Post by John Leary on Mar 12, 2009 13:33:50 GMT -5
LOL. Keep the dream alive. Jerri and Axl could meet on an iMPLOSION, or they could meet up at GFP 2. It all depends on how the events get shaped.
My point for Axl was that it's only March, and I haven't even written this week's show, so I can't worry about every detail for shows that are a month or two months from now. He's booked against Sam this week and he's booked on the next show in a tag match. I don't know why he can't just RP about these things for now and not worry about three months from now.
Plus, planning shows in the long-term usually ends up being a waste of time and usually ends up in delays and, honestly, boredom in writing the shows on my part. I prefer spontaneity and building off of show happenings and RPs. Planning angles out show by show is just dull and un-BOB-like to me.
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Post by John Leary on Mar 12, 2009 14:14:05 GMT -5
I like the kid too. I hope it doesn't seem like I don't. And Shane, I enjoy your work.
But at some point, he has to remember that I run BOB and figure out how I run it. I've had a ton of PMs with him about the same things over and over for almost two years. It's improve, revert, "what did I do wrong?" and then start over again.
All I want him to do is see what matches I book him in, RP for them, read the shows. You know, like how an e-fed runs. I hate doing punishment jobs and starting over from scratch repeatedly with the Axl character, but I'm forced into it. How many big angles have I tossed his way?
I handed him the STWF angle on a silver platter. I had the STWF knock off Sarah, Studnuts and a bunch of other important BOB characters in '07. He barely even mentions it in his RPs.
We give him the OWTTM. He trashes BOB's belt because that isn't good enough for him and makes his own title.
How many imaginary feds has he started on BOB's forums? Do you know how it feels to have a guy make up his own fed in YOUR fed's forums? What signal should that send to me? That BOB isn't good enough for him, maybe?
I wish I saved all the PMs of angles and ideas I've sent to him (such as suggesting a series of RPs to have Axl get banned from various places in Sin City as a goof on the eWmania banning). He's had plenty of good ideas, too, though, and I've tried to use as many as I can. But what he also sometimes fails to realize is that everything he pitches usually revolves around a title or a main event scenario.
I wish I had an easy time focusing on the simple things, and not trying to think about everything all at once... and trying to think about what's going to happen weeks and months and years from now. I mean, one of my biggest fears is death, and I already think I'm old, even though I'm only 21. I just... I can't stop overanalyzing the future. I wish I could just live for the moment, ya know? But it's always been one of my problems, along with paranoia, ocd, and bi-polar. And I know these are things that have caused me to get on everyone's nerves here... When I've done my own shows, half of the time I would book so far that it seemed I had the whole year planned out. And you know... it WAS boring. It was alot more fun the other half of time when I would just, as you said John, let things build spontaneously. I just... I don't know. I have a strong urge most of the time to plan and analyze and stuff. It's why I have a schedule in a wordpad document I constantly look at, with everything I need to do, and I've always had written lists, and I'm always mulling over things to do in my head. It gets really frustrating some times. Honestly, I think annoy myself the most with my planning and scheduling and shit.
About the angles I've messed up... I'm sorry for that. It just seems like I have all of these grand ideas, but when it comes time to make them work... I just can't bring them to fruition. I especially wish I could give the STWF thing another shot, as it was something I've always been in love with... and I fucked it up. Royally. I've been thinking about that storyline lately, and how I could have made it work... I've always loved invasions, and I had the chance to finally do one right, but I just... I don't know, I just wish I had another opportunity to live up to what could have been. But, the reason I make up belts and feds isn't because BOB and its titles aren't good enough for me. It's always been just so I could write matches. The same purpose for wanting to have shows and all that. I've just always enjoyed writing matches, even it were in rants. But just like the invasion angle, I've fucked up my chance to write matches... And I've also thought about running with the idea to have Axl being kicked out of buildings and junk. It's sorta what I had in mind with the Doc Taco and UnderBaker rants, but I don't know if it came off as such... I might try something to that effect, something involving Tifa...
One thing... I said I was fine with setting up "feuds" through my rants, instead of pm's. And Todd, you mention that John may have meant that I shouldn't have alot of different feuds. I already said that I only want to have one angle from now on.... I also said I don't want to know everything, and that I'm cool with just letting things flow by themselves... but like I said, it's hard, but it IS what I'm going to try my damndest to do from now on. I do have one idea though, and I'm addressing it to J and John ; Concerning the March Mayhem Tournament. I've still been thinking about the city rumble idea, and it came to me that maybe the "Big 12", the final 12 participants in the tourney, could go on to a battle throughout Sin City [yes, Vegas, not Axl's hometown], and the Final Four could finish things ontop of the roof of a casino. I really liked the November in Nowhere rumble, and the Mall Brawl of course, and I'd like to see that idea used again. But it's JUST an idea. Maybe the finale of the tournament could be shown as a special on Nick at Nite, just like NiN... or maybe [adult swim] or The Weather Channel. But again, just an idea.
Anyway, I'm going to try and start letting my rants speak for themselves, instead of planning everything through pm's and whatnot. And I guess I'll stop focusing Axl's wrath on everyone... I just really wanted him to show his extreme hatred for everybody else, and open up the doorway for stuff to occur. I didn't really expect everyone I ranted against to respond. But I think it's better to focus on a single foe at a time, and spend the rest of my ranting time on developing Axl's character and interacting with the citizens of his hometown... So that's what I'll try and do from now on.
Post by John Leary on Mar 12, 2009 21:39:13 GMT -5
Lovely. Now let's all hold hands and sing "Kumbaya."
And yeah, I know it's hard for you sometimes. I'll help you with some sort of safety word if you drift into danger in the future.
I hope you stick to what you said here because I think it will help you grow as a handler as well, and who knows, maybe even help you in your real life if you try to unplug your brain once in a while. ESPECIALLY here. Brain attachment (and sobriety) is totally voluntary.
What's the words to "Kumbaya" again, I mean...other than "Kumbaya"?
Never mind...
Anyway, I was going to comment on this "Axl" stuff but it looks like you guys have resolved that. I'll probably comment on it anyway.
Shane, I don't think anybody here ever said you shouldn't be able to pick your own feuds, just don't try to do them all at once. Like TG was trying to say, and John, and others... concentrate on who you have one show before moving on and RPing against somebody else before you've had the match with the first guy.
The problem I see is that, you get booked to "wrestle" Joe Blow. You RP against Joe Blow but Joe Blow doesn't RP back, Joe Schmoe is RPing so you pick a fight with him. And you focus on guys that are involved in other storylines (like Kobe for instance)
Sure, you can still have you feud with him, but do it in time. The build up now is SMP vs. Kobe. This is just like "real" wrestling, except it's not.
You don't see, for example, Shawn Michaels having a match with The Undertaker at Wrestlemania and cutting promos on Chris Jericho. Right?
We can make it as "real" as we want it, but the fun part about it is we make fun of how stupid professional wrestling can be sometimes. Low budget = humor to a lot of us. Crazy matches = fun. Stupid characters = more fun. Stupid characters fighting each other in crazy matches with low budget promotionals = BOB = FUN FOR ALL THE BOYS AND GIRLS!
Sometimes, I think you take this stuff way too seriously.
Relax, have fun, make us laugh. That's the point of having a good time here.
Half the shit I write I do it to amuse myself and like one other guy. There's so many "inside jokes" in my stuff I couldn't begin to tell you them all.
Don't plan your feuds. Pick your foes, talk some smack if you want. Whatever. You don't have to plan the entire year in advance. Half of what makes this stuff funny is booking by the seat of your pants. Last minute, you know?
Hear about a chimp ripping a chick's face off, gets shot by police, see the cartoon in the New York Times about the dead monkey and one of the cops saying to the one that shot him, " I guess we're gonna have to find somebody else to write the next stimulus package". Hell... put it in the show that week. You can't do stuff like that when it's scripted until December.
Some guys RP all the time and never mention their opponent, but it's still funny.
There's no rules here, except to have a good time and to entertain the other poor souls that have accepted BOB as their lot in life.
Re: March Mayhem 2009. No, I'm not having it on a goddamn rooftop.
(WELCOME BACK GREAT AND SAM, SAM!)
The tournament will work like this according to SMP who emailed me earlier today:
SMP has picked North Carolina to represent him whether they are the overall number one seed or not. Why? The have a history of choking. Roy Williams did too until 2005. What could be better? Besides, they were pre-season favorites, so it makes sense they'll choke.
The "guy" that knocks SMP out of the tournament (except if it's in the FINALS) will NOT become the OWCTM, much like the defending National Champion in hoops loses in the second round, the team that beat them in the second round does not win the National Championship in the second round. Make sense?
Only the winner of the tournament gets the ONLY WORLD TITLE THAT MATTERS.
The recaps will be quick and short, especially after the first weekend as I'll have about 33 matches to do in a couple of days before the second round kicks off the following week.
It'll be something like this, say Axl has Oklahoma and Oklahoma wins (depending on if they DON'T play Oklahoma State in the first round)
The Sooners win a blow out. Then Axl kicks the ass of whomever to reflect the game's score. OKLA Wins by 10? Axl gets a cheap victory by devious means. Wins on a buzzer beater? Axl school boys the dude and pulls his tights after getting beat up all night.
They recaps will be "highlights" of the first round, find and read the original March Mayhem for a good idea on how this is going to work.
It's not going to be a full show, there's too much going on in a span of three weeks to pull that off. When the numbers go down around the Final 8, I may put in a little more action, but don't hold your breath. I'm lazy. Ya dig?
Have fun, pull for your team! Cleveland St. could make you THE ONLY WORLD CHAMPION THAT MATTERS!