JBrother Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 Curious how everybody discovered these games. For me it was 2002 during the "e-fed" popularity. I remember my tag team partner at the time (Shauny Dreamer) talking to me on MSN and asking my opinion on if Mick Foley returning to WWF and winning the World Title would be a good move. He explained it was on this booking simulator called Extreme Warfare Revenge and that was when my love for these games began. Anyone else got a good story? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunGBD Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 just i just search for wrestling games online. then found different ones. he was working on EWR I played EWD for a bit. remember staying up and downloading it the first night it came out. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 (edited) There was a fantasy booking community on Orkut around 2010 to 12 ish, at the tail end of Orkut's lifespan. People only used EWR at first, though I was always bothered by the restrictions in how short the shows were, until this one guy came in with this way more intricate diary using ''TEW 2005'' and it was like man discovering fire to the rest of us. I remember I bought 2010 and then learned 2013 was coming out shortly thereafter anyways so I bought that too 💀 Been playing them all ever since. I have pretty much only had one main save through two iterations of TEW and I'm about to make it three. Edited July 26 by Dawn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDeep5ix Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 I was very late to the party, having discovered the game around 2020 because I was looking for a new wrestling game to play for fun. I was used to the traditional wrestling games that a text-based booking simulator wasn't even on my mind for several decades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Crunch Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 (edited) There was a really really excellent diary by an RPG.net user called Peers called Welcome to the Coastal Zone. I had been looking for something to replace The Movies as a story-telling simulator. I discovered the diary bought 2016 and was hooked. Edited July 26 by Doctor Crunch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Wolf Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 I didnt actuallyvstartvwith EWR. I started with Promotion Wars. Then I played a little EWR. When TEW 2004 came out I played that and have gotten every version of TEW since. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Cobra Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 It was around 2002 myself. I didn't have any idea fantasy booking sims existed then suddenly on some random forum someone started a thread called "Which is better: EWR or PW?" and I thought "the hell is either of those?" and not only did I find out about EWR then, but the overwhelming response was that EWR was superior. I downloaded the early version (before pictures were added, anyway) and that was it. I was hooked. Played EWR to DEATH (including getting my CGC promotion logo chosen by Adam in the run up to the pictures release, still so proud about that...) Eventually I switched over to TEW (though I will admit the first two games led to me drifting back to EWR...) and the rest is history. Still play them all the time now, though I will admit to being one of those people who spends a lot of time adding things to databases without getting around to playing them... As someone who also likes creating lists in Excel I don't see that changing! (though hopefully I might actually get one done in between games thanks to it being easier...) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamKing Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 was 2014 or later. was on a celebrity forum that the owner is a wrestling fan also and was recommended the games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaCity1 Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 (edited) Promotion Wars. Had to be 2001-2002? I remember someone in our backyard fed introducing it to the lot of us. When I saw that we were able to "create", I remember distinctively making our federation. From then, I played a lot of EWR (had a great TNA save headed by Tyler Black) until stumbling upon TEW. Unlocked a memory there with this one. Edited July 26 by MegaCity1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordofGustav Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 Used to participate in E-Feds, which of course introduced me not only to EWR/TEW, but also to the history of professional wrestling. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBrother Posted July 26 Author Share Posted July 26 I remember promotion wars too. There were a few booking sims around that time. Then ewr 4.2 released and it was a big upgrade on the others. I couldn’t get into the CV with the early TEWs I got 13 and immediately 16 was announced. 16 has by far been my favourite. Had a long save with that. Turning Mike Bennett from Mike Kannelis to “Main Event” Mike Bennett was one of my best accomplishments. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21maxwell Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 Wrestling Forum back in 2008 i think, that got me into EWR, didn't make the jump till late into TEW13's cycle, thank's to TTTV's (Rik's) videos as I had knew him before then through Football Manger and then after that every TEW since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoons Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 My brother introduced me to it and I was hooked. This was the 2005 version, I think? He did the same for EWR. We played 2012 and 2016 together a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBrother Posted July 26 Author Share Posted July 26 13 minutes ago, 21maxwell said: Wrestling Forum back in 2008 i think, that got me into EWR, didn't make the jump till late into TEW13's cycle, thank's to TTTV's (Rik's) videos as I had knew him before then through Football Manger and then after that every TEW since. Mate. Funny you mention riks videos. One of the worst periods of my life I was In a deep hole of depression and that guys impact reawakened series was incredible. Would binge it for hours. Went to search it recently and it’s not on YouTube anymore. Shame really. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanX Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 I was searching for a specific WWE match, found one of the dynasties instead on the boards, I got sucked in, saw that people were grading matches and angles somehow, it turned out to be a game and voila. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGN91 Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 I think I googled wrestling manager game or something like this 20 years ago and the rest is history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakaryus Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 French wrestling forum in 2009, I started with EWR. I tried TEW 2013 but it was "too hard" for me back then lol, then I started TEW 2020 4 years ago and never looked back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadsMC Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 2018. I was bitter about the lack of GM Mode in WWE games, and so I was looking for a wrestling booker simulator. Found TEW 2005, which I loved, then TEW 2016 from that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pteroid Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 A booking sim attached to a sort of Efed aggregator site turned out to be a bust so I looked into other options and found TEW 2004 for free. I think 2013 was my first paid version of the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheChef Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 My first TEW was 2013, so it was around about then, or maybe 2014. I thought that WWE's booking was so bad at that time that I could do better myself. So I googled wrestling booking games and came across TEW. I never got around to seeing if I could book WWE better than Vince McMahon though, because I got stuck on the CornellVerse and have never wanted to book anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachyuk Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 Used to play those mail wrestling feds with a friend of mine and he had told me about EWR and I hunted it out and was hooked every since. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrenegade Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 I learned of EWR from my old efed days. Someone posted a link to it on the community forums I believe it was called Primetime Central. Been hooked on these games since. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amyzyng Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 Found TEW 05 one day by randomly searching on Google for a wrestling game simulator. I was about nine or ten. TEW actually got me into e-fedding and here I am at 25 still doing both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor2020 Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 I think I first got into EWR because I was wanting to get into wrestling-simulators of some sort and then I tried out TEW 2005 and honestly I've stuck with TEW ever since because it just seemed to have a lot more than what EWR offered.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingofOldSchool Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 Around 2001. I don't know how. I got into EWD, TNM 7, PW around the same time. Probably found it on a Yahoo search. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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