Handler Insight . . .

[TWD Relations]

Just wanted to get some feedback on the format of our card system (ie: 4 matches per card).

Obviously this creates a bottleneck as far as you guys being put into matches. The match is pretty simple.

With 8 guys on the roster, 0 sit out every week.
With 16 guys on the roster, 8 sit out every week
And we will be at 20 in a flinch and 12 will be sitting out which means you could theoretically not be on a card for SIX weeks. lol

My question is . . . how does everyone feel about this? In all honesty . . . my goal was to create this "type" of atmosphere when being put in a match actually "meant" something but I'm afraid I might be headed towards overboard city.

Here are my thoughts. You guys can respond to each and add your own.

1.) Leave the format unchanged (The downside to this would be the logic mentioned above)

2.) Add more matches to the cards (The downside to this would be there would need to be some help writing the matches because to make this really effective I would see having maybe 6 matches per card.)

3.) Have a card inbetween each SHOWDOWN! Basically all this would do is get you matches (wins/losses). But it would be like a house show and would not contain written results but rather line results such as (Brent Kersh defeats the entire roster of TWD because they are a bunch of sniffling babies who can't produce 16 role plays every two weeks). And everyone would be on the card and your success would be based on previous quality. (ie: You wouldn't be role playing for these matches. You would focus on SHOWDOWN and these matches would just happen).

4.) Split up into two brands. We could split the roster and do like UGH . . . WWE does and have a draft say every six months. (The down side of this would be finding someone to run the other brand and figuring out who would go where without making anyone mad - which I figure would be hard to do.)

Alright boyeeez . . . let the responses and ideas fly . . . I will take silence as satisfaction.

[Tomas Luger]

Pat, from what I've heard silence doesn't follow you.

Which explains the lack of satisfaction, OOOOOOHHHH!!!! Sick Burn!!!!

Aside, you could also put more people into the four matches per card. If you had two singles matches, a three way and a tag match you'd have 11 guys on 1 card without too much extra work. I know, I know, three people-but it's something.

Otherwise I like adding more matches, as I used to write maches for the TWF and could probably be counted on to nail one down every two weeks, or more if I'm not on the card.

I like having an off week, but wouldn't want an off three and I dislike extra cards for the sake of cards as this fed isn't supposed to really be about X's and O's and W's and L's.

The brand split is cute, but it's by far the single worst thing to happen to the WWE since Vince bought out the competition. Whatever happens, this is the last resort I think.

My two cents!

[TWD Relations]

In all honesty . . . as I was bathing myself this morning I thought of another in option in adding a tag team division. Touche Luger. And yes, the triple threat is a good idea. It could almost be the card format (Singles Match, Triple Threat, Tag Team Match, Main Event) . . . the way I see it . . . if we could drum up about 6 tag teams . . . we could have a bonified tag team division (unlike any other I've ever seen in e-wrestling).

What does everyone think about that idea?

And I agree with you on the brand split. If anything . . . WWE should have played them off as competitors. Vince owns WWE, Shane owns WCW, and Stephanie owns ECW (or someone). The fans would have bought in. We buy in to everything.

[Kingpin]

No brand split

Four matches is good. Add gimick such as tag team and dances if you need to but I think a lot of people like a slow dance. I think the strength of keeping people around is in segments and angles. I enjoy being on the card and I also like the time off idea. So long as we can maintain heat I think most anything you do will work.

I have faith in your HEAT abilitys Pat. It is like Jimmy Lu said during the WWC "I don't give a fuck what the mood of the board is so long as it is not dead." Keep the writers writeing and people will eventually be happy. BESIDES, we all know that if this truly becomes the best of the best fed there will be stiff competition to see who is the absolute best.

It always happens.

With that said I have to go say a few four letter words to Rob Blondie

[Marcus T]

No "we" don't...

Yes "you" do... buy into everything.

I say do as you do... do what pleases you! We will have it your way, we always do, we aaaalllways have it... YOUR WAY! So why all of a sudden we will have a fake vote? This is not Iraq, This is not Africa, This is not Cuba, this maybe America but here we don't do the fake voting thing. TWD is not a place for diplomacy cause we do it one way and one way only, YOUR WAY!

with all kidding aside.

If doing it in the format is easier on you, I'm cool. I just don't want get to far ahead of oursevles and we all of a sudden start feel a bun out, then that will turn into us having a slow death with no role plays and late cards.

I don't mind the current format at all.

But if you are in need of putting more faces on the card we can do these few things.

Tournaments
Round Robin Tournaments.
Random Drawing Tournaments.
Tag Teams
MORE CARDS, less writting ie: Old TWF.
Random Cards.

And if you use any more of my ideas and not give me (Ie: Name of Showdown.), my lawyer would love to have a sit down with you.

[TWD Relations]

I'm kinda likin' the tag team division idea . . . on top of a weekly triple threat contest. Good ideas gentlemen and I'm very glad to hear you're in support of the slow pace. I think that above all else will be what makes this e-fed stand out.

[Tomas Luger]

Also, with a few stables developing and on the horrizon, that makes for six man tags and rumble style matches.

Lumberjack matches are also a good way to give guys heat without putting them on the card.

Not to sound callous either, but the guys who want to stay involved will. Simply put. If I'm not scheduled I'll be putting together at least a segment. Someone like Kingpin will write as much as he can every week no matter what and others may only do what's required (and there's nothing wrong in that either!)