Dropping A Title In A Championless Match

[Foxcutter]

In the tradition of the Montreal Screwjob, I have my current champion (Wanda Fish) leaving my federation (AAA) with five days left on her current deal. She has made it abundantly clear that the organization is now too small for her and she has no intention on resigning with me. In order to avoid a messy transition in my title picture storyline, I came up with a nice little segment where Fish would be stripped of her title at the opening of the show by the resident authority figure (Anne Stardust) and kicked to the curb (much in the same way Bobby Hennan was seen leaving the WWF, all those many years ago). The six main eventers left on my roster (three face and three heel -- it just happened to work out nicely that way), would then battle for the vacated championship. The problem, of course, is that in scheduling the match, I get the warning that the "champion is not present". Are there any penalties (I'm thinking mainly of a drop in title prestige or, perhaps, some penalty that the show will be slapped with) if I go ahead with the match as is? Does anybody know? Once again, thanks in advance. Foxcutter.

[scorpion]

The match will be fine because by the time it comes up the title will be vacant. But, if Fish is on the roster why aren't you having [B]her[/B] drop it?

[Foxcutter]

[QUOTE=scorpion;450850]The match will be fine because by the time it comes up the title will be vacant. But, if Fish is on the roster why aren't you having [B]her[/B] drop it?[/QUOTE] No, no, she's leaving -- that's the problem. She currently holds the title and by the time the next show rolls around, she'll be long gone (I'm on a monthly schedule and she only has five days left on her current deal). I want to strip her of the title and have it up for grabs in a six-way by the remaining main eventers that I have left on the roster so that I can have an unbroken title lineage. Anyhow, sorry, I didn't make that clear: the way the storyline is set up (at least in my mind) is that it's better if her tag partner, Suzue, claim the title, so that I can spin it off into the storyline that I currently have on the go with her. I just like the idea of a smooth transition like that rather than having Wanda just drop it arbitrarily in a match that doesn't fit in with anything that has come before it. Plus, it allows me to evolve a few other characters, from Suzue's arc, into the bigger title storyline and making for a richer, and more continuous, overall plot. Foxcutter

[scorpion]

[QUOTE=Foxcutter;450851]No, no, she's leaving -- that's the problem. She currently holds the title and by the time the next show rolls around, she'll be long gone. I want to strip her of the title and have it up for grabs in a six-way by the remaining main eventers that I have left on the roster so that I can have an unbroken title lineage. Thanks for the info on the match, though. Foxcutter[/QUOTE] Ok, I was confused because you said you were stripping her of the title. I thought the title automatically became vacant when someone left your company.

[Phantom Stranger]

Use the Replace Champion thing in the Title screen and set it on who you want to have it before the match.

[Foxcutter]

[QUOTE=Phantom Stranger;450878]Use the Replace Champion thing in the Title screen and set it on who you want to have it before the match.[/QUOTE] I appreciate the input but, if there are no penalties associated with having the title change hands in a match without the champion, that would kind of defeat the purpose of having the smooth, transitional, storyline that I outlined above. It has to make sense to me and be tied into the world of cause-and-effect that I've already established in my AAA campaign. I don't want to cheat the system, I just don't want to be penalized for a change in the story that I'm crafting, if I don't have to be. Thanks for the response, though. Foxcutter.

[Phantom Stranger]

[QUOTE=Foxcutter;450883]I appreciate the input but, if there are no penalties associated with having the title change hands in a match without the champion, that would kind of defeat the purpose of having the smooth, transitional, storyline that I outlined above. It has to make sense to me and be tied into the world of cause-and-effect that I've already established in my AAA campaign. I don't want to cheat the system, I just don't want to be penalized for a change in the story that I'm crafting, if I don't have to be. Thanks for the response, though. Foxcutter.[/QUOTE] Thing is, man... you're not. The function was put in to get around issues with title vacation via leaving as much as anything else. Using it this way is filling its function. Anne Stardust strips Wanda of the title; technically this renders it vacant, but you don't want that. Award it to the woman who'll win, run the match, and it's smooth; the only thing you've done is behind the scenes.

[Foxcutter]

I do get what you're saying, I really do (I read the Developer's Journal on all of this), the problem is that the match has been signed, sealed, and delivered -- without Fish being present. The problem was (and I might be imagining this, so please bear with me) that prior to my patching of the game, wrestlers, whose contract issues were not resolved by the time the next event rolled around, wouldn't be made available. So I had no idea if Fish was going to be around for the show or not (I was counting on not), even though it said she had five days left on her contract, so I made a contingency plan -- a. k. a. the six-way for the vacated Femme Fatale title. I'm not disagreeing with anything that you're saying (it makes perfect sense) it's just now the die has been cast and so I'm making the best of a bad situation. Foxcutter. P. S. Actually, you know what, you just gave me an idea (and it kind of fits in with everything that has gone before). I just need to fudge some things on the rest of the card, to make a little wriggle room for it. Thanks.

[Phantom Stranger]

[QUOTE=Foxcutter;451256] P. S. Actually, you know, what you just gave me an idea (and it kind of fits in with everything that has gone before). I just need to fudge some things on the rest of the card, to make a little wriggle room for it. Thanks.[/QUOTE] Hey, so long's you've got a way to get somewhere you want to go, that's the main thing. Hope it works out great...