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Post by ICW on Jan 2, 2024 14:27:56 GMT -5
WCWA was so great. It was essentially AEW long before it even existed. Hell, just look at your signature: 3 of the 4 have an association with AEW. It's what genuinely introduced me to a wrestling world outside of the WWE. Very fond memories of reading that series.
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Post by WCWA Online on Jan 2, 2024 19:47:34 GMT -5
if Necro wasn't a political nutjob, he'd probably be there too.
If I were to try to shape WCWA now with the same mentality of indie stars of 06ish that hadn't made it elsewhere, I couldn't. almost everyone I used or had plans for are now either in WWE, AEW, or have been. Even guys that most people never saw in WWE like Jimmy Jacobs and Allison Danger. Ironically by WCWA canon, Danger got released from WWE while pregnant, which was the storyline reason she stopped wrestling in WCWA
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Post by ICW on Jan 3, 2024 13:06:22 GMT -5
if Necro wasn't a political nutjob, he'd probably be there too. If I were to try to shape WCWA now with the same mentality of indie stars of 06ish that hadn't made it elsewhere, I couldn't. almost everyone I used or had plans for are now either in WWE, AEW, or have been. Even guys that most people never saw in WWE like Jimmy Jacobs and Allison Danger. Ironically by WCWA canon, Danger got released from WWE while pregnant, which was the storyline reason she stopped wrestling in WCWA I 100% credit you for branching out to non-WWE wrestling. I remember buying PWG: Sells Out at Suncoast all those years ago.
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Post by cage on Jan 6, 2024 20:17:57 GMT -5
Interesting. I wonder if everyone who does fantasy booking go into it with a certain mindset or do they just do whatever? Fantasy booking nuzlockes essentially.
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Post by ICW on Jan 7, 2024 19:21:29 GMT -5
Interesting. I wonder if everyone who does fantasy booking go into it with a certain mindset or do they just do whatever? Fantasy booking nuzlockes essentially. Fantasy booking was very different than it is today (and it's sadly barely alive). Some of my favorites: - Tennessee's CWF is the standard-bearer for what a fantasy booking federation should be. He was incredibly detailed, creative, and his concept had great appeal to me: mashing together the WWF/WCW/ECW rosters from the Attitude Era. It's what inspired me to give WCW/nWo: Reimagined a go (and I would love to finish that series one day) and partially inspired my upcoming fig fed
- Obo's WCWA is one we've touched on. Great attention to detail, a commitment to utilizing talent who were not apart of the WWE, and just a super great mind for booking.
- Denn's WWF was his take on late 1990s WWF and, again, tremendous attention to detail.
We had very strict standards on here (especially when the Board was split between Fantasy Booking and Text Fed) and, to be honest, I think it ended up driving away certain people. That + the decline of popularity in message boards = the end of this Board being very active. We've tried everything we can think of - some ideas were not approved of - but some of us are still clinging on.
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Post by TheSystem 1.5 on Jan 7, 2024 19:59:33 GMT -5
Interesting. I wonder if everyone who does fantasy booking go into it with a certain mindset or do they just do whatever? Fantasy booking nuzlockes essentially. Fantasy booking was very different than it is today (and it's sadly barely alive). Some of my favorites: - Tennessee's CWF is the standard-bearer for what a fantasy booking federation should be. He was incredibly detailed, creative, and his concept had great appeal to me: mashing together the WWF/WCW/ECW rosters from the Attitude Era. It's what inspired me to give WCW/nWo: Reimagined a go (and I would love to finish that series one day) and partially inspired my upcoming fig fed
- Obo's WCWA is one we've touched on. Great attention to detail, a commitment to utilizing talent who were not apart of the WWE, and just a super great mind for booking.
- Denn's WWF was his take on late 1990s WWF and, again, tremendous attention to detail.
We had very strict standards on here (especially when the Board was split between Fantasy Booking and Text Fed) and, to be honest, I think it ended up driving away certain people. That + the decline of popularity in message boards = the end of this Board being very active. We've tried everything we can think of - some ideas were not approved of - but some of us are still clinging on.
I really hope this board and the Sims have a resurgence at some point. It’s so much fun to sit and think about stuff you want to do if you had the unlimited resources
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Post by cage on Jan 7, 2024 20:23:26 GMT -5
Attention to detail can be very difficult to achieve and even more so tough to attract and keep an audience. I may not be what most people want, but I do what I enjoy doing and hope that comes across for others to enjoy as well. I’d love it if my stuff could attract more people to gain activity, but, alas, my star is waning.
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Post by Prophet of Ash on Jan 17, 2024 5:01:45 GMT -5
I'm being lazy and don't want to switch back to the WCWA account. the detail debate is one I feel like I'm better suited to handle as a 35 year old than a 15 year old, but what problems in life aren't.
WCWA shows would take weeks, if not months, and by the end, a legitimate year for some, to complete. I would write out full blown coherent music videos (with scripting that actually translated to real world music videos and why I got *really* good at doing those for a while). I'd get extremely frustrated when a show I'd spent 6 months fine tuning would be quickly bumped to the second page by something that looked like someone wrote it while driving. That's not hyperbole. There was a guy named The Crapper who "wrote" a Wrestlecrap fed who'd do 2-3 shows a week that looked like they took all of 45 seconds to do. average show would look like this;
Golga beats TL Hopper Gobblygooker beats Oscar Kurrgan beats Mosh Thrasher beats Duke Droese Paul Bearer wins battle royal
except somehow that's more coherent than his shows even were, because he'd try often mispell and typo his own wrestlers names.
If you can convey your story in less detail and get across the point you're trying to tell, absolutely do it. In video work, some of my masterpieces have been 60 minute pandemic shows for IWTV and I'll also advocate for a 90 minute wrestling show over some of the 7 hour indie shows I get trapped at today. the same for writing. if you can engage the audience and get across the stories you're telling, do it in however little or as much detail as possible. but if you're skimping on story elements, don't be surprised if your reader isn't engaged, or is left asking for way more than you've provided
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Post by ICW on Jan 17, 2024 10:48:51 GMT -5
I'm being lazy and don't want to switch back to the WCWA account. the detail debate is one I feel like I'm better suited to handle as a 35 year old than a 15 year old, but what problems in life aren't. WCWA shows would take weeks, if not months, and by the end, a legitimate year for some, to complete. I would write out full blown coherent music videos (with scripting that actually translated to real world music videos and why I got *really* good at doing those for a while). I'd get extremely frustrated when a show I'd spent 6 months fine tuning would be quickly bumped to the second page by something that looked like someone wrote it while driving. That's not hyperbole. There was a guy named The Crapper who "wrote" a Wrestlecrap fed who'd do 2-3 shows a week that looked like they took all of 45 seconds to do. average show would look like this; Golga beats TL Hopper Gobblygooker beats Oscar Kurrgan beats Mosh Thrasher beats Duke Droese Paul Bearer wins battle royal except somehow that's more coherent than his shows even were, because he'd try often mispell and typo his own wrestlers names. If you can convey your story in less detail and get across the point you're trying to tell, absolutely do it. In video work, some of my masterpieces have been 60 minute pandemic shows for IWTV and I'll also advocate for a 90 minute wrestling show over some of the 7 hour indie shows I get trapped at today. the same for writing. if you can engage the audience and get across the stories you're telling, do it in however little or as much detail as possible. but if you're skimping on story elements, don't be surprised if your reader isn't engaged, or is left asking for way more than you've provided Do you remember GOTH DUDE? I think I have that photo somewhere.
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Post by ICW on Jan 17, 2024 13:40:07 GMT -5
I'll bounce off what was said above:
I knew there was no way in hell that WCW/nWo: Reimagined could be the long form project I really wanted it to be. I felt I was telling a pretty coherent story with not as much detail - though it helped that I had very specific material to work with and it is "easier" to fix a timeline than creating a new one on their own.
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Post by cage on Jan 17, 2024 18:44:43 GMT -5
Yes, I unfortunately don't get to put the love and effort into all of my projects that I would like, but I do get there eventually. I just really hope that what I do post is enough to get people engaged and want to see what I have to post with each successive one.
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Post by TheSystem 1.5 on Jan 18, 2024 7:36:48 GMT -5
TIL Prophet of Ash and WCWA are the same people O.O
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Post by TheSystem 1.5 on Jan 18, 2024 7:38:02 GMT -5
As for the detail debate, I always felt it necessary to go in-depth on the matches to hopefully help the readers visualize the matches better…im also a terrible writer so it was double the challenge 😂
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Post by nibs92 on Jan 18, 2024 13:14:38 GMT -5
I’m currently working on a fantasy newsletter, covering various promotions. I do find it difficult striking the balance between the level of detail to explain the story and keeping it short to cover as many stories/issues as possible.
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Post by ICW on Jan 20, 2024 10:43:40 GMT -5
I’m currently working on a fantasy newsletter, covering various promotions. I do find it difficult striking the balance between the level of detail to explain the story and keeping it short to cover as many stories/issues as possible. Super cool idea!
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Post by cage on Jan 22, 2024 15:56:13 GMT -5
I wonder if there might be interest in me continuing old projects here? That might be my next undertaking and, as we're a small community, I'm hoping in generates some buzz, maybe even some controversy? Someone once said that creates cash, I think.
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Post by ICW on Jan 23, 2024 11:17:21 GMT -5
I wonder if there might be interest in me continuing old projects here? That might be my next undertaking and, as we're a small community, I'm hoping in generates some buzz, maybe even some controversy? Someone once said that creates cash, I think. Most definitely!
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Post by nibs92 on Jan 23, 2024 17:33:49 GMT -5
I use a sim for some of my material. Probably months away from posting but I might post it here and hopefully get some pointers and feedback from you guys
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Post by cage on Jan 24, 2024 10:19:34 GMT -5
I wonder if there might be interest in me continuing old projects here? That might be my next undertaking and, as we're a small community, I'm hoping in generates some buzz, maybe even some controversy? Someone once said that creates cash, I think. Most definitely! I should probably elaborate just so we know exactly what we're signing on for, haha. Whilst I still planning on posting my community booking (and hoping that gets more participation), I figured I should try my hand at regular booking and see how good people think I am there. So, I figured a fun way to do that might be to continue the stories of other people that have stopped posting. Assuming that those posters have no objections, of course.
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Post by dcw1 on Feb 15, 2024 14:58:08 GMT -5
Hey guys, it’s been a while! Just logged on to see what’s happening here. Things are good with me, sorted out my issues and yeah things are pretty good at the moment!
Still struggling to get things started in terms of writing here but at the moment I’m watching wrestling from various eras hoping to draw some inspiration. I’m thinking of starting up a summarised WWF 1995 booking arc as the new generation was my era and it’s what I know best. I try and keep up with current wrestling but with work and everything else I struggle to acquire the knowledge I’d like to have before starting a modern day arc. I enjoyed PWU but it took a lot of research and time to write so going back to what I know may be good for me.
Soon as I’m sure on what I wanna do, I’ll drop something here!
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