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Post by Deep Figure Value on Apr 2, 2014 18:00:52 GMT -5
Y'know what? I'm gonna throw a little chemical reaction on my own trombone here for a minute. Wih all this talk of past mistakes and Smash Rodriguezes and all that, I've been a little harsh on my own talents this week, but in looking for something else, I came across one of my own rps. It's called "These Two Boots of Mine", and that is a fine piece of writing if I do say so myself. I seriously just sat and read it top to bottom, completely out of context of the continuity I'd been painting at the time, and just blew myself away, thinking that in the midst of pursuing my degree, living paycheck to paycheck selling tires at a dealer on life support, in a sh*tty apartment, I wrote something that awesome.
I'm feeling pretty good right now.
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Post by Ace Bennett on Apr 2, 2014 19:02:04 GMT -5
I've always been pretty low on my own work myself too. There have been two or three RPs that I've written that I liked the end result of for myself. Then again, I was never really as good as I thought I could be anyways.
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Post by Revvie® on Apr 2, 2014 19:08:07 GMT -5
I do not think I am really low on my work, but I am critical of my abilities. It is easy to see when I am not reaching a standard that I have personally set.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2014 19:32:01 GMT -5
I just want to point out that I think I might be the youngest person (OOC) to Main Event a SuperBrawl.
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Post by bad guy™ on Apr 2, 2014 19:38:53 GMT -5
Pretty sure Thunder was like...14 or 15 when he faced EBR. Not everyone is old as sh*t like Kyzer.
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Post by Revvie® on Apr 2, 2014 19:50:07 GMT -5
Pretty sure Thunder was like...14 or 15 when he faced EBR. Not everyone is old as sh*t like Kyzer.
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Post by jdfranchise on Apr 2, 2014 19:57:03 GMT -5
It seems to be par for the course to be hard on yourself when it comes to the writing end of things. I'm the world's worst at downing my abilities or thewriting that I do. I know I can do well in writing, but mine is a level of constantly being disappointed in the finished product. Been like that for years. My last promo "Long Road Back" I was liking it until I finished it, then I reread it and picked everything apart. No doubt I'll do that after the fact with my SB rp.
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Post by Kyzer on Apr 2, 2014 20:37:10 GMT -5
I am not hard on myself at all. I typically enjoy everything I write. I constantly mix my style and what I do so that I do like it. But admittedly I probably have the biggest ego here. I will read my old stuff and 9 times out of 10 enjoy it.
Alex Sean was 15 when he main evented SB 3. I think Hellraizer was like 13 or something then because I remember talking to him about it then.
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Post by Deep Figure Value on Apr 2, 2014 21:07:33 GMT -5
I'm going to refrain from opining on opportunistic circumstance.
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Post by Sleazyness on Apr 2, 2014 21:25:26 GMT -5
I'm only 17
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Post by Deep Figure Value on Apr 2, 2014 21:27:54 GMT -5
Since we're playing the age game - I was 15 when I started e-fedding in AFRWF.......13 years ago.
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Post by bad guy™ on Apr 2, 2014 22:06:42 GMT -5
Since we're playing the age game - I was 15 when I started e-fedding in AFRWF.......13 years ago. You don't look a day over 30. ...oh...oh wait...
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Post by Kyzer on Apr 2, 2014 22:17:50 GMT -5
So this has been stuck in my mind since the card was posted and Solomon brought it to the forefront again. And I say this with no offense to the guys involved in the WFWF title match but the match with Drakz and Schneider should be the main event.
Here are the logical and straight up truthful reasons
1) Besides Trace, none of them can truly hang with Schneider and Drakz rp-wise. 2) They have more history in the fed overall, Thunder may rival them but there was a long time when he didn't do really anything. 3) Schneider's match is going to be so epic that anything after will be flat. I haven't read it, but we are all aware that he is the best match writer in the fed.
I understand that people are used to the top title match being the main event but let's be real, the hardest contest to judge will be Drakz vs Schneider. They are going to put out the best rps on this pay per view going against each other. And I would say this even if I wasn't friends with both.
I am not trying to troll or start a fight. I just wanted to state my opinion, which I know some agree with here and others more than likely disagree.
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Post by jdfranchise on Apr 2, 2014 22:18:09 GMT -5
I tend to agree with Kyzer on this one. Obo has been around forever is the best writer in the fed. I wasn't around when Drakz was around, but I've read enough of his stuff to know he is excellent writer. Both guys have earned the distinction of the main event.
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Post by Cameron Stone on Apr 2, 2014 22:29:41 GMT -5
So this has been stuck in my mind since the card was posted and Solomon brought it to the forefront again. And I say this with no offense to the guys involved in the WFWF title match but the match with Drakz and Schneider should be the main event. Here are the logical and straight up truthful reasons 1) Besides Trace, none of them can truly hang with Schneider and Drakz rp-wise. 2) They have more history in the fed overall, Thunder may rival them but there was a long time when he didn't do really anything. 3) Schneider's match is going to be so epic that anything after will be flat. I haven't read it, but we are all aware that he is the best match writer in the fed. I understand that people are used to the top title match being the main event but let's be real, the hardest contest to judge will be Drakz vs Schneider. They are going to put out the best rps on this pay per view going against each other. And I would say this even if I wasn't friends with both. I am not trying to troll or start a fight. I just wanted to state my opinion, which I know some agree with here and others more than likely disagree. I completely understand where you're coming from. It's not necessarily that you'd consider the title match ultimately entirely less important, it's that it's becoming a Wrestlemania 25 situation, where nobody could top HBK/Taker and Orton/HHH was doomed before it began for people giving a
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Post by Kyzer on Apr 2, 2014 22:35:14 GMT -5
So this has been stuck in my mind since the card was posted and Solomon brought it to the forefront again. And I say this with no offense to the guys involved in the WFWF title match but the match with Drakz and Schneider should be the main event. Here are the logical and straight up truthful reasons 1) Besides Trace, none of them can truly hang with Schneider and Drakz rp-wise. 2) They have more history in the fed overall, Thunder may rival them but there was a long time when he didn't do really anything. 3) Schneider's match is going to be so epic that anything after will be flat. I haven't read it, but we are all aware that he is the best match writer in the fed. I understand that people are used to the top title match being the main event but let's be real, the hardest contest to judge will be Drakz vs Schneider. They are going to put out the best rps on this pay per view going against each other. And I would say this even if I wasn't friends with both. I am not trying to troll or start a fight. I just wanted to state my opinion, which I know some agree with here and others more than likely disagree. I completely understand where you're coming from. It's not necessarily that you'd consider the title match ultimately entirely less important, it's that it's becoming a Wrestlemania 25 situation, where nobody could top HBK/Taker and Orton/HHH was doomed before it began for people giving a That is exactly the situation I am talking about.
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Post by sonstuds on Apr 2, 2014 22:53:03 GMT -5
Pretty sure Thunder was like...14 or 15 when he faced EBR. Not everyone is old as sh*t like Kyzer. Unless I've been mistaken for all these years Thunder is essentially my age, so no, he was not.
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Post by jdfranchise on Apr 2, 2014 22:57:11 GMT -5
Pretty sure Thunder was like...14 or 15 when he faced EBR. Not everyone is old as sh*t like Kyzer. Unless I've been mistaken for all these years Thunder is essentially my age, so no, he was not. Who we kidding EBR, we're all turning into geriatrics.
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Post by bad guy™ on Apr 2, 2014 22:59:28 GMT -5
Pretty sure Thunder was like...14 or 15 when he faced EBR. Not everyone is old as sh*t like Kyzer. Unless I've been mistaken for all these years Thunder is essentially my age, so no, he was not. Wait...either you think Thunder is a lot older than he is, or you started RPing at like...10. I am bad at math though. Thank god I can recite a history book. XD
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Post by jdfranchise on Apr 2, 2014 23:01:48 GMT -5
I'll take geriatrics for 200, Alex.
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