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YOUR Worst Character; Come on, we have ALL had them
Topic Started: Feb 21 2008, 08:05 PM (3,664 Views)
Overly_Critical_Jue
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I find it funny that 99% of the time a character fails, it's because the handler can't figure out what's going on in their character's head or find their voice. That's probably the first thing I do before I create a character.

I dunno, what goes on in your head when you guys create some of these people? I'm sure guys like Bill Craven are given a lot more care in their creation than some of the throwaway characters, right?



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The less I make of a background or motivation the better I do with a character.
Have I told you how much I loathe your continued existence today?

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Picky,Jan 3 2010
05:53 PM
The less I make of a background or motivation the better I do with a character.

Same here more or less.
I'll use the background as a quick guide, but the character's voice truly comes when it's faced with its first few e-w challenges, and it will grow based on what happens to it in that formative period.

There was one character whose voice I never found: Chich Ba'alan of PJG (of the "tips on RPing/Creating faces" thread fame)... despite a well thought through background, I never found the voice as the character ended up being too alien to me.


But I also tend to take shortcuts, so to speak.

I take a character whose voice I know to RP another...
For example... as Gamma Ray's former conscience, I started off RPing Sylhouette as the Irradiated One's opposite.
Similarly, to start her off, I simply RP'd Eveline Eriksen as an opposite of Sylhouette.
And so on and so forth. It makes starting off a character easier until you do find their true voice.
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Overly_Critical_Jue,Jan 3 2010
04:59 PM
I find it funny that 99% of the time a character fails, it's because the handler can't figure out what's going on in their character's head or find their voice. That's probably the first thing I do before I create a character.

I dunno, what goes on in your head when you guys create some of these people? I'm sure guys like Bill Craven are given a lot more care in their creation than some of the throwaway characters, right?

My characters, whether I put much thought into them or not, always end up vastly different than they were originally conceived.

Witness "The Master" Sean McKinnon, who started off in SCRA as a cocky heel who used a bunch of old Bobby Heenan one liners and constantly forgot what country what country Otto Verhoeven was from, and who ended up in GLCW as a masked babyface who was completely out of his mind, as evidenced by the fact that during one match, he went into the audience, got "advice" from a child in the stands and then, shockingly, won the match.

Or, better yet, look at the case of "Hot Stuff" Alex Martinez. In MWF, (his first fed), he was a seven foot tall version of Sting. In an early promo, he's seen sitting on the beach, claiming, kid you not, to be the best looking man in wrestling, and talking about how much he loves the fans.

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DaveG,Jan 3 2010
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Or, better yet, look at the case of "Hot Stuff" Alex Martinez. In MWF, (his first fed), he was a seven foot tall version of Sting. In an early promo, he's seen sitting on the beach, claiming, kid you not, to be the best looking man in wrestling, and talking about how much he loves the fans.

I can't even begin to believe that to be remotely possible. Alex Martinez hasn't been happy since 1998 as far as I know. Even when he was the #1 face in EMWC, he was a miserable guy. :blink:

If anyone has a raincloud following them around, it's Alex Martinez.
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DaveG,Jan 3 2010
07:02 PM
Overly_Critical_Jue,Jan 3 2010
04:59 PM
I find it funny that 99% of the time a character fails, it's because the handler can't figure out what's going on in their character's head or find their voice. That's probably the first thing I do before I create a character.

I dunno, what goes on in your head when you guys create some of these people? I'm sure guys like Bill Craven are given a lot more care in their creation than some of the throwaway characters, right?

My characters, whether I put much thought into them or not, always end up vastly different than they were originally conceived.

Witness "The Master" Sean McKinnon, who started off in SCRA as a cocky heel who used a bunch of old Bobby Heenan one liners and constantly forgot what country what country Otto Verhoeven was from, and who ended up in GLCW as a masked babyface who was completely out of his mind, as evidenced by the fact that during one match, he went into the audience, got "advice" from a child in the stands and then, shockingly, won the match.

Or, better yet, look at the case of "Hot Stuff" Alex Martinez. In MWF, (his first fed), he was a seven foot tall version of Sting. In an early promo, he's seen sitting on the beach, claiming, kid you not, to be the best looking man in wrestling, and talking about how much he loves the fans.

Someone needs to bring this up when feuding with him. A total piss-take. It'd be amazing.

AM: "GRAAH I KEEL YOU FIYAHBOMBNAAARRRR"


Whoever: "Dude, that speedo made you look kinda ghey."


AM: "..."
Moo.
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shapshift,Jan 4 2010
04:22 PM
DaveG,Jan 3 2010
07:02 PM

My characters, whether I put much thought into them or not, always end up vastly different than they were originally conceived.

Witness "The Master" Sean McKinnon, who started off in SCRA as a cocky heel who used a bunch of old Bobby Heenan one liners and constantly forgot what country what country Otto Verhoeven was from, and who ended up in GLCW as a masked babyface who was completely out of his mind, as evidenced by the fact that during one match, he went into the audience, got "advice" from a child in the stands and then, shockingly, won the match.

Or, better yet, look at the case of "Hot Stuff" Alex Martinez.  In MWF, (his first fed), he was a seven foot tall version of Sting.  In an early promo, he's seen sitting on the beach, claiming, kid you not, to be the best looking man in wrestling, and talking about how much he loves the fans.

Someone needs to bring this up when feuding with him. A total piss-take. It'd be amazing.

AM: "GRAAH I KEEL YOU FIYAHBOMBNAAARRRR"


Whoever: "Dude, that speedo made you look kinda ghey."


AM: "..."

...I'm considering it now. :-D
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JeremyS,Jan 4 2010
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shapshift,Jan 4 2010
04:22 PM
DaveG,Jan 3 2010
07:02 PM

My characters, whether I put much thought into them or not, always end up vastly different than they were originally conceived.

Witness "The Master" Sean McKinnon, who started off in SCRA as a cocky heel who used a bunch of old Bobby Heenan one liners and constantly forgot what country what country Otto Verhoeven was from, and who ended up in GLCW as a masked babyface who was completely out of his mind, as evidenced by the fact that during one match, he went into the audience, got "advice" from a child in the stands and then, shockingly, won the match.

Or, better yet, look at the case of "Hot Stuff" Alex Martinez.  In MWF, (his first fed), he was a seven foot tall version of Sting.  In an early promo, he's seen sitting on the beach, claiming, kid you not, to be the best looking man in wrestling, and talking about how much he loves the fans.

Someone needs to bring this up when feuding with him. A total piss-take. It'd be amazing.

AM: "GRAAH I KEEL YOU FIYAHBOMBNAAARRRR"


Whoever: "Dude, that speedo made you look kinda ghey."


AM: "..."

...I'm considering it now. :-D

Do this, and you win the internets.


No. THREE internets.
Moo.
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God, my worst character? Some would say Precious Moments are terrible, some absolutely adore them _because_ they are purposely over-the-top terrible.

My first character, my "namesake", "The True Living Legend" Brian J. Blottie was probably my worst character. He got better as co-owner of PAW, but he started off terribly, and progressed into worse characters until finally settling into his role as "fedhead".

The New Age Pope was pretty terrible, but I loved him nonetheless.

So, Blottie was my worst character. That's kind of depressing.

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themightyblot,Jan 11 2010
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God, my worst character? Some would say Precious Moments are terrible, some absolutely adore them _because_ they are purposely over-the-top terrible.

It doesn't count when you're trying! Though they may be your worst characters anyway because of DA CURSE~!
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Ugh! I'm turning red in shame just bringing this up.

'Big Bully' Steve Nitro- When i first started this is the guy i used in some forgettable fed. Take Kevin Nash and... change his name. How he won titles in that federation i will never know.

California Boyz- Now these guys were kind of funny... to me. But they never really caught on. Picture identical twins with that stereo-typical 'surf guy' mentality. Lots of sentences beginning and ending with 'dude'. Thank God they didn't carry surfboards down to the ring [ala Shane Douglas in that forgettable skateboard gimmick] but i'm sure it crossed my mind. But to top it all off their names were Sandy & Sunny Beech.

Good stuff :unsure:

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My worst was Rust Stilletto.

He had a cool, undead-esq look and all that, but the guy was a mute and I couldn't describe sign language for shit. I tried doing communication through symbolism and people were just confused. I ended up giving up on the character.

He probably would have worked if he actually spoke.
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My worst character?

Master Hans von Bater.
Have I told you how much I loathe your continued existence today?

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Only to add these guys to the list since I had a brainstorming session this afternoon while driving around Chicago.

I think it's a bit self-serving, but it was a trend about ten years ago.

My ego was stroked, but I had to take the idea down... it may just work.
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I've never had a character that I couldn't find a fan for, but I've had lots of ideas that seemed great to me until I shared them with other people. Among them, I've had:

Vacant: He was going to be a masked wrestler who would claim to have held every title in the world (get it? Because every title starts its life as being "Vacant"). It probably could have been funny, but I seemed to be the only one who was laughing while describing it.

Revelation 2:14: Asa and Lincoln Marlboro. The wrestling preachers. I explained my plan for them in one of the AWA threads. I have to say, that as stupid as the idea sounds when it's articulated, I still think this would be a load of fun.

Retread: Nathan Young and Lou Saveo. In feds I had run, or helped run, these guys were either commentators or administrators who had been, in their histories, huge wrestling stars in the 80's. They would have been forced by [insert heel promoter here] to come out every week and wrestle as a gimmicked tag team from the 80's. Like, one week Midnight Express, the next week Moondogs, the week after that, Road Warriors, and so on. Hence the name :)

Billy Bob Buford Beauregard: Redneck from Arkansas. No one can understand a word he says. Whenever he speaks, there are subtitles that let you know what the guys in the video booth *think* he's saying.

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Those are just some off the top of my head, though I still think there could be some potential in the Revelation 2:14 and Retread ideas. I'll probably be back with more, since I used to have an idea a minute back in the day.
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