WLW: The World Level Wrestling discussion thread

[CMPunkBubble]

This is a place to talk about all things world level. I think they have one of the most exciting rosters in the game. At first glance the loss of Narita and Eagle two of there top talents back in 13 looks like a big void to fill but look deeper and you'll see Maita is a bonafide main eventer and SPEED D and Kurata are nicely positioned to start challenging the older members of Def-REALM for their spots. Amagawa and Panda Mask II are possible candidates for pushes also, then there's the matter of having Frankie Perez on your roster with a decent amount of pop, E+ across Japan I think at the start of the game. He's only on a PPA (the only worker on the roster who is) but can be built up as well.

 

Sitting at cult with £10,000,000 in the bank and LuchaResu TV there's very little to worry about at the start of the game. You can sign a PPV deal with J-Remote 1 and don't have to worry about national battles for a while so you can take your time and build up a nice war chest. I haven't been able to put on a show worse than a B- even with midcard acts mixing it up with main eventers in the last match, so losing pop is very unlikely at the start of the game. You need to be careful though, on every show you need to book one match on story telling, one on comedy and one has to be filled with high spots, a car crash or has to steal the show. If you miss one or more of those matches out the fans will feel short changed and it will hurt your final grade some.

 

Ok now story lines and booking plans. This is the best bit about the promotion for me. So many possibilities. The starting stories big one for me is heaven & hell. It's been running since May 15 so you can look to wrap it up but I like to have Angel win at fame & fortune but I have Reaver as a constant thorn in his side let Angel defend against other workers but Reaver is always lurking. When the full game comes out I would let Reaver develop his performance skills and maybe have him finally get his win later on after coming close so many times before. I don't like the thought of Kobe as the next champ I want to build new stars so I'll keep him busy in his feud with the black house. I'm gonna book the black house strong giving Kobe wins over Rouge and Narato but Maita always is a step too far and the numbers game plays its part. I want to get Infamy Inc involved so I might have them drop the titles to black house in shady circumstances and then join forces with Kobe, so Kobe can finally get his win over Maita. I'll call the group Paradigm shift and have them as the leading stable maybe forcing the black house nation to disband and just leave the the team of Narato and Maita.

 

Future booking plans could involve a GCG invasion angle pitting Gakusha, SUKI, Takayuki 2000 and Hyobanshi against Kobe, Angel, Reaver and Maita having to put their differences aside to take down the much bigger men who are coming on their patch and causing them problems.

 

You could team up SPEED D and Emerald Angel for a new sort of above and below. Maybe call them Angels and Demons. I know no what your thinking, Did you think of that name by yourself? Yes I did. I'm smart.

 

Start a modern Japan title and hold a tournament either knock outs or blocks with two or four main eventers form each promotion. There are so many ways you can take the promotion from stable wars to tag team tournaments it's a fun and accessible promotion and I hope it gets the love it deserves this time out.

 

I'm hoping there's other players giving World Level a go in the demo and if you'll be sticking with them after Monday, and if so what direction you're gonna be taking them in.

[a0161613]

<p>I really like WLW and having finally got over my issues with my puro lacking the face and heel divide, I'm ready to take this on.</p><p> </p><p>

I'm going to do the same as mentioned above. Get the ppv deal signed, start planning some tournaments. I've had a good roll with time decline only having three guys. I'm considering a dev territory but that is going to have to wait until after the tsunami I think. Perhaps a B show should be the priority.</p><p> </p><p>

I've already reduced the Comedy aspect.</p><p> </p><p>

It looks to be a good idea to use the loan and trade features rather than grab free agents, so I'll do some shortlisting before the first show.</p><p> </p><p>

It's going to be interesting to deal with this product for the first time but I think the talent is good enough to make it work. That alone makes them better than CZCW.</p><p> </p><p>

If this games do go long term and I get the chance to get to them, i think it would be amazing to make the product integrated and bring the 5 SSW workers....</p>

[Matt_Black]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="a0161613" data-cite="a0161613" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41307" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I really like WLW and having finally got over my issues with my puro lacking the face and heel divide, I'm ready to take this on.<p> </p><p> I'm going to do the same as mentioned above. Get the ppv deal signed, start planning some tournaments. I've had a good roll with time decline only having three guys. I'm considering a dev territory but that is going to have to wait until after the tsunami I think. Perhaps a B show should be the priority.</p><p> </p><p> I've already reduced the Comedy aspect.</p><p> </p><p> It looks to be a good idea to use the loan and trade features rather than grab free agents, so I'll do some shortlisting before the first show.</p><p> </p><p> It's going to be interesting to deal with this product for the first time but I think the talent is good enough to make it work. That alone makes them better than CZCW.</p><p> </p><p> If this games do go long term and I get the chance to get to them, i think it would be amazing to make the product integrated and bring the 5 SSW workers....</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> If you're going to make it integrated, grab Laura Flame.</p>

[Historian]

I'm actually about to start my first game ever booking WLW. I've only occasionally booked in Japan in the years I've been playing TEW -- I play in North America primarily (though I've had some games, just usually as PGHW), but I've been wanting to try the blended style of WLW, plus I've always wanted to book Emerald Angel, so I figured I'd give it a shot while taking a pause from my SCCW game that's been my main non diary game. Are there any must signs?

[a0161613]

<p>I'm trying to not hire everyone in sight in this particular save, to try something different. I think the product requires a bit of a focused approach. Without any pop even good workers will struggle to make an impact, unless they are currently active in Japan. Another reason is the lack of touring schedule, which could be another future change.</p><p> </p><p>

That's why I think a dev fed could be an idea, purely to bring up the gaijin or rookies. I think the integrated idea could work really well (in the future). </p><p> </p><p>

I've packed up my shortlist for the moment, which is filled with all of the usual suspects.</p>

[Matt_Black]

Laura Flame, again, is a fantastic choice. She gains in pop pretty quickly, in my experience, and that's without getting input from her mentor. And since Reaver is already on the roster....

[a0161613]

Laura Flame, again, is a fantastic choice. She gains in pop pretty quickly, in my experience, and that's without getting input from her mentor. And since Reaver is already on the roster....

 

It was something that i was planning to hold off on but I've got an idea on that so she's now in.

[Matt_Black]

Okay, I've been playing this again (as "Increase Cult to National" is one of the two size related achievements I've yet to... uh... achieve), and while reading the Stable description for Def-Realm, I see a group named "The Red Guild" mentioned, but poking around, I could find nothing else on this group. Anyone know anything?

[Defmall]

Ever since I discovered TEW, I only played RW Mods...but last week I checked into WLW and OH MY GOD I LOVE THIS ROSTER!! Started playing it lat weekend and can hardly put it down. Good thing I have a full time job!

[Spud1305]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Matt_Black" data-cite="Matt_Black" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41307" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Okay, I've been playing this again (as "Increase Cult to National" is one of the two size related achievements I've yet to... uh... achieve), and while reading the Stable description for Def-Realm, I see a group named "The Red Guild" mentioned, but poking around, I could find nothing else on this group. Anyone know anything?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Here is some info on the Red Guild stable (This is from TEW 2010 when the stable were active):</p><p> </p><p> The Red Guild was formed in WLW by Magnum Kobe, Dark Eagle and Silver Shark in 2008, and is an off-shoot of the original Circle Of Blood group. Their arch-enemies are Emerald Angel's Def-REALM. The group was disbanded when Silver Shark left WLW.</p><p> </p><p> Hope this helps <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

[Matt_Black]

Thanks. Anyway, I've found some luck hiring Eguchi the Amazing (excellent comedy jobber) and Stunner Sayaki.

 

Stay away from Arthur Dexter Bradley, though. You'll be tempted because he's related to guys on the roster, but in my experience he keeps showing up high as a kite.

 

Who does everyone bring in to bolster up the tag team division?

[Matt_Black]

Trying WLW again with a new playthrough- what does everyone do with the stables? Do you add any members to the existing ones (though it's not like the 505 NEEDS anymore), or do you start a few new ones?

[WWZone]

I just keep them, and book everything Dragon Gate style. Watch a bit of Dragon Gate, it will help you with understanding how to book WLW.