LloydCross

So what's the function of starting at 100 resilience? Does resilience never increase over the course of the game?

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="BrokenCycle" data-cite="BrokenCycle" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41194" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I have a question. There are those times where you book a match between one guy and another that is significantly more popular. You use "Keep Strong" to eliminate most of the losses in popularity, but what about the other way?<p> </p><p> What is the best way to have to lessen the gains from this, because a lot of the times the gains in popularity are way more than intended. </p><p> </p><p> If you put "Protect" on the winner with less popularity, does this decrease the gains in a more predictable way?</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> If you don't want a big jump in popularity, why are you having the lower card guy go over someone so much more popular?</p><p> </p><p> If you're sure you want that, you could always make the win not clean. A cheap win (which I believe is usually something like a count out) would do the trick. Tainted doesn't suppress it as much, but is less likely to upset the fans.</p><p> </p><p> Protect would probably only help in as much as it would lower the match rating.</p>

I've had a dirt sheet note for rating increased due to high title prestige, so if the title is prestigious enough then yes. And the only way to raise the prestige is by having people fight for it.

<p>Does having a post-match angle after a Steal the Show match gets the crowd "buzzing" run any risk of burnout? I wanted the loser to attack the winner to complete a double turn, but if it would potentially hurt the rating I would just as soon have it be a Regular or Storytelling match somewhere else in the show.</p><p> </p><p> Speaking of turns, can one or both of the participants in a 1 v 1 match without interference reasonably complete a turn just based on the match? Could one of the DQ finishes be used to complete a heel turn? Is the actual Turn note useful in this situation?</p>

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="ThriceP86" data-cite="ThriceP86" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41174" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I'm doing my second go-around with ZEN and it's going great! This is my best match so far:<p> </p><p> <span>http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k530/Lando86/bestZENmatch.jpg</span></p><p> </p><p> I also have Massacre back after he was released by GCG and I also signed Lerone Slim since he's Cyanide's protege.</p><p> </p><p> Molly Cuddle is now on maternity leave too. That might mean we get Super Zero 2.0 in the future! <img alt=";)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/wink.png.686f06e511ee1fbf6bdc7d82f6831e53.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Is chemistry between pre-existing workers consistent? Because Damian seems to have good chemistry with a whole bunch of people.</p><p> </p><p> I signed Lerone too. I put him in the tag team scene with Ferdy Lloyd (Cyanide's other protege) as "Young Masochists".</p>

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Pteroid" data-cite="Pteroid" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41368" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Yes! A ZEN thread! Australia's haven for weirdos and outcasts who DON'T want to get beat about the head by the Comedian with sundry weapons!<p> </p><p> Who are your must-hires?</p><p> </p><p> What storylines do you run?</p><p> </p><p> Exactly why are you not pushing Kalliope Woodchuck to the moon?</p><p> </p><p> How many times must we shake our fists at RAW for taking our beloves Mirror Universe John Gordon away?</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Hires</span></p><p> Donovan Boon and Rusty Mills have turned out great, both as singles and tag competitors</p><p> Thea Davis is awesome</p><p> Ray Snow and Anguish both failed miserably</p><p> Otherwise I've mostly added young workers and a few temporary jobbers</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Main Eventers</span></p><p> Damian Dastardly</p><p> Halloween Knight</p><p> Man O War</p><p> Super Zero (As a heel)</p><p> Pumpkin Jack (Master Champ)</p><p> </p><p> I usually do combinations of these guys to produce the best matches possible. The first three are particularly useful since they can keep feuds going on the mic and use their ring talents to elevate other storylines.</p><p> </p><p> I often mix in some of my fringe upper midcarders (gatekeepers?) like Cyanide, Devilfish, and Shaolin. Donovan Boon and Suburban Legend (as a heel) seem like they might need Main Event pushes soon.</p><p> </p><p> Woodchuck's In Ring skills just haven't improved enough in 2.5 years and her psychology is still terrible. I just signed a handful of women from one of the Japanese promotions that went under, so I instituted a women's title (ZEN Beauty) and it's done a decent job getting these ladies over. I'm using Eye Candy matches to keep their popularity up and boost ratings, but that is probably stunting her overall growth.</p>

New to the game and playing as booker for ZEN. I ddn't have an issue with falling back to small. I was losing cash pretty hard. They start with a 500K nest egg which is nice. After a year and a half I had lost about 80K, but built momentum with a series of C and C+ shows. My second Way of the Warrior marked the point where I finally made money for a month. Unfortunately it also bumped me up to Regional. At that point it started a regional battle with APW and DIW. I kind of cheated and ran a show just to see what the penalties for not upgrading production were before reverting when I saw it took a C+ calibre show and dropped it to a D rating. I tried upgrading everything but the music, since that was the most expensive and ran C- shows for a couple months losing about 10K each time and realizing I was not growing revenue enough to have a chance in that manner. Ponying up for the Licensed music and Australia Options deal dropped the monthly losses to 20K, but improved ratings and added a cool source of revenue. After a couple months of that I did the math and realized I was around the breakeven point for a single show. That is the losses on the day of the event were negligible, but the huge monthly production costs were hurting (down to 350K total, so I added a second monthly event. This allowed a huge run of momentum (Including a couple B- shows) and in early year 3 I finally had another positive month. In May the success ramped up to bring in 20K and things are looking good going in to WoW.