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Post by maddog1981 on Nov 29, 2010 23:43:03 GMT -4
I found some old notebooks with results in them. Both COTG and LOW. And wow, have I really changed as a booker.
I started playing in 2001 and looking back at my early GWF, it was very much a product of the times. Two television shows per week, a monthly PPV and fast paced storylines. My stories seemed a little more thought out but more rigid at the same time. They could come off contrived and that I was forcing feuds. My storylines also felt like they had to conclude within that 4 week time period and then maybe go on for another 4 weeks.
Fast forward almost a decade later. I gave up television due to life constraints. I'm a husband and have a full time job vs. being a single college student. My storylines are much slower and looser now. Big shows are more spread out, so storylines can take months to really play out for me. Granted, my storylines seem less thought out as I go but they seem to have a more natural twist and turn to them. It also feels like guys slowly build towards facing each other.
My booking also seems to have developed a very 1980s sensibility vs. the 1997 sensibility that I previously had. Just interesting to see how my philosophy has changed over the years.
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Post by wildfire on Nov 30, 2010 0:28:12 GMT -4
Back before I found the internet community of the boards, I used a very structured format... I'd book the cards in groups of 4 or 5.. and note what 'feud' matches would headline the next group of shows as I went along.
I didn't do time.. I just numbered the cards, and brought the next set in when they made sense to do so. PPVs would happen if I had a bunch of good feuds going and I felt like the card would warrant it, or at even numbered cards (50, 100, etc)
The net led me to my first restart, were I tried to do a more 'realistic' fed, using dates, structuring things more, etc.
Now I tend to have CotG-ADHD, and start over with new ideas alot.
I think I tend to book like the late 80s, early 90s WWF, since that was the time I was into wrestling the most.
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Post by executioner on Nov 30, 2010 10:56:11 GMT -4
I started playing GWF in January 1992. I was going to school full time and whatnot, so I didn't play a whole lot. My booking style was very WCW/WWF era.
Fast forward to the Monday Night Wars. I was playing GWF and CPC. That was pretty cool as the CPC was coming of age and stealing stars much like what was going on with WCW/ECW/WWE. I tended to follow the style of those feds with more hardcore and comedy matches added. Storylines were planned out and structured.
Now, I run a much less structured style. More emphasis on letting the dice guide me and work from there. I keep a few storylines for the top guys and let the dice figure out the rest.
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Post by lwffantrav on Nov 30, 2010 13:42:57 GMT -4
Now, I run a much less structured style. More emphasis on letting the dice guide me and work from there. I keep a few storylines for the top guys and let the dice figure out the rest. When I was playing the GWF, and I was younger, I tried to keep it to the storylines as close as possible because when the new set came out, I'd have to re-arange it again. Now strictly with Legends, I try to mix up guys that feuded from the past, relive some stuff, but also mix up new guys facing off (which is bound to happen). While it's still fun to book the Road Warriors vs the Midnight Express, it's also fun to book guys like Mil Mascaras vs Gorgeous George If I ever went back to the GWF, I'd probably wouldn't follow storylines so closely
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2010 13:55:15 GMT -4
I think my evolution as a booker depends on what fed I was booking at the time.
With my LWF (back in 2007), I booked it like a territory, which is how I thought the game was meant to be played given the talent and the era I perceived the game should be set in. That changed, and I started to book my stuff more like ROH in that I liked using a lot of teams/factions and doing longer angles.
With LLUSA/LLI, I booked like AAA (my inspiration at the time), but used elements from WWE and other feds I was watching a lot of at the time.
With NJPW on here, I lay out matches and structure everything like New Japan would in real life. I don't try to go too far away from the way things are.
With my LWF that I have now, it's kind of a blend of ECW (overbooking, a lot more gritty, in your face style wrestling) and ROH (guys tend to show mutual respect, handshakes, etc).
I want to do another shoot styled fed, but the one I did on the OBoard fell apart pretty quickly. Might give it another shot soon. I don't know.
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Post by behindthebook on Nov 30, 2010 18:28:02 GMT -4
When I first started playing Legends, I would plan out a year’s worth of Pay-per-views, feuds, and blow off matches. I treated that plan like Moses had brought it down from the mountain. It didn’t mater if the matches were bad, or boring, I stuck to the plan… until I got bored and quit. I also started out with a tendency to use only the top guys. Road Warriors vs. Midnight Express, Mascaras vs. Bock, etc.
Now, my booking style is border line Russovian, I’m willing to abandon a feud or a story as soon as my interest level in it drops below the level at which I no longer enjoy it. For example, I had John Pesek and April Hunter in the audience scouting talent for their employer (who was going to be Bockwinkle)… The whole thing bored me, so Hunter just stopped appearing and no mention was ever made of Pesek and her’s employer. Pesek’s stuck around, but won’t much longer as his feud with Snuka inches closer and closer to the Russo/boredom line. I also am trying to use guys I haven’t used much before and in different ways. For example, I use Andre as DiBiase’s hired goon (because that’s what he was when I first became a wrestling fan), I use Ray Stevens, One Man Gang, and Mountie as faces, and I used the Mountie & Brad Armstrong pairing that was mentioned in the Legends International book.
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Post by todd on Dec 1, 2010 0:03:07 GMT -4
One thing I've learned not to do is plan too much in advance. Instead of coming up with ideas I let the ideas come to me when I'm playing the game.
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Post by sickman on Dec 1, 2010 8:56:09 GMT -4
One thing I've learned not to do is plan too much in advance. Instead of coming up with ideas I let the ideas come to me when I'm playing the game. Thats how I do as well. Or I will have a basic outline for that card but the dice ultimately decide what I do.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2010 9:03:49 GMT -4
When I first started in 1988 it wad just a game but when the promoter and the PEP were in full swing I started to book a fed with very simple notes and follwed the storylines with the GWF...
As time passed my notes are still simple but with a few more additions like finishers, feud rolls and a few other notes. I dont force feuds and allow the dice and in the moment vibes to direct me down the path. I do plan somethings further down the road, but I'm not locked into anything permanent these days...
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