Anyone still efed(I made one)

[Juice]

Cause. I am making one for fun and could use some players

[Spider2024]

The only reason I don't do too much efedding is the 'role playing' aspect. I was never really good at writing good promos. I basically love the fantasy booking stuff.

[Juice]

May 26, 2019 21:08:59 GMT -5 Spider2024 said:

The only reason I don't do too much efedding is the 'role playing' aspect. I was never really good at writing good promos. I basically love the fantasy booking stuff.

I always liked both aspects but had a loose and fun idea that all rps could be entertaining. 100 word or 50000

[CMPunkyBrewster]

In theory, I love the idea of e-fedding.

In practice, I get frustrated with it quickly.

The way I see things, the things you write for an e-fed should be promos or skits that directly involve your opponent and/or the story you are currently involved in. In other words, they should be about wrestling.

I don't get why so many people choose to write completely separate RPs involving an entirely different cast of characters, and talk about their characters girlfriend, or what DVD they are watching, or some totally other thing that has NOTHING to do with the match or opponent at hand. Even when the writing is good, I still find myself sitting there going "What the hell does this have to do with wrestling?"

I would get back into it if there were measures taken to keep it wrestling based, and not just an exercise in creative writing.

[Juice]

May 26, 2019 21:29:24 GMT -5 CMPunkyBrewster said:

In theory, I love the idea of e-fedding.

In practice, I get frustrated with it quickly.

The way I see things, the things you write for an e-fed should be promos or skits that directly involve your opponent and/or the story you are currently involved in. In other words, they should be about wrestling.

I don't get why so many people choose to write completely separate RPs involving an entirely different cast of characters, and talk about their characters girlfriend, or what DVD they are watching, or some totally other thing that has NOTHING to do with the match or opponent at hand. Even when the writing is good, I still find myself sitting there going "What the hell does this have to do with wrestling?"

I would get back into it if there were measures taken to keep it wrestling based, and not just an exercise in creative writing.

Agreed. I’ve never been a fan of that and see now the ones that still exist almost exclusively have like too much role play. Posting in character tweets all day every day etc.

My general idea is to do a fed set in backyard wrestling

[Toilet Paper Roll]

I used to do it way back in the days of *Prodigy BB Fantasy Wrestling into AOL E-Feds. It's been over 20 years, G Damn, I feel old.

[Deleted]

I used to love e-fedding especially when I first stumbled into it during the days of msn groups

I won numerous "awards" because I quickly learned how to structure the promo and use pictures and really embody the character I was playing.

But then came alot of bad blood...eventually becoming booker having to write the shows ..we used to run two shows weekly and then that evolved into actually running the place because the owner who I got along splededly with left because he was fed up with the bullshit...and when I got into power someone else thought they were entitled to it because he thought he head great ideas....so whatever I let him co-write shows etc.

Then came the electric eel match(his "brilliant idea")....fed died and that was that.

Then I tried again after being convinced that I would be able to help grow it with my experience or whatevs......I ended up playing an already established wrestler but took a few liberties like I created a specific location offsight from the usual arena for them to cut vingette styles promos and interact with a small contingent of characters that were never important than to ocassionally be mentioned in a promo I would be cutting or briefly interact with....but nope everyone got up in arms about me taking a few liberties that never changed who the character was at the core.

Aaaaaand yea both times never ended too well but was fun sorry got flashbacks and went on a little rant my bad.

[Limity (BLM)]

Would someone mind explaining how efeds work? I've always been curious about them, but never got into one.

[r.]

May 26, 2019 22:15:24 GMT -5 Limity (BLM) said:

Would someone mind explaining how efeds work? I've always been curious about them, but never got into one.

Depends;

Some have you pick an established existing wrestler and only have you write promos and they book the winners.

Some have you make your character from scratch, Coming up with promos, what their music is, the entrance videos.

In one I was a part of, Whoever you were facing both wrote the match with yourself winning, You'd send your stuff to the efed booker who would pick the best one.

[Juice]

May 26, 2019 22:15:24 GMT -5 Limity (BLM) said:

Would someone mind explaining how efeds work? I've always been curious about them, but never got into one.

Just building on what was said above:

You were a character. You were booked and would write a rp or promo about the match. And would be judged by that against your opponents. Every place had a slightly different system but essentially you’re graded and people would write results.

Every fed was different some more loose than others. I’ve ran super wwe style feds and also had one set in space called galactic wrestling and was largely an efed for comic book and sci fi style story. Think ultimate muscle.

The one I’m developing now would be an antithesis to that. Being a backyard fed with now ring. Kinda bouncing from super realistic to spectacular unrealistic like the games and dvd sets from years ago.

I’ve never liked the idea of portraying a real life wrestler

[Juice]

May 26, 2019 22:23:24 GMT -5 r. said:

May 26, 2019 22:15:24 GMT -5 Limity (BLM) said:

Would someone mind explaining how efeds work? I've always been curious about them, but never got into one.

Depends;

Some have you pick an established existing wrestler and only have you write promos and they book the winners.

Some have you make your character from scratch, Coming up with promos, what their music is, the entrance videos.

In one I was a part of, Whoever you were facing both wrote the match with yourself winning, You'd send your stuff to the efed booker who would pick the best one.

Wow you guys also wrote your own matches? That’s pretty epic in the sense staff used you guys hard.

[Juice]

I wanna play with nostalgia. All this old fire bords and free webs and terrible graphics from back in the day.

[r.]

May 26, 2019 22:29:28 GMT -5 Juice said:

May 26, 2019 22:23:24 GMT -5 r. said:

Depends;

Some have you pick an established existing wrestler and only have you write promos and they book the winners.

Some have you make your character from scratch, Coming up with promos, what their music is, the entrance videos.

In one I was a part of, Whoever you were facing both wrote the match with yourself winning, You'd send your stuff to the efed booker who would pick the best one.

Wow you guys also wrote your own matches? That’s pretty epic in the sense staff used you guys hard.

It wasn't too bad. what killed it was when they booked multiple man matches and someone always took ages to get their stuff submitted.

The place closed up after one of the Booker/Admin who I will only refer to as "bob" kept putting over his buddies despite other people having way better stuff.

[Deleted]

My favourite part about when I first started e-fedding was searchin out really awesome border makers...who would make these really awesome looking borders for characters and graphics littered all over that really made things really stand out.

people got really f***ing creative and was one of the many things I used to look forward to

[Kayfabe]

I was a big part of my life 15-20 years ago.

I mostly play Filsinger Games now for my wrestling fix.

[OldDirtyBernie]

May 26, 2019 22:02:04 GMT -5 Toilet Paper Roll said:

I used to do it way back in the days of *Prodigy BB Fantasy Wrestling into AOL E-Feds. It's been over 20 years, G Damn, I feel old.

Holy crap, that's when I started as well! ...be odd if we were involved in the same one(probably not likely.)

I always loved the original character feds and the creativity behind it. I do wish I'd been more mature about it back then, though, as I wound up nearly making my original character a laughing stock if for no other reason than I was discovering so much new music at the time and constantly switched out my theme music.
I actually used that and the "experiences" the character went through to revive him in another fed 5 or so years later and evolve the guy.

I actually still make him any time I have a WWE game to this day.

[Limity (BLM)]

That makes sense, and is an interesting way to judge who wins the matches.

[Kayfabe]

I think today’s e-fed would be best written as a summary or results report with a 100-500 word limit on promos.

Also, people would create a dude with like 47 signature moves with crazy names; you don’t need every big match puro move, playa.

[Toilet Paper Roll]

May 26, 2019 22:49:16 GMT -5 OldDirtyBernie said:

May 26, 2019 22:02:04 GMT -5 Toilet Paper Roll said:

I used to do it way back in the days of *Prodigy BB Fantasy Wrestling into AOL E-Feds. It's been over 20 years, G Damn, I feel old.

Holy crap, that's when I started as well! ...be odd if we were involved in the same one(probably not likely.)

I always loved the original character feds and the creativity behind it. I do wish I'd been more mature about it back then, though, as I wound up nearly making my original character a laughing stock if for no other reason than I was discovering so much new music at the time and constantly switched out my theme music.
I actually used that and the "experiences" the character went through to revive him in another fed 5 or so years later and evolve the guy.

I actually still make him any time I have a WWE game to this day.

I think I started in 1995 when someone I met in the chat room gave me a free account.  I was 15 or 16 years old and was in a bunch pf leagues.  WAY TOO MANY but I was having a resurgence of my love for wrestling so it was as much fun a hobby as I could find. 

Met some good guys, even went to Mania 14 with some of them/.

[DSR]

Looking into it, the last time I wrote a match was 10 years ago. We had a fed on these boards back then called EWT.