Sly Posted May 29, 2006 Report Posted May 29, 2006 Mine is located here... http://forums.thesmartmarks.com/index.php?showtopic=52899
Smartly Pretty Posted May 29, 2006 Report Posted May 29, 2006 I didn't have an introduction promo. I debuted in a #1 contenders match. And one. And then ELM slayed me. But really, isn't that how it always works?
Toxxic Posted May 29, 2006 Report Posted May 29, 2006 Done http://forums.thesmartmarks.com/index.php?showtopic=49559 The following thread also features area-specific football chants as performed by Va'aiga, and my first interaction with Muzz making me realise how awesome he was.
The Amazing Rando Posted May 29, 2006 Report Posted May 29, 2006 http://forums.thesmartmarks.com/index.php?showtopic=35653 "We played flashlight tag...and I WON~!"
Mr. S£im Citrus Posted May 29, 2006 Report Posted May 29, 2006 Didn't have one: my debut was a JL dark match.
janusd Posted May 30, 2006 Report Posted May 30, 2006 Didn't have one: my debut was a JL dark match. Seconded.
Sly Posted May 30, 2006 Author Report Posted May 30, 2006 Well... surely you guys had some sort of promo along the way that actually explained your character, right?
Golgo 13 Posted May 30, 2006 Report Posted May 30, 2006 It's on my old computer. Somewhere on IGN also. The gist of it was me coming out after the main event and declaring how awesome and ready to take over the fed I was. Hindsight, etc. Just a typical n00b promo.
Chuck Woolery Posted May 30, 2006 Report Posted May 30, 2006 My amazing intro promo involved Snow Demon sitting on a couch making fun of Ted Flink. Poorly. This was followed by my debut, where (if I'm remembering correctly) I ran some guy over with a snowplow and then hit him with my finisher... a La Magistral cradle. Which was called the Snow Plow. Seriously, it's all on IGN, and it's pretty spectacular.
Chuck Woolery Posted May 30, 2006 Report Posted May 30, 2006 (edited) Double. Edited May 30, 2006 by Chuck Woolery
Mr. S£im Citrus Posted May 30, 2006 Report Posted May 30, 2006 Well... surely you guys had some sort of promo along the way that actually explained your character, right?No.
Sly Posted May 30, 2006 Author Report Posted May 30, 2006 Well... surely you guys had some sort of promo along the way that actually explained your character, right?No. Well... aren't you the boring one, then.
Mr. S£im Citrus Posted May 30, 2006 Report Posted May 30, 2006 Maybe, but that has nothing to do with it; I just don't enjoy writing promos. I joined this fed to write matches, not to RP; RP-ing does jack-all for me.
Sly Posted May 30, 2006 Author Report Posted May 30, 2006 It's an effective way to tell a story, though. I just find that it adds a certain something when a person has an actual background to them... something to build off of, you know. And it gives them a depth outside of the ring, too.
Mr. S£im Citrus Posted May 30, 2006 Report Posted May 30, 2006 It's an effective way to tell a story, though. I just find that it adds a certain something when a person has an actual background to them... something to build off of, you know. And it gives them a depth outside of the ring, too.What do I need build for? I've managed to be involved in a handful of extended feuds without WC's "real life" having much, if anything, to do with them. In fact, I did about a four-month program with Pretzler and another four-month program with Hawke that basically just consisted of the three of us writing matches. They may never win FOTY, but that's never been a goal of mine. Promos have their place and everything, but I just don't think that they're essential for a character or a feud to get over: one of my favorite feuds ever in the history of the fed (Danny/Mak) had basically no promos whatsoever.
JJ Johnson Posted May 30, 2006 Report Posted May 30, 2006 Pretzler promoed pretty heavily in that, if I recall. But other than that, I'm taking your view on this, except for when you're just building to one match - as I am with Va'aiga - and promoing is really the only way to do it.
Mr. S£im Citrus Posted May 30, 2006 Report Posted May 30, 2006 I wouldn't say that he promoed "heavily." He probably did a handful of show promos; he definitely didn't do any board promos, which I think would be more in line with the sort of "add depth to your character" promos that Sly seems to be talking about here. I concede the point for a one-shot, though; be rather hard to build up to a one-shot without promoage. Hey Danny (or someone else who's into puro), do they do a lot of promoing in Puro, or do they rely mostly on the matches themselves to tell/sell the story?
Sly Posted May 30, 2006 Author Report Posted May 30, 2006 Perhaps I came off as being a jerk somehow, but when I stated my opinion, I just wanted to share my opinion. I didn't mean for you to try to crush it by any means possible and thus waste another thread on the community board.
Mr. S£im Citrus Posted May 30, 2006 Report Posted May 30, 2006 I wasn't aware that that's what I was doing...
Mr. S£im Citrus Posted May 30, 2006 Report Posted May 30, 2006 I just mean that I thought we were having an interesting discussion; I didn't realize that you interpreted that as me trying to "crush your opinion by any means possible," or "wasting" your thread. Mea culpa.
Sly Posted May 30, 2006 Author Report Posted May 30, 2006 I'm sorry. Here, let's have a moment of bonding by making fun of Zed instead. (12:36am) (@Zed) If you couldn't get it up, you'd be worried, too.
JJ Johnson Posted May 30, 2006 Report Posted May 30, 2006 I'm pretty sure stories are all wrestling in Japan.
Smartly Pretty Posted May 30, 2006 Report Posted May 30, 2006 Of course, none of us can speak Japanese, so it doesn't really matter anyway.
Bruce Blank Posted May 30, 2006 Report Posted May 30, 2006 I've seen a bunch of FMW tapes and yes the stories are all ABOUT wrestling (no spilled coffee) but they're not limited to the matches - pre & post match shenanigans, backstage interviews & angles. it's not as big as in the US but it's there
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