Strict boom or bust

[ShaunGBD]

What is strict boom-or-bust means?

 

what's the difference of having a on and having it off?

[D-Lyrium]

The Wrestling Industry and Economy both have ratings between 0 and 100. These change gradually (or sometimes not-so-gradually!) during play.

 

With Strict on, they'll go all the way to 100, then drop all the way to zero, before rising again.

 

With Strict off, they still go up and down, but they can change direction without needing to go all the way to zero or 100.

[Makhai]

The Wrestling Industry and Economy both have ratings between 0 and 100. These change gradually (or sometimes not-so-gradually!) during play.

 

With Strict on, they'll go all the way to 100, then drop all the way to zero, before rising again.

 

With Strict off, they still go up and down, but they can change direction without needing to go all the way to zero or 100.

 

Strict Boom-Bust is designed to replicate the actually cyclical nature of the wrestling business, which often happens in wild swings up or down. The tradeoff is this can really bone over the AI and close a lot of companies. So I generally recommend leaving it off.

[LloydCross]

Strict Boom-Bust is designed to replicate the actually cyclical nature of the wrestling business, which often happens in wild swings up or down. The tradeoff is this can really bone over the AI and close a lot of companies. So I generally recommend leaving it off.

 

The setting isn't more realistic. There's generally big shifts as time goes by but it rarely gets as popular as possible and then wanes to as unpopular as possible and then comes back until it's as popular as it was before. That's true of almost nothing. It's definitely not true of economies.

[Makhai]

The setting isn't more realistic. There's generally big shifts as time goes by but it rarely gets as popular as possible and then wanes to as unpopular as possible and then comes back until it's as popular as it was before. That's true of almost nothing. It's definitely not true of economies.

 

In wrestling, it's very true historically. 83-85 was down, 86-89 was up, 90-95 was down, 96-01 was up, 02-04 was down, 05-08 was up, 09-14 was down again, and because of the WWE's market cap right now, it's been a financial boom since the Saudi and FOX deals. Markets tend to go in similar cycles. (Bull markets on average last 3 years, and bears about 1 year.) If we're trying to simulate a proper economy without inflation, Strict Boom-Bust does it by far the best. The AI is just... not capable of managing in an unstable environment. Again, I do not use the setting, because it causes instability that can harm long term saves in unexpected and profound ways. But it is the most realistic option in a vacuum.

[LloydCross]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Makhai" data-cite="Makhai" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="50444" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>In wrestling, it's very true historically. 83-85 was down, 86-89 was up, 90-95 was down, 96-01 was up, 02-04 was down, 05-08 was up, 09-14 was down again, and because of the WWE's market cap right now, it's been a financial boom since the Saudi and FOX deals. Markets tend to go in similar cycles. (Bull markets on average last 3 years, and bears about 1 year.) If we're trying to simulate a proper economy without inflation, Strict Boom-Bust does it by far the best. The AI is just... not capable of managing in an unstable environment. Again, I do not use the setting, because it causes instability that can harm long term saves in unexpected and profound ways. But it is the most realistic option in a vacuum.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> They go up and down consistently, but rarely all the way. Strict boom and bust for the economy means every bear market is as bad as the great depression and there is no room for partial rebounds.</p><p> </p><p> 02-04 and 09-14 may both be relative down periods of wrestling industry, but the idea that they were identically low and both the worst period possible is baffling to me.</p><p> </p><p> On a side note, it just feels wrong that Wrestling Industry in the game is a completely external factor that has nothing to do with what wrestling companies are actually doing, so I usually turn the whole thing off.</p>