The Road to Glory Challenge

mvargus · June 20, 2016

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="thecoolestjedi12" data-cite="thecoolestjedi12" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41290" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><img alt="a63727c28a3141a6be9032123a9867df.jpg" data-src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/feather-client-files-aviary-prod-us-east-1/2016-06-20/a63727c28a3141a6be9032123a9867df.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> King of the Sports Ent <img alt="f2ad1f5f9f44444aa2efd9a4c1ff0d52.jpg" data-src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/feather-client-files-aviary-prod-us-east-1/2016-06-20/f2ad1f5f9f44444aa2efd9a4c1ff0d52.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Probably not the best idea to be based in Hawaii, but it will be a tale to tell to my kids!</div></blockquote> hum... its this a game in progress? Otherwise I see a two problems. 1) no stat other than resilience can start above 75, you have 4 at 80+ 2) If you are starting a 2016 game have the promotion founded on Jan 2016, this gives you the full 18 months to get out of debt before you are forced to close down. It looks like an interesting attempt though.

thecoolestjedi12 · June 20, 2016

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="mvargus" data-cite="mvargus" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41290" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>hum... its this a game in progress? Otherwise I see a two problems. 1) no stat other than resilience can start above 75, you have 4 at 80+ 2) If you are starting a 2016 game have the promotion founded on Jan 2016, this gives you the full 18 months to get out of debt before you are forced to close down. It looks like an interesting attempt though.</div></blockquote> In progress, went a whole few months before we uh declined and hit bankruptcy, now I'm in 4c used the data from tew 2013 because I wanted BHOTWG to tour

Antitonic · June 20, 2016

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="mvargus" data-cite="mvargus" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41290" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Nope. Most people who post about this appear to try to set up in the USA, but I've seen RTG posts for every region except Europe. You can be any size you want and any wrestling style. I would recommend you try to fit those to the product of your first promotion.</div></blockquote> I was actually considering Europe, given how my pre-game seems to be setting up, but I find it harder to fit the narrative.

thecoolestjedi12 · June 20, 2016

Anyone experiencing any luck in the finance department, I'm hiring super cheap guys, got a worker working as a road agent to save money, no announcers and still losing just enough money to be in debt.

mvargus · June 20, 2016

Anyone experiencing any luck in the finance department, I'm hiring super cheap guys, got a worker working as a road agent to save money, no announcers and still losing just enough money to be in debt.

I've had 2 games go past 18 months. One is at 3 years 4 months and holding, the other is at 2 years, 2 months and I'm currently playing.

Here's what I found worked for me.

1) hire 5 workers and 1 referee. Hope your owner can be an announcer. Go as cheap as you can.

2) run shows in the first week of each month when possible. (2nd week for the first show so you have your owner signed, hopefully he'll work for free.)

3) Run 1 show per month.

4) if you aren't in a bad economy/wrestling industry/sponsorship product, you should be able to start making a monthly profit by September.

5) If you kept expenses down enough, you'll owe less than $7,000 when you start making a profit, and can be making $2,000/month in profit by March, which will get you out of debt before June 2017 when you'd otherwise be shut down.

Other people run 3-4 shows a month for the first 3-4 months and then stop for 2-3 months to make the money back. It can work, but I haven't tried that and don't know how it would work out.

thecoolestjedi12 · June 20, 2016

I've had 2 games go past 18 months. One is at 3 years 4 months and holding, the other is at 2 years, 2 months and I'm currently playing.

Here's what I found worked for me.

1) hire 5 workers and 1 referee. Hope your owner can be an announcer. Go as cheap as you can.

2) run shows in the first week of each month when possible. (2nd week for the first show so you have your owner signed, hopefully he'll work for free.)

3) Run 1 show per month.

4) if you aren't in a bad economy/wrestling industry/sponsorship product, you should be able to start making a monthly profit by September.

5) If you kept expenses down enough, you'll owe less than $7,000 when you start making a profit, and can be making $2,000/month in profit by March, which will get you out of debt before June 2017 when you'd otherwise be shut down.

Other people run 3-4 shows a month for the first 3-4 months and then stop for 2-3 months to make the money back. It can work, but I haven't tried that and don't know how it would work out.

Thanks, Gonna try that

marsupial311 · June 20, 2016

I've had 2 games go past 18 months. One is at 3 years 4 months and holding, the other is at 2 years, 2 months and I'm currently playing.

Here's what I found worked for me.

1) hire 5 workers and 1 referee. Hope your owner can be an announcer. Go as cheap as you can.

2) run shows in the first week of each month when possible. (2nd week for the first show so you have your owner signed, hopefully he'll work for free.)

3) Run 1 show per month.

4) if you aren't in a bad economy/wrestling industry/sponsorship product, you should be able to start making a monthly profit by September.

5) If you kept expenses down enough, you'll owe less than $7,000 when you start making a profit, and can be making $2,000/month in profit by March, which will get you out of debt before June 2017 when you'd otherwise be shut down.

Other people run 3-4 shows a month for the first 3-4 months and then stop for 2-3 months to make the money back. It can work, but I haven't tried that and don't know how it would work out.

Good tips but I would give one tweak. Not having an announcer doesn't affect your shows until you have television so I'd get an owner that can be a ref as they can be your most expensive roster member at the beginning. Your other wrestlers can be road agents to because all you need is F+ shows at the beginning.

Jericho Rules · June 21, 2016

One year in and I saw some decent progression with my character. I'll post another update after another year or two playing. I saw some small increases in psychology, etc. Even the in ring skills have increased decently. I'm really happy with the progression in the ability to play as a heel. I'm thinking about turning him babyface and seeing that increase too so I can have a wide variety of skills in terms of characters. I also went up in size from lightweight to middleweight and saw an increase in star quality and power.

http://i.imgur.com/JQDFLbq.png

So far, my company is still running, but man, it is losing money. While I've managed to keep spending to a minimum, it's going to be awhile before I can make a profit. What is the range a company is allowed to go into debt before closing?

moafnsteel · June 21, 2016

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="mvargus" data-cite="mvargus" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41290" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I've had 2 games go past 18 months. One is at 3 years 4 months and holding, the other is at 2 years, 2 months and I'm currently playing. Here's what I found worked for me. 1) hire 5 workers and 1 referee. Hope your owner can be an announcer. Go as cheap as you can. 2) run shows in the first week of each month when possible. (2nd week for the first show so you have your owner signed, hopefully he'll work for free.) 3) Run 1 show per month. 4) if you aren't in a bad economy/wrestling industry/sponsorship product, you should be able to start making a monthly profit by September. 5) If you kept expenses down enough, you'll owe less than $7,000 when you start making a profit, and can be making $2,000/month in profit by March, which will get you out of debt before June 2017 when you'd otherwise be shut down. Other people run 3-4 shows a month for the first 3-4 months and then stop for 2-3 months to make the money back. It can work, but I haven't tried that and don't know how it would work out.</div></blockquote> This was EXTREMELY helpful, so thank you so much! In August with a terrible wrestling industry (current 2 and falling) and an economy in the 70s and falling and I am only in debt about 4100.

SeanMcG · June 21, 2016

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<div style="text-align:center;">End of Year Eight</div>

- We got raided. Hard. Lost 5 out of 6 from our Main Event, 2 of our future main eventers and half (?) of the Ring Generals. Need to rebuild the roster again <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/frown.png.e6b571745a30fe6a6f2e918994141a47.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

- The stars aligned and Logan Wolfsbane returned the WCCW. He left from SWF 3 years ago, got into a bad argument with Eric Eisen and his contact was not renewed. Their loss is our gain especially when we're losing stars left and right.

- Industry is tanking hard but is looking to rebound.

<div style="text-align:center;">Year 9 Goals</div>

- Push towards Cult

- Try jump ship to either TCW or SWF if they fall to Cult

Rolled 44, so UC is now Muscular. Not really useful since SQ is maxed. Sex Appeal increase is nice but it's still low.

End of Year Rolls

1. (15) "+20 to your steroid use checkbox"

2. (44) "Go up one level of weight class or body type.

3. (33) “Makeover Time” +14 Sex Appeal, +11 Star Quality, +7 menace

4. (44) “Go up one level of weight class or body type.

5. (07) "That Loving Feeling" Dating Marina Del Ray

6. (26) "10+ to Physical skills (10 to Power)

7. (53) "10+ between Acting and Star Quality (1+ to SQ and 9+ Acting)

8. (16) "20+ to Performance Skills (8+ to Phys and 12+ to Selling)

9. (44) “Go up one level of weight class or body type.

Narcizo · June 21, 2016

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Yep, we got to National around September - just in time to be able to keep most of our talent. (Bizarrely the richest company in the world SOTBPW only took perpetual midcarder tag specialist Dragon Americano from us). So my character wins the King of New York at our final show for the year, in front of 75 000 fans, and being shown around the world (on CommPlanet and our very own network in Japan). A couple of days later Shooter Sean Deeley is nominated the best wrestler in the world and we win pretty much all the major awards. My user character is only 4th <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/frown.png.e6b571745a30fe6a6f2e918994141a47.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />. We dominate the top 10 of the Power 500, only missing one spot (5th for Nicky Champion at SOTBPW). However I have only ever had one solitary 100 match, predictably in a tag. My stamina means that it's impossible to get a single 100.

We come in second place in the national battles - it's impossible to compete with Champagne Lover and Nicky Champion. (CL is on time decline so it'll happen eventually). But we're still growing because of our shows. Across the globe the interesting development is the arrival of CommPlanet which means that WLW are now International and growing. CGC are national in Canada with a great little roster including Wolf Hawkins, Steve Frehley, Davis Wayne Newton and .... the 48-year old Dan DaLay. Still. Despite being at the bottom of time decline with 0 in most top row stats, 17 consistency and 0 stamina. Good choice in best friends there Dan.

SWF and TCW have both hit national at the start of the year so there are currently 5 national companies in the US (SOTBPW and 21CW are the other two). WLW are on the verge as well and will hit US national during January. Despite having less pulling power in Japan than BHOTWG. IF SWF could book themselves properly then they could dethrone SOTBPW from the Pulling Power throne as they have a plethora of dudes with 92+ SQ. Unfortunately they're all loitering around the midcard to no avail.

<a href="http://i.imgur.com/ifCGqtJ" rel="external nofollow">Skills at end of 2023</a>

<a href="http://i.imgur.com/vvV7HBl" rel="external nofollow">Skills at start</a>

I don't know if I want to carry on. In one respect I have the idea of creating a faction of the original workers (Xavi, Silencer, Austin Smooth, Cobra and Hawkeye Calhoun) as bitter veterans angry at the upstarts coming in and "taking over". (I've got some fantastic newgens coming up, as well as Devyn Reynaud who has obviously had a great destiny roll). There's always the aim of getting into the Hall of Immortals as well. But I quite fancy the idea of starting over setting SAW to open in Jan 2016.

codey_v2 · June 21, 2016

Just remember, you don't have to run a show every month. If you take a month off, you'll make back a decent chunk of change. I'm neurotic about being in debt, so I usually only run a show every other month my first year and I come out in a good financial position.

Another advantage of this is that you fill the game world out with fresh debuts a lot quicker. These guys are very likely to have 0 popularity, and you can fill you roster out with them for much, much less than $200 a worker. Just remember to not cover travel expenses.

mvargus · June 21, 2016

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Jericho Rules" data-cite="Jericho Rules" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41290" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>One year in and I saw some decent progression with my character. I'll post another update after another year or two playing. I saw some small increases in psychology, etc. Even the in ring skills have increased decently. I'm really happy with the progression in the ability to play as a heel. I'm thinking about turning him babyface and seeing that increase too so I can have a wide variety of skills in terms of characters. I also went up in size from lightweight to middleweight and saw an increase in star quality and power. http://i.imgur.com/JQDFLbq.png So far, my company is still running, but man, it is losing money. While I've managed to keep spending to a minimum, it's going to be awhile before I can make a profit. What is the range a company is allowed to go into debt before closing?</div></blockquote> From what I've seen a RTG company will get shut down in June 2017 if it has not managed to get back out of debt.

mvargus · June 21, 2016

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="codey_v2" data-cite="codey_v2" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41290" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Just remember, you don't have to run a show every month. If you take a month off, you'll make back a decent chunk of change. I'm neurotic about being in debt, so I usually only run a show every other month my first year and I come out in a good financial position. Another advantage of this is that you fill the game world out with fresh debuts a lot quicker. These guys are very likely to have 0 popularity, and you can fill you roster out with them for much, much less than $200 a worker. Just remember to not cover travel expenses.</div></blockquote> I'm probably at neurotic as you, but I prefer to have a show each month. My mental picture of a wrestling promotion always has them losing fans if they don't have anything going on for 5 weeks or more. Yes, TEW doesn't have popularity start to drop that quickly, but in my mind that is what would happen, so I always try to have a show each month. As for debuts. That might work in a performance based company, but if you have popularity matter the 0 pop debuts are painful for the company. It's better to take 6 workers and build them up for 6-8 months and then introduce new debuts once your company is making money. You take a much smaller penalty that way.

mvargus · June 21, 2016

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Narcizo" data-cite="Narcizo" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41290" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>http://i.imgur.com/Rw7UThh.gif Yep, we got to National around September - just in time to be able to keep most of our talent. (Bizarrely the richest company in the world SOTBPW only took perpetual midcarder tag specialist Dragon Americano from us). So my character wins the King of New York at our final show for the year, in front of 75 000 fans, and being shown around the world (on CommPlanet and our very own network in Japan). A couple of days later Shooter Sean Deeley is nominated the best wrestler in the world and we win pretty much all the major awards. My user character is only 4th <img alt=":(" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/frown.png.e6b571745a30fe6a6f2e918994141a47.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />. We dominate the top 10 of the Power 500, only missing one spot (5th for Nicky Champion at SOTBPW). However I have only ever had one solitary 100 match, predictably in a tag. My stamina means that it's impossible to get a single 100. We come in second place in the national battles - it's impossible to compete with Champagne Lover and Nicky Champion. (CL is on time decline so it'll happen eventually). But we're still growing because of our shows. Across the globe the interesting development is the arrival of CommPlanet which means that WLW are now International and growing. CGC are national in Canada with a great little roster including Wolf Hawkins, Steve Frehley, Davis Wayne Newton and .... the 48-year old Dan DaLay. Still. Despite being at the bottom of time decline with 0 in most top row stats, 17 consistency and 0 stamina. Good choice in best friends there Dan. SWF and TCW have both hit national at the start of the year so there are currently 5 national companies in the US (SOTBPW and 21CW are the other two). WLW are on the verge as well and will hit US national during January. Despite having less pulling power in Japan than BHOTWG. IF SWF could book themselves properly then they could dethrone SOTBPW from the Pulling Power throne as they have a plethora of dudes with 92+ SQ. Unfortunately they're all loitering around the midcard to no avail. <a href="http://i.imgur.com/ifCGqtJ" rel="external nofollow">Skills at end of 2023</a> <a href="http://i.imgur.com/vvV7HBl" rel="external nofollow">Skills at start</a> I don't know if I want to carry on. In one respect I have the idea of creating a faction of the original workers (Xavi, Silencer, Austin Smooth, Cobra and Hawkeye Calhoun) as bitter veterans angry at the upstarts coming in and "taking over". (I've got some fantastic newgens coming up, as well as Devyn Reynaud who has obviously had a great destiny roll). There's always the aim of getting into the Hall of Immortals as well. But I quite fancy the idea of starting over setting SAW to open in Jan 2016.</div></blockquote> Congrats, well done.

Dr. Hook · June 21, 2016

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="mvargus" data-cite="mvargus" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41290" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div> As for debuts. That might work in a performance based company, but if you have popularity matter the 0 pop debuts are painful for the company. It's better to take 6 workers and build them up for 6-8 months and then introduce new debuts once your company is making money. You take a much smaller penalty that way.</div></blockquote> Yep- like you I run Pop>Perf feds, and you have to acquire these guys slowly. I once made the mistake of filling out a roster with cheapo debuts after I jumped to small to meet the minimum wrestler requirement and my first few shows were dreadful <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

Jericho Rules · June 21, 2016

I forgot to mention my first roll: 52. "The Real Rock n' Rolla" You've filled in for a band member one night, who now wants to you tour with them as a result. Add +10 between your Microphone and Charisma. Add "Musician" to your character. (Other Genre)

Awesome haha.

mvargus · June 21, 2016

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Dr. Hook" data-cite="Dr. Hook" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41290" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Yep- like you I run Pop>Perf feds, and you have to acquire these guys slowly. I once made the mistake of filling out a roster with cheapo debuts after I jumped to small to meet the minimum wrestler requirement and my first few shows were dreadful <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote> So true. Of course what I always end up doing is slowly adding wrestlers long before I get to small. In both of my RTG games I had 8 wrestlers before 2016 ended and 10 before March 2017 ended. I did have to go out and find 6 more, but that was a lot less painful than trying to add 10 new wrestlers in a pop>perf promotion. But that's part of what makes this game fun. You have to work out how to develop your talent and make them successful. The RtG just forces you to be a bit more methodical and patient than you might be in SWF. In SWF you used to be able to just swoop in and steal a worker from CZCW or another of the regional feds after they had built up the worker. a RtG promotion has to create their starts from scratch and hope they aren't stolen.

Jericho Rules · June 21, 2016

Well, for the first time in years of playing TEW (since 2005 or 2007), I have run a company out of business haha.

I'm debating about restarting or continuing on and seeing what opportunities open. The only company hiring right now is a regional one, and I never grew the company to small. So I need to wait for a local or small company to be available. Nonetheless, I'm still having fun.

mvargus · June 21, 2016

Well, for the first time in years of playing TEW (since 2005 or 2007), I have run a company out of business haha.

I'm debating about restarting or continuing on and seeing what opportunities open. The only company hiring right now is a regional one, and I never grew the company to small. So I need to wait for a local or small company to be available. Nonetheless, I'm still having fun.

The way sponsorship works for a local company is a bit brutal. You have to be so careful about how deep in debt you go in the first 6 months and can't have the wrestling industry or economy be below E+ or you just won't get back in the black in time to avoid bankruptcy.

Jericho Rules · June 21, 2016

The way sponsorship works for a local company is a bit brutal. You have to be so careful about how deep in debt you go in the first 6 months and can't have the wrestling industry or economy be below E+ or you just won't get back in the black in time to avoid bankruptcy.

Yes, unfortunately I've discovered that the hard way. I normally play with smaller promotions (MAW being my favourite), so I figured I could handle it. Nope haha. If I restart, I'll be more careful about how I move forward. I'm considering running 4 shows a month for two months, then taking two or three months off to recoup a bit of the losses.

mvargus · June 21, 2016

Yes, unfortunately I've discovered that the hard way. I normally play with smaller promotions (MAW being my favourite), so I figured I could handle it. Nope haha. If I restart, I'll be more careful about how I move forward. I'm considering running 4 shows a month for two months, then taking two or three months off to recoup a bit of the losses.

Some people have reported some success with that technique. I've managed to get a company through the dry period with just 1 show a month, but you end up running with just 5 hired wrestlers. After that some people have pre-set a owner who can be a referee. I allowed the game to assign me an owner and ended up with Marvin Earnest. I used him as an announcer and hired a referee.

Once you get to F popularity it seems to get a lot easier fairly quickly. The sponsor money is enough to pay for shows and you can use your ticket and merchandise sales for profit and slow expansion of your roster.

Jericho Rules · June 21, 2016

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="mvargus" data-cite="mvargus" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41290" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Some people have reported some success with that technique. I've managed to get a company through the dry period with just 1 show a month, but you end up running with just 5 hired wrestlers. After that some people have pre-set a owner who can be a referee. I allowed the game to assign me an owner and ended up with Marvin Earnest. I used him as an announcer and hired a referee. Once you get to F popularity it seems to get a lot easier fairly quickly. The sponsor money is enough to pay for shows and you can use your ticket and merchandise sales for profit and slow expansion of your roster.</div></blockquote> Thanks, that's very helpful!

Derek B · June 21, 2016

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SCOTIA

So, after a bit of a break from this for my diary game I got back to this and finished year 3 earlier today, taking WAM into the new millennium on a high as we win Most Improved Company of the year for 1999. This is largely in part due to Nicolas Lopez, who delivers a B+/A performance every match and is head and shoulders ahead of everyone else on the roster. He won his second El Rey De La Ringo tournament in January (third if you include the original tournament to crown a champion) and won his third WAM title with the resulting title shot. WAM added more shows this year too, with a “For The Fans” secondary event that showcased more of our undercard whlie the main shows featured Nico Lopez defending the gold against everyone. He is the 7th most popuar wrestler in Mexico at this point, and really should be far too big for us, but is happy making about 2000 a show and being figurehead/champion. As for myself, the extra shows have helped me to grow significantly, and I've been giiving myself a lot of promo time, particularly since turning tecnico in the summer. My babyface skill has exploded due to the 5 or 6 segments I'm in per month, which has seen me grow a lot. We've also been building some homegrown stars, with Chimera in particular looking like a fine talent for the future as a NBT and top of my Talk The Talk screen. Good times.

This year I rolled a 20, giving me +5 to my hardcore skill which has already been added for my skills. Another minor skill boost to another skiill that doesn't really need it. My progress so far...

Stats year 0

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Stats year 1

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Stats year 2

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Stats year 3

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Last year saw a lot of growth in the entertainment skills but most of my roster are of a high flying leaning... I've been hiring some new talent lately incluing the well established team of Rafael Ruiz (my first locker room leader) and Mateo Iglesias, who are favourites to become the first WAM tag champions when I crown them in the net few months. January will see the El Rey De La Ringo tournament get a new winner as Nico Lopez won't be involved, and I'm thinking of giving the win to Chimera, who has lost two matches sto Nico so far. The first was in straight falls, the second was 2 falls to 1 with Chimera getting a flash pin. I may go full heel with him and have him bring out the piledriver Ryoma “Rocket” Muruyama lost to Nico via DQ with a head drop suplex last year, letting his puro roots get the better of him. Here's how the roster of WAM is doing against the rest of the world too (we're up to rank 16, and E popularity).....

110 (up from 178): Nicolas Lopez – has been getting B rated matches lately, the man is a god around here

168 (up from 321): Rafael Ruiz – just debuted here, he's going to be the anchor for the main event and will be teaching me technical skills

188 (up from 293): Tijuana Vampire – our lead heel, he likes to bloody people and has been delivering C+ performances. Very talented and only getting better

205 (up from 357): Ryoma “Rocket” Muruyama – turned heel to try and best Nico Lopez, he caused Nico to lose his only WAM match this year by turning on Nico in a tag vs Vampire and Del Muerto

231 (up from 281): Aguila Jr – The son of the boss, at over 1200 per appearance I had to wait to bring him in but he arrived in the summer. Has gotten a bit of a nepotistic push but can hold his own

271 (up from 308): Mateo Iglesias – another new signing, I hope he can teach me some skills even though he's on time decline by a couple of years]

281 (up from 382): Scotia – ME! I'm going from strength to strength and with my high reputation I'm hoping to branch out and find another job soon

286 (NEW): Chimera – Barely one year a pro, with huge entertainment skills and some good talent I have high hopes for him as a potential figurehead for the company. May be champion soon.

288 (up from 440): – Del Muerto. The weak link of his team, Del Muerto tends to be gatekeeper to Vampire more than a true equal. Still fun though

290 (NEW): Largarto Verde – The Green Lizard (according to google) is listed as strong in most categories and alo works for MPWF as an upper carder. Very hot prospect

346 (NEW): Super Star – Had a fun midcard rivalry with Pylea for a while (released now) and has Lucia as a manager... is good but directionless for me, so willl get a tag partner. Perhaps El Jabroni.

374 (up from 385): Arana Zafiro Jr – A WAM original but his performances have been underwhelming and he has fallen down the card to a midcard role

435 (NEW): Flex – A new arrival and the most annoying heel in the company, as a NBT he could be great but is firmly in the midcard tag ranks for now

445 (NEW): Pecs – Along with his tag partner, Pecs isn't doing very well so I'm hoping the tag team ranks will help him out

470 (NEW): Pinaculo Jr – The premier face team has been mostly directionless as I build up the division... they are good, but not good enough for a major role yet

480 (NEW): Zenith Jr – As above

It's been a fun run with WAM so far as we charge headlong towards Regional. We're making money with every show, though that probably wouldn't be true if we used everyone on every show. We had a 1000 seater sell out for our last show of the year, which was cool. I also decided to turn our first major profits into a 0 prestige dojo, with Bala Carmesi put in charge of that. No idea if we'll get any graduates from there, but I've set it up to be for both genders and with an emphasis on lucha libre.

The world is a strange looking place at this time too... CGC and NOTBPW have both died, giving the SWF a HUGE boost in Canadian popularity and some TV deals... they are still at cult though as they are mostly putting on B- rated shows with a roster gutted by HGC talent raids. SWF's top stars are Sam Keith, Rory McCallum, Sid Streets (who isn't in time decline yet), The Big Easy and Alex Pierce (who is in big time decline). They have some strong undercard talents thanks to NEW, but they have a long way to go. Meanwhile HGC has Sam Strong, Bruce the Giant, Christian Faith (!), Mr Hollywood (Dennis Butlet/Mr Supreme) and Bryan Vessey listed as their top five guys... and guys like Liberty, Vengeance, Dan Stone Jr, Mr Lucha, Jack Bruce and The Hype working below the main event. I really want the HGC job, but they are on the verge of National and put on reguar B/B+ shows so I doubt it will come up any time. Canada also has some insane talent available, including all the DeColts, Jeremy Stone, Runaway Train and many more.

So now, back to the game I go! I'm considering moving to weekly shows since we make a lot of money and it would help me to develop my own talent while growing us too... the more to regional is likely to require a significant bump up in production costs but I could sign more of the top guys in the region like Pablo Rodriguez, Luis Montero and Caras Colleccion... not sure what I'll do yet, but it looks set to be a fun year for Scotia and WAM.

ALSO... if you were wondering at what point an owner will stop working for free, it seems to be at $10,000. At least it was for Aguila.

Dr_Avalanche · June 22, 2016

The last screenshot I took of my skills was taken quite a bit late, a number of months into the second year, so there's not a drastic amount of change here. The biggest change came from my random roll - Nose to the Grindstone, which allowed a 5 point bonus to a top row skill, which I put into Flashiness.

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As far as the company goes, we met both critical goals this year - be ranked at least #40 in the world (Ranked 32nd when the time was up), and have no debt after two years (had a modest but sufficient $6000 in the bank). We're small, and pretty far from jumping to regional. New owners goal to maintain popularity in America feels modest... Additionally we can't hire any psychopaths, or wrestlers with stamina or safety under 35. Oh dear, how shall I survive?

Full roster:

Main eventers:

Upper Midcard:

Johnny Needham, Austin Smooth, Annihilus

Midcard:

Vikki Victoria, Logan Wolfsbane, American Elemental II, Wild Child, Avalanche Takano

Lower Midcard:

Sterling Whitlock, Crash Lewis, Cobra

Opener:

Bullseye, Blue Phantom

Enhancement Talent:

Samael The Accuser

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