you guys make me laugh and cry a little at the same time.
I come back and forth to OCW maybe out of habit or maybe out of some sense of pride and ownership to this place.
after reading this thread and watching the match i'm really sad at the state of OCW.
I am posting because i have gotten AIM's about my thoughts on OCW over the past few weeks from various people and some people still talk to me about FPR and Ideas and what not.
everything I will write is my personal preference and its for advice and suggestions only.
ocw is about 4 core things (not in any special order).
competition
role playing
ethics
fair play
its a hard balance.
to many rules take away the competition of the game
not enough rules make it hard to have ethics and fair play
a dead site with no one running it make it hard to have interesting RP's and feuds and storylines.
so what do you do?
to be honest you attack the problem from all angles but it means the community that wants a successful fed needs to work, EVERYONE needs to work not just a few.
if i took over OCW today this is what i would do.
Jay needs to get the site to feel like its actually 2010-2011
All applicants must be tested by an assigned FPR testing team
stat rules stay in effect by an assigned stat person
FPR rules are as follows "if i can be reversed its allowed"
you can win the match after a finisher is attempted with only another finisher a PIN MOVE (any pinning move)or SUB SIG (means the sub has to be listed as a sig move)
a booking team will be created and this Booking team needs to make sure the site stays alive with interesting feuds and stoylines.
thats it.
go get better and win by actually winning.
and lets take poe vs kd as an example.
Lets say for KD did think he could end the match when he went for the finish and poe kicked out and then as poe mounts a comeback KD goes for the desperate win and ends it. (lets assume he used a declared sub sig)
well why the fuck is booking not saying "we have a feud in the works, KD just stole a win from POE. book a match to push this feud!"
why is this not happening? is is OCW not flowing with the out come of matches to grow. Everyone wants 100 rules so all matches are exaclty the same and everyone has the same equal chance to win in the actual game.
why not let people get tested to get into OCW, stats balance the CAWS, your skill at the game play a factor, and the booking to make this place fair and fun and feel alive.
back in the day when i was here the game was so broken we needed all these rules and we had a huge influx of people joining so we needed a set foundation of rules, these rules do not and currently don't apply to current OCW.
I would have (if these people would do it) Aries and Trance test new members(teach the basic rules and get a sense of the player/caw/attitude)
mayhem run the stats to check for stats
fpr to just make sure the rules are clear and people follow
and a booking team to watch shows and see if storylines feuds and angles can happen out of the match results.
it starts off with the core group here. you have to see the big picture you have to trust that the best people will get into OCW by still being tested before being booked. if you get people in that understand OCW you have your stat rules you allow for skill to separate the best from the worst and you let a booking team make this place creative and fun.
not to say you can't come up with your own ideas and feuds but in addition a booking team will also be doing it.
and as a wrestler you roll with it. you lose you RP around it and see what booking will do for you, you lose you get better....
as RD says this place is a a casual's dream any sign of a "fed" is gone.
why is it if lets say someone hovers you but you can reverse the move attempt even if he is hovering whey do we need a rule to stop that when the player can stop it by reverseing?
if you say because it looks shitty you just failed video game rules 101...
gameplay first visuals second.
if the gameplay allows it but the visual suffers it is still better then looking like shit (standing waiting for someone to get up and slow ass boring to watch and play gameplay)
you have to think about this as a game. ITS A GAME, real wrestling is 100% scripted, if you want good looking matches then you 100% script OCW matches. If you want to be in control of your win or your loss then get better at the game and win at it or deal with the loss.
the last time i felt alive in OCW was when i fought BOLD and beat him. that match was so aggressive we both wanted to win so bad and I won by the skin of my teeth, my adrenalin was pumping i was amped man! and i felt good and i felt my skill made me win and thats only because we rode the fpr line because the WIN was so important to us. when was the last time anyone felt like that here?
in short
Don't make me come back and be a GM to a new show and run it with my rules!!!!!