Uncivilised Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Just wondering about the more worrisome side of booking which is some mistakes you have made or bad habits that you continue to make. For example, one of mine is that I tend to push new signings quite hard and always make them win. Sometimes I think it's better not to do this because I can blow potential future feuds, or overpush someone who I hired to be more of a lower midcarder or in some cases even lower than that. Other less minor mistakes I've made in the past is not checking when someone is working a different show if they're on a handshake deal or if their priorities are with a different company etc. Would love to hear some more discussion on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GooverDan Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Making every match in my card a "Story Telling" match. I don't know why I do it, but it makes me very uncomfortable just doing a "Regular", maybe is just my OCD talking on that. Maybe that'll explain why my ratings are not very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Trask Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd_dbacks01 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Yep that's me too. I also always end up with like 2 or 3 child companies full of people. My current game I've gotten better about letting contracts expire if I'm not actually planning anything for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GooverDan Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Are you, by any chance, booking AEW? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Same. But I get better each year releasing talent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Self Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 I can get set in my ways. I'm currently playing a CGC game that has gone from 1997 to 2003 and the annual schedule has been identical since the beginning. Hell, it's almost exactly the same as my first diary with the company that I wrote a decade ago. I should experiment with formats more. Drop PPV concepts. Add new ones. Go wacky. Shake the very foundations of the TV from time to time. Same with road agent notes. One Storytelling. One Comedy on just before the main event. Main Event always goes 15 minutes + with a Slow Build. I definitely get New Toy syndrome, where I hire someone new, and get REALLY into booking them... until the next new toy comes along and I forget about them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsmeister Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Adding the wrong person into segments Accidentally pressing run show before I have added pre-show stuff Accidentally clicking the X when I have booked a show without saving before hand so I have to re-book everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eayragt Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Adding the wrong person into segments Oh yes. Having Quentin Queen / Queen Emily and Jaylon Martins / Jay Chord on the same roster has led to some interesting segments. That's not my only careless bookings. I've got a buffer of shows for my diary, so I'm yet to post my two misbooked Main Events. One of which was a PPV... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deamon Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 haha who would so such a thing haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djskeemask Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 ONLY 104? I go crazy when I start a new game. Thinking I have to have so and so. Luckily, I turn off the unused complaints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aura Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 I actually have the opposite problem. I tend to try to keep my roster at the absolute minimum possible and use almost everyone on every show to make sure that no one ever gets angry about not being used. It tends to make me burn through potential matchups very quickly, so I know I should probably give it a rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everything Ken Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 I usually have everyone on my roster involved in a storyline. The lower card storylines go past what would be reasonable and they don't usually have anything interesting going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scmurph01 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Templar Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 104?!?!? You amateur. As you might imagine, this is one I struggle with, too. St.T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakinskul Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 I accidently book one tag team in a match every week until I realize that I've put them up against every team and once they win the titles, it's just rematches from then on. In my new AEW save, I don't book a wrestler in more than 2 matches per month unless it's a dark match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokoa Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 I always forget about the tag teams. Usually booking singles matches with wrestlers in teams and, after the fact, seeing that I can't put the tag titles on the line since I booked one half in another match already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BHK1978 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 I actually have the opposite problem. I tend to try to keep my roster at the absolute minimum possible and use almost everyone on every show to make sure that no one ever gets angry about not being used. It tends to make me burn through potential matchups very quickly, so I know I should probably give it a rest. That is what I am always afraid of doing so it leads me to do this... No word of a lie, last night I was playing a save with a custom-made C-Verse company. The company just raised out of Insignificant to Tiny, so for the first time, I saw what you posted above. My message said we need 16 active wrestlers on the roster in order to avoid looking amateurish. It was followed by, As we have 50 at the moment, we are therefore safe. I sat there dumbfounded as I stared at the screen. I truly did not realize I had fifty wrestlers under contract. Especially at the Insignificant level, but I did. I went in and counted and yes I have twenty-five fan favorites and twenty-five heels. Now don't get me wrong, I knew I had somewhere north of forty as I have been holding either a twenty or thirty man battle royal on the pre-card of every show in order to get everyone on the roster work. But fifty! That shocked me. The thing is, I make over a thousand dollar profit on every show. The way I looked at it was, if I am making a four digit profit on every show, I can hire more workers. Whenever I try to play as Japanese companies I always have a hard time remembering Japanese names. I am not sure why but they just do not stick in my head. Therefore, I often find myself booking the wrong person in a match because I got their name confused with another wrestler's name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrokenCycle Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 I have a habit of putting midcard titles on main eventers. It's always annoying having to book around getting the title off them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomKat Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 I have a habit of putting midcard titles on main eventers. It's always annoying having to book around getting the title off them. This! Having Scythe lose to a midcarder is not fun to book around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makhai Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Yep. Can't say no to free talent. It's a curse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makhai Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 I can get set in my ways. I'm currently playing a CGC game that has gone from 1997 to 2003 and the annual schedule has been identical since the beginning. Hell, it's almost exactly the same as my first diary with the company that I wrote a decade ago. I should experiment with formats more. Drop PPV concepts. Add new ones. Go wacky. Shake the very foundations of the TV from time to time. Same with road agent notes. One Storytelling. One Comedy on just before the main event. Main Event always goes 15 minutes + with a Slow Build. I definitely get New Toy syndrome, where I hire someone new, and get REALLY into booking them... until the next new toy comes along and I forget about them. So this IS Tony Khan's alt account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConcutioCaelum Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 I'm currently at 117 on the roster. I have a list of people I want to job and cut. I keep putting off the cutting part, and sometimes the jobbing part. Angles see their momentum stay high, which helps with ratings when putting them against my less experienced roster members. It's a vicious cycle, and I keep signing more. Kurt Angle just came back from a stint in politics and so far I'm out-bidding WWE for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoku Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 I buy every promotion going out of business and poach their rosters and belts, and then end up with way too many people, like many others here seem to do. I want to hire all of these people and give them a job and a chance to impress me, and I end up having half of the people in the game signed within short amounts of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadsMC Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Overpowering myself. It takes the fun out of the game completely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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