Steele
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Post by Steele on Aug 15, 2017 9:43:47 GMT -5
So Fired Up has been and gone and what a night! Let's get some thoughts down shall we? I'll start!
Character of the Night: This could honestly go to so many people. You've got the obvious ones like Jackson Steele and Kira Izumi for winning the inagural AWF and Prestige Class titles respectively. Then there's also Alexei Kyznetsov who put up another solid showing in a losing effort, honestly had the main event result gone the other way it wouldn't have been unjustified. Alex Jones also impressed as he inflicted Eliah Nathaniel's first defeat. That's just on the wrestling side of things - T-Bone cut a great little promo in the opening moments of his match which had a real Kevin Owens vibe to it I thought, and of course who could forget Terry Bradshaw. His antics are always gold. Ridiculous, ridiculous gold.
Match of the Night: I think the Jay Cutter Open Challenge was really enjoyable. Again, it's really hard to make a decision because everything was really good. Everyone really RP'd well for this match but for me Ezriel and Mad Dog stood out, so it was great to see them BOTH get a push, sorta, with MDS coming so close to winning that he may as well say he co-won it.
Moment of the Night: Obviously for me it's winning the title. Thanks to everyone who believed in the character, it was really encouraging to see people predicting him to win (hopefully that WAS because people like him, and not just because they thought I'd politic my way to the belt as an admin...) because I thought Kyznetsov roleplayed fantastically, his character is great, perhaps he was hurt by only doing 2 out of the 3 permitted roleplays and the formatting was off on his second... but I'm sure he'll be a future champion.
Line of the Night: I really want to go with my own:
But that wouldn't be fair so I'll nominate a second.
Favorite Thing: Well here's something really out there and it's not to do with anything that actually happened in-character... but I have to say I'm impressed that Kuroi went through the falls-count-anywhere match and changed EVERY SINGLE mention of M.G.K's name to include the periods, because I sure as shit didn't put them in lol. So sorry about that!
Something that WAS to do with a match - I loved the way the title match ended. I don't mean because Jackson won, but because Kyznetsov was still able to come off as a badass powerhouse who lost mainly because of Jackson's determination and some good old fashioned opportunism when he pushed the stretcher over the line as Kyznetsov was preparing to do a moonsault off of it.
Positive Feedback:
Loads of good stuff from this show! Pretty much everything on the card was a plus point. Also on a more general note, it's great that each time a show rolls round we've got a bunch of people who are willing to put in matches and promos and stuff, and people seem genuinely excited to see what's going to happen! Kuroi did great with his last-minute graphics and one match that needed to be added in too.
Things to Do Better Next Time:
Just generaly tightening up of the show I think. There were a few little errors that crept in like "Mad Dog Murphy" appearing out of nowhere, plus we had the same referee get knocked down in two consecutive matches... I blame Kuroi, he told me there was no ref bumps planned so I wrote one into the 4-way. But he did a shit ton for the show so I guess he can be forgiven.
Things Looking Forward To: Well, everything that comes next! New chapter starting, bring it on!
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Post by ForeverKuroi on Aug 15, 2017 11:51:27 GMT -5
Character of the Night:
This could go so many different ways. I'm having a really hard time answering this, but I kind of want to say Thob, with the big upset and overthrowing a seven-year run by Hardcore Harry.
Match of the Night:
I kind of want to go with Storm vs M.G.K. It was a real upset. When I saw Greg's RP, I was like, "I'm done." I can't vote on my match and I expected the admins to lean in to M.G.K. winning. But sure enough, I somehow won. It had a huge reflection onto me and Storm as he came out with jobber RPing skills and I remember my first real RP here was with Storm on the revival and there's this huge shift from him being the sideline character to actually doing something worthwhile. This feud was all that I wanted and more, except if the conditions were right, there would be no real way that Storm would have won.
Moment of the Night:
I have to go with Jackson winning the title. I did the best that I could to write a good match worthy for the main event for the first PPV. I wanted to make Jackson appear resourceful and tenacious. I wanted Alexei to appear dangerous and calculated, like a cold-blooded killer. Ultimately, the admins decided that Jackson was to be the winner and I felt like I had to give Jackson a win that would make Alexei lose, but not diminish his appearance as a skillful menace in the ring, as he absolutely is a skillful RPer.
Line of the Night:
"Harry smiles as he wipes a piece of the vomit off of his chest and licks it. The crowd gets sick just by looking at this." You can thank Mongo for that.
Favorite Thing:
(Referencing Steve) YES, I CHANGED THE MGK TO M.G.K. I GET ANAL SOMETIMES.
My favorite thing was that every title now has a champion and that the X*Crown Champion is a fucking pig.
Positive Feedback:
I liked that we were able to pull together. A lot of this felt last second. It was super stressful, but everyone had high spirits and was able to come as one. For someone who did a lot of the brunt work, it was super awesome to see each other not bitch and moan and complain, but instead, you provided the support I needed to put this show up. (Even if the support came in the form of insulting.)
Things to Do Better Next Time:
Fuck. Did I put down Mad Dog Murphy? I caught myself on that once during the writing and I swore I did the Ctrl+F "Mad Dog Murphy" but I guess I didn't. So yeah, tightening up on a lot of stuff and able to have stuff done earlier so that we can have time to revise and fix any lingering errors. I should have noticed a big red flag when I was about to post the show three times but found errors like entrances not being posted, me forgetting to code a show or forgetting to put in commentators commentating.
Things Looking Forward To:
The End of Days Tournament is absolutely huge. Also, the fallout. (More than just Copykitten arrested.)
Also, Prestige 4. There will be BIG changes for the AWF!
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Kira Izumi
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Post by Kira Izumi on Aug 15, 2017 12:36:37 GMT -5
Big changes you say? well i hope we get out of that pile of sh- i mean the VWF here soon. Kira's gonna go and get killed by those ungrateful vets!
Match of the night: Well all of them were 4-5 star matches hands down. Every man,woman and child should feel proud being apart of the greatest show Ohio has ever seen. But if i have to actually pick it's a tie between the AWF title match and the falls count anywhere match.
Moment of the night: When T-Bone hit a northern lights driver on James and james hit that shooting star press on the outside (those stayed in right? well even if they didnt that's what i wrote damnit!) also i have to say Thob winning the X*Crown.
Line of the night: Everything Terry Bradshaw says. He's just... GLORIOUS.
Favorite Thing:If i can, well even if i can't i will; I'd have to say Kira winning the Prestige Championship was my favorite thing of the night.
Positive feedback: We got her done! and we had a damn good show in an elementry school at that!
Things to do better: Mad Dog Murphy was used, We magicly changed to a high school among other things, but mistakes leak in the cracks. Lets all breath and take our time a little bit next time(?).
Things Looking forward too:Kira and Kirito's announcment and champions adress, people do those yeah? well we're having some big time shit for your first ever champion damn it! even if those vets hate me!
Oh and we have the END OF DAYS turny as well as two old farts fighting each other in the main event. Kira's words not mine, i swear!
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Steele
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Post by Steele on Aug 15, 2017 13:59:49 GMT -5
Oh damn how did I miss that out? The gravity of Harry's title reign ending just completely passed me by!
As far as I can recall Fired Up was always advertised to be in the High School rather than the VFW so that's one less mistake for you!
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Kira Izumi
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Post by Kira Izumi on Aug 15, 2017 14:01:01 GMT -5
no it was an elementry school from what i could remember and from what i saw.
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Steele
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Post by Steele on Aug 15, 2017 14:04:14 GMT -5
Ohhhh right I get you now. If I wrote high instead of elementary in either of my matches then chalk it up to is not really using the term "elementary school" in the uk lol
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Kira Izumi
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Post by Kira Izumi on Aug 15, 2017 15:19:34 GMT -5
Oh well that might explain it. Don't you guys use primary school or something like that?
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Post by Slainmaker on Aug 15, 2017 15:29:44 GMT -5
I think in all of the shows there's been some kind of typo whether it's a wrong name or someone attacking themselves or changing gender. As long as they aren't numerous they're like little Easter eggs.
Haven't read all the show yet, but seeing as it's the first big super-show and the end of an arc I'll give some big broad feedback instead.
First off, Kuroi you did a top job. Big show due up with segments absent is classic admin crunch time. You delivered and I'm happy you weren't too stressed to notice the support you had. Remember the membership isn't made up of kids any more. If the show doesn't go up they'll get on with other things they have to do and come back tomorrow. btw I like the way the card for the following show goes up after the results. Not something I was used to because for xhf style that would've prevented aftermath rping but in the current system it adds a nice little 'raw after the ppv' element. Makes the show going up something you want to happen even if you're not on it.
Secondly, congratulations to Kira and Steele. If these title matches hadn't taken place and you'd asked me to pick some champs out of the whole roster it's very possible I would've given those same two names. Fantastic contributors. I don't know what motivates people to come to a random e-fed they haven't seen before and give so much but I'm glad they have and them holding gold helps cement AWF's identity out from the xhf's shadow. This may be the hormones speaking but right now I am of the subjective opinion that Jackson Steele has the best rp output of anyone I can remember. It's annoying because the things I try to deliver in rps are a) being done better by him and b) focused on by me because I can't do certain other things I value in rping - and he does those as well! And he rps as a second character on top! And he's got kids!
Thirdly, Mongo was mistaken when he said I'd be trying extra hard for the Crown because it was originally my pitch as that's not the way I think. That said... it's a really nice feeling to actually win a big championship after being in e-feds on/off for fourteen years. I wasn't expecting that when I returned to rping. The fight may not have been the most heated in the title's history, and I don't know how random me getting the shot was in the first place but I'm taking it and it feels like this is my most consistent run of rps so it was probably now or never.
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Post by Mongo the Destroyer on Aug 15, 2017 19:29:04 GMT -5
Excellent show guys! You've earned your accolades and it was good to see a lot of new faces standing out as well as old ones continuing to shine. Alright, let's do this!
Character of the Night:
Terry Bradshaw is everywhere all the time, but I'm gonna give it to Kira for having a clean-sweep in the 4-way. That's something to be proud of!
Match of the Night:
Whoever wrote the 4-way for the Prestige championship turned it into an insane circus as opposed to a legitimate match- I like crazy circuses. The 4-way drew me in to read it like none other.
Moment of the Night:
A pig won the X*Crown. Everyone said I was stupid and ruining the belt when Mongo fought a goat for the XHF Championshp- but now a pig holds the theoretical highest title in the land. Just think on that.
Line of the Night:
"Terry grabs Copycat's hand and shakes it violently before throwing up some indecipherable gang sign to the ref and the other competitors, turning his top hat back-to-front as if it were a baseball cap and swaggering into his corner."
Favorite Thing:
AWF has finally established itself as a real fed, every belt has an owner, every card has a purpose, and you've managed to separate yourself from the XHF by ruining the X*Crown's legacy- ALL IN ONE SHOW! Kudos. Also, two matches contained vomit- James Johnson could probably hardly contain himself
Positive Feedback:
You got it done and it turned out well. With the 2 week schedule it's easy to get relaxed and sort of forget how important this weeks show was; but I think everyone kept the excitement high and Kuroi didn't get bogged down at the last minute- instead he asked for "motivation" and kept us all up waiting for him (yelling curses the whole time, lol). That's a good admin move and you should be proud
Things to Do Better Next Time:
I'm with Ish, typos aren't a big deal, especially as shows get bigger- heck, even coding doesn't have to be 100%. BUT ONE THING- for a PPV, every match should have graphics, it really took me out of the zone when some matches did and others didn't.
Things Looking Forward To:
More shows, more members, and the build-up to the End of Days. BTW...who likes writing matches? Because EoD is gonna be at least 4 weeks of matches, lol
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Post by ForeverKuroi on Aug 15, 2017 19:32:40 GMT -5
Awww schucks. Nothing gets me hard like ruining over a decade of XHF legacy.
And I don't understand. Which match didn't have a graphic? Spector didn't finish all of them, but I did the two he didn't.
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Post by Mongo the Destroyer on Aug 15, 2017 19:36:18 GMT -5
Hey suddenly all the graphics are there! They weren't there at launch time, I retract my statement.
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Post by ForeverKuroi on Aug 15, 2017 19:46:40 GMT -5
I do admit they were up late. I hope by the next big show, things will run smoother.
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Post by Mongo the Destroyer on Aug 15, 2017 19:49:52 GMT -5
Do you know what helps things to run smoother? Lube and oil.
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Kira Izumi
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Post by Kira Izumi on Aug 15, 2017 20:06:42 GMT -5
lolis?
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Post by Mongo the Destroyer on Aug 15, 2017 20:10:04 GMT -5
Lollipops are delicious, but I don't see how they have anything to do with this conversation- unless you're going to make some sort of "Lollipop Deathmatch"
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