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Post by wildfire on Aug 12, 2008 14:19:04 GMT -5
My Z season winning Coach will get a 2 match contract, the first of which being for my Universal Title. I view this as their motivation for coaching the young talent. The wrestler with the best winning record over the course of the season will get a shot at my Intergalactic Title & a chance in the big league. Since that title is defended on every card, it could be big. I'm tossing around the idea of leaving them in the Z-Division until they are actually signed to the big show to give that extra sense of working for what they seek. Ahh! I get it now.. so the coaches have motivation too.. could lead to some good feuds too. Nice! |
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Post by stu on Aug 12, 2008 14:42:47 GMT -5
I too, like Eliath, have a fondness for singles wrestling over tag-team wrestling. I'd be interested to see what you come up with Eliath.
Wrestling to me, when you get down to it, is man versus man to determine who is the better. Tag-team wrestling doesn't always do this for me, although I've learned to appreciate it over the years, and definitely miss the golden era of it now that its gone.
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Post by Alexander Ubel on Aug 12, 2008 22:57:43 GMT -5
I usually let the dice and talent tell the story for me, although I try to plan longterm storylines that span more time. Right now I have a great on building involving Swarm and Monolith.
For the record Swarm has beaten Monolith in 2 straight matches cleanly.
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Post by squire on Aug 13, 2008 21:50:19 GMT -5
I wing it. I like the not knowing factor as it forces me to be more creative. As an example I booked Monlith vs Dead Ringer for thier debut's and Dead Ringer beat Monolith. So I booked a rematch...and he beat him again. They are entangled in a fued in my GWF fed.
In terms of layout of the card. I tend to open with a segment, 2 matches, segment, 2 matches, segment, main event. I try to get one women's and one tag-team match per card.
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Post by ceo on Aug 14, 2008 20:43:19 GMT -5
Since I re-started my fed I have been booking major feuds and title matches in advance. It works well for me, but I also tend to let things happen on the fly.
For example, If Star Warrioor is feuding with Spike, I might book Star Warrior against Massacre. If Massacre wins then I might use creative control and have Spike done something to cost Star Warrior the match somehow - to help keep their feud going and to not take too much away from Star Warrior with the loss. Massacre still gets his win , and Star warrior still looks strong and has more reason to hate Spike.
I love when I just book a "filler match" early on between two superstars and they turn out a great match thats turns into a feud. One of those is coming up in my GWF!
I have thought about using an "official Ranking System" but find that often the stars I like the most get used the most, plus I'll alreaddy have an idea of who the next contender will be for cretain titles. If someone can string togther a few strong wins then i'll look at giving them a shot down the line, or right away.
-CEO
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Post by wildfire on Aug 15, 2008 11:03:20 GMT -5
I have to say, I used to think everyone kept win-loss records and had some sort of ranking system, but that doesn't seem to be the case... I think more people that I thought book on feel more than anything. I've tried all sorts of rating systems of my own and others devices... all have their strengths and weaknesses.. I generally use them more to have stats than anything... If the guy I want to get a title shot is the #6 contender, that's fine with me  |
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Post by vrobx on Aug 15, 2008 13:21:31 GMT -5
My number one booking strategy is to keep in mind that this is wrestling! The top job of wrestling has always been to draw money...be it attendance at a house show or to sell a pay per view. I don't care what kind of fluke win streak Ghengis Khan might go one, he's not about to get a title shot with Thantos. Who'd pay to see that?
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Post by TDalton on Aug 15, 2008 14:50:57 GMT -5
My number one booking strategy is to keep in mind that this is wrestling! The top job of wrestling has always been to draw money...be it attendance at a house show or to sell a pay per view. I don't care what kind of fluke win streak Ghengis Khan might go one, he's not about to get a title shot with Thantos. Who'd pay to see that? While I have always treated my feds as shoots and not works, I think some of the same principles apply. I've always based things off of won-lost records, with a big "strength of schedule" qualifier thrown in. I think of it this way - winning matches against tough opponents should get guys over. If Khan beats Pulsar or Omega five times in a row, it doesn't mean much. If he has wins over Lord Nexus and Star Warrior, he should now be seen as someone who could win a title and should "draw" against Thantos. |
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Post by wildfire on Aug 15, 2008 15:10:18 GMT -5
I generally would use a string of wins against weak opponents to move a guy up the card.
In Tim's example, if Ghenghis Khan was 5-0 with wins of Pulsar 3 times and Omega twice, say, I'd give him a match against Lord Nexus or Massif.
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Post by TDalton on Aug 15, 2008 20:06:32 GMT -5
I generally would use a string of wins against weak opponents to move a guy up the card. In Tim's example, if Ghenghis Khan was 5-0 with wins of Pulsar 3 times and Omega twice, say, I'd give him a match against Lord Nexus or Massif. I would do the same. The biggest problem with keeping guys "in their place" based on the card stats is that you lose out on potentially having someone come out of left field to become one of your fed's legends. For me, it was Justice (before he was Dark Justice) who became one of only two wrestlers (Star Warrior the other) to hold every major title. He is easily one of my all-time top 5 (I played thru 2108), but his stats don't even come close to that level. I had an easier time giving lower level guys title shots in the GWF than I do in LOW. Since there was no actual "history" for the GWF guys, I just let everything go. I agree with vrobx that it would be extremely difficult for me to give Virgil a title shot in my LOW fed. |
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