[HYPE]Risky Business (January 1985)

[justtxyank]

<p>I have to look into this wrestling data.com It seems very helpful.</p><p> </p><p>

I've been doing rosters using cage match, tour books for Japan, lucha books for Mexican and then tapes.</p>

[Mattywood]

<p>WrestlingData is definitely very useful. It's the English version of German based wrestling information site, GenickBruch. Graham Cawthon's History of the WWF is a good resource for results and such for WWF and even some WCW(NWA, JCP and Turner).</p><p> </p><p>

BTW, where did you get your lucha books, and how informative are they as it pertains to past results, rosters, what have you?</p>

[Mattywood]

Well, I learn something new everyday. I didn't know that Jimmy Hart was actually still managing in Memphis throughout January of 1985. Given the nature of the business in this time period, and to give WWF players the challenge of putting together the roster they think will best suit them for the first WrestleMania, I have placed Jimmy Hart on the CWA roster, managing the Nightmares, Danny Davis(not the referee whose name is Dan Marsh) and Ken Wayne.

[Mattywood]

After taking a bit of a break watching some WWE Network, I've decided to go ahead and make Florida (CWF) the next territory to be worked on.

[jgriff3029]

Just curious to see how this is progressing. <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

[Mattywood]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="jgriff3029" data-cite="jgriff3029" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36675" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Just curious to see how this is progressing. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Almost done with Florida. From here on out, I think I'm going to assign the workers first by mass adding contracts, then work on their stats and pop.</p>

[D16NJD16]

Thanks for this

[4horsemanfan]

I cant wait till this one is done. Cant wait to rewrite history and give Magnum TA the World title as he would have gotten in real life.

[Stennick]

I was never that big on the guy looking back on things. Pretty good worker, good look but certainly not a good enough talker to be an elite guy IMO.

[Mattywood]

Thought I would apprise you all of a situation that will temporarily delay this project, but hopefully for not very long. I had to do a formatting of my hard drive as the geniuses at Microsoft felt they didn't need to remind us which of their past updates were corrupt, and it wreaked havoc on my PC. I did manage to save the data and the pics to a flash drive, though, so I haven't lost anything. Right now I'm just waiting to get my e-license unlocked.

[Johnny Fenoli]

Keep up the good work Tex!

[Dawn]

Good luck with this problem Matt. Seriously excited for this.

[Beejus]

<p>Smasher had come to me with a picture of the Mega Powers, asking for cuts. Since I went ahead and made them, here they are, you can make use of them here.</p><p> </p><p>

<span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/RandySavage.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/HulkHogan.jpg</span></p>

[Dawn]

I'll use them if my new diary is really a 1988 one >_>

[Mattywood]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Beejus" data-cite="Beejus" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36675" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Smasher had come to me with a picture of the Mega Powers, asking for cuts. Since I went ahead and made them, here they are, you can make use of them here.<p> </p><p> <span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/RandySavage.jpg</span><span>http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u628/beejus1/HulkHogan.jpg</span></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I'll be sure to use them. Thank you! <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

[Mattywood]

Only thing holding me up right now is waiting to hear back from Scott as it concerns my license. He asked me to send him the proper info, and I sent it late Monday night. If I'm not mistaken, doesn't it take several business days to hear back from him and everything get sorted? This is the first time I've had to go through with something like this, so that's why I'm asking.

[Jaysin]

It usually does take a few days, but if you haven't heard anything, check your spam folder.

[Mattywood]

<p>Just checked, and nothing there as of right now. I'm not too worried about it going to the spam folder seeing as that his initial e-mail was sent to my inbox, but a good tip nonetheless, so thank you. <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p>

PS: I'm really itching to get my hands back on the 2000 mod and rebook the WWF in the year 2000 after having watched WrestleManias 16 and 17 on the WWE Network as I watch each WM in chronological order, leading up to WM 30.</p>

[Johnny Fenoli]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Matt Shannon" data-cite="Matt Shannon" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36675" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Only thing holding me up right now is waiting to hear back from Scott as it concerns my license. He asked me to send him the proper info, and I sent it late Monday night. If I'm not mistaken, doesn't it take several business days to hear back from him and everything get sorted? This is the first time I've had to go through with something like this, so that's why I'm asking.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I've had to do it twice... and they did it for me within 24 hours both times.</p>

[Dawn]

Just checked, and nothing there as of right now. I'm not too worried about it going to the spam folder seeing as that his initial e-mail was sent to my inbox, but a good tip nonetheless, so thank you.

 

PS: I'm really itching to get my hands back on the 2000 mod and rebook the WWF in the year 2000 after having watched WrestleManias 16 and 17 on the WWE Network as I watch each WM in chronological order, leading up to WM 30.

 

And i'm really itching to create a new diary, but it is being complicated to choose >_>

[Mattywood]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Johnny Fenoli" data-cite="Johnny Fenoli" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36675" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I've had to do it twice... and they did it for me within 24 hours both times.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Okie dokie. I'm wondering if I should post something in Tech Support now, or wait and see if I hear something by the weekend, and if not, then post this coming Monday.</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Smasher1311" data-cite="Smasher1311" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36675" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>And i'm really itching to create a new diary, but it is being complicated to choose >_></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Just start one in February 1988. I hear that's a really sweet mod. <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

[Mattywood]

Okie dokie, folks, after suffering through formatting my laptop, recovering my license to play TEW, and completing my WrestleMania project (watching all 30 WrestleManias in order on the WWE Network... yes, even WM 11!), I'm ready to get back on this project. Finished Florida, which has been kind of tricky due to how talent was used, yet trying to keep the game balanced as far as stats and pop goes. The Freebirds are main eventers in Florida, but if I lower their pop so the ones who were main eventing autopush to main event, then I risk say, the Von Erichs, not wanting to lose to the Freebirds. Likewise, if I raise the pop of someone like Brian Blair, Jesse Barr (Jimmy Jack Funk) or Barry Horowitz, then I take the risk of them autopushing too high up the card in another promotion where they would normally be mid, lower mid or enhancement talent. Anywho, now on to a promotion I forgot to list but was important to be put into the data, Central States aka CSW.

[Beejus]

Woo! Still excited to play this one.

[Mattywood]

<p>I'm at a crossroads right now. Bit of a long story, so bear with me. Basically, when I had to wipe my computer, one of the programs I lost was Adobe Photoshop Elements. I forgot that I had a CD (or DVD, whatever it was) for the program, then found out the hard way when it wasn't one of the programs installed back when I got this laptop (even though it was included when I was custom making the laptop from Hewlett Packard). Anyway, I've looked high and low for the CD, but can't find it. I've gone back and forth with Adobe, and I wouldn't wish anyone dealing with their customer service on anyone. Long story short, they've gone back on their word on helping me recover the program. What does this mean for the mod? Photoshop Elements is what I used to make cuts. I tried Paint Shop Pro (which was already installed onto the laptop), but for whatever reason, the cuts won't save properly. </p><p> </p><p>

I've tried just about every other Photoshop alternative out there, and they're all so un-user friendly it's not even funny. Now while I have cuts for just about all the workers that matter, there are still some workers who don't have pics. I was expecting a small number of workers who wouldn't have pics, mainly obscure behind the scenes workers or refs that nobody would really care about. Right now, that seems to be the case, along with jobbers that I'm sure people won't care about. Then again, I know there's demand for cuts for even jobbers (very understandable), so I'd rather please the folks who will be playing this. All this said, I'm thinking that I'm going to go ahead and plug through putting the rosters together and wait till later to make cuts if needed. If I'm still waiting to get things settled with Adobe (I've actually had to send a complaint to the Better Business Bureau, that's how bad this got), then I may make requests, but I'll cross that bridge if I get to it.</p>

[Jaysin]

Are you using organics for this one too? If so, I can take care of that no problem. Just let me know what pictures to use and I'll work my way through.