Kobeverse 08'

[Kobe1724]

[IMG]http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3778/titlescreenct9.jpg[/IMG] [B][COLOR="Red"][SIZE="6"]What is the Kobeverse?[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B] It's a totally original "verse" like the Cornellverse. The characters, promotions, title histories, graphics, lineages, [I]everything[/I] is all new and original, designed by me. [B][COLOR="Red"][SIZE="6"]How did it start?[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B] Well it started because I liked the Cornellverse, but it drove me up a wall that the most of the new workers generated by the game didn't have pics and that I lacked the know how/tools with Daz to create them. So I tried the WWE mods and I started making my own new workers. I kept cutting pics and before I knew it I had about 400 of my own new workers. So I thought to myself... why not make my own game universe? Had no idea how much work it would be but... ^_^ [B][COLOR="Red"][SIZE="6"]How many workers do you have?[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B] [URL=http://img133.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=98200_9_122_1056lo.jpg][IMG]http://img133.imagevenue.com/loc1056/th_98200_9_122_1056lo.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL=http://img243.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=98201_10_122_208lo.jpg][IMG]http://img243.imagevenue.com/loc208/th_98201_10_122_208lo.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL=http://img161.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=98202_11_122_644lo.jpg][IMG]http://img161.imagevenue.com/loc644/th_98202_11_122_644lo.jpg[/IMG][/URL] That screen shot is like 3 days old. As of now 840 workers, 35 promotions (24 that start the game), 40 titles, 240 worker relations, 280 title lineages, 105 events and 77 alter egos, among other things. The locations and gimmicks are the biggest things that are largely untackled as I am using placeholders made by the community for them. Pictures have been made for all workers in the game world so far, and it is anticipated that upon first release I will have around 1300 workers (the amount needed for the game world), with about 25 new workers with pics added a month (remember how I said how crazy workers without pics makes me? ^_^ ). Because I'm using pics from a variety of sources (prison system, facebook, myspace, google images etc.) I am running all of the pictures through a variety of filters to disguise the identities of the workers. They should look something like this: [URL=http://img44.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=th_97943_1_122_1141lo.jpg][IMG]http://img44.imagevenue.com/loc1141/th_97943_1_122_1141lo.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL=http://img218.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=th_97945_2_122_145lo.jpg][IMG]http://img218.imagevenue.com/loc145/th_97945_2_122_145lo.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL=http://img109.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=th_97946_3_122_1180lo.jpg][IMG]http://img109.imagevenue.com/loc1180/th_97946_3_122_1180lo.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL=http://img195.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=th_97949_4_122_43lo.jpg][IMG]http://img195.imagevenue.com/loc43/th_97949_4_122_43lo.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://img102.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=th_97951_5_122_598lo.jpg][IMG]http://img102.imagevenue.com/loc598/th_97951_5_122_598lo.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL=http://img133.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=th_97952_6_122_627lo.jpg][IMG]http://img133.imagevenue.com/loc627/th_97952_6_122_627lo.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL=http://img241.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=th_97952_7_122_337lo.jpg][IMG]http://img241.imagevenue.com/loc337/th_97952_7_122_337lo.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://img244.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=th_97953_8_122_258lo.jpg][IMG]http://img244.imagevenue.com/loc258/th_97953_8_122_258lo.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [B][COLOR="Red"][SIZE="6"]When should it be released?[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B] I'm shooting for late June to late August. I can do around 100 workers on a great day and I will have about 12 days to commit to it between now and June 10. Hopefully I'm done by then but if not late August at the worst. ^_^ In all the first data should have about 500 gimmicks, 350 locations, 1300 workers, 35 pomotions (24-25 starting), full title lineages for all belts, 200 alter egos, 150 events, 10-15 TV shows, 30 tv networks, 30 ppv carriers, 80 tag teams, 100 match types, 600 move sets, 1200 moves, and 50 or so angles. There will be graphics for everything aside from title belts. About 100 or so worker pics are taken from topics within the community, with the rest done by me. If someone wants to do belts after they will receive credit, and if not I'll learn how to do it. :) Any other questions just ask. :)

[Johnny Fenoli]

sounds great!.... BUT... you are ruining it with the filters on the pics. why not just use the pics themselves. its not like you are going to get sued by jimmy myspace because you cut his pic to use in a free mod for a game. if the filters werent on the pics, id use the mod, with the filters it kills what looks to be a great mod you have going.

[Kobe1724]

I don't know I'll see. It seems rude to rate susie myspace a 12 in looks and have everyone be able to be able to see the pic, or have jim facebook be a gay alcoholic, you know? These are real people so I want to be sensitive to that fact. I think I'll see the consensus from the community before I decide.

[Johnny Fenoli]

i can kinda see you point, but, even with the filters you can see who it is. they just looked like smudged photos of the people. not trying to knock your work at all, looks like youve done a good job.

[Ghetto Anthony]

I think the smudge look is OK. Kind of adds a gimmick to the data.

[mad5226]

I agree with Johnny I think it would make the experiance better. Either way great work though

[derk06]

I think it would be better if the pics weren't smudged. What are the chances that someone's pic you use plays this game? Probably not very high, so I don't really see the problem.

[juggaloninjalee]

I like the "smudged" look. It allows you to use your imagination somewhat. Besides it is just a cool look and I think it would be what sets his mod apart from other peoples mods.

[ccgmacc69]

definite "A" for Effort. I'll check it out if you finish...I was thinking of doing the same thing with random pics off the net

[Woodsmeister]

i like the smudged look and used it on a WreSpi2 ROH diary in the past, good luck to ya. Please do not find my myspace picture and smudge it though, it looks bad enough as is :(

[Mattlore Devious]

I like the look, makes the mod have a different feel

[JDubya]

Is this mod still being worked on?

[Actarus]

I too like the filtered look. For me, being a comic book guy, it's like picking up an indy book and seeing a different art style that is unique and fresh. The filters you're using present a different art style; a style that varies from the norm (Daz & Poser renders), but still works. For my criticism, I'm not too crazy about the background for this art style, but maybe it's my eyes playing tricks on me. Keep up the good work!

[LoganRodzen]

I like the look the way it is - it's the very first thing I noticed about the post and it had me interested, it gives this Universe a smudgy twist I suppose. I will definitely check this out when released - keep up the good work! :D

[Kobe1724]

I lost about 280 workers in a computer crash but I'm not giving up. Will resume work in a week or so. :) I still have around 970 at this point minus the 280. The biggest obstacle at this point is finding enough asian pictures to fill out the roster. :( Pictures inspire me to write bios and do character histories soooo... :)

[Ping von Erich]

My interest is actually peaked with this one, love the pic style.

[Kobe1724]

196 workers remaining before all rosters filled out. There will be about 1150-1170 workers in the first release. I'll add more new workers after. The idea is to have a fully functioning beta and a game world that can survive without new workers for 4-5 years before I release. I should be done with everything by the end of August sans title lineages (making up a title history and then inputting it for an entire promotion is draining tbh). I'm considering releasing w/o complete title lineages at end of August but the whole point of the beta release will be to catch grammar and continuity errors/inconsistencies in backstories/histories that I may have missed as well as getting feedback on stats/balance. So releasing without lineages would just mean I would have to do another beta release when I finished them. Workers: 974/1170 Gimmicks: 536/536 Locations: 1/354 Promotions: 35/35 Title Lineages: 284/??? Alter Egos: 81/200 Events: 105/150 TV Shows: 11/11 TV Networks: 130/130 PPV Carriers: 28/30 Tag Teams: 35/80 Match Types: 29/100 Move Sets: 490/600 Moves: 612/1000 Angles: 1/50 Worker Pics: 864/1170 Logo Pics: 35/35 Belt Pics: 0/60 Also I am considering just using Cornellverse defaults for locations. The idea of coming up with 354 locations is kind of tedious sounding to me and I said when I started this mod I never wanted this to become a chore.