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Post by ICW on Sept 30, 2022 10:39:03 GMT -5
Right. I should have checked there. I do hope you check to see if reading his stuff has any influence on my writing moving forward. As well as your own of course, since it’s apparent you’ve taken some inspiration from him. I also had an idea for a text based GM mode, since the three of us are the most active fantasy bookers I know, would you guys be interested? I recommend everyone read Tenn's stuff. It's a great time.
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Post by cage on Sept 30, 2022 13:00:48 GMT -5
I must say I quite like the idea of using parenthetical divisions in the writing.
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Post by ICW on Oct 3, 2022 16:18:10 GMT -5
I think one of the more fascinating parts of 1996-1997 WWF/WCW was that the former had strong PPV main events with forgettable undercards while the latter had strong undercards with often disastrous main events, so I'm looking forward to sort of making some dream cards
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Post by dcw1 on Oct 6, 2022 1:04:52 GMT -5
I think one of the more fascinating parts of 1996-1997 WWF/WCW was that the former had strong PPV main events with forgettable undercards while the latter had strong undercards with often disastrous main events, so I'm looking forward to sort of making some dream cards Yeah definitely, WWF excelled with it’s main event storylines but the undercard was usually awful but WCW had the opposite. Looking forward to seeing how your re-imagined goes. With the rosters at your disposal there really could be some dream matches. Btw guys quick update, FOM is in progress! First two matches done, gonna try to work on it more at the weekend and HOPEFULLY have it up within 2 weeks!
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Post by cage on Oct 7, 2022 14:54:23 GMT -5
I disagree. I thought both of them excelled in both areas. I think the weaknesses for both of them were wasting time on things that could have been spent elsewhere. I don't think either one of them really had a strong women's division in those days and each segment that they spent time on them felt forced. It felt like it was only there out of obligation or because they wanted "sex appeal", that easily hurt the product and carried over to TNA and, when it changed, to WWE. AEW deserves credit because it seems like from the onset they never had this issue. Another thing is when they spent too much time on a story and not enough time in the ring. You see this in the indies, most of their time takes place in the ring, there's hardly any period where you go more than two minutes without a match starting.
Anyway, I'm working on my write ups and reading what has been posted. I am very excited about what I have coming up because it's an idea that I started tuning and putting together years ago, so I hope it goes over well.
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Post by ICW on Oct 10, 2022 18:41:51 GMT -5
I disagree. I thought both of them excelled in both areas. I think the weaknesses for both of them were wasting time on things that could have been spent elsewhere. I don't think either one of them really had a strong women's division in those days and each segment that they spent time on them felt forced. It felt like it was only there out of obligation or because they wanted "sex appeal", that easily hurt the product and carried over to TNA and, when it changed, to WWE. AEW deserves credit because it seems like from the onset they never had this issue. Another thing is when they spent too much time on a story and not enough time in the ring. You see this in the indies, most of their time takes place in the ring, there's hardly any period where you go more than two minutes without a match starting. Anyway, I'm working on my write ups and reading what has been posted. I am very excited about what I have coming up because it's an idea that I started tuning and putting together years ago, so I hope it goes over well. It's probably going to be a year+ before I establish a women's division BUT I have an idea that I'm excited for that involves a big woman's angle
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Post by cage on Oct 13, 2022 15:25:20 GMT -5
Big Woman’s angle? Or did you mean women’s?
I could easily see you writing for Nancy Benoit.
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Post by ICW on Oct 16, 2022 19:16:08 GMT -5
Big Woman’s angle? Or did you mean women’s? I could easily see you writing for Nancy Benoit. Ha I meant women's angle I'm going to try to keep talent on television in my timeline to as close as they were IRL, meaning Woman probably won't be for long in my fed
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Post by cage on Oct 19, 2022 15:39:49 GMT -5
Well it would be very on brand if she stopped making appearances with no explanation at all.
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Post by ICW on Oct 29, 2022 11:53:03 GMT -5
How's everyone doing
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Post by TheSystem 1.5 on Oct 30, 2022 10:05:18 GMT -5
Project:Wrestling ep 2 is finally coming along
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Post by cage on Oct 30, 2022 17:04:28 GMT -5
Im actually reading through the material you recommended to me. Very good tips possibly in the way of format to be had there. Im considering adopting at least the bracket style format?
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Post by ICW on Oct 31, 2022 21:04:37 GMT -5
Im actually reading through the material you recommended to me. Very good tips possibly in the way of format to be had there. Im considering adopting at least the bracket style format? That's awesome!
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Post by ICW on Oct 31, 2022 21:05:00 GMT -5
Project:Wrestling ep 2 is finally coming along That's great! I am actively working on Nitro right now
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Post by cage on Nov 4, 2022 14:48:21 GMT -5
[/quote]That's awesome! [/quote]
Although, it looks like I just found out the hard way that it wasn’t all saved. The first show listed chronologically isn’t available.
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Post by ICW on Nov 7, 2022 22:10:33 GMT -5
I may be able to hook you up with his complete archive somewhere
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Post by ICW on Nov 9, 2022 0:14:11 GMT -5
Thrilled to say that I have completed 8 of the 11 segments for Nitro
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Post by cage on Nov 12, 2022 19:13:30 GMT -5
I may be able to hook you up with his complete archive somewhere I am interested in this and anything else you find to be great fantasy booking examples.
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Post by ICW on Nov 15, 2022 21:29:07 GMT -5
What's up with everyone else? Progress on shows?
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Post by cage on Nov 21, 2022 17:16:28 GMT -5
I have been reading through some old posts on this site to get some more tips for my work and, as I understand it, in addition to the guide that’s pinned (which I’ve been utilizing), somebody also made a “Bible” for fantasy booking. My attempts to find this have so far remained unsuccessful.
ICW, you were around when this should have been posted, might you know where I could find it? Or what happened to it if it was deleted?
Thank you.
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