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Post by Stacy Jones on Jun 7, 2018 4:47:03 GMT -5
I'll do as many of these as I can. Stormm! I loved how your roleplay felt. It was very atmospheric and I could really picture where you were when you were burying that old championship. The scene felt genuine and emotional, the character felt genuine and I could really understand where his head was at. I think this was a good length to be long enough to have detail but short enough that it didn't drag and feel bloaty. Good job
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Post by Gerard Angelo on Jun 7, 2018 17:42:57 GMT -5
I thought everyone RPed very well this week. Good luck to the people judging the matches.
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Post by Grimm on Jun 8, 2018 8:08:25 GMT -5
My general comment is similar for both Stacy Jones and Gerard Angelo , so I’m going to include the two of you together. Back in the day, one of my favorite things about Ace Anderson ‘s RPs was that he presented himself as a “normal” person (as normal as a person in this business could be) with storylines that could conceivably happen in this world of ours, and he did it really well. Both Stacy and Gerard’s RPs checked that box for me this cycle. I hate that Stacy’s came out of a place of real world trauma, but the piece was used as an outlet for that, which can be a powerful tool. And Gerard showing us the strained relationship with his father adds a whole other layer to the character. So not only do these two RPs give us a peek behind the PCW curtain at their lives outside the ring (which can lead to any number of future stories), but they do so in such a way as to present their characters as actual people who aren’t infallible superheroes…which isn’t always easy to do in this game.
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Post by Gerard Angelo on Jun 8, 2018 17:07:20 GMT -5
Thanks, Grimm. I appreciate it.
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Post by Grimm on Jun 12, 2018 7:44:02 GMT -5
Dominator / MortimerRick MajorsThe AnarchistMy personal policy is to abstain from reading opponents’ RPs until after results are posted. And so now that I have read these six, I can say (as cliché as the saying may be in the efedding world) I do not envy the judge or judges that had to score these. I assume we’re all in the same situation where writing two RPs for a card is not an easy task, and the fact that we all had to whip up something as best we could given the opponents and stipulations, well, that made it even harder. It can be a burden to work in pertinent PCW material in pieces where other storylines are addressed, and these six managed to do that without shoehorning it in as a second thought – and that’s including what amounted to a hypothetical match against an unclear opponent. Not a simple thing to do. Anyway, all this to say that even though I don’t want to have to do that again any time soon, I enjoyed writing for this tournament against you gentlemen. PCW-talk aside, everyone has some strong character-building, storyline-shifting material in these RPs and I look forward to seeing where you take us all next.
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Post by The Anarchist on Jun 12, 2018 10:31:38 GMT -5
Never again. Lol.
That's what I told myself after finishing my contributions. Writing two was a real pain in the ass. I'm glad I got the chance to experience the tournament, as I had never entered. Proud of the distance I made it to and even prouder to have shared the semi's with the three of you.
Win or lose, my work was bound to be cut out for me. I think the most challenging aspect was trying to decide WHAT to write about. Given the stakes involved, I opted to do something I had way more experience with, rather than something more in straight line with the cultist persona. Don't get me wrong, I have ideas for that (followers or no followers, I'm always in thought of how I can improve), but I didn't relish the chance of writer's block. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the six RPs that made the others efforts.
For everyone else, my compliments also extend to all of you. There was some seriously strong material that was produced this cycle. It should be a real interesting road to the next pay per view with plenty of stuff coming out of LAL. Great work, everyone!
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Post by Kyle Shane on Jun 13, 2018 1:32:57 GMT -5
I typically try not to read my opponent's roleplays until as late as possible, partly as a superstition thing, partly because it would break my confidence and make me weep. But I feel like I have to give props to Tyler Scott for a tight, focused, character driven work with a superbly effective rebuttal to Kyle's last roleplay. Bravo.
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