[HYPE] War Of The Immortals - A TEW08 Mod by Tommy

[tommytomlin]

I don't know how it happened, but it did. It was October 1st, 2008, a normal day, like thousands of normal days before it. People went to work, they went home, they watched their televisions and laughed with their friends. But something was different. And I was the only one who noticed.

My normal day, my normal existence was turned upside down by a lousy poster. I barely glanced at it as I walked to the subway, but something made me turn back. I thought it was a joke.

I stared at it for a good minute. It confused and fascinated me, but it took a stranger to freak me out.

"I got tickets to that," said the middle-aged man. I wouldn't normally talk to a stranger outside a subway station, but this was different.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"I bought a piece of paper that lets me get into the arena, genius - are you messed up?" he replied. I quickly corrected myself. "You more of a Mid-Atlantic man, ay? Or one of those OWW marks?"

"I.. I guess," I replied. "I mean I watch the WWE?"

"The what?" he replied. "What's the WWE?"

And that's when I knew, something had gone wrong. Horribly wrong.

Over the next twenty minutes, the stranger told me everything (except his name). Every wrestler I could think of, old, young, alive, dead - they were all wrestling. Now. There was no Wrestlemania, no Attitude Era, no WCW, no ECW, no WWF or WWE or WWWF. There were promotions, successful promotions, all across the entire country. Wrestling was white-hot in every territory, with tens of millions of loyal fans.


The Immortals of Wrestling were alive. And it was beautiful.

[Stennick]

You truly are a step above the rest sir. This looks truly flipping awesome man.

[brat99]

With the quality of all of your previous work, I now have the huge problem of hating the wait until '08 is out even more. I can't wait to see what you come up with for this one Tommy!

[alden]

man, hyping a diary for a game five to six month out lol, got to admit that is a intresting move. but loved your stuff before so, can't wait.

[brat99]

Originally Posted by alden

man, hyping a diary for a game five to six month out lol, got to admit that is a intresting move. but loved your stuff before so, can't wait.

I believe he his hyping what will be his first mod for '08, not a diary.

[tommytomlin]

You'd think the word 'Mod' in the thread might have given some kind of cryptic clue

And hi Stennick!

[alden]

thought it was a diary/mod the way it was being presented...well anyways, still cool

[imnotbooked]

I'm lookin' forward to this one! I will be very interested to see how you remedy the problem of so many people being able to main event with the best of every era in the mod....

[Jaded]

Looks very nice, Tommy - has moved my interest in TEW 2008 up a fair bit, and it was already sky high!

[XxFutureLegend112xX]

Sounds cool ill be looking very foward to it

[chris caulfield]

sounds cool I'll give it a try.

[djthefunkchris]

Tommy, Are you going to use them at their Athletic best, or the "Height" of their carreer? Or combining the best of both?

I'm sure you know what I mean, but in case I confused anyone else... People like Hogan were in much better shape (Physically) BEFORE they were world Reknown, however the injuries might not have taken their toll till later in their carreer.


I plan on stealing everything off this and making/combining it to make a personal mod from it.

[Stennick]

Always nice to see somebody I know round these parts Tommy. Haven't seen you in forever man, I'd say its safe to say Year(s). I see I have entered the element of the Tomlin Man when I come here to the GDS Mods. Good to know you're still around man.

[tommytomlin]

Originally Posted by djthefunkchris

Tommy, Are you going to use them at their Athletic best, or the "Height" of their carreer? Or combining the best of both?

I'm sure you know what I mean, but in case I confused anyone else... People like Hogan were in much better shape (Physically) BEFORE they were world Reknown, however the injuries might not have taken their toll till later in their carreer.

I plan on stealing everything off this and making/combining it to make a personal mod from it.

It's a mix of both really, not locked down into a definite time. Hulk Hogan in this could be the Hulk Hogan of the 1980's or the 1990's, Flair could be any time in the 1980's, as could Steamboat. Guys like Austin and The Rock had more specific peaks, so they're easier to figure out.

The contentious point of the mod is how I've handled some of the older workers from the 60's and 70's. Buddy Rogers is an semi-active wrestler, but Gorilla Monsoon is an older commentator, just because I think most of the people playing the mod remember Gorilla as the legendary play-by-play guy. Bruno Sammartino is an active wrestler, but Stu Hart is a road agent.

I figured not everybody could be an active wrestler at their peak, so I've made a few judgement calls that people can change if they care too much.

As for popularity, that's another story all together

[Stennick]

I think its best to use these guys in a position that most of us know them from. Most of us know Gorilla as a PBP guy, most of us know Heenan as a Manager or Color guy. However like you said most of us know Bruno as only a wrestler.

I guess the popularity issue doesn't come too much into play because you might have 20 guys that are all time legends at the top of everybody's list. Guys like Lou Thesz, Bruno, Superstar Billy Graham, Hogan, Flair, Piper, Andre etc.

Then you got guys like Hart, Michaels, Hall and Nash, Sting, The Undertaker, guys that were pretty much last generations big names.

Then you got guys like Cena, Trips, The Rock, Austin, Foley.

So I gotta say it'll be interesting to see how you juggle all these big names. I mean in theory there are enough "legends' out there past, present and future to fill up a huge mod the way it is. Then you add in tag teams and general mid carders and you can make this thing as big as you want to.

Have you started any work on it yet or are you waiting until TEW 08 comes out to start work on it?