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Old School Rules Set Month 4

rgarrardPosted on 02/21/04 at 02:29:18

6.      Month 4 - Ending feuds and starting new ones.

6.1.      Long term booking

6.1.1.      Expect to end some feuds on week 14.  However, begin to build for a big feud involving several wrestlers that will have a blowoff match on week 20.


6.2.      Week 13

6.2.1.      To open this week, have the participants from last week's handicap match face off in a regular tag team match, with the wrestler that was by themselves last week picking a partner from your current roster to even up the odds.

6.2.2.      It seems someone is holding a grudge on your roster.  Have a rematch from one of your qualifier matches from month 2.

6.2.3.      Some of your wrestlers have some unfinished business from last week.  Have a return match from last week.

6.2.4.      In your main event, give a singles title match to someone that hasn't had one on your roster yet.


6.3.      Week 14 - Let's end some feuds!

6.3.1.      In your main event, have your tag team champions defend against at least one of the guys they faced in the tag title match in week 12.  They may or may not still have the same partner.

6.3.2.      Have the winner of the towel match from week 12 face the person that threw in the towel for the loser.  This should be some type of gimmick match.  The loser of this match will be taking next week off.

6.3.3.      Give two of your wrestlers the week off from wrestling.  However, have one of them cut a promo challenging the singles champion for next week.

6.3.4.      In your opener, have the two men that joined forces for last week's opener wrestle against one of the teams or stables from your roster.


6.4.      Week 15

6.4.1.      In your opening match, using the "m" key, bring in a new wrestler to face any wrestler on your roster.

6.4.2.      Give three wrestlers the week off from wrestling in addition to the wrestler that lost last week's gimmick match.

6.4.3.      Have a rematch this week from the opening match from week 13.  In this match, have a wrestler turn on his partner.  Two of the wrestlers that have the week, need to make the save in this one to even up the sides.

6.4.4.      In your main event, have your singles champion face the wrestler that issued the challenge last week.


6.5.      Week 16

6.5.1.      Your opening match this week is going to be your semi-main event.  You should have a 6 man tag team match featuring the six wrestlers involved in the split up from rule # 6.4.3.

6.5.2.      In your main event, your tag team champions are to defend against a tag team that won during week 14.

6.5.3.      Due to the great title match they gave us last week, give the two wrestlers that were in last week's main event the week off.

6.5.4.      The loser of last week's main event did however tape a promo segment that will air this week.  During this promo, he will make a challenge to someone on the roster other than the champion.

6.5.5.      The new wrestler you brought in last week, should work this week in the match just before the main event.  Give him an opponent that would be considered one of the tough guys of your roster.


6.6.      Week 17 (yes a five week month!)

6.6.1.      Your opening match this week should be your semi-main event.  It is going to be a tag team match featuring the person that won last week's opening match and one of his teammates from last week against the person that lost the opening match last week and one his teammates in that match.

6.6.2.      Looking back to week #1, we are going to have one-on-one non-gimmick match between the two wrestlers that were in the gimmick match on that very first card.

6.6.3.      Your tag team champions should wrestle this week in a non-title match, but they should NOT face the same team they fought last week.

6.6.4.      On week 15, you brought in a mystery wrestler.  This wrestler thinks they can win your singles title.  Give him the main event match against your singles champion.

6.6.5.      No one should get the week off this week, unless they no-show, meaning someone may have to work at least twice to cover for them.
cotguy130Posted on 02/22/04 at 20:04:41

rgarrard-

Greetings again.  I need your advice.  Somehow, the heel/face distribution of my roster has gotten out of whack, so to speak.   I think it happened with the week that had the tag team match involving a turn.  Up till that point, everything was fine.  The "extra" team that shows up early on to answer the face teams challenge ended up not sticking around after they challenged the champs a couple of weeks later, so they aren't a factor.  I have a question about that later, but I'll address the immediate issue first.  The tag team match (the one with the turn) was Face A&B against Heel C&D.  Heel D turned on Heel C.  Faces A&B aided him, and heel team E ended up siding w/ Heel D, setting up the match for next week.  This leaves it lopsided.  The mystery wrestler who comes up a week or so later, IIRC, ended up being a heel in my fed.  This left me where I'm at now w/ 21 faces and 20 heels.  Did I miss something in the rules?  In your rules set-up, you do mention that anytime somebody turns, somebody else has to also.  Not to sound dense, but is this what I should've done here?   Also,  regarding the aforementioned mystery wrestlers, he did happen to be a heel, but if he'd been a face, it would've thrown the balance off even more.  Does every "rules-mandated" addition automatically need to come w/ an addition to the other side or reduction to their side (even though not specifically called for).  I mentioned earlier about the team that shows up early on to answer the open challenge.  If that team had ended up winning my tag belts and sticking around, the roster would've gone out of whack then.  In the scenario where that team stays, is there an auto-hiring or auto-firing that needs to occur?  

I hope my phrasing of the scenarion makes sense.  I'm really enjoying these, and I'm trying to stay as close as possible as we move forward.  Thanks for taking the time to clear things up for me.
                     
                                          Rob

                   
rgarrardPosted on 02/22/04 at 21:05:44

Rob

You asked:

Somehow, the heel/face distribution of my roster has gotten out of whack, so to speak.  {portion of message cut}  The mystery wrestler who comes up a week or so later, IIRC, ended up being a heel in my fed.  This left me where I'm at now w/ 21 faces and 20 heels.  Did I miss something in the rules?  

I replied:  No you didn't miss anything.  You just need to maintain a minimum of 20 wrestlers through the end of month 6 (when things will change).  And of that minimum number you should have at least 10 heels and 10 faces.  

You said:  In your rules set-up, you do mention that anytime somebody turns, somebody else has to also.  Not to sound dense, but is this what I should've done here?  


I said:  Probably.. but as long as you end up with your minimum 10 heels and 10 faces at the end of each month, you should be okay.  Any extras are okay too... just means you get to give more people the week off when called for.


You then asked:  Does every "rules-mandated" addition automatically need to come w/ an addition to the other side or reduction to their side (even though not specifically called for).  

I said:  Additions shouldn't affect your roster too much.  And only if you end up with twice as many of one side than the other will it adversely affect you.

You then asked:  In the scenario where that team stays, is there an auto-hiring or auto-firing that needs to occur?  

I said:  No... just as long as you keep the 10 minimum per side.  Other than the 10 min. heel, 10 min. face, 20 minimum overall... it's pretty much your call as to face and heel turns... but I can tell you that I've found that balancing your roster so most of your matches are heel vs face, seems to help the matches and overall card ratings.

You said:  I hope my phrasing of the scenarion makes sense.  I'm really enjoying these, and I'm trying to stay as close as possible as we move forward.  Thanks for taking the time to clear things up for me.

I said:  Makes perfect sense.  I'm shocked it took someone this long to ask it.  :)

Something I didn't mention, I don't believe, is that if your roster drops below the minimum 20, then you need to hire (not using the 'M' key) someone to get your roster back to 20.  (I add this because it has happened to me twice with BCW)  And as a future note (aka spoiler), once we get to month #7, your roster will start to grow in size, but that's all I can say about it right now as I don't have month 7 completed yet.  
cotguy130Posted on 02/22/04 at 22:17:55

Ok.  I get it.  I was determined to hold my roster to a hard-and-fast 20 guys split 10/10.  Your emphasis, however, is on having AT LEAST 20 guys w/ the 10/10 split, and a few extras are ok (as long as you don't get to far unbalanced).  Excellent.  

Thanks yet again.  
rgarrardPosted on 02/22/04 at 23:20:29

Exactly.  It's when you fall below the 20 wrestlers mark, that trouble may ensue with the first 6 months... especially with that one card in Month 4's rules that has the large number of wrestlers in one match, yet requires you to have at least a certain other number of matches on the card.  
cotguy130Posted on 02/23/04 at 01:53:14

How's about this-
6.6.2. and 6.6.3. involve the same wrestler.  1/2 of my tag champs is the guy from the week 1 hardcore match.  
How would you resolve this?  Do you have a "this scenario takes precedent" guideline?  I'm guessing championship-related duties would be priority, even if it's not a title match.  If that's the case. do you then run the week #1 return match another week when the participants don't have any specific instructions?  
rgarrardPosted on 02/23/04 at 02:33:43

Rob

You asked:  6.6.2. and 6.6.3. involve the same wrestler.  1/2 of my tag champs is the guy from the week 1 hardcore match.  
How would you resolve this?  Do you have a "this scenario takes precedent" guideline?

I replied:  I would resolve this by having the guy do double duty.  In fact, it has happened a couple times already in my very own BCW (see the early weeks when La Parka was both Tag Team Champion and Singles Champion at the same time).

You then followed with:  I'm guessing championship-related duties would be priority, even if it's not a title match.  If that's the case. do you then run the week #1 return match another week when the participants don't have any specific instructions?  

I finished with:  Yes championship duties are a must.  However, if a wrestler is involved in multiple rules, then he must work all that he is involved with, just make sure he defends the title he holds in the proper match.  

Never move a match within a rule to another week, as it may screw up the following week's (or somewhere else down the line's) card as well.  This especially holds true because once we get into year 2, there will be reference back to year 1 rules.  
cotguy130Posted on 02/23/04 at 03:09:56

Sounds good.  These week-long waits are killing me!!!