RatedRKO16 Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 I was going to start a game in the 80s as WWF or WCW but I'd like to get years down the road but don't have the time to book a lot. What's the best way to work around a busy schedule and get the most out of TEW? I was thinking maybe just an hour main show and a ppv every month. Or just book PPVs. Maybe 2 ppvs a month and that's it. Any one have any thoughts or suggestions? Any option you like better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juce Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 I was going to start a game in the 80s as WWF or WCW but I'd like to get years down the road but don't have the time to book a lot. What's the best way to work around a busy schedule and get the most out of TEW? I was thinking maybe just an hour main show and a ppv every month. Or just book PPVs. Maybe 2 ppvs a month and that's it. Any one have any thoughts or suggestions? Any option you like better? Use the autobooking feature when you get to regular shows and just book your big PPV events. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CQI13 Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 I was going to start a game in the 80s as WWF or WCW but I'd like to get years down the road but don't have the time to book a lot. What's the best way to work around a busy schedule and get the most out of TEW? I was thinking maybe just an hour main show and a ppv every month. Or just book PPVs. Maybe 2 ppvs a month and that's it. Any one have any thoughts or suggestions? Any option you like better? Do a watcher for the first however many years, then take over as a booker (or owner). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RatedRKO16 Posted August 27, 2019 Author Share Posted August 27, 2019 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Juce" data-cite="Juce" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46938" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Use the autobooking feature when you get to regular shows and just book your big PPV events.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> How do I get the wrestlers over who I want to get over? Just have them win the matches? Would that work...</p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defmall Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Yeah, best bet is to use Auto Booker to save time, but make sure you are putting over the guys you want. This way you get to accomplish what you want but you don't have to think too hard about it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="RatedRKO16" data-cite="RatedRKO16" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46938" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I was going to start a game in the 80s as WWF or WCW but I'd like to get years down the road but don't have the time to book a lot. What's the best way to work around a busy schedule and get the most out of TEW? I was thinking maybe just an hour main show and a ppv every month. Or just book PPVs. Maybe 2 ppvs a month and that's it. Any one have any thoughts or suggestions? Any option you like better?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I mean, my opinion is then play as a smaller company that's not WWF or WCW and book two shows a month. I've got a CVerse game where I just finished the eighth full year and I've booked over 260 shows, but I spent a lot of time booking one show and then two shows a month before I built up to having weekly TVs and pay per views.</p><p> </p><p> I hate using the auto booker (But I also hate letting the AI decide who wins my matches, I book every match fully). If you're wanting to say in control of a company, I'd start my own in the time period. That way you don't have to feel bad about not wanting to book the weekly TV and then can book the shows you want to book and don't have to rely on the autobooker to get guys over -- because they very well might not.</p><p> </p><p> Your other option is to use the autobooker except for the workers you really want to get over. So you could book one or two matches a show to make sure to get the desired result you want and then auto book the rest.</p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBEZA Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 I hate using the auto booker (But I also hate letting the AI decide who wins my matches, I book every match fully). Wait, is this unusual? I assumed everyone played this way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="EBEZA" data-cite="EBEZA" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46938" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Wait, is this unusual? I assumed everyone played this way! <img alt=":eek:" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/eek.png.0e09df00fa222c85760b9bc1700b5405.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I have discovered that apparently more people than I thought don't select winners for all of their matches!</p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrokenCycle Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Historian" data-cite="Historian" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46938" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I have discovered that apparently more people than I thought don't select winners for all of their matches!</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Some people don't even know how it works, though, and assume it's actually a random selection. </p><p> </p><p> I would bet if you ran the same match over and over and over against two people on equal footing in the company, the same person would win every time, or have a much higher probability of winning than a coin flip.</p><p> </p><p> I believe it's mostly based on popularity, with some other stuff thrown in. Essentially booking no winner means a pretty stagnant roster. Isn't the fun of the game pushing new stars and telling stories? I don't get why anyone would actually play the game like this.</p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBEZA Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 I'm shocked. I could only imagine not choosing winners if that was the entire point of the save! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LloydCross Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="EBEZA" data-cite="EBEZA" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46938" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I'm shocked. I could only imagine not choosing winners if that was the entire point of the save!</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Like a weird half-shoot mode a la SvR GM Mode? That seems more interesting in a multiplayer setting. Or maybe as a "Give Me Rules For a Game" bit of nonsense.</p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTroy03 Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Depends on the mood. If I am booking Zach Ryder vs No Way Jose as an opener, I may just let the AI / aka Road Agent pick who wins. I don't care. I am concerned with mid and main event and lower guys I want to get over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levinux Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 <p>I never use it autobooker. I don't like it. It takes away my control, which is why I want to book in the first place. However, I can see the allure of it.</p><p> </p><p> I also don't let the AI decide who wins. If it's a match between two guys I have nothing going on with, I'll pick at random ensuring no one is going on crazy winning/losing streaks unless it's part of an ongoing story.</p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kijar Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="RatedRKO16" data-cite="RatedRKO16" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46938" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>How do I get the wrestlers over who I want to get over? Just have them win the matches? Would that work...</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Yep, this is how I play.</p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RatedRKO16 Posted September 1, 2019 Author Share Posted September 1, 2019 If you're just picking winners, how do you do storylines leading up to the PPV's? Or are you just booking a card the fans would enjoy with no storylines? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slash-LN Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 Change your game settings to not include things like penalties for using a worker too often in a show, morale loss for not being used enough, not meeting specific time standards for shows, not having enough story lines. Basically look at the game settings with all the boxes that you can check and eliminate anything that isn't important to you. See if any broadcasters are willing to let you out of your TV deals. So for example if you're WWF and they have Wrestling Challenge, Superstars, Prime Time Wrestling or whatever else they have in your game go to the broadcasters screen and see if any will agree to let you out of your contract. Less shows equals less booking. Use super basic things. I cut down down my booking time by doing this Angle-5 minutes Match-13 Minutes plus 2 minutes for the intros There's 20 minutes of a show already. I do that three times for a one hour show and it gets the people over that I need to get over and lets me use people enough to suit my need. I tend to do three story lines for a show. So in my 1995 WWF game for example I have Diesel vs Vader, Goldust vs The Undertaker and Steve Austin vs Barry Windham. I use the angles to get those stories over and the matches to push the people that I'm going to work into stories next. I occasionally mix it up and have matches on the show involving the competitors involved in stories so I might have had Diesel and Shawn Michaels vs Vader and Sid Vicious and us the angle spot to have Bret Hart do a promo. Or I might have Barry Windham in a match and set Steve Austin as a commentator. I plan things out in a notebook so I have a basic idea of what I'm going to do in any given month and what my long term plan is. For example I knew I wanted Vader vs Diesel at Wrestlemania so I started giving Vader a good push in November with promos and matches on RAW and then I had him win his team's match at Survivor Series, he won his In Your House match in December and then won the Royal Rumble in January. I then kept him off TV completely in February until after Diesel won in the main event at the ppv and then Vader attacked him post match. I made sure to do the pre-booking for Mania the day of the In Your House February show before I ran the show. That way the match buildup gets instant heat. So having an idea ahead of time of what you want to do and how you want to get there cuts down quite a bit of time. I tend to like to think at least three months ahead sometimes I'll go as far as to plan out a whole year. Obviously you run the risk of injury or people going to rehab or whatever but you don't have much control over that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinsmoker Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="EBEZA" data-cite="EBEZA" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46938" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I'm shocked. I could only imagine not choosing winners if that was the entire point of the save!</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I do that for round robin tournaments, to make them more open and to force myself into booking certain scenarios. </p><p> </p><p> Like EVIL winning the A Block of a G1, while Ishii won the B Block. Neither man was in my planned WK singles matches and now Ishii is headlining the whole thing</p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBEZA Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="LloydCross" data-cite="LloydCross" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46938" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Like a weird half-shoot mode a la SvR GM Mode? That seems more interesting in a multiplayer setting. Or maybe as a "Give Me Rules For a Game" bit of nonsense.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I think it'd be interesting to do a series where all pay-per-view matches have the winners chosen by the AI, for example. So I can book TV to build to a PPV match I want, but I can't control who is the champion on the other side. Forced improv <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> Multiplayer would be interesting, how would you see that working?</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Vinsmoker" data-cite="Vinsmoker" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46938" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I do that for round robin tournaments, to make them more open and to force myself into booking certain scenarios. <p> </p><p> Like EVIL winning the A Block of a G1, while Ishii won the B Block. Neither man was in my planned WK singles matches and now Ishii is headlining the whole thing</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> That's definitely an interesting way to use the feature! Did you choose Ishii over EVIL, or did you still AI book the final?</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Slash-LN" data-cite="Slash-LN" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46938" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I made sure to do the pre-booking for Mania the day of the In Your House February show before I ran the show. That way the match buildup gets instant heat.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Wait, does pre-booking affect heat in advance?! <img alt=":eek:" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/eek.png.0e09df00fa222c85760b9bc1700b5405.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinsmoker Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 <p>Booked the finals myself, since there was a post match speech and I didn't want to risk losing one of my few Tag-Teams with EVIL & Sanada lol</p><p> </p><p> It all comes down to preference, obviously, but if you're not booking a winner, make sure that you wouldn't mind any of the wrestlers winning the match. Otherwise you end up with WWE games Universe mode level of madness. And don't forget... You can force the Auto-Booker to only book certain people. Win or lose... They will get over in the long run.</p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBEZA Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Vinsmoker" data-cite="Vinsmoker" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46938" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>WWE games Universe mode level of madness.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Heath Slater once beat Undertaker at Wrestlemania for the World Heavyweight Championship in one of my Universe Modes... <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LloydCross Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 I think it'd be interesting to do a series where all pay-per-view matches have the winners chosen by the AI, for example. So I can book TV to build to a PPV match I want, but I can't control who is the champion on the other side. Forced improv Multiplayer would be interesting, how would you see that working? I've never used multiplayer in TEW so am unfamiliar with how it works mechanically. But, if you and someone else were playing direct competitor with similar schedules this would add some unpredictability to the competition since there might be some surprises at who gets over. I'm mostly thinking of the Xavier Woods and Tyler Breeze SvR GM mode thing on YouTube. Them not picking winners makes it fairly chaotic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddyGarner Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 The way to get wrestlers over is dominate if they have B- ish charisma. All you need is one and then they can get all the other wrestlers over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kijar Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 If you're just picking winners, how do you do storylines leading up to the PPV's? Or are you just booking a card the fans would enjoy with no storylines? Yeah, pretty much. The stories are in my head, and all the payoff happens at the big shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaysin Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 Wait, does pre-booking affect heat in advance?! No it doesn’t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RatedRKO16 Posted September 3, 2019 Author Share Posted September 3, 2019 No it doesn’t I was going to say that's news to me as well. I feel like that was once a thing, maybe in an early TEW or even EWR? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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