[RELEASE] Shifting Sands

[Mammoth]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Forky" data-cite="Forky" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45924" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I feel like if you're going to do this then we're never going to get an actual finished version. As good as this mod already is, there are places it still feels extremely lacking. I know that I, and I'm sure most everyone, appreciate the work you've put into it but we've still got at least a year, if not more before TEW 20 comes out. I feel like people won't mind their not being much of a difference between the two because the game upgrade will be enough to change the game world.</div></blockquote><p> That's a fair point, and I think I'd also actually like to get some peoples opinions on the promotions I've added thus far before the release for TEW20. We'll see as honestly, I haven't made a decision either way and it greatly depends on how much I can get done before TEW20's release.</p><p> </p><p> All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, GAEA Japan, Ice Ribbon Girl's Pro Wrestling, JDStar Women's Pro Wrestling, NEO Women's Pro-Wrestling, OZ Academy and World Wonder Ring STARDOM are all added and complete. The only thing missing is announcers for these respective companies as I couldn't find any information on this, even for those with TV shows at this time. If anybody could help with this, it would be greatly appreciated. I've also added one or two dojo's from the aforementioned companies and I'll also be adding about 50 Japanese women to the modification to help give these companies a nice well to choose from. I've also decided I'll be adding NWA Cyberspace, NWA UK Hammerlock, Impact Pro Wrestling (New Zealand) and International Wrestling Australia to the modification to fill out some crucial areas. Apart from that, I'm just continuing to add from my "To Do" list. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

[S_Joker]

Great news to have other NWA companies added. <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

[rhyblack]

<p>Just a small gripe.... could probably simply add it on your own before starting a new game of course, but Bobby Heenan and Mike Tenay should have at least adequate announcing chemistry from their time together in WCW. Same with Shiavone and Tenay.</p><p> </p><p>

Great Mod btw! I've played MANY MOD's from around this time period and this is one of the best!</p>

[Mammoth]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="S_Joker" data-cite="S_Joker" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45924" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Great news to have other NWA companies added. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote><p> Thanks.</p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="rhyblack" data-cite="rhyblack" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45924" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Just a small gripe.... could probably simply add it on your own before starting a new game of course, but Bobby Heenan and Mike Tenay should have at least adequate announcing chemistry from their time together in WCW. Same with Shiavone and Tenay.<p> </p><p> Great Mod btw! I've played MANY MOD's from around this time period and this is one of the best!</p></div></blockquote><p> Announcer experience between Bobby Heenan and Mike Tenay has now been added. There's already announcer experience between Tony Schiavone and Mike Tenay and - just in case you were mistaken in your post - Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan. Thank you very much for your help and your very kind words. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

[Forky]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Mammoth" data-cite="Mammoth" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45924" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, GAEA Japan, Ice Ribbon Girl's Pro Wrestling, JDStar Women's Pro Wrestling, NEO Women's Pro-Wrestling, OZ Academy and World Wonder Ring STARDOM are all added and complete. The only thing missing is announcers for these respective companies as I couldn't find any information on this, even for those with TV shows at this time. If anybody could help with this, it would be greatly appreciated. I've also added one or two dojo's from the aforementioned companies and I'll also be adding about 50 Japanese women to the modification to help give these companies a nice well to choose from. I've also decided I'll be adding NWA Cyberspace, NWA UK Hammerlock, Impact Pro Wrestling (New Zealand) and International Wrestling Australia to the modification to fill out some crucial areas. Apart from that, I'm just continuing to add from my "To Do" list. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Hey Mammoth, I'm going to see what I can find for you on some of these but just want to check on something. Are you just adding promotions for their history? The reason I ask if that All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling actually closed in April 2005. Just want to make sure I'm not looking for something in the wrong area. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

[alpha2117]

Anytime you feel like releasing the new workers that would be fantastic. I am into April 2008 in the draft game and it's been brutal for the Japanese feds in the draft game. People set intensity and danger too high and people are getting spinal cord injuries left and right over there. What with Headhunter A falling 20 stories, Bubblegum getting mistakenly shot by SWAT and another guy exploding and natural attrition it would be getting empty without generation on. It's been a blast even though I am still at cult, stupid 8th 65 percent region.

[Mammoth]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Forky" data-cite="Forky" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45924" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Hey Mammoth, I'm going to see what I can find for you on some of these but just want to check on something. Are you just adding promotions for their history? The reason I ask if that All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling actually closed in April 2005. Just want to make sure I'm not looking for something in the wrong area. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote><p> Yes, both All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling and GAEA Japan have been added for their histories. The others are either open or set to open. If you could find any information on announcers (please make sure they're not <em>ring</em> announcers) I'd be very grateful. <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><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="alpha2117" data-cite="alpha2117" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45924" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Anytime you feel like releasing the new workers that would be fantastic. I am into April 2008 in the draft game and it's been brutal for the Japanese feds in the draft game. People set intensity and danger too high and people are getting spinal cord injuries left and right over there. What with Headhunter A falling 20 stories, Bubblegum getting mistakenly shot by SWAT and another guy exploding and natural attrition it would be getting empty without generation on. It's been a blast even though I am still at cult, stupid 8th 65 percent region.</div></blockquote><p> xD That sounds like a highly entertaining game to me. There's still a lot I want to do before releasing the next update but progress is actually going really well so we'll have to wait and see when that'll be.</p>

[alpha2117]

 

xD That sounds like a highly entertaining game to me. There's still a lot I want to do before releasing the next update but progress is actually going really well so we'll have to wait and see when that'll be.

 

Yeah it's a blast - well not so much for people like KENTA who retired at 26 after joining the Spinal Cord Rupture club along with like a dozen other workers in Japan.

 

It's a weird old world in my game. Nick Dinsmore is the hottest rising star in the world, Trent Acid is not only alive but clean and is at 90 ring psych, Kenny Doane is a star and Stephanie McMahon divorced Triple H and then started dating CM Punk. My fed turned into the NJPW 10 years early with weird mega stables left and right

 

The Ronin - Steph, Tanahashi, Okada, Otani, Nishimura, The Great Sasuke, Yoshino, Ibushi, Jade Chung and Gail Kim

 

Alliance - Rock, Omega, Sting, Mankind, Cena, Stacy Keibler

 

Chaos Theory - Taker, Kane, Ultramantis Black, Super Dragon, Delirious, Daffney & MsChif

 

Evolved - Batista, Orton, Jindrak, Morgan, Shelly Martinez

 

Coalition - Edge, Christian, Hero, Doane, Claudio Casta (Cesaro) & Lita

 

The Professionals - Ted Dibiase, Dinsmore, Adam Pearce, Lance Storm

 

Acid Kashmere Smile - Trent Acid, Johnny Kashmere, Norman Smiley, American Angel (Sara Del rey) & SoSay

 

Dia de Muertos - Ozz, Cuervo, Escoria, Espiritu, Chessman, Cinthia Moreno & Esther Moreno.

 

And a bunch of others and three dev leagues in Eastern Australia, Iberia and Central Britain.

 

I just got my first 100 rated match 2 1/2 years in with Roc, Cena & Omega vs Otani, Sasuke & Nishimura for the Trios title. Which given I started at Regional with Rock & Batista and a bunch of young guys and cast offs. That 8th 65% in the US eludes me though.

[LigerLiger]

Stephanie McMahon divorced Triple H and then started dating CM Punk.

 

 

All the languages in the world, and still no words can describe the feeling of reading this.

[alpha2117]

All the languages in the world, and still no words can describe the feeling of reading this.

 

Oh I know, she's tight with Matt Classic too, it's just bizarre . Shelly Martinez has a Strong Friendship with Batista, Sting is mentoring Kenny Doane too. The game throws up some weird old vagaries sometimes. When you have a 100 backstage environment you keep getting good stuff and when people are happy you seem to get mor positive relationships..

[Mammoth]

I know this goes without saying for a lot of people, but I do really urge people to check out the picture pack if you're at a loss with the direction you want to take a worker. I'm just putting the finishing touches on Ryota Hama and I've found an excellent picture of him in a suit which just screams "Yakuza muscle".

[Larrikn]

Good to hear my next ROH Champ will be in the next release

[Forky]

I've asked some people to see if we can find out some announcers for you.

 

One thing I notice as I look around the database is that you've really only got about 40 wrestlers set to debut. What is your plan with that? Are you looking to expand those?

 

While looking at a possible TNA game, I noticed that guys like Tommy Mercer/Crimson, Samuel Shaw, Jax Dane and various others aren't in the database. Now I know that 2 of them didn't debut until 2007 and Dane didn't actually come around until 2009. I'm just wondering if you plan to add future workers like them as you continue on with the database?

[Mammoth]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Forky" data-cite="Forky" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45924" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I've asked some people to see if we can find out some announcers for you.<p> </p><p> One thing I notice as I look around the database is that you've really only got about 40 wrestlers set to debut. What is your plan with that? Are you looking to expand those? </p><p> </p><p> While looking at a possible TNA game, I noticed that guys like Tommy Mercer/Crimson, Samuel Shaw, Jax Dane and various others aren't in the database. Now I know that 2 of them didn't debut until 2007 and Dane didn't actually come around until 2009. I'm just wondering if you plan to add future workers like them as you continue on with the database?</p></div></blockquote><p> Thanks, it'll be greatly appreciated.</p><p> </p><p> The number of "Yet to Debut" workers in my modification is now 57, so this number is already growing. I'm always looking to expand so I'm sure this number will grow. I depend on you guys really to give me names you'd like to see added to fill out future workers, because I generally concentrate on making the modification work from the get-go. With that said, Tommy Mercer, Samuel Shaw and Jax Dane have all been added to my "To Do" list. I do find it's something that just grow organically over time as I'll be working on one person and come across 3-4 other names that I'd like to add too but as I say, if you guys name someone then I'll do my best to add them rather than relying on me to come across somebody.</p>

[alex6291]

Hi, I did not find Layla El in your database, is she in your "to do list". Also I'm curious to know if there will be a new update for TEW 2016? Thank you for your hard work.

[Mammoth]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="alex6291" data-cite="alex6291" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45924" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Hi, I did not find Layla El in your database, is she in your "to do list". Also I'm curious to know if there will be a new update for TEW 2016? Thank you for your hard work.</div></blockquote><p> Layla El has now been added to my "To Do List". I want to do an update for TEW16, but it's about finding a time and place to stop what I'm doing and release it because I'm in the middle of a few things at the moment. Therefore, I can't really give you a time of arrival but yes, there will definitely be an update for TEW16.</p>

[Mammoth]

<p><strong><span style="font-size:18px;">Version 1.0</span></strong></p><p>

<span style="font-size:8px;">it's still version 1.0 because I forgot to change it. >.<</span></p><p> </p><p>

Okay, ladies and gentlemen. What will you get in Version 1.0?</p><p> </p><p>

</p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Fixed Errors</strong></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"> - Unsurprisingly, I've fixed a lot of the errors that the Grey Dog Software community has brought to my attention. </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Added Workers</strong></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"> - Also unsurprisingly, I've added a host of new workers. The number previously stood at 2,047 and now it stands at 2,162 so that - for the numerically challenged like me - is over 100 new workers in the database. I haven't had the opportunity to add everyone people have asked for, but I'm slowly getting through my "To-Do" list and I assure everyone who has put forward names that they are on my list and will be added eventually. You DO NOT need to suggest them again because I assure you; if they've been mentioned in this thread, they will be added. </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Added Companies</strong></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"> - As previously reported, I've added a joshi proresu scene to the modification with the addition of All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, GAEA Japan, Ice Ribbon Girl's Pro Wrestling, JDStar Women's Pro Wrestling, NEO Women's Pro-Wrestling, OZ Academy and World Wonder Ring STARDOM. The only thing missing is announcers for these respective companies as I couldn't find any information on this, even for those with TV shows at this time. I'be also added NWA Cyberspace and NWA UK Hammerlock, although I've been unable to add Impact Pro Wrestling (New Zealand) and International Wrestling Australia to the modification due to the lack of information on them in January, 2006.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Match Types</strong></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"> - I've generally just gone over it and tidied it up a bit while also changing some of their descriptions to both make them a bit more understandable and also more uniform.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Free Pictures</strong></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"> - I've added 48 "Free Pictures" to the modification. It obviously doesn't have a big effect (unless you bring "New Workers" date forward) but it's something I felt like doing and I may add more in the future. </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

There's probably a lot more I can't think of right now too but for now, that's going to have to do. So without further ado:</div><p></p><p> </p><p>

</p><p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/fa3rw0ksv7in5s2/2006_%2528Pictures%2529.zip/file" rel="external nofollow"><img alt="ul5bucq.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ul5bucq.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></a></p><p>

</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Direct Link: </strong></p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/fa3rw0ksv7in5s2/2006_%2528Pictures%2529.zip/file" rel="external nofollow"><strong>Click Me</strong></a></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>

</p><div style="text-align:right;"><p></p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/fcbreoadqh6m5cd/2006_%2528Database%2529.zip/file" rel="external nofollow"><img alt="AtUYHfH.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/AtUYHfH.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></a></div><p></p><p>

</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Direct Link: </strong></p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/fcbreoadqh6m5cd/2006_%2528Database%2529.zip/file" rel="external nofollow"><strong>Click Me</strong></a></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>

</p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>My "To-Do" List (Not Including the Hall of Fame's):</strong></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Bad Boy Hido, Cutie Suzuki (mentor of Azumi Hyuga), Pirata Morgan Jr., KAORU, Sakura Hirota, Io Shirai, Arisa Nakajima, Syuri, Hikaru Shida, Misaki Ohata, Sareee, Konami, Consequences Creed, Ophidian, Amasis, Fenix, Penta, Tyler Breeze, Tenille Dashwood, Pete Dunne, Angel de Oro, Marty Scrull, Nick Aldis, Seiya Sanada, WALTER, Alicia Fox, Chuck Taylor, Hayato Jr., Fujita, Jessicka Havok, Michaeal Dante, Mustafa Ali, Niebla Roja, Swoggle, Cat Power, Curt Hawkins, Zack Ryder, Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls, Timothy Thatcher, Tomasso Ciampa, Fuka, Ice Cream Jr., El Hijo del Ice Cream, Micheal Hutter, Heath Slater, Maryse Ouellet, Jake Hagar, Johnny Curtis, PJ Black, Ryan Tran, Stu Bennett, Ray Leppan, 2 Face (best friend with HATE), Nick & Matt Jackson, Joe Coffey, Marty Scurll, Tyler Bate, Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly, Bobby Fish, Noam Dar, Jack Gallagher, Danny Burch, Trent Seven, Barb Sasaki, Daichi Murayama, Nikkan Lee, Atsushi Kotoge, Kana, Leah West, Tsubasa Kuragaki, BUSHI, Yujiro Takahashi, SANADA, Bad Luck Fale, Dragon Lee, Kofi Kingston, Lince Dorado, Tommy Mercer, Samuel Shaw, Jax Dane, Zack Gowan, Windham Rotunda, Taylor Rotunda, The Usos, Afa Jr., Tama Tonga, Tanga Roa, Eli Drake (Paul Bearer managing chemistry), Garza Jr., Tadao Yasuda (managing chemistry with Kantaro Hoshino), Layla El, Rob Eckos, Trinity, Jimmy Havoc, Aya Sakurai, Sakura Hirota, Sonoko Kato, Sugar Sato, Mariko Narita, The Bloody, Fang Suzuki, Emi Tojo, Yumi Ohka, Kei Akiyama, Hanako Kanimiso, Megumi Yabushita, MARU, Teruko Kagawa, Yuko Kosugi, Hiromi Yagi, KAZUKI, Sachie Abe and Asami Kawasaki.</div><p></p>

[DanMTheMan]

Thank you for the update Mammoth!!! <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

[YoungNoble]

Thanks for the update. Will give this a go soon!

[Kijar]

Appreciate the work Mammoth, can't wait to give it a go!

[tsdm1996]

<p>Noticed a little mistake on the database, i know they are expected so i will leave it here so you can correct it. Heidenreich appears to be 33 years old. If i find more i will update this post with more information.</p><p> </p><p>

Will have fun with this database thanks for creating it.</p><p> </p><p>

Cheers</p>

[miamarsden]

Honestly, the mod is great. My one complaint, and it's really small, is was WWE really struggling this much? Like, Cena was pretty popular at that point, Undertaker was really popular as well. There's not many big stars, but I guess it would depend on how you define popularity too.

[alpha2117]

Oh good some new warm bodies for my Autumn Draft game - I'm almost 4 years in and as much as I like discovering new system generated and regen talent it will be nice getting some real people to replace the retirees - especially in Japan which has had about 30 spinal injuries in 4 years.

[alpha2117]

Honestly, the mod is great. My one complaint, and it's really small, is was WWE really struggling this much? Like, Cena was pretty popular at that point, Undertaker was really popular as well. There's not many big stars, but I guess it would depend on how you define popularity too.

 

I tend to agree but I am playing a game from the draft that was done back in Dec 18 using this and I started at Regional with good money but only The Rock & Batista and a bunch of talented but not really over guys and 3 years 11 months later I'm getting 81000+ people at Wembley Stadium in the UK when I am based in South East USA so even with the WWE set up in a hard position in the core mod any player with a naturally aggressive playing style (which actually mirrors Vince's real style) should be able to get that pop back up to where it needs to be with some canny buys and some good booking. I had people like Matt Morgan and Mark Jindrak and drug crazed Trent Acid to start with and got really good once I addressed their issues. Trent Acid, The Rock and … Super Dragon …. are the three most popular wrestlers in the world. How Super Dragon became a mega star is beyond me but he's hovering at about a 95 pop across the board and I assume my fed is selling Super Dragon masks to kids. That's the thing with the game - because of the random destiny thing I somehow managed to get an obscure PWG guy and a guy that dies of a drug overdose to become Megastars.

 

Weirdly the first and so far only person to die of drug related causes is Vince McMahon - let this be a lesson to you all never mix Viagra and Steroids kids. His death left his daughter Stephanie and her fiancé CM Punk very sad (I'm not joking about that either - Steph had a kid, divorced HHH a month later and then 6 months later started dating Punk). This whole database was worth it just for that truly bizarre alternate universe set of events.

[Mammoth]

Thank you for the update Mammoth!!!

Thanks for the update. Will give this a go soon!

Appreciate the work Mammoth, can't wait to give it a go!

You're welcome, guys. I look forward to hearing all your opinions.

Noticed a little mistake on the database, i know they are expected so i will leave it here so you can correct it. Heidenreich appears to be 33 years old. If i find more i will update this post with more information.

 

Will have fun with this database thanks for creating it.

 

Cheers

Yes, sorry. He is in fact 33 in January, 2006 (born in June, 1972) so that's actually correct; what's wrong is his description, but that has now been corrected so thank you. I look forward to hearing more.

Honestly, the mod is great. My one complaint, and it's really small, is was WWE really struggling this much? Like, Cena was pretty popular at that point, Undertaker was really popular as well. There's not many big stars, but I guess it would depend on how you define popularity too.

It's not necessarily the stars who have low popularity (I actually increased a lot of the main event guys) but it's the 'E themselves and - as has been mentioned previously - I really don't want to inflate them too much. They were struggling in real life around this time but I've probably made them slightly worse than they actually were but that's for the games sake more than anything as I hate modifications where the 'E are so inflated that it's almost impossible to usurp them. I really want the modification to have that air of "anything is possible" because that's really what it was like at this time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and Ring of Honor both having incredible momentum whilst the 'E were spending too much time on bulking up their roster unnecessarily. WWE still have quite a big advantage so it's never bothered me very much.

Oh good some new warm bodies for my Autumn Draft game - I'm almost 4 years in and as much as I like discovering new system generated and regen talent it will be nice getting some real people to replace the retirees - especially in Japan which has had about 30 spinal injuries in 4 years.

I'm here to appease.

I tend to agree but I am playing a game from the draft that was done back in Dec 18 using this and I started at Regional with good money but only The Rock & Batista and a bunch of talented but not really over guys and 3 years 11 months later I'm getting 81000+ people at Wembley Stadium in the UK when I am based in South East USA so even with the WWE set up in a hard position in the core mod any player with a naturally aggressive playing style (which actually mirrors Vince's real style) should be able to get that pop back up to where it needs to be with some canny buys and some good booking. I had people like Matt Morgan and Mark Jindrak and drug crazed Trent Acid to start with and got really good once I addressed their issues. Trent Acid, The Rock and … Super Dragon …. are the three most popular wrestlers in the world. How Super Dragon became a mega star is beyond me but he's hovering at about a 95 pop across the board and I assume my fed is selling Super Dragon masks to kids. That's the thing with the game - because of the random destiny thing I somehow managed to get an obscure PWG guy and a guy that dies of a drug overdose to become Megastars.

 

Weirdly the first and so far only person to die of drug related causes is Vince McMahon - let this be a lesson to you all never mix Viagra and Steroids kids. His death left his daughter Stephanie and her fiancé CM Punk very sad (I'm not joking about that either - Steph had a kid, divorced HHH a month later and then 6 months later started dating Punk). This whole database was worth it just for that truly bizarre alternate universe set of events.

See, this is exactly what I want from my modifications; the what-ifs and how-the-hells. There's nothing worse in my opinion than seeing a modification play out just like real life because surely that's not why we all play? I love the sound of that and can't wait to see how my own game plays out because I've finally decided to give myself a break from creating the modification and I've decided to give it a go myself.