Board 8 > Phoenix-verse TEW Mod Topic 4: Bring it Home

(+) Yeah! (+)

:D :D ^_^ yeeeeey

One thing to hit is user characters, I wanted two per area, but I guess I grabbed three wrasslemans already. Tentative list, folks already made are in bold
IND (Internet): Zuckerberg, Andrew Huang
OCN (Wrestling): Maffew, Andy Kaufman, Mr. T
JPN (Misc): Tolkien, Preservation
US (Anime): Miyazaki, Crunchyroll-hime
MEX (VN): Gudako, Monika
UK (RPG): Gary Gygax, Harth Stonebrew
EUR (Video game): Sakurai, Grand Avatar

The idea of Miyazaki being in the US and Tolkien in Japan seems so weird.

Could you do Miyazaki in Japan, Tolkien in UK and Gygax in US instead?

all the anime is in the US (which I THINK was your idea like two years ago <_<)

Haha oh right I forgot about that.

Nvm then

18: Misc. to-do
19: User chars
20: Updates+Replacements

My current list for the 20th is:
Guevara -> Inigo Montoya
Val -> Tamaki Suoh
probably delete a TCW guy and see what that breaks
Yu Ishino (and swap in Nyla)
Ronda -> Bianca
Flair -> Tony Stark (Doffy was discussed but I think that's too big a pop stretch)

Honestly Stark fits the Flair character more than Doffy anyway.

Doffy is flamboyant and has an over the top jacket but the attitude is wrong imo.

Rumble! Today we're doing IRL Rumble winners. Somebody who won multiple times gets multiple slots, and since it's a small lineup, several folks managed to pop up more than once. Strong run from #14 Batista '14. Taker '07 wins from 21, and Austin manages the weird circumstance of getting both the runner up (1997, #24) and snub (1998) slots.

Lost in the shuffle is I never did EUR (gen gaming) future feds or dojos. Off the top of my head....Mercs and VGCW as future feds? LoL, Fortnite, Halo, Among Us, Fall Guys jump out as other possibilities or dojos.

...As much as I dislike Fortnite on principle, it does kinda fit as a future fed. ...With a concerning amount of money, at that. ._.''' And an FPS fed/dojo of some sort, although I have no idea on what a good name would be. ...The last ones I have any memory of is MoH: Frontline and Band of Brothers: Hell's Highway. >_>'''

...also I would say noooo to Mercs? That feels like it's asking for trouble just by association, but I dunno.

Proposed swap: Gygax -> Lord British

that seems about right, yeh

NO CHANCE/5 yesterday

was always a strong possibility

(I'll just shift yesterday's work to tomorrow, doubt I need as much time for next block as I budgeted)

fun side effect: Nyla Rose leading Oedo Tai

Worker #3333: Hayao Miyazaki

I can't believe I forgot Bob the Hamster

he gets Harth's spot because I didn't really wanna use him anyway >_>

oh dang the OHRRPGCE got a wikipedia page, spiffy!

Rumble #29: Snub slots from the previous 28 rumbles, plus Haruhi Ouran and Perfuma since they got into the mod at the last minute. Not only does that mean Link gets in twice (for char battle and SSB) but he got the first two slots lol. Spock and the Rock both put in strong showing from the first half, but ultimately it was #27 Mewtwo over #24 Mega Man X in what is probably the most star-studded Rumble of the project.

23: Future/Dev
24-25: Sim(s?)
26: Fix, Worker checks
27-28: Sim(s?)
29+: Fix, Contract+Title checks
30+-31+: Catchup+Sim(s?)+Fix

here's what I've got for rest of month, might adjust a bit as we go

Thought: for the *draft* I might just set everybody to speak all languages. Mixing and matching different stuff is like 75% of the fun, and having to deal with languages on top of people being less over outside their home area might be too much of a deterrent. Am I biased because I'm thinking of basing out of Europe where it is an especially big issue? Yes. Also thinking we'll set it so anybody can work anywhere.

This whole mod is kinda underpowered, I'm not looking to make FWA even harder than the base game <_<

That would be appreciated I think

Yeaaaaah.

Tom Bombadil posted...

Thought: for the *draft* I might just set everybody to speak all languages. Mixing and matching different stuff is like 75% of the fun, and having to deal with languages on top of people being less over outside their home area might be too much of a deterrent. Am I biased because I'm thinking of basing out of Europe where it is an especially big issue? Yes. Also thinking we'll set it so anybody can work anywhere.

This whole mod is kinda underpowered, I'm not looking to make FWA even harder than the base game <_<

That's a fantastic idea. How does the popularity between regions work? Like if I am running a game in UK (RPGs) will the folks from Europe (Other Games) have 0 popularity or will they have their original popularity? Or a reduced rate since that is a neighboring community. Same for like the US (Anime)?

Reduced rate. If they are ADJACENT adjacent (US/CAN, US/MEX, UK/EUR) it's a -10, otherwise it's a -20, and all that stacks if it's multiple areas away (so in the UK the EUR guys are -10 and the US guys are -30). There are exceptions but that's the general formula.

Tom Bombadil posted...

Reduced rate. If they are ADJACENT adjacent (US/CAN, US/MEX, UK/EUR) it's a -10, otherwise it's a -20, and all that stacks if it's multiple areas away (so in the UK the EUR guys are -10 and the US guys are -30). There are exceptions but that's the general formula.

So when we are building our feds, we should keep our regions in mind before placing our companies

It's totally possible to get folks up to a decent pop with the right broadcasting deal, but... yeah?

First test run of the phase. Feds that went down by 2024:
C2, FE, GF, WWRS, WWE, WoT
I think I'll wait for round 2 before seeing about buffs. I went five years in this first one just for funsies but as a consequence didn't have a lot of extra time to poke around for details or fun stuff.
DID make Disney a bit friendlier towards RotJ because I notice them winding up at war weirdly often.

Haha WWE

Yeah, I'm not sure why on the Disney/RotJ thing either. I've better doing 3 month goes (still don't own 2020) and they've always turned hostile in the first month or two, for whatever reason

Maniac64 posted...

Haha WWE

at least one of WWE/WWF/WCW seems to always go down, but it hasn't consistently been the same one!

Disney is always destined to own star wars lol

the one fun thing I did find from last sim was Kidd Bandit had a fairly successful tag run with Reika Saiki

anyway, final prelim Rumble! Trying out adding a mechanic to determine who SCORES the elimination. Might even use that to write a more fleshed out version of the final, but we'll do bullet points for this one. Today's Rumble is the runners up from the previous 29, plus Christian as the Runner Uppiest.

Warlock Larry Lam enters at #1
Teemo enters at #2
Kyosuke Kagami enters at #3
Stone Cold '97 enters at #4
Austin eliminates Warlock
Astolfo enters at #5
Mega Man X enters at #6
Mega Man X self-eliminates
San enters at #7
San eliminates Teemo
Claire Stanfield enters at #8
San self-eliminates
Astolfo eliminates Kyosuke
Daniel Bryan enters at #9
Bryan eliminates Stanfield
Izanami enters at #10
Austin eliminates Bryan
Tanahashi enters at #11
Iron Will enters at #12
Iron Will eliminates Izanami
Tanahashi eliminates Iron Will
Astolfo eliminates Tanahashi
Slade enters at #13
Furio Tigre enters at #14
Ron Weasley enters at #15
Rio Ranger enters at #16
Austin eliminates Rio
Slade eliminates Ron
Agatha Heterodyne enters at #17
Astolfo eliminates Austin
Slade eliminates Astolfo
Umaga enters at #18
Umaga eliminates Slade
GTM enters at #19
Umaga eliminates GTM
Maid Marian enters at #20
Vicious enters at #21
Vicious is eliminated by Maid Marian
Maid Marian is eliminated by Tigre
Asriel enters at #22
Asriel eliminates Tigre
Umaga eliminates Asriel
Masamune Date enters at #23
Florina enters at #24
Umaga self-eliminates
Stormfather enters at #25
Shiek enters at #26
Florina eliminates Agatha
Gannet enters at #27
Florina eliminates Gannet
Miho Wakizawa enters at #28
Wakizawa eliminates Masamune
Shiek eliminates Wakizawa
Christian enters at #29
Galuf enters at #30
Christian eliminates Florina
Final four: Stormfather, Shiek, Christian, Galuf
Galuf eliminates Stormfather
Shiek eliminates Christian
Shiek eliminates Galuf to win!

...Not sure how we got so many self eliminations, odds of that happening on any given elimination are 1/9x^2 where X is the number of active dudes...so 1/36 at best.

This run we only lost FE, WWE, and YYH. I'll look at FE and WWE buffs since they've gone down both times. Off the top of my head this might be WoT's and India's first time surviving >_>

This just kinda tickles me
https://gyazo.com/fac60cb8bd23a545851a2cec0b86210c

One of these things is not like the others
https://gyazo.com/8bcd134d6c30c4d67cf65200f3df3021

finally a version of GoT I'd enjoy
https://gyazo.com/ff53e414f0f89ad5d1a600e3af008e40

hmmm
https://gyazo.com/ad23fe56ca077fda19bde28828038525

b8wl spoilers
https://gyazo.com/749f66edef1ccb5554d7ac5f880a9ed1

I love gimmick PPVs
https://gyazo.com/89c54d6809267436bff46d6b81b4818b

...I can't lie, I would watch the *hell* out of D-Bry, Murder Grandpa and the Wild Samoans as a team

Sydney Combat Club

That is an amazing group.

I also love and hate Gul Dukat and Jarret as a team. Those two are going to end up owning their company.

cosmetics month upcoming! also, FWA planning! also, a couple blocks of IRL stuff that'll make it kinda complicated despite being off work!
1-7: Lineages
8-13: HoF
14-20: Pics
21-27: EoY Awards
28-30: HoI

\ o /- aw heck complicated @_@

THE FINAL RUMBLE
Entry #1: Padan Fain
Entry #2: Admiral Holdo
Fain eliminates Holdo
Entry #3: Ultimate Impostor
Entry #4: Asgore
Entry #5: Cyborg
Entry #6: Lyra Heartstrings
Cyborg eliminates Asgore
Entry #7: Sazh
Impostor eliminates Lyra
Entry #8: Okada Kazuchika
Impostor eliminates Fain
Cyborg eliminates Sazh
Entry #9: The Undertaker
Taker eliminates Cyborg
Entry #10: Trunks
Okada eliminates Impostor
Entry #11: Shiek
Trunks eliminates Shiek
Entry #12: King Dedede
Entry #13: Quetzacoatl
Entry #14: Dr. Irie
Dedede eliminates Trunks
Entry #15: Whiskey Nick
Entry #16: Road Runner
Entry #17: Jungle Boy
Taker eliminates Okada
Entry #18: Jadis
Taker eliminates Irie
Jadis eliminates Nick
Entry #19: Dr. Robotnik
Taker eliminates Jungle Boy
Entry #20: Black Belt
Taker eliminates Road Runner
Dedede eliminates Taker
Jadis eliminates Robotnik
Entry #21: Vamp
Jadis eliminates Vamp
Dedede eliminates Black Belt
Entry #22: Tenzin
Jadis eliminates Tenzin
Entry #23: Koshigaya Komari
Entry #24: Myotismon
Myotismon eliminates Quetzacoatl
Entry #25: Jigsaw
Myotismon eliminates Komari
Entry #26: Mewtwo
Entry #27: Andre the Giant
Entry #28: Steelix
Entry #29: Paul Prototype
Entry #30: Shawn Michaels
Prototype eliminates Jigsaw
Mewtwo eliminates Dedede
HBK eliminates Prototype
Steelix eliminates HBK
Mewtwo eliminates Jadis
Final Four: Myotismon, Mewtwo, Andre, Steelix
Steelix eliminates Myotismon
Andre eliminates Mewtwo
The project comes down to Andre and Steelix!
....With Steelix over!

He won both his rumbles from #28

I enjoyed this! I kinda enjoy mechanics that just pick one attribute at a time to be relevant, and that's all this thing was. It could probably be tuned up a bit for more "realism" but I think that's about as good as it's gonna get without sacrificing some of the simplicity and speed it has. Might do that again someday, IDK.

I'm not gonna re-balance the whole mod this late in the game, but I think I will give a few global buffs to make this play just a hair nicer:
Everybody +1 Psych, +1 SQ, +1 Stam
RA +5 Respect
Wrestlers under 18 +1 Psych, +1 Sell, +1 SQ, +1 Stam

Dead feds this time: C2, GF, RK, SU, TNA, WWRS, WoT
Will buff bolded, as that is their second time out of these three sims

....tracks. Also, terrifying.
https://gyazo.com/2cba7f4cd951ef614549b35e43483b93

CJ Funk was the best AI-made wrestler name I had seen but he immediately lost the title to this guy
https://gyazo.com/973c84a82fadedf0ac4d43bbc811eacd

but what we're really here for is screenshots

the top feds after 3 years
https://gyazo.com/f15a2ae1b823532b2b8878cec3111a31

and the power 500
https://gyazo.com/3a58db7d82f62e6264fb9d7d4426c84d

and a somewhat odd most popular list
https://gyazo.com/7d9cc50f00ef23e10e32a524c8a8b9f2

I know it's just because they're based there but let's goooooo
https://gyazo.com/29853aa8ce56a036d0e56b4cb9dd771c

some nice new teams
https://gyazo.com/418fe86854ac4bb0427853527327f70a

I'd watch all these
https://gyazo.com/2624ee57a1e24bd603dd231af83a2940

Solid
https://gyazo.com/31fc511344db5fc4a61d26dcb9780732

Stable of the run
https://gyazo.com/9be36102996cebaa4e88dea97deaff8b

SPICY UPLOAD: https://www.mediafire.com/file/nb9eggdrfp844c6/TEW2020.mdb/file

Tomorrow I will make a setup+signup topic for FWA :O :O :O I figure we'll hash out the details of the rules and stuff over there, but let me know if you have any input or ideas you want to share before I formally open discussion

Upcoming:
1-7: Lineages (incl 3 Alliance)
1: SA2B, DW
2: Doujin, SC
3+: MvC, SMB
4: TEW, WVBA
5-: Nintento
6-: Jump
7-: SSB
8-13: HoF
14-20: Pics
21-27: EoY Awards
28-30: HoI
July: RELEASE and FWA

Wondering if I should throw it up on GDS now as a beta, or wait until I have the cosmetics finished up to release as a final product. I suspect they won't care either way :P

I'M SO EXCITED! lol

If you're concerned no one is going to care I say just wait.

Can't imagine they'd be too bothered, aye. ^_^' ...Although I imagine they're gonna ask about the roster as is, and if you plan on adding more. And aaaahahahaha @___@

also HECK YEAHHH SIGN-UPS

if the 'phobes get to Bandit I will not be a happy camper

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80044385
FWA topic up!

Bandit seems to be okay ^_^

Protag's gotta take an L once in a while I reckon! Do hope they're not putting to much pressure on themselves for the future though

All FMA is 2003 properly explains the lack of Olivier lol