Post by vastrix on Dec 5, 2019 8:11:24 GMT -5
1. What's your real name?
Billy Fowler (or William Albert George Fowler if you want to go all formal).
2. When did you begin Fantasy Wrestling and how long have you been doing this?
I first started Fantasy Wrestling when I was 16. I had known about it since the age of 14 but didn’t have a computer at home so couldn’t invest the time into it. Once I started college I got into a fed run on Yahoo Groups called EFCW (Extreme Fantasy Championship Wrestling). It was different from your standard fed as each member made a stable of about 10 wrestlers with an owner and went to war with each other for supremacy of the fed. It was a lot of fun and it taught me a lot about writing and the game/hobby.
3. Which one of your characters is your favorite and why?
Definitely at the moment Derren Archer. That character has a story to tell and a structure to it that makes it work. Fowler will always have a special place though and isn’t going away.
4. What's your favorite character owned by another player?
Tough question, probably Rob Riot but Buck Florida & Ed Sweeton would be right up there next to him.
5. Your fed project sort of went belly up. Seemed there was interest in doing video roleplays, but not enough for a whole fed. Then, Rob Riot opens a fed to stab your potential membership. will we ever see a resurgence in opening this fed?
Yeah Rob killed IWL!
Nah seriously, I really want to run a fed as I think I would be quite good at it. IWL as a video fed was ambitious and if I had at least 6 people who were sold out on the video promo idea then I would have given it a go. I think I had about 6-8 people join and it was an even split, half wanted video and half wanted traditional RP, so it just wasn’t going to work.
I toyed with the idea of going for a more traditional fed and targeting nGw as direct competition in order to try and spark some competition and rivalry on the site but as you say RSW sucked up everyone who is anyone, and good for them. I am sure you will see a fed from Fowler somewhere down the line.
6. If you could own a fed different than your own, what would it be and why?
Again another hard question. I like the idea of the video game results that WrestleWars brings to the table but I would say nGw! I was one of the core guys there for a long time and I would love to take it over and try and bring back some of the magic that made it such a special place for so long.
7. Who was your favorite feud with and why?
Favourite was the Billy Fowler feud with Mike Black who was one of RDJ’s characters in nGw. That feud helped me find my feet and build a reputation on here; I owe a lot to RDJ. A special mention should go out to The Empire vs Gfed Invasion angle in nGw too, but it burned out way too quickly unfortunately.
8. What feds are you currently in? Are you looking at expanding to others?
RSW, WrestleWars and I am lurking around nGw. I think that is enough for now.
9. In a perfect world where you had time to write whatever you wanted, what feds are you not a part of that you would like to join? Or rather, what feds interest you?
To be perfectly honest the feds I am in are the only ones which interest me. There are a lot of dead feds clogging up that list!
10. Have you been in a feud so thick with emotion that you felt as much anger toward the Handler as well as wrestler?
Nope never; feuds are an in character thing.
11. If you could improve the efedwrestling.com site in any way (without returning game elements), what would you do?
I have been very vocal about this in the past. I think much like the real wrestling business; this place will thrive and survive off of originality but more importantly competition and drama. The place was so much more vibrant and interesting when there were rankings, competitions between feds and handlers, and people out there being dicks! It’s important to have bad guys and heat not just in story lines but in real life too, we can’t all be the good guy.
Ultimately I think Mitch Allen should just accept his place as the Eric Bischoff of eFedWrestling ;-P
12. Every fed owner has a wish list for handlers, and sometimes even a wish list of characters from those particular handlers. Assuming that your fed is open today, what is your wish list?
Ed Sweeton, Rob Riot, Aleksei Belova, Mike Black, Scarlett Rose, K.D Bacchus, Valora Salinas, Dom Jacobs, Joy Fantastic…it’s a pretty long list.
13. What do you do when you're not efedding? Other hobbies, job, and such? Married, single, kids?
I am single, so trying to flirt with women I play bass in a couple of bands, act, go to the pub a lot. You know the usual stuff.
14. I seem to remember that you were in a band either past or present? I at least seem to remember you buying a guitar if nothing else. Do you have some music online someplace, or can you put some online?
Good memory Vas! Yeah I play bass and dabble on the guitar. Unfortunately I don’t have any recordings at the moment. There are some old videos on YouTube of some song ideas I was playing around with about 5 years ago after I had my heart literally broken! So you can try and find them by all means, but they are terrible.
15. What is your favorite fed?
Riot Star Wrestling (RSW). It’s active, full of great writers and the place to be at the moment.
16. Ok. A movie is being planned with Billy Fowler who do you think would best be able to play this person?
Well I often have people say I look like celebrities, some examples being Stephen Fry, Cory Monteith and Greg Davies. Greg Davies is the man I would go for, he is tall, loud and plays characters very similar to myself.
17. So for your new Comedian-Wrestler, did you watch the Comedian for research into jokes to tell?
Hahaha! Peter Kay is a real comedian! I made him as a character just to piss of Rob Riot because he can’t stand the bloke (even though he seems to steal lines off him a lot). I requested a contract with nGw so I can troll Riot in character that was it. But I think Mitch has plans for Peter Kay, so let’s wait and see. CHEESE CAKE! Filthy Bastards!
Billy Fowler (or William Albert George Fowler if you want to go all formal).
2. When did you begin Fantasy Wrestling and how long have you been doing this?
I first started Fantasy Wrestling when I was 16. I had known about it since the age of 14 but didn’t have a computer at home so couldn’t invest the time into it. Once I started college I got into a fed run on Yahoo Groups called EFCW (Extreme Fantasy Championship Wrestling). It was different from your standard fed as each member made a stable of about 10 wrestlers with an owner and went to war with each other for supremacy of the fed. It was a lot of fun and it taught me a lot about writing and the game/hobby.
3. Which one of your characters is your favorite and why?
Definitely at the moment Derren Archer. That character has a story to tell and a structure to it that makes it work. Fowler will always have a special place though and isn’t going away.
4. What's your favorite character owned by another player?
Tough question, probably Rob Riot but Buck Florida & Ed Sweeton would be right up there next to him.
5. Your fed project sort of went belly up. Seemed there was interest in doing video roleplays, but not enough for a whole fed. Then, Rob Riot opens a fed to stab your potential membership. will we ever see a resurgence in opening this fed?
Yeah Rob killed IWL!
Nah seriously, I really want to run a fed as I think I would be quite good at it. IWL as a video fed was ambitious and if I had at least 6 people who were sold out on the video promo idea then I would have given it a go. I think I had about 6-8 people join and it was an even split, half wanted video and half wanted traditional RP, so it just wasn’t going to work.
I toyed with the idea of going for a more traditional fed and targeting nGw as direct competition in order to try and spark some competition and rivalry on the site but as you say RSW sucked up everyone who is anyone, and good for them. I am sure you will see a fed from Fowler somewhere down the line.
6. If you could own a fed different than your own, what would it be and why?
Again another hard question. I like the idea of the video game results that WrestleWars brings to the table but I would say nGw! I was one of the core guys there for a long time and I would love to take it over and try and bring back some of the magic that made it such a special place for so long.
7. Who was your favorite feud with and why?
Favourite was the Billy Fowler feud with Mike Black who was one of RDJ’s characters in nGw. That feud helped me find my feet and build a reputation on here; I owe a lot to RDJ. A special mention should go out to The Empire vs Gfed Invasion angle in nGw too, but it burned out way too quickly unfortunately.
8. What feds are you currently in? Are you looking at expanding to others?
RSW, WrestleWars and I am lurking around nGw. I think that is enough for now.
9. In a perfect world where you had time to write whatever you wanted, what feds are you not a part of that you would like to join? Or rather, what feds interest you?
To be perfectly honest the feds I am in are the only ones which interest me. There are a lot of dead feds clogging up that list!
10. Have you been in a feud so thick with emotion that you felt as much anger toward the Handler as well as wrestler?
Nope never; feuds are an in character thing.
11. If you could improve the efedwrestling.com site in any way (without returning game elements), what would you do?
I have been very vocal about this in the past. I think much like the real wrestling business; this place will thrive and survive off of originality but more importantly competition and drama. The place was so much more vibrant and interesting when there were rankings, competitions between feds and handlers, and people out there being dicks! It’s important to have bad guys and heat not just in story lines but in real life too, we can’t all be the good guy.
Ultimately I think Mitch Allen should just accept his place as the Eric Bischoff of eFedWrestling ;-P
12. Every fed owner has a wish list for handlers, and sometimes even a wish list of characters from those particular handlers. Assuming that your fed is open today, what is your wish list?
Ed Sweeton, Rob Riot, Aleksei Belova, Mike Black, Scarlett Rose, K.D Bacchus, Valora Salinas, Dom Jacobs, Joy Fantastic…it’s a pretty long list.
13. What do you do when you're not efedding? Other hobbies, job, and such? Married, single, kids?
I am single, so trying to flirt with women I play bass in a couple of bands, act, go to the pub a lot. You know the usual stuff.
14. I seem to remember that you were in a band either past or present? I at least seem to remember you buying a guitar if nothing else. Do you have some music online someplace, or can you put some online?
Good memory Vas! Yeah I play bass and dabble on the guitar. Unfortunately I don’t have any recordings at the moment. There are some old videos on YouTube of some song ideas I was playing around with about 5 years ago after I had my heart literally broken! So you can try and find them by all means, but they are terrible.
15. What is your favorite fed?
Riot Star Wrestling (RSW). It’s active, full of great writers and the place to be at the moment.
16. Ok. A movie is being planned with Billy Fowler who do you think would best be able to play this person?
Well I often have people say I look like celebrities, some examples being Stephen Fry, Cory Monteith and Greg Davies. Greg Davies is the man I would go for, he is tall, loud and plays characters very similar to myself.
17. So for your new Comedian-Wrestler, did you watch the Comedian for research into jokes to tell?
Hahaha! Peter Kay is a real comedian! I made him as a character just to piss of Rob Riot because he can’t stand the bloke (even though he seems to steal lines off him a lot). I requested a contract with nGw so I can troll Riot in character that was it. But I think Mitch has plans for Peter Kay, so let’s wait and see. CHEESE CAKE! Filthy Bastards!