Ace309 0 Report post Posted March 12, 2005 Oh my fucking GOD!!!!! Calvinball should be required reading for generations to come! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chirs3 0 Report post Posted March 12, 2005 Calvinball = instant classic. And while I can't speak for the opening promo (yet), I can say that all the other promos were extremely good! Wild and Dangerous, Jay Hawke, Maddix and Silen-, er, I mean, Maddix and Toxxic... Great stuff all around. Good show, people! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thoth 0 Report post Posted March 12, 2005 Are you kidding? That match ruined the whole idea of Calvinball, which had no rules. WHY DO THEY KEEP FOLLOWING RULES?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chirs3 0 Report post Posted March 12, 2005 Are you kidding? That match ruined the whole idea of Calvinball, which had no rules. WHY DO THEY KEEP FOLLOWING RULES?! The idea is not that there are no rules, but that there are no set rules - rules are made up whenever and wherever the players please. Which is exactly what this match did. So nyah. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
janusd 0 Report post Posted March 12, 2005 .... Actually I'm mostly just for the use of Ebony. And with Annie no less. Heehee. Almost makes me want to do another Ebony promo.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ill One 0 Report post Posted March 12, 2005 Oh Jesus that Calvinball had me laughing the whole time. If that isn't a five star classic, I don't know what is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toshiaki Koala 0 Report post Posted March 12, 2005 Oh Jesus that Calvinball had me laughing the whole time. If that isn't a five star classic, I don't know what is. Unless you're engaging in some cleverly underhanded self-back-patting, I take this to mean somebody else wrote the match. In that case, who was it? Toxxic? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ill One 0 Report post Posted March 12, 2005 Oh I wish that could be mine. I that match. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ace309 0 Report post Posted March 12, 2005 I assumed Toxxic, for two reasons. - Toxxic "wins" ... - ... in Kibagami's "back garden," a more or less exclusively British usage referring to what normal people call a "back yard." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zack Malibu 0 Report post Posted March 12, 2005 My apologies for not showing, but I got slammed at work this week, and wasn't even at half the word limit by the time it was due to be in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ill One 0 Report post Posted March 12, 2005 Also it was Toxxic's style and had so many SWF references (which he loves to throw in there) oh, and Kibs' lawn. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ace309 0 Report post Posted March 12, 2005 Yeah, he messed up Kibs and Outcast. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thoth 0 Report post Posted March 13, 2005 I stand by my statement that Calvinball 2 is one of the greatest disappointments in SWF history, and I blame Mike Van Siclen for putting a list of guidelines on how to write the match. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chirs3 0 Report post Posted March 13, 2005 If you're gonna blame anyone for the guidelines, blame me, because I found the site he used. The site clearly states, by the by: *IMPORTANT -- The following rules are subject to be changed, amended, or deleted by any player(s) involved. So assuming the people in the match went there to find out what Calvinball was, they would know that the guidelines are just those - guidelines. Not rules and regulations, but merely suggestions that the writers could choose to follow or not follow. Don't be such a curmudgeon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toxxic 0 Report post Posted March 13, 2005 I stand by my statement that Calvinball 2 is one of the greatest disappointments in SWF history I stand by my statement that you suck ass. I refer you to any edition of Calvin and Hobbes where they play Calvinball. Did Calvin refuse to follow the rules laid down by Hobbes for the Pernicious Poem Place where Susie dumped cold water over him? No. Did Calvin obey the Babysitter Flag when Rosie touched him with it? Yes. You have to obey the rules - it's just that you can make those rules up as you go along. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thoth 0 Report post Posted March 13, 2005 PROMO (Thoth): "I invented the Calvinball match! I have a right to decide how I envision the match!" "If it weren't for you damn kids messing things up, we could have had a classic to end all classics." *Thoth takes a puff from whatever he's holding* "Mothernature something something something..." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toxxic 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 "If it weren't for you damn kids messing things up, we could have had a classic to end all classics." The truth is revealed - Thoth IS a Scooby-Doo villain! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Cucaracha 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 Calvinball is overrated. There, I said it. Now read my promo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Cucaracha 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 Wait...I've just read the opening promo. The SWF Belt? What the fuck is that? And does that mean we're losing all the ICTV and USJL legacies? Because seeing as I'm still doing the title histories and that I hold the ICTV Title, it would be nice for someone to notify me of what's going on. *waits* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ace309 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 (edited) We're unifying the ICTV and USJL belts, essentially, and renaming them. We may deconsolidate them at some point in the future, but for now it's overkill to have separate belts. If we just tack on the names, we'll have the ICTVUSJL belt, which is unwieldy and objectively poo. So we're using the name "The SWF Belt" as a placeholder, and it'll likely be renamed when we have the first champion. Edited March 14, 2005 by Ace309 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Cucaracha 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 Right. At least "the SWF Belt" is just a placeholder name. So I'm assuming it'll carry on the bigger belt's legacy (ICTV) then? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ace309 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 With the caveat that I think lineage debates are stupid, and I always roll my eyes when people debate the relative merits of the two current WWE top belts... Why does it need to be either-or? By my estimation, we're cobbling together: A) The JL belt, which is similarly comprised of the EUS, WUS, ML, TV, European and JL belts welded together (glued on, in the case of the EUS) B) The US Belt C) The ICTV Belt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. S£im Citrus 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 If you're taking input, I'm partial to "World Television Championship." It worked for ECW and, prior to the nWo, it worked for WCW as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toxxic 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 We're unifying the ICTV and USJL belts, essentially, and renaming them. We may deconsolidate them at some point in the future, but for now it's overkill to have separate belts. *practically suggested this idea a couple of months ago and was unanimously shouted down* I say call it the Abbreviation Belt. That was you can have the ICTVUSJL in one easy-to-swallow mouthful. In other news, Landon's promo rocked. Mainly because it featured me, but it rocked Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chuck Woolery 0 Report post Posted March 15, 2005 How anybody could possibly dislike the idea of calling this new belt "The SWF Belt" is beyond me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Golgo 13 0 Report post Posted March 15, 2005 Meh. Just keep the ICTV name. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Goodear Report post Posted March 15, 2005 Ejiropean title PART TWO Baby! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toxxic 0 Report post Posted March 15, 2005 *marks for an Ejiro sighting* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Justice 0 Report post Posted March 15, 2005 Ejiropean title PART TWO Baby! Instant classic thread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Angel_Grace_Blue 0 Report post Posted March 15, 2005 I say call it whatever, but keep up the tradition of renaming it things like the UK title, or the Awesometastic Belt, and whatnot. Or something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
