Riot 628 "War Machines"

[Mr.Sensation]

WAR WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? IDK STUFF I GUESS!

[Junko Jiirota]

Fun show not as intense as the last couple. 

Loves boss man's commentary more than usual tonight Bravo. 

I don't like to FPR harp too much so I'll let y'all do that lol 

Oi Deaver! We are suppose to be babyface-ing harder brother! Brother, what's that brother?! Lol 

All these make-shift tag teams are being very creative (I hate make shift tags IRL but it works in OCW) 

Good quick improvements JynXy!

I love Mass Effect. Dev was entertaining af tonight. 

Click-kun, I'm sorry (not really) 

Court scene was a nice change of pace 

Primero/Shelly/Nova programming is cooking. 

 

Okay I'm done. 

[Drago Cesar]

Some things.

 

- Interested to see what comes of the Valk/BASH interaction. Would be cool to see them have an actual match at Hard Target (as opposed to a Valmont beatdown video).

 

- Cold Front vs. DNS was a fun watch, and quite chaotic! This felt like it could've been a PPV (not saying FLE) match. Cold Front with a ton of momentum heading into HT.

 

- I really enjoyed the "No More Fairytales" video. I'm surprised this got dropped on a weekly show, I could've seen this being the promo package for HT. But I guess that means Shelly/Parca are cooking something even better.

 

- Bolek stop being a creep. U nasti. Where the hell is Chance? This shit gross b.

 

- Lady of the Hugging Dragon....Might steal that. Very much enjoying the Junko RPs.

[Maxx Edwards]

More thoughts, this time with words but not every piece of content is talked about

 

Valkyrie-Bash

- Bash Voice Modulator feels a bit out of place at this point in the character's time but I also understand that that is easier to pull off than an AI Voice and it's all we've known Bash as up to this point

- Valkyrie's Arena Effects on the voice are on point, not overdone like most attempts
- Some of the "What"s seemed a bit out of place like either Valk didn't pause for long enough or didn't say something "What" worthy but I am a bit jealous as this is something I've wanted to do for a long time and I do still think it came across well here.
 
Deaver - "Independently Wealthy" Victor Matt
- Didn't think the match was as bad as other people thought
- Matt betting against himself though, common sense ain't so common I guess.

 

Bolek-Bobbi
- This started last week and without getting into the specific's it's really just got me thinking "What is the end-game?" and is this the best way to get to that
- If the endgame is a match with Chance, given the fact that match has already happened, this seems like not the best way to get back to that and that feud seems like a step back for Bolek at this point.

 

CNote - Jynx
- Vid felt like it was on 1.5x speed, every part of it

- At first I thought they just wanted to make the entrance short but then the text also was swinging by way too fast

- Assuming it's not an editing mistake, it is hard to not take too much time while also letting your stuff land and sometimes it just plays out a bit different on stream then when you're putting it together but I know both of them can put together text vid rps like the back of their hand so not gonna look too much into it.

 

Underground Elite - Marisa
- Love the Ambition from the rookies as I suspect this was a Gab Vincent production
- Pretty Funny
- Good Stuff all around

 

Rory-Amart
- Not bad good follow up for both men from their matches last week, MOTN Contender

 

Claude Stardom
- Fantastic Voice Acting
- There were a multiple times where I thought "That's a good ending line" but then the promo didn't end there.
- Here are the parts I think could've ended the promo
    "Unknown rookie who's about to be on his way out the door when I'm through with you"
    "Acknowledge Your Tribal Cheeks, that's all you gotta do sucka"
    "Bow to me or get your ass whooped by me, and I want an answer next week"
- I don't know if that's just me getting pump faked or the video was too long but I think it did take away from the actual ending of the video and the vid as a whole.
- The AI-ness of the voice stood out to me here, but I feel like it didn't when Claude Stardom was first around and I think it's the same voice so I think that just shows how far the tech has come.

 

Junko-ClickBait
- Junko - Ai Tron but I do like the background and think it fits and helps make it pop more than just a logo on black
- ClickBait - Love the entrance, and the custom announcer
- Lot of hiccups/awkward moments during the match
- Attempted Crapple from Junko(?)
- Awkward Bits aside, good match
- Post Match promo was much better than promo from earlier in the show from Junko.

 

Cold Front-DNS
- Cold Front is a very nice name
- A very acceptable AI(?) tron for DNS
- New look Omen is a step in the right direction, hopefully he finds himself in it and continues on in that direction
- That was a match, a long match but I don't think it was the worst match.
- It really just had a lack of level-headed veteran leadership which I know is weird to say but it had like almost what you'd expect to see, breaking up a bunch of moves, not letting people capitalize on their reversals, a whole lotta lotta just spamming attack and running.
- It was actually like 80% there though, just needed someone to be calm and be like "Let's get in the ring" a little earlier or be like "You go fight him and I'll do this" but I actually think it was mostly there.

 

Tre At The Gym
- Nice Character development for the Newly Focused Tre
- Helps establish him as a babyface going up against Jordan Trance

 

Jynx-Devon - My MOTN
- Wish Jynx didn't let him out as many times as he seemingly did, especially after he hit the In-A-Flash on Devon
- Still a Uber Competitive Match that brought it from Start to Finish

 

Samsin/Iceman Energy
- This shit made my hairline recede and gave me a mullet at the same time.
- It also inflated my biceps by 4 inches and my wife is now scared of me.
- Samsin as the non-talker very underrated with his taunts and his pose at the end
- Iceman doing what he does best but it's way more refined and concise then some of his earlier stuff which just shows his journey
- S+ Tier

 

Parca/Sheldon Package
- Love seeing some pre-taped segments over video
- Nice little changeup from the usual in-ring or backstage
- Lot of "Recaps" in this show in general which is a kind of crazy coincidence.

 

Marisa/Dragana
- Weirdly surprised by how even the match is.
- I say weirdly not cause I think one is largely better than the other but I thought that whoever had the upper hand was gonna kill the other.
- Like I ain't know who was gonna win but I was expecting it to be one-sided.
- While I have no problems with the finish there were multiple (meaning more than one) people that expressed discontent with these types of finishes in the previous weeks and all I'mma say is I haven't seen that same energy here...so far.

 

With that being said, decent show but it's weird cause I feel like this show excelled where the other show didn't. It's almost as if Turmoil and Riot were two diametrically opposed shows when their not but the vibe of each was way different. This one was def a bit more lighthearted and more of a building block for what's to come on the Go-Home and Hard Target

 

[Marisa Welch]

12 hours ago, Maxx Edwards said:

- The AI-ness of the voice stood out to me here, but I feel like it didn't when Claude Stardom was first around and I think it's the same voice so I think that just shows how far the tech has come.

Thanks for the feedback Maxxy.  Just wanted to say that I don’t use AI for Claudió, that’s me. 😆 ..RyVaughn is AI though obvi 😜

[Maxx Edwards]

22 minutes ago, Marisa Welch said:

Thanks for the feedback Maxxy.  Just wanted to say that I don’t use AI for Claudió, that’s me. 😆 ..RyVaughn is AI though obvi 😜

Hmm Interesting. I knew it was definitely your voice on it because of the acting but I thought there was something on top of it to make it sound a bit different. Cool nonetheless

[Tre Golden]

Some thoughts from me that stand out.

 

Deaver vs Victor: This was a clear example of someone rusty in playing vs someone knowing. The thing with OCW is play style can easily mix with your character and effect its portrayal. 
 

Deaver you did not come off as a face in this match you came off as a bully, not saying that’s the intention it just the perception.

 

if you thought you needed to carry or extend it, you don’t, and if you were trying for a super it doesn’t feel organic and it was just your attempt to do something cool.

 

not saying you should go for the finish asap, but after multiple times where you can finish and you don’t, it makes the audience feel like you’re wasting their time. 
 

 

DNS vs Cold Front: Multimans are difficult all around. But we still have to pay attention and follow the rules within the structure of FPR.

 

parkering isn’t allowed in any match type, happened more than 4 times in this match. 
 

if someone hits a clear reversal, don’t grab them while they are still in the animation.

 

also this went a tad long but I’m chocking that up to not having cohesion. 
 

Draganas Court took me out IRL, Anime cat for the win. 
 

great work by Ry in his segments.

 

the Choke to Stacey by Marisa imo is starting to give her that aggressive streak she needs. And like belle said recently, I would like to see her start to distance herself for having a man on her arm and focus on being a dominating presence. 
 

C-Note vs Jynx has been very good imo, interested in how they raise the stakes from the last time they clashed. 
 

Parcas starting to lose it, and has admitted he see Sheldon as a threat. Who’s getting into who’s head more?

 

Bash Smells like Cheetos and hotdog water. 

[BASH]

50 minutes ago, Tre Golden said:

Bash Smells like Cheetos and hotdog water. 

 

I hope Trance jr. takes you for all you are worth and gets you thrown behind bars for a long time. 

[Junko Jiirota]

32 minutes ago, BASH said:

 

I hope Trance jr. takes you for all you are worth and gets you thrown behind bars for a long time. 

This sounds racially charged. DOWN VOTE! lol 

[BASH]

1 minute ago, Junko Jiirota said:

This sounds racially charged. DOWN VOTE! lol