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Post by JimSportsRadio on May 4, 2020 21:31:07 GMT
This sounds better for what i am looking for. I am looking for some tips on how people might run their federation IF THEY ARE NOT using Promoter mode. From another thread I can see promoter mode wont be what I want if I want to recreate several federations at once. So looking for ideas cause right now I was just gonna keep matches and results on paper lol
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Post by ligerbear on May 5, 2020 22:12:44 GMT
I keep a log of certain title histories and notable matches.
Log tournaments and leagues.
The rest I just sort of keep in my head.
There is an option to save and track results through mods. I loved it but it would crash alot for me back when I would try.
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Post by critic on Aug 11, 2020 3:54:08 GMT
Ligerbear could u give me an example of what you do to "Log" your events? I been running alot of Round Robin and Single elimination tournaments to determine contenders for my champions but I haven't come to an understanding of how to log my events and or keep track of them. I need some sort of layout to keep track of my tournament winners.
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Post by WMDBFX on Aug 12, 2020 1:33:55 GMT
Depends on what type of fed you are aiming for.
Personally, I see two types of fed, story telling or sports entertainment and the competition based.
The competition based are basically just sets of tournaments one after the other. With titles or title opportunities as the prize. How you record would be based solely on win-loss record. Easy. Any spreadsheet would do just fine.
The story telling style on the other hand is, in my opinion, a beast of record keeping. You begin with angle, storyline ideas based on either title or wrestler / characters. This style will have you focussing more on the advancement of the story instead of win-loss record. Not saying it's not important, just less focus on it. I say a beast, because there are many variables you have to monitor and record. Here, a spreadsheet + words record is important.
I try to run the storyline based style in my previous and current fed run. But I do also have the competition style within the fed but I use that as a storyline tool.
As for shows, I try to run a logical length shows. On my previous format, I've set my WMDTv shows at a " 90min game time " limit with previous CoupD'Etats clocking at a maximum " 3hrs gametime " limit. This also requires spreadsheet and borderline OCD discipline to determine which matches gets to be on the show and which story we get to showcase.
This may just be me overthinking or making things overly complicated, though.
Just sharing
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Post by LankyLefty17 on Aug 12, 2020 1:43:47 GMT
I have two types of shows. House shows are taped matches that I record, post and include storylines like promos and pre/post match antics. Then I have PPV style shows that are streamed live, with post show promos to set up the next direction. I dont book winners and let the sims take me where I need to go (its more fun that way). My house shows are 3-4 matches, PPVs 5-7. I tend to keep a journal where I write down all the promos I post for efedding, plus storyline ideas for future stuff. I also keep a spreadsheet that tracks all the card results, win/loss records, and my personal match ratings (I dont put any weight into what the game rates stuff as).
Thats probably a long winded way of saying I spend too much time with this game...
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Post by Senator Phillips on Aug 12, 2020 4:15:46 GMT
I have...a number of feds. The bulk of my original edits fall under the Senatorial Office banner. The Office can be seen as the old National Wrestling Alliance, in that it consists of eight feds that all operate under the Office's banner. I run weekly shows on Twitch with the Office, and most of my shows have two partner feds that I rotate through within a month and a half, since I also use a week for a SWA Renewal show, using my SWA edits that I revamped and one for All Time Boxing, which utilizes my real boxing edits.
For all of those feds, in addition to my broadcasts, I do promos and such within their topics here on the boards, too, which moves along a lot of the main story development.
I also have the Quantum Vault, which is my alternate reality dirtsheet review fed that uses my real wrestlers, for that, I only do writeups, which keeps it much simpler to manage than the other stuff.
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Post by fullMETAL on Aug 12, 2020 6:20:27 GMT
I keep track of all my fed stuff in text documents and forum posts, and the match recordings themselves are up on my YouTube channel.
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Post by Firehawk on Aug 13, 2020 5:32:37 GMT
Pretty much exactly the same for me. I have records (results screenshots, match cards, promo stuff) dating back almost to the very start of Phoenix Rising, and while not all of it's up on this forum (I didn't transfer a lot of the older stuff) I still have it all on this computer. The only records I don't have are from the couple of shows I ran on my previous computer.
I run most shows live, screenshot results as I go, put 'em up post-show, sometimes write a promo or two. Rarely, I pre-record a match for a show but still air it live, and sometimes I do live promo segments as well just using screenshots with text overlays which is, admittedly, kind of bare-bones.
I do think I'm a bit of an outlier though in that I've kept said screenshots and match cards and all that data for the last two and a half years, "just in case".
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Post by Mr. Dogmeat on Aug 14, 2020 1:02:47 GMT
When I was a kid? - Notebooks. Teens? - Spreadsheets. Twenties? - Well... I was a heroin addict. A little busy. Now? - www.fedsimulator.com |
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Post by October Raven on Aug 14, 2020 1:11:47 GMT
Wordpad.
Random.org if I'm doing a tournament and need brackets.
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Post by spencer24 on Aug 25, 2020 0:23:05 GMT
My spreadsheet is laid out as such: Wrestler, # of wins, # of losses, # of draws, # of total matches, Win Streak, Points, Win Percentage and Gender.
Most of those are self explanatory. Points are real straight forward: +1 for a win, -1 for a loss. Your total is your points. I've been running this fed for I think six years now so some workers are at levels that will be hard to top or at least take a long time. Lou Thesz for example has an overall point total of +46 right now. I have these same parameters across multiple sheets for Overall, Singles, Tag Team, Trios & Atomicos. Tag Teams for example are very specific to the duo, as opposed to a singles wrestlers' overall record in tag teams. For example Sting & Lex Luger would be one entry, Sting & Randy Savage would be another.
How I view and interpret what those points mean has varied over time, especially when some workers reach the high numbers like Thesz mentioned earlier. When I run tournaments like the G1 Climax for example I typically have used the 20 highest point total workers. For a long time I simply used the Overall. Then I went through and created the Singles, Tag Team, etc sheets so now I may use the Singles rankings, or use the two as a guide for who I want to include.
Where I get really weird is that I don't have a roster of 20-30 workers I typically use. Instead I have a separate spreadsheet with the following sheets: Heavyweights, Junior Heavyweights, Tag Teams, Women and Trios. Every edit I download gets entered into the appropriate sheet or sheets. For example there are currently 1051 entries in the Heavyweight sheet. I then use a Random Number Generator to generate the roster for the show. A typical "World Wide" show will feature (chosen by Random Number Generator) 6 Heavyweights, 6 Junior Heavyweights, 4 Tag Teams, 4 Women and 2 Trios. Once I have determined the roster for the show I make the matches, typically keeping within the classes though sometimes I will mix. So there is a lot of randomness within my process. For me that is great - I like the variety. Workers who impress me will get noted and then I may book them for one of my "supercard" events (think PPV) where the roster is not at random. This is where title matches occur, in addition to showcase matches and whatnot. Title shots tend to be awarded to workers with high point totals with an emphasis on major wins and win streaks. I don't have hard and fast rules, but I would say that only workers with a point total of +5 and above would be considered for the top title shots. I have an Open Rank Championship that has evolved into being more of an Intercontinental style title - giving shots to workers who are gaining points, but maybe I don't yet see as main title challengers. Workers who have been hot recently but remain in low or negative point totals could also fight for it.
So yeah...I'm weird.
I keep all of my results, event cards, plans, etc in Microsoft OneNote. I find it really great for that use - basically a digital notebook. And it is backed up in the cloud so easily accessible and saved.
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