001/hardysdudleys3_zpsjnzfrldk.png</span></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z459/kazkukat/WWF%202001/jerichovshhh_zpszdeesncx.png</span></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> Also, a question about match-times. In 2001, TV matches generally only went a few minutes on Raw. What's the best way of sticking to this formula without tanking my TV shows? I generally find that without going at least 10 minutes, it's pretty difficult to get half-decent ratings -- but that would go against the crash-TV style of the show.</p>
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