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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 30 2012, 09:00 PM (990 Views) | |
| StevieScott | Oct 1 2012, 06:28 PM Post #16 |
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...EVEN CHILDREN!
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So who is Miyagi? I hope the DVD release of this show has "You're The Best" playing in the background during the moonsault. |
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"Destruction of Hell" start playing as Mason drop the mic and exit the ring as fans throw stuffs at him but he punch out most of the fans even children. | |
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| JeremyS | Oct 1 2012, 09:20 PM Post #17 |
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MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!
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Please spend time with your family now. :-)
Monosso has never had any technical ability at all. But a crossface is really not so much a technique move, and Percy would definitely prep Monosso with answers to Juan's big moves.
My main (hopefully constructive!) criticism of the show in general is that we exceeded that limit by a factor of a lot. I feel almost foolish pointing that out since it is my own character and it's not like I didn't strat this. Plus I am super super happy and grateful about winning, so I'm conflicted in even pointing it out. But by the end of Night Two, it even exceeds the infamous Exploder-off-the-cell-as-a-midmatch-weardown-move in gratuity, which really makes the possibility of Monosso-Langseth kinda ironic, doesn't it? :-)
I loved having part of this play out in PVW, in a way. I love when feds are interconnected and truly feel like part of the same game universe. I just hope the PVW-AWA in-universe 'rivalry' remains fun and tongue-in-cheek. It's fun when Bucky and Fred Hoyle trade little barbs. I feel like they'd probably be friends off-camera which is why they put each other over (in a way) on camera.
As one of the Rave handlers, I can say that I think this was done very well! This match was not pointless at all; on the contrary, it did a lot for the Rave and for the tag team division, and here is why: we again establish a connected universe. The tag teams and the singles exist side by side, and for the Rave to get in the face of a singles Main Eventer and pose a threat to him, even if we knew how it would turn out, enhances their credibility. In-ring credibility is important for a comedy/gimmick character. I have always felt that comedy characters were perfectly viable main eventers or champions so long as they could get it done when the bell rang. After this recent run by the Rave, starting from their upset of the Lynches, would you really think it is out of the question now for them to take on a VU or Bishops and come out with a win? You'd have to at least consider that reasonable now, based on what we have seen from them in recent months. So this match was super helpful. And for Stevie, he still looks like he had to basically beat a tag team to advance, so he gets that momentum as well.
But when you consider his storyline, that makes perfect sense. He SHOULD stick out that way. He represents the darkest aspects of the 90s style. So for him to have that style difference is sensible. I'd even let him do "normal" e-w promo/vignettes, if it were me, just to have him stand out that much more.
I feel part of this is that Travis is basically Kerry Von Erich, who does not translate to e-w well. Kerry was a very visual competitor whose look was a big part of his success. But I could have bought Travis winning for one easy reason: he's a true babyface. I don't think it is unbelievable that he'd be a threat... after all, his brothers beat up everybody for almost a year! :-D
This psychology made perfect sense to me. It fit Craven's character.
Sorry. :-(
Yeah, I disagree with much all of this, and Bucky's response basically showed that Bucky missed the point of what Marley was saying. You forget that he was addressing Percy Childes. Go back and read what Childes said in his pre-BST promo. That is the context you have to remember; Marley didn't bring this up, Percy did. |
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| JeremyS | Oct 1 2012, 09:36 PM Post #18 |
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MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!
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It was neat that he did that, because one of the difficulties in e-w tournaments is that in later matches, the handlers don't know who they are facing so you don't get much in the way of personalized statements where the character knows what has happened already.
And now he and Martinez can bond with stories on how they lost major title matches to a backslide! BTW, I am pro-rollup move. A lot of times, especially in the 'golden days', guys would poo-poo an ending that involved someone getting rolled up. Fie on that, says I! This is a good way to have someone win a match via pinfall (clean or no) and the other guy looks strong. But many people seem to think it does the opposite. I do not get that.
This one tortured him quite a bit. *nods knowingly*
I was fairly shocked, all in all. I thought if any of my guys would win, it would be Nenshou, especially based on the what-ifs we batted about for angles moving forward. Chris did ask what would happen if Monosso won, but overall I didn't really see it coming until he went with the "if Monosso is to win" option for my strat (where he attacks Percy).
That's a very difficult set of plates to balance. I mentioned my thoughts on it earlier. I think it was a case of painting into a corner. Had Chris known earlier on what he was going to decide in the end, some of those earlier matches (even Carver and McBaine in the previous rounds) might have been less extreme. |
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| StevieScott | Oct 1 2012, 10:11 PM Post #19 |
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...EVEN CHILDREN!
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I will say that I think the right guy won it if you combine RPs and storyline. The progression of Monosso during the tournament as a sympathetic fan favorite, culminating with actually WINNING the tournament, and where that takes him in the relationship with Childes...it just presents so many different possibilities that can have a trickle-down effect on others on the roster. It would have worked without the title, but it will work a lot better WITH the title. |
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| JeremyS | Oct 1 2012, 10:26 PM Post #20 |
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MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!
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SRS BZNSS
Stevie will always have that side to him. It would feel phony if he didn't.
Supreme Wright is a character who needs to be "plugged in" and engaged in the people and events around him. Without that, he's not really compelling. With that, you get really good stuff like this. (The Matthews stuff was my favorite from him)
Stevie should always be "casual with the rules", IMO. It is who he is.
I said what I think about rollup finishes in the last segment. Having several on this card establishes that yes, they are legit finishes. I had no difficulty with that finish.
Aw, poor Calisto. Pay attention to what Percy says. :-)
Heh, I needed to think of some way to counteract if Cooper interfered; Adrian sure as hell wasn't going to be able to stop him. So that came out of nowhere. The claims he made to fire up Sharif were just that, though. It is another example of Adrian's blatant lies and manipulation, and that fits with his established modus operandi. Please recall how blatant the lies that Freddie Blassie used to tell were. ("What do you mean I hit him with my cane?! That was trick photography! Trick photography!") Adrian will tell Sharif anything if he thinks it will serve his purposes. There was no 'angle' or 'story' to that; the story really is "Adrian Bathwaite is a blatant liar". Though you DO have to admit it's plausible!
I had to sell Night One, which basically can be summed up as "James Monosso should be dead". And what would Percy do? I thought about having him help Monosso, for reasons that should be obvious if you think about it. But pride and hubris are the downfall of all heels. He was perfectly happy to eliminate Monosso out of spite when that wasn't in his best interest. He even changed his tune in mid-segment when he claims that he can name a surrogate! (Why didn't he say that to start with? Because he was trying to bluff Watkins! And because Jeremy didn't think it through.)
The entrance was actually inspired by one of Terry Funk's entrances in his late NWA run against Flair, involving cowboys on horseback. It was the closest thing to a "huge event" entrance I could see doing in AWA. I was not sure if that spot was going to happen but it amused me to no end so I figured I would strat it and see if it'd happen. I tried to make it sound like the camel "didn't sell" because it was not hurt by that (well-trained camel!).
Heh, I stratted that as a false finish, but it gets the King Kong Kneedrop over. That's a bit more legit as a finisher than the legdrop, anyway.
I don't know about that. The fans never had a problem rallying behind the Road Warriors. Or the Steiners in their heyday.
The problem is, after Character!Blue gets his 2001 on, I was rooting for Craven.
Glass ceiling CONFIRMED! ![]()
Ironically, Supreme Wright was a victim of logistics in my PVW Rumble, so Terry has a case of this going on. (Though there seems to be a karmic element to that as we see later.)
Note to self: start making fake e-mail addresses...
I don't know about that; I think it would have been just the boost he needed.
Then you don't need to justify anything any further.
It amused me too. I need to have Sharif mention this at some point by referring to Green as the "Battail Royal Shampwon" and giving him an inordinate amount of "raspec".
It would be easy; have Petrow or somebody con him out of it. I would have been highly amused by that ending, and since we're getting the Andre challenge at the end anyway, nobody would have been left thinking "wait, Alphonse Green is in the Main Event of SuperClash"? We would have known what was going to happen. That's not saying that would be better than Wright winning; I'm just saying it would have been doable.
I'm not sure how that would have downgraded the piledriver. I mean, he could have dusted off the Mindbender* if you really wanted to go there!
Now I am a) picturing Joe Petrow having the Andre Voice. b) picturing Jack Tunney running out onto Piper's Pit to regulate on Andre back in '87. |
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| Overly_Critical_Jue | Oct 1 2012, 10:47 PM Post #21 |
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Amigo, I ain't anybody but Juan Vasquez!
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As the tournament progressed, I just kept wanting to get Wright through at least "one more round" so he could complete his story arc satisfactorily to my liking, since I knew the chances of actually winning the title amounted to nil(not that I didn't try as hard as I could to change that). It's one thing to get past Matthews, who didn't have an angle and I could straight up rp, but a guy like Cooper seemed like a nigh impossible mountain to climb, since he actually had a big angle backing him up. I gotta give credit to Rob, who early on said something to the effect of "My goal is to make it as hard as possible for Blue to decide the outcome of all my tournament matches." I took that statement to heart. Getting that e-mail from Blue where he said he was undecided about the Cooper match made me smile. It showed that at least I was getting to him a little. lol Of course, Blue(that bastard) kept throwing characters at me that made me think, "I'm not beating this guy unless I work my ass off" and I can honestly say that after every Wright promo I wrote, I was mentally exhausted. Then he threw THAT curveball at me. What a cruel joke...I should've just flaked.
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| sychosys | Oct 1 2012, 11:39 PM Post #22 |
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This Space For Rent
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As opposed to me, whom Blue makes think "I'm not beating this guy even if I work my ass off"
This can be explained by all the brain damage Petrow suffered during the e-Wrestling Attitude Era. My worst fears about Blue going ahead with Rocky V booking have come to pass.
Bathwaite. It's a shame that Blue cut out all of those scenes of Bathwaite giving encouragement to Monosso, and healing him so that he could come out for all of those matches. |
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| ratrangerm | Oct 2 2012, 11:50 AM Post #23 |
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Aging veteran
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Just some general comments as they pertained to my characters: On Dave Cooper, I had been writing in e-mails to Blue that the Final Four was the furthest that Cooper should advance. In hindsight, I would have adjusted that to the quarterfinals because the idea for the Cooper promo I came up with worked a lot better in terms of how Cooper could cast that "black cloud" over the tournament and the Rumble. He may have been gone from the tourney but he's still hinting that Royalty will have its say. I am disappointed, though, that the promo aired after Scott/Wright because Cooper had plenty to say about Wright as well, thus further adding to Cooper casting doubts in people's minds as to whether or not any of the Final Four participants were on the up and up. And I'm glad that Blue didn't keep having Gordon and Bucky harp on that throughout the show -- it would have been overkill. The best thing to do is let what the character says sink in with the reader and let the reader decide how much importance it holds. As for Supernova, I pretty much suspected that he wasn't going to win the Rumble again, but I thought Blue did a good job trying to boost him again, because he got to be the one who not only held off the Unholy Alliance, but sent them both packing. It's too bad some things fell through between me and Moze, and the whole Supernova/Craven feud hasn't really panned out like I hoped, but I thought Blue did the best he could with trying to get Supernova back on track. And, personally, I don't think I've had RPs for him that have been that strong -- but I'll admit that finding a feud or story I can sink my teeth into really helps. All you have to do is compare Supernova to Cooper -- there's no doubt in my mind that my best work has come with Cooper. Regarding the show in general, as I said elsewhere, it wasn't that I didn't think Supreme Wright didn't deserve to win the Rumble as Terry did an awesome job with Wright's promos, but that the storyline possibilities are kind of lacking with Wright facing James Monosso... especially if Terry still thinks Wright as somebody who is just here for the short term. My only concern is that Monosso, who had a great storyline for the tourney, combined with Jeremy doing some great work, could end up with a title match at SuperClash that gets overshadowed by others who have more intriguing storylines being set up. So... I see a challenge before Jeremy and Terry to put together a storyline that truly works. The good thing is both are very good writers who have plenty of good ideas, but right now... I'm feeling a bit underwhelmed by what has been set up with the World title. |
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| Overly_Critical_Jue | Oct 2 2012, 12:33 PM Post #24 |
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Amigo, I ain't anybody but Juan Vasquez!
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We'll just plagiarize Preston/Monosso wholesale and no one will know the difference.
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| sychosys | Dec 25 2012, 09:31 PM Post #25 |
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This Space For Rent
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Add a few Uggs to the mix, and you might be on to something! |
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