Fantasy Draft: WOTI 6 Discussion/Signup Thread

[Valkyria]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="wshred13" data-cite="wshred13" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46730" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I've got a time question for you guys in Europe. Here in the states, I think we have four different time zones, but most everything nationally is stated in Eastern time and converted from there. Isn't GMT the equivalent for you guys?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><p> GMT is only used in Ireland, the UK and Portugal. Most Countrys (everything from Spain to Hungary and in between) here uses MET.</p>

[wshred13]

I was really debating between choosing RVD or Eddie in Round 3. I went with Eddie because I was pretty sure he would be gone before my turn came back around, but I thought there was a small chance of RVD making his way back to me.

[FellaLibby]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="wshred13" data-cite="wshred13" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46730" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I was really debating between choosing RVD or Eddie in Round 3. I went with Eddie because I was pretty sure he would be gone before my turn came back around, but I thought there was a small chance of RVD making his way back to me.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I was planning on Eddie before Owen. You've forced my hand!</p>

[GooseRobb]

<p>Haha, my bad man. Decided I needed to go for some really good workers since I pretty much missed out on a lot of top tier talent. Since I obviously didn't look through the stats as much as I thought.</p><p> </p><p>

I thought about taking Goldberg, but honestly I never been a fan of him</p>

[FellaLibby]

Dang these starting rosters are looking strong.

[WillyWillyWilly]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="FellaLibby" data-cite="FellaLibby" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46730" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Dang these starting rosters are looking strong.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> there are so many top guys in this mod.</p>

[Markw]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Valkyria" data-cite="Valkyria" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46730" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>GMT is only used in Ireland, the UK and Portugal. Most Countrys (everything from Spain to Hungary and in between) here uses MET.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> To add to that, none of us are using GMT/MET at the moment I don't think. The UK is using BST (which is essentially MET) and I think most of Europe is using CEST which is an hour later than MET/BST.</p>

[GooseRobb]

I think I smell a beer money / Rated Rko feud in the making

[GooseRobb]

Anybody gonna be on for abit, I could live a list with? Probably gonna go to bed in the next hour or two

[FellaLibby]

I'm up

[GooseRobb]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="FellaLibby" data-cite="FellaLibby" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46730" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I'm up</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Think it should actually be your turn now. But I'll PM you what I have for a list in a minute, thank you</p>

[GooseRobb]

I'm surprised I only missed one pick lol

[FellaLibby]

Man. I wake up and its my turn. Pretty great.

[Valkyria]

<p>Regals gone, Magnum TAs gone... My plans are ruined. </p><p> </p><p>

I have to think about what i am going to do next.</p>

[wshred13]

If you guys are gonna be away and want to send out shortlists to keep the draft going, I should be able to fill in picks for the next 7 hours or so.

[alpha2117]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Valkyria" data-cite="Valkyria" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46730" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Regals gone, Magnum TAs gone... My plans are ruined. <p> </p><p> I have to think about what i am going to do next.</p></div></blockquote> <p> </p><p> </p><p> I don't know if it's possible to have ruined plans in this mod, it's full of really high powered talent for a long time. Getting a guy like Magnum TA 9th round sums it up. He is a guy who could of been anything if not for the accident. There are still a ton of people who can Main Event undrafted still.</p>

[Valkyria]

<p>Who has your Favorite Rosters so far? Here is my list</p><p> </p><p>

1. MarkW (Except for Punk, those are some top tier guys)</p><p>

2. wshred13</p><p>

3. alpha2117</p><p>

4. GooseRobb</p><p>

5. FellaLibby</p><p>

6. ZSR23</p><p>

7. WillyWillyWilly</p><p>

8. Destiny (basiclly WWE right now, not really what I like.)</p>

[FellaLibby]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Valkyria" data-cite="Valkyria" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46730" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Who has your Favorite Rosters so far? Here is my list</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Well I have plans for my own roster, so I love it <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> 1) wshred13 (Love this roster it has a lot to offer at the top.)</p><p> 2) ZSR23 (I see the dream matches)</p><p> 3) GooseRobb (A great character driven upper card with Tags)</p><p> 4) MarkW (A IWC fan favorite roster imo)</p><p> 5) Valkryia (A good roster but those with demons)</p><p> 6) WillyWillyWilly (2003/04 Raw with a blend of goodness of old)</p><p> 7) Destiny (Best of the best of should haves from WWE)</p><p> 8) alpha2117 (I can't see a pattern to this roster of strongness)</p><p> </p><p> My list is just on my taste and how I can see patterns within the rosters.</p>

[Markw]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Valkyria" data-cite="Valkyria" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46730" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Who has your Favorite Rosters so far? <p> </p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Really tough to say at this stage, and most have at least one or two names I'm unfamiliar with. I think maybe something like this at this stage, but interested to see how the rest of the draft shapes it.</p><p> </p><p> 1. GooseRobb (considering his first two picks were I thought pretty weak in comparison to most/what was available, he's really pulled it back for me, as someone who was once a big Benoit fan, is a big RVD fan and really enjoyed 2005-2007 TNA - I'd be tuning into this one weekly. Only issue for me is that I'd like to see it take advantage of the wide timeframe the mod covers. Most of this roster feels like it peaks at around the same time in real life.)</p><p> </p><p> 2. wshred13 (big fan of your top four - gutted I missed out on Joe, Sabu and Regal nice additions for the undercard)</p><p> </p><p> 3. FellaLibby (Taker/Angle running the show plus a selection of decent talent I would have selected - just not as early as that. Nothing not to like in there really)</p><p> </p><p> 4. alpha2117 (Best opening two, another two great picks at 3 and 4. Has lost me a little since then, partially just because I either don't know of, or haven't seen much of the others. It's a brilliant first four though.)</p><p> </p><p> 5. ZSR23 (I should preface this by saying I think this might well be the best roster of the lot so far. It's just largely not my cup of tea. Does have the best announcer of all, and some hugely popular names. I'm sure it'll win the TEW ratings war. But I need a few more names that I can get personally excited about before it'd get into my top half..)</p><p> </p><p> 6. Valkyria (Really split on this one. Love Jericho, big fan of Sting, some nice additions in the last few rounds, but I'm not sure that I would want to watch a company that's likely to heavily feature Nash, Hall and Show. Just not for me.)</p><p> </p><p> 7. WillyWillyWilly (Again, I should preface by saying it's a great roster. And it's probably madness for me to put it this low, it's just that Dudleys aside it does nothing for me, like at all.)</p><p> </p><p> 8. Destiny (Huge fan of Brock and AJ. But the rest is just a bit meh for me. Seth and Jeff are okay additions but neither would have come into my thought process until a lot later, and I'm not sure I'd have ever got round to his 5-8 picks in this mod. Indeed some of those coming this early just really confuses me more than anything.)</p>

[alpha2117]

<p>With my fed circumstances meant I haven't been able to plan. I've been away from homebase for 2 days so it's all of a list of best available I sent to wshred13. That said I am extremely happy with how it has played out.</p><p> </p><p>

Austin was obvious, Piper in his prime is great, Pillman has great stats and is only 28 in the mod meaning he still has a huge potential upside, Curt Henning was a beast and his character is a perfect fir for my first 3 picks. It all goes a bit strange for the next 3 picks because nobody was picking the Japanese Greats at that point so I ended up with the father of Puroreso Rikidozan, New Japans current Ace Tanahashi and Tenzan a superlative brawler - Tenzan is the lowest profile but a feud with someone like Piper could be amazing. Kerry Von Erich and Magnum TA have a ton of Star Quality and whilst accidents saw both men fail to reach their potential in real life this mod positions them as perfect foils for the guys I already have. It's actually ended up as a surprisingly coherent roster given it was largely random chance as to what I got up till this point.</p><p> </p><p>

Then Rnd 10 hits and I'm looking at my list and looking at the spreadsheet and Giant Baba is still on the board - a Huge Super Heavyweight with great psych and great in ring skills who is as good an owner and booker as you could ever hope for - it's all sunshine and kittens for me.</p>

[FellaLibby]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="alpha2117" data-cite="alpha2117" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46730" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>With my fed circumstances meant I haven't been able to plan. I've been away from homebase for 2 days so it's all of a list of best available I sent to wshred13. That said I am extremely happy with how it has played out.<p> </p><p> Austin was obvious, Piper in his prime is great, Pillman has great stats and is only 28 in the mod meaning he still has a huge potential upside, Curt Henning was a beast and his character is a perfect fir for my first 3 picks. It all goes a bit strange for the next 3 picks because nobody was picking the Japanese Greats at that point so I ended up with the father of Puroreso Rikidozan, New Japans current Ace Tanahashi and Tenzan a superlative brawler - Tenzan is the lowest profile but a feud with someone like Piper could be amazing. Kerry Von Erich and Magnum TA have a ton of Star Quality and whilst accidents saw both men fail to reach their potential in real life this mod positions them as perfect foils for the guys I already have. It's actually ended up as a surprisingly coherent roster given it was largely random chance as to what I got up till this point.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> That is a pretty solid reasoning. I do very much like the roster choices.</p>

[alpha2117]

<p>Add Baba with my Rnd 10 pick and I am golden. I was stunned when I realised he was still on the board. </p><p> </p><p>

Like I said earlier the mod is so full is studs it's hard to imagine anyone having a weak roster.</p>

[FellaLibby]

<p>I am so glad I got Ted DiBiase. I love the Million Dollar Man. And I have so many things on my mind on how I want to bring him into my promotion.</p><p> </p><p>

Always felt like DiBiase got shafted by WWF, he should've been the champion at Mania 4, and won that years Royal Rumble. I'll do justice for the richest man in wrestling.</p>

[wshred13]

<p>Through the first 1/4 my promotion rankings are:</p><p> </p><p>

Putting all humbleness aside, I love my roster. It is the epitome of what I try to achieve in drafts as I love a diverse roster.</p><p> </p><p>

1. MarkW is the one I would be most interested in watching. He's picked off a lot of guys I wanted pretty close to when I was going to draft them. </p><p> </p><p>

2. FellaLibby knows what fantasy drafts are all about! Went primarily WWF/E early, but then really mixed it up with his undercard for a great roster so far. </p><p> </p><p>

3. ZSR - A tale of two drafts so far makes for an intriguing roster. With first half being chosen from the posters of Vince McMahon's bedroom and the second half being indie darlings, I'm very interested to see where he goes next. </p><p> </p><p>

4. GooseRob - mainly makes it this high for the potential to be a tag team meme dream of a company, not so much on the pure strength of his roster so far. Although I would tune in for Edge, RVD, MCMG and he got quite a steal getting Christian as late as he did. </p><p> </p><p>

5. Willy - Raw 2003 is one of the eras I quit watching for a while and that is mainly what you've recreated, but with enough variety to pique my interest a bit. </p><p> </p><p>

6+7. Valkyria + Destiny - These guys are put here for the same "crime" in my mind: for removing the "fantasy" from fantasy draft. Valkyria is pretty much mid-late 90s WCW and Destiny is current WWE, but with this mod a lot of his guys wouldn't have the seasoning yet to be major players. </p><p> </p><p>

8. alpha - Outside of a killer top 4, drafting all Japanese and NWA guys is a sure way to turn me off (just personal preference).</p>

[GooseRobb]

Hmm... Not quite sure how i would grade these rosters yet honestly. But i think it's time i pick up more tag teams. Was a bummer to see Paul London go. Always dreamed of MCMG Vs. London and Kendrick in real life.