jcarne2
Infinity Challenge
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Post by jcarne2 on Jun 8, 2021 15:59:06 GMT -5
Hoping some of you have ways to deal with this that can help as I love the idea.
#1- Work vs shoot. Obviously these cards are based on professional wrestling, which is a work, yet the game itself is a shoot. This can lead to wonky things that I would never want to happen nor allow if I were the promoter. This problem doesn’t really exist in the GWF as in my mind it’s a bit more analogous to MMA and not worked pro wrestling in that universe.
#2- Dealing with time. Again the GWF editions handled this perfectly as the fed advances in real time with wrestlers aging out and new starts coming through, usually with several iterations over the years to reflect where they are in their career. This doesn’t apply to LOW where you’ve got all these wrestlers, generally in their prime, without a linear way of tracking the passage of time.
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Post by LAWraith on Jun 8, 2021 16:26:02 GMT -5
I do my LOW fed time based. I'm playing my main fed but if time permitting I'd go back and play territories.
But I dont have many issues if any, the biggest issue I think was mixing color and b&w. I usually have someone go 8-10 years with some exceptions like Curt Hennig.
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Post by TTX on Jun 8, 2021 17:15:52 GMT -5
The beauty about Legends is simply cycling out names and bringing in new ones if you're only running one fed. Decide how many years you want to use them and then simply retire them. You can tweak a wrestler's stats down if you want to do them at a younger or older state and change a finisher as necessary (I used the Yes Lock on Bryan Danielson's card well before it was on there)
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Post by malicelover on Jun 8, 2021 18:46:32 GMT -5
I can say that the “shoot piece” is present, but the stats are pretty even for the wrestlers, and I can say that the results tend to play out the way someone would “book” them too. Shayne and Sly Drury have started 0-2 and have been dominated in their matches during 2136. Utterly dominated in their matches. To me that would not be how I would book like things as those guys should be big challengers. I think the shoot piece is always present if you let the dice decide.
I echo what Troy said with roster. I cycle out my lower contenders after the fall off for new guys to “give their face a rest.”
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jcarne2
Infinity Challenge
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Post by jcarne2 on Jun 9, 2021 10:37:16 GMT -5
I can say that the “shoot piece” is present, but the stats are pretty even for the wrestlers, and I can say that the results tend to play out the way someone would “book” them too. Shayne and Sly Drury have started 0-2 and have been dominated in their matches during 2136. Utterly dominated in their matches. To me that would not be how I would book like things as those guys should be big challengers. I think the shoot piece is always present if you let the dice decide. I echo what Troy said with roster. I cycle out my lower contenders after the fall off for new guys to “give their face a rest.” Again I guess the thing in the GWF is it’s always in my mind been a shoot with pro wrestling themes, that’s harder for me to do with LOW |
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Post by TTX on Jun 9, 2021 11:02:26 GMT -5
If GWF was "real" no one would be able to perform most of the wrestling moves. I've just learned to accept that.
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Post by malicelover on Jun 9, 2021 13:15:29 GMT -5
I can say that the “shoot piece” is present, but the stats are pretty even for the wrestlers, and I can say that the results tend to play out the way someone would “book” them too. Shayne and Sly Drury have started 0-2 and have been dominated in their matches during 2136. Utterly dominated in their matches. To me that would not be how I would book like things as those guys should be big challengers. I think the shoot piece is always present if you let the dice decide. I echo what Troy said with roster. I cycle out my lower contenders after the fall off for new guys to “give their face a rest.” Again I guess the thing in the GWF is it’s always in my mind been a shoot with pro wrestling themes, that’s harder for me to do with LOW But why? I mean this when you can book it and see guys go over that never would have given the options, which is better in some ways. Like The Vachons won my tag title tournament upsetting the Road Warriors. I personally love the Vachons, but as a promoter, the team that should have won and that would probably draw more would be the Road Warriors. It is all hall we look at it. The smark in me knows that the Vachons were better wrestlers than the Road Warriors but they weren’t promoted that way. |
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Post by Travis605 on Jun 9, 2021 13:28:48 GMT -5
I can say that the “shoot piece” is present, but the stats are pretty even for the wrestlers, and I can say that the results tend to play out the way someone would “book” them too. Shayne and Sly Drury have started 0-2 and have been dominated in their matches during 2136. Utterly dominated in their matches. To me that would not be how I would book like things as those guys should be big challengers. I think the shoot piece is always present if you let the dice decide. I echo what Troy said with roster. I cycle out my lower contenders after the fall off for new guys to “give their face a rest.” Again I guess the thing in the GWF is it’s always in my mind been a shoot with pro wrestling themes, that’s harder for me to do with LOW Growing up with 70/80s wrestling, in my opinion, it’s not hard to pretend wrestling (LOW) is a shoot because it was presented that way. I can understand if you started really watching in the 2000s. But to me, while I love the GWF and I wish I had time to play, it’s harder for me to perceive it as a shoot when the fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance of a match taking place in a wrestling ring. I liked it better when wrestlers from difference planets came together and battled it out. But like I said in an earlier thread: it’s all preference. |
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Post by malicelover on Jun 9, 2021 17:10:24 GMT -5
Again I guess the thing in the GWF is it’s always in my mind been a shoot with pro wrestling themes, that’s harder for me to do with LOW Growing up with 70/80s wrestling, in my opinion, it’s not hard to pretend wrestling (LOW) is a shoot because it was presented that way. I can understand if you started really watching in the 2000s. But to me, while I love the GWF and I wish I had time to play, it’s harder for me to perceive it as a shoot when the fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance of a match taking place in a wrestling ring. I liked it better when wrestlers from difference planets came together and battled it out. But like I said in an earlier thread: it’s all preference. , couldn't agree with you more. I shied away from LOW for a long time, when it first started, probably out of loyalty to GWF - because some of the characters [Vengeance, Mandrill, Thunder, Terminus, Pegasus, Paragon, etc.] really resonated with me. As the roster in Legends has grown, which by the way, THANKS for that Legends team, and as readily available boots that look pretty much as fantastic as the officially licensed FG LOW cards, I've almost swung the other way. Now if only we could get official color cards for Rick Rude, Piper, and Patterson ... A guy can dream ;-) |
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Post by natureboi on Jul 22, 2021 6:35:58 GMT -5
I have always played LOW as a work and find it extremely satisfying. When unexpected results occur, I must supply an explanation, either storyline or behind-the-scenes. To me, that's engaging and fun. You do know that, in real life, the Road Warriors lost the AWA world tag title to Garvin and Regal? 😉
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