State of The Wrestling Domain

[Patrick Martin]

When I heard news of Rob Chesbro's decision to close down The Wrestling Domain, I was surprised. I had no reason to expect such an event in the immediate future and was confused as to why what seemed to be a knee jerk reaction was made. I knew I would get the chance to have the conversation with Rob to help me understand his logic and that's why I refrained from commenting for the most part.

In the meantime, I wanted to gauge the mentality of TWD handlers. The poll was a first phase evaluation of that mentality and I believe the results speak for themselves. In a weeks time, we had 9 handlers respond to the poll with only 7 responding in a positive manner. This isn't a negative result, it's just a telling one. Personally, it's the overall number more than anything. A number that pretty much coincided with Rob's thoughts on the federation.

With that being said, I don't see any reason to make an attempt to revive what has been, for the most part, a fairly solid federation throughout its existance. In short, we had a good run and most importantly were able to reconnect with and in some cases develop relationships we've created during our time in this game. I'm fairly happy with the fact that TWD hung around for nearly two years and it could not have happened without everyone that took part. From Rob to Emilio Ramirez (that was me by the way and boy did I suck) I want to personally thank everyone that participated and had a hand in bringing this opportunity together.

It was great to meet up with old friends and make some new ones. I hope that we can continue to stay in touch. As I look back at my time in e-wrestling, the thing that means the most to me over everything else are the people I've come to know. Those personalities, those ooc and ic characters are what makes this game fun. Thank you all.

I would encourage everyone with the motivation and desire to seek out new opportunities in the e-fed world. Originally, I created TWD to revive e-wrestling. It wasn't but several weeks into the task that I realized that e-wrestling didn't need revived. There are tons of feds out there with top notch talent and competitive desire. Some of us thought that because the game had moved out of our circle of "friends" that it was dead. That wasn't and isn't the case. Opportunities are out there, you just need to find them. And of course, being the good guy that I am, I'm here to help.

Our very own, Raymond "Kingpin" Jones has already started to construct his next masterpiece and it is in the form of an e-fed. I think it would be great for those willing from TWD to carry on in this fed. With that in mind, Ray wanted me to announce that the formatting would be reconstructed soon (tomorrow, but you know how those fed heads over promise) and that if you transfer to the fed from TWD holding a title, that title will transfer with you (i.e. If Krenshaw goes to this fed, he will be the Heavyweight Champion). To get to this fed go to kingpin7666.proboards.com/index.cgi?
When things start to settle down for me at work, I am definitely going to take a look.

Finally, just to put an end to the madness. I spoke with Rob about an officiel storyline to the closing of TWD and without fanfare I am going to announce that so that some (if they choose) can use the storyline to further their character. It's nothing complicated.

The Moderators and their unknown employer were given an offer by an annonymous investor that they couldn't refuse (they were just in it for the money anyway). At the investors request, the Moderators quickly and quietly dismantled the company as a way to calm the competition. Contracts were voided or bought out and assets were liquidated. Brent Kersh's dream of a competitive platform became yet another victim of the business of professional wrestling.

HEY, I told you it wasn't complicated, but it was important to me for everyone to have the same idea.

Folks, thanks for everything. All of it. Don't stop having fun. Life is too short. Enjoy.

[Kingpin]

Touching

but it is time for the circus to come to town. This is going to be fun as hell. I only know how o do things one way and that is big!



Thanks pat for the oppertunity and tell chesbro is welcome to come over to my boards and lurk or fight.

[Chesbro]

I held off on getting involved with any of the post TWD chatter on here because I wanted to see what would happen anyway.

Now.... the reason Pat gave for TWD's closing is true, but only partially. The numbers had dwindled down and I didn't see the federation gaining any new wrestlers who were going to stick around. Now, I did have offers for people to handle more than one character, but they were having a hard time handling what they did. Kevin could have taken on more, because he's a machine, but that led to problems before when he vanished real quick, leaving a big ass hole in my show.

TWD had some great handlers who were truly contributing to a show, but in my opinion, it wasn't enough to warrant their own time, as well as my own, any longer. I did, what I felt was my best, to give people storylines or people to feud with. I just didn't see some people taking the proper initiative to making those stories/feuds anything much.

Being a fedhead is a boatload of work. I wasn't happy that I stopped writing full results and I feel that it helped contribute to the lack of participation within the federation. This year, from start to now, just saw less and less work being done overall. Not everyone, just some. Some doesn't have a number value, but when you only have about 9 or 10 handlers, thats a big chunk of the fed that is being lax about playing here.

A lot of people were shocked by TWD closing up. I didn't come to the decision easily. I had first thought about it about 2 months ago, but tried to rekindle my own desire to want to run a top notch federation and create a fantastic history with it, that would span several years and then some. I gave TWD more time, but it just got worse on this end, with what I was receiving or not for that matter. I felt, that it was time to say goodbye to TWD before tarnishing it's solid image. Better to go out when it's good then when it just gets sad.

Some people asked, why I didn't inquire about another person taking over the reigns. That was simple. There was only one person, in my mind, who was active within the fed, who could have run TWD to a high standard. I say this, because I know he is capable of doing so and that would be Hartnell. I didn't think that he would want the responsibility of doing so, as he has his own ventures outside of TWD that take up his time as well.

In my mind, there was no credible handler that could take over the federation. That's not a knock on things, it's just my personal opinion. This has nothing to do with Ray looking to keep it going. When I closed it... Ray was just on his way back in. Last I knew about him, he had personal drama and that's why he darted out of TWD suddenly. On top of that, it took him a week to get back to me, just to say that he was interested in coming back. I just didn't think he had the real time to devote to the place. Then again, that's all perception and by the looks of things, I'm totally wrong. So in that respect, my bad.

Like I told Pat over AIM, I'm not standing in anyone's way if they want to run TWD. I'll gladly ship over passwords and all that jazz. Feel free to take your shot at it.

I just didn't think anyone was going to have the time or desire to want to step up and take over a federation that was nearing it's death. Let's face facts, guys. The boards were like a cemetary. No one even posted OOC about anything, let alone the growing number of no shows for matches.

With all that being said... I stand by my decision to close the federation while it was still decent. I feel badly for those who were working hard and trying to make the federation really interesting. The top guys in TWD were the top guys because they worked for it. Show after show, on the results and on the boards. They came with it. TWD just didn't have enough of them to make the place worth while to continue, in my opinion.

Ray is kick starting his own federation, so by all means, everyone head over there and have fun. I have found a new federation that has a supreme talent level and solid fed history, so that's where I'll be playing at. I'll lurk the boards and if things don't work out with the new fed, then I'll probably head over there. I wish Ray the best of luck in getting that off the ground.

For anyone who is looking for a fed... there are some links in our Fed Advertisement section. EWF has been running a while and has some alright talent. WWCWF has a small roster, but it just started as well. It's a restart, but everyone in that circle speaks very, very highly of the fedhead.

With all that being said... you all know where you can find me. Since I'm not running TWD anymore, I doubt I'll be on yahoo messenger, so AIM or MSN is the place to find me. Email works just fine too. Everyone, good luck with your TWD plans and please, stay in touch.

Thanks for the past 2 years. The first under Pat and the second under myself. TWD was special while it was running. You guys made that possible.

[Rastafari]

Hartnell really? Didn't bother to ask Crow at all did ya?

[Chesbro]

I haven't saw you online in over a month.

[Shabree]

What up douchebags?? LOL! Kidding....

So I jumped online today and figured I would come see how the crew is getting along with TWD and I find this thread. Wow. I feel horrible that I wasn't able to stick around. I will accept some of the responsibility and weight from Rob's statement about good handlers not sticking around.

For what it's worth my time in TWD was a lot of fun. I haven't been challenged in quite some time, like I was when it came to people like Brent Kersh, Jamie Krenshaw, and Krunch. It was a blast. So thanks guys.

To Rob....he's the man. He and Chris Freytag always treated me very well as a person and a character, never placing a glass ceiling above me. They respect and appreciate creative writers and in turn I have indescribable respect for them.

So long TWD and thanks for letting me play the game for a while.

[Chesbro]

Much appreciated compliments, Bree.
Even though it was a short stay, thanks for playing here in TWD with us.
Hope all is well with you.