Small questions that don't deserve their own thread.

[BHK1978]

With the game coming out tomorrow I thought it was time to open up the TEW13 version of the thread.

[Kijar]

Any idea what time the game comes out?

[Comradebot]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Kijar" data-cite="Kijar" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36841" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Any idea what time the game comes out?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> It depends on how hot she is.</p>

[hellshock70]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Kijar" data-cite="Kijar" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36841" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Any idea what time the game comes out?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> About 2 minutes after Adam Ryland says "It's time"</p>

[Psycho Sam]

With the new Alliance Feature, will any promotion be in an alliance?

[Comradebot]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Psycho Sam" data-cite="Psycho Sam" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36841" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>With the new Alliance Feature, will any promotion be in an alliance?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I say EWA and VWA have united against the soulless machine that is UEW.</p>

[hellshock70]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Psycho Sam" data-cite="Psycho Sam" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36841" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>With the new Alliance Feature, will any promotion be in an alliance?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> My biggest TEW2013 question is will the alliances have their own overall/unified, etc. champion.</p>

[MaxxHexx]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="hellshock70" data-cite="hellshock70" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36841" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>My biggest TEW2013 question is will the alliances have their own overall/unified, etc. champion.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I feel like Adam would have included this in the journal if it was the case. He listed the details of each type and this was not included.</p>

[Comradebot]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="MaxxHexx" data-cite="MaxxHexx" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36841" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I feel like Adam would have included this in the journal if it was the case. He listed the details of each type and this was not included.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> /shrug, he did say there were a few things he left out for players to discover.</p><p> </p><p> Sadly, a lack of South Africa still irks me.</p>

[hellshock70]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="MaxxHexx" data-cite="MaxxHexx" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36841" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I feel like Adam would have included this in the journal if it was the case. He listed the details of each type and this was not included.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I straight up asked him and he replied that I would have to wait and find out with everyone else. <img alt=":eek:" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/eek.png.0e09df00fa222c85760b9bc1700b5405.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> Then I told him he sucked. <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

[MaxxHexx]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="hellshock70" data-cite="hellshock70" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36841" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I straight up asked him and he replied that I would have to wait and find out with everyone else. <img alt=":eek:" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/eek.png.0e09df00fa222c85760b9bc1700b5405.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p> </p><p> Then I told him he sucked. <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Hmm. Well then.</p><p> </p><p> What features were not included in the dev journal in past years?</p>

[ubernoob]

Adam needs to post a video of him doing his best Bruce Buffer "IIIIIIIIIIttttttt's TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIME" impersonation right before he drops it.

[Psycho Sam]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="hellshock70" data-cite="hellshock70" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36841" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I straight up asked him and he replied that I would have to wait and find out with everyone else. <img alt=":eek:" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/eek.png.0e09df00fa222c85760b9bc1700b5405.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p> </p><p> Then I told him he sucked. <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Um.......er........how dare you?<img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> Did you get admin powers after that? <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

[Eisen-verse]

So, it looks like that some posts are speaking as if the game is out. If so, I can't seem to find where to download the beta version?

[Big Roguey]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Eisen-verse" data-cite="Eisen-verse" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36841" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>So, it looks like that some posts are speaking as if the game is out. If so, I can't seem to find where to download the beta version?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Demo isn't expected until later on today, around "evening GMT" as our illustrious yet mysterious man Sir Adam Ryland has said in the IRC Chatroom.</p>

[We are APW]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Eisen-verse" data-cite="Eisen-verse" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36841" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>So, it looks like that some posts are speaking as if the game is out. If so, I can't seem to find where to download the beta version?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> It's not yet. Several hours until the earliest estimate.</p>

[Eisen-verse]

So, to better understand the "Fog of War", lets say I'm looking at Captain Atomic's stats. Right now, I have an 8/10 for most all of his stats (scouting-wise). So, with 2 remaining levels left, does that mean that the stats I see right now (C+ in brawling, B- in basics, etc.) may not ACTUALLY be where his skills lie? In a sense, if I scout further, could I come to find out that his brawling is a B- or C- through scouting? In a sense, I don't know totally, for sure, where his skill level lies until I have it at a 10/10?

[Derek B]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Eisen-verse" data-cite="Eisen-verse" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36841" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>So, to better understand the "Fog of War", lets say I'm looking at Captain Atomic's stats. Right now, I have an 8/10 for most all of his stats (scouting-wise). So, with 2 remaining levels left, does that mean that the stats I see right now (C+ in brawling, B- in basics, etc.) may not ACTUALLY be where his skills lie? In a sense, if I scout further, could I come to find out that his brawling is a B- or C- through scouting? In a sense, I don't know totally, for sure, where his skill level lies until I have it at a 10/10?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> No, it's definitely in the B- range but as his scouting level increases you'll get to see where in that range it is, with the last changeover being up to seeing numbers instead of grades. If you look at lots of people with different scouting levels you can see roughly how the grades work out... you start with very few categories and vague gradings, with higher scouting levels increasing either how many categories you see or how they're graded (alternating at each level). It's "accurate" but the weightings of stats will make it hard to tell where they are in any category and obviously you won't be able to tell if people are still improving or not until you get to the highest levels by which time you might've spent years trying to develop someone who just wasn't going anywhere. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png"></p>

[Blackman]

What's the difference between a "learning matchup" and a "complementary matchup"? I got the terminology from the manual, but I wonder whether there is a substantial difference other than the name of the concept. In practice it kinda seems the same thing: pairing up a better worker with a lesser worker. The intent just seems different, so how is it a different technique?

[Eisen-verse]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Derek B" data-cite="Derek B" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36841" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>No, it's definitely in the B- range but as his scouting level increases you'll get to see where in that range it is, with the last changeover being up to seeing numbers instead of grades. If you look at lots of people with different scouting levels you can see roughly how the grades work out... you start with very few categories and vague gradings, with higher scouting levels increasing either how many categories you see or how they're graded (alternating at each level). It's "accurate" but the weightings of stats will make it hard to tell where they are in any category and obviously you won't be able to tell if people are still improving or not until you get to the highest levels by which time you might've spent years trying to develop someone who just wasn't going anywhere. <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> That was awesome, thank you!</p><p> </p><p> So, if it says "B-" in brawling then it's much like a grading scale in education. It could fall anywhere between (let's say as an example; not concrete numbers here) a 80-83?</p>

[Derek B]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Eisen-verse" data-cite="Eisen-verse" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36841" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>That was awesome, thank you!<p> </p><p> So, if it says "B-" in brawling then it's much like a grading scale in education. It could fall anywhere between (let's say as an example; not concrete numbers here) a 80-83?</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Yup. B- is (from memory) 72 to 78 I think, so his stat will be somewhere in that area. At low scouting levels you'd see that as his In-Ring skill being Strong (probably), changing to his Rumble Skills being Very Strong (probably) to his Brawling being Very Strong (probably) to his Brawling being B- then lastly to it being 75. Obviously, that assumes it stays the same and that his other stats are vaguely similar, which isn't always going to be the case. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png"></p><p> </p><p> The filters when searching for workers by skills will take the rough values from the right area of scouting when you look. So if you look for a good brawler, then you might get some people who show up as Strong in In-Ring skills who later might not be particularly good brawlers, but because it was as close as your scouting could let you see, you might get the false positive. It makes raising scouting levels important, which happens faster on big shows than it does on small ones... more excuses to get your undercarders on shows to help you out long term. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png"></p>

[jhd1]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Blackman" data-cite="Blackman" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36841" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>What's the difference between a "learning matchup" and a "complementary matchup"? I got the terminology from the manual, but I wonder whether there is a substantial difference other than the name of the concept. In practice it kinda seems the same thing: pairing up a better worker with a lesser worker. The intent just seems different, so how is it a different technique?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I would have thought that a learning matchup was done with the intention being to improve the skills of one worker. For example, pairing Christian Faith and Captain Atomic in order to improve Atomic's psychology.</p><p> </p><p> A complementary matchup, however, is done primarily to cover up for one worker's lack of ability. For example, pairing Christian Faith with Marat Khoklov in order to hide the fact Khoklov has no psychology of his own and to make sure the match doesn't end up a horrible mess. The fact Khoklov will also learn is just a positive side effect.</p>

[sanityisforbidden]

I've never used Perfect Show Theory option, could someone explain this to me? How does it work for you? Do you find your shows get better ratings with it on (and you follow it)?

[Blackman]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="sanityisforbidden" data-cite="sanityisforbidden" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36841" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I've never used Perfect Show Theory option, could someone explain this to me? How does it work for you? Do you find your shows get better ratings with it on (and you follow it)?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> The theory says that it's best to swing the momentum of your show back and forth, instead of booking from lame to awesome (the latter in the main event obv.). So start off with a nice match followed by the worst match, make sure the main event is the best match on paper, preceded by a co-main that is preferably significantly worse. At least I found that having a C+ co-main might make for a A main, while a B- co-main makes for a B+ main, resulting in what is essentially a worse show overall. So yes, I do try to follow it (as TEW made me <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />)</p><p> </p><p> @jhd1: Thx. So it's only the intent that's the difference? I guess the phrase was just to let new players know what the use of these types of matchups can potentially be.</p>

[TeemuFoundation]

I would like to know the meanings of the different intended pushes. They weren't in the Help file. For instance, what are Gatekeeper, Passing the Torch and Backbone? What is their function?