First Puro Fed

Rawisericho · January 31, 2017

Hi all, I'm going to start playing as a puro company for the first time. What are some things I should know before I start? Keep in mind I JUST started watching NJPW last week and have only used American companies in the game. I'll also probably use a real world mod. Any tips would be appreciated.

Defmall · January 31, 2017

I've played as NOAH before, and it was a good run.

I find that the Japanese companies are as diverse as US-based companies.

NOAH, for instance, put VERY little interest in angles and interviews. (I think it's 80% matches)

New Japan (a GREAT company to watch, by the way!) is pretty evenly weighted these days.

FMW was primarily violent, like ECW with no angles!

So I would say, even if you dont recognize the names on the rosters, just look for a company "style" you enjoy.

BTW -

Once I settled on NOAH, I did 2 things to make sense of my wrestlers:

1) I watched a few specific guys on YouTube and via Google Images to make sure I had a good feel for their style

2) I renamed guys who I KNEW I'd never be able to commit to memory! <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

d12345 · January 31, 2017

It really depends on which promotion.

New Japan shows I wouldn't say are evenly weighted between promo time and match time. Not even close.

If you're doing New Japan you set up feuds at the beginning of each tour and put the participants of those feuds in 3v3, 4v4, or 5v5 matches during the tour shows.

Set up your stables since that's how you'd avoid wasting singles matches on small shows in front of 3k people.

Stories are told in the ring so pay attention to your match aims if you want realism. You would have 1 or 2 big angles per show. Something like an Okada 10-minute post-match promo, or in NOAH after a GHC main event title match the winner would cut a promo to close the show. If you've got Suzuki-Gun, Bullet Club or L.I.J member challenging for the title they'd have a segment as well.

Dragon Gate will run angles on their shows and even use it to set up matches on those shows sometimes. Again a lot of 4v4 matches in Dragon Gate as well.

Poputt · January 31, 2017

Tailor how many angles you use to how good your talent is at cutting promos. Because puro feds (with the exception of DDT or the former HUSTLE) are graded more on skill than popularity. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Minoru Suzuki, and Masahiro Chono are guys who are amazing on the mic and would be given it as much as the fans would allow.

I'd recommend just shortening the names to their last names and I'd also recommend turning off the "left off show" complaints as you get used to it.

fullMETAL · January 31, 2017

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Defmall" data-cite="Defmall" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43226" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div> FMW was primarily violent, like ECW with no angles!</div></blockquote> Actually, angles in FMW were over the long term, and there probably somewhere between 5 and 8 of those. 1: FMW versus W*ING/IWA as a whole - A good part of FMW's initial lifetime was spent with founder Atsushi Onita taking a couple of his most loyal workers (usually Masato Tanaka and Hayabusa) and going to war with the evil deathmatch invaders of IWA (led by Victor Quinones) and W*ING (IWA's "recruits" FROM FMW). This is where we get most of our Explosion Deathmatches from. 2: Hayabusa versus Mr. Gannosuke - This angle goes all the way back to their training days in AJPW and FMW, and included twists and turns like "killing" Hayabusa so that he worked unmasked as H (who even TAGGED with his fierce rival), Gannosuke masquerading AS Hayabusa, "Darkside" Hayabusa, and throwing in a few helpers like Jinsei Shinzaki (Hakushi) and Tanaka on Hayabusa's side, and other members of Team NO RESPECT (like Jado & Gedo, or "Big Boss" Hiromichi "Kodo" Fuyuki) on Gannosuke's. You might also even find a title match between them refereed by Shawn Michaels. 3: Masato Tanaka versus "Gladiator" Mike Awesome - You might remember this feud from ECW; well, it started and continued in FMW, featuring title changes aplenty in both companies. 4: Megumi Kudoh versus SHARK Tsuchiya - Kudoh and her mentor COMBAT "Mother-in-Law" Toyoda feuded violently with SHARK Tsuchiya and whoever she chose to team with at the time, and after Kudoh respectfully retired Toyoda, she was left to take on Shark and Co. alone, culminating in an Explosive Barbed-Wire-Ropes retirement match between Kudoh and Shark. 5: Tetsuhiro Kuroda and Koji Nakagawa betray FMW for Team NO RESPECT: Kuroda and Nakagawa were FMW loyalists from the beginning, but seeing that they weren't getting any real push, turned on Onita to join Team NO RESPECT, where they actually started winning titles (with Kuroda even winning the FMW Title at least once). 6: ECW invades - In about 1998, Paul Heyman and Onita struck a deal for international partnership between ECW and FMW, which is where we got the classic Hayabusa/Shinzaki vs. RVD/Sabu set of ECW Tag Team Title matches from. We also got Raven & Tommy Dreamer taking on Jado & Gedo during this time. The partnership was short-lived, sure, but it helped to cement the reputations of both companies as THE place to see passionate, sometimes violent, matches and stories. 7: Cactus Jack & Terry Funk - We all know the story by now, right? Mick Foley's biggest hero was former NWA World's Heavyweight Champion Terry Funk, and as the "King of the Deathmatch" Cactus Jack (a title he earned through one of the most violent tournaments in the world), he got to fight AND team up with his hero, and FMW was where most of that took place, spilling over into WWF later on when they would fight again then team up again as well. 8: Kaori Nakayama takes the reins in the Women's Division - following Kudoh's retirement, rising star Kaori Nakayama was tasked with leading the Women's Division into the new millennium, fighting back the threat of Shark Tsuchiya and her henchwomen. Basically, *nearly* every match that ever took place in FMW was part of at least one of these angles, even if the matches didn't involve anything other smashing light tubes over each other's heads.

229tman · February 1, 2017

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="fullMETAL" data-cite="fullMETAL" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43226" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Actually, angles in FMW were over the long term, and there probably somewhere between 5 and 8 of those. 1: FMW versus W*ING/IWA as a whole - A good part of FMW's initial lifetime was spent with founder Atsushi Onita taking a couple of his most loyal workers (usually Masato Tanaka and Hayabusa) and going to war with the evil deathmatch invaders of IWA (led by Victor Quinones) and W*ING (IWA's "recruits" FROM FMW). This is where we get most of our Explosion Deathmatches from. 2: Hayabusa versus Mr. Gannosuke - This angle goes all the way back to their training days in AJPW and FMW, and included twists and turns like "killing" Hayabusa so that he worked unmasked as H (who even TAGGED with his fierce rival), Gannosuke masquerading AS Hayabusa, "Darkside" Hayabusa, and throwing in a few helpers like Jinsei Shinzaki (Hakushi) and Tanaka on Hayabusa's side, and other members of Team NO RESPECT (like Jado & Gedo, or "Big Boss" Hiromichi "Kodo" Fuyuki) on Gannosuke's. You might also even find a title match between them refereed by Shawn Michaels. 3: Masato Tanaka versus "Gladiator" Mike Awesome - You might remember this feud from ECW; well, it started and continued in FMW, featuring title changes aplenty in both companies. 4: Megumi Kudoh versus SHARK Tsuchiya - Kudoh and her mentor COMBAT "Mother-in-Law" Toyoda feuded violently with SHARK Tsuchiya and whoever she chose to team with at the time, and after Kudoh respectfully retired Toyoda, she was left to take on Shark and Co. alone, culminating in an Explosive Barbed-Wire-Ropes retirement match between Kudoh and Shark. 5: Tetsuhiro Kuroda and Koji Nakagawa betray FMW for Team NO RESPECT: Kuroda and Nakagawa were FMW loyalists from the beginning, but seeing that they weren't getting any real push, turned on Onita to join Team NO RESPECT, where they actually started winning titles (with Kuroda even winning the FMW Title at least once). 6: ECW invades - In about 1998, Paul Heyman and Onita struck a deal for international partnership between ECW and FMW, which is where we got the classic Hayabusa/Shinzaki vs. RVD/Sabu set of ECW Tag Team Title matches from. We also got Raven & Tommy Dreamer taking on Jado & Gedo during this time. The partnership was short-lived, sure, but it helped to cement the reputations of both companies as THE place to see passionate, sometimes violent, matches and stories. 7: Cactus Jack & Terry Funk - We all know the story by now, right? Mick Foley's biggest hero was former NWA World's Heavyweight Champion Terry Funk, and as the "King of the Deathmatch" Cactus Jack (a title he earned through one of the most violent tournaments in the world), he got to fight AND team up with his hero, and FMW was where most of that took place, spilling over into WWF later on when they would fight again then team up again as well. 8: Kaori Nakayama takes the reins in the Women's Division - following Kudoh's retirement, rising star Kaori Nakayama was tasked with leading the Women's Division into the new millennium, fighting back the threat of Shark Tsuchiya and her henchwomen. Basically, *nearly* every match that ever took place in FMW was part of at least one of these angles, even if the matches didn't involve anything other smashing light tubes over each other's heads.</div></blockquote> Nice to see another FMW fan. Im going to try and get into Big Japan soon

Rawisericho · February 1, 2017

Awesome, thanks for this help guys.

Is it basically a tour a month in NJPW?

dnmt · February 1, 2017

Oh man, I could really help you out. I've had my <a href="http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=536607" rel="external nofollow">NJPW game</a> going since October, and I am trying to make it as realistic as possible.

Your best bet for the schedule is to keep it as a touring company, so you can have your TV shows as tour highlights. But I change the touring months on the 1st of every month so I am always touring. Take a look at NJPW's 2016 schedule <a href="http://www.purolove.com/njpw/results/results16.php" rel="external nofollow">here</a> to see when they ran shows. I am basically doing the exact same number on slightly different dates, adding or taking away one show here and there.

Depending on how realistic you want to be, it can be challenging. I book every single "road to" house show, which can be tedious once you have done 5 or 6 in a row (but I think matchmaking is half the fun). I'd be glad to offer advice, so if you take a look at the dynasty link and let me know if you have any questions I can definitely answer. I could also share the product settings I use, and one last recommendation would be to edit the stats of the wrestlers as I found the Japanese workers in most real world mods are kind of underrated. I noticed guys with like a 0 in puro stats, which made no sense to me.

Lastly, I run very few angles. All of my shows have a generic "ring announcer reads of the night's card" to start and then a "intermission" for 10 minutes halfway through that is just videos of my main event guys. On big PPVs, I book a few other things like 1v1 hype vids and challenges. You should watch a few full NJPW shows (a small Korakuen show and a big PPV) to get an idea of how the shows typically flow.

KeyserSoze · February 1, 2017

Some quick hints of my BHOTWG 6 year game.

I usually use a 90% of matches, so I can go with 2-3 good angles or without if it's better.

I usually have 2-3 storylines in, even in companies without face-heel or gimmicks (a la AJPW 90's)

StarQuality + Good In Ring + Titles push the Overness to the Roof.

You need this. High intensity burn fighters very fast. I cant imagine a 10-15 years Tanahashi with 80% of intensity.

When your stars are physically wrecked, it's time to pair them with youngsters.

Rawisericho · February 7, 2017

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="dean" data-cite="dean" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43226" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Oh man, I could really help you out. I've had my <a href="http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=536607" rel="external nofollow">NJPW game</a> going since October, and I am trying to make it as realistic as possible. Your best bet for the schedule is to keep it as a touring company, so you can have your TV shows as tour highlights. But I change the touring months on the 1st of every month so I am always touring. Take a look at NJPW's 2016 schedule <a href="http://www.purolove.com/njpw/results/results16.php" rel="external nofollow">here</a> to see when they ran shows. I am basically doing the exact same number on slightly different dates, adding or taking away one show here and there. Depending on how realistic you want to be, it can be challenging. I book every single "road to" house show, which can be tedious once you have done 5 or 6 in a row (but I think matchmaking is half the fun). I'd be glad to offer advice, so if you take a look at the dynasty link and let me know if you have any questions I can definitely answer. I could also share the product settings I use, and one last recommendation would be to edit the stats of the wrestlers as I found the Japanese workers in most real world mods are kind of underrated. I noticed guys with like a 0 in puro stats, which made no sense to me. Lastly, I run very few angles. All of my shows have a generic "ring announcer reads of the night's card" to start and then a "intermission" for 10 minutes halfway through that is just videos of my main event guys. On big PPVs, I book a few other things like 1v1 hype vids and challenges. You should watch a few full NJPW shows (a small Korakuen show and a big PPV) to get an idea of how the shows typically flow.</div></blockquote> Thank you, this helped so much.

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