Fed Organization

[jmello]

I’ve always treated my fed as sport for the most part, but recently I’ve been dying to delve more into the writing/storyline aspect of it. I want to do away with win/loss records and focus on feuds, win streaks, and match results leading into bigger events. I was wondering what ways you guys organize information and keeps things in order or if you just wing it and hope it all makes sense?

My idea currently is to keep a feud/ally chart; utilization list to make sure all characters are used; win streak list to track who is hot. Anything I’m missing or anything you’ve learned from trial and errror?

[Gunslinger]

It sounds like you have pretty much everything covered but I'd continue keeping track of win/loss records if you're already doing it. It's better to have the information than not have it and you can always use it as a starting point if you get stuck somewhere down the road.

There have been a few times that I'd use an online round robin generater to give me a list of all potential matches I can make with the guys I'm currently using and check them off as I go so I'm not doing the same matches over and over. The third time a pair of wrestlers lock up is a lot more exciting if their matches are months apart instead of all in the same week, for instance.

[Sam Fain]

Yeah, I'd agree with hanging on to win/loss records and letting them help with the storyline flow.

You have to build trapdoors to help progress angles when finishes aren't necessarily what you planned/hoped, because, as we all know, the dice roll funny.

Also, never forget the benefits of running multi-man tags with your singles feuds. This can help prolong a singles feud without either guy having to take a fall one on one and if they do take a fall in a multi-man it can help set stuff up down the road.

[Gunslinger]

May 7, 2018 12:33:06 GMT -5 Sam Fain said:

Also, never forget the benefits of running multi-man tags with your singles feuds. This can help prolong a singles feud without either guy having to take a fall one on one and if they do take a fall in a multi-man it can help set stuff up down the road.

Also this.

[Drew]

I keep notes and try to book things in advance. So if this happens on show A, this happens on show B. Then after say Chaos-Alpha play their part I write where the next thing is going on show C. This way I’m writing for it while it’s fresh in mind.

I don’t keep win loss records. I have an Ranking system that I think of like the College Football poll. Win you go up, lose you go down, but I do drastic jumps like if you beat the number 1 ranked guy, you’re now number one. Falls aren’t as drastic. Even with a ranking system you’ll be deciding who gets what title shot, but it shows you at a quick glance who’s won big matches lately and who’s floundering.

I blend the story and the sports in my fed, So Half the card will be storyline and the other half ranked matches. This way u can build contenders while still having storylines.

[aceldamas]

I haven't kept win/lose records since my Superstar Pro Wrestling game days. With LOW I've adopted more of a ladder system for rankings. If Wrestler A beats Wrestler B, he jumps to his spot in the rankings and moves the rest of the pack down. Of course, it's not that clear cut 100% of the time. I take into account other factors, such as DQs etc, but that's the basics. I find this simpler and let's a wrestler jump into contention right away (get 'hot') and allows shake ups to happen more often. It's easier than trying to balance W/L records with averages etc.

The records I find most important in my feds is match records of who wrestled who (how often and when) and the result. This helps me track feuds and keeps me from having guys not in feuds from getting matched up repeatedly.

[aceldamas]

May 7, 2018 13:52:04 GMT -5 Drew said:

I keep notes and try to book things in advance. So if this happens on show A, this happens on show B. Then after say Chaos-Alpha play their part I write where the next thing is going on show C. This way I’m writing for it while it’s fresh in mind.

I don’t keep win loss records. I have an Ranking system that I think of like the College Football poll. Win you go up, lose you go down, but I do drastic jumps like if you beat the number 1 ranked guy, you’re now number one. Falls aren’t as drastic. Even with a ranking system you’ll be deciding who gets what title shot, but it shows you at a quick glance who’s won big matches lately and who’s floundering.

I blend the story and the sports in my fed, So Half the card will be storyline and the other half ranked matches. This way u can build contenders while still having storylines.

Or what he said. Ha, ha.

[Gunslinger]

Lots of good stuff in this thread.

I keep track of number of matches and number of wins in a spreadsheet and let it calculate the win percentage for me. That being said, I mostly use this for storyline purposes and knowing when to phase guys out. More often than not, I have a match to determine the #1 contender and it's usually between two guys who came off big wins at the last big show. So I'm kind of awarding title shots based on a hot streak, even though I don't call it that.

[iowaoaks]

I use a top ten list to keep the title shots flowing and not to stagnant between just two sets of wrestlers.
Look at it a lot like WCW did. Does it really mean anything? Nah, not really but it is cool to look back on.
A win is two points, some wrestlers are worth three a title match is worth an extra point.
Though.. I've considered going to a tiered system basted on the Rahl Ratings (5 to 1 scale.)

[Justin Case]

A lot of my GWFZ Territories is geared in story lines & really no focus on win loss. It's really a continuous flow from zone to zone carryover with the main titles. I find it more satisfying