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Topic Started: Jun 10 2016, 06:20 AM (315 Views)
Minister Wighty
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Crazy promos from Steve, Lita, Craig, and Seph this week. Thanks, guys.

I don't have a whole lot to say. Thanks to everyone who RP'ed, here's hoping we have a stronger turnout next week.

Reminder that next week's show will be on TUESDAY like it was supposed to be this whole time, not WEDNESDAY, so the deadline is SUNDAY, not MONDAY.

Thots?
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Craig
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Congratulations to new title holder (spoiler friendly).

Not feeling it at the moment, Seph appears to have a lot on his plate - not a criticism - and with a second father-son storyline happening, I feel devoid of motivation. I'm not even sure that asking for a booking this week would help much.

I'll give it some thought over the weekend.

If somebody reading this (who isn't Dai) could nip over to the Euro 2016 thread and match up the remaining participants with numbers, we can get that sorted for tonight's official kick-off, I would much appreciate it.
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Craig,Jun 10 2016
06:18 AM
Not feeling it at the moment, Seph appears to have a lot on his plate - not a criticism - and with a second father-son storyline happening, I feel devoid of motivation. I'm not even sure that asking for a booking this week would help much.


Check your PM's, Craig in regards to the whole father-son storyline thing.
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Lita Maivia
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Have I missed a rep decision on Junior? It's sad that I'm part of this storyline and even I'm not sure on that. Sorries! :mellow:

Yay for the Sharks. I love those boys.

Did Sakura kick Brittany off the apron for no reason at all? It was kind of unclear what was happening there. Brittany felt a tad like an afterthought towards the end of the match, but I'm not really complaining about it too much. I didn't really do much for the match despite my reasons, and I get there are other issues going on that likely affected the show overall. Just curious on that one particular mention.
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Minister Wighty
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@ Lita: Sakura kicked her to prevent the save for the oncoming pinfall. With Zombie too dead to function he wouldn't be able to make it himself and Brittany was rather fresh. I wasn't trying to marginalize her in the match, I just only write so much at all, and unfortunately when I have to go into detail about a spot or two (usually only in the main event) the vague bits I write look dwarfed in comparison. Trust that she looked great while she was in the ring, and was a very active presence at ringside. Sakura clearly saw her as a threat to securing the competition and took care of her. Because people always get mad if I end a tag match and the teammate does nothing for no reason.

@ Craig: What Steve said. I don't think these two storylines are going to be at all similar, other than the single common thread they have. It's like in the mid 2000s when all the wrestlers brought their dads in for some reason. That doesn't make it the same gimmick as Shelton Benjamin's mamma. If you'd like to be booked I'm happy to do it.
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Lita Maivia,Jun 10 2016
08:43 AM
Have I missed a rep decision on Junior? It's sad that I'm part of this storyline and even I'm not sure on that. Sorries! :mellow:

Yay for the Sharks. I love those boys.

Did Sakura kick Brittany off the apron for no reason at all? It was kind of unclear what was happening there. Brittany felt a tad like an afterthought towards the end of the match, but I'm not really complaining about it too much. I didn't really do much for the match despite my reasons, and I get there are other issues going on that likely affected the show overall. Just curious on that one particular mention.

I've kept most of the storyline hush. Only putting out what is needed at the time it's needed. Honestly a lot of it has been off the cuff too. I've got something planned for this week I will fill you in on soon. Madison will play a fair part after the last show.
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Good show this week. The Jack Manson stuff is getting pretty interesting.

Not gonna lie I was a little shocked on how the result came out in the main event. I kinda thought that Brittany had the most meat on the bone in her promo out of the four. Still was a good match though even though I was a little surprised the biggest story that developed with Sakura being miffed about Zombie's interference didn't really play out besides a flick to the forehead. Would've been cool to see a little more interaction between the two.

Was very confused with the reaction for Mad Dawg during the Crazy Ken promo. Unless we're saying the fans aren't as accepting of Mad Dawg trying to protect free speech, he hasn't gone heel.
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Minister Wighty
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Y'know what, this isn't worth it anymore.

I'm out.

EDIT to clarify:

I've been feeling conflicted since I got news we were losing two of our roster members earlier today. It reminded me of how many people we've lost since I took over, and how despite the work, effort, and investment I've put into this place I haven't gotten the fun out of it I originally signed up for. That's my fault, I'm sure. I should've have snapped at the chance to be GM, I guess. Whatever. This isn't about placing blame. That doesn't get us anywhere.

Thanks to Dai for being dedicated and sticking with me through a really fun storyline that I'm sad we won't be working anymore.

Thanks to Lita for being a wonderful co-pilot, and for all the pretty graphics. Thanks to her and Boy both for sticking around with me, even though they clearly didn't want to be here otherwise.

Thanks to Steve and Craig for being shining examples of humanity.

The rest of you, it's been fun. But this isn't worth it anymore.
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Steve
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Thank you for the kind word but it fucking sucks you are bowing out.
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Mad Dawg
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100% agree with Steve. That really sucks that you're going to step down. I hope my minor gripes weren't the straw that broke the camel's back, because they were just that, minor gripes. Just giving them for the sake of feedback, I'm not angry or anything like that, so I hope it had nothing to do with your decision.

And trust me I know, losing members really sucks. I think half of the roster dropped off when I took over for Ash and the roster inflated and deflated so many times I lost count. You've just gotta trek your way through and try to make whatever adjustments you can.

But I don't know, I'm just really hoping you have a change of heart. You've kept this thing going really well and I'd hate to see you go.
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Dual Crown Champion
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2X FIW Undisputed International Champion
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(10/13/15 - 1/8/16)

Finisher of the Year 2011 - The Mauler
(Runner-Up) Feud of the Year 2011
(Runner-Up) Heel of the Year 2011
Storyline of the Month (Apr '11, June '11, Sept '11, Nov. '11, June '12)
Match of the Month (Feb. '12, June '12)

"Big Bad" Bobby Sanchez' Accomplishments

FIW Undisputed International Championship
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2012 FIW Grand Prix Champion

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I figure this is gonna turn into an impromptu election thread, so I just want to get this out there. With Sid gone and now Wight in the wind, that pretty much ties up my major reasons for brining Kursur to FIW. I'm sticking around until I can drop the FSC, but after that I'm probably going to bow out as well
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Fuck it, I'm going to see if a certain former NGIW member wants in.
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Minister Wighty
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It's probably a shit idea for me to stick around and watch this aftermath, especially since it's only making me feel worse about a decision I'm ultimately making for my own mental well-being.

To Steve and anyone else who is hurt by me leaving, I'm sorry. You guys are the reason I spent four hours today hemming and hawwing over what I should do. I wish there were a way I could do what's best for me right now without hurting you guys. Or, perhaps I wish there was a way sticking around and running the place were best for me right now. But it isn't. I hold myself responsible for too much, and I've lost too much in the last three months to be doing that to myself.

I don't wanna rule out a Wight return, if the place is still standing. The candidates are as disconcertingly few as they were when I threw my hat into the ring... and I think that's why I'm still keeping my head poked in here; I love FIW... that's why I've always dropped everything to step in and take care of the place for as long as I could every time it's come up. I don't wanna see it take a bad turn just 'cuz I can't cope with a few toxic elements anymore.

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Maybe a certain Miami based fed can get its shot....;)
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you do what you think is best and just remember we'll be here waiting for you if you ever come back.I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.I dont know really whats going on with everything but hopefully it will all get better in time.
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Gosh, I still had the contents of the post I was typing up that I deleted on my clipboard. Um... maybe this will shed some more light on the situation, as re-reading what I've said so far doesn't really cover it. I was set to post this, but then decided I wouldn't trouble you guys and I'd just give FIW a few days to chill before something changed my mind.

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I find myself in a difficult place.

Um...

I'll do my best to explain it in a fashion that's not pointlessly over-dramatic, but I... feel my emotions very deeply and have a way with words that's second nature, so I don't know if that's something I can avoid while still conveying how I feel about the situation properly.

When I came back to FIW I did so to roleplay with my friends. Lita and Sid especially, but FIW in general. I didn't come back under a secret identity, I didn't come back looking to do anything... other than play the game and have a good time.

I have a goal in e-fedding, I've stated it a few other places before and maybe you've seen it, but I'll re-state it here; I want to win and lose the top title once under my own merits. Not because I booked it that way, not because I won the title naturally and saw someone I wanted to put over and drop it to, but to 100% live and die by my hand. I didn't think that was going to be the case for FIW, but around the Grand Prix I was pleasantly surprised with an opportunity to make it so.

Then... uh... Rise of a Legend happened.

It's no secret Sid and I were close. Like I said, he was a big part of the reason I came back, but even beyond that we became much closer friends afterward. It felt really nice having someone genuinely care about me like that, who had no obligation to. I... honestly haven't experienced that a lot in my life. To the point that I wasn't sure how to handle it for a long time. And when he stepped down, he said he had good reasons, so I respected him and let it happen. But... he also said he'd be around. And he was for a while... but it became less and less.

When Sid left, I figured I'd pick up the torch. I wanted to, I'm not going to lie, because every other time I've done so something stupid happened. The first time was when my first wife left me, and I kinda freaked out and schlubbed most of the responsibility onto Oni while still taking all of the blame. That wasn't healthy.

The second time, we had a very active caustic element in the fed, and a number of people who were just plain against my way of thinking. Enough people worked hard enough to make me feel unwelcome and unwanted that I decided it wasn't for me anymore.

Now, this time... this time has been different. It's been quiet, and I like that. A lot of the changes I wanted to make back in the day have either been suggested by unexpected people and/or met with little to no resistance from the rest of the fed. On the whole, I've had a good time... but... looking back it kind of feels like I've been circling the drain.

I haven't felt good about my e-fedding goal of winning and losing the title by my own hand since I took over. The fedhead putting himself as the champ is just... dirty pool in most people's books. But everyone encouraged me to go for it, to keep fighting, to take what I deserved, etc. etc. So I did. But with Sid retreating ever slowly into the darkness... a lot of the essence of what made Zombie Black who he is began to retreat with him. Avila was the glue that held the Golden Age of Grotesque together, it seemed. Sure, Kursur, Zombie, and Juggs were all still pals... yeah, Cage would probably have no problem doing leg work for Zombie, but... the spirit was gone. That storyline, the underpinning essence of WHY GAG was GAG, and the whole point behind Zombie's meteoric rise never got elucidated at all due to Sid's absence. I was hoping it might come to light in the future, but at this point a lot has been cast into doubt and shadow.

These last couple weeks... that discomfort about Zombie going after the title crept up on me again. I talked with those close to me, but most of them didn't quite understand why I didn't just take the opportunity that I had earned before I became fedhead. A lot of it falls back on the fact that no matter what, I'd still be booking my own run, my own opponents, etc. etc. Even if I had somebody else judge the matches, I'd still be the guy posting the show... it's like... if you watch yourself pull off a sweet sleight-of-hand card trick, you might be pleased at a job well done... but it kind of ceases to be magic.

But above and beyond that, I'm not sure where I'm going from here. Zombie's nothing. An empty shell waiting to be filled. Can I still cut a promo with him? Sure. Of course. But in terms of a story... I got nothin'. When you're the champ and you don't have a story, you live or die by who the GM puts you up against that week. Let's say I captured the title with him... I'm... also the GM. So it falls on me to decide who I'm going up against. It falls on me to set up the elements of my own story and... I mean, if I have nothing from a character perspective and there are no surprises to roll with from a booking perspective... I'm not left with a whole lot.

I rolled around in these thoughts for a while, and at the end of the night I found some resolve. I found something to forge ahead with, and it was a dirty little thing, but it was all the motivation I needed to press on.

Then I woke up and lost two handlers.

And... again, just like Sid, it's for reasons that have nothing to do with me. Really good reasons. Personal reasons. Exciting reasons! Certainly nothing I disagree with. In fact, stuff I encourage. E-fedding isn't everything, after all... but... for me it's kind of my only thing right now. My only social outlet. I re-joined this place to have fun with my friends, you may remember. Bridge those in-character and out-of-character connections and generally have a very nice time. Commiserating. Playing. Exploring ideas and engaging in friendly competition.

But... as e-feds often do, the competition doesn't always stay friendly. People get suspicious. People get their feelings hurt. People feel like shit for hurting their friends' feelings... small threads of thought explode into something so much more unnecessarily huge... and this IS the internet, so there's the everpresent possiblity that people are just fucking with you and pretending like they aren't to watch you squirm. Sometimes you have to ask yourself if it's all worth it.

Since Sid left, we lost him, Jim, Kyle, Adam, Will, a bunch of newer faces I never really got to know, and now Bleak and Nate. FIW's roster is still perfectly healthy size, if a little on the lean side, but that's a problem exacerbated when some folks don't have the ability to be around consistently and some folks are dog tired of the competitive aspect of the game.

Out of everyone that's remaining... most of you I barely know. Most of you seem like nice folks, really, but while we make great colleagues and co-workers... I don't see us as besties waiting to happen. I reckon if we were, it would've happened by now.

I'm at a point in my life where I'm some desperate need of friends. Real friends... not just... polite strangers and well-wishing acquaintances. I want to forge real connections with people. It would help if it were over a fun online roleplaying game because that happens to be my favorite hobby. When I lost my job, I lost a lot of work friends... a couple of which I was trying to cultivate into real friends.


That's where I left off hours ago, but allow me to pick up;

Then I lost Sid. I almost lost my dad and I didn't even know it. Then my wife has been out of state on business for the better part of the last three months. That might not mean much to some of you, but my wife is literally my best friend. She's a part of me, and I've been missing a part of me this whole time... while trying to put myself out there with a job. I have a fear of rejection. Or, more accurately, I have wicked anxiety and I know what triggers it. Rejection totally triggers it. Failure does, too. In hindsight I've been told the month of May was really rough for anyone looking for a job, but it's hard to use that as a balm to soothe the fact that over 30 places who said they were looking for help turned me down. 30 times I've put myself out there, filled out my work history, laid my faults and my strengths bare and been told it's not good enough. More often than not, they didn't even have the decency to actually tell me. They just never called back. This includes the interviews I've had. This includes the post office job, which I drove an hour on four hours of sleep to do a test for.

All things considered... I'm handling it all pretty well. Better than I would have a year ago. Better than I would have a year before that, and so on and so forth. But that doesn't mean I have the patience to suffer the... tragically common pitfalls of e-fedding. The people that are sure you're out to get them. The friends you have to hurt by picking their opponent. The people who get upset and criticize your booking in-and-out of character when they're not doing anything to help.

I'm colossally lonely. The close friends I still have here I'm constantly worried I'll rub the wrong way with what I think is a fair decision for the 'fed as a whole. I can't do what I came here to do anymore; I don't feel good about it. But everyone is still telling me to do it. Even though it feels like a trap. Even though it's going to piss some people off. Even though I don't really want to do it for entirely new reasons... and on top of that there are those select few people that have Problems, and those Problems just don't seem to want to get solved for whatever reason.

In my original post, this was the part where I was going to ask for help, advice on what to do... but we've obviously jumped the gun on that. Hopefully it can provide you guys with some context and understanding. I don't like the idea of leaving this situation with people asking questions and wondering "why" or blaming themselves when no one person should be shouldering the blame, no matter how much I might enjoy placing it there to make myself feel like less of an ass.
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Craig
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I was devastated when I woke up this morning, grabbed my phone and checked on how FIW was doing. Not good is the answer.

I just want to say to Wight, I haven't always liked you but I have always respected you. I should clarify that I do like you now and have done for a long time, that period of dislike only really applied to the very early days and I suspect that had more to do with my own paranoia or jealously than anything else. It's why whenever you've said anything like negative feedback or problems, I check that they aren't of my doing. I think of you as a competitive roleplayer, a creative mind and somebody who is fiercely loyal to his friends.

You are not to know this but the first week I brought Cousin Abel to NGIW and your subsequent feedback is one of my all time e-fed highlights. You said some very sweet and lovely things at a time when I was nervous how a different style of roleplaying, using a narrator, would be received.

I very much fall into the 'use the title shot' crowd, not that we've ever had a conversation about it. You earned it prior to taking over and shouldn't be punished for that. Everybody should be aware that you wouldn't judge your own match and in terms of a storyline, if you want a third party to have a look at that, I'm sure plenty would.

I want to thank you for what you've done for me personally, giving me the freedom to suggest bookings and little angles, and for FIW as a whole.
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