Hassan Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Only started playing a week ago with the ufc to get to grips with it. Interested in seeing how people make their match ups? Do you go by the rankings, say always putting people against those within +- 5 positions? Do you see if someone has potential with their stats and try and feed them folk you think they will beat? Do you try and keep 2 big prospects away from each other? Always give the number 2 the title shot? Be good to see a range of opinions of how they play and how to make the best match ups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gtact420 Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 I book more with entertainment and development in mind and less about being fair. There is always one or two good competitive match-up on the cards. I book the younger guys in competitive match-ups as well in order to develop their skills. The rest of my guys follow a wrestling pattern ie: The most skilled workers get fed average workers, who in turn are fed by jobbers in order to gain momentum and popularity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payne Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Gtact420" data-cite="Gtact420" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42723" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I book more with entertainment and development in mind and less about being fair. There is always one or two good competitive match-up on the cards. I book the younger guys in competitive match-ups as well in order to develop their skills. The rest of my guys follow a wrestling pattern ie: The most skilled workers get fed average workers, who in turn are fed by jobbers in order to gain momentum and popularity.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Hmm. This is interesting. What kind of math do you use to establish this? I'd like to get a similar pattern going on.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackman Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 <p>To be successful in the game (and real life as a promoter for that matter) is just to focus on the main event. You should be able to churn out great main events. To ensure this, make sure:</p><p> </p><p> 1. You 'choose' a champ that can retain several times (so a skilled individual) so you can actually build stars. A bunch of 0-momentum guys will get you nowhere.</p><p> </p><p> 2. You have eligible/credible contenders at the ready whenever the champ is medically cleared to compete (one way is to book as many matches as possible, another way is to book according to rankings, but the latter is often a dull affair as you don't take styles into account)</p><p> </p><p> 3. Your card features a bunch of squashes, or at least some fights that you can bet on to finish with a stoppage (but this basically comes down to number 2)</p><p> </p><p> I tried to book fairly but honestly it's just not rewarding and you will probably do bad as a 'gamer'. Either your title is passed more often than a hot piece of coal, or you get dull main events that take away from your pop as a company. But ultimately you book however you feel like. It's your game. <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> But if you play long enough you will find yourself screwing fighters out of title shots by giving others a pass to skip the end of the line.</p><p> </p><p> The AI used to separate top contenders to build for superbouts, but I'd advise against it as the cap is pretty low. Late in the game - when you're high level international - any decent title fight will get you the same draw as a super-highly-anticipated-onceinalifetime-fight. So why would you even risk it? If one gets injured or decides to retire your plan will fail miserably.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gtact420 Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Hmm. This is interesting. What kind of math do you use to establish this? I'd like to get a similar pattern going on. In a regional company of around 20-25 workers per weight division, I tend to keep around 6 workers who are made for my main-event (depending on skill, not rank). 1 is the champion, 1 challenger. The next with the highest momentum is made to wait for a title shot while the other 3 fight to gain momentum. Then half of the roster is considered my mid card. The young guys in this group usually fight competitive match-ups in order to train up, often each other. The veterans in this group either provide the tough challenge to the youngsters or serve as a can to the 3 main eventers looking to build momentum. Fighters with good momentum in this group often serve in the co-main either with each other or the main eventers building momentum. If the momentum is going really well and with decent popularity they might also challenge for the title once in a while. For bigger companies, you could use these matches to main your tv-shows as well. The remaining are usually jobbers or youngsters with very low scouting level. This is just an architecture and I don't follow it always. Basically controlling momentum is the key. If you find a fighter with good momentum and skills but low popularity, it is always better to feed him cans until he reaches the popularity level befitting him before you blow off his momentum in a competitive match-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrokenCycle Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 <p>I've booked every single way I could possibly imagine...</p><p> </p><p> Rankings, Popularity, Betting Line, Skill, Fight Draw, Tomato Cans... Each one has their own pros and cons. Just do whatever you want. I feel like if you stick to a rigid "#3 faces #4, #1 faces #2" booking system it takes a lot of the fun and strategy out of the game, though.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrokenCycle Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 <p>And since you're new to the game, here's how I book month to month... Works very well. </p><p> </p><p> Always book your shows the night of the current month's show. When you book your list should look like this:</p><p> </p><p> January's show that you're going to run that night. </p><p> February's show</p><p> March's show</p><p> April's show</p><p> </p><p> At the night of your January show, you have already booked your February show, you're going to book the March show, and you're going to "preview" the April show. Your focus is the March show. While booking the March show, you can see where fights will fall on April's show. Just go ahead and book them while you're also booking the March show. Usually I get a good undercard fight I'm interested in doing, or even the main event. Most of the time, though, I fill up the prelims.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUINNC Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 <p>I book four to six shows a month with the very occasional slow month with only three shows. I have a huge roster and weight classes super heavyweight to flyweight for the men (thinking about launching a strawweight men's division) and women's featherweight to atomweight (possibly a women's lightweight division in the future). </p><p> </p><p> My big shows I do a big title fight featuring my over champions and top contender (sometimes about rank, sometimes about popularity, sometimes about who called out who, and sometimes about just who is available) and a solid main card. Sometimes I'll do a co-main event title fight as well with a not-so-over champion so they can get a pop increase co-headlining with the big name champion. </p><p> </p><p> My medium size cards I do a less-over title fight or a top contender main event with a decent main card. These cards usually have fighters I want to see if they can be future title challengers and get their popularity up.</p><p> </p><p> Then, I have my "Fight Pass" size cards where the main event is usually a fight I think will be very entertaining (two stand up guys or two surging prospects or up and comer versus solid gatekeeper) and then a pretty blah main and undercard just to keep people busy and see if anyone breaks through and looks like a future contender. </p><p> </p><p> My big shows are Pay Per Views, medium shows are television, and small shows on subscription/Fight Pass. I'm three years in and having a blast. A create 10 new fighters every 6 months with random stats to add with 6 free agents for TUF. That's been fun as well to create new stars. Similar to what BrokenCycle said, I've booked every different way before this, but this game has really been the one I love and keep going as all the others flame out after about a year.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackman Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Always book your shows the night of the current month's show. When you book your list should look like this: That's also what I keep doing every damn game, no matter what booking strategy I apply. You can do monthly shows, which is easier, or you can book whenever a champ is ready, but that would require extra work. In the end, it doesn't matter that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassan Posted October 6, 2016 Author Share Posted October 6, 2016 <p>So how would you guys describe a "good match up.?" Someone with great stand up and poor ground against a good wrestler? 2 great stand up guys against each other? </p><p> </p><p> What I mean is if you are trying to push someone with an undefeated streak to get them hot, but their stats aren't great yet due to them still developing, how do you know what makes a good match without throwing them in at the deep end?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrokenCycle Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 <p>That is sound logic, but I would recommend not worrying about it. I just quickly glance at the Compare screen for a millisecond, see how much green and red there is, and close the screen immediately. </p><p> </p><p> The game is too random to really put that much thought into, at least in my opinion, and that's the fun of it. Each save will play out how it plays out.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azul Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 So how would you guys describe a "good match up.?" Someone with great stand up and poor ground against a good wrestler? 2 great stand up guys against each other? What I mean is if you are trying to push someone with an undefeated streak to get them hot, but their stats aren't great yet due to them still developing, how do you know what makes a good match without throwing them in at the deep end? What I do is betting lines vs. the fighter's rank. For example if I was to get a #12 over because of his charima and I go to the betting screen and see that he is favored over a #5 than I will definitely book that match. The only planning I do goes towards the betting lines. Making it more difficult than that takes fun out of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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