Uspw

[Gigas]

I dont see a thread dedicated to USPW yet and Im sure its going to be one of the most popular feds with their Main Eventers.

Im curious how people are going to work the 2 midcard titles. Retire one title? Have a unification match? Just work with both and have the National title be the midcard PPV and the TV title strictly tv? I thought about setting the National title to floating so it could possibly replicate the IC title of the late 80s WWF.

Also interested in the way people are going to book Giant/Caufield and Justice/T-Rex with their popularity gaps. Are you going to have the upset wins to put over Caufield and T-Rex?

The most promising storyline USPW has seems to be the easiest one to book as well, that being Enygma and Tyson Baine.

Some must signs for me are Sara Marie York due to her great personality and star quality. Shes also an amazing worker. She might get overlooked for J-Ro, but shes my girl. Ant-man is also a must sign as a youngster who can job up the card and eventually be used to body slam all the huge guys on the roster.

[Comradebot]

I'll say this...

If you can't get T-Rex's popularity close to Justice's via their feud, then maybe USPW isn't for you.

He has massive SQ, massive Menace, and is feuding with one of the most popular and charismatic workers in the company? Sounds to me like T-Rex, even in losing, could easily use the feud to turn into a top superstar.

[Gigas]

With the domination note T-Rex shoots right up in fame anyway. The whole roster does since its all brute gimmicks with monsters. Its really an easy fed to play.

Ive had problems getting Caufield over though, and Enygma hasnt really improved on his fame. Tyson, Bruce, T-Rex and Nicky Champion, Savage Fury can just squash match their way up to A pop.

[The-619]

He does have massive SQ and menace but he is still horrible in the ring, I used him in my TEW08 SWF game and he did get over with time but he would always get bad comments for his matches.

I just started a USPW game and retired the National title though it does sound like a good idea to set it to floating I really want to try that at some point.

[Remianen]

He does have massive SQ and menace but he is still horrible in the ring, I used him in my TEW08 SWF game and he did get over with time but he would always get bad comments for his matches.

No offense but you can't compare 2010 to 08 with regard to T-Rex. In 08, the entire menace/domination based mechanic does not exist so the comparison is invalid. So what he's not that good in the ring? A handful of menace based angles and squash matches and how he is in the ring becomes completely irrelevant.

I've de-emphasized the National title (basically made it the Peter Valentine Reason to Exist title) and made the TV title the top midcard one. I let Valentine beat lower midcarders and below for title defenses (and often in dark time).

I tend to bring in Sara Marie, J.Ro, and Melody Cuthill and often turn the product to integrated, with the women's title as floating. I built up Alicia once and put the world title on her and she held it for 2 years (because she wouldn't give it up. Creative control sucks) before I ditched the save (luckily I had an excuse - new beta version).

I've had rotten luck with Justice. In two straight saves, his contract comes up within 2 years and SWF steals him. Not that big a deal except for the morale and promotion hits.

[Donners]

I was strugging to find a fed to manage (I used to play with DAVE, but they no longer exist, apparently), and had several failures before I settled on USPW.

The really low danger/intensity was off-putting at first, but it seems reasonably easy to get good ratings.

The only thing I don't like is that most of your roster is on written contracts, but you can't sign new people to them. That tells me that the roster will be switching to PPA over a year or so until I can push up to National, which is always annoying.

[Bolton]

USPW is epic. Who can go wrong with Anger, Giant Redwood, Jim Force and Peter Valentine anyway?

[BHK1978]

USPW is epic. Who can go wrong with Anger, Giant Redwood, Jim Force and Peter Valentine anyway?

Now if only BSS was there, we could have the perfect promotion!

[d_w_w]

Now if only BSS was there, we could have the perfect promotion!

Absolutely. I'd definitely read a "BSS gets the head booker position at USPW" diary.

Oh, the broken hips and sexual harassment cases.

[Bolton]

Absolutely. I'd definitely read a "BSS gets the head booker position at USPW" diary.

Oh, the broken hips and sexual harassment cases.

Not to mention epic. BSS joining USPW will make my life.

[Candyman]

USPW is my favorite fed. I always have my longest games with them.

The National title will become the Peter Valentine title for me. I love the fact that he has his own title, I wish I would've thought of that in 08. He's never going to lose it. Well, not until Sam Strong retires and I can release him, anyway.

Sgt Bubba Lee West is always my among my first hires with USPW. Pairing him with Commissioner (Corporal) Doom just makes too much sense not to do it. And of course I sign the usual women, Sara Marie, J Ro...I'm sad I can't bring in Lauren Easter anymore. I'm kind of curious to see how a Painful Procedure reunion will do in USPW.

[GruntMark]

So...Im in to booking USPW. Just finished Stars, Stripes and Slams.

I went with Justice over T-Rex. I want Justice back in the title picture right now. And Rex is easy enough to rebuild.

Went with Bruce over Caulflield. Have other plans for Chris, and Bruce Vs Enygma Vs Justice I think sets up better.

Enygma of course retained against Baine.

Im kinda digging Jim Force. He is pulling respectle ratings in segments. Matches still kinda suck.

I want to kill Peter Valentine.

So far Im resisting the urge to book tons of squashes. Seems too easy. Going more the Comradebot route and using menance segments.

[GruntMark]

Sgt Bubba Lee West is always my among my first hires with USPW. Pairing him with Commissioner (Corporal) Doom just makes too much sense not to do it.

Never brought in Bubba Lee before, but some of the various owner goals left me without my regular cannon fodder (Ota and Flash primarely), so he has a home with me now. Interested to see how he does.

[BHK1978]

I'm kind of curious to see how a Painful Procedure reunion will do in USPW.

To me this is what USPW should be all about, they are the trash heap of the C-Verse where you can bring in Painful Procedure, The Big Problem, and The Nation of Filth. Thank you Candyman for the good idea, my next USPW game will have Painful Procedure in it.

[mtimmins]

I don't have much experience with the C-Verse stuff, I've done SWF a lot, and a few TCW games, but all others have been me making my own promotions. All other games have been real-world mods, and they usually last the longest, who doesn't like The Miz being WWE Champion? :D


Lets see how I do with USPW in the demo. I'll let you guys know. :D

[Tempest Kane]

I don't have much experience with the C-Verse stuff, I've done SWF a lot, and a few TCW games, but all others have been me making my own promotions. All other games have been real-world mods, and they usually last the longest, who doesn't like The Miz being WWE Champion? :D


Lets see how I do with USPW in the demo. I'll let you guys know. :D

"Coz im the FORCE.... and i'am... AWESOME!"

[BHK1978]

I don't have much experience with the C-Verse stuff, I've done SWF a lot, and a few TCW games, but all others have been me making my own promotions. All other games have been real-world mods, and they usually last the longest, who doesn't like The Miz being WWE Champion? :D


Lets see how I do with USPW in the demo. I'll let you guys know. :D

I hope you like it as they can be really fun to play as. If you don't like them try CZCW, that is my other personal favorite C-Verse promotion.

[echrisl]

So I'm up to the start of August 2010 in my USPW game, and I'm wondering if anyone's gotten USPW to national in their game yet. How does the national battle shape up usually? I'm a bit nervous about the prospect, especially since I no longer have James Justice (dead). On the bright side, I do have a working agreement with TCW, so if I can top SWF I should be in pretty good shape ...

Also, NOTBPW is looking pretty scary (at national already and putting on insanely good matches). They haven't really raided me yet, but with more people on PPA all the time, I'm getting nervous about the prospect.

[Teh_Showtime]

So I'm up to the start of August 2010 in my USPW game, and I'm wondering if anyone's gotten USPW to national in their game yet. How does the national battle shape up usually? I'm a bit nervous about the prospect, especially since I no longer have James Justice (dead). On the bright side, I do have a working agreement with TCW, so if I can top SWF I should be in pretty good shape ...

Also, NOTBPW is looking pretty scary (at national already and putting on insanely good matches). They haven't really raided me yet, but with more people on PPA all the time, I'm getting nervous about the prospect. try to stay cult until you have enough workers with B or B+ popularity so you can put on good enough shows to compete with the big 2

[takertitan]

I am 5 months in doing what i normally do with uspw. Built my main stairs up(bruce, james, t-tex, tyson all above A across the states). Mid card is my next assignment, but i got raided as i built up the kieth boys to D+ across the states in tag team action. The also happened to take Mainstream so his team with Kirk was also gone. I switched the titles to Franky Preze and whats his name parter before the brothers left in hopes of they would get a boost, but the match sucked. My tag division is not lost, but i am glad i kept tirbal guys and hillbilly's to keep things going. Doing the DX style main event run now with the title while i find something to keep things going with the force and champion vs tyson and T.

Singles wise, doing what alot of people do. Keep Peter V in 3 way matches after my angle opener and a tag match. the match always blows but it helps build guys i don't have time to use more. champagne lover is being build up as my new face behind nick champion of course still. still have not found heel wrestler yet to main event besides the mosters, another task for me i guess.

In closing i guess my one suggestion is if your going for a long game with them, don't be afraid to use the tag now. Its not doing nearly as bad as 08. before the keith brothers left, my tag matches where turning in solid C+ matches vs most of the face teams. GOD i hate SWF!@@##!!@!$$%!@(*!~!

[LucianCarter]

Singles wise, doing what alot of people do. Keep Peter V in 3 way matches after my angle opener and a tag match.

You do realize that just because you put an angle on first it doesn't mean that your first match is any less important than it would be if it were on before the angle?

[March]

First thing I did was fire Giant Redwood, and then threw some cash Danny Jillefski's way to stop his complaining.

[jesterx7769]

After I fired Giant Redwood, Jillefski was so upset he asked for his release two weeks later, big loss...NOT, if he's so upset he can go cry and be unemployed with his boyfriend!

[DaMegaFish]

After I fired Giant Redwood, Jillefski was so upset he asked for his release two weeks later, big loss...NOT, if he's so upset he can go cry and be unemployed with his boyfriend!

He didn't get that angry at me for firing Redwood. I fired Redwood after he had the balls to pick a fight with Bruce. YOU DONT PICK FIGHTS WITH THE TOP DOGS IN THE COMPANY.

I keep Danny around (despite him being furious) only because he has great chemistry with Sara Silver and Queen Emily at the announce booth, but I might can him anyway as I just managed to sign Mitch!

[TheStroke7]

After I fired Giant Redwood, Jillefski was so upset he asked for his release two weeks later, big loss...NOT, if he's so upset he can go cry and be unemployed with his boyfriend!

in my game I pissed Redwood that off to made him ask for his release...unfortunately his fellow Dan has just discovered a new friend: Shane Sneer!...so he had to go to Unemployed City alone...

[Gigas]

After I fired Giant Redwood, Jillefski was so upset he asked for his release two weeks later, big loss...NOT, if he's so upset he can go cry and be unemployed with his boyfriend!

Just curious, after you released him because he asked.. did that piss off Sam Strong?

Cant fire him.. well unless you play owner.

[jesterx7769]

It did not. I think because he asked for his release, its not like I fired him or w/e. I was actually surprised the Sam Strong relationship wasn't enough to keephim around.

[Gigas]

Redwood and Valentine have been saints in my game, but its only 2 months in.

Anger was being a wicked douche, but he announced his retirement and then decided to piss off the entire backstage area so I just fired him. Only one whos had a negative backstage incident so far.

[takertitan]

everyone has been good in my game. Angre's contract ran up so he was gone 2-3 months in. Peter V has had 1 outburst, but wins 90% of his matches. I couldnt do what i did in 08 and have Sam come out and lose to peter. See what i can do with him, he has an owner goal so... poop. i hope big mack comes on free agency soon, him and Peter would be awsome stinking up the tag division. the young guys down there could make them look half decent too prob. giant redcrap has been jobbed out so hard i bet he is pissed. i pay no attention though because my locker room is 100% :-O

i do the angle first btw cause the first segment matters more than the 3,4,5... not a lot more, but a little. its also a main eventer thing on my show. also warms the crowd so the tag division looks good and then peter brings the crowd down for the 3rd. bring out an angle again to juice them back up. out comes the mid card next, normal a single. next is where i change it up normally. its either i do a womans match and bring the crowd down again or i do an angle again and rock the rest of the show. depends on what i have left for the main event.

the best thing about USPW is that you can make just about anyone a star. as long as they do 1 thing really well, i can use them. makes finding guys that gell easy.

[Gigas]

i do the angle first btw cause the first segment matters more than the 3,4,5... not a lot more.
.

Its not the first segment that matters, its the first match that matters. I always start my show off with a hot angle to lift the crowd, but I always follow it with a good match.

[March]

Peter Valentine retired halfway through the first year, and his contract ended not long after. Once the announcement hit, I jobbed the hell out of him and now I don't have to worry about that owner goal.

[takertitan]

how did u manage that? u put him in cage matches and stuff? i must know!

[March]

He was old. It was his time to go.

[Comradebot]

how did u manage that? u put him in cage matches and stuff? i must know!

Get Valentine to retire? Well, its probably partially because he's 46, and he also may have been well past his prime.

As for me, he ain't all that past his prime... but he's been a good boy for the most part. I honestly enjoy getting owner goals to push guys (something EWA doesn't get to experience... I guess unless Byron is still alive when his son debuts in, like, 2015), even Peter V. Right now I'm running a storyline where he was proving he's a "real champion" by defending his belt against the biggest jobbers in the company, only to get ****y, issue an open challenge, and have Nicky Champion beat him for the belt.

And then have him be a complete dick, attacking workers backstage/during matches to make sure no one else gets their hands on HIS belt, thus forcing Nicky into a rematch.

Figure the best way to book Peter is as himself, an egotistical prick that no one can rightfully stand.

[echrisl]

try to stay cult until you have enough workers with B or B+ popularity so you can put on good enough shows to compete with the big 2

Now I'm into September and I'm losing workers left and right, no sooner do I sign someone than they're gone again, plus I'm losing written contracts, so Tyson Baine is going to be gone to SWF by the end of the month ... I'm basically down to Bruce, Nicky and Enygma. I've still got Caulfield, but as soon as I get his popularity up I'm sure he'll be stolen, since he's now on a PPA.

[takertitan]

Nicky Champion just had the triggle pulled on the main event run. Championship Force beat The Titans(tyson and Rex) for the tag team titles. They gave the titles up and announced a tourny for them. During the match Bruce costs Nicky the match and BAM A popularity across the states.

Finally have another top level face, and he is locked up for 2-3 years. Think i might turn James Justice or Enygma heel now so nicky has some fresh guys to stomp. Champagne just reached B- pop, and T and Tyson and still sitting at B+. Art Reed was just brought it, and he is pimpin the uppercard up. With the new high level TV deal and ratings hitting 2.2's only 7-8 months in, TCW better watch out. Things are heating up in USPW. Just need a big star to jump ship and i might be ready to the jump to national.

[Gigas]

Nicky is awesome and the future of USPW.

I think in my diary game Redwood is like 14 years past his prime, Anger was 21 years and USA was 19 years. The latter two already announced their retirement.

Im just kinda waiting on Redwood now. I'd normally push him but when hes just going to retire soon hes sort of a lame duck. I never really know what to do with those guys other than to job them to others.. but Redwood doesnt have any popularity to job and is an abortion in the ring.

[takertitan]

i have jobbed him on dark matches. think he has seen tv time twice in 7 months. Captin saw some light tv time, but once he was fully jobbed, he was moved to dark matches once a month.

with an ever expanding tag team division i spend most of my time building stars that way. Hillbilly's are my dark match tag team. Tribal was, but i gave them a few angles to buff them back up into the D's quickly. They are well respected so i figured i should give them some credit with A mence.

titles are sitting on danny and mick right now. biggest other name are Tribal, but that seems lame. rather save that job for another tag.

god i love big men in uspw. i just need more! a lot of the normal 1's i use i can't with sam's owner restrictions(charisma + phy C-) so its been tough. I cheated and brought in ant man, just HAD to bring him in for bruce, great chem :-D

[kgreen]

peter valentine lasted about 9 months in my promotion and i kept him at a B in momentum but he wanted to be a main eventer and i had him as upper mid card (the game suggested he be upper mid as well). Apparently it upset him so he started misbehaving. he got a warning for a mean prank that caused almost caused a fight. then he got suspened for doing another mean prank 3 days later. as soon as he came back he got in a fight with a fan and was suspened again. This time i stripped him of his title and awarded it to nicky champion. Then Peter Valentine asks for his release and i grant it to him. THEN he retires right after i release him..... talk about grumpy

[takertitan]

i have not been able to really get him above C, but i still have 12 months or so to fix that. My main problem is i can't justify putting him anywhere the main event cause the blows and drags them down. I can't turn him face and use monster heels against him cause every HATES him. BAH. i wanna sign his son, but MAW = douch bag. I figured by now Big Mack would be a free agent by now. damn u SWF! i need your crap wrestlers@

[takertitan]

took me 9 months, but i have finally shaken the useless Peter V out of my promotion. I was counting the days when i saw his contract was up in a matter of days.

[kgreen]

i celebrated when he left my promotion. When he dies i may name a tribute show to him, maybe even create 'The Peter Valentine Memorial Cup"

My current champion is Champagne Lover. I didnt even give him a jesus push, i made Eric tyler my Bobby Heenan and paired him with Lover. 7 months of good matches brought him up to a B then i had him beat enygma in a B match.
Champagne Lover is the kind of champion the fans LOVE to hate. I make him a sneaky prick whose always jumping people after matches/ambushes/beatdowns and alot of his matches end in countouts and things that win/lose/draw arent going to really hurt his momentum too bad. Then in the blow off match on my end of month PPV he always scores a tainted victory. Its great.
Eventually my plan is to have him drop his title to either Enygma or or Chris Caulfield. Then im gonna turn the champ heel, make lover a fan favorite and hes going to go back after the title.

[takertitan]

TCW just raided me HARD. Lost champagne lover(A across the USA, not a big suprize), my tag champs(mick and frankie), Ali(my TV champ) when the went to global. got a week to job them HARD. knew i should have pushed darrel first since he was on written.

Nick just won the title off bruce in a B+ match, w00t w00t. James needs to turn next week since his is getting stale anyway so another big feud lined up.

[Gigas]

TCW just raided me HARD. Lost champagne lover(A across the USA, not a big suprize), my tag champs(mick and frankie), Ali(my TV champ) when the went to global. got a week to job them HARD. knew i should have pushed darrel first since he was on written.

Nick just won the title off bruce in a B+ match, w00t w00t. James needs to turn next week since his is getting stale anyway so another big feud lined up.

Why not sign Champagne lover to a written deal right away? Granted, I make my negotiation skills like an 8+ every game so maybe thats why I can offer these guys written deals to begin with.

I wont be raided hard because everyones on a written deal. I might lose Tyson Baine soon though, too big for my company. But anyone I bring in to the company from the outside is signed up for 2 years if Im going to actually push them.

[Benrollo]

Put my SWF game on hold in favour of a USPW game, in which I've just finished January. Brought in The Big Problem and Sgt Bubba Lee West, aswell as a bunch of jobbers to feed to the many monsters on the roster.

Main event of the January PPV was, predictably, Enygma retaining the World title against Tyson Baine. Might move T-Rex into a title feud with Enygma and have Baine feud with Nicky Champion, to build him up a bit. Really the sooner I can put the belt on Champion the better, as he has a good length contract and I want him to be the face of the company.

Also, Peter Valentine is doing surprisingly alright for me. He's had four matches so far, all National title defences against jobbers, and all rated D. Which is pretty good for a squash match involving Peter Valentine. And he somehow manages to pull off C rated angles when he's rated on entertainment. Never has he been this useful.

[Comradebot]

Why not sign Champagne lover to a written deal right away? Granted, I make my negotiation skills like an 8+ every game so maybe thats why I can offer these guys written deals to begin with.

I wont be raided hard because everyones on a written deal. I might lose Tyson Baine soon though, too big for my company. But anyone I bring in to the company from the outside is signed up for 2 years if Im going to actually push them.

Can't remember if he has CC or not, but if not...

Just job him, and do what you can so the matches aren't all that highly rated.

Hell, have Pete The Hillbilly dominate him, that'll solve some issues!

[kgreen]

Enygma just won his 2nd world title from Champagne Lover in a B+ match. We cant compete with NOTBPW match quality wise but we are FAR more entertaining.
Ive made sure my roster is well balance with heels and faces new and old.
My tag champions are Matt and Greg Keith. Theyve been with me for a little over a year and have risen from enhancement to upper midcarders with C+ momentum.
Rhino Umaga and Samoan Machine are slowly rising and are currently Mid card with a C
Tyson Baine is a B- and t-rex is a C+.
I just changed Caulfield to a heel whose feuding for the title. His gimmick is an 'A' and his momentum a B. His matches with Enygma suck though so its been hard. Luckily the angles generally score a B to an A which helps the feud.
Nicky Champion is upper mid with a B- and is the National Champion, Bulldozer Brandon Smith is a midcard face holding the Television Title.
James Justice is holding steady at C and is a upper mid. Bruce the Giant is a main eventer with C momentum.
Steve Flash and Bryan Holmes are my gatekeepers. All my younger workers wrestle one of them a few times in dark matches and on TV to help there stats and make sure theyre ready for prime time.

[Gigas]

Can't remember if he has CC or not, but if not...

Just job him, and do what you can so the matches aren't all that highly rated.

Hell, have Pete The Hillbilly dominate him, that'll solve some issues!

Im having him put over others, but he gains popularity losing. Its ok, its easy to build stars and if he goes, he goes. And he doesnt have CC.

[The Shape]

Just started a game with them. Do people tend to use Strong in an on-screen capacity or leave him behind the scenes?

[Jaded]

Just started a game with them. Do people tend to use Strong in an on-screen capacity or leave him behind the scenes?

On-screen! ALL OVER the screen. It's an exaggeration to say Strong should be in every angle you do - but not by much. Haven't tried it in 10 yet, but in 08 you could get some good match ratings out of him by bringing him back for the odd special event.

[The Shape]

Yeah that's the logical answer, although his pre-push as a road agent and low starting momentum in my game mean I might wait a while, make it a bigger deal when he shows, maybe to oust commissioner doom so that they can do an authority figure/road agent switcheroo xD

[Benrollo]

I use him in occasional angles but not really that regular - maybe once every two shows. Maybe I could be using him more, but I've just never felt inclined to really.

Sgt Bubba Lee West has really surprised me, I thought he'd be a decent acquisition but he's pulling off pretty good match ratings in most of his matches. Still a lower midcarder, he got a B- in a loss against Chris Caulfield and also a B- in a middle of the card throwaway match against Java. Might try and elevate him a bit higher up the card, maybe even feud him with World champ Enygma. Who knows.

[The Shape]

Bringing in the obvious big characters like Wood and the Samoans, and I'm gonna sign Champagne Lover but just looking at the dude, it always seems too easy. Then again at least the mexican heartthrob thing is something different, I really can't bring myself to sign DWN as he'd be great, but wouldn't fit right now IMO xD

[Benrollo]

Wouldn't Champagne Lover be one of the people who as soon as he gets pretty over would be signed away by one of the big two? I've never really bothered with him for that reason.

[The Shape]

We'll see, hopefully I can get him on a written or keep his overness down for now. Started this file a while ago so can't remember what I gave myself abilities in lol.

First show got a C and a success note, game plan needs refining a bit but basically it's gonna involve a lot of inter-gender midcard tag matches so the girls can train up the boys, a lot of monsters beating on lower card good guys, and a lot of Nicky Champion saving the little men. Hopefully I can spread around some overness and skills fairly quickly xD

[Jaded]

Sounds like good USPW booking for me, Shape. Dominate note is DEFINITELY your friend, btw.

Love triangles can get good ratings as well - who could fail to mark out for Cherry and Alicia fighting to become Miss Forcemaniac?!

[Benrollo]

We'll see, hopefully I can get him on a written or keep his overness down for now. Started this file a while ago so can't remember what I gave myself abilities in lol.

First show got a C and a success note, game plan needs refining a bit but basically it's gonna involve a lot of inter-gender midcard tag matches so the girls can train up the boys, a lot of monsters beating on lower card good guys, and a lot of Nicky Champion saving the little men. Hopefully I can spread around some overness and skills fairly quickly xD

If the product is like it is at the start, with women's wrestling set as 'division' rather than 'integrated', are the crowd fine with mixed tag matches? I always assumed they wouldn't like man on women violence unless it was integrated. Excellent if it's fine to do that though!

[The Shape]

If the product is like it is at the start, with women's wrestling set as 'division' rather than 'integrated', are the crowd fine with mixed tag matches? I always assumed they wouldn't like man on women violence unless it was integrated. Excellent if it's fine to do that though!

Didn't get any complaints, six man tag with Raven, Datsun & Davids vs. Towers of Power & Bryden got a C-, not too bad given their overness.

Got Wood, Umaga and Machine on PPA deals, only 9 months but I guess with PPAs length doesn't really matter...right? xD

[Benrollo]

Ooh, will definitely give that a go! :) Funny how 4 out of my 5 'talk the talk' people, as well as 3 out of 5 of my 'ring generals' on the Creative Meeting screen are women, haha. And I only have 6 of em!

[LucianCarter]

Didn't get any complaints, six man tag with Raven, Datsun & Davids vs. Towers of Power & Bryden got a C-, not too bad given their overness.

Got Wood, Umaga and Machine on PPA deals, only 9 months but I guess with PPAs length doesn't really matter...right? xD

Sure it does.

1) The longer the contract the longer before you have to renegotiate thus the longer before they may ask for a raise.

BUT

2) Signing a new contract makes people happy. The shorter the contracts the more often you get a boost to their morale.

[The Shape]

Oh baby. Decided to re-start after seeing what my user talents were, this time pumped a lot into negotiation, took a couple off motivation, made creativity just above the middle and left only a couple in leadership, as there's plenty of good personalities coming in soon anyway. Champagne Lover is now on a written deal for a good few years =D

[Gigas]

Yeah, I wont start a game without an 8 in negotiations. Its awesome. Leadership? Bah, who needs leadership. Just sign Sara Marie York and Amber Allen for the Womens Division, Champagne Lover, Samoan Machine and Ekuma for the mens.

[Benrollo]

Intergender tag matches are a godsend! :D

Also, just come into May and 9 out of my top 10 matches involve Enygma! Guess I suppose I'll have to keep the title on him a bit longer.

[Benrollo]

Hi my name's Dr. Double Post.

Just coming up to the end of May, my TV show has one more episode but I've chosen not to renew it, as I'm gonna negotiate (and with my popularity as it is should succeed) with a medium sized network in August, as the current network is small sized. I can go without a TV show for a couple of months, just need to put on a few good PPVs and I'm sorted.

Got Sgt Bubba Lee West facing off with Sam Strong at the next PPV. It's Strong's first match for me, I don't want him to be an active wrestler but once in a while is fine. Should be interesting. Strong will no doubt block me trying to get him to put Bubba over though :mad:

[Marko]

I tried starting a Uspw game with max negotiating skills but new workers are still refusing to sign to written contracts, is i also made sure the financial balance of the company was in excess of 10m
I have played this promotion before in earlier versions and loved it but its hard building guys up only to have them go elsewhere whilst also having to deal with the pop for guys like Giant who will leave because he feels he is too big for a cult promotion.

Would be grateful for any advice.
Cheers

[Benrollo]

Regarding Bruce The Giant - when I first started my game he had just over a month left on his contract so, figuring he wouldn't re-sign, I jobbed him out a bit. Then the day before his contract was due to expire, Sam Strong re-signs him to a two year written deal. :D

[The Shape]

I tried starting a Uspw game with max negotiating skills but new workers are still refusing to sign to written contracts, is i also made sure the financial balance of the company was in excess of 10m
I have played this promotion before in earlier versions and loved it but its hard building guys up only to have them go elsewhere whilst also having to deal with the pop for guys like Giant who will leave because he feels he is too big for a cult promotion.

Would be grateful for any advice.
Cheers

Not really sure what the problem is, what sort of new workers are we talking? Is your backstage above 80%? If not then jack up all the perks until you get some good personalities in, should help.

[Greek]

Not really sure what the problem is, what sort of new workers are we talking? Is your backstage above 80%? If not then jack up all the perks until you get some good personalities in, should help.

The issue isn't backstage rating... In order for you to sign guys to USPW one of their friends should be in the promotion already.

[The Shape]

No, myself and others here have had success bringing guys on writtens with 8 points and upwards in negotiation, so maxing it out should work unless something else is stopping it. Champagne Lover, the Samoans, all those guys, don't know anyone there.

[Jaded]

I tried starting a Uspw game with max negotiating skills but new workers are still refusing to sign to written contracts, is i also made sure the financial balance of the company was in excess of 10m
I have played this promotion before in earlier versions and loved it but its hard building guys up only to have them go elsewhere whilst also having to deal with the pop for guys like Giant who will leave because he feels he is too big for a cult promotion.

Would be grateful for any advice.
Cheers

Promotion momentum? That's the only thing I can think of standing in your way other than the already mentioned backstage rating.

Davis Wayne Newton is another very good pick-up in terms of in-ring talent AND improving backstage atmosphere, btw.

[Benrollo]

SWF just signed T-Rex away from me and now TCW have signed Sgt Bubba Lee West. They were at A and B overness across USA respectively. :(

[Marko]

The workers I tried were champange, handsome stranger and I think prudence, I should add this was straight away in the game even before any events.

[The Shape]

All I can think of is backstage, what was your rating for that?

[Marko]

I checked Adams journal and it mentions the backstage area criteria and being early in the game it is pretty poor but at least I know which areas to work on, just got to find a way to stop giant getting too over that he won't job as his creative control is an issue.
I have a idea though for valentine, anger and redwood as going to have them form a stable where they cause mayhem in Order to try and keep their spots valentine as a maniac putting himself through tables etc and the other two beating up individuals via menace

[The Shape]

If you amp up the backstage perks until you've got some guys like Samoan Machine, Larry Wood, Sara Marie York etc then you can turn them off and it should all be sorted. Not sure about with Bruce though, overness and all.

[Gigas]

Yeah, Sara Marie York, Amber Allen and Samoan Machine are must signes for USPW. Might as well bring in Rhino Umaga too.

Ekuma the Hawaiian Strong Man is awesome backstage too but he really needs a lot of work.

[Marko]

Cracked it! it was the backstage area holding things back but ive now managed to sign some very over potential workers like Champange Lover for 24 or 36 months.
Thanks for the reminder about Samoan Machine i had him in my first 2010tryout game but he got injured and forgotten about.

[FWPD]

Starting with USPW, do you guys tour the whole country? Or just run house shows all around the USA and put TV/PPVs in only popular areas (South east)?

[LFC_chris]

Starting with USPW, do you guys tour the whole country? Or just run house shows all around the USA and put TV/PPVs in only popular areas (South east)?

I hold my TV shows in the 4 areas of the US with the highest importance, and then my PPVs in the home regions. I run house shows in the other regions.

[Gigas]

Starting with USPW, do you guys tour the whole country? Or just run house shows all around the USA and put TV/PPVs in only popular areas (South east)?

I hit all the USA spots. They are decently over everywhere.

[takertitan]

i tour all over with USPW as long as i make money. when the contracts start building and the shows don't draw enough, i start running less in other areas.

anyone done a Dev fed with them? i restarted so i could go with written contracts and i signed a few too many with only an hour and a half of tv time a week. i don't wanna go 2 shows even if i could, so i was wondering if i should send some of my big men who suck ass down and improve the skillz of them. but does it work with a cult sized promotion at all now or is the cost too high?

[Gigas]

i tour all over with USPW as long as i make money. when the contracts start building and the shows don't draw enough, i start running less in other areas.

anyone done a Dev fed with them? i restarted so i could go with written contracts and i signed a few too many with only an hour and a half of tv time a week. i don't wanna go 2 shows even if i could, so i was wondering if i should send some of my big men who suck ass down and improve the skillz of them. but does it work with a cult sized promotion at all now or is the cost too high?

I created my own very small dev fed for $100k. Its actually really cheap. I have guys like Ekuma, Jebediah, King Kong Kennedy and other big hosses assigned to the roster, with Steve Flash as the trainer. I also have a few women like Amber Allen and Zoe Ammis, although I doubt they learn much. Its more or less to replace Raven, Cherry and Belle when/if they decide to retire soon.

[kgreen]

I started a small fed with them. It was alot of fun to watch it grow (like sea monkeys). It was essentially barren the first month, then BOOM new owner and BOOM a whole roster of guys. I only have a handful of young guys to send to developmental but its cool to see it running as a real promotion. I actually hired a few of the guys they picked up after 6 months of improvement.

[Ping von Erich]

- You have enough people on written contract to start running house shows, do that.

- Get as stacked a PPV deal as you can possibly get. You're a low risk company, capitalize on that.

- Build your woman's division, it can eventually be your bread and butter. USPW can become the only place for women to work and become huge stars and there are a LOT of talented ladies free for the picking. Worried about SWF and TCW stealing your male stars? They don't want the ladies, make them your go to talents.

- Lower your match ratio for TV down to like... 70%. Angles angles angles.

- Book USPW like USPW. Your fans don't give a crap about top notch ring work. Menace, star quality, charisma. The holy trinity. Book some squash matches, book silly angles, give people goofy gimmicks, don't take things to seriously. Book like your booking to entertain a bunch of six year olds.

- Don't go firing Redwood (his high menace stat means he's a valuable roster member)

- Book Sam Strong while you have him. Have the old fart wrestle and rub his insane overness all over someone your trying to get over. He should be all over your shows, have him manage Nicky or Des. Don't just let him sit there as a road agent.





USPW's fun because it levels the playing field... a guy like Billy Jack Shearer or Ronnie V. Pain becomes as valuable as Hell Monkey or Champagne Lover. I like that, opens up so many weird options when you're thinking about pushes or new hirings.

[takertitan]

its too hard to justify pushing red wood. With his lower overness level anyway and so many other better younger big guys around he normaly ends up quitting by my 2-3 months.

I started running inter-gender tag matches and now my womans division is finally useful. Plug some good woman workers with some ****ty over guys and u got a C+ match on your hands.

Push the **** out of Nicky Champion. like stupid crazy push. Sure he is not as good as some guys, but he will NEVER leave. good to have a few of them lying around.

Use the main event. the first 2-3 months u should basically flog the main event workers every chance u get. U need a few guys with A overness if u wanna build the other guys up and keep your ratings from tanking. I have Bruce,enygma, james, Nick, champagne, tyson, t-rex, sam all at or above A's. I inject them into any new guys match and they gain overness just from loosing open matches. My 1 key problem right now is the lack of mid range starts(C+ to B+) because once they get in that area with USPW's product they just shoot up to A's. Chris C is my main gate keeper for my big heels to go through and T-rex is my heel normally, depending on tyson's current push. Bruce should NEVER drop below A's. He is not strong enough in ring like tyson(yeah i just said tyson was good, wanna fight about it?) to get decent ratings without it.

my tag division is lacking in my current game. With a dev comp most of my face's i sign for USPW are down there training while i build some other guys. I have 4-5 teams at D+ pop without counting force/champion and titans. Its a great way to build a group of guys up. The Samoans are gold with USPW and sign them FAST.

I got Art and Bryan from japan early, with Steve Flash already on the roster. Guys on the main roster are trained by them. Having big guys go though flash then art brings up the stats amazingling well and tagging them with Bryan just helps more.

[Ghoul]

weird thing, i like uspw in this version a lot, its a lot fun and you can do so much. sure the rooster needs a bit of clean up but besides that its so much fun.

the womens devision is also a lot fun to toy with, many stuff you can do there and the women are still some of the best workers in the promotion and deliver good matches(more then the normal midcarders of uspw).

i just signed a working agreement with tcw, and i've got tommy cornell thanks to this(bruce will job a bit more in tcw^^). and thanks to bruces overness i can get everyone from tcw through talent trade, how awsome is that. i dont know yet what i want to do with cornell but i find something interesting

[Ping von Erich]

Who all do you guys hire as jobbers for the monsters? Darryl Devine, Des Davids, Bob Casey and The Masked Mauler do a lot of my jobs for guys like Tyson, Rex and Bruce.

[takertitan]

i pushed darryl this time to C because i went Kirk down to dev. when Kirk comes back they might turn heel together, rub off on him. I don't do a massive amount of squashes because of the lack of time. why spend 6 min doing a squash when i could do 6 min on an angle with sam that will give me a B-A rating?

i really need to get more monsters but i am trying to work within an age gap and quality limit. I have most of the good young no talent monsters sitting in dev. Hell is almost ready i think. he has got to D+ in all basics(selling?) and is now a D in brawling. I just sent Steve Flash down, with Larry Wood already down there with a few road agents. i have turned it into a hotbed of bad wrestlers or poor mic people. Roger cage is now a C- brawler, something i would love to use. he is now working on his tech stuff, getting into the D's. He is either going to come back with Sammy and do the tag or fill in the upper card as a solid lower class James Just sice.Jacob jett came up, been he is going to team with mainstream before he gets too high.

my tag division just felt a round of cuts, despite the fact that it was already light to start with. i got rid of the TCW rockstar team after jobbing them down to E-. i almost kept the 2 with good mence, but that age it just was not worth it. Hillbilliy's are gone as well, but who can keep them for a year with a decent division? With mainstream and jacob comming into the division, i am still sort a few. but i wont be able to give them time.


can't WAIT for Peter V to retire. the extra title free's up more space to push people. i am not sure who is gunna end the streak(think he is 36-0 or something lol) but normally its something epic from past games. not sure who is gunna do this 1, as most people i normally hand it off too are past his level. no way i am letting that sack of douch out without some mega L in the score board.

Nick is now in a fued with tyson after beating Bruce twice. The first was in a 3 way pinning Jumbo(B- pop). Bruce then flipped his **** and went after nick every chance he got. Sam went ala Hogan and "b lessed" Nick with the power of the Strong.at the title match, bruce dominated all match, but was caught into a roll up when going for a chokeslam that was on too tightly for even his massive power to over come. Tyson then rolls him after match :-p. thanks Tommy Dreamer

Gunna do a big 4 way for the number 1 contender next month. Tyson will have a sort, but eventful feud. Even if it scores the big ratings, its all just to wait for someone new to come into the title picture. T-Rex aint gettin no title shot any day soon, even at B+ overness.

[Tag01]

Has anyone tried to really up the Comedy in USPW? It seems like a good place for it, makes it even more ameniable for sponsors too. And it would also go from putting overness over performance to REALLY putting overness over performance which might be good given I don't have many really talented workers.

[Tag01]

Two days into the game Bruce announces he's retiring. :(

How much time do I have before he's out? Will he transition to semi-active or once he's retired will I be unable to get him in the ring at all?

[jesterx7769]

I believe someone said it has changed to three months not one month anymore. And you can get into the ring, even Sam Strong.

[Gigas]

If you actually take the time with the womens division, they can start headlining your shows and putting on the best matches. Sex Appeal, Star Quality and Menace is where its at.

[Marko]

We all know how much of a pain Peter Valentine is but here is what i have done.

I had install a new GM, Eric Tyler as it happens and when Peter intentionally got himself DQ'd on purpose to avoid losing the belt i had Eric come out and strip him of it anyway, following show Peter attacks Eric and he promptly fires him, all a work naturally and Peter is in fact is off to developemental, a small local fed i had already setup, this is great in several ways 1.Peter is out of my hands and i dont have to waste program time on him even pre show and 2nd he is being trained to improve entertainment skills so if a time comes when he somehow refuses to stay in the dev fed he might be half useful as a manager.
Intend to try similar trick with Giant Redwood just to keep his mate Danny sweet but even then another cunning plan at hand as Redwood is on a PPA deal with 17 months left and im hoping to get him to sign a really short written deal thus letting him go sooner when the contract expires.

[soundsofsilver]

What is the general experience with Bruce the Giant? A few people mentioned that Sam Strong resigned him on his own; should I count on this? His contract runs up in a couple months and it would make sense, storyline-wise, for him to win the World Title, but not if he's just going to leave the promotion...

[MightyDavidson]

*Considers restarting his USPW game to follow some of the suggestions in this thread*

Not that my USPW game is going bad but I made some brainfarts like not getting the Samoans and such.

[MightyDavidson]

Ok how the heck do Enygma and Jumbo Jackson have a bad match when there's no bad chemistry between them? Enygma's at B- popularity and Jumbo's at C- popularity and there was no notes about either of them being off their game. By all rights they should have managed at least a C, possibly a C+.

[juggaloninjalee]

I am considering doing a Team America VS "Bad Guys(NO NAME YET)"

Team America would be Captain USA leading it. American Machine, The Patriot, and then a 4th member who has a USA gimmick. Maybe Sgt. Bubba Lee West.

"Bad Guys" would be Corporal Doom, and Sheik Mustafa managing Fumihiro Ota, A Russian, A French, and a 4th guy. Not sure who to put in this group or what to name them but it leads to my next big storyline that I wanna do.

Any ideas???

[UkWrestleFan]

I'm kind of curious to see how a Painful Procedure reunion will do in USPW.

In my USPW game I've brought in BJ Shearer, Randall Hopkirk & Ronnie V Pain as 'The Band'. I've also got Jefferson Stardust in my development fed, a re-opened SCCW. The plan is to call him up in around 6 months as the lead singer of 'The Band' and hopefully have him become the next Jack Bruce, Troy Tornado etc.

We'll see...

[UkWrestleFan]

Oh, and another thing....

In my USPW, I have Hells Bouncer (re-named Damien Baal) managed by The Guru. I'm monster pushing him with Menace angles and having him feuding with Sam Strong (not in-ring....yet) and attacking people like James Justice, Chris Caulfield, Enygma etc.

Eventually, it's going to lead to a match with Nicky Champion in which he tries to burn Champion alive (yes, in USPW) The product is changing want it to be riskier/edgier. I've already tested whether or not Sam lets me change things and he does (had Risque set to medium and Hardcore to low)

What I was wondering was what kind of impact this will have on match grades, the fans etc.

[Hyde Hill]

Has anyone tried to really up the Comedy in USPW? It seems like a good place for it, makes it even more ameniable for sponsors too. And it would also go from putting overness over performance to REALLY putting overness over performance which might be good given I don't have many really talented workers.

For some odd reason while Comedy starts at Low for USPW and is an excellent fit for the product. The default data has it capped at Low. I generally override this as I find it ridiculous especially seeing as Risque and Cult start at none and can go to Medium when those are not the type of thing you would think of with USPW so I set those max low in exchange.

[juggaloninjalee]

I can't get too risky with USPW. To me it goes against what USPW would be. USPW is the alternative to SWF and TCW. Kid Friendly and built around family fun. I view the target audience to be between 5-16.

[UkWrestleFan]

I can't get too risky with USPW. To me it goes against what USPW would be. USPW is the alternative to SWF and TCW. Kid Friendly and built around family fun. I view the target audience to be between 5-16.

I see what you're saying but in my game the way I'm spinning it is that USPW is taking the next step. My User Character, Nemesis, is helping USPW evolve. There will still be elements of 80's nostalgia but he wants to try new things, riskier things. Maybe it will just be for a period of time and then things will go back to normal but in my current game Nemesis & Damien Baal (Hells Bouncer) are really the main focus.

Baal is basically a hybird of Kane & Abyss so for me, he wouldn't fit with UPSW's current product. 16 year olds would probably enjoy seeing James Justice put through a table, Sam Strong dropped on his head or an attempt and burning Nicky Champion alive but would a 5 year old? I'm talking about crazy risque. Maybe it'll only be every now and again but when it does happen it will be bat sh*t mental. For this reason, maybe risque should be low. Low = Not very often? I don't know.

As for Nemesis, well, he's Nemesis, famous for all the stuff he did with DaVE. He wants to bring some of that edge to USPW.

[angeldelayette]

Just wanted to bump this for all us USPW users.

[Candyman]

We all know how much of a pain Peter Valentine is but here is what i have done.

I had install a new GM, Eric Tyler as it happens and when Peter intentionally got himself DQ'd on purpose to avoid losing the belt i had Eric come out and strip him of it anyway, following show Peter attacks Eric and he promptly fires him, all a work naturally and Peter is in fact is off to developemental, a small local fed i had already setup, this is great in several ways 1.Peter is out of my hands and i dont have to waste program time on him even pre show and 2nd he is being trained to improve entertainment skills so if a time comes when he somehow refuses to stay in the dev fed he might be half useful as a manager.
Intend to try similar trick with Giant Redwood just to keep his mate Danny sweet but even then another cunning plan at hand as Redwood is on a PPA deal with 17 months left and im hoping to get him to sign a really short written deal thus letting him go sooner when the contract expires.

See, I'd do that, but it just feels unrealistic to me. I use Peter Valentine as my midcard gatekeeper of sorts, he's the guy that the lower guys fued with to build up to the midcard. Once they get more popular than him(so he won't mind losing to them), they'll go over. He usually defends the National title in the second match of the show, it's a good cooldown. He always stays a fixture in my midcard until Sam retires, and then I'll let his contract run down and transfer his popularity to others.

With Giant Redwood, just push the bejesus out of him. Squash nobodies every week, make sure you use the dominate road agent note, he gets massively over in no time. Then you can use him just like T-Rex and Bruce. He's always a big winner for me, unless I can't stop Jillefski from going to TCW. Then he's gone as soon as his contract is up. In my last USPW game, their contracts came up almost simultaniously, so it was perfect.

What is the general experience with Bruce the Giant? A few people mentioned that Sam Strong resigned him on his own; should I count on this? His contract runs up in a couple months and it would make sense, storyline-wise, for him to win the World Title, but not if he's just going to leave the promotion...

Sam will only resign him if you're at National already. If you're still at Cult, he likely considers you too big for him, and he's going to leave when his contract comes up.

Ok how the heck do Enygma and Jumbo Jackson have a bad match when there's no bad chemistry between them? Enygma's at B- popularity and Jumbo's at C- popularity and there was no notes about either of them being off their game. By all rights they should have managed at least a C, possibly a C+.

What notes was there? What road agent notes did you use? Was the crowd down, was it too long or short, etc? There's a lot of things that can negatively affect a match.

In my USPW game I've brought in BJ Shearer, Randall Hopkirk & Ronnie V Pain as 'The Band'. I've also got Jefferson Stardust in my development fed, a re-opened SCCW. The plan is to call him up in around 6 months as the lead singer of 'The Band' and hopefully have him become the next Jack Bruce, Troy Tornado etc.

We'll see...

I brought in Jacob Jett to be the lead singer(with Katie Cameron as the manager of all of them, so with their relationship I got them both on written deals), and after about a year he's on the verge of becoming an upper midcarder. BJ and Randall have been an anchor of the tag division, and Ronnei's been a surprise star...he's almost a main eventer.

[Lt. Lucrativo]

I've just started my first ever long-term USPW game, so I thought I'd ask any USPW veterans out there for any advice they'd be willing to share. I'm really not used to booking entertainment/popularity based promotions, but I'm having a good time learning. I'm pretty comfortable using entertainment, overness and menace based angles, and four months into the game, my major players are all between B+ and A* popularity and have correspondingly high momentum. But I haven't really seen a corresponding rise in match grades--I seem to still be topping out at B- or low B grades even between my biggest stars.

My main question, then, concerns how to maximize match grades. Using the default product, are there any particular types of matches beyond the basic 1v1 or 2v2 matches that USPW fans seem to enjoy? Cage or cell matches to focus on the brawling abilities of all of the monster heels? What road agent notes tend to lead to highly rated matches? To this point, I've been minimizing the use of road agent notes, basically just selecting the winner and only occasionally calling for an open match. Should I be doing something beyond that for my major matches? How much does match length matter? Am I missing something else that can affect match grades?

At a prior PPV, I had an Enygma v. Bruce the Giant match pull a 79 rating, which is a reasonable PPV main event for where we are now, but I've got a blow-off match between the two coming up and I'd like to get the grade higher--at least into the B+ range--if possible. I was hoping for a higher grade out of the first match given that the workers were at 93 and 94 popularity, respectively, both had mid-90s momentum and were involved in a storyline drawing heat in the mid-90s. Plus, it turned out that they had good chemistry. Still, the match grade was 15 to 20 points below the popularity and momentum of the participants without any obvious penalties being mentioned in the road agent notes. Now, Bruce isn't exactly Sean McFly in the ring, but I figured his massive overness and momentum would compensate for that. Given Bruce's stamina, the match was only 10 minutes long--significantly shorter than fans expect for a main event. How much of an effect, if any, could that have had on the grade? And if it does hurt the grade, is there any way to offset that penalty so that Bruce can better be used in main event matches?

Coming into the second match, Enygma's at 99 popularity and Bruce is at 100, they've still got high momentum and are still involved in a hot storyline. I've got to be able to get a B+ match out of the two hottest, biggest stars in North America, who also happen to have good chemistry, right? Any advice on how to ensure that that happens--along with any more general advice on booking matches in USPW--would be greatly appreciated.

[Comradebot]

Tell Bruce to get a treadmill...

And then slow build a 16 minute match between the two.

Even with D stamina, Bruce should be able to handle it WELL ENOUGH that the small penalty against his crappy stamina will make hitting the expected 16 minute main event match length in USPW worth it.

Oh, and try to put a B-ish segment infront of it, and no higher than something that should get a B. If think they can get a B+, then anything that could venture into A territory risks causing their match to be penalized for "lowering the crowds mood", which isn't what you want. That said, you also want the fans to be hot, so don't make the segment infront of them too crappy!

[Lt. Lucrativo]

Well, Enygma and Bruce scored an 80 in a 16-minute slow build match. A bit better than their last match, but still not quite up to my expectations. Bruce did get penalized for stamina according to the Dirt Sheet, but it didn't show up in the road agent notes which, I suppose, might mean that the penalty wasn't hugely significant. Disturbingly, I also got several penalties related to the announcing quality. I guess I'll have to make upgrading in that area a priority if I want to really challenge for high match grades.

In any case, now the Enygma v. Bruce feud is over and I can move on with someone who won't face the stamina penalties in my main events. I'd give anything to be National right now, as Sean McFly's contract with NOTBPW just expired and he's available to be signed. With a guy like McFly on board, I'd feel a lot better about being able to challenge TCW and NOTBPW for North American dominance a few years down the line. A quick Enygma heel turn and a McFly v. Enygma rivalry is one I feel like I could ride all the way to National level with ease.

[Comradebot]

I'd totally make McFly the heel. Have him come in as this normal sized, non-gimmicky, talented in-ring wrestler... every that USPW stands against... and work that angle. He's here to destroy USPW by turning it into another soulless boreland like NOTBPW and TCW!!!

[PeterHilton]

Sean McFly as a heel saying that USPW insults 'real wrestling' and that 'he liked it better in Canada' would be brilliant..shades of Lance Storm in the las years of WCW imo

[Lt. Lucrativo]

I'd totally make McFly the heel. Have him come in as this normal sized, non-gimmicky, talented in-ring wrestler... every that USPW stands against... and work that angle. He's here to destroy USPW by turning it into another soulless boreland like NOTBPW and TCW!!!

Yeah, that could be good, although I have a feeling that it might work better in the imagination than in the game given McFly's heel performance rating of 20. I already have James Prudence playing something similar to that role, though, but with a bit more of a c*cky heel edge. Of course McFly is significantly more accomplished than Prudence is and so would carry a lot more weight as an elite but soulless wrestling machine. It's moot for me, anyway, unless McFly remains unsigned long enough for me to reach National or for his popularity to fall to the point he's willing to consider signing for a Cult USPW. My guess is that's not going to happen.

[BrokenCycle]

After a long hiatus from TEW, I started a USPW save. Man is it fun.

I lost Tyson Baine, Bruce, and Liberty due to being too over for the promotion, but their losses didn't really hurt me. James Prudence is making a killing, Matthew Keith got over very quickly, and Mick Muscles became over from literally one win. He's now the #2 heel in the company behind T-Rex, who will be leaving shortly. My popularity is pretty stagnant, but I think I've gotten the formula down that I could gain popularity.

[Stennick]

How far along are you that you've lost Justice, Bruce, soon to be Rex and Baine thats like you're entire main event sans Enygma.

[BrokenCycle]

Bruce, James, and Baine all left within a couple weeks of each other in April 2010. I'm in August right now.

[Stennick]

Ouch thats a tough way to start out the game. Sure it gives you more than enough time for other guys to be over but dang thats nearly everybody I like to play USPW with.

[takertitan]

USPW was always my kind of promotion, slightly tweaked as i go through the years normally. In 2010, when i saw what big guys could now do, USPW has since been the only promotion i use(for some reason, i can't get into the big 2 or the DeColts).

i just kinda stumbled into this thread today and its made me want to start a fresh 1(made it 3 years into the other 1 but its lost its luster with only old guard never leaving). I am starting a new 1 and gunna try and build it correctly and not just shoot for B+ ratings every week like i normally do. 3 years in and all my old guard mines James Justice have stayed, some how. but the young guns i wanted to push bailed on me cause i didnt have written deals with a bunch of them.

[bigtplaystew]

I'm reading about why you wouldn't want two mid-card titles? Is this a problem? I'm a TEW newb so be kind.

[PyroFalkon]

So I just got the game a couple weeks ago and made USPW my chosen fed, so I figured I'd revive this thread. I started off by screwing myself by removing the storylines, and... well... let me copy-and-paste my blathering from another thread...

Okay, when I started my campaign, I immediately ended the current storylines and made new ones. I know it's easy in practice to add new storylines, but of the three or four that USPW starts off with, one is an A heat and another is a B- heat to start. What I did when I canceled the stories and made new ones (instead of evolving them or working with what I had, which would have been the smart thing) is that all the stories I made started at E- heat at worst, and C- heat at best. Right now, my best storyline is a C+.

Now, on top of that, I must have made some awful booking decisions, because... well, here's my problem. I've got only one worker whose momentum is better than C: that's Bruce the Giant at B-. Everyone else's momentum is C or worse, most are C- or worse, and none of my guys rated Midcarder or below is better than D+.

So... no one has strong momentum, no one has a good storyline, so I've got almost zero heat on everything I do, and none of my matches break the C- barrier in rating. I have a few angles that manage to break it (Bruce the Giant and Enygma interacting with each other tends to net me a B at worst), but not for the matches. Combined, my best shows are C-, and I can't seem to get past it.

I'm wondering if I screwed myself so badly that I should start over, but that just seems like too easy of a way out. I want to actually work through these problems but I don't know how to get past this sticky spot. Do I just pick one guy to go on a tear and give him win after win after win to build his momentum huge, THEN do some amazing storyline? ...Hm, that could be a storyline in and of itself, huh?

...Of course, I made that post before researching all about the Perfect Show Theory, the "Opener is worth a bunch of rating points" debate, and other general tidbits on how to actually play the game (brute/domination, never knew). I think I've got a better handle on things and I'm set to do a bit better.

I'm making a big thing out of my tag scene:

-Signed Nomad (renamed "The Nomad") and Hugh de Aske (renamed "The Mercenary") and made them a heel tag team.

-Turned Java and Tribal Warrior heels, which seemed to be needed because they weren't that great as faces in the first place.

Then, I signed Ant-Man, but something curious happened: after his first match, I got a note that Chris Caulfield took on Ant-Man as a protégé. So, I had a ridiculous idea, and did the following:

-Gave Ant-Man an alter ego, calling him "American Ant"

-Changing American Ant's gimmick to Underdog

-Putting a USPW-owned mask on American Ant, and...

-Made him and Caulfield a face tag team called "Patriot Act."

By having Patriot Act decimate Savage Fury and my Nomad/Merc tag team, I'm managing to get American Ant over, and Caulfield doesn't seem to mind being thrown into things with midcarders. American Ant is over enough that I've granted him a storyline, so now I've got a thing going with Tyson Baine and Anger teamed up against Patriot Act, and so far it's working well. American Ant is, hilariously, already up to Midcarder after five months and is flirting with Upper Midcarder.

As far as the opening thread question and Stew's last post: it just seems that there are too many titles for too few guys. I have this issue with real-life WWE as well. And my solution is to eventually unify the titles. I'm going to eliminate the TV title, but I haven't pulled the trigger yet because Peter Valentine is caught up in an awful storyline (Best of 7 story against The Force) that I need to finish out before I can get the title off him.

Edited to add: Forgot my future plans. I'm trying to bring in a few more women: my target women's division count is 8 or 9. I repackaged Raven Riley because her gimmick was a C-. I've got Sara Marie York and J-Ro both, which is really working out well. Belle Bryden and Cherry Bomb have a good chemistry when teaming, so they're a permanent team, but I'm not sure what I'm doing with the women's title or division otherwise. Other than that, I'm just trying to recover from some losses... James Justice was poached by SWF. I had signed Art Reed who tore crap up before being poached as well.

And then there's Giant Redwood, who I absolutely hated. He wound up farting and upsetting everyone, so I took that opportunity to fire him. He was predictably unhappy ("You're firing me FOR A FART???" Awesome.), but it actually got me huge bonus points in the locker room. Danny Jillefski is upset that Giant Redwood is gone and wants to be released, but I'm keeping him around for now until I find a replacement, then I'll let him go.

[Gigas]

Releasing him would just make Sam Strong upset anyway.

[KingOfKings]

Iv'e been playing with USPW recently, lost T-Rex and James Justice because we weren't big enough for them anymore. Had to let go of Jumbo Jackson because of Sam Strongs no Athletic or Psychology stats under 53 rule.

I brought in Champagne Lover and in 3 months he is my most over wrestler in the promotion, more popular in the USA than he is in Mexico with 90's strait across the board and he just won the USPW World Title a few weeks back and is currently feuding with Bruce The Giant.

Then of course I get that faithful email, SWF have made an offer to Champagne Lover. I was stunned, because of course I tried to negotiate with him, of course he wants to leave because we're not big enough for him.

So my world champion, most popular worker who is possibly the best wrestler on the roster is gone. Looks like I have to depend on James Prudence or BTG :(

[LiquidSwords]

How high was your negotiation? If you had a high negotiation stat you could have signed Champagne Lover to a written deal. When I played as USPW I signed him to a 3 year deal so he wouldn't leave when I decided to give him a huge push.

[PyroFalkon]

I tried signing Campagne Lover but messed up during negotiations, to the point where I lost him completely. Considering my negotiation rating is like a 4, I'm rather pleased this happened: I would have lost him eventually to stupid SWF anyway. Jerks.

I messed up negotiations because I opened by asking for $12,000/month written. He declined to sign the written deal with a cult promotion. So I switched it to Exclusive PPA but forgot to update the price. He refused again because he didn't want to be exclusive to me. So then I switched to PPA and lowered the price to like $2,000 or something, but then he refused because of the severe drop in offered wage. Given that I couldn't afford him at $12,000 PPA, I let him go entirely.

Just goes to show that you need to actually, you know, pay attention in negotiations. :)

[KingOfKings]

How high was your negotiation? If you had a high negotiation stat you could have signed Champagne Lover to a written deal. When I played as USPW I signed him to a 3 year deal so he wouldn't leave when I decided to give him a huge push.

My negotiation level is at 5. The thing is, once he got uber-popular (which was rather quick) He refused to even begin negotiating with a promotion my size. Iv'e never pushed someone that quickly and had them get over that much in such a short amount of time.

Let's just say i'm pissed. This guy was gonna be the franchise of USPW

[LiquidSwords]

Since USPW already meets the requirements to sign written contracts at cult its a good strategy to spend the majority of the points in negotiation. There is also a certain code that gives your user character max user stats.

[KingOfKings]

Yeah I know the code. Question is though, even if I have max negotiating points, won't he still refuse to sign with me on the basis that my promotion is still too small?

[LiquidSwords]

I think that there is a chance that he can still resign. There are a few issues though. Depending on his overness he may ask for a lot of money and Sam Strong may not let you pay him what he wants. The money thing should be no problem(Have to have $7,000,000 for people to sign written contracts at cult).

What is your prestige? I know if it falls too low you might not be able to sign him to written. Also how is your backstage?

[KingOfKings]

I think that there is a chance that he can still resign. There are a few issues though. Depending on his overness he may ask for a lot of money and Sam Strong may not let you pay him what he wants. The money thing should be no problem(Have to have $7,000,000 for people to sign written contracts at cult).

What is your prestige? I know if it falls too low you might not be able to sign him to written. Also how is your backstage?

Backstage is somewhere around 83%, his morale is he's happy with the way things are going and our prestige is around 79 I think.

Hopefully when bumping my negotiation stat all the way up he will actually enter negotiations with me. At this point he even refuses to do that.

[LiquidSwords]

If he is refusing to open negotiations you might not be able to resign him and that is going to suck. How is Nicky Champion? He is basically set up to be the main star for USPW.

Whenever I play as USPW before I book the first show I always have my negotiation stat maxed or use the code. My USPW games don't last because the promotion is very easy and I don't like the family friendly product.

[PyroFalkon]

Heh, I always feel like a total newbie when I read things like "USPW is very easy" while I'm struggling to hell and back with it. Then again, I am a total newbie: if USPW is easy, I'm glad I started with them and not a promotion that I would wind up running into the ground.

I'm trying to change USPW to get away from being too family friendly. I've increased the danger/intensity ratings, added more T&A, and am trying to get some degree of a hardcore scene involved. Sam Strong isn't really fond of my changes but I'm doing them slowly enough that he seems to tolerate me a bit.

My current new problem is that Bruce the Giant has my world title and is refusing to give it up to anyone, which is making things annoying as heck. I'm trying to get the belt on Enygma but Bruce just won't play along. I need to pull Enygma's momentum up in a hurry.

[LiquidSwords]

Well the reason it is easy because of the workers in the promotion being mostly monsters. Sure losing Bruce the Giant, James Justice, Tyson Baine, etc. can suck but if you have any workers with high menace it is easy to make another star. Performance skills help but popularity matters the most. Menace-based angles and squash matches with the dominate note are vital.

I wanted to make changes to the promotion but I tend to not do it because USPW will turn into SWF at cult level. CGC has had my interest and I may start a diary with them.

The best thing to do regarding Bruce is to have Enygma be more popular than him. He should drop the belt if Enygma is more over than he his. Have Enygma in angles with Sam Strong and with other popular workers and his overness should go up.

[Gigas]

Just job Champagne out so he loses pop and will sign with you. Or just cheat and use the editor.

As for changing the USPW product, I dont tind that works very well unless you plan on replacing almost the entire roster. Upping comedy is ok but like match intensity and danger not so much when you have guys with D- Stamina.

[LiquidSwords]

The only change I make to USPW's product is up comedy and maybe modern to low or medium.

[Stennick]

What their saying is you should have signed CL to a written from the get go. YOu have the ability to sign writtens and so when signing guys you look to push you need to sign them to writtens. Even if you don't plan on pushing them, the minute you see them getting into the C for pop category you have to know you're going to push them and sign them.

[PyroFalkon]

I'm still running at a lost every month... it's not going so easy for me.

One of the very first things I did was got a PPV contract, and turned all the events into PPV-sized ones. They had been Medium size. Would that have done it? Does increasing an event's size from Medium to PPV add a ton of cost to the show?

My PPV revenue has been steadily increasing since I started, and last month's event drew over $85,000, but if that's not enough to offset the cost of the show in the first place, then obviously I shouldn't do it. I can't seem to find a place anywhere that tells me exactly how much the PPV show is costing me, i.e., whether I'm running it at a profit.

Also not helping is that my TV deal fell through, and now the only way I get to be on TV is to give 100% of the revenue to the station. It's all falling apart! WAH!!!

[jhd1]

I'm still running at a lost every month... it's not going so easy for me.

One of the very first things I did was got a PPV contract, and turned all the events into PPV-sized ones. They had been Medium size. Would that have done it? Does increasing an event's size from Medium to PPV add a ton of cost to the show?

My PPV revenue has been steadily increasing since I started, and last month's event drew over $85,000, but if that's not enough to offset the cost of the show in the first place, then obviously I shouldn't do it. I can't seem to find a place anywhere that tells me exactly how much the PPV show is costing me, i.e., whether I'm running it at a profit.

Also not helping is that my TV deal fell through, and now the only way I get to be on TV is to give 100% of the revenue to the station. It's all falling apart! WAH!!!

How many people are coming to your shows? If you aren't pulling many people in then focus on your strongest area (South East) and only run there for a while. Have you added $4 to the ticket prices? They both should help your financial situation. Also, if you have 10 workers on written contracts (I think you should have) then run two or three house shows a week.

I've never had any problem making any money with USPW - are you losing a lot? Could be the number of workers and/or backstage rules are also having an effect.

[PyroFalkon]

I'm getting about 3,900 attendance for my TV shows, and about 10,000 for my PPVs, all in the Tri-State and South East areas; other areas are of course way lower. For ticket prices, I added $1... didn't think about adding more, but that's a good idea. I was just afraid I'd be over-charging.

I need to add house shows. Totally neglected to do that.

My losses per month are usually around $150,000. Since I started at $10m, I'll have enough to last me like four years before I go completely bankrupt. I have trimmed down some of the backstage rules, so now I'm only paying catering. I've got some good leadership skills, so my backstage stays nice and strong without problems.

[jhd1]

I'm getting about 3,900 attendance for my TV shows, and about 10,000 for my PPVs, all in the Tri-State and South East areas; other areas are of course way lower. For ticket prices, I added $1... didn't think about adding more, but that's a good idea. I was just afraid I'd be over-charging.

I need to add house shows. Totally neglected to do that.

My losses per month are usually around $150,000. Since I started at $10m, I'll have enough to last me like four years before I go completely bankrupt. I have trimmed down some of the backstage rules, so now I'm only paying catering. I've got some good leadership skills, so my backstage stays nice and strong without problems.

You are losing a lot of money...how many (actual) shows are you running a month? I know you said you had your TV deal cancelled - have you replaced it with weekly PPVs? I would imagine that the ticket sales from TV shows will help, even if you have to give up 100% revenue - just sign for one season and then if your pop goes up enough you might be able to knock it down.

You can add $4 to ticket prices before you get the message about a rise in price (i.e. before attendance drops). So if you've already added $1 just make sure to only add on another $3.

Try these for a month or two and you should start making money again.

[TheLeviticalLawKid3]

USPW just broke my heart. :(

After installing Update 1.1 finally, my USPW file corrupted. This is the SECOND time a dynasty game of mine has gone bad.

I was so mad, I was about to go somewhere with Sam's company.

Ah, well. I would have posted this on my dynasty thread, but it hasn't been updated in a while, so I'm gonna let it die in semi-silence.

Might start up a private game with USPW sometime soon, fix some things I messed up...you know, when the pain stops.

[Gigas]

USPW is a cash cow. Not sure how you are losing 150k a month. Do you have drugtesting on? Did you overpay some workers to written deals?

[PyroFalkon]

how many (actual) shows are you running a month?

I'm running five shows per month: weekly TV shows, plus one monthly PPV.

You can add $4 to ticket prices before you get the message about a rise in price (i.e. before attendance drops). So if you've already added $1 just make sure to only add on another $3.

Will absolutely do that as soon as I play again! :)

USPW is a cash cow. Not sure how you are losing 150k a month. Do you have drugtesting on? Did you overpay some workers to written deals?

I did a one-shot drug test when I took over, but that was it. For my first couple months, I had increased costs because I was using minor licensed music, but then I switched it back to in-house. Everything else I've got on the cheapest options, aside from catering as a backstage rule.

Just for hilarity's sake, I'll attach a screenshot of my latest financial sheet. Maybe just glancing over that will tell you where my problem is. I'm pretty sure at this point that, as you guessed Gigas, it's in the contracts...

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/443/iviewcapturedate2609201.jpg

Notice I lost 300k in July. Seriously: I need to go back to business school, lol.

[magik]

I'm running five shows per month: weekly TV shows, plus one monthly PPV.



Will absolutely do that as soon as I play again! :)



I did a one-shot drug test when I took over, but that was it. For my first couple months, I had increased costs because I was using minor licensed music, but then I switched it back to in-house. Everything else I've got on the cheapest options, aside from catering as a backstage rule.

Just for hilarity's sake, I'll attach a screenshot of my latest financial sheet. Maybe just glancing over that will tell you where my problem is. I'm pretty sure at this point that, as you guessed Gigas, it's in the contracts...

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/443/iviewcapturedate2609201.jpg

Notice I lost 300k in July. Seriously: I need to go back to business school, lol.

Are you running house shows and did you set your price to +4$ for all types?

You can usually do between 6-8k per house shows depending on the region thus on average with:

1 per week: 24k-32k
2 per week: 48k-64k
3 per week: 76k-96k
4 per week: 96k-128k
5 per week: 120k-160k
6 per week: 144k-192k
7 per week: 168k-224k

Basically you would still be in the red in February and July, but could be in the green in the others.

[PyroFalkon]

No, not yet. As soon as I play again -- I only fired up the game to take that screenshot -- I'll throw in a couple house shows and raise ticket prices.

[BrokenCycle]

Notice I lost 300k in July. Seriously: I need to go back to business school, lol.

I'm in year one of USPW so I could compare. There's three areas that are really hurting you right now. You're not getting enough PPV revenue, you're not getting enough ticket sales, and you're spending a little too much on workers.

I get around $130,000 on PPV numbers and about $400,000 on tickets each month.

[Gigas]

It also depends on what the ecomomy is like and what the wrestling industry leve is.

If its an F in both, well good luck to you.

[PyroFalkon]

I just wanted to drop a note thank all you guys for your help. After some product tweaks, the addition of three house shows per week, an increase in ticket prices, and some damn good booking decisions, I've greatly recovered from my financial problems. I'm still operating at a very slight loss and I'm still hurting on worker costs, but Bruce has declared he's too good for me, so that'll save me some cash. Meanwhile, if I can keep riding this momentum, I'll finally be in the black soon, I just know it. If I can convince the TV station to actually start giving me a cut of the profits, I'll really be good to go!

I've attached my updated financial statement, just as a matter of pride. And, you know, as thanks again for the help!

http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/3716/iviewcapturedate0410201.jpg

[PoisonedSuperman]

USPW and the TV game.

I was wondering how do I get my show on a bigger network, I mean I know how to do it but how do I do it without being off the air for some time? I just want to switch from the Sports America next work to a medium sized one without losing any air time. Is it even possible?

[BrokenCycle]

USPW and the TV game.

I was wondering how do I get my show on a bigger network, I mean I know how to do it but how do I do it without being off the air for some time? I just want to switch from the Sports America next work to a medium sized one without losing any air time. Is it even possible?

You don't lose air time if you switch networks with a month left on the deal. You'll continue to air on Sports America until the month is up, then switch to whatever network picks you up.

[PyroFalkon]

Hey, BrokenCycle, that reminds me of I question I have. In your experience, does the game have a "loyalty factor" when it comes to TV shows? What I'm asking is, say I'm on one TV station already. Would I get a theoretical better deal on that TV station because I'm already there, than if I hadn't been there in the first place?

Here's the thing... one reason my TV deal fell apart in my game was because of my stupidity. I forget what station you start on in USPW, but I wanted to move, so I let that deal expire. I then went to the Pop! Network, but they wanted 100% of the revenue, and I thought I was better than that, so I ended negotiations. I then went back to the original station, but they offered the same deal as Pop! despite the fact that they had been happy with 90% of the TV revenue in the first place. If I had just extended the original deal, would I still actually be making some of that TV revenue?

Hm... I just thought of a simple way to word the question. If I extend a TV deal, do the terms of the deal (revenue sharing, show cost splitting) stay the same? Or do I have a chance to renegotiate them?

[Gigas]

Theres no loyalty. If you tried to renew with the original station, they'd ask for 100%.

The only reason its 90% to start is because thats what the editor says.

[PyroFalkon]

Man. Then, I know what my most massive mistake was in starting my campaign: I set my "Negotiation" skill to 4. This has caused the inflated worker contracts and the relative lack of PPV and TV revenue. I mean, I know I made a ton of other mistakes too, but by setting my Negotiation that low, I think I doomed myself to a tough start.

Oh well. I'm going to stick with it. I've decided to try to "make" Xavier Reckless: he's starting to get out of his rut thanks to your help and some better booking decisions. Plus, with Bruce on his way out, I'll start being able to get some money back, and who knows? I might be able to eventually save USPW (that is, save it from myself!) and start expanding soon. I still can't get a show better than a C+ rating, but at least those C+'s are consistent.

[Gigas]

you could always use the Sophie code to max out all your stats, including negotiating.

With USPW, you always want to start with an 8 in negotiating, imo. Allows you to sign written deals and for less money.

[ritwik]

You don't lose air time if you switch networks with a month left on the deal. You'll continue to air on Sports America until the month is up, then switch to whatever network picks you up.

Is this so even if the new network has the same broadcast regions as the old one?

[PyroFalkon]

you could always use the Sophie code to max out all your stats, including negotiating.

With USPW, you always want to start with an 8 in negotiating, imo. Allows you to sign written deals and for less money.
Ah, I miss Sophie...

I thought about that, but it just seems too... cheap to me. I can't really learn the game well if I'm already taking the easy way out, you know? Maybe if I start a second campaign I'll do it, but right now, I'll just roll with the punches. Like I said, I'm VERY curious how losing Bruce is going to play out for me, and that might turn my fortunes around.

[Bigpapa42]

Ah, I miss Sophie...

I thought about that, but it just seems too... cheap to me. I can't really learn the game well if I'm already taking the easy way out, you know? Maybe if I start a second campaign I'll do it, but right now, I'll just roll with the punches. Like I said, I'm VERY curious how losing Bruce is going to play out for me, and that might turn my fortunes around.

Understandable... but its an option that is provided as part of the game for a reason. Its not like its cheating - its a decision, and one that comes with consequences, as putting more points in Negotiating means less points for other areas.

[Gigas]

Understandable... but its an option that is provided as part of the game for a reason. Its not like its cheating - its a decision, and one that comes with consequences, as putting more points in Negotiating means less points for other areas.

Hes talking about the Sophie code, which is cheating.

[Bigpapa42]

Hes talking about the Sophie code, which is cheating.

Ah, well that's even more understable. That is cheap. I thought he meant the 8 in Negotiating... My bad...

[PyroFalkon]

What Gigas said. My mistake is that I put 7 points into Leadership because I was paranoid about the backstage environment, but USPW is pretty stable already. If I could do it over -- I mean, I know I can, I'm just talking about lessons learned -- I would reverse it, and put 7 in Negotiating and 4 in Leadership.

Still, I'm halfway to getting my first earned point, so I'm not too worried about it. I just have to exercise some fiscal responsibility in the meantime.

[Gigas]

I think leadership is actually the most useless skill there is because you can easily sign a Davis Wayne Newton, Sara Marie York, Amber Allen etc to improve the locker room and your roster.

Motivation you can just give guys raises, but its still useful.

Creativity and Negotiating you cant get anywhere else. Of course if you are running a fed where gimmicks dont matter, creativity is useless but in USPW its good to have.

[PyroFalkon]

Agreed. I'm going to definitely go with major points into Negotiation if I do a second campaign. I've actually considered starting over, making my own fed from nothing and trying to raise it up the ranks, making a fed in my own image. (My "dream fed" is basically old-school ECW with slightly less of a hardcore focus and significantly more of a technical focus.)

I know this is a stupid excuse, but... the main reason I haven't started over is because I want to make some graphics for my logo and title belts and such, and I'm not so good with image editors! :) But I'm sorta loving my little USPW campaign despite the problems, and I figure that I'm not going to attempt making my own fed from the bottom until I can actually run "a cash cow" and "an easy fed" like USPW at a solid profit. I figure if I can't get USPW off the ground, I'm going to have no chance working on my own fed.

[Gigas]

Agreed. I'm going to definitely go with major points into Negotiation if I do a second campaign. I've actually considered starting over, making my own fed from nothing and trying to raise it up the ranks, making a fed in my own image. (My "dream fed" is basically old-school ECW with slightly less of a hardcore focus and significantly more of a technical focus.)

I know this is a stupid excuse, but... the main reason I haven't started over is because I want to make some graphics for my logo and title belts and such, and I'm not so good with image editors! :) But I'm sorta loving my little USPW campaign despite the problems, and I figure that I'm not going to attempt making my own fed from the bottom until I can actually run "a cash cow" and "an easy fed" like USPW at a solid profit. I figure if I can't get USPW off the ground, I'm going to have no chance working on my own fed.


I just create my own fed and call it XWA since it has all the images minus PPV show images, which a lot of companies lack anyway.

Either that or just download a 77 or 97 mod and use one of the old feds not in the current database.

[PyroFalkon]

Just wanted to give a quick update on how my fed is shaking out...

One of Sam Strong's owner goals for me is to not sign or re-sign anyone under C- charisma. Between that goal, my crappy Negotiation skill, and SWF being jerks, I've now lost: Giant Redwood (fired), Bruce the Giant (refused to re-sign due to his overness), James Justice (poached by SWF), T-Rex (below C- Charisma), and Peter Valentine (retired). Well, and Captain USA retired too, but he was low on the card anyway, and he's now a manager by choice.

My point is, I basically lost half my upper midcarders and main eventers, so my roster is pretty strange. I've made a bunch of signings so I'm holding easily to the ideal wrestler counts, but I've had to promote some guys and sign others, making my USPW a bit unrecognizable from the default start. But: I'm thinking with all these releases, I should be able to maintain profitability, so hopefully my fortunes will finally turn.

[Gigas]

Your in ring work should improve a lot too because outside of James Justice most of those guys just suck.

[PyroFalkon]

Indeed. Sam Strong is blocking me from changing the product to the way I want it -- where popularity and performance are at least equal -- but I am loving the "Call in ring" agent note. I've got nine women for my Women's Division; seven have at least a B- Psychology, and the other two have a C+. Ergo, in ANY women's match I do, I have them call it in-ring. I'm to the point where every single women's match gives me a C- at worst, even with bad heat or low momentum or whatever.

Taking my lesson from that, I've started trying to get the guys geared that way too. For some reason, Tyson Baine and Enygma are really clicking, and now that Bruce is gone and the World Title is "mine" again (Bruce was bogarting it and using his creative control to stop me from taking it off him), I think we can start seeing some good-quality matches that fans appreciate. Enygma/Baine got me a B- the last time I had them fight, and it was an accidental ordinary match. I can just imagine the ratings if I build up the feud and make a title up for grabs too.

[Gigas]

Call in ring note is for B- and greater. Using it in any match with someone below b- will get you a penalty.. meaning everyone in the match needs the b- or greater, not just one.

just an fyi.

[BrokenCycle]

Just wanted to give a quick update on how my fed is shaking out...

One of Sam Strong's owner goals for me is to not sign or re-sign anyone under C- charisma. Between that goal, my crappy Negotiation skill, and SWF being jerks, I've now lost: Giant Redwood (fired), Bruce the Giant (refused to re-sign due to his overness), James Justice (poached by SWF), T-Rex (below C- Charisma), and Peter Valentine (retired).

I lost all those guys too, but you could easily push guys like Danny Rushmore, Jumbo Jackson, and Mick Muscles because of their menace. Andre Jones and Nicky Champion can also be great.

How about this for an owner's goal, though. Sam Strong once gave me this ridiculous selling goal, that would have literally wiped out most of my roster. I promptly turned them off.

[Gigas]

I hate Andre Jones. I dont know why but hes one of my most hated workers in the CV world.

I think its because he never improved in my USPW game and became a huge cancer backstage. I usually take the title off him promptly to reunite the titles and can his ass.

[PyroFalkon]

I'm pushing all the guys BC named, indeed, and they're mostly working out. Danny was supposed to be let go (less than C- charisma), but I like him, so I went ahead and ignored that particular goal when I re-signed him. Andre Jones meanwhile... I don't know, I didn't used to like him, and I still don't really know what to do with him, but I went ahead and pushed him. The creative team thinks he should be an Upper Midcarder, but that's absolutely not going to happen; I like him, but not that much.

This is why I'm keeping on with my USPW campaign even though I've made the tons of mistakes I've talked about in the thread: with the massive shake-up on the roster, it will be a challenge to figure out what to do to get things back on track.

Oh, and thanks for the FYI, Gigas. I haven't seen the penalty for running a "Call In Ring" note with a C+ psychology yet, so perhaps I'm just lucky. Either way, I'm trying to sign guys who have a strong psychology so I can use the note more.

[MorenoKing24]

I couldn't get NYCW or FCW to be my developmental company so I'm thinking I'll just start my own since you start out with plenty of cash. Any recommendation on which size to start it off as, not sure if bigger matters but I'm not really wanting to spend $5M on the largest option you can get.

[jhd1]

I couldn't get NYCW or FCW to be my developmental company so I'm thinking I'll just start my own since you start out with plenty of cash. Any recommendation on which size to start it off as, not sure if bigger matters but I'm not really wanting to spend $5M on the largest option you can get.

The thing with USPW is they start off with a lot of cash to make use of the cult written deals. Assuming you haven't jumped to national, if you spend too much on your dev territory you won't have enough money to sign people to written deals and, consequently, you won't be able to send anyone down to work there.

[PoisonedSuperman]

Okay so I brought someone in who has ZERO overness. Geena The Warrior Princess. She's a heel right now and I feel that she can be huge to my woman division, how do you deal with someone who has literally no overness?

PS I just made out big time, I signed Lead Belly who just started a fued with Darryl Devine simply by beating Devine and Darryl not letting go. Devine has brought in Gareth Wayne (as John Doe Devine) to be his bodyguard... guess whose contract comes up and signs with USPW? Grease Hogg!!! Too bad I split up the Tower of Powers.

[Gigas]

Okay so I brought someone in who has ZERO overness. Geena The Warrior Princess. She's a heel right now and I feel that she can be huge to my woman division, how do you deal with someone who has literally no overness?

PS I just made out big time, I signed Lead Belly who just started a fued with Darryl Devine simply by beating Devine and Darryl not letting go. Devine has brought in Gareth Wayne (as John Doe Devine) to be his bodyguard... guess whose contract comes up and signs with USPW? Grease Hogg!!! Too bad I split up the Tower of Powers.

Dark Matches. Maybe even put her on colour for awhile.

[PoisonedSuperman]

Bruce The Giant won the USPW title in February in a 3 way dance with Chris Caulfield and Enygma, @ Declaration of Indepedance I had Caulfield win the title.

Afterwards I had Bruce extend his hand to Caulfield but Chris didn't shake, executing the double turn. I've switched Caulfield to a man on a mission gimmick which he will debut next time he's on screen as the champion. His mission to get Bruce The Giant out of USPW forever. Bruce has 50 days on his contract and no way he will resign with me although I'm not sure if his relationship with Strong will mean Sam brings him back but I was thinking that Caulfield could use an under the radar manager but no one is coming to me. What do you guys think?

After he fueds with Bruce he's going against Justice or Enygma where he will lose the title. He only has 4 months on his contact remaining.

[Gigas]

Bruce The Giant won the USPW title in February in a 3 way dance with Chris Caulfield and Enygma, @ Declaration of Indepedance I had Caulfield win the title.

Afterwards I had Bruce extend his hand to Caulfield but Chris didn't shake, executing the double turn. I've switched Caulfield to a man on a mission gimmick which he will debut next time he's on screen as the champion. His mission to get Bruce The Giant out of USPW forever. Bruce has 50 days on his contract and no way he will resign with me although I'm not sure if his relationship with Strong will mean Sam brings him back but I was thinking that Caulfield could use an under the radar manager but no one is coming to me. What do you guys think?

After he fueds with Bruce he's going against Justice or Enygma where he will lose the title. He only has 4 months on his contact remaining.

Just make sure Chris is close enough to Bruce in pop or Bruce wont do the job.

[Teh_Showtime]

Bring in Brett Starr as his manager if you dont have him already. He is GOLD on the Mic and young, and related to Micky.

I have him as color in my TCW game for my B show until he will eventually debut in ring

[PoisonedSuperman]

Well things just kind of played out good for me as Billy Bear Bekowski's contract with SWF went up so I paired him as Caulfields bodyguard. Obviously he's not going to beat Bruce but he'll be able to use his Menace and Bruce's popularity to pull off some decent monster unleashed angles! It will get him over at least a little bit before Bruce leaves.

[BrokenCycle]

I found that I revolve my booking around workers' contracts. If a worker has a while until their deal is up, I'll push them, but will wait if they're just going to leave if they get too popular. Tyson Baine and T-Rex are going to be leaving soon, so I'm going to put Des Davids and Freddie Datsun over them a couple times by DQ and a clean victory to get them over.

Unfortunately Grandmaster Phunk and Darryl Devine's contracts are coming up, and I expect them to leave eventually. I made them a makeshift tag team just for a short feud with Towers, and they have been killing it. Phunk and Andre Jones have great chemistry and got me a very surprising B- match, and Towers vs Phunk and Devine got an outstanding B rating.

If I don't get my promotion momentum back to 71.1, I can't sign written deals. I've sort of hit a skid and need high C+ and B- shows to even gain popularity and raise it.

[PoisonedSuperman]

I was just coming on to ask why no one wanted to sign written deals with me any more when I read the above post about having to get momentum up to 71. Is this true?

My backstage area is almost a hundred (which I really didn't even want but oh well), I have at least 11 million dollars but I'm doing a show now so I can't check popularity. EVery show I've run since the game started has said that I increased popularity. Could losing Bruce and Mick Muscles hurt my momentum that much? What else could it be?

Also how can I raise my importance, my popularity at its lowest across the US is like a 59 yet I have very low importance except in SW and Tri-state areas. The wrestling and economy are both very down to a 11 and 33 respectively and are still falling. But good thing about that is that there isn't too much further down to go.

[jhd1]

I was just coming on to ask why no one wanted to sign written deals with me any more when I read the above post about having to get momentum up to 71. Is this true?

My backstage area is almost a hundred (which I really didn't even want but oh well), I have at least 11 million dollars but I'm doing a show now so I can't check popularity. EVery show I've run since the game started has said that I increased popularity. Could losing Bruce and Mick Muscles hurt my momentum that much? What else could it be?

Also how can I raise my importance, my popularity at its lowest across the US is like a 59 yet I have very low importance except in SW and Tri-state areas. The wrestling and economy are both very down to a 11 and 33 respectively and are still falling. But good thing about that is that there isn't too much further down to go.

Each region has it's own importance level fixed and this acts upon your popularity. I can't remember off hand the numbers but, for example, if North-West (USA) is set at 90% importance, and USPW's popularity in that area is 50, then USPW's importance would be 45 (90% of 50). That's why it is so hard to get to national in the UK/Australia (because the importance levels are low you need much higher pop to jump size). If I remember correctly, the Tri-state (and Mid-South?) has 100% importance, so your importance will always be equal to your popularity in that region.

And yes, you must have B- momentum to sign written deals.

[PoisonedSuperman]

Yes so my momentum is wayy down, any advice on on how to get that back up? If its because I lost Bruce The Giant, I'm in for another huge let down as Caulfield is coming up quick.

[BrokenCycle]

Yes so my momentum is wayy down, any advice on on how to get that back up? If its because I lost Bruce The Giant, I'm in for another huge let down as Caulfield is coming up quick.

It goes up and down 1.0% every show that affects your popularity. Goes up on a good show, down on a bad show, and stays the same when you get the "No Comments..." note.

Just put on a string of shows that increase your popularity.

[jhd1]

It goes up and down 1.0% every show that affects your popularity. Goes up on a good show, down on a bad show, and stays the same when you get the "No Comments..." note.

Just put on a string of shows that increase your popularity.

How did you find that out? I've always found that, barring any other factors (e.g. losing/signing stars or dirty tricks) it sticks pretty closely to my show grades. If I get six C+s on a trot, then my momentum will be C+, if I get four B+s in a row, I'll end up with B+ momentum. Certainly it never seems to go above my show grades.

[BrokenCycle]

How did you find that out? I've always found that, barring any other factors (e.g. losing/signing stars or dirty tricks) it sticks pretty closely to my show grades. If I get six C+s on a trot, then my momentum will be C+, if I get four B+s in a row, I'll end up with B+ momentum. Certainly it never seems to go above my show grades.

Really.

I just put on an E rated show as USPW to test this, and it lowered my momentum by 1%. I check it every show and it's always lower/raised by 1%.

[jhd1]

Really.

I just put on an E rated show as USPW to test this, and it lowered my momentum by 1%. I check it every show and it's always lower/raised by 1%.

Sorry, I didn't really explain that very well. I don't mean that it doesn't increase or decrease by 1, I meant that, personally, I've never seen it go above or below my average show rating. Because I tend to get the same grades each time, if I consistently put on B- graded shows with USPW, all of which increase pop, my momentum goes up, but never above B-.

Perhaps I've just never had the right amount of increases to see it jump that high. :confused:

[PoisonedSuperman]

After one show my momentum did go up by 1 but then the next show even with being one of my best shows it went down 4! Stupid Caulfield!! So I'm guessing its -5 for losing him and +1 for the show.

[TakerNGN74]

This may be a dumb question as I might be missing something, but in my current USPW game I am losing money every month. I cant seem to figure out why I went and increased ticket prices by $4 at the start of the game and I am running house shows four days a week. I am wondering if there is anything else I should be doing to make money because right now I am losing money every week.

[BrokenCycle]

This may be a dumb question as I might be missing something, but in my current USPW game I am losing money every month. I cant seem to figure out why I went and increased ticket prices by $4 at the start of the game and I am running house shows four days a week. I am wondering if there is anything else I should be doing to make money because right now I am losing money every week.

Run pay per views and make sure you set every event to be a pay per view.

[TakerNGN74]

Oh thats the one thing I forgot to do, However I decided not to go forth with this game as I wasn't that into it and if I am not into a game then I can't play it so I started a new game with NOTBPW. If I play another game with USPW in the future I will remember to do that but after my NOTBPW game I will probably go back to my FCW game which you can read about in the whats going on in your game thread (Cheap Plug I know).

[PoisonedSuperman]

I just pillaged Exodus 2010! Taking a good road agent, a good ref, a good title and 4 or 5 young wrestlers with me! Feels good.

[cappyboy]

Question since I've been toying with revisiting the world of a being a fed with TV again and getting a USPW game rolling. What do y'all do with The Sneer Corporation? That stable tends to be an impediment to getting the ball rolling for me. I don't know what it is but I don't particularly like the idea of Sneer broadcasting and running a stable at the same time. I get why he's the mouthpiece. The only guy in the group who starts out even close to knowing more than how to turn a mic on is Jumbo Jackson. But then I don't work too many stable angles when I play my training feds. Could it be I'm just overthinking?

[BrokenCycle]

Just had my best ever show, Thanksgiving Thunder with a B+ rating. James Justice vs Caulield was my best ever match with a B+, and I'm guessing it could have been an A if I had just protected Caulfield's stamina. Also on the show Bruce the Giant and Larry Wood beat Enygma and Jumbo Jackson in a B- co-main, very recently (two shows ago) turned Des Davids beat his tag team partner Freddie Datsun in a B rated match, and Grandmaster Phunk and Darryl Devine beat The Towers of Power to win the tag team titles in a B- match.

I need to do some overness juggling, though. All of my upper midcarders have B- popularity, and all my main eventers have A popularity and higher. Lots of people will be leaving soon.

[Gigas]

Question since I've been toying with revisiting the world of a being a fed with TV again and getting a USPW game rolling. What do y'all do with The Sneer Corporation? That stable tends to be an impediment to getting the ball rolling for me. I don't know what it is but I don't particularly like the idea of Sneer broadcasting and running a stable at the same time. I get why he's the mouthpiece. The only guy in the group who starts out even close to knowing more than how to turn a mic on is Jumbo Jackson. But then I don't work too many stable angles when I play my training feds. Could it be I'm just overthinking?

Micky Starr is doing the tv show. You could just have him do events too. I personally dont like the stable at all so find a way to break them up.

[cappyboy]

Micky Starr is doing the tv show. You could just have him do events too. I personally dont like the stable at all so find a way to break them up.

Okay. Guess I should have looked more closely into that. I may take that route but it's not as big a deal as I was thinking.

[PoisonedSuperman]

My Sneer Corporation has a lot of big time Monsters in it:

Danny Rushmore and Danny Patterson as the New Towers
Des Davids who recently turned on Freddie Datsun to join
And heavyweight contender Man Mountain Cahill.

I actually ADDED a title to USPW to go along with all the others, I'm going to have Sneer trying to win all the gold, including the womans since I have Geena The Warrior Princess.

I just wish Arcadia would let me get 2 hours instead of 1 and a half but they never let me extend it!

[cappyboy]

What about Jumbo Jackson and Mick Muscles? Where did they go? I really want to buff up Mick on the mic and send him after the world title. For some reason the idea of him being the Tommy Rich of of the USPW World Title doesn't sit right with me.

[PoisonedSuperman]

They're both gone now but originally Jumbo Jackson was kicked out when Man Mountain Cahill was brought in (I wanted to bring in the whole painful procedure but Sam Strongs owner goals wouldn't allow me to sign Randal Hopkirk.) I then kicked out Mick to have a short fued with Danny until I brought in Danny Paterson so I turn him and then go to sign Patterson but his basics are too low for Strong.

After buying out EXODUS 2010 I find that I can bring guys over that I normally can't so I buy out MOSC and bring Patterson in to form the New Towers. Only problem is that his contract is coming up and I don't want to cross the boss. So I've actually decided to bring Mick Muscles back, he hasn't signed but i sent him a request.

On an unrelated note... I'm one day away from finishing a year! I"ve had all the TEW's and played EWR and don't remember ever getting to a year =x

[eayragt]

What about Jumbo Jackson and Mick Muscles? Where did they go? I really want to buff up Mick on the mic and send him after the world title. For some reason the idea of him being the Tommy Rich of of the USPW World Title doesn't sit right with me.

I feel the same about him but man... his mic work really needs buffing up. I just don't think he's got a second World Title reign in him in the new USPW.

[Eisen-verse]

For those booking USPW, were you able to gain a second show during the February TV negotiation period? I put some feelers out there; however, don't know if it will really come back the way I want.

I want to create a "B Show" so I can give some of my undercard a shot on TV (Jones, Devine, Redwood, The Force, etc.) while also making room for a new wave of competitors to show up.

Thank you!

Cheers.

E-V

[20LEgend]

For those booking USPW, were you able to gain a second show during the February TV negotiation period? I put some feelers out there; however, don't know if it will really come back the way I want.

I want to create a "B Show" so I can give some of my undercard a shot on TV (Jones, Devine, Redwood, The Force, etc.) while also making room for a new wave of competitors to show up.

Thank you!

Cheers.

E-V

No, can't get one at cult

[Eisen-verse]

No, can't get one at cult

BOOOOOOOOO!!!!
:rolleyes:

Thank you, 20LEgend! Now, I just need to re-think about how to go about things moving forward.

Cheers.

E-V

[vpower]

How you handle the T.V title? Is it defended like in the late 90's WCW, in every TV broadcast? Or is it defended like in ECW, or like now days TNA, once in a while?