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Post by jdfranchise on Apr 27, 2022 21:02:27 GMT -5
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Post by jdfranchise on Apr 27, 2022 20:52:50 GMT -5
It could just be me being a total techno-newb but I keep getting told I'm not invited. FYI, my Discord ID is Richius. Hopefully the link isn't expired. What's your tag number Rich and I'll look for you. Mine is sgtdamage#2316
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Post by jdfranchise on Apr 16, 2022 20:29:25 GMT -5
I wanna say something real quick. I am definitely not the sentimental sort, but WFWF and efedding in general played such a role in my life( and it seems a lot of our lives). It is something to see to have so many of those of us I have known, fought with IC and OOC, laughed, and found our little niche in the world wide web with each other. The very fact so many can feel some obligation to what I consider a dying art form, and a federation on forum board that made us feel like champions. This all amazes me in such a positive way. We may not all be here often, and most of us have watched it through ups and downs. But when the chips were down, came together, and what to see it continue forward even if change is needed. I cannot stress that without Alex, and so many others now coming forward, it may have been lost to time like everything else. I don't know how much some of you know the history of this fed or how many of you would even care to know. BUT me ever complimenting Alex on anything, must mean something. HAHA I joke, but in all seriousness Thank you Alex for making your post and drawing us all to save this place. And thank you everyone involved. Maybe we see it thrive again, and maybe we dont. But we didnt let it go without a fight. 100% Now we just need to get you on the Discord server, Rev.
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Post by jdfranchise on Apr 16, 2022 16:19:28 GMT -5
Can I request that we officially name the WFWF Discord "The Danger Zone"?
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Post by jdfranchise on Apr 16, 2022 14:57:20 GMT -5
How would people feel about having a WFWF Discord? Might help keep things active during downtime/keep people active? I'd be down to get back on Discord again. Come on in! The water's fine
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Post by jdfranchise on Apr 16, 2022 13:52:00 GMT -5
I'd be willing to do it since I'm on Discord enough with games.
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Post by jdfranchise on Apr 15, 2022 22:29:49 GMT -5
Hey now everyone. Mesh here. As I read along to this discussion, I was hesitant making my presence known again. Even more so coming back. I know my initial departure wasn't exactly the best and I know it wasn't handled in the best way. In fact, I will say that I handled it very poorly. I left Thunder on his own to run the fed without so much as a whisper. In fact, I didn't tell anyone. The reason why I didn't say anything to anyone was because I knew how valued I was here and knew that if I made it known that I was leaving, I would be easily convinced not to. Because deep down inside, I really didn't want to leave. I just decided to just disappear from this place in a selfish act. I know I disappointed a lot of people and I'm sure it changed the perception of me on here so firstly, I wanted to come back and sincerely apologize to anyone that I upset or disappointed for how I left so abruptly. It broke my heart to see the decline of the fed shortly after I left. That wasn't supposed to happen. I wanted the fed to thrive and carry on as it always has. As time went on, I felt more and more like I was the one that killed the WFWF. Secondly, I wanted to explain why I left in the first place. You all deserve that. I was in a very dark place at that time. I was at my lowest. I just had gotten my heart broken by the love of the life and I didn't know how to deal with it. There wasn't a day where I wasn't crying. I'd be chatting with folks on here with tears in my eyes. It was hard waking up every morning and functioning so imagine, how hard it was for me to run the fed efficiently and smoothly. I know I made many mistakes during my time at the helm but I do hope that while I was co-owner, that everyone enjoyed their time here. I was told of the past baggage that came with this place which I inherited once I became co-owner so I made it my mission to ensure that the environment of the fed was more positive and welcoming. To give some perspective, there's a lot of pain behind my original RPs. One RP was written at the hospital while my grandfather, who I idolized was on his deathbed. One RP was written literally minutes after the aforementioned break-up. While Mesh, the character was always portrayed as bubbly and colorful, the writer behind her was bleak and dull but she was something of a catharsis for me. Writing as Mesh/Billy Broom as well as every curmudgeon in this family on ours were the highlights of my life for a long time. I am doing leagues better now. I'm getting back in shape, eating right, shining at work, I adopted a minimalist-esque lifestyle and decluttered 99.9% of my things which did wonders for my mental health and through Buddhism, I learned about mediation and being present in the moment and living a calmer and more peaceful life. Most importantly, I managed to get over my ex, which I never thought would be possible. When I left, it felt like a part of me was missing. Like something in my life was gone. That's when I knew that I loved this place. And all of you. I'm not expecting to be welcomed back so easily but I hope that I can earn everyone's trust again and be a part of the fed for the foreseeable future. veronicaaaahhhh - I miss you. I am so sorry for disappearing on you. I hope you manage to see this. <3 Johnny Mason - I owe you a storyline. If you're still around, let's finish what we started. Thirdly, Swarm - We haven't had the pleasure of talking before but it's nice to finally meet another name of the past. I'm 100% on board with this new direction of the fed. I am willing to do anything needed to help the fed. I've always likened Mesh to someone like Jake Roberts - their character being strong enough that they didn't need to win the big one. I want to tell good, memorable stories first and foremost. I do like the fact that we, as a collective have all agreed that match summaries are the way to go when putting shows together. The one thing that would always kill me was match writing. Even the 2-3 page summaries I was doing near the end of my last run would leave completely me drained. I like the idea of building to a singular pay-per-view every month as opposed to the standard formula of having one pay-per-view-like show every month. That will allow for everyone involved to not have to write a 200 page essay every month like we used to. If we keep things short, sweet and for lack of a better word, minimal it could result in bigger turnout from the roster and that is what is needed: consistency. I think you, good sir and Thunder (if he's still active on here) are the best people to lead this new charge to the WFWF and inject a new dose of life in this place. Coming back as Mesh/Billy Broom full-time, I would be available to assist in pretty much every WFWF function needed. I'm here to stay. Well, I was wondering if/when we'd see you again. Welcome home, old friend. Guys, I think we have some legs here. And why not? There has been an outpouring of support from people who want to see this place back up and running. And I think we should do it.
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Post by jdfranchise on Apr 12, 2022 15:04:02 GMT -5
I've spoken to you at great lengths about this, Alex, so I'm as good as anybody to weigh in.
What I like about this is that each pay per view cycle has a different flair instead of the standard card and buildup. I think what's cool about it is that the storyline (especially in tournaments) builds itself in the tours. And it seems like there are some fail safes in place for those who may not have the time to commit to every single show on the tour (admittedly that could wind up being a point of contention). I think putting word limits on matches for the early stages of the tour is smart and is a call back to old school promo style matches. It allows for the story to build organically that way imo. When you and I have discussed it, we both agreed that less is more in this type of a situation because we need consistent participation to be able to regain numbers. And I think if we buy into it and make a conscious effort to abide by it, I don't see any reason we couldn't get some more milage out of the fed.
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Post by jdfranchise on Apr 7, 2022 15:04:49 GMT -5
I'd be happy to be part of the conversation of getting the place up and running again just because I know what writing here did for my abilities as a writer and I think others deserve the same shot. 100%. All us vets were fortunate enough to be around when the community was its strongest, and we were able to learn A LOT. I think that's really what's important. Giving young writers that platform to learn. I think the veteran presence here is still pretty strong, so it is still possible to make this work.
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Post by jdfranchise on Apr 5, 2022 21:53:23 GMT -5
We all can agree that match length is the common factor in the fed's downfall we all acknowledge and have acknowledged for a while. I've been of the thought that full match writeups should be reserved for SuperBrawl, and I really won't change my stance on that because a full match writeup needs to be for something special. But Alex and E brought up really good points in regards to rp length, and I'm as good of a case study as anyone for that. Inches was a 55 page RP, and while I needed every bit of it to beat Drakz, it does leave you with wondering how you can top it or what's next. Now I'm a sucker for layered, well constructed stories, but the time needed for those undertakings is something realistically none of us consistently have. There really do need to be parameters in place we all can stick to in order to revive the fed, and I think it's on us as a community to work together to find that balance. While I'm in a weird position of needing to be involved and not having the time to actually lead the charge, I do want to help in anyway I can.
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Post by jdfranchise on Apr 5, 2022 0:05:52 GMT -5
Hey everyone this is Alex ie Alex Sean for those who know me. I haven't checked in here for a bit after a brief flirtation with returning in 2020/early 2021 and uh... yeah. Well anyway to be entirely transparent it bums me out to see the fed basically dead and for the most part at this moment I am concerned about Jack deleting this forum and thus the entire archive of everyone's work. So to that point, in case anyone seeing this isn't aware or hasn't done so elsewhere, I do have an e-fed archive forum for such scenarios so if you would. like to archive your work, send me a message and I will give you the link. Secondly, just throwing this out there, is there anyone who's still lurking that is at all interested in trying to bring some life to this thing? I am currently doing the college thing so I have some time and would be willing to run the fed if there's any actual interest in participating. I have avoided saying anything of this sort as I didn't want to step on anyone's toes. I think it's probably fair to say that's not really a reasonable concern at this point? I dunno, lemme know what ya'll think. I can go into more detail about what I would have in mind for how to approach things but first thing would be whether anyone would be interested in the first place. Regardless, I hope everyone is doing well, peace! I personally have no problem with you archiving the fed's run, but I can't speak for everyone. I'm also cool with you going ahead of archiving my stuff. As far as fedding itself, I have a lot of stuff on my plate atm. So I really couldn't commit to anything (even though I'm the World Champion atm). That said, you never say never in this game. I think if we got some traction going again, I could be convinced to come back for a true retirement run. It's no secret that was what this past run was supposed to be, finishing my feud with Drakz, winning the big one, having a solid reign, dropping the title, then retiring while putting someone new over. It just sucks because of the dream matches that I would've loved to have (you, E, and DGX being my main three, and Kyzer if he ever popped back up again). I guess what I'm saying is that I'm at peace either way we go here. WFWF has been good to all of us and has been a big part of our lives.
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Post by jdfranchise on Jul 1, 2021 18:30:54 GMT -5
Nah, I'm still alive. I just started teaching summer school, so a lot of my time has went towards that.
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Post by jdfranchise on Jun 23, 2021 17:45:07 GMT -5
A couple segments for me. Summer school starting.
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POISON
Jun 22, 2021 17:59:36 GMT -5
via mobile
Post by jdfranchise on Jun 22, 2021 17:59:36 GMT -5
Yuck on the COVID, yay on you being back.
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Post by jdfranchise on Jun 22, 2021 16:53:04 GMT -5
I recognize that user name. The man formerly known as Jon Gotch. Welcome back, bro!
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Post by jdfranchise on Jun 22, 2021 16:51:02 GMT -5
I certainly understand where Mesh is coming from. I think the two things are that come up the most in ownership here is that it’s a long and thankless job, and sometimes the personality conflicts that can come with it. The burnout is real. To Mesh’s credit, I never saw any of the latter here. She’s one of the best owners I’ve ever seen, and did so much to keep the place afloat and keep people engaged. For that, we can all be thankful. She was incredibly easy to work with as well. If she reads this, thanks for all that. As for what next as far as a co-owner, I have no idea at the moment. I’ll continue to think about what I’d want in that regard. In the meantime, I’ll get a new show sign up thread up so we can keep things moving. All will be sorted out, and I’ll appreciate everyone’s help. I have absolutely zero desire to have anything to do with ownership. But I would gladly help you show write until you make a decision. No one should have to piece that all together on their own. And I'm conveniently laid off for the summer sooooooo get cracking finding someone, I'll send em to Jay. I can still write "EBR with the Great White Northern Lights Suplex!" so yeah. Unless JD, E, or Pacer wanna step in. I don't wanna step on toes. I'm just one of the few who can understand the situation you're in, along with Bren, D, E, and Destroyer. Not like it's hard for you in particular to get ahold of me. 😂 I'll weigh in... Everyone knows how much I enjoy writing matches and creating angles. Everyone, if you've been here a while, knows how little time I have to take on the full scope of being an owner again. I wasn't an owner of WFWF, but I have been the owner/head of the booking committee in another fed. It is a very thankless job for the amount of time invested. I was in my early 20's the last time I did that position (I'm 35 now for context) and wasn't as equipped to handle managing the personalities. I may be in a better place to manage the personalities now, time is always a factor with me. I spoke to Thunder the other day about my willingness to help any way I can with the time I have available. I feel like we'll figure out something. We still have too many people who care about this place. And Mesh, if you're reading this, my best wishes to you.
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Post by jdfranchise on May 9, 2021 17:42:22 GMT -5
* Looks around * You were saying?
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Post by jdfranchise on May 2, 2021 10:28:33 GMT -5
Just a segment for me
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Post by jdfranchise on Apr 28, 2021 15:52:39 GMT -5
Also Trace, sup?
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Post by jdfranchise on Apr 28, 2021 15:52:24 GMT -5
I read it and forgot to actually reply to it. Then again, I still have half a dozen rps to still reply to. I got nothing to add to what's already been said about this show. A great set of results to go along with such a great turnout. This has me excited for what the next year or so in WFWF has to offer. Also on a side note, Drakz thank you for agreeing to do this blowoff match with me. I appreciate it more than you'll ever imagine, brother.
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