Please help a guy looking to start a LOTF fed

[eddydeanclassic]

So I'm 35, married, three kids, zero social life, etc...

The wife got me the whole LOTF set, all the LE's as well as the other LOW sets (actually that's a lie. She told me to get myself something for my B-Day and I immediately thought of this)

So due to the fact that my brain has been overloaded with family life, I cannot figure out how to start my fed. My creativity is stalled big time boys!

These things I do know:

I want the fed to contain the LOTF guys, the LOTF LE's as well as current living wrestlers who are not under contrct with the evil empire (WWEwww!)...guys like Credible, DDP (is he too old to consider a possible comeback), Brad Armstrong (too old?), Liger, Timber, Savage and Harker...who else am I missing? I also want to work in a few bootlegs of mexican, japanese and indy guys.

I want to run say two shows a week (sort of a ROH type promotion, with a monthly ppv)

I want there to be a heavyweight champion, a cruiserweight champion, a tag team champion and some sort of "pure" champion like ROH used to have (how could I work that??)

So how do I start this thing?

Do I run tournaments for the titles? If so, how many wrestlers should I include and what sort of bracket type thing should I do?

What I am looking for is a blueprint of sorts for which to start with and then hopefully my creativity will be sparked enough so that I actually play the game instead of just looking at the box they are stored in as I make another trip to the grocery store or bag another 30 bags of leaves..or visit the wife's god forsaken family for the umpteenth time this month!

So if anyone can please help me with ideas and suggestions, tips or tricks to help me get this thing on the right path, I would greatly appreciate it.

Once in a while I roll a few random matches and I swear this game is one of the few things that make me feel like a kid again.

And oh what a time that was...

Thanks for reading.

[jasonjaconetti]

Well, for a quick answer, I would definately run a tournament (single day) for the heavyweight title. I am thinking 8 men, which makes a good one-night tournament.

As for the Pure Title, I am thinking of a Block system. Block A, B, C, & D and have that go over a number of shows. It means you could have 16 guys in the tournament. But this tourny should start after a few shows in, otherwise the belt will get lost in the start-up.

As for how that would work, I'm not 100% sure. I know that ROH gave you 3 rope breaks, but I am not sure how to tie that in so it woud be effective. I would imagine that it could work for DQs, but again not 100% on that.

Hope that helped.

[crimsoncross]

I was in a rutt not too long ago, I decided to look over my cards and started a smaller fed without crowning any champions and went a month or so game wise with action and then brought in a outside belt ( storyline wise ) and had some of my guys battle for that and Bundy won that belt from Ed Lewis which is my Mid-South Heavyweight Belt.

Anyway, I would try a smaller fed at first let it grow and build and your creative juices will flow and soon your fed will be ALIVE! If you take a look at my Top Rope Wrestling thread...

filsingergames.proboards106.com/index.cgi?board=fed2&action=display&thread=1331&page=1

My fed has really grown but has stayed in the margin I've wanted and it has been a FUN promotion to run and by looking at other promoters promotions you can get a good view and thoughts of your own...

So this is my imput, see what happens and a key factor is have FUN!

[pride]

battle royal for the tag team.thats what i did.

[pride]

oh i forgot in one of the CoTG match booklets there is the coming out of retirement charts.you can use that for guys like Armstrong and stuff to help out your living fed to get some more wrestlers.and no one in the game works for the WWEmonster.

[eddydeanclassic]

Thanks for the immediate help guys! A lot of great ideas. Please keep them coming!

Okay, now for a stupid question. Can someone please walk me through step-by-step how the battle royal mode works? I still don't get how to run that match. Is there a simple rule-set which I can use?

Also, does anyone have that coming out of retirement chart which they can share? I have all the legends booklets as well as the other LOW extra matches booklet. I also have thw COTG 2123 series? It's not in any of those either.

[eddydeanclassic]

And Pride, how did you do a battle royal for the tag team? Do the final two entrants become the tag team champions? Or does the last guy remaining win the tag titles for his team?

Again, someone please explain how to run a battle royal to this stumped promoter!

Thanks!

[mwjergs]

Coming from a guy who will be restarting his 4th time now. It can be tough to keep up with family matters.

I would suggest
a) keep your roster down (around 30 total or less) It forces you to be more creative with what you have. Then month to month you can add or subtract guys that aren't working out.
b) use whomever you want. Natural storyline is old guys like Brad Armstrong or DDP mentoring a Future star and then set up a feud. I have some ideas for my Indy fed along those lines.
c) I like tourneys for each belt. I seem to always go Heavyweight, tag and tv belts.
d) Battle royals. I have to check one of the charts I got from somewhere that I like to do them. I'll keep looking.
e) Start by doing some predictable things. Hear me out first. By starting with something you know it can lead you to something new and fresh. Those dice love to screw plans up so just go with it.

Most of all have fun with it. It can be quite addictive once you get on a roll.

[jasonjaconetti]

Nov 30, 2008 17:01:25 GMT -5 eddydeanclassic said:

And Pride, how did you do a battle royal for the tag team? Do the final two entrants become the tag team champions? Or does the last guy remaining win the tag titles for his team?

Whenever I have done one, I always do one of two things.

(1) If you are eliminated, then so is your partner. This can be kinda boring, but this was an old school way of doing things.

(2) The last two men left are the two teams that then face off in a regular bout for the title.

The whole idea of having two non-teammates holding the belts is a very late 1990's thing....it is just not the kid of thing I would want in my fed to begin things.

[eddydeanclassic]

I'll give it a try Mwjergs...post your battle royal chart you like when you come accross it. Thanks again