Are all e-feds like this?

[LaParkaYourCar 0]

Where can I join the SWF or OAOAST?

Whenever you see a post by me just look in my sig. There's always a link to joining the OAOAST there.

[The Thread Killer 0]

SHOOT PROJECT.

 

 

Best.

 

E-fed.

 

Ever.

 

[Tony149 0]

You just talk with whomever you're feuding with and the two of you decide on your own based on what makes sense. The only time you would need outside help on deciding winners is if it contradicted with a big storyline, but that doesn't happen often.

 

As far as pushes and stuff usually it's whatever is the most logical thing to do next based on storylines. If you're not active you won't get a push. If you're active more than likely you'll end up getting somewhere.

 

The mods are just uneasy about giving titles to someone who's never around. Not that they're the ones who dictate who gets what title, but they will step in and say something if it goes to someone who's not around.

That's an excellent way to describe it.

 

When I became apart of the OAOAST back in May 2002, it was as the "head booker". At that point the guys were starting to set up shows, so I decided to help decide who won and loss. We quickly found out that didn't work for us. Complaints over the direction of the OAOAST occured; I wasn't doing what I was supposed to do -- decide who won or loss -- I left that up to two other "bookers" and the roster themselves. All the problems were basically due to everybody being new to an e-fed. The OAOAST was never intended to be an e-fed, it just happened.

 

Long story, short. We ended up going with the description LPYC wrote in late 2002. Since then everything has ran smooth once again. All references to "bookers" were dropped. The real bookers are the people involved in a feud. We have "Producers" whose job is to let everyone know when matches/promos are due for our Tuesday (Intense Zone) & Thursday (HeldDOWN) shows; and to post the show.

[Dr. Tyler; Captain America 0]

If you're looking for a good roleplay fed, go to www.superiorcomplex.com

 

That's probably one of the best on the net right now. I used to be in another very good one, GWA, but it closed down last month.

 

But yeah, SWF (on these boards) rules for matchwriting, and SWF (up there, linked) rules for RP feds.

[Internet Warfare 0]

There are the ups and downs of being in roleplaying feds. I tried the SM junior fed, and I didnt really like the idea of me writing my own match (no offense) because I felt it left room for people to totally embarass their oppoents if they didnt like them. So I joined the fed in my Sig. Its a roleplaying fed and I like it because you can let the bookers and writers know how to use you in the storylines. And contrary to what some might belive, I am a frequent writer for the fed that I am in and I am not a main eventer, just a tag team champion, because I roleplay often showing that I am committed.

 

And another upside to fed is that its a forum so you can compain about whats happening or talk to the members.

 

Well, theres my 2 cents.

[Ace309 0]

I didnt really like the idea of me writing my own match (no offense) because I felt it left room for people to totally embarass their oppoents if they didnt like them.

 

This is one of the reasons both guys write. A match that's entirely one-sided that isn't justified by storyline won't win, assuming the other guy writes and doesn't write the same sort of thing. It's pretty much an autojob, because it's not a fun or good match to read.

 

There's a lot of that sort of common sense involved in the SWF and SJL. You can't write squashes and win. You can't give your opponent a serious injury without his consent and win. That sort of thing.

[David Blazenwing 0]

"BIZNITTLEBAM!  B-Wing in the HIZZOUSE!"

                               

Biznittiggity bang, yo.  You still got owned.

See? People tend to not forget stupid things.

 

Ooh, Thoth... yeah, you got me to think I was being sued. Oh damn, yeah, you REALLY owned me.

 

Anyhow, i don't care what the SWF/SJL-er's say. We already got a new member thanks to this thread, so I say the more the merrier.

 

Ahahaha... you really can't pay for this kind of exposure. Thanx, Thoth!

 

[King Cucaracha 0]

"BIZNITTLEBAM!  B-Wing in the HIZZOUSE!"

                                

Biznittiggity bang, yo.  You still got owned.

See? People tend to not forget stupid things.

 

Ooh, Thoth... yeah, you got me to think I was being sued. Oh damn, yeah, you REALLY owned me.

 

Anyhow, i don't care what the SWF/SJL-er's say. We already got a new member thanks to this thread, so I say the more the merrier.

 

Ahahaha... you really can't pay for this kind of exposure. Thanx, Thoth!

 

My unbiased thoughts, being an e-fed veteran.

 

Blazenwing...you're a tool.

 

But honestly...there's a LOT of unwritten rules with e-feds. One of them is this...when the e-fed boss is also the World Champion, steer WELL clear, because you're likely to get jobbed out for his personal pleasure.

 

And no offense...but if you're World Champion, that doesn't say a lot, seeing as you're nowhere near the best RPer in your own fed...given the chance, I'm sure I could beat you.

 

And to those of you unfamiliar with the 'owning of Blazenwing', search for it in the SWF/SJL General folder...along with Landon Maddix...8 and 1 BABAY1

 

 

As far as SJL goes, the work-rate is not as much as it first looks. If you want to succeed, you have to put the effort in obviously. But once you get into the swing of things, it really isn't as much of a workload as you'd expect.

 

Plus, you have MUCH more control over your character than just a RPing fed. I highly recommend the SJL to you all...and await my push for being a lovable, pro SJL tool...

 

 

*waits anxiously*

[David Blazenwing 0]

But honestly...there's a LOT of unwritten rules with e-feds. One of them is this...when the e-fed boss is also the World Champion, steer WELL clear, because you're likely to get jobbed out for his personal pleasure.

 

And no offense...but if you're World Champion, that doesn't say a lot, seeing as you're nowhere near the best RPer in your own fed...given the chance, I'm sure I could beat you.

Not my fault.

 

The dude who WAS the Champ quit, I had to do SOMETHING with it, I couldn't vacate it, b/c I would have had to scrap the Elimination Chamber match if I did, and I wasn't going to do that.

 

Besides, I can post the whole damn match here if you want, but I lose the belt. I never even intended to keep the belt. I was just holding it until the next guy came along to win it. Ooh, a whole TWO WEEKS!

 

And I agree. I'm not as good as some of the other rp'ers in my fed, and I'm not trying to say that I am. However, if you're just going by what I did in SJL, you're horribly mistaken about my rp skills. I've written plenty of 2k+ roleplays in other feds, namely the AJWF.

 

However, thank you for being unbiased. At least you didn't go into a tirade about how "oh, the BWF sucks, Blazenwing sucks, blah, blah, blah" like some people.

 

The tool comment was unnecessary, though, and kind of tainted anything you had to say for the remainder of the post. I do see where you're coming from, though.

[Hank Kingsley 0]

The tool comment was unnecessary, though, and kind of tainted anything you had to say for the remainder of the post. I do see where you're coming from, though.

Coming from someone who has "Taking out the SWF one idiot at a time (It'll take a while)" in his custom title. Bravo.

[David Blazenwing 0]

Hmm... good point.

 

I'll change that. Besides, that was more diected at the IDIOTS, not this guy.

 

You however... yeah, I'd say your stuck-up cocky "I'm better than you" ass qualifys.

[King Cucaracha 0]

But honestly...there's a LOT of unwritten rules with e-feds. One of them is this...when the e-fed boss is also the World Champion, steer WELL clear, because you're likely to get jobbed out for his personal pleasure.

 

And no offense...but if you're World Champion, that doesn't say a lot, seeing as you're nowhere near the best RPer in your own fed...given the chance, I'm sure I could beat you.

Not my fault.

 

The dude who WAS the Champ quit, I had to do SOMETHING with it, I couldn't vacate it, b/c I would have had to scrap the Elimination Chamber match if I did, and I wasn't going to do that.

 

Besides, I can post the whole damn match here if you want, but I lose the belt. I never even intended to keep the belt. I was just holding it until the next guy came along to win it. Ooh, a whole TWO WEEKS!

 

And I agree. I'm not as good as some of the other rp'ers in my fed, and I'm not trying to say that I am. However, if you're just going by what I did in SJL, you're horribly mistaken about my rp skills. I've written plenty of 2k+ roleplays in other feds, namely the AJWF.

 

However, thank you for being unbiased. At least you didn't go into a tirade about how "oh, the BWF sucks, Blazenwing sucks, blah, blah, blah" like some people.

 

The tool comment was unnecessary, though, and kind of tainted anything you had to say for the remainder of the post. I do see where you're coming from, though.

Of course you could have vacated it and kept the Elimination Chamber.

 

And Superstar is right...you're a hypocrite. It's alright for you to call the SWF/SJL guys idiots, but we can't use a word like tool...which I wouldn't neccesarily call derogatory. In your words...

 

Ooh, A TOOL! Ooh, how INSULTING! Ooh, it was UN-NECESSARY!

[David Blazenwing 0]

Of course you could have vacated it and kept the Elimination Chamber.

 

And Superstar is right...you're a hypocrite. It's alright for you to call the SWF/SJL guys idiots, but we can't use a word like tool...which I wouldn't neccesarily call derogatory. In your words...

 

Ooh, A TOOL! Ooh, how INSULTING! Ooh, it was UN-NECESSARY!

Alright. I was angry for a while, but I'm better now. So sue me. I'm human. IT HAPPENS.

 

And btw, I actually thought you were alright until the whole "Ooh, A TOOL! Ooh, how INSULTING! Ooh, it was UN-NECESSARY!" thing.

 

Man, was I this much of a dike when I was in the SJL? No, turns out I wasn't. Guess the bug hit after I left.

 

One last thing... I couldn't have vacated it and made the EC match... there was no one left who deserved the title shot... well, no one else was rp'ing at the time, anyhow.

 

Why don't YOU guys stick to running YOUR FED YOUR WAY and let ME run MY FED MY WAY?

 

And yes, when used the way it has been used in the past, I do take tool as an offensive remark. I apologize for the idiot thing.

 

Not that I expect you guys to apologize to me... I expect that would be asking too much.

 

EDIT: Damn, I was all over the place in that post!

[Papacita 0]

However, if you're just going by what I did in SJL, you're horribly mistaken about my rp skills. I've written plenty of 2k+ roleplays in other feds

Hey now! Quantity doesn't necessarily equal quality!

 

*wags index finger disapprovingly*

[King Cucaracha 0]

Of course you could have vacated it and kept the Elimination Chamber.

 

And Superstar is right...you're a hypocrite. It's alright for you to call the SWF/SJL guys idiots, but we can't use a word like tool...which I wouldn't neccesarily call derogatory. In your words...

 

Ooh, A TOOL! Ooh, how INSULTING! Ooh, it was UN-NECESSARY!

Alright. I was angry for a while, but I'm better now. So sue me. I'm human. IT HAPPENS.

 

And btw, I actually thought you were alright until the whole "Ooh, A TOOL! Ooh, how INSULTING! Ooh, it was UN-NECESSARY!" thing.

 

Man, was I this much of a dike when I was in the SJL? No, turns out I wasn't. Guess the bug hit after I left.

 

One last thing... I couldn't have vacated it and made the EC match... there was no one left who deserved the title shot... well, no one else was rp'ing at the time, anyhow.

 

Why don't YOU guys stick to running YOUR FED YOUR WAY and let ME run MY FED MY WAY?

 

And yes, when used the way it has been used in the past, I do take tool as an offensive remark. I apologize for the idiot thing.

 

Not that I expect you guys to apologize to me... I expect that would be asking too much.

 

EDIT: Damn, I was all over the place in that post!

1) I don't run a fed. :rollseyes:

 

2) Apologise for what?

[Ace309 0]

Well, I've never read the BWF, so I don't have any idea about their quality, but hey, if someone read their stuff and joined, cool. RPing just isn't my thing. I prefer to have the control over both my character in AND out of the ring that are inherent in the SJL and SWF. I love it.

[Hank Kingsley 0]

Man, was I this much of a dike when I was in the SJL? No, turns out I wasn't. Guess the bug hit after I left.

Hey, remember that TV Title match you SWORE deserved to win, and you threw a hissy fit about it when you lost?

 

Remember spamming a promo on the SJL board advertising your own fed?

 

Remember blaming me and my "Glass ceiling" for your inability to write a winning match?

 

 

Yeah, neither do I.

[David Blazenwing 0]

Man, was I this much of a dike when I was in the SJL?  No, turns out I wasn't.  Guess the bug hit after I left.

Hey, remember that TV Title match you SWORE deserved to win, and you threw a hissy fit about it when you lost?

 

Remember spamming a promo on the SJL board advertising your own fed?

 

Remember blaming me and my "Glass ceiling" for your inability to write a winning match?

 

 

Yeah, neither do I.

1. You're right. And I've grown a lot since then. I used to whine, I try not to now. Still, you're right, I did whine. Strike 1 for me.

 

2. Yes I do. And it wasn't advertisement, I just thought SOMEONE might give a flying fuck what I was up to after leaving the SJL. Strike 2 for me.

 

3. That I remember. To be honest, I didn't really mean that, but after you attacked me as a person, I can't say I like you very much, as I know you feel about me. Remember, e-fedding is supposed to be about FUN. It's NEVER meant to get personal, y'know? I wasn't having fun writing a match every 5 days just to lose. So, I left. Simple as that. Match writing feds just aren't my thing. They may be yours, and that's good for you. I just didn't like it very much. That is not a strike. Merely a statement of my feelings.

Edited September 22, 2003 by David Blazenwing

[Justice 0]

Personally, I'd reccommend the SJL and SWF to smarks because you have the chance to actually put on a Benoit/Angle and use all that ring psych you scream at Goldberg for not using .

 

Oh, and on a lighter note:

 

See? People tend to not forget stupid things.

 

Ooh, Thoth... yeah, you got me to think I was being sued. Oh damn, yeah, you REALLY owned me.

 

First off, it was the greatest tooling of all time. You don't forget things like that. He utterly killed you and all your attempts to 'legally' outmaneuver you through utter BS. It was brilliantly played out and an honor to watch, if I may say so myself .

[River City Rocker 0]

I was part of an e-fed a long, long time ago.

 

What we did was roleplay through email to the other members, and the three or four writers booked the matches into two or three shows. Basically, it was quantity over quality. I could do two stellar roleplays, and my opponent would do TEN, and he'd basically kill my wrestler on the Monday show.

 

My biggest accomplishment was getting Owen Hart a World title reign. I had two strikes against me; the first was that Owen beat a fictional wrestler after the kid who roleplayed as him threw a tantrum and quit the e-fed. The other one was that Owen lost the belt a week later to New Jack.

 

Otherwise, all I remember was the endless flood of roleplays and cards in my mailbox, and having to put up with the egos of some of these kids, who were taking this thing much too seriously. Towards the end, the original president got hurt in real life and couldn't use a computer for a while. I ended up taking over the e-fed and shut it down a month later when I finally got tired of everything involved with it.

 

The same e-fed was revived later that year, but it lasted about a month or two before more political bullshit put it on "hiatus". When the guy in charged asked me to come back, I said no.

 

If I ever wanted to run anything like an e-fed, I would just collect a bunch of CAWs for WWF No Mercy, set things up, and handle everything all alone. That way, everything goes relatively smoothly, and I don't have to worry about a 12-year-old prima donna trying to disrupt the whole fed by pitching a fit that his wrestler wasn't handed every title after his first match.

 

-Ben

[Papacita 0]

Otherwise, all I remember was the endless flood of roleplays and cards in my mailbox, and having to put up with the egos of some of these kids, who were taking this thing much too seriously.

I know where you're coming from there. That's exactly why I always prefered boards over e-mail feds.

 

And there are feds that go quantity over quality, but I think that comes from lazy or overworked owners than anything else...trust me, when you see like 20-30 *LONG* RP's lined up for one card, it's VERY tempting to just skim through and give the win to the guy whose name appears up there the most. What I used to do to prevent this (sort of by necessity, because I was busy as hell with school, but also to put more focus on individual RP quality) was set a four RP limit for shows and rather than just lumping all RP's together and judging them that way, I'd take the best from each participant in the match, judged those against one another and just used the additional RP's (if any) to decide closer matches. It worked, because it more or less forced everyone to put more effort into individual RP's rather than throwing up 3 or 4 repetitive, long-winded bullshit ones...and it was less reading for me, so that's always good.

 

LOL, I guess y'all can tell I really miss my little e-fed. If I had the energy, I'd open it back up, because I had a lot of ideas I wanted to try out towards the end but was just too burnt out to use. Oh well...

[Mystery Eskimo 0]

LOL, I guess y'all can tell I really miss my little e-fed. If I had the energy, I'd open it back up, because I had a lot of ideas I wanted to try out towards the end but was just too burnt out to use. Oh well...

Drop by the OAOAST

 

No role playing, but plenty of chances to work in your ideas.

[Masked Man of Mystery 0]

I was in GCW, and now I'm a matchwriter, known as Otaku II over there. We're a pretty good fed. Had a recent incident and the roster's a bit small but we've been around 5 years and things will get better. Anyone looking for a fed would be welcome. Check us out.

[Kaertos 0]

Just thought I'd mention a couple of things and pimp out the SWF a little more...

 

- Match length - We don't have a minimum required word count. I thin a lot of people come by and see that on our cards and think, "Damn! I can't write 6000 words every five or six days." And I can't blame them. Those are the maximum word counts that we will accept. We value quality over quantity, and I have always been of the opinion that a great 3000 word match will beat an average 6000 word match every time. The only exception is the PPV's which we have every 6 weeks or so. There are no word limits there, but we give you nearly a full week to write them.

 

- Schedule - As the appointed schedule keeper of the SWF, I can assure you that we have tweaked the schedule to allow the maximum amount of time between shows and still have a cohesive story to tell. The nice part is that our bookers are very open to suggestions about matches and if you know in advance you aren't going to be able to write for a show, tell us and you are not booked. Right now one of our ME guys is going on a "no-Lockdown" schedule that will give him a little time off between gigs (so to speak).

 

- Our biggest Pay-Per-View of the year is coming up on Sunday. You can get a look at the card right here. Check it out and swing by to read the show on Sunday night / Monday. This looks to be one of the best shows we've ever put on.

[Guest Trivia247]

my efed is been up since 99.....

 

though its going through some annoying times with lack of support in the writing department....since my puter died on me I can't continue my own personal work on it blah.

[Internet Warfare 0]

Why dont some of us join and make a efed forum outside of TSM, probably a roleplaying one. If anyone wants to help me just pm me.

 

Hows that for promotion!

[Mr. S£im Citrus 0]

3.  That I remember.  To be honest, I didn't really mean that, but after you attacked me as a person, I can't say I like you very much, as I know you feel about me.  Remember, e-fedding is supposed to be about FUN.  It's NEVER meant to get personal, y'know?  I wasn't having fun writing a match every 5 days just to lose.  So, I left.  Simple as that.

This comes across as a cop-out, and I have difficulty believing that you ever wanted to be there in the first place.

 

When I first joined the JL, I lost all the time; I didn't beat a single person who showed to write against me my first month and a half in the fed. As somebody who'd been out of school for over nine years before I picked this stuff up, I didn't think I had what it took to be competitive in the fed, and was ready to quit. But I accepted the advice of the other guys, and I got better. And, eventually, I broke through with a half decent match, and after that, I found my writing niche and took off.

 

But losing is a humbling experience, believe me, I know. I'm about ten years older than the average age of writers in the SWF, and at first, I didn't know how to take it when I was getting routinely outdone by sixteen-year olds, especially since I had been a pretty good writer back when I was in high school. But that just helped me to realize how much I had lost as a writer, and motivated me to do better. I doubt you have any idea how much pride I had to swallow before I was willing to ask teenagers what I needed to do to write better, but I did, because I really enjoy writing for the SWF, and I enjoy the people I'm associated with there.

 

All I'm trying to say is that if writing matches is something you wanted to do from the beginning, you wouldn't use losing as an excuse to quit; if all you wanted to do was RP, that's your business, even though the SWF's charter clearly states that it's not an RP-based fed.

[Stephen Joseph 0]

So, I was wondering

 

SWF & SJL peeps...since we're both e-feds, and we're both here and since we've got alot of people who were a part of 1 or the other or are in both now

 

What do you say we do a swf vs. oaoast show...like the storylines the regionals do where they run a series of matches...czw vs. wildside comes to mind immediately being a native georgian.

 

its totally non-serious and really doesnt matter who wins, but i think making up a show like that might be a fun year-end thing to do

 

that from a retired oaoaster

[Guest Jay Z. Hollywood]

Actually, BPP- Calvin and I did once have preliminary talks about Zack and I, as "Zack Malibu" and "'Shooter' Jay Darring", appearing in the SWF/SJL as renegade OAOAST members "invading."

 

Never got beyond that stage, but I'd definitely be down for it.

[Kaertos 0]

As 1/3 of SWF CC, I'd have to say that a OatToast / SWF crossover show would be great, and I think I might have just the spot for it.

 

Every Christmas we have a holiday themed PPV, but it is volunteer only and usually filled with things like the "Three Wise Men Match" and the infamous "Wreck the Malls Match". I would obviously have to talk to the other 2/3 of CC, but that seems like a great place for our two Feds to do a joint show.