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Post by magiccitydawg on Jun 16, 2011 10:29:35 GMT -5
Alright, this may have been covered already, but I want to ask this in depth. Booked vs Unbooked circuits. I haven't tried to book a circuit as of yet, and I will try to. I have been doing unbooked and writing around the result, and use a common sense storyline. I like unbooked circuits because, as I am watching WWE or Impact Wrestling, sometimes I get a surprise that I didn't expect. And I also find that unbooked is usually consistant with what I do. I can see doing a booked circuit if I wanted a certain wrestler to be champion.
Also, I have a web site where I am doing a monthly, magazine type of format. So I am doing a non-roleplay type of site. Which do others favor here?
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Post by JoshiQ on Jun 16, 2011 11:07:33 GMT -5
Booked, all the way. I'm not saying I would never read an unbooked circuit and that I can't enjoy one. Vertigo had a circuit that I read that was unbooked, and it was fun to read. The problem I have with them is you have to book the matches so carefully that it doesn't lead to a lack of reality.
Not to mention when I am reading an unbooked circuit and their main eventer drops a match in the middle of the card to a no-name talent I know that's not what he wanted to happen. Stuff like this makes writing angles extremely hard. It's hard to bring in somebody to be your unstoppable monster that tears right through everybody only to have him job in the first three matches. Imagine Kane coming in during '97, but jobbing immediately to Foley and Vader in his first few matches when he should be being built towards facing the Undertaker at WrestleMania.
Like I said, I can read and enjoy an unbooked circuit, but it's really hard to do. And I doubt I ever get over the hump of thinking "No way would he have let that happen if he was booking." which really hurts my enjoyment of the circuit. But whatever you like is what you should write.
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Post by mdale2k on Jun 16, 2011 12:27:46 GMT -5
I have run unbooked but mainly I have the main event's still booked. I once had a TNM-RG unbooked circuit for 7 years TNM time. It was crazy I remember Edge held the world title for like a year.
Good times.
I almost wish I had more times to run multiple circuits.
Can we get TNM on iPad's lol
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Post by snabbit888 on Jun 16, 2011 12:42:20 GMT -5
I see the appeal of someone wanting to do unbooked. It just depends on the type of challenge you want. Some people like the challenge of making what the program gives you into a sensible coherent story. I don't. I prefer the challenge of testing my mind and seeing what I can produce with the wrestlers I hire. I like to test my own brain capacity to see if I can write angles that people would want to see.
I get the challenge of dealing with what the program gives me in terms of honoring injuries, when wrestlers quit on me, wrestlers not signing with me, etc. It's made me stretch to use some characters I probably wouldn't have in an ideal setting.
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Post by JoshiQ on Jun 16, 2011 13:23:17 GMT -5
Ryan brought up a good point. I already let TNM decide who I can hire, who quits, and who is going to be injured. If I let TNM decide who wins my matches I might pull all of my hair out.
I think doing the above in booked circuit helps with surprises so you don't become bored.
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Post by LillaThrilla on Jun 16, 2011 18:20:01 GMT -5
Other than maybe a TNM-RG circuit I agree totally unbooked results make for jarring read.
I do like to let some matches go unbooked when the winner doesn't really matter at all or when the big blowoff to a fued doesn't need a specific wrestler to win (in context of the fued or future booking plans). It can be a useful tool to create fresh angles, but not something I'd use too often.
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