The Official ThunderVerse Thread

[MarslArts]

<p>I'm playing AWF as a booker and my owner goals said I had to push Theo Barkley. I made him a belt collector, as I had no other idea for him. He already captured Merenges Television Title (who I got shortly ridd off afterwards) and El Ángel and I'm planning on him beating Derrick Rollins for the United States belt as well.</p><p> </p><p>

Have you ever done something interesting with Theo Barkley succesfull and have some tipps how to use him?</p>

[Sigilistic]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Pteroid" data-cite="Pteroid" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41411" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Make like a hexagon and have a ton of angles</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I've altered the product so that it's 50/50 matches and angles. I have tons of angles. But the problem is that outside of Hawk/Dolla, I can't seem to do better than a B-, which isn't enough to avoid the penalty. And even Hawk and Dolla aren't a guaranteed lock for a B or greater. And this is with angles playing to strengths, so guys like Cross talking and guys like Core being menacing.</p>

[Bigpapa42]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Sigilistic" data-cite="Sigilistic" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41411" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I've altered the product so that it's 50/50 matches and angles. I have tons of angles. But the problem is that outside of Hawk/Dolla, I can't seem to do better than a B-, which isn't enough to avoid the penalty. And even Hawk and Dolla aren't a guaranteed lock for a B or greater. And this is with angles playing to strengths, so guys like Cross talking and guys like Core being menacing.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> What is Giroux doing? I've thrown him into a storyline with Immortal Warrior before for easy great angle grades. Giroux is great on the mic, Adrienne helps him, and Warrior isn't bad himself.</p>

[MarslArts]

<p>Yeah keeping the storylines above B- is a pretty hustle.</p><p> </p><p>

I've passed the first ppv and my current storylines are:</p><p> </p><p>

Immortal Warrior vs Vincent I Parker = B</p><p>

Derrick Rollins vs Garrett South = B-</p><p>

Jean Claude Giroux vs Patriot = B</p><p>

Core vs Cross = B</p><p>

Silva Dolla & Tyrannus vs Timothy Hawk = B</p><p>

Alexis vs Jess Hart vs Mai-Li Kato vs Rosa = C-</p><p> </p><p>

But to be honest: I have no clue right now where which storyline is heading^^</p>

[SomeLazyMagic]

<p>The AWF is without a doubt my favorite promotion in all of the Thunderverse because of its potential for storytelling. It also has always kept me coming back to it with new ideas and new ways to tackle old ones. Hell, even though my computer went down a month ago and I'm currently unable to access TEW, I'm still booking ideas for what I'd like to the do the moment I have a new laptop.</p><p> </p><p>

For example, earlier today I just finished writing up what I'd like to do for New Year, No Limits, with the main focus being kept on establishing certain guys, storylines and overall tone of things for the next few months. For example, Silva Dolla is beating Patriot to establish himself as Champion and boss of his new faction while Hawk is going over Mountain Albert to establish himself as a threat to the Dolla Club and a return to form after a pretty bad second half of 2015 both in and out of kayfabe.</p><p> </p><p>

Card is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>

-Patriot vs Silva Dolla for the WC</p><p>

-Hawk vs Albert</p><p>

-The Specialists vs ALPHA</p><p>

-El Angel vs Jean-Claude Giroux for the TDB</p><p>

-Alexis vs Jazz vs Dana vs Megan</p><p>

-Rollins vs South for the US title in a Falls Count Anywhere match</p><p>

-Justice/Croaky vs Joe Havana and a debuting Alejandro Iglesias</p><p> </p><p>

And a pre-match battle royal that'll see Mo Fury come out the winner and No. 1 Contender for the US title.</p>

[Sigilistic]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Bigpapa42" data-cite="Bigpapa42" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41411" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>What is Giroux doing? I've thrown him into a storyline with Immortal Warrior before for easy great angle grades. Giroux is great on the mic, Adrienne helps him, and Warrior isn't bad himself.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Mostly tanking with Patriot, producing C+ rated Entertainment segments. I must be doing something wrong, or else just getting THE WORST random rolls.</p>

[Jon The GOAT]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Sigilistic" data-cite="Sigilistic" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41411" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Mostly tanking with Patriot, producing C+ rated Entertainment segments. I must be doing something wrong, or else just getting THE WORST random rolls.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Just a matter of booking more strategically. Make the last segment of the show that involves this storyline something that Jean-Claude Giroux is carrying. Say for example, have Giroux doing an interview backstage about their earlier encounter or something simple like that. He's most likely to grade high with Patriot off-screen and not being rated. Hawk/Dolla/Giroux/Towerblock/Albert/Warrior are probably the best guys to carry segments starting off so you should probably rely on them to keep your storyline grades up.</p>

[Bigpapa42]

Another easy trick is to cross over storylines. WWF did this all the time in the Attitude Era. If your main two stories are Hawk-Dolla and Giroux-Patriot... have a TV main event of Hawk & Patriot vs Dolla & Giroux. Show ends with a brawl. Easy A grade. Both storylines benefit.

[Gungner]

So, what's the history for AFW's Trillion Dollar belt?

Seems like a belt that should be on Silva Dollar, and not El Angel...

[MarslArts]

So, what's the history for AFW's Trillion Dollar belt?

Seems like a belt that should be on Silva Dollar, and not El Angel...

 

I asked the same question (the page before), seems there is no canon story for it besides that AWFs former owner introduced it.

Maybe someone might correct me here

[Bigpapa42]

MHero might have something to offer as he was a lot more involved in ThunderVerse creation than I. But I do did some digging and the genesis of the idea for the belt was as a belt with purely financial motivations for the wrestler. Basically, the wrestler is getting money for holding it. Not in the normal way a champion gets a bigger payday by being higher on the card, etc. Just literally getting like $25K per week - kayfabe, not real payout. I don't find the idea evolving from that original suggestion. Unfortunately, there really isn't a way to explain that in game as belts don't have bios.

 

I dig it. It fits with a dynamic I tend to use with the AWF, which evolved from some diary ideas. Basically, I think there would be a lot of anti-AWF wrestling fans and one of the biggest complaints would be that its a "fake" company built on the ashes of the WWWE and on the wallet of a billionaier fanboy. Not that the WWWE strikes me as a company with a great deal of integrity and soul, but fans aren't always logical lol. The AWF being built with former-WWWE talent just reinforces that. It contrasts the growth of PWI, which is a more organic and "real" company. So the AWF would be labelled as a soulless, "fake" company built on dirty money by those fans who dislike it. Obviously, its grown past the point where WWWE stars were there just for the payday, but once some of those dynamics are established, some people won't let them go. All that said, I also like the thought of the AWF brass recognizing it and in some ways, embracing it. Finding different ways to make money an on-screen motivator. this belts fits with that dynamic really nicely.

[Jon The GOAT]

Another easy trick is to cross over storylines. WWF did this all the time in the Attitude Era. If your main two stories are Hawk-Dolla and Giroux-Patriot... have a TV main event of Hawk & Patriot vs Dolla & Giroux. Show ends with a brawl. Easy A grade. Both storylines benefit.

 

Decided to give this a try for AWF - yes, once again giving them a shot - and it worked wonders. A Dolla/Hawk/Core/Cross brawl to end my show got a 92. It seems like show rating wise, the hard bit will be getting that main event into B+ territory.

 

Signed to dev:

RD King

Dante Laff

Ace Smith

Xero

Travis Stine

Nathan Jordan

Mike Frobel

Leviathan

Harmony Nolen

Caleb Adonis

 

Signed to main roster:

Jess Hart

 

Those are all the immediate signings I'm doing. Once again trying to keep things simple and just winging it for booking mostly instead of the heavy planning I usually lean on.

 

A part of me hates having sex appeal-based division but you can get really solid grades with them. I get easy 70s with a 7-minute womens division match. I'm curious as to if I can get into B+ territory with a sex appeal based match. I'm bringing in Jess Hart to anchor the division nevertheless.

 

Only time decline guys at the moment are: Jean-Claude Giroux () and Marshall Law which means Immortal Warrior & Towerblock are still in prime.

 

Adrienne is actually amazing btw, definitely make use of her. She's an A for segments and if you use her in the Starlets division, she gets 90s in Eye Candy based matches thanks to that insane pop and sex appeal.

 

Also for Theo Barkley I gave him the Trillion Dollar Belt. I'll have him be increasingly lavish from week to week, and grow into an MVP-esque character.

[Bigpapa42]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Jon The GOAT" data-cite="Jon The GOAT" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41411" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Decided to give this a try for AWF - yes, once again giving them a shot - and it worked wonders. A Dolla/Hawk/Core/Cross brawl to end my show got a 92. It seems like show rating wise, the hard bit will be getting that main event into B+ territory. <p> </p><p> Signed to dev:</p><p> RD King</p><p> Dante Laff</p><p> Ace Smith</p><p> Xero</p><p> Travis Stine</p><p> Nathan Jordan</p><p> Mike Frobel</p><p> Leviathan</p><p> Harmony Nolen</p><p> Caleb Adonis</p><p> </p><p> Signed to main roster:</p><p> Jess Hart</p><p> </p><p> Those are all the immediate signings I'm doing. Once again trying to keep things simple and just winging it for booking mostly instead of the heavy planning I usually lean on. </p><p> </p><p> A part of me hates having sex appeal-based division but you can get really solid grades with them. I get easy 70s with a 7-minute womens division match. I'm curious as to if I can get into B+ territory with a sex appeal based match. I'm bringing in Jess Hart to anchor the division nevertheless. </p><p> </p><p> Only time decline guys at the moment are: Jean-Claude Giroux (<img alt=":(" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/frown.png.e6b571745a30fe6a6f2e918994141a47.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />) and Marshall Law which means Immortal Warrior & Towerblock are still in prime.</p><p> </p><p> Adrienne is actually amazing btw, definitely make use of her. She's an A for segments and if you use her in the Starlets division, she gets 90s in Eye Candy based matches thanks to that insane pop and sex appeal.</p><p> </p><p> Also for Theo Barkley I gave him the Trillion Dollar Belt. I'll have him be increasingly lavish from week to week, and grow into an MVP-esque character.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I'm toying around with the AWF again as well. Kept going back and forth between an SWF save or the AWF. Decided to be AWESOME. </p><p> </p><p> The crossing over storylines in the main event is a favorite trick of mine. Its commonly done in SE so its not "cheap". The Attitude Era did it tons. I feel pretty cheap if I end every show with "Face Off No Contact" or something like that, but mix it up so its not overly repetitive. </p><p> </p><p> I opened up 2 more developmental companies, but I'm actually being more cautious with the signings. Just realized that I need to sign more development women for one of them, so I guess I was over-cautious on signings for once lol. Like the last go with AWF, having fun renaming a lot of the signings so they feel different. I'm also taking more time to get a feel for different workers, so they don't get overlooked and underused. </p><p> </p><p> I just moved the TV title from Merengue to Theo Barkley. Think I can have some fun with him. </p><p> </p><p> Its a storyline I've used a ton, but gonna have Giroux slowly assemble a stable around him. He'll end up recruiting the likes of Towerblock and Mountain Albert, so it will be impressive with former champions. But he's really just looking to have muscle. it will eventually be a few younger workers. </p><p> </p><p> Good call on Adrienne, Jon. I sometimes forget that she can/should wrestle. And yeah, she helps matches a ton. I am continually guilty of under-using the ladies. Was thinking I would turn Dana into a cornerstone eventually, but she doesn't want to go to developmental (after signing her to a Written deal) and I'm concerned that means she doesn't have the potential to be a true talent. But I also very much agree that I don't like the thought of having the division built around looks. So its a matter of using those grades to slowly transform it into a more legitimate division. </p><p> </p><p> For the Trillion Dollar belt, I'm going to go with the original idea. Anyone who holds the belt gets a cash payout from AWF management each week. Something like $10K bonus per full 7 days of holding the belt. Each successful defense gets them another bonus. But... the belt has to be defended every PPV in a mutli-man match. Winner gets the belt, plus a $20k payout. Makes regular changes a given. Gives a legit and logical reason that the lower card talent would all be chasing it all the time, even though its a lowly belt.</p>

[Jon The GOAT]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Bigpapa42" data-cite="Bigpapa42" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41411" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I'm toying around with the AWF again as well. Kept going back and forth between an SWF save or the AWF. Decided to be AWESOME. <p> </p><p> The crossing over storylines in the main event is a favorite trick of mine. Its commonly done in SE so its not "cheap". The Attitude Era did it tons. I feel pretty cheap if I end every show with "Face Off No Contact" or something like that, but mix it up so its not overly repetitive. </p><p> </p><p> I opened up 2 more developmental companies, but I'm actually being more cautious with the signings. Just realized that I need to sign more development women for one of them, so I guess I was over-cautious on signings for once lol. Like the last go with AWF, having fun renaming a lot of the signings so they feel different. I'm also taking more time to get a feel for different workers, so they don't get overlooked and underused. </p><p> </p><p> I just moved the TV title from Merengue to Theo Barkley. Think I can have some fun with him. </p><p> </p><p> Its a storyline I've used a ton, but gonna have Giroux slowly assemble a stable around him. He'll end up recruiting the likes of Towerblock and Mountain Albert, so it will be impressive with former champions. But he's really just looking to have muscle. it will eventually be a few younger workers. </p><p> </p><p> Good call on Adrienne, Jon. I sometimes forget that she can/should wrestle. And yeah, she helps matches a ton. I am continually guilty of under-using the ladies. Was thinking I would turn Dana into a cornerstone eventually, but she doesn't want to go to developmental (after signing her to a Written deal) and I'm concerned that means she doesn't have the potential to be a true talent. But I also very much agree that I don't like the thought of having the division built around looks. So its a matter of using those grades to slowly transform it into a more legitimate division. </p><p> </p><p> For the Trillion Dollar belt, I'm going to go with the original idea. Anyone who holds the belt gets a cash payout from AWF management each week. Something like $10K bonus per full 7 days of holding the belt. Each successful defense gets them another bonus. But... the belt has to be defended every PPV in a mutli-man match. Winner gets the belt, plus a $20k payout. Makes regular changes a given. Gives a legit and logical reason that the lower card talent would all be chasing it all the time, even though its a lowly belt.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> What are the 2 developmentals you opened. I know my first attempt I kinda rushed to try and get a real world WWE feel with regards to NXT/NXT UK/205 Live, etc. I'm trying to keep it slow this time. I really want to turn Aftershock into a U-30 NXTish show because 40 guys is a bit too many people for me to restrict to one show. I'm definitely going to be renaming guys as well unless its someone like Jess Hart. </p><p> </p><p> The TV and Trillion Dollar belts will probably hop around quite a bit for me. I like the idea you had for the trillion dollar belt and I enjoy the idea of the initial storyline being Barkley being more flamboyant and obnoxious week to week thanks to the payouts. </p><p> </p><p> Merengue is a weak champion so I'm looking to have him pass on the belt soon. Next defense will probably be against El Angel. </p><p> </p><p> Have you changed Shockwave to 2hrs?</p><p> </p><p> The easy decision would probably be to have my second major heel/tweener build a stable for sure. Dolla is helpful in getting Avalanche/Tyrannus/Mo on TV even if they don't have a match that week. I'm never sure if I should include Iesha in a segment or just exclude her since she'll help either way. </p><p> </p><p> I'm obsessed with making South/Rollins a team thanks to Sheamus/Cesaro so I like the idea of a tag division comprised of Albert/Towerblock, Californian Blondes, Specialist, Rollins/South and maybe a Dolla Club pairing. </p><p> </p><p> I didn't notice Dana wasn't on a written tbh. </p><p> </p><p> Maybe eventually I will move into the Women's Revolution era but it'll strongly depend on whats their peak like with eye candy based matches. Also, I don't mind having one storyline eye candy aimed while the title is more competitive centric. </p><p> </p><p> What's your first PPV looking like?</p><p> </p><p> EDIT: Cool Chris busted for Roids. They were in line for tag title shots so I'll have to find someone else to team up with Beautiful Bryce at the PPV. </p><p> </p><p> I had Tyshawn Kidd come in to do a job on the pre-show and he was pretty impressive despite his 60 basics and 50 psych. He's in line with the upper mid/mid card scene to start. The 80 brawling probably helps. Hes got great menace/entertainment skills/sq without the toxic personality and is probably a better Mo Fury. MMA match surely to happen between these two on the AWF card.</p><p> </p><p> Also got excellent chemistry out of Drake Robin and Jordan James so they'll now be teaming in FAW.</p><p> </p><p> EDIT #2: Good guy Mo Fury decided to start a fight Casey Skym and got beaten up. There goes his credibility. On the upside, I was able to fine him and he has gone from an extremely negative influence to a very negative influence. </p><p> </p><p> Got another excellent tag chemistry out of Showtime Stevens & Texas Red.</p>

[Bigpapa42]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Jon The GOAT" data-cite="Jon The GOAT" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41411" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>What are the 2 developmentals you opened. I know my first attempt I kinda rushed to try and get a real world WWE feel with regards to NXT/NXT UK/205 Live, etc. I'm trying to keep it slow this time. I really want to turn Aftershock into a U-30 NXTish show because 40 guys is a bit too many people for me to restrict to one show. I'm definitely going to be renaming guys as well unless its someone like Jess Hart. <p> </p><p> The TV and Trillion Dollar belts will probably hop around quite a bit for me. I like the idea you had for the trillion dollar belt and I enjoy the idea of the initial storyline being Barkley being more flamboyant and obnoxious week to week thanks to the payouts. </p><p> </p><p> Merengue is a weak champion so I'm looking to have him pass on the belt soon. Next defense will probably be against El Angel. </p><p> </p><p> Have you changed Shockwave to 2hrs?</p><p> </p><p> The easy decision would probably be to have my second major heel/tweener build a stable for sure. Dolla is helpful in getting Avalanche/Tyrannus/Mo on TV even if they don't have a match that week. I'm never sure if I should include Iesha in a segment or just exclude her since she'll help either way. </p><p> </p><p> I'm obsessed with making South/Rollins a team thanks to Sheamus/Cesaro so I like the idea of a tag division comprised of Albert/Towerblock, Californian Blondes, Specialist, Rollins/South and maybe a Dolla Club pairing. </p><p> </p><p> I didn't notice Dana wasn't on a written tbh. </p><p> </p><p> Maybe eventually I will move into the Women's Revolution era but it'll strongly depend on whats their peak like with eye candy based matches. Also, I don't mind having one storyline eye candy aimed while the title is more competitive centric. </p><p> </p><p> What's your first PPV looking like?</p><p> </p><p> EDIT: Cool Chris busted for Roids. They were in line for tag title shots so I'll have to find someone else to team up with Beautiful Bryce at the PPV. </p><p> </p><p> I had Tyshawn Kidd come in to do a job on the pre-show and he was pretty impressive despite his 60 basics and 50 psych. He's in line with the upper mid/mid card scene to start. The 80 brawling probably helps. Hes got great menace/entertainment skills/sq without the toxic personality and is probably a better Mo Fury. MMA match surely to happen between these two on the AWF card.</p><p> </p><p> Also got excellent chemistry out of Drake Robin and Jordan James so they'll now be teaming in FAW.</p><p> </p><p> EDIT #2: Good guy Mo Fury decided to start a fight Casey Skym and got beaten up. There goes his credibility. On the upside, I was able to fine him and he has gone from an extremely negative influence to a very negative influence. </p><p> </p><p> Got another excellent tag chemistry out of Showtime Stevens & Texas Red.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I opened up Full Throttle Wrestling in Chicago and Progress Wrestling in Brooklyn. Wanted names that fit with the Future and Awesome theme a bit more, but I also wanted nice logos, so... compromise. Both are smallest possible size and touring. Also switched FAW to touring. All three got annual tournaments too (the PWI tournament logos came in handy). My intent was to open one rather than two, but I was signing enough workers that I would have had a bloated roster and added talent to FAW to bloat them up a bit too. A third one wasn't really necessary but it makes it a bit easier. </p><p> </p><p> I intended to keep Shockwave at 90 minutes.... but booking the first one made me lust for the additional 30 minutes so I gave in rather quickly. I enjoy SE because I enjoy creating angles. If someone is over and is entertaining, I want them in an angle. Whether its an 80s style vignette, backstage segment, whatever. I also have a bad habit of wanting both sides of a storyline to have an angle each week, but that's really not necessary. </p><p> </p><p> Aftershock will be similar for me - mostly an Under-30 show for lower card showcases, with a few veteran exceptions. Totally stealing Theo slowly getting more grandiose and excessive as he has a nice reign with the Trillion Dollar belt at some point. I could add a Cruiserweight / Women's show at some point as another B show. </p><p> </p><p> To be honest, the Giroux stable will probably end up being a primary one. The Dolla Club just has too many meh members for my tastes. I could switch out membership, but while I do dig the "leader" dynamic of Silva Dollar, I see him as bad ass enough that he doesn't really NEED a bunch of backup. I see the Tyrannus role as being more about having someone else to torment Hawk than really needing that muscle. Conversely, I don't see Giroux as a leader but as a manipulator, and he wants protection. He starts out with Mountain Albert, Towerblock, and maybe a loose association with Rollins. But when they wise up to being manipulated and bolt, Giroux can swap in some midcard talent could use the rub. It gives Adrienne more to help out with, and when he does start to decline, I can transition Giroux to managing the stable. Kinda like an AWF Four Horsemen in the later 00s if Flair had transitioned to managing .</p><p> </p><p> There are a few on-roster talent that like the chemical help in various forms. I dropped drug testing to the lowest level lol</p><p> </p><p> PPV will be pretty straight forward. Hawk-Dolla, South-Rollins, and Core-Cross. I've added Giroux beefin with Immortal Warrior and a bit of a throwaway between Patriot and Mountain Albert. Given that Giroux will begin recruiting the two big men, that crosses those storylines over a fair bit. I'll have those matches on there, plus a tag defense of some sort and the women's title. I will do to the Trillion Dollar title match if I can fit it, but that might end up as a dark match.</p>

[DeathZone2]

I love booking AWF but I was kind off having a bad time with getting storyline heat, mainly because I was pushing Tyrannus at the top of the card, except of course for Cross vs. Core which has been going on for 2 years and will end at the season finale for the World Title can't wait. <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

[Jon The GOAT]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Bigpapa42" data-cite="Bigpapa42" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41411" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I opened up Full Throttle Wrestling in Chicago and Progress Wrestling in Brooklyn. Wanted names that fit with the Future and Awesome theme a bit more, but I also wanted nice logos, so... compromise. Both are smallest possible size and touring. Also switched FAW to touring. All three got annual tournaments too (the PWI tournament logos came in handy). My intent was to open one rather than two, but I was signing enough workers that I would have had a bloated roster and added talent to FAW to bloat them up a bit too. A third one wasn't really necessary but it makes it a bit easier. <p> </p><p> I intended to keep Shockwave at 90 minutes.... but booking the first one made me lust for the additional 30 minutes so I gave in rather quickly. I enjoy SE because I enjoy creating angles. If someone is over and is entertaining, I want them in an angle. Whether its an 80s style vignette, backstage segment, whatever. I also have a bad habit of wanting both sides of a storyline to have an angle each week, but that's really not necessary. </p><p> </p><p> Aftershock will be similar for me - mostly an Under-30 show for lower card showcases, with a few veteran exceptions. Totally stealing Theo slowly getting more grandiose and excessive as he has a nice reign with the Trillion Dollar belt at some point. I could add a Cruiserweight / Women's show at some point as another B show. </p><p> </p><p> To be honest, the Giroux stable will probably end up being a primary one. The Dolla Club just has too many meh members for my tastes. I could switch out membership, but while I do dig the "leader" dynamic of Silva Dollar, I see him as bad ass enough that he doesn't really NEED a bunch of backup. I see the Tyrannus role as being more about having someone else to torment Hawk than really needing that muscle. Conversely, I don't see Giroux as a leader but as a manipulator, and he wants protection. He starts out with Mountain Albert, Towerblock, and maybe a loose association with Rollins. But when they wise up to being manipulated and bolt, Giroux can swap in some midcard talent could use the rub. It gives Adrienne more to help out with, and when he does start to decline, I can transition Giroux to managing the stable. Kinda like an AWF Four Horsemen in the later 00s if Flair had transitioned to managing .</p><p> </p><p> There are a few on-roster talent that like the chemical help in various forms. I dropped drug testing to the lowest level lol</p><p> </p><p> PPV will be pretty straight forward. Hawk-Dolla, South-Rollins, and Core-Cross. I've added Giroux beefin with Immortal Warrior and a bit of a throwaway between Patriot and Mountain Albert. Given that Giroux will begin recruiting the two big men, that crosses those storylines over a fair bit. I'll have those matches on there, plus a tag defense of some sort and the women's title. I will do to the Trillion Dollar title match if I can fit it, but that might end up as a dark match.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> FAW probably isn't big enough to handle how big their roster is right now. I might end up opening a second dev as well but I'm holding back for now. </p><p> </p><p> I couldn't help but to push Shockwave to 2hrs and it still isn't really enough to do everything I want to do. </p><p> </p><p> I need to give Theo an actual program at some point but for now Aftershock is very much a B-show in terms of content with few week to week stories until I start to get really comfortable with the roster. </p><p> </p><p> I enjoy the Dolla Club too much to disband it. I don't think they've got meh members aside from Mo & Tyrannus being extremely negative at the start. Tyrannus can easily grow thanks to being a menace work and Avalanche/Mo Fury perform like upper mids and better than someone like Patriot at the start. Plus the menace <3 </p><p> </p><p> Giroux is early TD so hes still amazing, arguably the best guy on my roster even with the TD penalty. I think he will get some names to his side at the PPV to help him go over Patriot & Warrior, I'm not 100% sure who yet. </p><p> </p><p> Adrienne's a goddess. Her, Mariana, Alexis, Rosa and Jess Hart will be amazing. </p><p> </p><p> I'd rather get them all clean than drop it to a lower level. Almost tempted to bring it to extreme level. The only one I turn off is soft drugs because I have no problems with that. El Angel, the newly crowned TV Champion just got suspended for it (he was mad I suspended him and has seen his personality get worse), Angelo Justice joined him on the suspension line. He had a mini feud with George O'Neil going to decide El Angel's new challenger haha. So I guess it's time for a TV title tournament <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> Beautiful Bryce's new partner is Joe Havanna. Joe is super charismatic and I had nothing for him. </p><p> </p><p> My PPV is looking mostly the same as yours. Stone/Fire, Giroux&Partner/Warrior&Patriot, Specialist vs. Bryce/Havanna, Adrienne vs. Alexis vs. Marianna vs. Rosa. Possible a Trillion Dollar Belt defense since TV title will be out of commision and either a Twin Towers or Dolla Club tag match.</p>

[Sigilistic]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Jon The GOAT" data-cite="Jon The GOAT" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41411" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>FAW probably isn't big enough to handle how big their roster is right now. I might end up opening a second dev as well but I'm holding back for now. <p> </p><p> I couldn't help but to push Shockwave to 2hrs and it still isn't really enough to do everything I want to do. </p><p> </p><p> I need to give Theo an actual program at some point but for now Aftershock is very much a B-show in terms of content with few week to week stories until I start to get really comfortable with the roster. </p><p> </p><p> I enjoy the Dolla Club too much to disband it. I don't think they've got meh members aside from Mo & Tyrannus being extremely negative at the start. Tyrannus can easily grow thanks to being a menace work and Avalanche/Mo Fury perform like upper mids and better than someone like Patriot at the start. Plus the menace <3 </p><p> </p><p> Giroux is early TD so hes still amazing, arguably the best guy on my roster even with the TD penalty. I think he will get some names to his side at the PPV to help him go over Patriot & Warrior, I'm not 100% sure who yet. </p><p> </p><p> Adrienne's a goddess. Her, Mariana, Alexis, Rosa and Jess Hart will be amazing. </p><p> </p><p> I'd rather get them all clean than drop it to a lower level. Almost tempted to bring it to extreme level. The only one I turn off is soft drugs because I have no problems with that. El Angel, the newly crowned TV Champion just got suspended for it (he was mad I suspended him and has seen his personality get worse), Angelo Justice joined him on the suspension line. He had a mini feud with George O'Neil going to decide El Angel's new challenger haha. So I guess it's time for a TV title tournament <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> Beautiful Bryce's new partner is Joe Havanna. Joe is super charismatic and I had nothing for him. </p><p> </p><p> My PPV is looking mostly the same as yours. Stone/Fire, Giroux&Partner/Warrior&Patriot, Specialist vs. Bryce/Havanna, Adrienne vs. Alexis vs. Marianna vs. Rosa. Possible a Trillion Dollar Belt defense since TV title will be out of commision and either a Twin Towers or Dolla Club tag match.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Have you caught Garrett South juicing yet? He usually gets flagged in my first couple of shows.</p>

[Jon The GOAT]

Have you caught Garrett South juicing yet? He usually gets flagged in my first couple of shows.

 

Im still waiting on him tbh.

[Sigilistic]

Well I'm three Shockwaves in and holding steady, so thanks for the suggestion on keeping my grades up. Core/Cross has been something of a disappointment on its own but combo'd with Hawk/Dolla it does OK. I also have Giroux, and his new faction The Jet Set, feuding with Immortal Warrior. And VIP has returned to the company and will feud with Patriot.

 

Eye candy matches do wonders for the Starlets division ratings. I'm hoping to beef up their popularity so eventually I can let them cut loose and wrestle for real. Hell Cat is NOT happy about doing eye candy matches.

[MarslArts]

<p>I dropped eye Candy immediatley. I have a storyline including my most important Starlets and they are running good since Adrienne is joining the division (Giroux and her are having a bad chemistry).</p><p> </p><p>

Core/Cross is not doing great with me. I have no idea where to go with the Storyline. Any ideas?</p><p> </p><p>

edit: since I still have the same backstage issues since day one (my rating is right now close to 50%) and bonuses won't work (nearly spent 1.5 Mil on bonuses) I wonder: who did you succesfully meddle in AWF? The only firends I've created were Casey Skym and Immortal Warrior</p>

[Bigpapa42]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Jon The GOAT" data-cite="Jon The GOAT" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41411" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>FAW probably isn't big enough to handle how big their roster is right now. I might end up opening a second dev as well but I'm holding back for now. <p> </p><p> I couldn't help but to push Shockwave to 2hrs and it still isn't really enough to do everything I want to do. </p><p> </p><p> I need to give Theo an actual program at some point but for now Aftershock is very much a B-show in terms of content with few week to week stories until I start to get really comfortable with the roster. </p><p> </p><p> I enjoy the Dolla Club too much to disband it. I don't think they've got meh members aside from Mo & Tyrannus being extremely negative at the start. Tyrannus can easily grow thanks to being a menace work and Avalanche/Mo Fury perform like upper mids and better than someone like Patriot at the start. Plus the menace <3 </p><p> </p><p> Giroux is early TD so hes still amazing, arguably the best guy on my roster even with the TD penalty. I think he will get some names to his side at the PPV to help him go over Patriot & Warrior, I'm not 100% sure who yet. </p><p> </p><p> Adrienne's a goddess. Her, Mariana, Alexis, Rosa and Jess Hart will be amazing. </p><p> </p><p> I'd rather get them all clean than drop it to a lower level. Almost tempted to bring it to extreme level. The only one I turn off is soft drugs because I have no problems with that. El Angel, the newly crowned TV Champion just got suspended for it (he was mad I suspended him and has seen his personality get worse), Angelo Justice joined him on the suspension line. He had a mini feud with George O'Neil going to decide El Angel's new challenger haha. So I guess it's time for a TV title tournament <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> Beautiful Bryce's new partner is Joe Havanna. Joe is super charismatic and I had nothing for him. </p><p> </p><p> My PPV is looking mostly the same as yours. Stone/Fire, Giroux&Partner/Warrior&Patriot, Specialist vs. Bryce/Havanna, Adrienne vs. Alexis vs. Marianna vs. Rosa. Possible a Trillion Dollar Belt defense since TV title will be out of commision and either a Twin Towers or Dolla Club tag match.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> FAW does already have a pretty big roster. That was part of why I figured it would be good to switch it to a touring schedule. More shows. </p><p> </p><p> Eye-candy matches honestly go against my preferences in a big way. But they are awful potent, and I figure I can convert them to be more serious wrestling as time goes on.</p>

[MarslArts]

I really start diggin the ThunderVerse and enjoy playin AWF. Only the backstage morale is in the dumps and is bothering me. Bonuses are killing my financial situation and it's like I'm losing 5% per week.

 

Who are easy to meddle to friends? I only managed to create a strong friendship between Immortal Warrior and Casey Skym.

[Bigpapa42]

I really start diggin the ThunderVerse and enjoy playin AWF. Only the backstage morale is in the dumps and is bothering me. Bonuses are killing my financial situation and it's like I'm losing 5% per week.

 

Who are easy to meddle to friends? I only managed to create a strong friendship between Immortal Warrior and Casey Skym.

 

Its not that individuals are "easier" to get to become friends. Meddling is fairly random. It does seem to work better if they are at a similar popularity level - always seem to have better success with two lower card workers or two upper card talent than a lower card and a main eventer. And obviously, it makes more sense to target more positive personality types.

[MarslArts]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Bigpapa42" data-cite="Bigpapa42" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41411" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Its not that individuals are "easier" to get to become friends. Meddling is fairly random. It does seem to work better if they are at a similar popularity level - always seem to have better success with two lower card workers or two upper card talent than a lower card and a main eventer. And obviously, it makes more sense to target more positive personality types.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I always thought it is a mixture of own ability, similiar personalities and similiar popularity level. The own ability is random but the rest is always the same.</p><p> </p><p> Backstage is slowly getting better</p>