CZCW Thread

[Jack Avatar Fan]

I'm one month into a save that I'm feeling good about. I'm just playing as booker (Fox Mask) at the moment. I'm enjoying the product and tailoring my talent to what is needed on any given show. When it comes to scouting out new talent, I focused on the "Dynamo" feature, as I need talent that will give it everything they have on every show.

 

But first, I have to say that the moment Frankie Perez is signed away, I'm in trouble. The moment this happens, I'm going to need him to put over Frankie-Boy Fernandes, who I have singled out as the best of the rest. I even broke up Going Coastal due to him being held down a bit by a disappointing California Love Machine.

 

The Wild Cats are an excellent additions to the tag ranks. American Flash has taken a massive leap, but I still like him and Matt Sparrow working together on occasion. Due to the new attribute system, I haven't immediately fired Coleman and I feel like I can manage him in the uppercard, although his selfishness means that he'll be poison for my less talented youngsters. Stay tuned.

 

As for the integrated product, I've decided to keep it but to also put in place strict hiring rules. Only Small/Lightweight workers will be hired. 60-70 pound weight differences shouldn't be too immersion breaking. We won't have any Rey/Big Show problems.

 

My favorite signing so far was convincing the unemployed Australian, Vortex, to come work in the U.S. He's an excellent all-rounder and has that "Dynamo" attribute that I'm interested in for this company.

 

My biggest decision right now is to either get rid of catering, or get rid of Pablo Rodriguez.

[Blackman]

Shouldn't they increase their events to 2 hours 30?

 

2 hours is not optimal given their roster is over 30 and matches are supposed to last 15 minutes. That's 4 matches that the autobooker sets up. The rest is all preshow. Hopefully the AI booker makes more use of its time.

[MikeSc]

<p>Increasing to 2.5 hours keeps more workers happy for sure.</p><p> </p><p>

First month I got up to $200k and signed the top of the card to exclusive written contracts. If the save stays for the main game I will be buying a broadcaster in March.</p>

[Tew101]

I have to say that the moment Frankie Perez is signed away, I'm in trouble. The moment this happens, I'm going to need him to put over Frankie-Boy Fernandes, who I have singled out as the best of the rest. I even broke up Going Coastal due to him being held down a bit by a disappointing California Love Machine.

 

My biggest decision right now is to either get rid of catering, or get rid of Pablo Rodriguez.

 

Very curious as to when big companies will poach workers such as Frankie. I think you’re right to push Frankie-Boy. In TEW 16’ I would push CLM over Frankie-Boy, but so far seems Frankie-Boy is better performer.

 

Pablo Rodriguez is a giving performer. Build someone up a little, ask Pablo if he’d put them over and then have that person win COTT title. I signed Aldous Blackfriar and Pablo put him over. Aldous now has like 50 pop in region. Pablo was cool with it too.

[Tew101]

First month I got up to $200k and signed the top of the card to exclusive written contracts. If the save stays for the main game I will be buying a broadcaster in March.

 

How’d you make 80k in one month? You running a lot of shows or something like that?

[Blackman]

Haha, Perez immidiately offerend to put over a midcard guy so I did just that and had him lose the title to him. Thank God the demo's over now or I might've been in trouble. <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

[MikeSc]

How’d you make 80k in one month? You running a lot of shows or something like that?

 

Yeah, I started with 2 per week and moved up to 5 just to keep all the workers happy.

 

I feel like making my main events all "story telling" matches helps keep the main event guys from burning out too fast. Also gives me a chance to test out all the singles chemistry on the upper card.

 

On another note, Storm Spillane as an Impactful Wrestler is cool and all for the tag team. He can be tagged out pretty frequently so the weakness of that type (has to be short matches) is covered AND would make a great hot tag. But it makes him really hard to book at all in singles matches. I had him switch to Technical Striker (probably should have went with regular wrestler) as an experiment. But with his low charisma and entertain skill it is almost necessary to keep the Impactful style.

[Sigilistic]

So how do you book a company like CZCW, where there's no storylines. I'd love to hear what people are doing with them.

[awesomenessofme1]

On another note, Storm Spillane as an Impactful Wrestler is cool and all for the tag team. He can be tagged out pretty frequently so the weakness of that type (has to be short matches) is covered AND would make a great hot tag. But it makes him really hard to book at all in singles matches. I had him switch to Technical Striker (probably should have went with regular wrestler) as an experiment. But with his low charisma and entertain skill it is almost necessary to keep the Impactful style.

 

Style has no effect whatsoever on match ratings. The only effect it has is organization and AI hiring.

[MikeSc]

Style has no effect whatsoever on match ratings. The only effect it has is organization and AI hiring.

 

I thought Impactful Wrestler had penalties applied on matches over 10 or 15 minutes?

[MikeSc]

So how do you book a company like CZCW, where there's no storylines. I'd love to hear what people are doing with them.

 

CZCW has some lengthy match requirements. Main event matches are somewhere in the 25 minute range, so you will usually have about an hour blocked away at the very end of the show if you want full match ratings.

 

Recognisable and under are 15 minutes, so that's not exactly friendly for your remaining time either. My pattern tends to be recognisable vs recognisable or good jobber as an opener, then a jobber against somebody who needs a win. I'll follow that with Frankie Perez or Pablo Rodriguez talking about a match with an over guy for a good angle rating. Then I go to the Steal the Show requirement with recognisable guys, sometimes for the CZCW Extreme title. Then a jobber against somebody to cool the crowd, a Star/Well-Known level match with somebody good to pick the crowd back up leading to the 2 mains.

 

This is with 2.5 hours per show and leaving very little room for midcard and jobbers to develop or move up the card. They have basically 4 matches they can be a part of and probably lose. Difficulty is in making sure you use everyone enough and figuring who doesn't fit quickly.

 

As an FYI, job Remmy Skye down to recognisable and keep him there if you get him. He doesn't have the stamina for upper card matches.

[ink625]

So how do you book a company like CZCW, where there's no storylines. I'd love to hear what people are doing with them.

 

CZCW doesn't require storylines. However, that doesn't mean you can't or shouldn't use them anyway.

 

Personally, I always use storylines whether they're required or not. In CZCW's case though, since it's mainly a performance based company, I tend to stick to really basic storylines revolving almost exclusively around things that happen between the ropes. Some examples:

 

- Feud over #1 contendership to a title.

 

- Guy A says Guy B thinks he's the best in the business and sets out to prove him wrong, leading to a best of seven.

 

- Lowercard champion keeps weaseling his way into retaining the title through things like intentional count outs, intentional DQs, feigning injuries, etc., until finally he meets his match and loses the title when he's outsmarted by an up-and-coming babyface.

 

- To give a CZCW specific example of a storyline I plan on running. Britney Hollywood is injured during a match where the American Cobras are defending the COTT Tag Team titles. While Storm Spillane is distracted with checking on her, Marvel Malloy is double-teamed and pinned by their opponents costing them the titles. Malloy takes offense to Spillane putting Hollywood above their titles, leading to a split and a 1 vs. 1 feud. If one of the guys really stands out over the other and makes a name for himself, I will probably leave the split intact. If not, I'll have Hollywood turn out to have been jealous of Malloy and Spillane's friendship, revealing she cost them the titles on purpose. Then maybe she debuts a new team to take them out.

[MikeSc]

The 5 events per week worked like a charm.

 

Making $100k per show now to 3.5 to 5k crowds on events. I run my own broadcaster and have 2 B-Show TV shows on event nights to keep the midcard guys from getting buried by all the necessary losses. And the jobbers stay much happier.

 

At 53 in the Southwest and might be Medium by end of March. I got out of the COTT and have the top 3 classes of Perception locked into written contracts. Only trouble is I haven't found that transcendant star to take me past Medium once I get there. I have been pumping money into the school in hopes of finding something from there.

[Jack Avatar Fan]

TCW isn't re-signing the 40 year-old Benny Benson and so I'm doling out 2k per appearance to have him come into "pass the torch". He fits into my requirements of being a good worker, not being a jerk, and being less than middleweight.

 

I won't be able to use him until after the full release, but I look forward to finding out who he can put over. Hopefully, he can make Frankie Perez or Frankie-Boy for me. Both will be on written iron clads.

 

Other signings I recommend for others to make are Vortex, Amazing Firefly and Mystery Pink. Firefly got a 74 rating on his first match where he went all-out and even took a crazy bump (he's open to those).

[Matt_Black]

Here's another good tip- make a COTT Women's Title and put it on whatever female talent you most want to develop. She'll get pulled over to OLLIE to defend it, most likely against one of their top workers like Celeste Moon, Electric Dreamer, Mystery Pink, etc, so she's going to develop further in addition to whatever you throw her in at "home".

[Jaded]

I thought Impactful Wrestler had penalties applied on matches over 10 or 15 minutes?

 

Are you thinking of the Explosive Ring Style attribute, maybe?

[Jaded]

Here's another good tip- make a COTT Women's Title and put it on whatever female talent you most want to develop. She'll get pulled over to OLLIE to defend it, most likely against one of their top workers like Celeste Moon, Electric Dreamer, Mystery Pink, etc, so she's going to develop further in addition to whatever you throw her in at "home".

 

Love this tip!

[Jack Avatar Fan]

I look forward to continuing my CZCW save after the retail version becomes available. I've enjoyed my time tinkering with company relationships and while I can no longer pay for workers in talent trades, I've enjoyed being able to send workers away gain experience. I've struck up a deal with 5SSW to accept talent on excursion. I did make a mistake in sending certain talent to Japan for three years, but I enjoy the option.

 

I'm considering dropping out of the COTT in order to get pen to paper on people like Aldous Blackfriar, Amazing Fire Fly, and The American Cobras, as well as to protect my talent from injury.

 

Air Raid Syren would be on excursion, but she began dating Vortex and as it turns out, has great tag team chemistry with him.

[Sigilistic]

So something that CZCW is lacking is stables. Who do you think should be in a stable in CZCW?

 

Masked Cougar, El Jaguar and Tiger Salvaje Jr seem like a natural fit for a unit.

[MikeSc]

Are you thinking of the Explosive Ring Style attribute, maybe?

 

You know, I probably did. I'm 99% sure that is it.

[Munit]

Im playing CZCW 2005 and plan on doing a very long run with this save. Can you guys please show me where the themed CZCW PPVS are? For Example WWE has Royal Rumble, Survivor Series. Does CZCW have any themed PPVs? Has anyone created any ideas they would like to share that they've done if not please <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> I know Welcome To the Coastal Zone= Wrestlemania (Biggest Event)

[codey_v2]

It's honestly hilarious to me that Frankie is still kicking around. I'm pretty sure the computer has snatched him up within months in every default database we've ever seen!

[ink625]

Im playing CZCW 2005 and plan on doing a very long run with this save. Can you guys please show me where the themed CZCW PPVS are? For Example WWE has Royal Rumble, Survivor Series. Does CZCW have any themed PPVs? Has anyone created any ideas they would like to share that they've done if not please I know Welcome To the Coastal Zone= Wrestlemania (Biggest Event)

 

I use Wave of Fury in August as my Royal Rumble event, headlined by my Royal Rumble knockoff, "The Coastal Rumble". The winner of that goes on to face the CZCW champion in a ladder match in the main event of Reach For The Sky in September. I also hold the 6-man "Golden Ticket" ladder match, basically a Money In The Bank ripoff, as the semi-main of that show. Basically it's my second biggest show of the year next to WTTCZ. I've got a couple other things I usually do that I may add later tonight when I get a little more time.

[MikeSc]

From what I am seeing workers get tired faster after the main game came out. Probably a good thing when you think about it.

 

I cut down one show per week and am considering dropping another weekly Event. Right now I am more interested an building up the tag division and moving certain workers up the card while getting to a pop rating I can maintain while making enough money to up my production values.

 

I am willing to accept losing battles (I hit Medium) for the meantime and build my base up slowly. I have everyone important signed up to the long-term contracts, gives me time. Seems like getting your people in the right place on the card and managing momentum while still popping good enough ratings to at least maintain your pop is the big key.

[merrykieran2]

<p>My first Welcome to the Coastal Zone. Huge show and a huge success. Getting into the save huge already and getting invested in some of the wrestlers and the stories. Think the big money next year is in Fuyuko Higa becoming the first ever woman to hold the CZCW Title, maybe against Frankie-Boy Fernandes. Trying to build up a lot of the undercard right now with Skye Hermoso and Air Raid Syren looking like two of the biggest prospects for us right now as well as Ellie De Grazia who I have partnered with Higa:</p><p> </p><p>

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