Post by The Chupster on Mar 16, 2008 18:11:05 GMT -5
Hi!
I'm the Chupster, and I'd like to take a few moments to discuss OCW champions, title shots, earning them and generally everything having to do with them. Additionally, I'll be discussing social standing in the fed and what role it plays in achieving a title shot, as well as why these informal 'rules' are in place. Though it's mostly common sense for most people.
First off, the basic guidelines for achieving a title shot, directly from the OCW rulebook:
OCW World Title: Must be ranked in the top 20% of the rankings, and (when possible) have at least 10 wins.
OCW US Title: Must be ranked in the top 40% of the rankings, and (when possible) have at least 5 wins.
OCW Hardcore/X-Violence Title: Open to any hardcore wrestler. To be considered a hardcore wrestler, you need do nothing more than be willing to wrestle hardcore matches at any time. A lot of the roster don't care for the hardcore matches, but there is a hardcore following in OCW...
OCW Tag Team Championship: Tag Team must have 5 wins when applicable.
Now, these are not carved in stone. More factors figure in towards potential title shots, including the following:
-Storylines. If you have a good storyline going with a champion, then eventually you'll likely face them for a title. This is not defined as griping about not getting a title shot constantly and getting shafted by the bookers or the champion themselves, because that's what's going to happen when you try to force yourself into a title shot. This is not defined as writing a couple of promos that you think are entertaining and boom, you're going to get a title shot. This is defined as having a solid storyline that makes your wrestler look like a contender on par with the champion's social status, which plays a lot into being a champion here. This will be discussed more a little further on.
-Tournaments and #1 Contender Matches. Both of these can grant a title shot. If you win them, there you go. If you don't, I'm sorry.
-Rankings. Rankings are important. If you're at the bottom, you're pretty much screwed. But even if you're at the top, that doesn't guarantee you a shot- it just means you're more likely to get one.
-Social Standing. For the most part, this isn't much of a factor- at least for the lesser titles. For the US Title, it can factor in. For the World Title, it almost always will. And I'll discuss what I mean... right now.
Social Standing and You: Do's and Don'ts of Becoming a World Championship Contender. (And to a Lesser Extent, US Title Contender.)
What NOT to do:
-Become the "leader" of a group. Any jackass can do this. And while sometimes it will earn you title shots, usually these title shots will be stacked against your character unless you've fulfilled some of the things that you SHOULD do, listed a little further down.
-Constantly bitch to the Committee about title shots. The only thing bitching does is make you look like a bitch.
-Constantly bitch in promos about title shots. This also makes you look like a bitch, but in public, so now EVERYBODY knows it! Congratulations, you've just scuttled yourself.
-Attack the Champion in promos or shows repeatedly. Shows are booked the way they are for a reason. Wrestlers are chosen for title shots for a reason. Unless you've actually discussed your social standing with a Committee member or two, going specifically after the champion is going to lead to you getting cockblocked at every turn.
-Don't be fucking annoying. This means as a wrestler or just as a person. If you're constantly harping on people about every little thing, the last thing they're gonna want is you sitting on top of the mountain that they're trying to climb.
-Be a sore loser. Self-explanatory.
What you SHOULD do:
-Be gracious in victory and defeat. I don't mean in promos; no one likes a pushover. I mean as a human being as a part of a larger group. There have been jackasses who've hit the top, been a jackass and gotten the title stripped for it. It's rare, but it happens. It's great to celebrate; it's not great to legitimately be a cockweasel.
-Find your social standing and improve it. Discuss your character with other people that you know will be honest with you- usually the Committee folk are good about this. You can think that you're on your way to becoming a champion, but if the Committee sees a particular stumbling block- or if you're just a delusional motherfucker and you're the only one thinking it- it's not going to happen. There is no way to 'muscle' your way into the World Championship position, and if you try strong-arming your way in, again, you're going to get cockblocked.
-Understand the way the fed works and why. This will be discussed at the end.
-Stop actively chasing straps. Championships are nice, and typically mean that the fed has some faith in you if you have a title shot. It means that we think that you have the potential to carry a championship both in terms of caw success and in terms of promos, which plays a LOT into the bigger belts. But if you're too goddamn busy chasing championships the whole time instead of developing an intriguing, well-rounded, entertaining character, then all you end up with is a belt-chasing poser that no one wants to see the strap on. This goes quadruple for people going after the World Championship. But if you develop a strong character, sometimes even if your character isn't successful, title shots will still drop in their lap. And any wrestler can beat any other wrestler in the game on a good day.
-Read the fucking rules. Typically, the Committee doesn't mind helping members out. But when it's something that you should've already read- especially if you constantly have questions that are right here in the Rules and Regulations section, and you haven't read them- that's going to lower the Committee's opinion of you.
The Committee and You: An Explanation of the Process Behind the Champions
Potential champions are chosen (or not) by the fed heavily on promoing ability, character presence, wrestler success... a lot of factors go into choosing who will get a title shot. And no one factor is important enough to override the others; you can be as successful as you want, but if your promos are unreadable, then you aren't going to see a title shot. (Unless it's stacked against your character to the point of being impossible in an effort to shut you the hell up because the Committee has gotten that annoyed with you. Collectively speaking.)
This is because OCW has seen champions that have earned the title and then vanished. And others that have gained the title, only to become so full of themselves- OOC, not in promos- that they've had to be stripped and/or banned. Or others that just haven't been able to carry the ball once it's been placed in their hands.
No one wants to see a champion that gains the title just to lose it the next time a title shot comes up. And while that will always be a reality of simmed efeds, it's infinitely preferable to crowning a champion who comes off like a total douchebag, or a clueless moron, or an overbearing psycho. People take championships a little too seriously at times, and make no mistake; championships are earned, but they are just as much granted. No amount of hammering on the subject of title shots will put a belt around someone's waist in OCW. No amount of bitching will earn you a title shot. And that makes it very difficult for a person that's successful but doesn't have the social skills/awareness/standing or the writing skills/imagination that it takes to be successful here. But as anything else in life, championships in OCW- especially the World Championship- must be earned.
If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask myself or a member of the Owners Committee, but if you're serious about working towards a big title here in OCW, you're likely already on speaking terms with most of us.
I'm the Chupster, and I'd like to take a few moments to discuss OCW champions, title shots, earning them and generally everything having to do with them. Additionally, I'll be discussing social standing in the fed and what role it plays in achieving a title shot, as well as why these informal 'rules' are in place. Though it's mostly common sense for most people.
First off, the basic guidelines for achieving a title shot, directly from the OCW rulebook:
OCW World Title: Must be ranked in the top 20% of the rankings, and (when possible) have at least 10 wins.
OCW US Title: Must be ranked in the top 40% of the rankings, and (when possible) have at least 5 wins.
OCW Hardcore/X-Violence Title: Open to any hardcore wrestler. To be considered a hardcore wrestler, you need do nothing more than be willing to wrestle hardcore matches at any time. A lot of the roster don't care for the hardcore matches, but there is a hardcore following in OCW...
OCW Tag Team Championship: Tag Team must have 5 wins when applicable.
Now, these are not carved in stone. More factors figure in towards potential title shots, including the following:
-Storylines. If you have a good storyline going with a champion, then eventually you'll likely face them for a title. This is not defined as griping about not getting a title shot constantly and getting shafted by the bookers or the champion themselves, because that's what's going to happen when you try to force yourself into a title shot. This is not defined as writing a couple of promos that you think are entertaining and boom, you're going to get a title shot. This is defined as having a solid storyline that makes your wrestler look like a contender on par with the champion's social status, which plays a lot into being a champion here. This will be discussed more a little further on.
-Tournaments and #1 Contender Matches. Both of these can grant a title shot. If you win them, there you go. If you don't, I'm sorry.
-Rankings. Rankings are important. If you're at the bottom, you're pretty much screwed. But even if you're at the top, that doesn't guarantee you a shot- it just means you're more likely to get one.
-Social Standing. For the most part, this isn't much of a factor- at least for the lesser titles. For the US Title, it can factor in. For the World Title, it almost always will. And I'll discuss what I mean... right now.
Social Standing and You: Do's and Don'ts of Becoming a World Championship Contender. (And to a Lesser Extent, US Title Contender.)
What NOT to do:
-Become the "leader" of a group. Any jackass can do this. And while sometimes it will earn you title shots, usually these title shots will be stacked against your character unless you've fulfilled some of the things that you SHOULD do, listed a little further down.
-Constantly bitch to the Committee about title shots. The only thing bitching does is make you look like a bitch.
-Constantly bitch in promos about title shots. This also makes you look like a bitch, but in public, so now EVERYBODY knows it! Congratulations, you've just scuttled yourself.
-Attack the Champion in promos or shows repeatedly. Shows are booked the way they are for a reason. Wrestlers are chosen for title shots for a reason. Unless you've actually discussed your social standing with a Committee member or two, going specifically after the champion is going to lead to you getting cockblocked at every turn.
-Don't be fucking annoying. This means as a wrestler or just as a person. If you're constantly harping on people about every little thing, the last thing they're gonna want is you sitting on top of the mountain that they're trying to climb.
-Be a sore loser. Self-explanatory.
What you SHOULD do:
-Be gracious in victory and defeat. I don't mean in promos; no one likes a pushover. I mean as a human being as a part of a larger group. There have been jackasses who've hit the top, been a jackass and gotten the title stripped for it. It's rare, but it happens. It's great to celebrate; it's not great to legitimately be a cockweasel.
-Find your social standing and improve it. Discuss your character with other people that you know will be honest with you- usually the Committee folk are good about this. You can think that you're on your way to becoming a champion, but if the Committee sees a particular stumbling block- or if you're just a delusional motherfucker and you're the only one thinking it- it's not going to happen. There is no way to 'muscle' your way into the World Championship position, and if you try strong-arming your way in, again, you're going to get cockblocked.
-Understand the way the fed works and why. This will be discussed at the end.
-Stop actively chasing straps. Championships are nice, and typically mean that the fed has some faith in you if you have a title shot. It means that we think that you have the potential to carry a championship both in terms of caw success and in terms of promos, which plays a LOT into the bigger belts. But if you're too goddamn busy chasing championships the whole time instead of developing an intriguing, well-rounded, entertaining character, then all you end up with is a belt-chasing poser that no one wants to see the strap on. This goes quadruple for people going after the World Championship. But if you develop a strong character, sometimes even if your character isn't successful, title shots will still drop in their lap. And any wrestler can beat any other wrestler in the game on a good day.
-Read the fucking rules. Typically, the Committee doesn't mind helping members out. But when it's something that you should've already read- especially if you constantly have questions that are right here in the Rules and Regulations section, and you haven't read them- that's going to lower the Committee's opinion of you.
The Committee and You: An Explanation of the Process Behind the Champions
Potential champions are chosen (or not) by the fed heavily on promoing ability, character presence, wrestler success... a lot of factors go into choosing who will get a title shot. And no one factor is important enough to override the others; you can be as successful as you want, but if your promos are unreadable, then you aren't going to see a title shot. (Unless it's stacked against your character to the point of being impossible in an effort to shut you the hell up because the Committee has gotten that annoyed with you. Collectively speaking.)
This is because OCW has seen champions that have earned the title and then vanished. And others that have gained the title, only to become so full of themselves- OOC, not in promos- that they've had to be stripped and/or banned. Or others that just haven't been able to carry the ball once it's been placed in their hands.
No one wants to see a champion that gains the title just to lose it the next time a title shot comes up. And while that will always be a reality of simmed efeds, it's infinitely preferable to crowning a champion who comes off like a total douchebag, or a clueless moron, or an overbearing psycho. People take championships a little too seriously at times, and make no mistake; championships are earned, but they are just as much granted. No amount of hammering on the subject of title shots will put a belt around someone's waist in OCW. No amount of bitching will earn you a title shot. And that makes it very difficult for a person that's successful but doesn't have the social skills/awareness/standing or the writing skills/imagination that it takes to be successful here. But as anything else in life, championships in OCW- especially the World Championship- must be earned.
If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask myself or a member of the Owners Committee, but if you're serious about working towards a big title here in OCW, you're likely already on speaking terms with most of us.
