ThunderVerse 2014 Platinum Release Thread

[Pteroid]

I think PLAGUE would work better for a team led by Schism myself. Keep the Military Discipline name for the military trio though, it works.

 

Well see the idea was for them to be a mix between COBRA from G.I Joe and GEATHJERK from The Wonderful 101.

 

I'm going to have a lot of teams when the time comes due to me making it an actual three day event like the real-life King of Trios.

[Jon The GOAT]

Towerblock, Havanna, and Barkley managed by Adrienne...

 

How about 'The A-List'?

 

EDIT: Been brainstorming Clash of the TRItans teams, thinking this year will have a one-shot villain team made up of Military Discipline and CRZY Will managed by Commander Nimitz.

 

Thinking of calling them:

 

PULVERIZING

LUCHADORS

AND

GRAPPLERS

UTILIZING

EVIL

 

Not sure why I hadn't thought that up myself. Thanks a bunch.

 

Also I hadn't noticed that made an acronym at first, I thought it was a list of names You're in POW or WrestleX?

[Pteroid]

Not sure why I hadn't thought that up myself. Thanks a bunch.

 

Also I hadn't noticed that made an acronym at first, I thought it was a list of names You're in POW or WrestleX?

 

POW currently, getting ready to put together an alliance of all the fun-loving promotions in the world...except for SCW because it's owner's a biiiiig jerk. Here's hoping Lucha Europa is more agreeable and also hire Ace Von Skull. I wanna make his dreams come true.

[DanMTheMan]

Hey guys....is Chris Young supposed to have absolutely no skills & 50 reputation?

[Big Roguey]

Hey guys....is Chris Young supposed to have absolutely no skills & 50 reputation?

 

Yes, it is intentional (at least it was when I created the character and fleshed him out). The idea is that he is purely off screen and only deals with running the business. He's the Bizarro Mark Dallas in the Thunderverse version of ICW.

[DanMTheMan]

Yes, it is intentional (at least it was when I created the character and fleshed him out). The idea is that he is purely off screen and only deals with running the business. He's the Bizarro Mark Dallas in the Thunderverse version of ICW.

 

Thank you, was wondering when I just started up my first ATW Game!

[Big Roguey]

Thank you, was wondering when I just started up my first ATW Game!

 

If you can spot every ICW reference in the game, you win a prize!

[Bigpapa42]

Had my first pay-per-view and it was a tad disappointing -

 

AWF Uprising:

Cross def. Patriot (70) US - I think Patriot's horendous stamina has to do with it. Time for him to tumble down the card

The New California Blondes def. Hard Rock Warning (54) - Despite NCB having no chemistry, I'd like to give them a shot at the belts before splitting

Buff' N' Tuff' def. #1Trending (74) TAG - Was hesitant about this because of the latters pop but pulled the trigger, hopefully Trending can bounce back in singles competition

Towerblock def. Theo Barkley & Joe Havanna (67) - Post match, Adrienne united them under one banner. Any suggestions for a name?

LeRoy Winters def. Omri Stone (55) TV - I wanted a B-Show Winters could headline but couldn't get one. Either way, he's a better wrestler than Omri Stone for the youngins to compete with.

Core def. Mountain Albert (74) - Albert's horrendous stamina killed this match, I wish I could lower PPV stuff to 6 as well, I'm sure they could've pulled an 80. Skym/Core vs. Albert/Prophecy next month?

Jean-Claude Giroux def. Immortal Warrior (82) - They didn't click I will probably end this and join Giroux up with Prophecy's International Wrestling Alliance (need a name for it still), maybe have Warrior come back in a month for vengeance.

Timothy Hawk def. Drake Richards, Garett South & Silva Dolla (82) - Another disappointment, Silva Dolla will now feud seperately with Hawk for his rematch clause and Richards with South for costing him his one shot at the belt. The original goal was to have Richards go on to feud with Hawk but after that last showing, South may get his shot instead.

 

Not surprised with the main event delivering a bit below hopes. The reality is that Garrett South isn't main event caliber yet. In terms of both popularity and skills. I like that he's involved in the world title scene, but he's an outsider in comparison to the other three. My intent to is actually use that and give him a give of Stone Cold vibe where he's involving himself in the main event scene by interfering in matches, attacking people, etc. But he won't get an actual title shot for a while as he doesn't really quite belong. It will give me time to improve his skill and overness.

[Jon The GOAT]

Not surprised with the main event delivering a bit below hopes. The reality is that Garrett South isn't main event caliber yet. In terms of both popularity and skills. I like that he's involved in the world title scene, but he's an outsider in comparison to the other three. My intent to is actually use that and give him a give of Stone Cold vibe where he's involving himself in the main event scene by interfering in matches, attacking people, etc. But he won't get an actual title shot for a while as he doesn't really quite belong. It will give me time to improve his skill and overness.

 

I get that. When I start a file I tend to open up a word document to organize who I'd like to push and not and Garrett South was not on my list but I decided to leave him in the main event storylines because of the pre-set ones and he's been doing well enough for me not to abruptly remove him. I'm not sure what my future plans are for him but right now, I'm very much fitting in the Casey Skym role of using him as a pet project.

 

Jean-Claude Giroux received a 45K contract to have the biggest contract in the company. Then Drake Richards and Chaperone joined him. **** Chaperone. I should get him back in the ring and leech his pop. Lenny Rhodes caught for soft drugs but fatherly approach worked, I had a feeling it would since he's got a pretty decent popularity, hope I can get rid of it because I really like him.

 

While I may pull out better ratings than Integrity at times, they've really got a knack for getting weekly 90 rated matches. Mine are all 80-84 with one special 89 courtesy of J-C Giroux.

 

Anyways, another pay-per-view down and while it was better than last pay-per-view, there was quite a bit of disappointment.

 

AWF Power To The People:

The New California Blondes def. #Trending (71): Probably a bad game decision due to the pop loss and little gain it'll give the NCB but I chose to ahead with it anyways, will the duo finally get their title shot next pay-per-view to beat Buff & Studd?

LeRoy Winters def. Dwayne Kai & Omri Stone (52): Throwaway ppv match to get Kai on the card.

Buff n' Tuff def. Hard Rock Warning (69): Keeping the tag champs momentum up while they wait for the Blondes.

Cross def. Nick Hart (74): Gotta admit I was hoping for better but still great results. Cross is another one of my project players except he's ready made for the main event. Beating up the more popular Nick Hart should set him up for bigger things or perhaps I'll extend this further.

Immortal Warrior def. Caleb Adonis (75): Considering Caleb Adonis's 36 pop, I was really happy with this match rating. Warrior had to go through Havanna, Barkley, both together and then Towerblock to finally get his hands on Adonis. Gonna extend this as well so Adonis can keep gaining pop.

Jean-Claude Giroux def. Core (74): The biggest disappointment of the PPV. ANOTHER duo of main eventers who do not click -_- Note Giroux doesn't click with Warrior either and Hawk/Richards don't click. Limits my feud possibilities. Story for this was Giroux joining Prophecy's Truth to take out Core, I'm gonna get him in a title feud now I think since extending with Core won't be of much use. Core keeps fighting Prophecy.

Drake Richards def. Garrett South (78): Admittedly was hoping this would do better as well. This will continue, I'll try to give Drake Richards a new gimmick and hope that helps some.

Timothy Hawk def. Silva Dolla (87): Saved my show, Hawk defeats Dolla. Will this feud continue? Not sure. Giroux got a 89 rated match with Hawk in a pick your poison match so I'd really like to get him in this scene.

 

PPV rating was down from last week but we're closing in on National. At 71 pop across USA, South West & Tri-State are past 65% importance, South East & New England on the cusp of it and a few other areas closing in on it. Maybe October will be the month we reach National.

 

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Loving the game so far as I said before, my longest solo game and it's only been 2 months (though I had a BHOTWG split that went about 4 months give or take).

 

EDIT: Had a random rating boost of 2.73 to 3.60 hope it sticks

[Pteroid]

Another silly Clash of the TRItans team idea:

 

Lugosi, Vudu Chief, and The Mummy

 

Post-Life Crisis

[Tiberious]

In my continuing saga of not being able to pick a promotion and stick to it I decided to try my hand playing as Full Force Wrestling in the British Isles because who doesn't like to see big dudes lumber around the ring at each other. My first act was to immediately ask every wrestler on my roster who was capable to move up a weight class. Most did as I asked, but a handful don't see the wisdom of my strategy and have made it onto my shit list already. The exception of course is Britain's future mega star Larry McDonald, who refused to move up a weight class but has too much potential to hold a grudge against.

 

All things considered I'm in good shape, Despite having several workers in the 40+ age none of my roster is in time decline, and I actually have 4 Next Big Things. Clearly my creative team has made an error as Larry McDonald isn't on the list at all, but at least they were wise enough to put him on my hot prospect list.

 

To balance out the roster I decided to re-hire former champion Diesel Train and Otto the Giant to be put in top baby-face spots. In addition I discovered that for some reason fans aren't enjoying watching Larry McDonald squash nobodies in 2 minute matches, so I've begun hiring guys with a (small) degree of name value to 1-shot deals to lose to Larry. An undefeated winning streak is just what Larry needs to turn him into the mega star he is destined to become.

[Jon The GOAT]

In my continuing saga of not being able to pick a promotion and stick to it I decided to try my hand playing as Full Force Wrestling in the British Isles because who doesn't like to see big dudes lumber around the ring at each other. My first act was to immediately ask every wrestler on my roster who was capable to move up a weight class. Most did as I asked, but a handful don't see the wisdom of my strategy and have made it onto my shit list already. The exception of course is Britain's future mega star Larry McDonald, who refused to move up a weight class but has too much potential to hold a grudge against.

 

All things considered I'm in good shape, Despite having several workers in the 40+ age none of my roster is in time decline, and I actually have 4 Next Big Things. Clearly my creative team has made an error as Larry McDonald isn't on the list at all, but at least they were wise enough to put him on my hot prospect list.

 

To balance out the roster I decided to re-hire former champion Diesel Train and Otto the Giant to be put in top baby-face spots. In addition I discovered that for some reason fans aren't enjoying watching Larry McDonald squash nobodies in 2 minute matches, so I've begun hiring guys with a (small) degree of name value to 1-shot deals to lose to Larry. An undefeated winning streak is just what Larry needs to turn him into the mega star he is destined to become.

 

I've yet to ever book a successful squash

 

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The Hollywood Horror Show has come and gone (with no Johnny Hollywood in sight). The PPV was probably my best yet.

 

Before I get to that, I got around to signing Cloud James but ****ed up his gimmick so I'm already disappointed. I need him as a face due to a drought of them. Hasn't debuted yet, only appeared in vignettes. Lenny Rhodes got caught with drugs again, gave him the fatherly approach. Anyways, PPV time.

 

AWF Presents The Hollywood Horror Show:

Mountain Albert, Chad Zuma & Sylvain Charles def. Mo Fury, Lenny Rhodes & Patriot (59): Throwaway match to give Prophecy's Truth (Albert/Zuma/Charles) some spotlight.

Towerblock, Theo Barkley, Joe Havanna def. Nick Hart, Ricky Fire & Vincent I. Parket (71): Same as the above, giving the rest of A-List some spotlight. Poor Nick Hart is stuck in smaller storylines.

Buff' N' Tuff' def. The New California Blondes (76): Will the New California Blondes take the title next month? I'm not sure, I think I'll turn them heel so they can finally grab the belts.

Immortal Warrior def. Caleb Adonis (77): Once more Adonis fails to rise above Immortal Warrior, I'm thinking a stable war next PPV to give Adonis a win?

Core def. Cross in a Steel Cage (82): I want Cross to rise above the card (and he did gain a bit of pop after this match) but I don't want to cost Core some popularity while I'm at it, I see this continuing on.

Drake Richards def. Garrett South (79): Mildly disappointing once more and Garrett South isn't even gaining pop from these losses. I love Drake Richards but he's in time decline, I'm not sure if I should take the risk and give South the win or send these two on opposite lanes.

Timothy Hawk def. Jean-Claude Giroux & Silva Dolla (88): Saved the card, I think Hawk vs. Giroux next month will finally break through 90 for me.

 

Fall Brawl is next pay-per-view, I'd like to do something special but I'm not sure what. Also gonna bring back Best In The World at some point for a tournament.

[jhd1]

Turns out I forgot to include the up-to-date Hell Cat f-alt. Here it is in case anyone prefers to use it...

 

http://i754.photobucket.com/albums/xx181/jhdTEW/Alts/HellCat.jpg

[MJStark]

In my continuing saga of not being able to pick a promotion and stick to it I decided to try my hand playing as Full Force Wrestling in the British Isles because who doesn't like to see big dudes lumber around the ring at each other. My first act was to immediately ask every wrestler on my roster who was capable to move up a weight class. Most did as I asked, but a handful don't see the wisdom of my strategy and have made it onto my shit list already. The exception of course is Britain's future mega star Larry McDonald, who refused to move up a weight class but has too much potential to hold a grudge against.

 

All things considered I'm in good shape, Despite having several workers in the 40+ age none of my roster is in time decline, and I actually have 4 Next Big Things. Clearly my creative team has made an error as Larry McDonald isn't on the list at all, but at least they were wise enough to put him on my hot prospect list.

 

To balance out the roster I decided to re-hire former champion Diesel Train and Otto the Giant to be put in top baby-face spots. In addition I discovered that for some reason fans aren't enjoying watching Larry McDonald squash nobodies in 2 minute matches, so I've begun hiring guys with a (small) degree of name value to 1-shot deals to lose to Larry. An undefeated winning streak is just what Larry needs to turn him into the mega star he is destined to become.

 

I LOVE the idea of pushing everyone up a weight class, genius!!!

 

I'm also all for pushing Larry Mac to the moon... after all he made his entrance into the T-Verse world as a random gen in my LWA diary

[MJStark]

Fall Brawl is next pay-per-view, I'd like to do something special but I'm not sure what. Also gonna bring back Best In The World at some point for a tournament.

 

Terry Thunder vs ??????? ? Hire Thunder for a 2/3 show deal, have him promo on TV then wrestle on the show

[Teh_Showtime]

As is usually the case for me, I ran PWI's biggest show of the year to great success (Ryan Doherty finally overcoming his old stable to once again become PWI champion) but now I'm very directionless.

 

Tyler Mercury and Jay Paro retired Shay Kinsella and Adam Massey and now Mercury is the first challenger for Doherty while Paro won the TV title and will feud with Seven Brandt. James-Gilmor Hart got hurt and had to miss the show while Kosmo Supreme filled in for him as the Harts wrestled the Van Holts in singles, so that will continue.

 

After that it's just a blank canvas. My only idea is Eddy Orion (basically the low man in the Standard) going to feud with and eventually unmask Pantera Azul but that's literally it. My big disappointment is Ethan Paro because he's a good wrestler but painfully bland to me and while I have had great fun with Jay Paro and the Millennials (Mercury, Lenny Rhodes) the brother just can't get anything interesting from creative. Eli Morton needs an opponent but he just feuded with Curtis for the 2nd half of the year and the newly signed Drake Richards is basically putting over Dead or Alive.

[Jon The GOAT]

As is usually the case for me, I ran PWI's biggest show of the year to great success (Ryan Doherty finally overcoming his old stable to once again become PWI champion) but now I'm very directionless.

 

Tyler Mercury and Jay Paro retired Shay Kinsella and Adam Massey and now Mercury is the first challenger for Doherty while Paro won the TV title and will feud with Seven Brandt. James-Gilmor Hart got hurt and had to miss the show while Kosmo Supreme filled in for him as the Harts wrestled the Van Holts in singles, so that will continue.

 

After that it's just a blank canvas. My only idea is Eddy Orion (basically the low man in the Standard) going to feud with and eventually unmask Pantera Azul but that's literally it. My big disappointment is Ethan Paro because he's a good wrestler but painfully bland to me and while I have had great fun with Jay Paro and the Millennials (Mercury, Lenny Rhodes) the brother just can't get anything interesting from creative. Eli Morton needs an opponent but he just feuded with Curtis for the 2nd half of the year and the newly signed Drake Richards is basically putting over Dead or Alive.

 

Everytime I look at a PWI show they have a 90 rated match with some combination of Eli Morton or Sebastian Curtis involved, I hate them so much xD

 

What I would suggest for Ethan Paro is to narrow down the gimmicks he can run and see if you can take a random one and just organically develop from that. Maybe a new render might help too ?

 

I feel so reluctant jobbing Drake Richards but I don't really have anything else at this point. It'd be like Shawn Michaels jobbing him out near the end of his reign. I think what I'll do is probably have Drake Richards lose a career match or get 'injured' by Garrett South and sidelined to the commentary table to regain his pop while Chaperone subs in to feud with a more popular Garrett South. Not sure, I just really feel wrong about dropping Richards down the card.

 

Terry Thunder vs ??????? ? Hire Thunder for a 2/3 show deal, have him promo on TV then wrestle on the show

 

Last I tried to hire Terry Thunder he didn't want to sign up I'll try again since I've gain a bit of popularity but the fact that I'm not a National may make him reject the deal. I know I couldn't sign Ryan Doherty either because of it (though I wouldn't have gone through as his stats don't impress me).

[Pteroid]

This is going to sound like a stupid question but I'm kind of color blind.

 

Would you guys say CRZY Will has red hair?

[Jon The GOAT]

This is going to sound like a stupid question but I'm kind of color blind.

 

Would you guys say CRZY Will has red hair?

 

Looks like a cross between a ginger and orange-ish brown hair. Wouldn't call him a red head though.

 

http://i.gyazo.com/d9f51c4eed90f657448707667e68bda6.png

 

For those who don't know CRZY Will and wanna weigh in.

[Pteroid]

Looks like a cross between a ginger and orange-ish brown hair. Wouldn't call him a red head though.

 

http://i.gyazo.com/d9f51c4eed90f657448707667e68bda6.png

 

For those who don't know CRZY Will and wanna weigh in.

 

May just throw him in a red mask then, at least I managed to get Red Rock as a back up.

[Iceisle]

My two cents, I'd definitely call that red. The lighting (and his sort of receding hairline) makes it look more brown because most of what you see is dark, but around the inside edges where the lighting is more neutral, it looks like classic ginger/red hair to me.

[Jon The GOAT]

AWF Fall Brawl is here. Before that came around, Lenny Rhdoes got caught for soft drugs a second time, was Fatherly Approached, KISS caught with steroids, was suspended (next is Last Chance & Fired, he's replaceable), Marcus Studd got caught for Hard Drugs but Fatherly Approached settled him down, Claudia got into a fight with Adrienne, I suspended her too, sorry Garrett South but shes gone if she makes me rage.

 

Caleb Adonis def. Patriot (58): Patriot came to fight for Immortal Warrior while the Warrior went to greener pastures, and could not beat Adonis (he probably hates me a great deal now, terrible morale)

New California Blondes def. Mo Fury & Nick Hart (74): Heel turned the NCB so had them tide over with a win over Mo Fury & Nick Hart, they'll face Buff N' Studd next pay-per-view and perhaps grab the belts finally.

Buff N' Studd def. Joe Havanna & Theo Barkley (73): Another match to tide over the champs while they possibly toss the belt to NCB next pay-per-view, solid rating too.

Cross def. Cloud James (84): Cloud James debuted to give Cross a win and momentum after he lost to Core last pay-per-view, next PPV is called something something Champions so I think Cross will get a match against Timothy Hawk since they actually got a 90 rated match on a regular show. Nothing for Cloud James to do though.

Garrett South def. Drake Richards (71): Horrendously disappointing match but this whole storyline/feud has been disappointing, the match did get penalized for Richards being kept strong though.

Silva Dolla def. Core & Immortal Warrior (82): Had no clue who should get the win this match and settled on Silva Dolla, this was supposed to be a number one contender but I might also postpone that match till the last pay-per-view of the year for my Cross/Hawk match-up. Core & Warrior will return to Prophecy/Adonis respectively.

Timothy Hawk def. Jean-Claude Giroux (92): I know the rating is great but I was really hoping for a 95+ rated match. I gave Giroux/Hawk new gimmicks (with 70 ratings), it was a ladder match (for the prestige), a pay-per-view, I had bonuses for said PPV but none of that was enough to give this match more than a 3 point boost than their previous 89 rated affair on regular tv. Very saddened by this. Cross & Hawk need to redeem us. PWI & UPJ among others churn out 90s for breakfast.

 

Next PPV is Where Champions Clash, I passed on signing Clayton Bennett and a few others where I had no plans (didn't want a rehash of Cloud James) so right now I haven't really added anyone new. Unless they're down for dev like Iago De Brun. I'm interested in Fergus Storm, terrific wrestler but I've got no plans. Seven Brandt too. If I had a B-show he'd be perfect to headline that but TV's are rejecting it. Hopefully we can reach National? Oh we did get a bigger TV deal, ended our contract with Adrenaline to go to Music Video Library at the same time slots but hopefully bigger ratings than 3.64. We also get to grow in Canada and Britain now too.

 

Other great news, our Fall Brawl buy rate: 1.28, PWI's Night of Mayhem: 1.34. We're getting there! Only 3 regions left for National.

 

Just as I finished the PPV, Marcus Studd caught for Hard Drugs again, definitely losing the belts and getting buried.

[jhd1]

This is going to sound like a stupid question but I'm kind of color blind.

 

Would you guys say CRZY Will has red hair?

 

Assuming by "red" you mean ginger, yes. The render request was for a cross between Trevor Murdoch and...somebody. As Iceisle pointed out, the colour is distorted somewhat by the shadow, but a redhead was certainly the intention.

[jhd1]

Eastwood created several great characters that were added to the mod at the last minute. For various reasons these workers were assigned existing renders that were close to the general description. However, as the images were (at that point) just free renders, they were never going to be exactly what he had in mind. Eastwood recently managed to put together some superb renders that really suit the characters well and, of course, fit his original ideas more closely.

 

Emir Tanovic

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GIDDRA

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NORIKIYO

http://i754.photobucket.com/albums/xx181/jhdTEW/Alts/NORIKIYO.jpg

 

Tetsuya Takayama & Neal Jackson

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For reference, the "original" renders for the above characters will almost certainly be re-used at some point in the future.

[Jaysin]

GIDDRA

http://i754.photobucket.com/albums/xx181/jhdTEW/Alts/GIDDRA.jpg

 

Seeing King Ghidorah on his bandanna is awesome