Mark
30-04-2002, 10:45 AM
I'm assuming that a lot of you dig Smackdown!: JBI but I'm sure you'd agree that as a one-player game the lifespan is limited to a month or two at best. MULTIPLAYER is the way forward.
4 friends and I in Bristol are the SWWA (see the sig.) and we meet monthly, usually at Cannanball Haze' house (name changed to protect the guilty) for several hours of competition.
There are several factors in this that have increased the longevity of the game (it also worked for SD!:2 on the PS1):
1. First of all, each of us has a stable of wrestler, all of which have to be CAWs. At the last count there were about 25 or 26 of them. Having this many wrestlers gives far greater freedom when you come to...
2. ...the booking. We have an SWWA meet every month and every third month is a "PPV" night with major titles on the line.
An easy way to begin the card for a night is with a round-robin tournament: every in the tournament
fights every other wrestler in the tournament. So, if
you've got 5 wrestlers in the tournament, that'll give
you a total of 10 matches (4 per wrestle [hope this is
making sense!])
You can then repeat the tournament but with Gimmick Matches (TLC, Street Fight etc.) so you've got 20 matches.
A win gets 3 points, a draw/double countout gets 1, a loss gets 0. Keep track of these scores and you've got
aready-made league table once the tournament's
over. The winner could get an extra Smackdown
(finisher point) for a later match or get a title shot, it
varies.
You need about 25 - 30 matches for a good four hours wrestling so if you've got some lesser titles (the SWWA includes WORLD, CORPORATE, HARDCORE, and TAG) you can contest these in various ways. A mini King of the Ring usually does the trick but don't use the KoTR
on the game, fight standard singles matches and
record the results yourself as it'll give greater control.
If you get tired of booking or other people want a
chance to book, hold a "Hell in the Commissioner's
Office" match! Just set up a 4-way Any Where Fall
match but pick the Commissioner's office as the location
and no one's to leave the room until there's a winner.
If you've found this useful or interesting then that's a good thing.
If you've found this pointless and unworthy then I hope you've not wasted too many braincells on reading this!
Any questions will be answered forthwith.
4 friends and I in Bristol are the SWWA (see the sig.) and we meet monthly, usually at Cannanball Haze' house (name changed to protect the guilty) for several hours of competition.
There are several factors in this that have increased the longevity of the game (it also worked for SD!:2 on the PS1):
1. First of all, each of us has a stable of wrestler, all of which have to be CAWs. At the last count there were about 25 or 26 of them. Having this many wrestlers gives far greater freedom when you come to...
2. ...the booking. We have an SWWA meet every month and every third month is a "PPV" night with major titles on the line.
An easy way to begin the card for a night is with a round-robin tournament: every in the tournament
fights every other wrestler in the tournament. So, if
you've got 5 wrestlers in the tournament, that'll give
you a total of 10 matches (4 per wrestle [hope this is
making sense!])
You can then repeat the tournament but with Gimmick Matches (TLC, Street Fight etc.) so you've got 20 matches.
A win gets 3 points, a draw/double countout gets 1, a loss gets 0. Keep track of these scores and you've got
aready-made league table once the tournament's
over. The winner could get an extra Smackdown
(finisher point) for a later match or get a title shot, it
varies.
You need about 25 - 30 matches for a good four hours wrestling so if you've got some lesser titles (the SWWA includes WORLD, CORPORATE, HARDCORE, and TAG) you can contest these in various ways. A mini King of the Ring usually does the trick but don't use the KoTR
on the game, fight standard singles matches and
record the results yourself as it'll give greater control.
If you get tired of booking or other people want a
chance to book, hold a "Hell in the Commissioner's
Office" match! Just set up a 4-way Any Where Fall
match but pick the Commissioner's office as the location
and no one's to leave the room until there's a winner.
If you've found this useful or interesting then that's a good thing.
If you've found this pointless and unworthy then I hope you've not wasted too many braincells on reading this!
Any questions will be answered forthwith.