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Some suggestions for current/future workers: Austin Idol (as a manager) Brian Zane Dan Lambert Eli Isom Jennacide Kamille Larry Legend Leo Brien Lizzy Evo Matthew Mims Megan Bayne Mike Patrick Missy Hyatt (could be a good backstage personality or valet for indies) Quinn McKay Rok-C Slice Boogie 'Smart' Mark Sterling Terri Runnels (see Missy Hyatt) In other notes, Jim Mitchell needs popularity - as he currently has 0 pop in every part of the world. I'd suggest 25 in the US as a start. I'd recommend boosting John Hennigan's US pop to around 45 - but you might have your own views on that. It stood out to me when I saw the US pops of Beth Phoenix, Bobby Roode, MVP and Sean Waltman. Maybe tone down Carly Colon from 45 US pop (but keep his PR pop in tact, of course). Would consider changing Bobby Heenan to 'left the business'. I love The Brain, but by this point his condition had deteriorated so badly that I don't think it's appropriate to have him as apart of the business in TEW terms; he was limited to doing fan conventions during 2013 until his death. Tick the manager role for MVP, R.D Evans, Shiima Xion and Steve Corino. Tick the road agent role for Steve Corino. Future road agent for Mickie James, Nick Aldis, Tommy Mercer and Trevor Murdoch. Future colour commentator for Caprice Coleman. Add undemanding attribute to Cary Silkin and Bobby Cruise - the CPU or player normally doesn't have use for them - so I feel this is the best way of feasibly keeping them on the roster rather than them moaning/stinking up morale and then getting released. Also, happy to be proven wrong by anyone that also watched ROH in 2013, but I think the following were actually faces at the time: Adam Cole, BJ Whitmer, Jay Lethal, Michael Elgin, Roderick Strong and Tommaso Ciampa. All of them are currently listed as heels. More ROH notes: Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander were teaming up as 'C&C Wrestle Factory'. Matt Hardy was apart of SCUM at this time. They centered the stable around him at that point; they had just kicked Steen out and Hardy was their golden boy, with Corino still as the driving force & mouth piece - just to give you an idea when giving him a stable role. Jimmy Jacobs was still apart of SCUM. He and Corino were hand in glove. Rhino was also still apart of SCUM. Muscle-type role. Cary Silkin is listed as a 24-year-old. While I'm sure he'd love for that to be true, he was actually born in November 1959 (according to WrestlingInc).

I totally agree! Also, another useful thing would be the ability to change the broadcaster type. I.E, from ''Cable Subscription'' to ''Cable Commercial''. HDNet is a good example of a subscription channel growing over time and becoming more of an easily accessible channel as ''AXS TV''. Hopefully this can also be taken into consideration for a future TEW2020 patch.

7/5/2021 Update A lot of work has been put into broadcasters (starting and future) since the last update. Last time we had 56, and now we've got 107. I have managed to find some gems along the way which will open up some nice avenues for people playing with all kinds of different companies. I'm still not content with 107 and more will be added in the future, but some really good groundwork has been laid. Also, a shout-out to Bigpapa42 who has given me really helpful information regarding Canadian channels as well as suggesting some. There is now 80 starting broadcasting deals, and right now, that looks like it could be close to the final number unless things pop up/more companies are added. As far as companies themselves go, I'm pleased to say that we have added our fourth one since starting from scratch: Kingdom. Born out of the ashes of the old UWFi. Nobuhiko Takada does feature on the roster, but as an occasional wrestler and colour commentator. UP NEXT: THE WWF

<p>Very much looking forward to this when you do get round to completing it, BP.</p><p> </p><p> It's an interesting time period for sure. There's a part of me that thinks its a shame that the WWF won't start off as a monster, because there's always that fun part in trying to take them down. In fact, theoretically, Georgia Championship Wrestling could become the monster in this data since they are on TBS, and to the best of my knowledge, TBS had a lot of nationwide exposure as far back as 1984. And of course, this data starts many months before ''Black Saturday'' ever happened.</p><p> </p><p> I think the big selling points in America will be booking Hulkamania (WWF version, at least) from the start, creating and booking the Four Horseman from the start, pushing Magnum T.A in a ''what could have been'' without the accident, and much more. </p><p> </p><p> You also mentioned Misawa and Kawada, who knows what will happen to their careers on the data since Jumbo Tsuruta won't become sick and Tenryu won't leave and do the SWS gig. </p><p> </p><p> There's many history-changing moments to be made.</p>

When researching broadcasters, I have found that quite a lot have changed hands over the years in terms of ownership. For example, TNN being bought by Viacom in 2000. If I was starting a mod where TNN were owned by another group, but then later on they get bought by Viacom in 2000, then I can't add the new media group into broadcaster narratives. It just stays the same. I believe there is an option to change everything on Broadcaster Changes apart from this. I think it would be a useful addition in relation to further realism/immersion, if it could be added into a patch. Thank you.

For TEW2020, I would like the ability to be able to adjust the ticket prices for the AI's events (on the editor). I feel this could be beneficial in a few ways. #1 There is a lot of unrealistic attendances when hosting an event. Of course, when controlling a company, you can limit this yourself by setting the ticket prices to premium which changes an event from circa 10,000 (when using ''Normal'' pricing) to circa 4,000 (when changing to ''Premium'') - a more realistic figure. It's always bugged me when TNA for instance would get at least 15,000+ attendances (for PPVs) on TEW games past and present, when their record domestic attendance in real life is 7,200. #2 While running early tests on a mod that I'm working on, AJPW and NJPW start to struggle financially after their TV deals with Nippon TV & TV Asahi get renewed. Apart of the issue is, true to real life, I have set their venues to the likes of the Nippon Budokan (which holds around 14,000) for most of their events. Of course, if I didn't set a venue, then the companies would be hosting their events in front of 40/50,000+ every month. However, If I was allowed to set the ticket prices for each individual event, then I could set their Nippon Budokan shows to ''Premium'' ticket pricing, which would make them more profit even from them, like they did in real life. And then, I could make the Tokyo Dome shows have ''Normal'' ticket prices - because there's no way they would sell out the Tokyo Dome with ''Premium'' prices on TEW. This same method can be used in America with the WWE for example. You could have WrestleMania as ''Normal'' ticket prices, so that you can fill a big stadium like they do in real life. Whereas for the normal-tier PPVs like Fastlane, TLC, etc. You can have them as ''Premium'' ticket prices, so they most likely end up in 10-25k seater venues - as opposed to the 40/50,000+ ones mentioned earlier. Hopefully this makes sense and will be considered for a future TEW2020 patch.

25/4/2021 Update We are now currently looking at 56 starting broadcasters and 76 starting broadcasting deals. We're open to any suggestions on European broadcasters to add from the 1997 time period. We currently have the likes of Eurosport, Canal+, DSF and RTL, but there might be more that have been overlooked. So, suggestions are most welcome. A major part of this update has been getting RINGS done, and here's their top stars:

Is there a way to set the AI's ticket pricing? For example, I could make the WWF or WCW charge premium priced tickets for their events. This, in theory, would minimise the attendances for PPVs more - right? It feels way too much when both companies are always doing at least 50k-seated (if not more) venues for all of their PPV events. If there isn't an option to do this, then I will make the suggestion on the other part of the forum, but maybe I'm missing something and you can already do it...?

<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">12/4/2021 Update</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> Progress has been steady since the last update! More company relationships, broadcasters, deals and worker relationships have been added, as well as move sets.</p><p> </p><p> Also, much more Google spreadsheet groundwork has been laid by Jedaum. It's going to be very useful going forward. </p><p> </p><p> The biggest movement was getting NJPW's full roster and contracts done, here is a sneak peak of them:</p><p> </p><p> <img alt="jLh1Cp9.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/jLh1Cp9.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

Thank you for the interest! Yes, the Observer is going to be a very useful source for us. I seem to recall a lot of them around the time being (understandably) dominated by the Montreal Screwjob, but there’s other bits in there too that will be handy.

Thank you! Eventually, we will be showing worker skills and popularities. But for now, we will just prefer to work on the mod and get stuff done, and then when the data is a lot more fleshed out and ready, we can show different screenshots depending on you guys' requests. I think it will work better like that. We just wanted to get an early screenshot out to show everybody that there are actions behind all of these words, especially since the Genadi news last week probably felt like a big setback to anyone that is following this thread closely. Very happy to hear that! Thank you for your support! Yeah, there is so much talent out there at this point! Plus, the talent that will be future workers, debuting in the early 2000s and onwards. With the ''potential'' settings, we should be able to mould future debutants more realistically, which is exciting. I.E, AJ Styles won't have crazy good stats in the 1998-2001 period - at least that's the plan, anyway!

<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">29/3/2021 Update</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> Since last week's announcement, we have made great progress!</p><p> </p><p> After starting from scratch, we decided to focus on one company at a time. The first company has been All Japan Pro Wrestling. </p><p> </p><p> For AJPW, we have created all of their wrestlers, title belts and history (the latter aided by Bigpapa42 who kindly let us import). Not just that, but as of writing this, we also have created 15 chemistries, 16 relationships, 13 tag teams, 1 announcers experience and 4 starting stables (with another prospective 2 on the way). That is for AJPW alone. </p><p> </p><p> We have created 46 broadcasters so far, and 66 broadcasting deals too, which I would say is a high number considering the mod starts in 1997. </p><p> </p><p> We have also set up 19 starting company relationships thus far. Some are working relationships of the time, while some are outright obvious (WWF vs. WCW), while one or two others are more subtle but realistic. Like for example AJW and ARSION start off with negative feelings, and then the relationship can develop from there.</p><p> </p><p> Elsewhere, all events for ECW, WCW and WWF have been created. This includes ''dormant'' events. So, if you are playing with WWF and wanted to introduce Vengeance for example, as a Pay-Per-View in 1998, then you can do so without creating it yourself. The same for the UK PPV's WWF did, like Insurrextion. It wasn't possible to add them as an AI event, since that they would then benefit from full PPV revenue, rather than just Sky Box Office. This is the same for ECW and WCW - if you want ''Greed'', ''Sin'', ''New Blood Rising'', etc. from their final days, then that's all set up as dormant. Although I must say, I decided not to include ''Barely Legal'' for ECW - since Paul Heyman himself said that it would be a one-time thing.</p><p> </p><p> On behalf of jeronimoe and myself, I want to say a big thank you to Jedaum. Since joining our team to work on the mod, he has been excellent. He possesses an excellent knowledge on Japanese wrestling (both male and female promotions), and will be later helping us with the lucha scene, too.</p><p> </p><p> Last but not least, here is a screenshot from AJPW!</p><p> </p><p> <img alt="ngQRDce.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ngQRDce.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> This is also a sneak peek of what our picture pack will look like.</p>

When the time is right, we will be showing a preview of the mod! Thank you for your support.

Thank you!

It’s tough for me to answer exactly why, but as it is his mod, he is more than entitled to do what he pleases. We wish him the best. The truth is, this mod was always going to look very different to “Montreal Aftermath” anyway. We planned to do so much, from a brand-new pic pack (which is continuing to look more impressive with each passing day), to stats, popularities, bios and other things. So, while it’s going to take longer to do, at least it is totally original and any “stigma” if you will, of a base being used, is pretty much broken as a result of this event. Thank you very much! Following the news that we are starting from scratch, we have already had a few people offer their mods, or parts of their mods, as bases. It is greatly appreciated.

Thanks for the support! It’s a setback for sure, but it may end up being a blessing in disguise in the long run.

An early update! After some misunderstanding, we now won't be using Genadi's ''Montreal Aftermath'' as a base for Domino Effects. To cut a long story short, Genadi felt that jeronimoe and I were going to pretty much do a full conversion of Montreal Aftermath, without touching any stats or anything else. However, our plan was always to alter the stats, popularity and many other things, as we feel differently about them. But since English isn't jeronimoe's first language, and as he was the person directly speaking to Genadi rather than me, that message got lost in translation somewhat. Therefore, this mod will now be pretty much be built from scratch, rather than be used as a base. Now, this of course will initially push the progress of the mod back, due to a lot more work inevitably being involved. However, the good news is, due to our previous presumption that we were having a free reign, we have already changed a lot of the mod, so it won't be as much work as you would think. Lastly, there are no hard feelings whatsoever towards Genadi. The whole thing has been a misunderstanding. From his point of view, it's understandable why he wouldn't want somebody coming in and changing all of the stats that he has made. At the end of the day, he is a true pioneer for modding, and we respect his work a lot. On the other hand, we are really excited to be branching out onto our own path with our own identity.

Thanks for all of your awesome comments! It's genuinely nice to know that there's a lot of excitement for this mod. We appreciate it. I'll be in touch, thank you! I agree - there's a lot of opportunity with the new features on TEW2020. For example, some of the Japanese tours have been brutal to do (I'm talking to you, All Japan Women's), but it's sure going to be worth it. Speaking of ECW, the new touring system has allowed us to successfully recreate ECW's Supercards, I.E the likes of CyberSlam, Holiday Hell, House Party, etc. in a way that's rather realistic. During tests, they've mostly filled the ECW arena while holding these events. I don't believe this would have been possible on TEW2016. On TEW 16, they would have had a PPV buy-rate out of it, as well as possibly a bigger attendance IIRC. However, under this model, it allows the likes of yourself and whoever else who plans to book ECW, a more realistic model that is suited to Paul E's at the time - without unrealistic financial and popularity gains. Lastly, if the player isn't playing as ECW, their business model gradually changes in around 1999-2000, in terms of hosting more PPVs like they did in reality, and thus becoming even more profitable. Again, this wouldn't be possible on TEW16. Going back to PPV buy-rates... during testing, that is truly ECW's main source of income. Furthermore, their buy rates are very similar to the ones they got in real life - even years into testing. I'm very happy with the way ECW are turning out right now. It seems to be emulating a challenge of two fronts: trying to survive and trying to hold on to their stars, while searching for that elusive national cable TV deal (but not TNN, right?). Also, their popularity has been revised. In the light of their WWF exposure, the fact they had done two Pay-Per-Views, and to a lesser extent, their USWA feud, we felt that it was only right they got a boost (we feel the same re: their workers' popularity by the way). So far, the AI is developing them just right, from the stretch of December 1997, to 2000, during tests. There's still work to do on ECW. Not just alignments and the loan additions of The Great Sasuke & Tiger Mask IV, but I'm also planning to look into their hiring rules (this won't affect/prohibit the player) to replicate them even more, meaning that Paul E will hire younger talent like he did in real life (by and large). During a test, he made Monty Brown a star circa 2001-02, and then the WWF signed him. So there's good signs already on that front! All in all, ECW should be a very fun experience for those that decide to play as them, or even indirectly use them as a feeder, due to the way they'll be set up with the AI.

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As somebody who has helped Bigpapa with this mod for just shy of two months, I must say that I am passionate & super excited for it. A ton of love has gone into this - even the ''minor'' details such as bio's where BP has written them himself from scratch (including ones for the more obscure workers worldwide), to employment history and things like that. Perhaps authentic is the best word to describe the mod, thanks to the detail. Hopefully it will become further detailed with everybody's feedback once BP releases the beta. I truly believe this is gonna be one of the best mod's for TEW20. For the purposes of this mod, is anybody on the forums familiar with the relationship between Ring of Honor and NOAH back in mid-2013? Taiji Ishimori appeared at Border Wars 2013 and on a TV taping, plus Naomichi Marufuji was set to appear on the card but it seems that an injury prevented that from happening. Reading between the lines it seems that around the time Jim Cornette left ROH, the company was a little more open to diplomacy, especially with NOAH (whom they had worked with previously). Any help or information on this would be much appreciated.

Is there any way to stop a workers' fundamental skills increasing so much? I've tried ''Not a Natural'' attribute, but the fundamental skills still seem to increase at a very fast rate. For example, somebody could go from 76 basics to 90 basics or more within a year or so. Instead, I want them to develop at a more balanced and steadier rate. What doesn't help is, some of these workers are really young and are working a lot, which accelerates the growth even more. Any help would be appreciated

I must re-iterate that I'm really looking forward to this game and thanks a lot for your hard work. I'm sure this is gonna be one of the finest data's on TEW13 due to all of the detail and thought gone into it. As for requests for workers, I would like to see: Jay Briscoe, Michael Elgin, Riho, Sumie Sakai & Steve Corino (I hope this isn't too many!) Thanks again!

Great work on this mod, it's my favourite real world one by far right now. Suggestions etc.: Quinn McKay is missing from Ring of Honor. She hosts the highlights show with Ian Riccaboni and can wrestle too. Cary Silkin of Ring of Honor is 46 years of age according to the data, but is actually 60 (born November 15th, 1959). Kelly Klein is still out with severe concussion, it could be on purpose but perhaps she has been overlooked as I know that you plan to overhaul the unemployed soon! Perhaps Klein will be apart of that, too. Sumie Sakai turned heel this year and should (probably) have an Old School Heel gimmick. Nicole Savoy has been in ROH quite a few times in 2020 (had some form of feud with Sumie Sakai) prior to the WOH Championship tournament, I wouldn't have her on one-month left of her contract, unlike the other competitors. I'd say that Dalton Castle is a face again now, his short-lived heel turn never really worked. His tag-team partner Joe Hendry is also down as a heel, but he is a face at the moment. Interesting that Villain Enterprises are down as heels, I thought they were still face, personally (I know ROH can be hard to decipher with their faces/heels). Caprice Coleman is down as a heel, but his most recent actions against Bully Ray suggestions that he is a face. He does go against Riccaboni a lot on commentary but overall I would say he is a fair colour guy. I would change him to face. Nick Aldis doesn't have a photo in ROH Rhett Titus is listed as a heel with a ladies man gimmick, but since last year at last, he has been a face. I'd probably give him an old school face gimmick. ''The Mecca'' Brian Johnson isn't on the roster (or data I believe). He has started to feature more prominently in the company in 2020. Once added, it would be worth putting him in as a team with PJ Black - but with very minimal experience. Personally I feel Shane Taylor could do with a general boost, I feel like as time has gone on, especially in the last year and a half, he has become a good talent for ROH. He is better on the mic than 47 too, in my opinion. Vicky Haskins is missing from the ROH roster, I feel it could be good to add her as she has been involved before, especially during Mark Haskins' feud with Bully Ray last year. I think Don Callis' microphone skills could do with being upped. I can't find Destro, so I presume he isn't in the game. I think he would be good to have in the game. He has appeared with PCO in ROH in the past (most notably Final Battle '19). TK O'Ryan isn't on the ROH roster and I can't find anywhere that he was released (unless I'm missing something). He is still on the roster on their website. He cut a promo late last year where he announced he'd be taking time off due to injuries/concussions. Perhaps it's not worth adding the injury now, since 7 months have passed but it's subjective. It goes without saying that he needs to be re-added as a face after that promo ( ). I don't know what the situation is with ROH referee's as I can only seem to find Todd Sinclair. If memory serves correct from the events I've seen so far this year, they must hire referee's on the night? Paul Turner was the only significant other one that I remember, but he of course signed for AEW. Hopefully this helps you out ahead of the July release, in the meantime I'll see if I notice any other errors/adjustments that could be made. Thanks for all your hard work on this!