Repetitive Booking Penalty

[Cornells Cousin]

Do you guys play with this on , 3 matches in 6 months seems . Harsh I have usually turned this off in past games but thought i would try it on TEW20

[WCGreyghost]

I always turn that off. I'm an old school fan, and book accordingly. Dusty and Flair probably had three matches in a weekend more than one.

[jbergey_2005]

Same. I like the old school mods and its hard to book with it on that was comparable to how they did it in 1985.

[Bonafide_Bluffa]

i generally turn that off, the penalty is a bit too high IMO

[LloydCross]

I do. It seems pretty fair to me.

 

I see why people don't use it for older settings, although I'd argue the repetitive booking they are trying to simulate are really just tons of matches in what TEW would call house shows, which already don't trigger this penalty.

[Self]

It depends on what kind of game I'm playing. If it's a modern tv promotion I absolutely want it on. I should be punished for repetition. If it's a game where I dont imagine the shows are broadcast (small time indy) then I'll turn it off.

[TEWFan]

Hmm....I know I am late to the party but this would have been a great suggestion for the new game. Adjustable booking penalty. Choose between 3-5 different types to match specific eras. Like 3 matches in 3 months, 6 matches in 3 months etc....

[Capelli King]

I always turn that off.

[brat99]

Another thing to remember (if the penalty functions as it has in previous versions of the game) is that the penalty will only apply if the later matches are rated worse than any of the first 3 matches. You could book your way around the penalty with strategic use of road agent notes/match aims...in a sense purposely lowering some of the early match ratings slightly.

[D-Lyrium]

<p>Worth remembering that you only get penalised if the fourth/subsequent matches aren't better than the previous ones. Edit: what he said ^</p><p> </p><p>

I always leave it on. Stops me from spamming obvious main events and forces me to be a bit more creative.</p>

[Cyhort]

I always turn it off. Every time I leave it on I end up doing too many storylines with constant run ins and beatdowns and I add in way too many unnecessary people just to avoid the penalty. I'd rather just book the stories and feuds I want. I do try to keep it realistic though, and I don't just spam my best workers in matches on every show to get a good rating. That would be boring.

[Matt_Black]

Just use more multi-man matches. Tags, trios, triple threats, etc.

[SilkySlimer]

Pre show battle royals are your friend, cheap but effective nonetheless

[foolinc]

I always keep it on, but might turn it off temporarily if I wanted to do a classic best of seven.

[Vinsmoker]

If you're doing a Local to Global playthrough and are still a company smaller than Medium you can leave it on and basically ignore it, because the newer matches will almost always be better than the previous matches. And once you're medium, your company's roster will probably be deep enough to stop repetitive matches naturally

[ink625]

I always turn it off but I don't know why I bother, since I would never incur the penalty anyway with the way I book shows.

[BigINMoldova]

Just use more multi-man matches. Tags, trios, triple threats, etc.

 

 

This is also how they got around in the 80s. Flair and Dusty really didn't have that many singles matches, it was mostly Dusty/Koloff vs Anderson/Flair or Dusty/Road Warriors Vs Arn/Tully/Flair.

 

Using multi-mans also has the advantage of making it easier to increase popularity for your lesser stars.

[D-Lyrium]

I always keep it on, but might turn it off temporarily if I wanted to do a classic best of seven.

 

I like the challenge of doing a Bo7 with it on. Once got all the way to match 7 between Wolf Hawkins and Josh Taylor in 2016 before Hawkins was off his game, which penalised the match just enough to make it worse, which in turn tanked the rating. Brutal end to a great series. It was like the 2017 world series, you get all the way to game 7 and suddenly the Astros are up by 5 after 2. I'm sure Wolf must've used a trash can or two, come to think of it...

[ShaunGBD]

I like the challenge of doing a Bo7 with it on. Once got all the way to match 7 between Wolf Hawkins and Josh Taylor in 2016 before Hawkins was off his game, which penalised the match just enough to make it worse, which in turn tanked the rating. Brutal end to a great series. It was like the 2017 world series, you get all the way to game 7 and suddenly the Astros are up by 5 after 2. I'm sure Wolf must've used a trash can or two, come to think of it...

 

This made my day

[Blackman]

I always turn it off, even though it would rarely be relevant. The fact that it doesnt apply to A, that seems to book the same regular match 5x in a row, it just pisses me off.

[Doogshere]

Like others, I use either tags or trios to help with this, kind of like NJPW style booking, just not as many tags. You can have two storylines merge for a short period of time, and it helps give a rub to the people further down the card and their storyline.