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44 minutes ago, BuddyAwesome said:

The whole idea of not yet anyway is one of my least favorite ideas of modern gaming. Of course I like that games can be fixed later, which if this were the N64 Era that couldn't happen, but I feel as if we some times use that to let a subpar product get a pass. If a game like God Of War or Even WWE 2k came out and sucked nobody would be letting them slide.

I actually do like the entrances being short, but seeing so many already do multiple playthroughs of the story mode makes me feel as if there's just not enough meat on the bone for me at least to justify the purchase. It's a bummer because there is market for more wrestling games. I think what we all actually want is a call back to All Stars not No Mercy.

Nope, I was definitely looking for more of a callback to No Mercy, not All Stars.

Playing through a bit now. One thing I will say is that I like how they allow for custom button mapping. Made Y run, A grapple, X punch, and B Kick on the switch controller and it feels a bit more fluid for me.

Powerhouse Hobbs is a BEAST. I steamrolled Miro in a couple minutes. The nostalgia of the control scheme is strong.

Picked up a copy for Switch on my way home from work at WalMart. Even if it ends up being mediocre, I figure it’s worth having for a wrestling game on the go. I’ll check back in with my thoughts.

How does it run on Switch?

added https://dream.ai/create to the resources list - a useful site for generating AI created free worker images.

I legit don't get all of the hate on the graphics. The game looks great to me. I can't wait for release.

I was obsessed with Savage Garden as a kid. They got, what - two albums before splitting because the two of them can't stand one another? Two Beds and a Coffee Machine is an underrated gem.

6 hours ago, Lint said:

Thats basically what the crying is.  The adults who grew up with Mario are going to see it expecting some nostalgia hit and stuff "for them" and they are disappointed when...its a kids movie

I feel like there was plenty in there for us adults who grew up with these games. Did they just want the movie to be Mario going castle to castle trying to rescue Peach? (They even included a joke about that) Adult nerds are so hard to please, I’m glad they kept it a fun movie for kids. Children were standing and clapping when it was over, and even waited around for the end scenes. It was so cool to see.

Took my son to see The Super Mario Bros. Movie. We had an absolute blast. I don’t know what all of the crying is about from the adults. It’s a children’s movie and they didn’t disrespect the source material at all. Lots of fun Easter eggs, the familiar music and characters. If you are a Mario fan you should definitely appreciate it.

On 11/02/2023 at 11:00, Gabriel said:

Jason X is a shit movie, but it's a fun shit movie, especially if you were a fan of any 90's or early 00's Sci-Fi on television. It feels like a really out there episode of Andromeda without Kevin Sorbo.

That's probably what they should have done. Kevin Sorbo would have saved that movie.

Goes to Hell has some interesting ideas, unfortunately they aren't ideas that I find interesting for the Friday the 13th franchise.

The remake, while oft-criticized, is actually one of my favorites. I would have liked some explanation into how Jason is so intelligent, being that he stopped his standard learning very early in life and is likely neuro-divergent. Maybe that was something they would have explored in a sequel.

This franchise needs to get out of legal hell so that we can get a proper Predator/Prey style reboot. Give the characters to someone with reverence for them and a track record of delivering genuinely good films, and let them go crazy.

I think the reboot is probably the best film in the series. It tied all of the lore together coherently and cut much of the dumb/dull shit out of the earlier entries. He was a big, brutal hunter/trapper that had been hiding out in the woods for years.

First two episodes of Mandolorean have been great. Loved how despite having the helmet on, you could clearly read the shock on Bo Katan.

I liked Ant-Man and The Whasp 🤷‍♂️ 

If this game doesn't come complete with the WrestleMania 2000 Mr. Ass taunt where he pulls down his trunks and his ass is a pixelated mess, I'm not buying!

The Official TEWR Mods/Scenarios Resource Thread

This megathread has been created in an effort to reduce the number of pinned threads at the top of the forum and create an all-in-one resource for people looking for places to find software downloads, mods/scenarios, historical data, research sources and more. Replies will be left open so that users may feel free to comment with any missing information or sources they would like to see added to this post. 

Pro Wrestling Simulators:

Total Extreme Wrestling 2020/2016/2005

The longest running and most complete text based wrestling sim on the market, the Total Extreme Wrestling Series by Adam Ryland is regarded by many as the "best in class." The newest TEW 2020 edition and TEW 2016 are available for purchase on the Grey Dog Software website while the 2005 edition is freeware for anyone looking to get into the series. 

Purchase Total Extreme Wrestling

Download Freeware TEW 2005

Extreme Warfare Revenge 4.2

The game series that has a rich history on this forum, EWR 4.2 is the booking sim that started it all for a number of booking enthusiasts. EWR still enjoys a large player base to this day as well as regular real world data updates that you can find monthly on this board. 

Download Extreme Warfare Revenge

Pro Wrestling Sim

One of the newest booking sims on the market, Pro Wrestling Sim has perhaps the most modern looking UI and a growing player base and modding community. Still in early access, the game's developer has been tirelessly active while working on the game and providing regular updates and new features. Recommended by a number of players as a balanced step between the simplicity of EWR and the complexity of the Total Extreme Wrestling series.

Purchase Pro Wrestling Sim

Promotion Wars Remastered

Developed by Adam Jennings, Promotion Wars was a long running series of games that started as Wrestling Federation Manager and was the rival to Adam Ryland's EWR series of sims. After years of dormancy, Promotion Wars has been revived with a growing community of players. 

Download Promotion Wars

Journey of Wrestling

Journey of Wrestling is a web browser based pro wrestling sim that offers over 5,000 scenarios for users to play in addition to the ability to create new/custom scenarios. Being browser based, the game is playable on virtually any device with an updated internet browser.

Play Journey of Wrestling

Pro Wrestling Nexus: Complete

Pro Wrestling Nexus: Complete is a remake of the previous professional wrestling match simulation game, Pro Wrestling Nexus: Singles Competition, which is no longer supported nor available for download. The game provides an interface which allows you to watch the match  transpire play-by-play and features a damage system where each wrestler has a set level of hit points or health and each move has a set amount of damage done. 

Download Pro Wrestling Nexus: Complete

Mod Download Websites

Home of Pro Wrestling

Established in 2016, Home of Pro Wrestling offers software downloads for a number of wrestling sims including older versions of the EWR series, 5GWS, and more. They are also a great source for downloads of mods/historical data sets for EWR, the entire TEW series, Pro Wrestling Sim and more.

Visit Home of Pro Wrestling

Be The Booker

Perhaps the most consistently updated source of mods for a number of booking sims, BeTheBooker.net hosts downloads for EWR, TEW, Pro Wrestling Sim and more. They also have an active forum community.

Visit BeTheBooker.net

TEWDB

TEWDB is a great source for mods with a primary focus on TEW 2020. 

Visit TEWDB

Grey Dog Software Forums

Though not as handy as having a defined list of mod downloads to click a single link to download, the Grey Dog Software Forums offer the most up to date mod downloads for TEW 2020. Visit the TEW 2020 Mods section and you will be able to navigate threads from the mod makers themselves and obtain download links for the most up to date versions of each scenario.

Visit Grey Dog Software Forums

Pro Wrestling Sim Discord

The official Discord Channel for Pro Wrestling Sim offers the most up to date mods for the game as well as an active community of players and access to the game developer. The channel serves as the official source for the popular "All American Wrestling Series" as well as the largest source custom skins for the game. 

Visit the Pro Wrestling Sim Discord

TEW Mods by TheWho87 on Discord

The official Discord Channel for TheWho87's TEW 2020 monthly mods.

Visit TEW Mods by TheWho87 on Discord

Modding Research Sources

Below is a list of some of the best websites to use when creating mods

• cagematch.net (worker bios, match history, title history, promotion info and much more)
• wrestlingdata.com (worker bios, match history, title history, promotion info and more)
• www.luchawiki.org/ (a large wikia focused on luchadors with bios, worker images and more)
• puroresusystem.fandom.com (a large wikia focused on puroresu with bios, worker images and more)
• prowrestling.fandom.com (a large wiki focused on pro wrestling with bios, worker images and especially handy for finishing moves which were removed from Wikipedia)
• profightdb.com (worker bios, match history, PWI ratings, promotion info and more)
• thesmackdownhotel.com/roster/wwe (a handy breakdown of promotion rosters by month and year)
• ddtdigest.com (an archive of detailed WCW television reports)
• 411mania.com (an archive of detailed wrestling tv reports)
• wcwworldwide.com/tag/full-magazine-scans (a large database of WCW magazine scans)
• www.wrestlingscans.com (a large database of various wrestling magazine scans)
• www.remove.bg (removes background from images)
• zyro.com/tools/image-upscaler (upscales low quality images)
• Total Extreme Maps (a set of maps visually outlining the regions in TEW 2020)

Graphic/Video Making Apps

Below is a list of free graphic and video editing programs for creating your own custom game graphics or gameplay streams/videos

• Gimp (a highly popular open source alternative to Adobe Photoshop)
• Inkscape (a highly popular open source alternative to Adobe Illustrator)
• Paint.NET (photo editing software)
• Photopea (a browser based photo editor)
• Canva (photo editing software that is great for putting images together quickly and doesn't have quite the same learning curve as Photoshop/GIMP/Photopea)
• pixlr (a browser based photo editor)
• OBS Studio (a free video streaming app that can also be used to capture gameplay videos)
• Stream Labs (a free video streaming app)
• DaVinci Resolve (a free powerful video editing suite)
• Dream.ai (create AI art for your mods and games)

I created an worker gimmick pack based on those available for EWR if anyone is interested in adding more options to the game.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/cz4rmlmhgmvkoui/iNSPIRED-Gimmicks%28rev1%29.zip/file

Just finished East Bound & Down Season 3. The fact that Kenny Powers thought that the only way to have a life with April and his son was to walk out during his big Major League return and then fake his own death in a spectacular car crash is fucking hilarious. Even more that they have April point out “you don’t think it would have been better if Toby and I had just joined you in the Majors in Texas?”

13 hours ago, damhausen said:

Of note, Adult Swim does those "look inside the episode" after every Rick & Morty episode and he hasn't been in any of them. That, uh, says a lot about his creative involvement.

I suppose on the other hand, Solar Opposites is probably done for.

Those poor people in the wall…

I love Rock & Morty. Really interested in how they handle the voices from now on. What’s the legality here when it comes to soundalikes?

On 19/12/2022 at 05:03, Tigerstyle said:

I'm setting up selling retro games and toys in my game store in the new year, I've been picking up a lot of N64's and handhelds, but bulk seems to be the problem for me - Anyone got any ideas where I can pick up items? I've been doing Facebook marketplace but lots of listings are scams (asking for cash app, of course!) and unfortunately we're out of season for car boots.

Untested units on eBay if you’re handy with repairs?

People who play Fortnite Squads… then proceed to not land with teammates, not revive or help out in any way… or even worse quit when I’m trying to revive you…. why???

Damn, I was so into UFC and MMA at the time of the first few TUF seasons. This really hurts

Spirited is a fun take on A Christmas Carol but it reaches a point where it really feels long and you want them to wrap it up already.

Yeah, the original Power Rangers craze hit peak for my age group. He was my favorite as both the Green and then White Ranger. I wore out my copy of The Power Rangers Movie VHS. Sad to see your heroes pass away so young, especially under such tragic circumstances. 

2 hours ago, ADG said:

Yeah so the contract offers on this are all a bit shit. You can't change the amount you're offering as far as I can see and it doesn'tseem to matter what perks or card position you put on the contract, they'll accept it - which has led Rick Rude and Big John Studd to both sign 5 year deals to be enhancement talent in a 1991 WWF game.

 

EDIT: And you can literally make one match shows and suffer no penalties. I put on an episode of Prime Time Wrestling that was one 90 minute long match (Shawn Michaels v. Randy Savage) and it scored 80% and got popularity boosts for them both and the WWF.

If you are on discord, definitely bring these points up. The developer has been very active since launch in working things out that are brought up

14 hours ago, Krabby said:

Does the "wrestler style" play into anything 

I could be wrong, but I believe match types use it

On 14/11/2022 at 10:57, Skummy said:

Popularity not being broken down by region is going to make historical scenarios difficult to balance, I'd have thought, but if the game's focus is more on just running one of the larger promotions in a post-territory era, I suppose it would still work out okay.

Is that "wrestling skill" stat broken down into any smaller components under the dash, so to speak, or is that all there is? I can see the logic behind breaking out Entertainment and Wrestling Skill as the top-level stats, rather than having distinctions that are poorly described or hard to define ("Puroresu" being one that always annoyed me in TEW), but "Wrestling Skill" is surely even harder to quantify? 

 

EDIT: I'm reading through the reviews on Steam now, and will likely end up giving this a go. What seems promising is that there are fairly regular updates and new features, which, if they carry on post-Early Access, could see shape up to be a more fleshed out game than it currently looks.

“Wrestling skill” seems to be all there is as an average of brawling, technical and flying (I think that was what someone said on how it was calculated when converting from TEW files, not 100% sure)

I agree that it would be better served broken down a bit more into those skills