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Campaign Design: Premise vs. Pastiche
by Berin Kinsman •
There's a difference between working with a premise and writing a pastiche. A pastiche relies on the audience having a working knowledge of the original work. Galaxy Quest is a pastiche. John Scalzi's brilliant and hilarious novel Redshirts is pastiche. Both work best if you're familiar with the original Star Trek, its tropes, its foibles, and its fandom. Fan fiction, and fan-made movies and continuations of The Original Series, are loving homages, and often brilliant works, but they are, in the end, pastiche.
Premise is working with the same core concepts, the same tropes, and heading in a different direction. The premise of a bunch of people on a space ship heading off the explore the unknown can be used to describe Star Trek. It also describes Forbidden Planet, Lost in Space, Battlestar Galactica, and a host of other things. They have many things in common, but they have many significant differences. All Star Trek is science fiction, but not all science fiction is Star Trek, if you will.
It might be easier to explain premise vs. pastiche by heading into another genre, and dealing with another set of characters. Let's look at mysteries and Sherlock Holmes. With the arguable exception of Poe's C. Auguste Dupin, Sherlock Holmes is the original detective in fiction. All mystery fiction owes a debt of gratitude to Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, but not all mysteries are Sherlock Holmes stories. The TV series Sherlock and Elementary, as well as every TV series, movie, and bit of fiction not written by Doyle, are pastiche; the situations are different and original, but the characters are largely the same. By contrast, TV shows like House and Monk are premise; if you know Holmes you'll chuckle at things like, for example, the pun inherent in Dr. Gregory House's name, his addiction problems, and his home being at #221B. If you don't get the references, it still works as its own thing.
Starship Tyche is intended to walk a line somewhere between premise and pastiche. It isn't simply an unlicensed Star Trek roleplaying game with the serial numbers filed off for legal reasons. I certainly acknowledge that people will see it that way, and will even play it that way. It's admittedly how the game started out, when I wanted to run something using the Fate Accelerated rules, and my group wanted to play a Star Trek RPG. Yet the more I worked on that campaign, the more I wanted to break canon, fix bits of broken continuity, expand certain elements, expunge others, and generally do my own thing. It began as pastiche; it came out the other end more a matter of premise.
The setting of this game has its own continuity. It is not bound by the canon of a television series, or confined by the boundaries of other peoples' works. It is inspired by basic ideas as expressed by other works, but has the freedom to bold go in different directions with those ideas. This is, after all, what happens in all roleplaying games set in an established setting. You can either take the universe you're given and acknowledge that it does belong to someone else, and run a game that's pastiche and fan fiction, or you can take what you like, reject what you don't, reforge the premise, and make it your own.
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Writing Loglines for Roleplaying Games
by Berin Kinsman •
By absolute coincidence, I've been simultaneously reading some of Robin Laws' DramaSystem work, and Blake Snyder's book on screenwriting, Save the Cat! (don't judge me on that last one). Both talk about logline, the one-line description of a game or a film that allows the reader to immediate get what the things is about. I used to refer to the need to have "elevator speeches" for games, the short description that you can give to someone during a brief elevator ride between floors. Loglines are similar, but a lot shorter, and potentially a lot more powerful.
You might be asking why a game needs a logline. You already know what a roleplaying game is, and you already know what the setting is. The new edition of D&D is coming out, you don't need to read a logline on that to understand what it is. If someone say they're running a D&D campaign, how much else do you need to know? Well, I can think of three reasons.
The setting is not the campaign.
There are a lot of things that you can do inside a broad campaign world. Golarian, Eberron, the Forgotten Realms, and other popular settings are huge places. A campaign might take place above ground or below, deal primarily with certain types of monsters (undead, dragons, humanoids, etc.), center around specific political intrigues or villains. A logline will narrow that down. This can help both the gamemaster plan adventures and encounters, and help players create appropriate and effective characters.
Game designers need creative and marketing focus.
Much in the way gamemasters and players need to know what the game is about, so do game designers and the people they'd like to buy their games. As a designer, having a strong logline before you start will help you to know what you're writing and not suffer from concept drift. You'll also know how to tell other people about your game and, by extension, know who your potential audience is.
Players deserve clarity.
No matter whether you're a designer writing a new game, setting, or adventure, or you're a gamemaster trying to attract players, it's not fair to put the responsibility for understanding what your game is about onto the players or potential customers. That's not their job. If you want to be successful in what you're doing with a game, you need to meet them more than half way. If they have to work too hard for it, they'll move on to something that actually makes the effort to grab them.
Creating a Great Logline
A logline that should be a single sentence that describes what the campaign is all about. It should convey a mental picture of what's going to happen, what sort of player characters are possible, and offer up a compelling hook or twist that makes it different from other games and campaigns. Some examples:
- The City of Edpin has been besieged by orcs, and only the thieves' guild can save the day.
- The crew of the Starship Tyche explores the galaxy, making new discoveries and solving ages-old mysteries.
- Earth is under attack by giant monsters, and only the Kaiju Patrol can stop them — using science!
- A clan of evil vampires rules the city, but a cult of even more evil vampires threaten to destroy all they've built.
Try it out. Practice writing loglines for that campaign you're planning to run, or that game you're planning to write. Show them to people. Post them online and ask for feedback. Tweak them, refine them, and make them better. Once you've got a strong foundation, everything you create afterward will be a lot better.
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Design Dials and Quality Results
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This is an idea that's been bouncing around in my head ever since I first played the James Bond 007 roleplaying game back in the 1980s. It wasn't the direct task resolution system, but the way it handled character attributes like appearance. I thought that it could be the whole system, somehow, from how good the character is at any given thing, how difficult a specific task is, to the quality result of the action the character performed. What I like most about it, though, is that the core idea scales to practically anything.
Using these Design Dials, as I'm calling them for now, you begin with the concept of average, baseline normal, the standard, whatever you define that to be. It doesn't have to be a single number; it can be a range. If you're using a scale from 1 to 10, 5-6 might be average, or 4-7, the midpoint, however wide you'd like it to be. On a scale o 1 to 20, 10-11 would be the midpoint, and you can expand that out to 8-13, 6-15, however broad you want your average range to be. This always gets defined first, because everything else is based off of it.
Above Average
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Next, you define the extremes. These are finite. You can't give more than 100% or less than nothing. This is the single top number and the single bottom number. On a scale of 10 to 10, this is 1 and 10. On a scale of 1 to 20, this is 1 and 20.
Above and below average, then, at the numbers in between. If on a scale of 1 to 10 you set average as 4-7, then above average is 8-9 (10 is best) and 2-3 is below average (1 is worst).
This is actually a bell curve. The upper part of the curve is the average range. One standard deviation is above or below the curve. The best and worst are where the long tails kick in and basically flatline.
I have no idea how I'm going to use this yet. My far-too-complicated initial idea is to use d10s. Roll a number of dice equal to your ability rating – a minimum of 1 if you're the worst, a maximum of 10 if you're the best. You need to roll at or above the target number, say 5 for average. The total number of 5+ rolls added up is the quality result, so 5-6 successes is average, 1 is worst, 10 is best, etc. And yes, I see the similarities to the World of Darkness mechanics.
What I'd really like to do is work out a way to do this that's more akin to the Fate ladder. I want the simplest rolls and results possible numerically; players and gamemasters can interpret what an average, above average, below average, and so on, success is.
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Starship Tyche Sample Characters
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Attached to this post is the first draft of the Starship Tyche sample characters. There are some changes that I already want to make for the final game — refining some aspects, tightening up stunts — but this is pretty close to what the final version in the book will look like. This is the crew of the ship prior to the start of the game, when new player characters will come aboard for a new tour. The sample characters can be used as player characters, supporting characters, or examples of what sorts of characters are possible and appropriate for the setting.
I'm open to all sorts of feedback, but I'm really looking for opinions on the diversity of the crew. Am I took heavy-handed, or not heavy-handed enough? Too subtle, too obvious? Am I getting the characterization for various groups of which I am not a member right, or right enough, or an I way off base? Feel free to leave comments here, or send me a private comment via email.
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It's become a tradition in the Fleet that, since ships are traditionally referred to using female pronouns, they should all bear the names of notable women. Most of these are scientists, but many are philosophers, civil rights leaders, and politicians who furthered the causes of peace and justice. The dedication plaque on each starship offers a brief biography of the woman it is named for; the reception area reserved for officer meetings and entertaining visiting dignitaries will have photographs, statues, and works of art depicting the ship's namesake, as well as library tapes offering additional biographical information.
In conversation, ships are referred to by their namesake's last name. The Starship Bertha Swirles Jeffreys is just called the Jeffreys, for example. This holds even when the final name in written order is a personal name, as is the case in Asian cultures.
There are two exceptions. The first is when a name includes where they are from, such as Trota of Solerno or Catherine of Alexandria. In this case the person's name, not the place name is used; it's the Trota and the Catherine, not the Solerno or the Alexandria. The other exception is when the woman has a noble title, such as Victoria, Lady Welby; the ship is the Victoria, not the Welby or the Lady Welby, because the person's name, not their title, is used.
Attached to this post is a PDF with a list of only a few women from history who might be honored by having a Fleet ship named for them. All of these names, all of these women, are real. Space prohibits giving even a brief biography of each of them. If you use any of these names for a starship in the game, you should take a little time to research who the real person was and discover the contributions she made to the world.


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Dorothy Stang, a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur for 58 years, was born in 1931 on a farm outside Dayton, Ohio. Forty of those years she lived in Brazil, advocating for the poor and the Amazon rainforest within which these people scratch out a life. The attempt of these people to survive and thrive flew in the face of illegal loggers and ranchers, developers and politicians who had more self-enriching visions for the land.
In 1991 Sr. Dorothy took a sabbatical leave at the Institute of Culture and Creation Spirituality under the direction of Matthew Fox, where she gained the insight that Creation Spirituality is a natural ally with liberation theology and the struggles for justice in Latin America. "Fox talked about ecojustice as essential for planetary survival and human ethics." Sr. Dorothy returned to her forest people well aware of the dangers she faced. She knew she was on a death list.
On 2/12/2005 this premonition became a reality, when, at the age of 73, hired assassins gunned her down. Sister Dorothy's life journey as she lived it is captured in Roseanne Murphy's book, Martyr of the Amazon (2007), Orbis Books. This biography enters into the mind and heart of a woman enamored with God's creation yet sickened by the oppression of the poor and the destruction of the rainforest. Her story tells of the courage and dedication, struggle and suffering, compassion and love shared by Sr. Dorothy and the people she loved.
"At the top of a small hill Dorothy found herself surrounded by a canopy of magnificent trees. At that moment Raifran and Clodoaldo stepped out in front of her, blocking her path…She raised her hand still holding her Bible, as if to shield herself, and Raifran fired…emptying his gun before he too ran." As she walked down a dirt road in the Amazon to a meeting with peasant farmers who were constantly harassed by illegal loggers and ranchers, Sister Dorothy was killed on February 12, 2005 in her long 40-year fight for the poor and oppressed of Brazil as well as the rainforest itself.
Dorothy Stang had a dream to be a missionary. A girl of generous spirit, Dorothy joined the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur (SND) in Ohio at the age of 17 with the hope to do international missionary work. At first she taught primary school in Illinois, then Arizona where she particularly loved her work with migrant families. However, when Pope John XXIII sent out an appeal in 1963 for missioners to Latin America, Dorothy volunteered immediately. In 1966 she and four Sisters of Notre Dame arrived in Petropolis, Brazil for several months of intense study at the Center for Intercultural Formation while on the weekends immersing themselves in the Brazilian culture and practicing Portuguese in Rio de Janeiro
Initially the SND women were assigned to the parish of Our Lady of the Pieta in Rosario, a northeastern city in the state of Maranhao. They arrived to a half-standing house that, through their effort and sweat, soon became livable. Their initial assignment was to concentrate on pastoral work and help develop base ecclesial communities. At first the pastoral team (the sisters and a co-pastor) would go to the landowners who would signal to the workers to come in from their shacks. A makeshift arbor would be created for mass, baptisms, marriages and basic Catholic religion education. The majority of the people in the parish knew very little about church social teachings or their human rights. Soon the team became aware of the harsh inequities endured by the workers, forced to become completely dependent on the will of the landowners who treated them as property, just as those before them had treated the workers as slaves. By law, the peasant farmers were to give 10 percent of what they produced to the landowner but the landowners always tried to demand 50 percent and more. Most of the time, the workers lived on the whims and vouchers created by these landowners for their necessities.
Over time mutual trust developed directly between the people and the priests and sisters. The pastoral team made the decision to go into the villages no longer by the invitation of the landowners but by invitation of the people themselves. They would stay with the peasant farmers for they wanted to show the people that their preference was to work with the poor. The team would begin to teach the members of the communities about their rights as human beings.
How the people were living became painfully clear to Dorothy and the other sisters who saw the swollen bellies and stick legs of the children and heard the brutality of the landowners' treatment of the workers. Change is not an easy thing for people who for centuries lived in subservience. Gradually the landowners were becoming suspicious of the sisters who were "stirring up trouble" by pointing out the rights of the worker to the people.
Sister Dorothy and her fellow sisters had arrived at a critical time of transition in Brazil and for the church in Latin America. A dramatic shift in the role of the church in Latin America was underway. The spread of military governments as well as the underlying structures of social injustice created a state of "institutionalized violence." Traditionally the church leaders understood their role as ministering to the spiritual needs of the people. However, the bishops at the 1968 conference in Medellin, Columbia charged the church to take on a new role as a prophetic agent of evangelical justice and social transformation, later defined as a 'preferential option for the poor," a stance rooted in God's love for the poor and oppressed. In the past the wealthy elite throughout Latin America always regarded the church as their ally in blessing the status quo. However, their response to the church's changing role was met with outrage and a sense of betrayal. Those who stood by the poor were now seen not as religious workers but as dangerous subversives. Dorothy grew even more convinced of the importance her pastoral work involved helping the poor farmers to understand their rights and reclaim their dignity.
The decades-long journey on which Dorothy embarked in northeastern Brazil was one of courage, tenacity and love for the marginalized worker. Within her grew an ever-deepening love of the land and forests that were being illegally logged and confiscated from the people. Few legal protections were available to the people, finding themselves all too often up against the wealthy who often had the politicians and legal system in their back pocket. The deeper into the forest she went, the larger the inequities and suffering yet her total dedication to the people did not falter. Dorothy's hunger for justice, capacity for forgiveness, propensity to see potential in everyone and natural zest for life kept her going. In the midst of the violence around her, she knew she made a difference to the "many small communities that have learned the secret of life…sharing, solidarity, confidence, equality, pardon, working together." Dorothy changed in the process too.
In December 1991 Dorothy stepped back for a few months, taking a sabbatical at the Institute of Culture and Creation Spirituality at Holy Names College in Oakland, CA. Within this program that embraced ecojustice — justice for people, Nature and Earth — she found a natural connection with her beliefs and experiences. She found a link in Creation Spirituality with liberation theology and the struggles for justice in Latin America. The program also helped Dorothy reclaim her suppressed creativity, rejoicing in music and dance, relishing the presence of others who shared her love of life and Earth. Others noted that she finished the program being freer, more relaxed and more in touch with herself – the emergence of a more playful, passionate, creative Dorothy. She returned to Brazil more determined than ever to help reclaim the rainforest and its people.
Aldo Leopold's words provide a truth gauge to determine right from wrong. "A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise." Thomas Berry talked about "Earth, our home and mother, the community of which we are a part…" Clearly all Earth beings need to be a considered honored integral part of a thriving community. However, a recent January 2013 New York Times article reports a backslide in protection of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. (See sidebar) One friend suggests, "Looks like we need a next generation version of Dorothys to step up to the plate."
In each generation there are those whose lives form and inform others who work for the poor, disenfranchised and Earth. Dorothy's life continues to inspire countless others who take up her cause, both in Brazil and wherever the poor are oppressed. Inspired by the vision of Sr. Dorothy Stang to improve the quality of life of the poor, a small group of educators and community activists started the Dorothy Stang Adult High School in 2004 to meet the needs of Latinos aged 25 and older who want to continue their education, gain employment and move into better jobs. The school is housed at Josephium High School in Chicago and has graduated adult students with diplomas from the program. The curriculum includes critical study that honors the individual while deepening knowledge and encouraging moral and social responsibility. As we can see these courageous ones continue to work to do right, to preserve Earth and human dignity around the planet. Sr. Dorothy's spirit continues to animate the people she loved so deeply. Her body rests in Anapu near the forest she loved so deeply. "Dorothy Vive!" Dorothy lives. Her story is far from over.
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Les Jenson says that thousands of these were produced by the CS gov't but only three or so are known to have survived. One at the Confederate Museum in Richmond, one at Gettysburg NPS that has only the front half and, one in a private collection.
The originals came in at least two measurements. Either 22 in. wide and 32 in. tall or... 22 x 27 inches. Each with stenciling reading either "The Confederate States" or "Confederate States" and a draw string at the top for closure. One of these can be found on page 214 of the CS Volume of Echoes of Glory. It shows what's identified as a 'Confederate flour bag'. The dimensions on it are 22" x 27" and the stencil, while reading 'Confederate States', is different.
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I'm hesitant to start throwing them in hilly-nilly, but if anyone would like to see a poll question I'm happy to toss it in, and/or if it is appropriate for something, if there's a question about the general consensus about something I'll toss in a poll, sure.
Your Turn, Smart Guy…
Who am I? One of my former tag team title holders was in the news recently. One of my former mentors isn't really well liked by anyone any more. I once pinned Hawk of the Road Warriors twice, in a row. In my first match in a company, I won tag titles off a verified hall of famer (although not a WWE Hall of Famer) and a legendary tag team wrestler who is better known for teaming with his brother. I had the option to join the WWF on Black Saturday, but chose not to. A guy who once worked under a mask and who once was a promoter, I am who?
Some Jerk
got it. (Almost.)
Who am I? One of my former tag team title holders was in the news recently- The late Brad Armstrong.
One of my former mentors isn't really well liked by anyone any more.- Jim Cornette.
I once pinned Hawk of the Road Warriors twice, in a row.- In Georgia Championship Wrestling.
In my first match in a company, I won tag titles off a verified hall of famer (although not a WWE Hall of Famer) and a legendary tag team wrestler who is better known for teaming with his brother.- In UWF against Sting and Rick Steiner.
I had the option to join the WWF on Black Saturday, but chose not to. A guy who once worked under a mask- As Star Blazer and Kendo The Samurai.
and who once was a promoter-co-promoted Smoky Mountain Wrestling
I am who?- You are "White Lightning" Tim Horner
I meant Ole Anderson there instead of Jimmy Cornette. But it's all good.
Who am I? I'm Canadian, although that never really played into my gimmick (beyond one nickname). I'm part of a wrestling family. You could argue that Lex Luger stole a gimmick off me. I've teamed with Hulk Hogan, battled Bob Backlund for the WWF Title and I'm trained a few wrestlers, including one guy who has, according to the joke, invented every move ever. Who am I?
Questions, Questions, Who's Got The Questions?
starts us off with a trip back to WCW.
Can you explain the storyline behind Bischoff joining the nWo in 1996? In my opinion this didn't come across well on TV. My understanding is that Bischoff, representing WCW, was trying to broker a contract between Hogan & Piper for Starcade'96 & phoned in to Nitro that he was at Pipers ranch in Oregon to make the deal. Then Piper showed up the next week on Nitro, confronting Bischoff saying that he never went to his ranch in Oregon, then the nWo came out & jumped him. Am I remembering this correct?
Pretty much, although you're leaving out a fair chunk of build up. See, in the weeks leading up to this point, the nWo was buying TV time, they had a section of WCW Saturday Night of their own, nWo Saturday Night, since only those members with WCW titles were able to wrestle on WCW TV.
And so while no-one actually mentioned it, it became clear that the nWo had a lot of clout, a lot of pull backstage, given how much air-time they had, how much money they were tossing around. And then Piper came back to WCW at Halloween Havoc, challenging Hogan to a match. But then Bischoff, as WCW Executive Vice Preseindet (a.k.a the guy in charge) declared that the match wouldn't happen on Nitro, for 'reasons he wouldn't get into'. And then later, he said that Piper wouldn't return his phone calls. So when Piper exposed Bischoff's membership…
It made a lot of smaller things click into place. Bischoff was trying to get the Piper match off the cards, plus it explained nWo's cash and reach, and a whole lot of other small things. Plus it explained the influx of talent (Bischoff told everyone to switch or face nWo's wrath) and how the nWo suddenly began to wrestle everywhere after that point, as the angle became the 'war'. It tied together a lot of loose ends which WCW didn't make any big deal about prior. They probably should have, but they didn't.
So it did make sense at the time, it's just that the build up tends to be forgotten.
Also, why the hell wasn't that match at Starcade for the WCW Title? Their biggest match of the year, the "match of the decade" as they built it, & it wasn't even for the title? Is this how it was promoted, non title? Why wouldn't Piper - storyline wise - not request that Hogan put the title on the line?
Oh yeah, the WCW World Heavyweight Title Match that wasn't for the title. And what's worse, in storyline, PIPER wrote the contract. So HE made it non-title.
But it was total bait and switch, sorta. WCW did not ever state that it was for the title. At no point did they say it was a title match. Rather, it was Piper V Hogan, the WCW World Heavyweight Champion, in the main event of Starrcade 1996. They never said it was for the title, so they didn't actually lie. They just really really REALLY made it look like it was for the belt.
But then, if Piper won the title, that would have removed a lot of the heat from the Hogan/Sting match. Although that ended up being a whole other kettle of problem fish…
As for why Piper didn't make it for the belt… How about that he knew that the symbolic win was more important than a title win. Had he made it for the title, he knew Hogan would have weaselled out it, he would have gotten the DQ or just walked out. A non-title match, that would have just enough pride that Hogan would accept and not bail, because he wanted to prove that he could beat Piper. So Piper knew he wouldn't take a cheap ending, he'd want to pin Piper. So Piper could then beat him properly, and then use that to get a title match later on, which he did.
So that's one idea.
talks security, in one form or another.
I have a few questions for you.
First of all during the attitude era one of the WWF security members was a rather thick dark haired guy with a moustache. He always wore a black leather beret looking hat. Who was he and what happened to him? He was always noticeably standing near the end of the ramp. Usually to the right.
That would be Jim Dotson, who was head of WWF security for several years, up until when he left in 2001. He travelled with the company, basically running their security. He would tell each arena's staff what to do, how best to keep the crowd under control and what have you. He was occasionally interviewed in WWF magazines, and there always something of a mild idea to have him step into the ring, since he was legitimately a strong guy, he could lift more than most of the wrestlers. The closest they got was where they began a sort of feud with him and Blackman, where he kept restraining Blackman when Steve went nuts. But he didn't want to be a wrestler, he preferred security. So it never went anywhere.
I read conflicting reports as to what he's up to now, so if he's out there, by all means drop a line and let us know how you're going dude.
Secondly, who is the black guy that has been shown on a lot of PPV's and raw's the last year or so that wears a we hate Cena shirt? He must have connections to always have front row seats.
The gentleman in question is commonly known as, brace yourself, 'We Hate Cena Guy".
So glad to see the ECW Fan Naming Conventions still holding up after so much time.
Although his name is Marcus, apparently. And/or he might well be known as 'We Hate Cancer' guy for the next couple of weeks as he's wearing that on a shirt now. From all accounts he's another in a long line of superfans who is willing to pay money to travel around and attend every show they can. From Vladimir to Rick The Sign Guy, some people have different priorities to the rest of us. And if they can afford it, great.
Although apparently some of the wrestlers do occasionally get him a ticket, the scuttlebutt says, because they want to needle Cena a bit. And/or because he and Cena are actually cool with each other. The whole thing began at a Wrestlemania where he and some buddies all wore that shirt, he's just been the one to keep it up. Sort of like the Fans Against Cena group that pops up at Wrestlemanias.
So yeah, some fans just do travel around. Either he's rich, or he's his own boss, or he has one hell of a credit card debt.
Thirdly, i constantly hear how ratings and attendance is down. And how great it was during the attitude era. Yet the venues, the ring, the ramp, everything looks better than it did during the attitude era. Every sort of of the production seems better now. Are they just now investing more money in that sort of thing or am i missing something?
You're confusing presentation with content, which is understandable. Certainly if you go back and look at some old wrestling, it's often dark, dingy and not flashy to look at.
Whereas WWE now has pyro, state of the art computer graphics, a giant HD level digital screen, and is much more presentable.
But I don't think anyone is really complaining that the set was better, no-one is seriously demanding a return to the giant R A W letters or anything. (The giant Smackdown fist, maybe…). I think those who are asking for a return to the Attitude era, to be generous, preferred the storylines, the unpredictability, the chaotic nature of the show.
Yes, the glitz and polished presentation does run counter to the general idea, but you can have a compelling, surprising but logical wrestling TV show with pyro and fancy graphics. You can also have one without them, but WWE looks more presentable with them, and in today's marketplace the company that looks presentable is much more likely to be seen as successful. They are spending a lot of money on the fancy set and graphics, but it's a necessary cost in today's marketplace.
asks about names.
I appreciate you answering my previous Video Gaming and Wrestling questions, so here's another!
I was participating in the jobbing-out of The Road Warriors in the 'Attitude Era' mode of WWE 13, and it got me thinking about their team name.
Hawk and Animal were of course known as The Road Warriors during their time pre-WWF, then when they signed they adopted the Legion of Doom moniker - I would assume because WWF didn't/doesn't like to acknowledge wrestler's careers before they reach the Fed'.
However, when you think about it, Hawk and Animal were part of *a* Legion of Doom back in Georgia (I believe it was), with the likes of Jake Roberts and Matt Bourne. So, *if* the WWF were trying to avoid acknowledging their previous accomplishments as the Road Warriors, why resurrect the Legion of Doom name?
...and for that matter, why bring in Paul Ellering, who only would surely only be known to more 'seasoned' wrestling fans?
Thinking about this even more (I have a lot of free time on my hands at work), could this changing-of-the-name be because the WWF were paranoid about copyright infringement with the Mad Max films?
However, in career retrospectives and video games ever since, they've reverted to calling them the Road Warriors again! This is especially odd considering that they never actually wrestled a WWF/E show under that name (although I suspect that they might have called Joe Laurinaitis 'Road Warrior Animal' on his final run with the company...)
So in summary then (yeah, that monologue turned out to be a little longer than I imagined it would) - what caused the WWF to initially rename Hawk and Animal as The Legion of Doom, and then why retrospectively revert back to The Road Warriors?
Thanks a lot sir
OK, let's deal with the timeline a bit, then deal with your question.
Animal was briefly known as the Road Warrior before Hawk came in, and so the two were given names and became The Road Warriors. And yes, this was in Georgia Championship Wrestling, and the team was a subset of Paul Ellering's stable known as The Legion Of Doom. As well as The Road Warriors, the Legion also had at various points Jake "The Snake" Roberts, The Spoiler, Matt Borne, King Kong Bundy, Arn Anderson, The Iron Sheik and the original Sheik. The stable broke up, but they did keep the name the name in the NWA, on and off. Halloween Havoc 89 they got both names, for instance.
Then in WWF, they used the Legion of Doom name for the team, Animal and Hawk (although, as in NWA, occasionally a 'Road Warrior Hawk/Animal' would slip through). Then, to skip ahead a lot, Animal did work as a heel at the end of his last run in the company as The Road Warrior, back to his original name, back before Hawk came in.
Now then, why did Vince bring Paul in? To try and recapture the magic that Paul and the Warriors had, and maybe help keep them on the straight and narrow, but of course, Vince just had to mess around with the formula that step too far…
No, actually, I will not post a video of Rocco here. I'm not that cruel.
But anyway, to finally answer your main question: Why did they downplay the Road Warrior name at the time, and then bring it back eventually? It's all about one man actually. The Ultimate Warrior. When LOD came in, Warrior was doing big business, so Vince didn't want people getting confused, and so he dropped the Road Warriors name to avoid confusion with the Ultimate Warrior. Now that everyone involved is retired and not liable to come back, he can use the name freely, since there's no chance now for confusion.
So yeah, Vince made the change to avoid confusion between guys with face paint named Warrior, despite the fact they teamed up on many occasions…
takes us back to Lita's last Raw match.
In Lita's last match on Raw she easily defeated a blindfolded Mickie James, and it appeared Mickie suffered a serious injury from the match after taking Lita's moonsault. They had doctors in the ring as Lita was giving her final F-U to the fans, and Mickie looked to be out of it as she was escorted to the back. Was Mickie legitimately injured? If not, what was the point of this?
Considering that 6 days later Mickie James was A-OK…
I'd say she wasn't injured. However, the point was to establish that Lita was NOT AT ALL A NICE PERSON, and thusly you, as a sane, rational person, want to see Mickie James, who is A NICE PERSON, stop Lita from getting the sort of send off Trish got, since Lita WAS NOT NICE and thus didn't deserve to leave as Champion, undefeated, and instead deserved to be humiliated on the way out.
It was just a overhanded way to try and portray Lita as the slimy bitch and Mickie the plucky babyface, done with WWE's usual tact and subtlety.
Hey, another
amania series! And given that it's not CZW, I can share it without qualms!
See, WWE doesn't have enough self-sung intro themes.
I would mark for years if anyone did this in a real match.
These are getting more self-referential and insular. I approve.
And this isn't funny as much as it is fascinating, given that it's a solid promo that is totally PG. It can be done.
David #40
wants to talk hair.
Hi Mat,
Something I have noticed, but not really heard mentioned anywhere.
Wade Barrett, as Nexus leader, was the only person to have the
hairstyle that held through every match he had, as if he had a tonne
of gel in there. Then Punk took over Nexus and Barrett got sent to
Punk apparently adopted Barrett's hairstyle, which continues to this
day. Yet, now when Barrett wrestles, his hair goes bats*** crazy
Is there a chance Punk copied Barrett, and since Punk went on to
greater things, Wade lost his 'signature look'?
… Are we suggesting that the secret to leading the Nexus was hair gel? Really?
Actually that would explain why Edge and Booker T feuded over Shampoo, they both knew that Japanese Shampoo was the secret to gaining a loyal army of Ninja Footsoldiers. And why the Summer of Diesel happened, it wasn't the talent, it was that hair.
My god, the WWE is secretly run by hair care products! Vince McMahon is just a puppet of Estée Lauder! Oh my god!
… Wait, does this mean Cena is Avon?
(Oh, and I think Barrett's hair change was more that his gimmick changed, he went more rough and ready, less an in-control leader and more a fighter, whereas Punk became the leader. So it's a coincidence I think.)
makes me do some leg work.
So many a times WWF/E did angles where wrestler "A" would throw wrestler "Bs" belt (or medals or personal item) into a body of water, namely Austin and Rock I.C. title....Did they ever throw REAL belts into these waters, are any of them still out there unrecovered? That would be a fantastic find..thanks.
I believe that the vast majority of the time, when the angle is pulled (if it's intentional…) that they go and get the belt afterwards, or toss something else in. I'm fairly sure WWE never threw away title belts like that.
As for when WWE has done it…
Austin, IC Title.
Rock, Smoking Skull Title.
Austin, Gold Medals/Angle, Steve Austin.
Edge/Lita, WWE Spinner Title.
Cena, Edge.
Punk, Chavo Guerrero.
That's all of WWE tossing X into Y (outside of a Hardcore Holly/Al Snow match that went to a river, which doesn't really count) that I am aware of. Unless I've forgotten one. Readers?
(And there's plenty others that aren't WWE, I know. But he specified.)
… Oh come on, really? This is getting stupid.
Air Duct Pencil Violator
is up next…
Hey Mat...
Ya got Air Duct Pencil Violator here. Got a question for ya.
I was wondering if you knew of any wrestling themed shows on Sirius XM
Radio. If you know of any, what channels and time slots are they on? I
read recently about Chris Jericho promoting his "Rock Of Jericho"
satellite show, and was wondering if there are any other wrestling
related broadcasts I can listen to while driving down the road.
Let's see here… Outlaw Country has one:
Hillbilly Jim's Moonshine Matinee
Saturdays 10 am - 2 pm ET
Rebroadcasts Sundays 2 pm - 6 pm ET
Former WWE superstar Hillbilly Jim and his good-for-nothing Cousin Spike have set up a white lightnin' still in Mudlick, KY, to serve up 200 proof country and southern-fried rock & roll every weekend. Tune in for tales from the top rope and the "Woods & Water Report" from Uncle Percy Mandoberg.
As does Fantasy Sports Radio:
First & Awesome with WWE Superstar The Miz
Wednesdays at 6 pm ET
The most must-listen-to radio show on the planet is back for hard-hitting fantasy football analysis and smack talk featuring the 2011 Celebrity Fantasy Football League Champion The Miz!
Sports Play By Play 92 has a wrestling show about Wrestling.
Busted Open
Monday, Wednesday, & Friday 2 pm - 4 pm ET
Join Dave LaGreca and Doug Mortman, to talk all about the world of professional wrestling. From the top stars of today, to the legends of the past, Busted Open hits you hard with the biggest names and news-makers in the business.
Apparently Jericho no longer does his show. Shows how long since that question got asked.
takes us to ECW.
Thanks for your contributions to the website, always look forward to reading your column. Just one question, one I've always wondered about. If you've answered it before, I apologize. Born to Be Wired main event, Sabu and Terry Funk, was the finish supposed to happen like that? It seems like it just….happened. And it looks so abrupt because it seems like they couldn't get apart from being so wrapped up in the barb wire. And Sabu also dropped the title right at the next PPV. Even the fans didn't know how to react, it seems. Any knowledge on this, sir? Thanks again.
Sort of. I know that the ending was botched, in the sense that they weren't meant to finish like that, but they just got so tangled up in the wires they had to end the match. That's why Funk kicks out the first time, he wants to keep going, but then he realises they are stuck and so he ends the match,
However, what the plans were, what the ending was supposed to be, I can't tell you. I believe Sabu was meant to win, but that's just an educated guess. All I know is that the ending was botched and the match was so gruesome and horrible that ECW never did another one.
My Damn Opinion
has one more question.
Lastly, who do you think deserves a career retrospective DVD the most, that hasn't had one yet? I really would like to see one for Jerry Lawler, DDP and Rick Rude. Also I'm probably in the minority in this choice but I'd like to see a Shane McMahon DVD. He was really under appreciated as a wrestler, in my opinion.
A Shane-O-Mac DVD wouldn't be that bad, actually. It will never happen now, but hey, it wouldn't suck.
I am legally required to demand a Best of Victoria set here.
I demand a Best of Victoria set.
Thank you.
Kurt Angle doesn't technically qualify, as 'It's True It's True' did come out on DVD, but that was in 2000, when he was still very new. But a Kurt Angle DVD set of his WWE work? Yes Please. Even without Benoit, Angle had so many superb matches, he has the TNA one, but a WWE produced one would be very nice, thank you.
Raven would be a fascinating one, starting with Scott Anthony, through Scotty Flamingo…
To Raven, in all his guises.
And all the Johnny Polo commentary you could get on a disc.
Other than that… Stevie Richards wouldn't sell but I'd love it, William Regal would be a great doco AND be filled with great matches, and Big Bossman might not suck, actually.
Wait, where the hell is a Million Dollar Man set? Why doesn't THAT exist yet? Come on WWE, step up!
has some questions with no real thread between them.
Some random questions (cos thats how I roll obviously)
1) How does it work with who defers to who in a match. So obviously if you have a fresh newbie against a veteran than the veteran would call the shots from a respect point of view and experience. But when you get two guys who have similar experience and background (and neither are champion) - does one naturally take the lead or is there some etiquette
Well it's like most things in life, the who takes the lead is the leader type, the sort who is generally a leader in his life, the more dominant person between the two of them will be dominate, obviously. However, finding a point where two guys are exact equals is fairly rare, unless they are both new, in which case it's possible neither man takes control, but they go to a booker, or trainer, or even just someone more experienced for help. I've often been dragged into helping out some of the newer female wrestlers work out their matches, probably because
I wrestle like a woman anyway so I'm experienced
I'm just so respected and well-liked by everyone.
But if both wrestlers are dead even in terms of seniority, and they can't work together amicably, and they don't or can't go to someone else for help, the heel will generally call it, since he's the one who leads it most of the time anyway.
2) I understand why Linda McMahon wants to a be a senator and why Vince wants to be seen a legit high flyer without all that wrasslin business but surely they realise that they will always be associated with it and will never seen as credible winner no matter how much money is thrown
I've sat here for like 15 minutes trying to crowbar in the fact that Alexander wept because he heard how there were many more worlds out there, and he had not yet conquered one, and then include a parenthesis telling you to go look it up, but I just couldn't work out how to do it without being laughed at or looking stupid for overreaching and trying to be something I'm clearly not.
But then, now I know how Vince feels.
*sits back for a few minutes to relish in his
But honestly, I think that the drive that makes Vince want to conquer Hollywood and be a media mogul is the same drive that got him to where he is now, so expecting him to turn it off is silly. I do think he should strive to be the best he can be at what he clearly does well, sure, but I'm not Vince, and I do get why he has the drive.
I just wonder how many times he has to fail before he'll give up. Probably he'll keep trying till he shuffles off the mortal coil.
3) If Vince's non WWE ventures ever became really successful and started making WWE type money, do you think he would ever look to see WWE if someone came in with deep pockets?
Honestly, I think if someone came in and put a stupid amount of money on the table, like a Billion and a Half Dollars or something, he'd sell now. Hell, something deep down inside of him would LOVE the challenge of selling WWE and then he'd go and buy TNA or something and then take down his former creation, kill it himself, be the guy who both built and killed the WWE…
Oh yeah.
But sure, if Vince did become a media mogul, and someone did have extremely deep pockets, he'd sell. If someone had Marianas Trench level pockets, he'd sell tomorrow.
4) Being a Brit, I'm keen to seeing a first WWE british champion - do you think it will happen to Wade Barratt in 2013?
Hmm. I don't know. I think he might well win Money In The Bank in 2013, but the thing is, the WWE title is pretty much solidly booked until WM, where Cena beats Rock for it, and so you're either seeing Barrett beat Cena (which is technically possible) or you look at whoever takes the belt off Big Show, which I'm suspecting is either Sheamus or Orton, again at Wrestlemania. But then, Big Gold is going to Dolph after WM, so…
WWE Title, off Cena, at Money In The Bank 2013. I'll call it now, and then if it happens there and then, I expect a parade and/or Tara at my doorstep.
And some questions about you
Oh, I don't like to talk about myself.
*Chandler blows up*
4) Do any of your opponents or people you work in the industry - know you do this column and if so do they have a reaction to
Tends to be more fans, actually. It's the guy coming up to me after a show who mentions it, or the occasional catcall during a match, or even the wrestling fan who ends up working with me in their line of work who puts 2 and 2 together.
That said, I know several actual proper wrestlers who have referenced stuff I've written in here, be it agreeing with me that they'll make it overseas or asking me what the hell is the deal with Matthew Perry or what have you. It's yet to cause a major beating or anything, no-one has, as yet, told me off for doing this.
Of course, having said that, I now expect such a reaction to come down upon me in jest…
5) Who would you say the most famous wrestler you've worked with? (and please don't ask me to define famous :))
Easy, Sonjay Dutt. Wrestled him the night after I lost the AWF Australisian Heavyweight Title to Iron Ben Coles. Had a damn good match with him too. I'd had plenty of interaction with 'famous' wrestlers backstage and such, but Dutt's the biggest name I've worked with.
And on yet another self-aggrandizing note, I bid you goodnight for now, and I'll see you back here next week. Unless I'm torn apart by angry wrestlers who only just now realised who I am.
Here's hoping that doesn't happen.
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I love the whole idea of the cat dance...being a cat person and all. The maraca and fish skeleton instruments are so clever, and as usual, your colors delightful! This one put a big smile on my face!
A kitty!!! I love them! and this one is very cute and funny.
I like the colors and the fish bones. I don't think my cat would lower herself to dance, but yours looks like it's having lots of fun.
ggggggrrrrreat job… full of fun and laughter and what could make a dance better than that!?
funny cat and illo...love it!!!
I love the vibrant colors and the movement. It really feels like the kittie's dancing and having a great time shakin' those .... er...rattle-thingies (can't remember what they're called).
so vivid and fun. your stuff always brings a smile to my face. and i can't say enough about that mobile you made - it's awesome!! you should sell those.
so fun! I love the colors and the kitty is wonderful :)
Lovely fun kitty!!
awesome star burst cat! my kitties dance before their bellies are full, but after they just sleep. Your artwork is so fun, well drawn, and wonderfully detailed!
I love the energy and color of your kitty dance! Super!
Great colours and joy in your picture. The happy dancing cat is sweet.
This is a nice illustration, colorful kitty
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Lovely, happy cat.
Very fun. I have a big orange tabby looking at my right now ... doing the "I want attention" cat dance! LOL
Love your boys work too!
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LOS ANGELES - Mexican drug cartels are said to be moving up California to move their product, and investigators say the groups are profiting and avoiding detection with the help of gang members.
From extortion schemes, to vicious violent crimes, to working with southern California street gangs -- are Mexican cartels strengthening their grip in California?
"I would say yes. And what concerns me is the political shift in Mexico, cause it, the shift, might make it even stronger in California," says Ventura County Assistant Sheriff Gary Pentis.
With a change in political leadership south of the border, there is a fear that the Mexican government might not crack down and fight the cartels like they have in recent years.
This concerns Ventura County Assistant Sheriff Gary Pentis, who already sees the cartels becoming more brazen.
"The cartel is here. It's in Los Angeles. They're recruiting from gangs in Compton, southwest, to do their work. It's about the money. I've never seen the street gangs ever have a position of authority. They're like labor. Ruthless labor," says Pentis.
Cartels have been working in California for years, but in an effort to make more money, avoid prosecution and strengthen, they have eliminated the middle man and now work directly with California street and prison gangs.
They are also going out of their way, literally, to extend authority over California drug trafficking by shipping drugs on boats several hundred miles north of the border.
"Where we're at a challenge is, they have an unconstrained budget. So they're moving to more sophisticated means of smuggling, particularly low-profile vessels that we call semi-submersible self-propelled vessels. And even with the potential of them developing fully-submersible, submarines if you will, to move their commodity, which again is worth billions of dollars," says Vice Admiral Paul Zukunft, United States Coast Guard.
A recent FBI report on U.S. gang activity asserts that nearly 4 in 10 U.S. gang members now have ties to Mexican drug cartels -- far more than any other outside group. And the number of gang members operating in the U.S. shot up 40% in just the past year to 1.4 million.
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NEW YORK -- Pele is mourning the passing of the beautiful game, a phrase many say was coined by the 73-year-old Brazilian football wizard.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Pele said tactics have become more and more defensive over the past decades since his retirement. Flowing attack has become a rarity and Pele is saddened by that.
"Italy always played defence -- in my time, now, always," he said. "But unfortunately today, I think because of the millions, because of the new technology, because of the money from the sponsors, the people, they don't care the way they win."
He says the message from coaches is not win, but rather "don't lose."
"They don't care about the beautiful game. They don't care about the elegance of football. In my time, we used to think and give a little show."
As the World Cup returns to the land of "jogo bonito" (the beautiful game), Pele has a new book, "Pele: Why Soccer Matters."
He doesn't expect Brazil to have an easy path to a record sixth World Cup title -- two more than any other nation.
"Germany has a very good team, young team, and then Spain. Spain is a team who plays together eight years, 10 years -- same team. Very nice organized team," he said on Wednesday. "This will be difficult. But we must respect Italy. We must respect Uruguay, because Uruguay is there. Argentina is there."
Pele was a part of Brazil's first three World Cup champions, in 1958, 1962 and 1970, and he scored 77 goals in 92 games. He starred for Santos from 1956-74 and kick-started football in the United States with New York Cosmos from 1975-77. He still keeps an apartment in Manhattan.
When he retired, he was considered to have no equal. Then Diego Maradona led Argentina to the 1986 World Cup with amazing darting runs, and to the 1990 final. And in this era, Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo are scoring at pretty much a goal-a-game rate for their clubs, although they haven't won the ultimate prize with the national teams.
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The Department of Community Health and Epidemiology (CH&E) located in the E wing of the new Health Sciences building at the University of Saskatchewan was founded in 1959-60 as the Department of Social and Preventative Medicine. Over the years, along with a name change in 1988, it has developed and expanded into a vibrant department with
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P.E.A.T. is a parent led charity based in Northern Ireland. We promote the science of Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) for helping children with Autism. We provide training and support in ABA to parents and carers of children with Autism.
Our goal is to improve the quality of life of children and adults with Autism by utilising scientifically validated and effective intervention.
In 2009 the 4th Facing Autism: Ireland conference was held in Belfast and our theme was Effectively Educating for Life. The conference highlighted the importance of effective evidence-based education and intervention that starts in the early years but goes on across the lifespan.
Between the speakers and workshops there was plenty of stimulating information, discussions, supportive workshops, and informal meetings that allowed the attendees to expand their knowledge of ABA and ASD, as well as opportunities to build new networks of friends, colleagues, and collaborators.
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WE HERE IN THE GREAT COMMONWEALTH of Massachusetts are certain that we occupy prime real estate at the center of the universe. (How else to explain our property valuations?) Our ears burn Sox Nation red, Blue State blue, and Harvard crimson when the rest of the country says it isn't so. Well, this year it was.
In 2012, we nearly exported a former governor to the White House (who had signed into law the state health care system that we had already successfully exported). We celebrated the oldest active ballpark in Major League Baseball, even as we jeered the most dysfunctional team in recent memory to play on its field. We rekindled interest in the largest art heist in history. We told you that Jesus might have had a wife, and we put an end to the miraculous run of a football star who made piety a nationwide craze. Our scandals and successes, our tragedies and triumphs, even our babies — welcome, Vivian (Bundchen) Brady — made national headlines. And if you still don't believe us, we also grew the biggest biceps, and we weren't afraid to flex them.


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A new Demos report reveals what the people living and working in Detroit know well: The bankruptcy in Detroit was caused by a severe decline in revenue and risky Wall Street deals, AFT president Randi Weingarten says.
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"Instead of coming together as a community to find solutions to raise revenue and make Detroit an attractive place to live and work, politicians decided to pin the blame on public employees and retirees, who did not create the crisis. Meanwhile, labor unions are joining together with community partners and federal officials to develop plans and infuse federal and private investments that will ultimately revitalize Detroit.
"By placing Detroit public schools at the center of neighborhood revitalization efforts, we can forge new relationships among schools, families, communities and the city. Teachers and school workers have made great sacrifices to keep the Detroit schools afloat, while working extraordinarily hard to nurture Detroit's next generation. And their work was acknowledged just this week when the Michigan Department of Education announced that it had removed the high-risk designation from Detroit schools. Progress like this is thanks to teachers and public employees, who are committed to reviving the community they love."
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