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<p>Ok, so continuing in the same vein as the excellent work down by <strong><em>Jaded</em></strong> for several other promotions, I thought I’d a writeup of how I’d go about setting up and booking my first episode of RAW. So here we go…</p><p> </p><p>

<em>(Just as a quick addition to what I’ve typed so far, I got carried away early, so I’ll split this post into three parts)</em></p><p> </p><p>

<strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">PART ONE OF THREE, THE PRODUCT, ROSTER AND STARTING STORYLINES</span></strong></p><p> </p><p>

So, like you should with any new product, we’ll check out RAW’s product settings. I’ve always viewed RAW’s product of <strong>Modern Soap Opera</strong> to be very similar to late WWF television, really short matches and lots and lots of angles. Our matches are only dinged for length if they’re less than 5 minutes, and the fans WILL get bored if they go long, so always keep that in mind. I’ve found 5-8 minutes works best for normal matches, with 10-12 for our Main Events, and I’ll be doing no different here.</p><p> </p><p>

As for angles, with a 50/50 ratio it means we have liberty to go to 65:35 angles to matches and while I won’t be pushing the envelope quite THAT far, booking angle-heavy television is what our fans want, so it’s what they’ll get.</p><p> </p><p>

Match focus is <strong>Regular Focus</strong>, (70% Main Event, 20% next best, 10% the rest) so we’ll be trying for a good Main Event match, while the undercard can largely be short garbage matches, which in reality is all our fickle fan base is interested in seeing. Angle focus is <strong>Highlights</strong>, meaning the average of the three best angles, so rather than trying to hit one high angle like we’d go for in TEW2016, we really do need to shoot for the moon with our promos, and hope for three really good ones to get our grades up there.</p><p> </p><p>

For storylines, we only need 3 storylines to have heat of greater than 50 to please the fans, and as I’m the type of booker who loves to run a lot of storylines, that shouldn’t be much of an issue at all. RAW has no event, so I like to book it as a week to week television programme where anything can happen, but players may prefer to add monthly PPV’s to revert to the more tried and true process of building storylines up to have logical conclusions at big events. I know I certainly have in previous iterations of the game with RAW.</p><p> </p><p>

So down to our roster, which starts off with a <span style="text-decoration:underline;">lot</span> of Major Stars and Stars, and most of them can “work an angle”, which is fantastic for our product. Interestingly, my first playthrough had three of the five Major Stars drop immediately to Star, but that may have been due to the short term momentum issue that was fixed as part of Patch #7, so let’s see how that goes this time around…</p><p> </p><p>

<strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Major Stars</span></strong></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Swoop McCarthy</strong> – for anybody who doesn’t know who Swoop is, he’s The Rock of RAW. He’s been the figurehead for five years, is firmly established in the role, he can work a promo, can do a great match and is ranked as #1 for Talk the Talk, #2 for Show Stoppers and #4 for Ring Generals. This is the guy you want to base your entire show around, build his pop via fantastic angles, and then bring everyone else up to his level by just hanging around him. Swoop starts off in a feud with Frogue Element over the RAW Television Title (the #1 title in the company), so should be your major feud starting off the game.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Maurice Jackson</strong> – Maurice Jackson is who I believe should be rapidly established as your #1 heel in the roster to have up against Swoop. He’s second in popularity to only Swoop (74 vs 80), can work a mic (#3 in Talk the Talk) and has the psychology to be able to call a match. With Frogue Element being the RAW Television Champion but only a Star, I like the idea of passing the title to Jackson to have a good Major Star vs Major Star feud between Swoop and Jackson nice and early in the save, so I think adding him to the feud with Swoop and Frogue sounds like a good idea. </p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Loxley Robbins</strong> – your number two babyface behind Swoop (pop of 73). Like most on the RAW roster he cuts a good promo, has fantastic Star Quality and Sex Appeal, so he’s good on the camera too. He’s a great prospect for that second storyline and starts off in one with our next Major Star…</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Blake Belushi</strong> – Blake is a former tag team specialist turned heel who turned on his partner and is now pushing into the Main Event scene. Has solid Entertainment and Star Quality/Sex Appeal stats, so can work an angle well, as well as being one of our best in-ring workers at #3 on the Ring General list. Starts off in a feud with Loxley Robbins, so that’s a good one to push along to hopefully elevate one or either of the workers to challenge for the RAW Television title next.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Luke Steele</strong> – one of four big monsters on the RAW roster, as a former champion this guy should prove to be useful for when a face like Swoop gets the RAW Television Title and you want a big guy going after him. Out of the monsters on the RAW roster he’s the only one who can call a match in the ring, so he’s perfect for a future Main Event storyline. For now though we’ll set him up in a new storyline against one of our Stars Captain Wrestling II, while Swoop is busy with Frogue and Jackson.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"> Stars</span></strong></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Frogue Element</strong> – Frogue is the RAW Television champion who can work a good promo (#5 on Talk the Talk) and is our #1 Show Stopper. He’s only a Star though, so although many players may wish to build him up to the next level (with Pop of 70 he won’t take much pushing), I’d prefer to switch my main title to my number one heel in Maurice Jackson and set-up a feud for Jackson vs Swoop over the title for the next few months.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Captain Wrestling II</strong> – “The Captain” is usually top of the card in previous iterations of TEW, so he’s slipped a little bit to make way for guys like Blake Belushi and Maurice Jackson. Still, as #2 on the Talk the Talk list, there’s no reason we can’t get him back up there with a bunch of good angles and storylines. He’s also #2 in Ring Generals, so he’ll be a steady hand when we want to pump out a good match or train up the young guys. As hinted previously, I’ll set the Captain up in a storyline with Luke Steele and this next guy…</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Rahmel Goode</strong> – the second of RAW’s big monsters, he forms a tag team as <strong>Individuals</strong> with Luke Steele which is aptly named “Destruction”. Actually a pretty good talker for a monster, ranking at #4 in our Talk the Talk lists. The storyline I’m setting up to start the save will be he and Luke Steele constantly beating up our hero Captain Wrestling II, which can then evolve in countless fashion into other storylines (such as the Captain finds a partner, or overcomes all odds etc).</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Kerry Wayne</strong> – Wayne is another former RAW Television Champion who can cut a good promo and work a good match. He starts off with a storyline with the up and coming youngster Will Beaumont against his evil “brothers” Kal and Kian Wayne designed to give Beaumont a major rub, but as an occasionally tag partner with Captain Wrestling II (the Modern Warriors), he could easily get involved in helping the Captain out against Destruction. For now we’ll keep him teamed with Beaumont and maybe consider putting the tag belts on them.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Montgomery Croft</strong> – Croft is ANOTHER former RAW Television Champion (boy, I’m getting sick of saying that) who has dropped down the card due to injury. Still, with the ability to cut a good angle and put on a good match you could really do whatever you’d like with Croft, but for now he’s in a storyline with the next bloke, and that’s where we’ll keep him.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Nathan McKenzie</strong> – I used to book “Big Mac” back in my APW days, and he was always my monster heel going up against a young Swoop McCarthy. Fast forward ten years and he’s finally made the jump to RAW, but now he’s an up and coming face. With a Menace of 80, he’s not really at the same monster level as the four “big” monsters on the RAW roster, however he can work a good match and put out an acceptable angle if necessary. I can’t really see how he’ll ever be a major star with the stacked roster RAW has, but perhaps he'll be a good RAW Quest (the RAW secondary title) champion someday. </p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Nicky Gilbert</strong> – Nicky Gilbert is #3 on Show Stoppers and #5 on our Ring Generals list and is an exciting young talent who starts off in the RAW Quest storyline challenging the champion Tombstone. Good place for him to start, could potentially be built into a major star one day with great Star Quality, Sex Appeal, Psychology and able to cut a good angle. Keep an eye on him.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Other Notable Workers/Tag Teams/Stables</span></strong></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Tombstone</strong> – the current RAW Quest Champion. Tombstone is a typical good worker, can call in the ring, cut a solid promo, is good enough to be that heel in the midcard that beats everybody up. Starts off in a storyline with Nicky Gilbert, which we’ll probably use to put Gilbert over, without ever giving him the title (Gilbert lost the title to Tombstone, and I feel he’s destined for better things further up the card once he’s done with this feud).</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>God’s Gift; Alexander Banks and Spiffy Stan Standish</strong> – the RAW Tag Champions, a good team capable of putting on good matches and good promos. Perfect for our product. They don’t start off in a storyline, but I’m going to put them in an odd heel vs heel storyline with our next tag team, before eventually giving their tag titles over to Kerry Wayne and Will Beaumont.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>The RAW Monsters; Manhunter and Skyscraper</strong> – these two are the other two monster heels in RAW, neither of them have particularly good Entertainment or in-ring ability, but with Menaces in the 90s they’re kindof like a poor man’s Destruction. Perfect for terrorising the midcard. They start off with Brittini Burke as a manager, so with her high Sex Appeal and good Entertainment stats, she can cut the promos that these two lack the ability to pull off. I’ll start them with an unusual heel vs heel storyline with God’s Gift feuding over the tag titles, and mainly as a way to show God’s Gift’s weasly ability to escape danger and protect their own hide and titles (intentional count-outs, escaping through the crowd, that sort of thing).</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>LiberTeen</strong> – LiberTeen is the significant heel stable of RAW, a “boy band” of four good looking, young workers with a manager. Not particularly good workers, but they can cut a good promo and start in a storyline with the next guys.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>The Three Amigos; Col Taylor and Heath & Horton</strong> – this stable was set-up as an Alliance, with the purpose of fighting against LiberTeen with the many combinations of singles, tag, trios and four-man tag (with an additional face). This storyline is a bit “meh” for me and the one I’ve had the most trouble booking in previous saves, but I’ll keep it going for the purpose of this walkthrough.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Will Beaumont</strong> – Beaumont is slated as the “next big thing” in the company (although he doesn’t make either the NBT or Hot Prospects list for some reason), and starts off in a storyline with Kerry Wayne against his dastardly “brothers” Kal and Kian. This storyline is a great opportunity to leach some popularity for Will from Kerry, and maybe strap the tag belts to them in the near future once they and God’s Gift are done with their respective storylines.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>The Wayne Brothers</strong> – these guys are a tag team of kayfabe brothers who’ve been feuding with Kerry Wayne on and off for the past few years. I don’t see them as being too special, although Kian Wayne (the younger of the two) is #2 on the Hot Prospects list, so perhaps there’s something there I cant see. Kian can cut a better promo than Kal, although Kal can call in the ring, so there’s a bit of a synergy here. My plan is just to have them prove to be fodder for Kerry and Will before both teams move on to better things. Well, one of the teams will anyway…</p><p> </p><p>

Honestly, there’s plenty more workers and solid tag teams in the roster, but I’ve already gone further with this then I intended. So onto the next post, where I’ll look at booking the show itself…</p>

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<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">PART TWO OF THREE, BOOKING THE FIRST EPISODE OF RAW</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> Ok, so now that I’ve spent WAY too long going over the product and roster, let’s get on to the actual show itself.</p><p> </p><p> <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Recap of Starting Storylines</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> <strong>RAW Television Title, Swoop vs Frogue vs Maurice Jackson</strong> - as mentioned in the previous post, Frogue Element has the RAW Television Title, but I’d rather Maurice Jackson has it. So we’ll move the title to Jackson, and then transition the feud to Swoop vs Jackson to have our #1 face and #1 heel going up against each other for the big prize.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Blake Belushi vs Loxley Robbins</strong> – our #2 feud, with potentially our number two heel going up against our number two face. I’ll probably use this one to build Blake up to be the challenger for the RAW Television Title when Swoop gets it from Jackson, but you may prefer to build up Loxley and have him face Jackson. There’s plenty of possibilities with these four at the top of the card.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>The Captain vs Destruction</strong> – just a typical tale of the hero (Captain Wrestling II) trying to overcome all odds against two monsters in Rahmel Goode and Luke Steele. Down the track may evolve the storyline to add a partner to the Captain to even up the odds. </p><p> </p><p> <strong>RAW Tag Titles, God’s Gift vs RAW Monsters</strong> – an unusual heel vs heel storyline designed to showcase the RAW Monsters as a terrifying force, but ultimately God’s Gift ability to escape with their RAW Tag Titles using any means necessary.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>RAW Quest Title, Tombstone vs Nicky Gilbert</strong> – typical mid-card feud. Tombstone won the RAW Quest Title from Gilbert and he’s trying to get it back. We probably won’t give the title to Gilbert here, but we do wish to book him well so he can advance to the next level when this wraps up.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Nathan McKenzie vs Montgomery Croft</strong> – basically the up and coming McKenzie against the veteran Croft. This storyline can either be used to elevate McKenzie to the Main Event scene, propel Croft BACK into the Main Event scene or just build both workers up. Could even incorporate the RAW Quest Title in the near future, plenty of options here.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Kerry Wayne & Will Beaumont vs the Wayne Brothers</strong> – the main purpose of this feud is to elevate Will Beaumont up the card by having him hang around Kerry Wayne. A good next step would be to put the RAW Tag Titles on Kerry & Will in the near future.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>LiberTeen vs Three Amigos</strong> – as mentioned in my previous post, a pretty “meh” stroyline which is your standard stable vs stable feud. When we get the full game I’ll probably end this one at the start, but for now I’ll keep it running.</p><p> </p><p> Now remember, we only need three of these storylines to be over 50 heat to keep our fans happy, and I suspect that will be pretty easy given our angle-heavy product. Only really one or two of these should drop below 50 on any given week if we book them right. I’m a very heavy storyline booker, so I like most if not all my segments to be related to storylines, but if you don’t really like using them, you could easily cull half these storylines and still meet the requirements fairly easily. One thing you’ll probably notice is that when I book I have a pretty standard Match/Angle/Angle/Match formula, designed to close out the last match and then set up the next one.</p><p> </p><p> So finally, onto booking the show…</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47633" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><p> So I’m going to book this from the bottom of the card to the Main Event, because that’s how I book. I do already know that my Main Event will be Swoop vs Frogue vs Jackson for the RAW Television Title though, with Jackson going over. With that in mind, the rest of the card goes a little like this:</p><p> </p><p> <em>Opener:</em> We’ll start off with a 7 minute Swoop promo where he talks himself up, he’s rated on Entertainment and unscripted. We’ll also use Road Agent notes to advance the RAW TV Title storyline. This will be one of our “big three” angles, so we hope it hits high ratings.</p><p> </p><p> <em>Segment 2:</em> Let’s then have Swoop be interrupted by Maurice Jackson and then Frogue Element. Five minutes with all three rated on Entertainment and unscripted (you’ll notice pretty quickly, I don’t script much). This sets up our Main Event title match and is designed to give Frogue and Jackson a little bit of a rub of Swoop’s pop. In total this is a twelve minute opening segment, which would be pretty consistent with WWF back in the day.</p><p> </p><p> <em>Segment 3:</em> 1 vs 1: Cole Taylor vs Tye Liberteen. 5 minute match, Cole Taylor the victor by DQ, with CJ LiberTeen interfering as the finish and Frankie & George LiberTeen also both interfering. So essentially here LiberTeen swamps the ring and Cole gets beaten down to win by a DQ.</p><p> </p><p> <em>Segment 4:</em> We’ll then have the standard 4-on-1 beatdown of LiberTeen on Cole Taylor where Heath & Horton make the save. This one goes for 4 minutes and everyone is rated on Fighting except Cole Taylor, who is rated on Selling (copping a beatdown). Major Success for Heath & Horton beating back four guys, Defeat for all four LiberTeens, and Minor Defeat for Cole Taylor who got beat up.</p><p> </p><p> <em>Segment 5:</em> Backstage argument by Loxley and Blake. Just a 6 minute angle based on entertainment, both unscripted to set-up this storyline for next week. Next week we’ll probably have Loxley lose a match due to Blake’s interference. </p><p> </p><p> <em>Segment 6:</em> 2 vs 2: God’s Gift vs The 3AM Boys. 4 minute match, Alexander Banks the victor, by pinfall, an open match but with a tainted finish because they’re heels and they cheat. I’ve also used road agent notes to advance the God’s Gift vs RAW Monsters storyline. This is just a segment to show how slimy and wily our tag champs are. The match is an open one meaning that 3AM did better than expected, but ultimately lost out to the more experienced champs.</p><p> </p><p> <em>Segment 7:</em> God’s Gift them jump on the mic and brag about how good they are, but the RAW Monsters come out and they have to flee through the crowd. 4 minutes, God’s Gift both rated on Entertainment, unscripted, RAW Monsters both rated on Menace. Minor Success to RAW Giants, Minor Defeat to God’s Gift.</p><p> </p><p> <em>Segment 8:</em> Swoop is backstage wishing his mate Captain Wrestling II luck in his next match. This is a 6 minute angle with a fair bit of back and forth between the two, both rated on entertainment and unscripted. I used road agent notes to continue the Captain’s storyline, for reasons soon to be known. I expect this angle to be the second of our “big three” required for the show grade.</p><p> </p><p> <em>Segment 9:</em> Captain Wrestling II vs Louie Louis. 3 minute squash match, this is my Story Telling match (as we need one), it’s called in the ring, the Captain gets the victory, by decisive pinfall, but both Rahmel Goode and Luke Steele get given the “At Ringside” note meaning they came out, but didn’t interfere. Yet.</p><p> </p><p> <em>Segment 10:</em> Destruction then brutally beat-down the Captain, kicking off their storyline in earnest. 4 minute angle, Goode & Steele both rated on Menace, while Captain is rated on Selling. Success for Steele/Goode, Defeat for the Captain. The reason I rated Destruction on Menace and not fighting as I expect this to just be a brutal beat-down and there’s really not much fighting involved.</p><p> </p><p> <em>Segment 11:</em> A 5 minute Nicky Gilbert promo where he says if he wins the next match he wants a title shot at the RAW Quest Title. He’s rated on Entertainment, unscripted, and I’ve used road agent notes to continue his and Tombstone’s storyline. </p><p> </p><p> <em>Segment 12:</em> 1 vs 1 vs 1: Nicky Gilbert vs Lynx vs Quiz Master. 6 minute match, called in the ring, open, Nicky Gilbert wins, decisive, by pinfall. Quiz Master takes the pin and during the match Nicky Gilbert gets distracted by Tombstone, who comes out to watch. I also have Quizzical Mark Question at ringside as he’s Quiz Master’s tag partner, and I absolutely LOVE that new feature.</p><p> </p><p> <em>Segment 13:</em> Tombstone belts Nicky Gilbert over the head with the RAW Quest Title, then accepts his title challenge for next week. In previous iterations of TEW I’d now set-up the pre-booking for next week, but because you now get a penalty for not using it, I’ll pre-book this when I’m running the show and get to this angle. 4 minutes, Tombstone rated on Fighting, Gilbert on Selling, Tombstone with Success, Gilbert with Defeat.</p><p> </p><p> <em>Segment 14:</em> Kal and Kian Wayne are picking on Will Beaumont, Kerry Wayne comes out to stick up for Will and we get a match. 5 minute angle, all four rated on Entertainment and unscripted. I should add here that I’ve added a tag team to the game “Kerry & Will” who are classified as Individuals.</p><p> </p><p> <em>Segment 15:</em> 2 vs 2: Kerry & Will vs The Wayne Brothers. 4 minute match, Will Beaumont the victor, decisive by pinfall. Sets us up to continue the feud next week or end it and move on with our lives.</p><p> </p><p> <em>Segment 16:</em> A lengthy backstage segment where Swoop is arguing on the phone about the health status of the Captain. 6 minute angle, Swoop rated on Entertainment, unscripted and the “Captain vs Destruction” storyline advanced through a road agent note. This is obviously our third of the “big three” angles we need for our angle score.</p><p> </p><p> <em>Segment 17:</em> Heath & Horton promo about their Tag Title number one contender match coming up. If they beat the fearsome RAW Giants they’ll get a title shot against God’s Gift next week. 5 minute angle, Heath & Horton on Entertainment (unscripted), RAW Giants off-screen rated on Menace (as Heath & Horton are clearly slightly afraid of them) and God’s Gift off-screen rated on Overness. I’ve also used road agent notes to advance the LiberTeen vs Three Amigos storyline, because… you’ll see why.</p><p> </p><p> <em>Segment 18:</em> 2 vs 2: Heath & Horton vs RAW Giants: 5 minute match, Manhunter gets the win by pinfall. Heath eats the pin, being distracted by Tye LiberTeen as the finish. I also have Frankie & George LiberTeen at ringside, although they could easily also have a Distract note (or not even be there). Finally, let’s add the advance “God’s Gift vs RAW Monsters” storyline as those two teams will be on a collision course next week for the gold (which I’ll have God’s Gift lose by intentional count-out and flee the arena with their titles).</p><p> </p><p> <em>Segment 19:</em> LiberTeen taunt Heath & Horton from the top of the ramp after costing them a title shot. 4 minute angle, all six men rated on Acting, Minor Success for the LiberTeens, Minor Defeat for Heath & Horton.</p><p> </p><p> <em>Segment 20:</em> Just another angle advancing a storyline until next week, Croft talks crap about Big Mac, who is standing behind him. Croft realises this and flees like an absolute coward. 5 minutes, Croft rated on Entertainment and unscripted, Big Mac on Menace, Minor Success for Big Mac, Minor Defeat for Croft. Let’s have them interfere in each other’s matches next week.</p><p> </p><p> <em>Segment 21:</em> 1 vs 1 vs 1: Swoop vs Jackson vs Frogue for the RAW TV Title. 10 minute Main Event, open match, all out note, called in the ring. Jackson wins by tainted pinfall (because he’s a cheat!). I assume the game will make him pin Frogue, and that’s fine. We’ve taken the title off Frogue, given it to our number one heel, and although we may have a rematch between Frogue and Jackson, we’re ultimately gunning for a showdown and long storyline between Swoop and Jackson over the following months.</p><p> </p><p> <em>Main Event:</em> Maurice Jackson celebrates winning the gold, plays up to the crowd, but when he turns around, Swoop is there. The show ends with them standing face to face, eye to eye. This one’s a four minute angle, I’m rating Jackson on Charisma because he’s interacting with the crowd, but Swoop is rated on Star Quality, because he’s the superstar of our roster!</p><p> </p></div></blockquote><p> And with that… we go off the air. So in our next post we’ll see how we did.</p>

[The Nickman]

PART THREE OF THREE, THE SHOW ITSELF!

 

Ok, down to the show itself. My gut feeling says we’re gunning for about an 80 rating, I think anything above 70 is a pass mark. So let’s see how we do!

 

Opener: Swoop opening promo (100 rating). BOOM! Better than I thought he’d get, that’s one in the bag for our “big three” angles for the show. Still got some work to do though, because our three top angles are rated equally, not 70:30:10 like in previous games. Swoop performed well without a script, while our announce team copped penalties for being “pretty weak” (as expected compared to Swoop, absolutely nothing to see here, as it’s a 100 freaking rated angle). The RAW TV Title storyline advances but doesn’t gain heat due to only Swoop being present.

 

Segment 2: Swoop gets interrupted by Frogue and Maurice (87). Wow, this did better than I thought it would too, previously this would’ve only got about a 70-odd. I think the fixes to the momentum system have something to do here with these scores. I’m more than happy with this angle being one of our “big three”. Swoop and Jackson both did well unscripted, no notes for Frogue. Doug Vallence at the announce desk was pretty weak, but again, with an 87 angle, this note doesn’t bother me. This advances their storyline and gains heat.

 

Segment 3: 1 vs 1: Cole Taylor vs Tye Liberteen (44). Cole got a 58, Tye got a 37, the storyline advanced but lost heat. Announcing and colour both did well, as did Raymond Royce at ringside, the manager of LiberTeen.

 

Segment 4: LiberTeen attack Cole, Heath & Horton make the save (45). Horton & his manager Autumn Gleeson have good chemistry, so that’s nice to know where she’ll go if Heath & Horton ever split up. Storyline advances.

 

Segment 5: Backstage argument by Loxley and Blake (83). Another better rating than I expected! They both looked good unscripted, Doug Vallence again looked weak, Blake benefitted from having a hot catchphrase and the storyline gained heat.

 

Segment 6: 2 vs 2: God’s Gift vs The 3AM Boys (40). Banks got a 60, Spiffy Stan a 62, Matt Stoppard 35 and Marcus Kerr 36. 3AM Boys (Stoppard & Kerr) got a bonus for being tag team specialists, and the announce team (both announcing and colour) boosted the match. Storyline advanced.

 

Segment 7: God’s Gift brag, RAW Monsters come out, God’s Gift flee (62). Alexander Banks improvised well, Spiffy Stan benefitted from a hot catchphrase, and they advanced the storyline and gained heat.

 

Segment 8: Swoop wishes the Captain luck (98). Honestly, these ratings are so much better than last time around, it’s great to see the momentum system fixed! Swoop’s performance was great, while the Captain performed poorly (in comparison to Swoop), but both improvised well. The Captain’s storyline has advanced, but there’s no heat yet as we used the road agent note to advance it.

 

Segment 9: 1 vs 1: Captain Wrestling II vs Louie Louis (55). Captain got a 62 and Louis got a 50. The announce team lifted the match and the Captain vs Destruction storyline has started.

 

Segment 10: Destruction brutally beat-down the Captain (73). The storyline advances and gains heat. Luke Steele looks good, but that’s because he’s a Major Star.

 

Segment 11: Nicky Gilbert promo (76) advances his storyline with Tombstone. Gilbert benefitted from having a groundswell of public support, I love these new features.

 

Segment 12: 1 vs 1 vs 1: Nicky Gilbert vs Lynx vs Quiz Master (66). This is a good match, Gilbert got a 63, Lynx had a 61 and Quiz Master a 55. Gilbert vs Tombstone storyline advanced and gained heat, Spin Doctor (Quiz Master’s manager) did good work at ringside and Gilbert benefitted from having a groundswell of public support.

 

Segment 13: Tombstone belts Nicky Gilbert over the head with the RAW Quest Title (66) to advance their storyline. Gilbert again benefits from a groundswell of support. He’s gonna be big.

 

Segment 14: Kal and Kian Wayne pick on Will Beaumont, Kerry Wayne comes out, sets up tag match (63). Everyone improvised well, the storyline advanced and gained heat, and Will Beaumont benefitted from being flavour of the month (twice).

 

Segment 15: 2 vs 2: Kerry & Will vs The Wayne Brothers (54). Will Beaumont was really off his game with a 50, Kerry Wayne got a 65, Jian a 48 and Kal a 52. The storyline advanced, announce team lifted the match and Will Beaumont benefitted from being flavour of the month.

 

Segment 16: Swoop on the phone asking about the Captain (96). The announce team did a bad job (as expected), but that means we’ve got 100, 98 and 96 for our “big three” angles for an average of 98. I’m not sure what our actual angle/match ratio is, but if we get a 70-rated Main Event I’d be expecting about an 80-85 show overall from here. Captain vs Destruction storyline advanced, but no heat due to nobody being present

 

Segment 17: Heath & Horton promo about their Tag Title number one contender match against RAW Giants (56). Heath was the first person all show to not do well without a script, but Horton did a “masterful job”. Colour commentary gave a boost and Autumn Gleeson helped both Heath & Horton plus had good chemistry with Horton (as we already know). Both the God’s Gift vs RAW Monsters and LiberTeen vs Three Amigos storylines advanced and gained heat, which really doesn’t make much sense considering only Heath & Horton were present.

 

Segment 18: 2 vs 2: Heath & Horton vs RAW Giants (42). Heath, 58, Horton 57, Manhunter 56 and Skyscraper 55. Pretty happy with the scores on the RAW Giants here, although Heath was really off his game. Heath & Horton got a bonus for being tag team specialists, the announce team both did their bit, as did Autumn Gleeson and Brittini Burke at ringside (plus Horton & Autumn’s chemistry). Both storylines advanced.

 

Segment 19: LiberTeen taunt Heath & Horton from the top of the ramp (44). CJ was the only LiberTeen who did well without a script, the rest bombed. Should probably script them from now on. Storyline advanced, but didn’t lose heat, so that’s good. Horton did a masterful job of interacting with the crowd and he obviously had chemistry with Autumn.

 

Segment 20: Croft and Big Mac angle (70). Their storyline advanced and gained heat. Good stuff.

 

Segment 21: 1 vs 1 vs 1: Swoop vs Jackson vs Frogue for the RAW TV Title (82). Holy crap, we should get the best score I’ve had to date playing TEW2020! Swoop got a 77, Maurice a 73 and Frogue got a 68. The storyline advanced and as planned, Maurice Jackson became RAW Television Champion by pinning Frogue Element using the ropes for leverage.

 

Main Event: And we finished the show with a Maurice Jackson/Swoop McCarthy stare-down for an 82 rating, which advanced the storyline. Swoop looked good, well obviously.

And the final show rating is EIGHTY-NINE! Holy crap, I didn’t in my wildest dreams imagine that. We increased our pop in 7 regions.

 

And here’s how the final show looks…

 

[christmas_ape]

<p>Lots of really good stuff here, that 89 is crazy! It really does show how much Swoop's angles can carry you early on. </p><p> </p><p>

Also I can't see the booking mistake you made on that week 3? Only possible thing I can see is booking the 2 face teams to face each other but that seems intentional and it's not the end of the world low down the card...</p><p> </p><p>

Also in my game, although he's not debuted in the diary, Joe Zucco is also a hired gun. Is that cannon and I've just forgotten or did we just both decide to do that separately? I know it's not the most original wrestling idea so perhaps it's just a coincidence. I wasn't sure if perhaps someone else has done that in an old RAW save and I've forgotten where I got the idea from.</p>

[Jaded]

Stunning post, Nickman - thank you!

[The Nickman]

Lots of really good stuff here, that 89 is crazy! It really does show how much Swoop's angles can carry you early on.

 

Also I can't see the booking mistake you made on that week 3? Only possible thing I can see is booking the 2 face teams to face each other but that seems intentional and it's not the end of the world low down the card...

 

Also in my game, although he's not debuted in the diary, Joe Zucco is also a hired gun. Is that cannon and I've just forgotten or did we just both decide to do that separately? I know it's not the most original wrestling idea so perhaps it's just a coincidence. I wasn't sure if perhaps someone else has done that in an old RAW save and I've forgotten where I got the idea from.

Haha look again, the mistake is that Luke Steele cut a promo saying he was going to snap Swoop like a twig, only... Swoop was facing Rahmel Goode!

 

Yeah, Joe Zucco is a hired gun, that's his gimmick in the game, I don't even remember the guy from TEW2016!

[The Nickman]

Stunning post, Nickman - thank you!

And cheers man, I salute you. It was really your posts that I drew inspiration from, I just got a little carried away.

 

But like you kept saying, how important is momentum?? The difference between that card I just booked and my earlier January Week 1 card (with the broken momentum system) is a STARK difference!

[The Lloyd]

Superb work Nickman and Jaded, on all the discussion posts.

 

This was really helpful for me Nickman, thank you.

 

On the momentum thing, I started the save for my diary on the demo, before any patches... Should I restart it?? Maybe when the new game comes out?

[The Nickman]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="The Lloyd" data-cite="The Lloyd" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47633" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Superb work Nickman and Jaded, on all the discussion posts.<p> </p><p> This was really helpful for me Nickman, thank you.</p><p> </p><p> On the momentum thing, I started the save for my diary on the demo, before any patches... Should I restart it?? Maybe when the new game comes out?</p></div></blockquote><p> I’d certainly consider it, see the difference between the two Week 1 January shows I booked?</p><p> </p><p> Something to check on your current saved game, what is the Major Star/Stars ratio compared to my list in Post #1? In my first save after a few shows I only had two major stars, Swoop and Jackson. I didn’t even realise I’d started off with five and they all dropped off. I can only assume that’s because of the broken momentum system?</p>

[Jaded]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="The Lloyd" data-cite="The Lloyd" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47633" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Superb work Nickman and Jaded, on all the discussion posts.<p> </p><p> This was really helpful for me Nickman, thank you.</p><p> </p><p> On the momentum thing, I started the save for my diary on the demo, before any patches... Should I restart it?? Maybe when the new game comes out?</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Yes, definitely - momentum makes an absolutely massive difference!</p>

[Jaded]

I'm not going to talk much in advance of actually booking, simply because Nickman's already gone through pretty much everything I would've said in a fantastic amount of detail! But since I wanted a go at booking; here's my try.

 

Swoop should be in your main event whenever possible, I'd say. Very good psychology, through the roof charisma, incredible overness and red hot momentum. Pretty much everything you need. Who to have him face? Frogue Element is the guy he's feuding with, so let's hold off on that for at least a little while. Rahmel Goode has some great points - especially his menace - and is popular, but he's also 41 and possibly in time decline. Maurice Jackson is incredibly over, and an amazing brawler, but according to his bio he feuded with Swoop in 2019 and I don't feel like going back to something done so recently. Blake Belushi looks to have turned into a complete stud and would be a great pick but I actually think he's maybe TOO good to have him job to swoop on the first card; I'm going to try and build him up over several weeks and build to a huge confrontation once he's at Red Hot or White Hot momentum. Which leaves Luke Steele. Decent brawler; psychology isn't great but RAW matches are short enough that it hopefully won't be a massive issue. Incredible star quality, which is always nice.

 

Since Swoop's feuding with Frogue Element, how do I figure this match into that storyline? Let's see... I'm going to have Swoop come out at the start and challenge the champion to take him on tonight. There initially won't be a response. However later on in the show, Frogue will come down and call Swoop out to give him his answer. They're going to get into an argument which will see Frogue say that Swoop can get a shot in a few weeks' time if he beats three opponents, hand-picked by Frogue in the next three main events. Swoop accepts, but wants Frogue to wrestle in non-title matches each week to make it fair. Frogue accepts. Swoop will go on to reveal Will Beaumont as his first pick to take on Frogue; Steele will be Frogue's pick for Swoop. After the main event, Frogue and Steele will attack Swoop, only for Captain Wrestling II to save.

 

This gives us another match, Beaumont vs Frogue. Beaumont and Kerry Wayne are feuding with Kerry's evil brothers, so I'll have Kai distract Will to cost him the chance of pulling off an incredible upset win. Post-match, Kerry, at ringside for Beaumont, will challenge his brothers to a tag match against the pair next week.

 

Given that RAW is basically soap opera with a tiny bit of wrestling, I don't need that many more matches. To kick things off match-wise (obviously, Swoop's angle will be the actual show starter), we'll go for an all out tag match between The Brat Pack and Heath & Horton. Post-match, Frankie, Tye and CJ LiberTeen, feuding with Heath and Horton, will be waiting backstage to taunt them with a perfectly-pitched rendition of "Three Amigos, losing every week, Three Amigos, cause they are so WEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAKKKK." Look, they're a boy band, they're not laying claim to being great lyricists, but it'll annoy the faces. It also starts questions about just where George LiberTeen is.

 

Questions that will be answered later, as Raymond Royce berates the kid in a private tuition lesson with an off-screen singing master. "You're FLAT!" the agent screams at him, repeatedly, leaving a depresseed George to walk off. The show will end with Autumn Gleeson finding him in floods of tears, and consoling him, setting up a Romeo and Juliet style romance. (Yes, I know George is canonically the best singer, if I was booking more than a week it would all come together, ok?)

 

I'm going to throw in one more match, to kick off a new storyline. Maurice Jackson will steamroll Brodie Lachlan in just a couple of minutes, then continue the assault until Rose Wills throws herself over her boyfriend, begging Maurice to stop. Maurice will say that he'll stop in exchange for a kiss, and as Rose seems to be going to do it, her brother Matty will furiously blindside Jackson.

 

Okay, a few more angles. Blake Belushi comes out with an open challenge for next week, which currently goes unanswered. Nathan McKenzie says that he's fed up of Montgomery Croft and that Croft is too scared of him to fight him. And Mac Guffin tries to persuade Rahmel Goode that Guffin can further his career, as Goode trains, beating the living daylights out of a punching bag.

 

For dark matches, let's go Modern Warriors vs Master Minds, 3AM Boys vs RAW Giants, Rick Stantz jobbing to Goode, and Tye LiberTeen over Rod Sullivan. We'll also have Guffin cutting an interview about what an incredible talent Maurice Jackson is.

 

 

Okay...

 

Tye over Rod, 50. (Tye 35, Rod 51.) There'll be announcing/road agent bonuses for most of the card, along with penalties for holding back and being unable to use spinal-impact moves; I won't mention them all the time. Tye SQ/managerial help bonuses, Rod charisma/all out bonuses, both stamina penalties, Tye penalties for inconsistency, inexperience, trying to go all out.

 

Mac promo gets 66, struggling going off script. Both men get gimmick bonuses, Maurice gets them for being an amazing heel and for good momentum. Maurice gets penalised for chemistry (motivation) which could mean one of any number of things, worryingly. Possibly doesn't like being in interviews? Or not keen on being involved in the pre-show?

 

Warriors over Minds get 63. (Wayne 66, Wrestling II 62, QMQ 56, QM 56) All get charisma bonuses, all SQ except QMQ. All selling except Wayne. Gimmicks for QM and Wayne, managerial help for QM, but countered by penalty for managerial chemistry. QMQ penalised for inconsistency. Oh, Minds get tag specialist bonus, both teams get experience bonuses.

 

RAW Giants quick win gets 43. (Hunter 55, Scraper 56, Stoppard 34, Kerr 35.) Star quality and good momentum bonuses for the heels, managerial help for Manhunter, great gimmick for Skyscraper, selling for both faces, experience for both teams and tag specialist for faces. Everyone except Skyscraper penalised for inconsistency, though, Stoppard for poor psych, and segment penalised as not everyone following script.

 

Goode over Stantz gets 54. (Stantz 60, Goode 58.) Both get charisma/SQ bonuses, and Goode for a great gimmick, but it's penalised for being a squash and for Goode's declining physical ability.

 

Swoop kicks the show off with a 72 promo, which is about 25 less than I was hoping for, but he improvised badly. Ouch. Bonuses for good momentum, great gimmick, amazing babyface, and great start to the show though.

 

Belushi, complete with hot catchphrase, gets 84, despite being limited for being short.

 

Tag team match isn't great - 53 overall. H & H 59 each, Darcy 50, Artemis 49. All out bonuses for faces, charisma bonuses for all except Horton. Horton gets a bonus for managerial help, and Heath for managerial chemistry. Heath and Artemis get them for selling, and both teams get them for tag experience and being tag specialists, plus segment bonuses for being well booked and being done to a very hot crowd. Both heels penalised for poor momentum and for trying to go all out, plus Artemis for inconsistency.

 

52 for LiberTeens, who I really should script as they ALL get dinged here for poor improvisation, taunting H & H. Managerial help bonuses for the three heels, plus great gimmicks, and high morale for Frankie and Tye.

 

McKenzie promo gets 64, gimmick bonuses for both men.

 

Guffin/Goode gets 74, again both getting gimmick bonuses.

 

Frogue answering Swoop gets 86, Frogue improvising well. We actually get penalised for poor announcing here.

 

Maurice squashing Brodie got 56. (MJ 71, BL 49.) MJ with the same ton of bonuses as earlier, Brodie for selling/charisma/SQ. However, penalty for booking decisions, which is fine.

 

57 for the following angle, Maurice and Brodie improvising well but Matty poorly. Rose has a good gimmick.

 

Frogue/Will/Swoop gets 75. In addition to previous bonuses the 2 big stars got, and 1 for a very hot crowd, Will gets ones for good momentum, great gimmick, being an amazing babyface, and two flavour of the month-related ones.

 

Frogue over Will gets 61. (Frogue 63, Will 51). Both get previous bonuses but get hit with inconsistency penalties. Will is penalised for being inexperienced and the math is penalised for the low heat of the Wayne Family Sage storyline.

 

Post-match angle with Will and Wayne Brothers gets 72.

 

George LiberTeen's angle with Royce gets 52.

 

Swoop's big entrance, limited for length, gets 79.

 

Steele revealed as the opponent for Swoop gets 83. Adding to previous bonuses, Steele gets amazing heel/legendary gimmick/good momentum bonuses.

 

Main event gets 75. (Swoop 76, Luke 65.) Bonuses, as well as the previous lot, for being well-booked, and for both guys going all out. However both are penalised for lack of stamina and inconsistency, and segment is penalised for lack of selling.

 

Cap saving Swoop from heels gets 76.

 

George/Autumn gets 51.

 

79 overall, increasing pop in 7 regions. I'm reasonably happy with that, but in the spirit of testing, let's try shaving just 2 minutes off that main, and hoping Swoop has a better day on the mic with the opening promo, and see what happens. I'm also going to give those 2 minutes to Blake Belushi, to stop him getting limited for length of his promo.

 

 

Swoop gets 78, Blake down to 81, Frogue answering Swoop up to 90! Crowd seem hotter, and Swoop/Frogue/Will is up to 83, with the following match up to 64. Steele's reveal as the opponent for Swoop gets 88, giving us the second big angle we need. Match is slightly better, as well, getting 77, with Swoop avoiding a stamina penalty.

 

That's 82, pretty good.

 

 

 

I'm so intrigued as to how much of a difference not getting the stamina penalty for either of them would make, so I'm actually going to give it one more try but knock the main event down to 6 minutes, which would have been horrendously bad in 2016.

 

Maurice vs Brodie gets bumped to 5 minutes, just to keep my match ratio at at least 35%.

 

Swoop promo 79, Blake 86, Swoop/Frogue 90 again, Maurice/Brodie match 49, Swoop/Will/Frogue 84, Steele reveal down to 81, match gets 76. No stamina penalty for either, but Luke is inconsistent. That's 81. I'm going to give it one more go, and hope we avoid inconsistency, just because I'm intrigued to see if the pair can pull of an 80-rated match in such a short time.

 

 

Swoop kicks things off well with an 84 here, while he and Frogue get 86, and Steele reveal gets 84. Match hits 77 and Luke gets penalised for inconsistency again, and with that I give up on rerunning this one.

 

80 overall, hurt by not getting a 90 angle this time.

 

What did we learn?

 

Momentum, as always, is super-important.

 

Use Swoop to open your shows, or someone else who's going to get things off to a good start.

 

You can get away with REALLY short matches.

 

Angles, angles, angles. 50% match ratio means you only actually need 35% matches because of the 15% leeway and you have a LOT more people who are likely to get you 90+ in angles than you do in matches.

 

You can go for much longer angles here than in many feds (I tried out another show a bit after, and a fair few people seem able to do 10 minutes plus without losing the crowd.)

 

Remember, it's a TV show based loosely around a wrestling ring far more than it is a wrestling promotion - popularity is everything!

[The Lloyd]

Hmmm... Maybe I should seak clarification on it. Adam posted this in the newest patch post:

 

You do not need to restart your save games for this to take effect, but please note that patches don't fix existing errors: so, for example, if a worker has already been poached despite being on a written exclusive deal due to the error where the AI could get around contract blocks, the patches will stop that from happening again but it won't "undo" the contract.

[Jaded]

Hmmm... Maybe I should seak clarification on it. Adam posted this in the newest patch post:

 

The fix for momentum will make people’s hidden momentum the same as their visible momentum currently is. How far in are you? My feeling would be if you’ve gone far enough in that people’s momentum has been lowered a fair bit it might be difficult to get it back up.

[christmas_ape]

Yeah I'm a little worried that some damage is done. I know before the patch I had 2 major stars, and after putting the most recent patch in it's still just Swoop and Maurice as my major stars.

 

This is only 5 weeks in though, but if momentum is a major factor in perception and Nickman is right that 5 is the normal number then perhaps it is late.

 

Edit: Just to confirm I've started a new game and yep there's 5 major stars. I'll probably book the show the exact same as I did and see how different it is. It's a tough one because I'm pretty confident I'll do quite a lot better, as in general I was surprised on my normal save that I was getting passable grades but nothing at all great, I also have quite a few people lose popularity but only 1 or 2 gain. Obviously this could just be getting to terms with the new game but the momentum affecting it would make a lot of sense.

 

It's a tough one, assuming these shows I'll book tonight/tomorrow with the new system does much better, I wouldn't particularly care, it's just one month. But I suppose if the damage will have set me back and it will take months of careful booking just to get back to the starting point, then perhaps it's worth the effort to rebook all the shows.

[The Lloyd]

Yeah. It's a really tough call. I've had someone die in my save, that are relevant to a story I've begun to tell... This probably isn't the place for this conversation, but I might start the save again when the Full Version comes out. So frustrating, but has to be done I think. I'll just kill off the guy who died I guess?!

[christmas_ape]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="The Lloyd" data-cite="The Lloyd" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47633" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Yeah. It's a really tough call. I've had someone die in my save, that are relevant to a story I've begun to tell... This probably isn't the place for this conversation, but I might start the save again when the Full Version comes out. So frustrating, but has to be done I think. I'll just kill off the guy who died I guess?!</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> That's pretty cool I don't think I have ever had somebody die in a promotion I'm actually booking. But yeah in that scenario where it's already tangled up in a diary you could always create a narrative before you start to ensure it happens again</p>

[The Nickman]

Hey Jaded, that’s a really good show! I think mid-70s main event is spot on for RAW, it’s good that you tinkered a few times with different things to confirm it too. You need to remember it’s a pop-based product and all the best guys are really 70-80 pop, so that’s about what you should be hitting for your Main Event until the guys hit the next level.

 

What intrigues me is how Swoop’s angles never hit the same heights I was getting to. My very first angle, the 100 rated one, solely had Swoop rated on entertainment for seven minutes. Did you by any chance have Frogue Off Screen and rated as Overness? Maybe that pulled it down? Otherwise all I can think is that it would be segment length that was the difference?

 

I really, really enjoyed writing that yesterday. I’m having a bit of an idea here... how would you three guys feel if I turned this into a short-term project in the dynasties section? I obviously don’t want to tread on any of your toes, as this is Jaded’s original concept and both Lloyd and Christmas Ape have fantastic RAW dynasties going that I’m really enjoying, easily my two favourite going right now.

 

I wouldn’t be planning on telling the wonderful stories you guys are, just booking different things and showing the mechanics of the game and road agent notes like I did for my first show. I was thinking I could do something along the lines of the following:

 

- Week 2: try and book a RAW show WITHOUT Swoop and see how I handle it

- Week 3: book a show with the autobooker and try and turn it into a useable product

 

What are your thoughts? Is this a good idea or would it just be too much RAW overload for the dynasties section?

[The Nickman]

Hmmm... Maybe I should seak clarification on it. Adam posted this in the newest patch post:

Personally I think it makes a HUGE difference. I played my first game of RAW with the broken system for two months and at the end of February I only have two Major Stars now. I also didn’t get ratings anywhere LIKE the ones I got on the show just booked.

 

I guess I have to play my new save for a bit to see if the same drop off of Major Stars down to Stars (I’m assuming Loxley, Blake and Steele all started as Major and dropped back down), but I suspect they won’t.

[Jaded]

 

What intrigues me is how Swoop’s angles never hit the same heights I was getting to. My very first angle, the 100 rated one, solely had Swoop rated on entertainment for seven minutes. Did you by any chance have Frogue Off Screen and rated as Overness? Maybe that pulled it down? Otherwise all I can think is that it would be segment length that was the difference?

 

I really, really enjoyed writing that yesterday. I’m having a bit of an idea here... how would you three guys feel if I turned this into a short-term project in the dynasties section? I obviously don’t want to tread on any of your toes, as this is Jaded’s original concept and both Lloyd and Christmas Ape have fantastic RAW dynasties going that I’m really enjoying, easily my two favourite going right now.

 

I wouldn’t be planning on telling the wonderful stories you guys are, just booking different things and showing the mechanics of the game and road agent notes like I did for my first show. I was thinking I could do something along the lines of the following:

 

- Week 2: try and book a RAW show WITHOUT Swoop and see how I handle it

- Week 3: book a show with the autobooker and try and turn it into a useable product

 

What are your thoughts? Is this a good idea or would it just be too much RAW overload for the dynasties section?

 

Weirdly I got a 100 with him when I tried booking a second show! I think I had him going longer there, so that may definitely be it.

 

Sounds like a fantastic idea to me - I'm super-happy for anyone to use the concept, I think it's fascinating to see different people approach it.

[christmas_ape]

I'd say 100% go for it, I think it's clear RAW is appealing to plenty of people so the more the merrier. And it definitely looks like you could teach me a few things about booking them so I'd love to read it!

 

But yes it definitely looks like I'll be starting the game file again which sort of sucks. I'll report back how different it goes. I know in my save file though, I did plenty of angles with just Swoop and off the top of my head I don't think any were above 90... at least it wasn't the norm anyway, maybe one or two did. So will be interesting to see how much that changes with this patch.

[The Nickman]

I'd say 100% go for it, I think it's clear RAW is appealing to plenty of people so the more the merrier. And it definitely looks like you could teach me a few things about booking them so I'd love to read it!

 

But yes it definitely looks like I'll be starting the game file again which sort of sucks. I'll report back how different it goes. I know in my save file though, I did plenty of angles with just Swoop and off the top of my head I don't think any were above 90... at least it wasn't the norm anyway, maybe one or two did. So will be interesting to see how much that changes with this patch.

You can probably see my own reaction in the post I made when Swoop hit that 100 rating angle, as I hadn’t done that in my previous game in the whole two months. Back in TEW2016 Swoop churning out ratings like this was a pretty common thing, so it definitely tells me the broken momentum system came into play there somehow.

 

Either way, I’m DELIGHTED with the fixed system, I’m really enjoying booking this game right now, which is why I want to get involved in writing again for the first time in a few years!

[The Lloyd]

That's pretty cool I don't think I have ever had somebody die in a promotion I'm actually booking. But yeah in that scenario where it's already tangled up in a diary you could always create a narrative before you start to ensure it happens again

 

He doesn't work for RAW, but he's just part of a story I'm telling within the diary. I've had people die on me before with WWE. Vince McMahon in my first diary, and then AJ Styles too! One of my top stars haha

 

I was going to say to you Nickman. 100% go for it. But you already have I'll be reading for sure!

[The Nickman]

I was going to say to you Nickman. 100% go for it. But you already have I'll be reading for sure!

Hahahaha PHEW!! You were the last guy I was sweating on approval from and then I got all antsy and went ahead with it anyway!

 

Glad you guys are all cool with this. This is going to be a lot of fun and shouldn’t get in the way of either of your amazing diaries in the slightest.