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Post by c-scope on Jan 19, 2016 17:37:53 GMT -5
Hey guys do i dont really understand what we do for the RP. Can somebody help me out?
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Post by bad guy™ on Jan 19, 2016 17:40:08 GMT -5
@doobie2650 say hi god dammit or I'll ban you. Potential new arrival folks. Say hi too. And I apologize in advance for the fights he's gonna get in with Prophet of Ash . Two peas in a pod. I'd like to reiterate; I'm retired. I mostly only pop up here when someone tags me in something. It's not a Terry Funk retirement either. It's a "I don't have time to do this any more and if I'm going to continue to write I need to do it for money" thing. So unless Ringside decides to use some of their profits to sponsor a WFWF tournament with a cash prize, I don't see myself ever lacing up the proverbial boots again. Retired or not, @doobie2650 has got a personality very similar to yours...he'll say something stupid that you'll respond to. We've known each other, what, almost 10 years now more or less? I think I can smell issues. He's worse than Lincoln Dina. And we saw how that went.
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Post by bad guy™ on Jan 19, 2016 17:47:07 GMT -5
Hey guys do i dont really understand what we do for the RP. Can somebody help me out? It's tough to get your first one out. I'll advise you to do a debut RP since its your debut. Make up a story that you like talking about how your guy got to WFWF. His life prior to signing with the company. That's going to be your foundation moving forward. You can always add more details the better and more experienced you get, but build the framework of your character. Talk about how he's better than the other three rookies you're facing. Debuts are tough, especially for people who are new to RPing as a whole. But the best way to get started is to use the generic debut formula. I'm sure the other three guys are gonna do be same thing. Their stories will just be different because their characters are different. RPing is formulaic to a point, and what I laid out for debut RPs is about as by the book as you can get. Prophet of Ash jdfranchise y'all can jump in on this because you've also dealt with new new guys for a long time, Schneider here in WFWF in particular so chime in if you've got advice for him, Sizzle , ⚕ ⚚ ʍօʀռɨռɢֆȶǟʀ ⚚ ⚕ or Gotch who's redebuting and might need a spark.
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Post by Prophet of Ash on Jan 19, 2016 18:21:42 GMT -5
when coming up for your character, unless you can write 3 archs as a heel and 3 archs as a face, right off the top of your head.. start rethinking. You're going to need strong inner stories to progress within the federation. Also start trying to come up with angles in the federation. Look at other characters and try to come up with guys you could feud with. Come up with ideas for your character, what they'd do against other characters in the federation now and what would cause conflicts between them.
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Post by bad guy™ on Jan 19, 2016 18:41:09 GMT -5
@cjak13 and Mark Martin are two others I've been talking to and both have expressed interest so I've decided to embarrass them by making everyone say hi. Also, it's a way so they can see the advice me, Schneider and eventually JD have for the new peeps, to help see if this is something you'd want to give a shot or not and meet the little community people forget is here sometimes.
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Post by jdfranchise on Jan 19, 2016 19:06:28 GMT -5
when coming up for your character, unless you can write 3 archs as a heel and 3 archs as a face, right off the top of your head.. start rethinking. You're going to need strong inner stories to progress within the federation. Also start trying to come up with angles in the federation. Look at other characters and try to come up with guys you could feud with. Come up with ideas for your character, what they'd do against other characters in the federation now and what would cause conflicts between them. I sent him a pm with some other tips, but Schneider nailed the other big thinews to remember. Someone said there was a lot going on here and it's because many of the characters you see have multiple stories going. Inner stories give us something to invest in as readers, which in turn will help you progress. An archive to simplify what Schneider is saying is the conflict your character is facing outside the ring that can bleed over into his work in the ring. Let's get real here, we all have multiple things going on in our lives that require our attention, and that's what builds our characters.
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Post by eljefe on Jan 19, 2016 19:28:02 GMT -5
I have a computer with working internet for the first time in 4 days. So, yay.
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Post by jdfranchise on Jan 19, 2016 19:31:47 GMT -5
Hell yeah man! That's always a plus.
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Post by Drakz on Jan 19, 2016 21:52:33 GMT -5
Hell yeah man! That's always a plus. You'll be number 1 contender if you keep at it!
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Post by Deep Figure Value on Jan 19, 2016 22:10:50 GMT -5
If your character needs a minimum of a six pack a day to cover twelve hours worth of waking ground and you can write that story without slugging back a minimum of a six pack a day, you're only generating a creative bind that will forever leave you with a wildly disproportionate disconnect with your character that will be impossible to break until you do decide that six vials of the ol' golden amber is gonna be exactly what you need to meet that oh so elusive completion deadline.
Sup.
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Post by jdfranchise on Jan 19, 2016 22:22:11 GMT -5
If your character needs a minimum of a six pack a day to cover twelve hours worth of waking ground and you can write that story without slugging back a minimum of a six pack a day, you're only generating a creative bind that will forever leave you with a wildly disproportionate disconnect with your character that will be impossible to break until you do decide that six vials of the ol' golden amber is gonna be exactly what you need to meet that oh so elusive completion deadline. Sup. Sup
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Post by Deep Figure Value on Jan 19, 2016 22:51:38 GMT -5
For what it's worth, I think I can count on one hand the number of drinks I've had since the kid was born last December, and miraculously, I don't think I've ever been more surly than I've been over the course of the past year.
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Post by bad guy™ on Jan 19, 2016 22:56:48 GMT -5
Of course. We get new people here and Brennan appears just in time to bury them. Sup brah.
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Post by Revvie® on Jan 20, 2016 0:06:37 GMT -5
Smh....wfwf most important tip: make a character and have fun.
Everyone starts off bad at for the most part with a cheesy character...embrace it and then make it your own...and have fun.
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Post by jdfranchise on Jan 20, 2016 0:07:58 GMT -5
Smh....wfwf most important tip: make a character and have fun. Everyone starts off bad at for the most part with a cheesy character...embrace it and then make it your own...and have fun. PREACH!
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Post by bad guy™ on Jan 20, 2016 0:20:28 GMT -5
In my defense when I've asked these guys to check us out the key word was fun. It's fun. But you still have to know how to get off the ground. Otherwise you'll get disheartened and leave, which happens way too often in every e-fed around ever.
Gotta learn how to balance both. Fun comes from being able to get going and actually realize that this is a fun game. But if you're in a rut and not sure what to do, that's not fun. We've all been there.
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Post by Deep Figure Value on Jan 20, 2016 7:07:04 GMT -5
Of course. We get new people here and Brennan appears just in time to bury them. Sup brah. I've dug enough holes around here to last a lifetime - you won't be getting anymore burials out of me.
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Post by bad guy™ on Jan 20, 2016 12:50:06 GMT -5
Of course. We get new people here and Brennan appears just in time to bury them. Sup brah. I've dug enough holes around here to last a lifetime - you won't be getting anymore burials out of me. So you say. Exactly how many pieces do you have half written/back logged just waiting for a time to come back?
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Post by jdfranchise on Jan 20, 2016 13:33:29 GMT -5
I've dug enough holes around here to last a lifetime - you won't be getting anymore burials out of me. So you say. Exactly how many pieces do you have half written/back logged just waiting for a time to come back? Ouch.
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Post by bad guy™ on Jan 20, 2016 17:47:20 GMT -5
So you say. Exactly how many pieces do you have half written/back logged just waiting for a time to come back? Ouch. This hand's a fightin' hand. I wish DJS were still alive to get the reference.
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