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A new TNM Rules Set!

rgarrardPosted on 02/01/04 at 17:46:39

A new TNM rules set for 2004  -- We're goin' old school!!


The background for starting your new circuit:

1.      Starting your new circuit


1.1.      Your new circuit may be either booked or unbooked.

1.2.      You will be running 1 card per week.

1.3.      You will not have pay-per-view cards to begin with, as they will be added later on, once you have established your circuit.  For now, your main focus should be putting on an entertaining card each week.

1.4.      You will need to set up 4 referees, designating one of them as your "senior referee".  Or you may use TNM's default refs.

1.5.      All matches should have a standard time limit of 20 minutes

1.6.      Semi-main event matches may be given a 30 minute time limit upon your own discretion.

1.7.      All main event matches should have a 60 minute time limit and should be refereed by your senior referee.

1.8.      You should also set up 1 singles title and 1 tag team title.


2.      Choosing wrestlers


2.1.      You are going to hire a total of 20 wrestlers for your new circuit.

2.1.1.      10 will be heels and 10 will be faces.

2.1.1.1.        You MUST always have an even number of heels and faces in your circuit for these rules to work properly.

2.1.1.2.        If you turn one wrestler from one side to the other, then you must also turn another wrestler to offset this.  i.e. You make face wrestler A into a heel.  Therefore you must make heel wrestler B a face.

2.1.1.3.        The reason for this is that heels MUST always wrestle against faces, UNLESS it is in a tournament setting within your circuit.  At no time should you put face vs face or heel vs heel unless it is stated within the rules!

2.1.2.      Of these 20 wrestlers, you are going to designate 1 wrestler as your "franchise" wrestler by giving them a 52 card contract.  This wrestler may be either heel or face.

2.1.3.      Everyone else should receive a contract for 26 cards.
DarkAndEvilBastardPosted on 02/17/04 at 06:56:13

Rick,

You say there should always be an even number of faces and heels...if someone quits are you supposed to hire someone, or fire someone?

And if it's your franchise who bails, what then?

Tommy
rgarrardPosted on 02/17/04 at 07:18:34

Tommy

You asked:  You say there should always be an even number of faces and heels...if someone quits are you supposed to hire someone, or fire someone?

You should hire someone to keep the roster at or above the 20 wrestler level.


And then you asked:  And if it's your franchise who bails, what then?

That's exactly what happened to me in my circuit.  What I am doing is waiting until the end of the 26 card contracts so I can give my franchise status of 52 cards to one of the guys that's been there since the start.  

However, you can do as you see fit for your own situation.  You can hire someone not on your roster for your new franchise at 52 cards or you can wait like I am doing for the contracts to expire and give the franchise status to one of your top stars halfway through the year.  Whichever works best for you.
TecmoNickPosted on 02/17/04 at 20:14:39

Keep the rules coming man, great work!
SockoPosted on 02/18/04 at 19:21:41

I'm liking the look of this ruleset so far my friend, nice work!

Here's a thought for you to ponder ...

... how possible do you think it would be to put some of these progressive storylines/match setups into a small add-on program? The idea being that the program could randomly generate a set of these rules for each month of a circuit.

Naturally, it's merely an idea I'm pondering at present, but I'd be interesting in hearing whether you think that this could be feasable?

Meantime, keep up the great work. :)
rgarrardPosted on 02/18/04 at 19:50:51

Socko...

You asked:  ... how possible do you think it would be to put some of these progressive storylines/match setups into a small add-on program? The idea being that the program could randomly generate a set of these rules for each month of a circuit.

My answer:  Not being too familiar with programming languages, I'd have to say it shouldn't be too hard for the early months.  However, the further you get into the rules, the more "if...then" type of programming would be needed I think.

Of course, I'd think you'd want it to generate after each card and not for an entire month at a time, since a LOT of the rules I've written are done based on a weekly time frame and in constant reference to certain rules within the given sets.  And it is certainly feasible.

In fact, every good storyline I've ever written within any of my feds could go in at least 3 different directions at any given point leaving the readers to ponder just what will/can happen next to their favorites.  This has been most recently seen in my BCW circuit with the whole WarGames angle, and will be seen again once I polish up card #26 for public consumption (which is going to be a card that definitely impacts the future of BCW!).  

(authors note: I am writing the "old school" rules based on what has happened within the confines of my BCW, which is why card 26 is so pivotal for me as it signifies both the completion of 6 months, and the end of a majority of my talent's contracts.)
WYLTNPosted on 02/22/04 at 11:25:56

Looks like it's time to bring back the WWAW.
rgarrardPosted on 02/22/04 at 14:29:20

Maybe it is Jake, maybe it is.  :)

Good to see ya.
Magister369Posted on 03/01/04 at 02:19:27

Can I add anymore titles, or is just having 1 singles title and 1 tag title the rule?
rgarrardPosted on 03/01/04 at 04:15:26

You may have more than what is there, but it may drastically effect your circuit in a bad way, if I should ever decide *hint, hint* to add more titles at a future point... like say in year two.  ;)
LillaThrillaPosted on 03/02/04 at 05:12:26

FYI, Rick's Old School Rules (setup & months 1-6) are now on TNM 3:16 as well.
rgarrardPosted on 03/02/04 at 05:47:49

Disregard Liller's post... the version of month 6 he has is being changed as it is not the "official" version that will be published this Friday, as per the usual schedule for the new rules set.
LillaThrillaPosted on 03/02/04 at 06:02:20

Yes, vile unknowing schedule disrupter that I am...

Month 6 has been removed.  Disregard references to the rules on TNM 3:16 containing Month 6.  Until Rick posts them here, at which point you can disregard this disregard...
rgarrardPosted on 03/02/04 at 06:24:09

All I can say is the "official" edit has not been made on Month 6 yet as there may need to be a last minute tweak due to some stuff in Month 7 that has yet to be written completely.
rgarrardPosted on 03/02/04 at 15:22:09

And it's a good thing I checked them over.. there were a couple errors within the ones that Liller had posted for month 6.  That's why I always edit them right before publication.  :)
LillaThrillaPosted on 03/02/04 at 21:55:42

That's why I always edit them right before publication.
Then thats what you get for sending things to someone a week in advance. :P
rgarrardPosted on 03/03/04 at 01:01:30

and that's what YOU get for being a so-called admin here that doesn't even frequent let alone read any of the messages here anymore as you told me last night.
LillaThrillaPosted on 03/03/04 at 02:46:27

On 03/03/04 at 01:01:30, rgarrard wrote:and that's what YOU get for being a so-called admin here that doesn't even frequent let alone read any of the messages here anymore as you told me last night.
Yeah, I've been away from TNM things for awhile, so sue me.  :P

But soon (like after Oliver figures out why my TNM is spazing out), I shall began running my own ROSR circuit and then I shall have my revenge!  ;D
Magister369Posted on 03/06/04 at 09:37:47

Question, what type of shows are the rules set up for
TV shows or House shows, or a combo of both? should I be running TV interviews or in ring mic house show promos. Im trying to get a feel for my circuit, its based on the old CWF
florida circuit from late 70's early 80's
rgarrardPosted on 03/06/04 at 14:14:13

As for what type of show, that's up to you.  I can tell you though, you will notice a pattern of bigger than normal weeks start to develop as you get into running the rules.  You won't notice the big weeks right away, but by the time you get to month 6, there is definitely a distinct pattern that has developed.