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King_Of_Old_SchoolPosted on 01/20/08 at 23:30:01

When someone gets injured for x number of cards in TNM, do you guys assume it actually means x number of months? I've had Rick Martel go down with a torn left quad and he's out for approximately five cards. However, since I run cards weekly, 5 weeks seems like an extremely short length of time to recover from such a severe injury. How do you work this?
JeepGuyPosted on 01/20/08 at 23:37:37

I guess that would depend on how YOU want to work it. Is it a legit injury or a storyline injury? Or would you rather just ignore the injury altogether.

If you ignore it, you can always get rid of the injury using TweakCirc. If you want a legit injury and think it is too short, you can always not book the wrestler for longer or can actually lengthen the injury time using TweakCirc again. If the "injury" is for storyline purposes, just don't book him for any matches for whatever you feel is appropriate or however long you want to drag out the injury angle.
91Posted on 01/20/08 at 23:43:59

The injury time frames usually seem based on someone running one card a month so I'd go with that. Fail that, just make something up based on the injury.
UnrightPosted on 01/21/08 at 00:11:03

I agree with 91. I actually use the Circuit editor to change 'cards' to 'months'.
Snabbit888Posted on 01/21/08 at 00:14:08

Same here, but it varies slightly depending on the injury.  If someone breaks a finger, I don't think they're necessarily out for a full month.
Rick GarrardPosted on 01/21/08 at 00:55:36

Well I use TweakCirc to make it so that each contract "week" actually equals the number of shows I run in a week for NWA-Squared Circle, 8 cards = 1 TNM week, so if a guy gets hurt and misses "5 weeks" in TNM time, it truly becomes five weeks which in my case is 40 cards.
ThnikkamanPosted on 01/21/08 at 01:42:59

I also change cards to months as I run my circuits in "real time." So this means that when a wrestler goes down with an injury for x cards, that is how many months he is out.

Back in Summer of '06 I was starting my King of the Ring tournament and Chavo went down with a broken back for 24 cards. So I still have him on the roster, but he will be out of action for more than a year still. Plan on  a major storyline/push for him when he gets back.