August 2018 Draft Hype/Signup Thread

wshred13 · August 14, 2018

Here are my last 10 picks:

Bryce Remsburg

FOX TV Deal

Mojo Rawley

Trevor Murdock

Montez Ford

Otis Dozovic

Laredo Kid

Elias Samson

Mystery Box 1

Mystery Box 2

wshred13 · August 14, 2018

Stealing these questions from other draft threads because I enjoy seeing others answers.

- What was your goal in drafting your roster?

I've been binge watching mid 90's ECW and I wanted to emulate them as a company having all these vastly different types of talents (just with less of an emphasis on hardcore brawls). I had to switch up my plan early because I wanted to draft John Cena to be the top heel in the company (He was going to have One Night Stand heat with my audience and would be a bitter competitor for a draft being imposed before he could win his record setting 17th WWE Championship). As the draft went on, I came up with the idea to have Shane Douglas be my on screen matchmaker, using his experience in the business to shape the roster (lots of guys that he sees himself in that weren't getting a fair shake + aversion to drafting any established teams to avoid politically powerful cliques).

- What pick were you most excited about?

I wasn't really excited about any of my picks, although I am happy I got ZSJ. I wasn't sure where other people would have him on their board.

- Are there any picks you regret?

Nope pretty happy with my roster considering I had the last pick. I definitely would've had a completely different main event scene had the draft had a different order.

- What were some picks made that puzzled you?

The second round was weird. Definitely didn't see Cesaro, Sheamus or Pete Dunne going that early.

- What company other than your own would you be most likely to watch?

I'm just going to do a descending list of my least favorite promotion to favorite.

10. Destiny - Not a whole lot of talent that I'm interested in other than Pete Dunne and Drew McIntyre. Lesnar and Mahal presumably being at the top of the card is a turn off.

9. Jaded - Its weird to put this roster so low, because I like a lot of the picks (Shinsuke, Daniels, Jericho, Wade Barrett, Marty Scurll), but I think the lack of depth because of the mystery boxes combined with the age of the main event scene drags them down.

8. HRTVAndrew - As has been pointed out, his roster is quite old. Might be nice to pop in from a nostalgia stand point, but other than Rusev I wouldn't be sticking around to see the new blood take over.

7. willrock - I am not super into japanese wrestling (only watch some of the g1 and bigger events of NJPW). I would mainly be tuning in to this show to see my boy, the stone pitbull, Ishii.

6. Uncrewed - I like Uncrewed in japan over willrock because it has more western influence probably. The Elite, Ibushi, Juice Robinson and WALTER in Japan (probably my underrated pick of the draft) would be the main draws for me.

5. alpha - I love alpha's commentary team, having William Regal, Ronda Rousey and Alexa Bliss, but most of the rest of the roster doesn't grab my attention.

4. Southside hitmen - Again, western/american bias knocks the lucha libre promotion down. Although credit to southside, because pre-draft, I would've guessed this would be my least favorite promotion just based off of area alone, but he got the major Mexican talent (Sombra, Fenix, Pentagon) and added intriguing guys like Neville (who I would've picked that round had he made it to me), Tommy End and Chris Hero.

3. John The Goat - I love the main event scene and there would be some excellent matches here, but I'm not as big of a fan of this roster the further you go down.

2. Tardelli - This roster would put on some insane matches, but I think would struggle a bit with mic skills and the fact that it is almost entirely made up of crusierweights.

1. Dr. Avalanche - This main event scene would have legendary verbal spats with decent to good ring work to back it up and the undercard has a good mix of workers and characters to keep me entertained throughout the length of a show. The womens division is stacked and overall I am a big fan of this roster and proclaim that Dr. Avalanche won the draft!

- How do you see your promotion unfolding once you're able to play it?

I would need to build up my main event scene a bit, avoid being poached to death and try to keep the inevitable styles clashes in my roster to a minimum. Big E and ZSJ would likely get the biggest pushes, with Braun Strowman probably being the most likely to fizzle out (I only really drafted him because he was still available in the 8th round).

alpha2117 · August 14, 2018

Just AUTOSKIP my picks from here on out and I'll select when I am in the house - running back and forth to the haematologist and that this week so i'm in and out today and i'll cherry pick later

alpha2117 · August 14, 2018

So I'm going with an acting heavy Soap Operatic Superhero themed fed designed to make CHIKARA look normal. Why because sometimes I want to play something truly odd for a change.

I have 7 picks left. Many of the people on my previous list I'll try to sign when we get the data - Especially the more bizarre choices and Australasians.

For my last 7 picks

Frankie Kazarian (as Suicide)

Gregory Helms (as Hurricane)

PJ Black (as The Bunny)

Jason Momoa (as Aquaman)

Stephen Amell (as Green Arrow)

Ultramantis Black

TV Deal with One in Australia

Every on screen worker is under a WWAA specific mask/make-up although they will also be shown unmasked in their secret identities (well in my twisted mind they will anyway).

Seth Rollins as The Architect

Cesaro as Eurotrash

Randy Orton as The Viper

Cody Rhodes as Stardust

Ronda Rousey as Judoka

Steven Regal as The Dark Lord

John Hennigan as Nitro

Alexa Bliss as The Goddess

Colt Cabana as Matt Classic

Tenille Dashwood as Valentine (which is an old name of hers)

Dave Bautista as Leviathan

Mikey Nicholls (Nick Miller) as The Mighty One

Toni Storm as Stormborn

Travis Banks as Captain New Zealand

Peyton Royce as Ultrabitch

Madison Eagles as Eaglewoman

Cheerleader Melissa as Flashpoint (using the Alissa Flash pic)

Buddy Murphy as God of War

Shane Haste (Thorne) as Two Mighty

Stephanie McMahon as The Queen of Darkness

Billie Kay as The Boyfriend Stealer

Kyle Fletcher as Instagraham

Mark Davis as Dunkzilla

Fandango as well … Fandango that name is already ridiculous enough

Aiden English as Marquee

Jay White as Switchblade

As for the WWAA settings

1 v 1 50, 2 v 2 25, 3 v 3 25 for both TV & Events

Events 70 matches

TV 50 matches

Spinal Moves banned

Traditional & Mainstream - Key (lowest Medium)

Comedy, Risque & Modern - Medium (Lowest Low, Highest Key)

Cult, Hardcore, Lucha Libre & Daredevil - Very Low (Lowest None Highest Medium)

Realism, Hyper Realism & Pure are words banned in this Dojo!

Intensity 20 danger 40

Integrated with High T & A No Face/Heel divide or weight split

Oh if you are wondering why there is no face heel split it's because I really don't believe it exists much nowadays everyone is shades of grey and my heels are going to have good points and faces bad ones.

TV Shows - Heroes & Villains A Show on Tuesday on One

TV Show - Superstars A show on Thursday on the WWA Network (Formerly NJPW Network)

Events - Battleground (numbered events Sunday Week 4 monthly)

Titles

WWAA - Superhero use the Universal

WWAA - Superheroine use the SD Womens

WWAA - Gladiators (Mens Tag) use the WWE Tag

WWAA - Team-Up (Mixed Tag)

WWAA - Goddesses (Womens Tag)

WWAA - Trios use the Lucha Undergroud one

alpha2117 · August 14, 2018

- What was your goal in drafting your roster?

I wanted people with High Acting scores as I will be using mic skill and Acting based skits and angles a lot. That meant I picked up people I wouldn't normally use as I normally draft with SQ and In Ring ability as my priorities and here I just wanted to go a very different way.

- What pick were you most excited about?

Probably Hennigan because I thought Southside or someone else would take him well before Round 7 and he might make a fun tag partner to Seth Rollins before their inevitable feud.

- Are there any picks you regret?

Aussie Open - I probably could have not drafted them and just picked them up in game. It would have let me pick up Kane & Aaron Stevens who better fit the concept - although Kyle Fletcher already has a masked persona so that's a plus. Oh and Orton - he's fine for my product but he just gives me the poos.

- What were some picks made that puzzled you?

The Rock 2nd rnd from HRTVAndrew - he's perfect for me and I can see the plus side of him ratings wise but he's a short term option and it seems too early for him. Pete Dunne in the 2nd rnd - it is definitely too early for him no matter how good he might end up being.

Oh wsrhed13 - Australia has limited options of top people available and many of them went straight away. I stuck with the rules as much as I could in those first few rounds. Cesaro was the best worker available to me in rnd 2 without going outside Australia availability.

- What company other than your own would you be most likely to watch?

DRAGON - It's got a clear coherent concept in it's roster

- How do you see your promotion unfolding once you're able to play it?

I have no idea which is why I did it. I drafted a Japanese promotion late last year where I just got a insanely good roster and that became a Global Mega Power within 12 months and the Nth American scene was such a dogfight that I destroyed everything in it's way and basically had 3 A Shows and was poaching anyone I wanted with ease. That was fun but I wanted a totally different experience this time. My fed is what you call High Concept which is just code for weird for weirds sake and may well flame out badly. I don't mind if it goes pear shaped - trying to stop that will be fun.

HRTVAndrew · August 14, 2018

Okay, I've probably snapped at this point, but if I'm going with this, I'm going hard. Here's a press release.

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SSW's weekly TV show, broadcast on MTV (U.S.), Sportsnet 360 (Canada), and 52MX (Mexico), will go on Wednesdays in prime time, and be titled, "SSW: Get Off My Lawn." The company's pay per views will be broadcast on DirecTV in all three countries, also in prime time, and we'll have more information on names and schedules in the coming days.

When asked for comment, SSW owner and booker Paul Heyman yelled at reporters for calling at 4:30 p.m., as the senior citizens' home was about to serve dinner.

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- What were some picks made that puzzled you?

The Rock 2nd rnd from HRTVAndrew - he's perfect for me and I can see the plus side of him ratings wise but he's a short term option and it seems too early for him.

A* popularity, A* SQ, can talk, can still work...basically, I saw the same stuff you saw and wanted to win national battles.

alpha2117 · August 14, 2018

Okay, I've probably snapped at this point, but if I'm going with this, I'm going hard. Here's a press release.

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SSW's weekly TV show, broadcast on MTV (U.S.), Sportsnet 360 (Canada), and 52MX (Mexico), will go on Wednesdays in prime time, and be titled, "SSW: Get Off My Lawn." The company's pay per views will be broadcast on DirecTV in all three countries, also in prime time, and we'll have more information on names and schedules in the coming days.

When asked for comment, SSW owner and booker Paul Heyman yelled at reporters for calling at 4:30 p.m., as the senior citizens' home was about to serve dinner.

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A* popularity, A* SQ, can talk, can still work...basically, I saw the same stuff you saw and wanted to win national battles.

I get why you would pick him up but when Orton, Ambrose, Steen & Miz were still on the board it just seems like a reach for a US based fed with a 2nd rnd pick. A 4th round pick - totally get it and that's where I thought he'd go. Even a 3rd but in the 2nd you are probably sacrificing a guy that can go for a few years yet for a guy who is on the decline. That said your reasoning is sound.

southside_hitmen · August 14, 2018

I get why you would pick him up but when Orton, Ambrose, Steen & Miz were still on the board it just seems like a reach for a US based fed with a 2nd rnd pick. A 4th round pick - totally get it and that's where I thought he'd go. Even a 3rd but in the 2nd you are probably sacrificing a guy that can go for a few years yet for a guy who is on the decline. That said your reasoning is sound.

That said, The Rock locks up national battles almost by himself the world over, so it gives you flexibility in picking from that point forward instead of having to worry about Nat Battles.

southside_hitmen · August 14, 2018

Since all my worker picks are in, putting together what a La Liga de Lucha Libre card would look like.

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Staff:

Charles Robinson (Ref)

Sara Del Rey (Road Agent)

Konnan (Color)

Arturo Rivera (Announcer)

Francisco Lutteroth (O/B)

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Lightning Tag Team Match

Sanson & Shadow Boy vs. Garza Jr & Villano III Jr.

Notes: 4 guys for the future and a hot opener

Best Two Out Of Three Falls Six Man Tag Team Match

Psycho Circus (Niebla Roja, El Texano Jr. & Psycho Clown) vs. Lucha House Party (Máscara Dorada, Kalisto & Gotita de Plata)

Notes: Crazy Lucha vs silly lucha

Best Two Out Of Three Falls Six Man Tag Team Match

Pirate Empire (Neville, Paul London & Brian Kendrick) vs. ACE (Kento Miyahara, Konosuke Takeshita & Katsuhiko Nakajima)

Notes: Mix of high flying and kicking off faces

La Liga Campeonato Mundial de Parejas

Best Two Out Of Three Falls Tag Team Match

Lucha Brothers (Pentagon Jr & Fénix) vs. Flamita & Bandido

Notes: 2 best lucha tag teams going today for the tag titles

Máscara Contra Cabellera (Mask vs. Hair)

La Liga (Caristico, Mistico & Dragon Lee) vs. Sumerian Death By Elbow (Tommy End, Chris Hero & Meiko Satomura)

Notes: 3 of the best luchadors in the world vs a team that will elbow/kick your head off. Meiko would be down for a Hair match

MAIN EVENT

La Liga Campeonato Mundial de Trios

Best Two Out Of Three Falls Six Man Tag Team Match

Los Ingobernables (La Sombra, Rush & La Máscara) vs La Generación de La Parka (L.A. PARK, Volador Jr. & Flyer)

Notes: The Original Los and the biggest feud in Lucha Libre wrapped into one match. L.A. PARK, Volador & Flyer are all related

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Uncrewed · August 14, 2018

- What was your goal in drafting your roster?

Create a somewhat weird mix between NJPW, Dragon Gate, DDT, & Lucha Underground.

- What pick were you most excited about?

Cassandra Miyagi (thanks southside_hitmen for recommending!), Threedom (Hojo, Shirai, & Iwatani), Big Lads (WALTER, Jeff Cobb, & Daisuke Sekimoto), and The Golden Lovers.

- Are there any picks you regret?

Selecting Josh Barnett earlier than I should have. I looked at my shortlist and my two other color commentators were gone, so I panicked and picked Barnett. I was originally going to select Eita and he went to Dr_Avalanche shortly thereafter.

- What were some picks made that puzzled you?

Tardelli picking Milano Collection A.T. maybe. Maybe Destiny picking Jinder Mahal in Round 3.

- What company other than your own would you be most likely to watch?

DDT USA (Dr_Avalanche). Entertainment brothers, plus that roster is stacked.

- How do you see your promotion unfolding once you're able to play it?

Probably going to lose the national battles at first, but we should be able to start winning in about a year or so. Until then, gimmicky excitement and stories for everyone!

willr0ck · August 15, 2018

- What was your goal in drafting your roster?

My goal was to draft my own incarnation of old school AJPW/Noah. Noah is by far my favorite Japanese wrestling promotion of all time and I wanted to recreate the early years. Also, despite the fact that I drafted a bunch of bigger workers in the early rounds I wanted to build a strong Junior division as well, which I think I accomplished with the likes of KENTA, Yamato, Shingo and a few others.

- What pick were you most excited about?

Several, Okada in round 1 obviously, but I'm also stoked I drafted Shotaro Ashino and Jake Lee so late in the draft. I got pretty swamped traveling for work and forgot to update my list and just assumed they were taken until southside pointed out that they weren't.

- Are there any picks you regret?

I wouldn't say I regret drafting Tanahashi, he is super over obviously I just didn't really want him. He was the only one left that made sense at that spot since Nakamura was gone. I'm also not crazy about the Michael Elgin pick, his pop justified taking him when I did but I can't stand the guy. I'll put him in a stable and make him the fall guy. I guess maybe next time I will pick less Japanese workers to work in Japan for a Japanese company as well.

- What were some picks made that puzzled you?

Since it's a fantasy draft I try not to question anyone's picks but I always try to draft logically so it always confuses me when some of the top tier talent in Japan gets picked by a company in say England or Europe in the first 5-6 rounds where they might have 15-20 pop.

- What company other than your own would you be most likely to watch?

Dragon, DDT USA, La Liga all sound like they will be a ton of fun to watch. I'm very interested in whatever abomination Alpha is cooking up.

- How do you see your promotion unfolding once you're able to play it?

With Tanahashi and Okada we should win the National Battle. Morishima coming out of retirement in October will help tremendously as well. If you are a puro fan this is a dream promotion for you, if you aren't into Japanese wrestling then BSPW probably isn't your cup of tea.

alpha2117 · August 15, 2018

Abomination is a good word for it. One part Lucha Underground, one part Chikara, one part Superhero show, one part satire and one part naff Soap Opera. Hopefully it will be terrible in that knowing way that it will be cool and fun.

I plan on hiring Jessica Love, Asuka and Candy Lee in an all Transgender trio and have them feud with Sonny Kiss, Yosuke Santa Maria and Estrella Divina in a Drag Queen faction. I might hire charge Morgan, and Sonya Deville too but am struggling to think of another suitable lesbian to complete that trio. I just want to book stuff I know I will never actually get to see.

HRTVAndrew · August 15, 2018

Time for the villain to weigh in!!!

- What was your goal in drafting your roster?

Initially, to find the best balance of workrate and overness that I could. However, that's very tough to do in a real world mod where many workers are penalized in the name of game balance (that's not a criticism, just a note about how the mod has to work given the game mechanics). Once I drafted Cena and Rock 1-2, it became "win every national battle and hope AI Paul Heyman goes into predator mode when contracts are up."

- What pick were you most excited about?

There were a few. I was a little surprised Dean Ambrose dropped to me in the third round, and he's vital given the older state of most of the rest of my roster. I was torn between Rusev and Ziggler in R7, so I was stoked when Ziggler was still available at my spot in R8. Finally, while it came much later, I was pretty happy to get Cibernetico in R29. He'll be a big help in Mexican national battles, and the idea of he and Mysterio doing a lucha dream match at some point is very attractive to me.

- Are there any picks you regret?

I reached for Kurt Angle. I'm happy to have him, but I probably could've snagged him 2-3 rounds later. I also sort of went on tilt in R36/R37, when I got Blue Demon and Ultimo Dragon out of the old folks' home. That said, if I'm gonna be accused of going super old, I'll live up to it!!!

- What were some picks made that puzzled you?

"Puzzled" probably isn't the right term, because in a real world mod, everyone has their favorites. Having said that, with the way the mod has to be balanced, some workers' stats simply don't match the real-life ability. Most of the NXT guys have horrible stats compared to what they're capable of (Velveteen Dream is the biggest example), so several of them going fairly early seemed like reaches from that standpoint. Having said that, in a real-world sense, I get why those picks were made.

- What company other than your own would you be most likely to watch?

PWU, C-Pro, and DDT USA all look like genuine fun.

- How do you see your promotion unfolding once you're able to play it?

There's no middle ground. Either we use our early advantage and steal every top-quality worker that comes available, or we flame out within 2-3 years. Come on, AI Paul Heyman, work your magic!

Tardelli · August 15, 2018

- What was your goal in drafting your roster?

Well i wanted to do something different this time. The last drafts i always had a strong promotion with the best workers. Since im so amazed with the Rockverse and my favorite promotion PWU i choosed to reflect them in a real world enviroment. Less fists, more flips.

- What pick were you most excited about?

Im overall happy with my picks. Gettin Jay Lethal in a sweet trade was awesome!

- Are there any picks you regret?

No. Milano Collection A.T. may be a weird pick but im happy to have him.

- What were some picks made that puzzled you?

I think everybody drafted according to their idea.

- What company other than your own would you be most likely to watch?

Thats a difficult one. I would watch every promotion but Alpha stands out to me. Im keen to see how weird his shows gonna be. Also im happy to be in a wonderful Alliance.

- How do you see your promotion unfolding once you're able to play it?

Well its gonna be tough. We have a not mainstream product and real powerhouses in our region. Im happy if we can manage to establish us at cult level.

alpha2117 · August 15, 2018

That trade worked for me too, it ended up being Jay Lethal and Matt Cross for Jay White and the Undertaker. I just couldn't get into the idea of booking Lethal after the Hendrix thing and getting White who I knew I could use and a extra written contract for a PPA was a decent deal for me.

As for weird I have now settled on Laura Di Matteo who the mod inexplicably has as heterosexual as the third part of my lesbian trio team. It's unlikely the in game will get as weird as my actual game will get as it will have less Drag Queens for one thing. I also realized Noelle Foley is in the data now so Womankind is sure as hell going to debut.

Jon The GOAT · August 15, 2018

- What was your goal in drafting your roster?

I wanted to have a great Canadian wrestling company that could combine sports-like storylines with excellent in-ring action. It was really as simple as that. I wanted a company that me, IRL, could follow, a simple 2hr show every week with a PPV every 4-6 weeks that doesn't require high time commitment, but is quality and showcases both veterans and the future.

- What pick were you most excited about?

Daniel Bryan. He's got super low SQ but I still think he's a GOAT. He gets a chill schedule with us and gets to fight with some of the absolute best in Steen, Generico. Plus, holy hell, how do you not wanna see Bryan vs. O'Reilly / Thatcher / Gresham / Yehi? I wish I got guys like WALTER, Gulak, Zack Sabre Jr, Chris Hero in as well but I really wanted this to be prideful of Canadian workers even if it's an industry that's never reached the level it should.

- Are there any picks you regret?

Xavier Woods on my part. He doesn't really fit in to be honest, but I'm a big fan of his. I kinda wish he would've gone to Kenny Omega's promotion.

Plenty of guys I wish I got. Chris Jericho probably the biggest one of them, and Kenny Omega.

- What were some picks made that puzzled you?

None really. The draft was going a bit too fast for me to keep up.

- What company other than your own would you be most likely to watch?

Bolded are companies I would actively watch. Italicized are stuff I would periodically check out.

La Liga is going to be so unbelievably fun.

PWU is going to be very hit and miss but would drop its occasional MOTYC. I just think its lacking a bit of character?

BSPW has a lot of fun match-up possibilities but after a year or two he'd have to replace 75% of it.

DRAGON's going to be great. Seeing BC & LIJ mix it up Miyahara, Nakajima & Sekimoto on top of guys like WALTER & Cobb? This is going to be a long-term roster. Only issue? What the shit is Hojo doing there?

WWA's roster on the surface is a complete turn off but the weird product would make it really interesting.

SSW completely disinterests me. Absolutely nothing new or interesting there. Hopefully Strickland and Gulak just wreck everyone for a better tomorrow.

DDT USA has so many potential match-ups you wouldnt think of. McGregor vs. Punk is absolute money. Bate, Marufuji, Ishikawa, HIDEKI SUZUKI!!!!!, mixing it up will be fun. The idea of Miz trying to piss off Hideki would be an absolute delight.

EEW has WAY too many mystery boxes early on which has left his main event pretty shallow and he has very few people to actually build up. Unlike pretty much most rosters, can't even point to one match up that excites me.

DWA Brock Lesnar vs. Pete Dunne 100% intrigues me from a booking standpoint. Dunne is a heel to carry a company so hes a perfect pick. But... below that its mostly a mixed bag to be honest.

WWS an alright roster saved by the idea of Minoru Suzuki and Roman Reigns going at it. OR shit, Suzuki and Strowman. Zack Sabre Jr and Big E getting pushes would warm my heart. Matt Riddle and Luke Harper are amazing too. Okay, maybe this roster is a lot better than I thought on first view.

- How do you see your promotion unfolding once you're able to play it?

No clue. It was built to be a cult company more than a national company. I paid no attention to SQ. I just wanted a reliable Canadian company. AI isn't trustworthy but if I'm in charge, I'm sure I could make it sustainable and long lasting. IRL, I think Generico / Bryan / Owens would get eyes on the product and the even mix of highlight reel machines (Guevarra), technicians (Yehi), and just great heat magnets (Gibson) will give everyone a character to get into. We're the wholesome simple Canadian wrestling company. You get what's on the tin.

Tardelli · August 15, 2018

<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="45696" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div> PWU is going to be very hit and miss but would drop its occasional MOTYC. I just think its lacking a bit of character?</div></blockquote> I agree that it seems PWU is lacking a bit of character. But PWU is build to see jawdropping matches instead of deep character storylines. Still i think PWU is able to keep it interesting. Regardless of that, im still sad that Southside Hitmen never answered my private message ;(

southside_hitmen · August 15, 2018

That reminds me, if anyone saw anything “amiss” when looking through the mod at worker stats, feel free to let me know and I can get it updated for the November data. (I’m taking over for Fleisch)

wshred13 · August 15, 2018

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="southside_hitmen" data-cite="southside_hitmen" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45696" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>That reminds me, if anyone saw anything “amiss” when looking through the mod at worker stats, feel free to let me know and I can get it updated for the November data. (I’m taking over for Fleisch)</div></blockquote> Out of people i looked at, i think Eddie Kingston is super underrated on the mic (D+) in this mod. He cut some great and believable promos in chikara and I hear he is doing good things in impact.

Dr_Avalanche · August 15, 2018

What was your goal in drafting your roster?

It's kind of in the name. Most see DDT as gifs of Kota Ibushi wrestling blow up dolls, or having inanimate objects as champions, but it's really a diverse promotion with top quality main events and I wanted to replicate that kind of company in an American setting. I really experienced that for me there were two phases to the draft. Early picks was very much game mechanics driven, picking guys that would help me survive national battles, while the second half of the draft I largely threw game mechanics out the window and drafted guys that I like or thought would fit into the promotion flavor wise.

- What pick were you most excited about?

It wasn't the plan when the draft started, but when it was time to draft a color guy it was as a revelation, the whole draft's purpose to put Jim Cornette in the midst of this environment. You pay the price of admission not for the wrestling but to see Cornette blow a gasket. Shuji Ishikawa might be my favorite wrestler in the world, so despite the language barrier, I'm very happy to have him. CM Punk vs Shuji Ishikawa might be one of the dream matches I didn't know I wanted to see until I had drafted them.

- Are there any picks you regret?

Nope. It's the ones that got away I regret. The New Day would have been nice in my promotion. Overall though I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

- What were some picks made that puzzled you?

The early Mystery Boxes I guess. It's an unorthodox strategy at least.

- What company other than your own would you be most likely to watch?

Uncrewed's DRAGON is my jam. It would be the promotion I'd strive to watch live whenever I could. willrock's BSPW is a can't miss. Am I revealing my puroresu preferences here? <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> But there are good groups of wrestlers in all these companies. La Liga is like a turbo-CMLL that you'd be a fool not to keep an eye on.

- How do you see your promotion unfolding once you're able to play it?

It'll be a rabbit and the hare kind of race. If we can avoid having all our talent poached while building up strength to win national battles, I think there's a chance we can do well, but the more likely scenario is that HRTVAndrew poaches everyone that is worth anything and we'll be the CHIKARA of this alternate universe.

alpha2117 · August 15, 2018

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="southside_hitmen" data-cite="southside_hitmen" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45696" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>That reminds me, if anyone saw anything “amiss” when looking through the mod at worker stats, feel free to let me know and I can get it updated for the November data. (I’m taking over for Fleisch)</div></blockquote> Laura Di Matteo is Homosexual and came out to the wider world relatively recently in Pride month. La Chica Yeye & Estrella Divina are complicated - the way the game works leave them as male but both take female hormones and should be listed as Homosexual I guess. Yeye has had obvious facial surgery that means she looks different than the pic in the mod. Yeye should have her stats upgraded a lot in ring and definitely her sex appeal because at this point that 34.9 is demonstrably too low - if I didn't know I'd have rated her in the low 70's just on first view. She's better than the utter in ring incompetence in the mod as shown in the vids. Divina is probably above 57 Sex Appeal too given the fact that she could now make Lawler go on about puppies I'd say mid 60's. Yeye <div class="ipsEmbeddedVideo"><div><iframe width="200" height="113" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Wc1fVbK5bu8?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" title="BLACK TAURUS, DRABEK I Y II VS CHICA YE YE, OPTIMUS Y PRINCIPE OTOMI"></iframe></div></div> <div class="ipsEmbeddedVideo"><div><iframe width="200" height="113" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/HMotcuxV1zo?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" title="Chica Yeye, Gremlin y Crazy Latino vs Atómico, Ursus y el Toro, Generación XXI en Irapuarto"></iframe></div></div> <div class="ipsEmbeddedVideo"><div><iframe width="200" height="113" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/9QVOdi_j8TU?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" title="HUMO- El Demasiado y Chica Yeye VS Aero Boy y Violento Jack"></iframe></div></div> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/936008036486435/photos/a.936008843153021.1073741826.936008036486435/1338051969615371/?type=3&theater" rel="external nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/936008036486435/photos/a.936008843153021.1073741826.936008036486435/1338051969615371/?type=3&theater</a> Divina <div class="ipsEmbeddedVideo"><div><iframe width="200" height="150" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/4ukBWWRMxaM?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" title="ESTRELLA DIVINA THEME"></iframe></div></div> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKcDobD5WWo" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKcDobD5WWo</a> <div class="ipsEmbeddedVideo"><div><iframe width="200" height="113" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/pY4LRrn90tU?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" title="AAA: Fanática Sensual ▶ Estrella Divina (Theme Song)"></iframe></div></div> This of course complicates my plans somewhat as neither are useable in my planned Drag Queen faction at this point (although both could join the TWO taking that to 5 members). I guess I'll have to mine Mexico for other Exoticos to join Goldust, Sonny Kiss and Yosuke <3 Santa Maria in the DQ faction (Nygma, Maximo, Pimpinella Escarlarta, Pasion Crystal or Polvo de Estrellas all come to mind) Oh and I'd add Mamba to the mod in AAA on a PPA basis and Divina on PPA as well. <a href="http://www.profightdb.com/wrestlers/mamba-9859.html" rel="external nofollow">http://www.profightdb.com/wrestlers/mamba-9859.html</a>

HRTVAndrew · August 15, 2018

SSW completely disinterests me. Absolutely nothing new or interesting there. Hopefully Strickland and Gulak just wreck everyone for a better tomorrow.

We love you, too!!!

Tardelli · August 15, 2018

Im actually intrigued to see how SSW unfolds.

southside_hitmen · August 15, 2018

Im actually intrigued to see how SSW unfolds.

They will crush us all in National Battles

alpha2117 · August 16, 2018

They are going to start super strong.

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