Category: World Wide Wrestling RPG: Discussion

This book, written by an announcer, has an entire chapter on announcing and it is solid gold.

This book, written by an announcer, has an entire chapter on announcing and it is solid gold.

This book, written by an announcer, has an entire chapter on announcing and it is solid gold.

What’s better for the World Wide Wrestling GASP Heavyweight Champion:

What’s better for the World Wide Wrestling GASP Heavyweight Champion:

What’s better for the World Wide Wrestling GASP Heavyweight Champion:

Globally Accomplished Super Prime Heavyweight Champion

Global Athletic Sport Premier Heavyweight Champion

…or something better that I can’t think of (these took way too long to come up with already)?

I’m going to have to binge on this guy’s writing.

I’m going to have to binge on this guy’s writing.

I’m going to have to binge on this guy’s writing. He nails why the Austin/Dude Love feud, and the Austin/McMahon feud worked so well – and it had nothing to do with TV-PG or TV-14. It’s what the booker in the picture Nathan posted the other day was talking about – the difference between cheap heat and earned heat, and Austin, Foley, McMahon, JR and even Lawler earned the hell out of this heat.

Having lived through and watched the Attitude Era, nothing makes me angrier than people pretending Crash TV, nudity, blood and swearing was what made the era. It wasn’t. It was beautifully crafted storytelling. Austin was so, so much more than driving in on increasingly absurd vehicles and randomly Stunning people, which you wouldn’t know from Attitude Era promos. It’s not why he caught on. It’s why Dean Ambrose comes off as a very pale imitation to me – they’re trying to get him across with “wacky hijinx” reminiscent of clips-montage Stone Cold without giving him the very real character grounding, motivation and holistic character worldview Austin had that gave context to all of that mayhem. It’s just mayhem for mayhem’s sake, because he’s a “loose cannon” (hi there, Flyin’ Brian)…just, I dunno, because? Creative’s made him into a cartoon version of Austin, and that he has become that has nothing to do with the lack of cursing, beer drinking or blood.

TL;DR next time I play WWWRGP in a group I’m going to keep these goddamned principles of character and story arc in mind, and that’s the bottom line.

http://www.workofwrestling.com/wowblog/architects-of-the-attitude-era

An open question for the WWW: II Kickstarter: I think I’ve decided on the (much simpler than last time) shirt reward.

An open question for the WWW: II Kickstarter: I think I’ve decided on the (much simpler than last time) shirt reward.

An open question for the WWW: II Kickstarter: I think I’ve decided on the (much simpler than last time) shirt reward. But if I were to offer a reward level with a satin jacket, would that be a thing?

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The difference between Momentum and the Heat stat, right here.

The difference between Momentum and the Heat stat, right here.

The difference between Momentum and the Heat stat, right here.

From Drawing Heat The Hard Way: How Wrestling Really Works by Larry Matysik, who was involved with booking St Louis in the 70s and worked with Vince in the 80s – it’s a great read with lots of good food for thought for the game overall, and for booking individual games.

Hello fellow Smarks!

Hello fellow Smarks!

Hello fellow Smarks!  My wife and I found ourselves wondering about the current state of the WWE/NXT locker room, so we have a question here for those who might have more insider know-how.

Who is the backstage head of the locker room right now?  Once upon a time, that was Undertaker’s unquestioned domain, but now that he’s all but retired, who is ruling in his place?  Cena?  Or someone newer?  I somehow can’t imagine it’s Big Show, even though he’s one of the older wrestlers active today.

One thing that got us thing about this is that it appears that “Yeti”, the most recent Tough Enough winner, has put his foot in it.  Gretchen saw an article recently where he apparently badmouthed some other wrestlers called the Social Outcasts, calling them “Social Jobbers”, and got immediately slapped down for it by Kevin Owens and Stardust, who decreed that Yeti would have to change his clothes in the hall rather than in the locker room for awhile.  So our question here is — is Yeti supposed to go right into WWE, or is he going to do some time in NXT first?