Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2011 2:47:53 GMT -5
Original Post Date: January 11, 2011.
Modified: June 26, 2012.
Greetings, my fellow PCW comrades,
As your color commentator, I am greatly anticipating the one hundredth and fifteenth PCW Trauma. We've got quite a stacked card, and while some of the names scheduled to compete haven't posted their roleplays yet, we've still have just about a week left for everybody to be accounted for. Following the results of episode 115 of PCW Trauma, there will be winners, there will be losers, and there will be some that draw. Hardly anyone (besides the fabled 2Guys) ever complains about winning, but it's inevitable with any show that somebody's going to be pissed off about losing. And that's the reason for this post; we'll consider it a practical lesson in participating in this game.
You are not going to win every match.
There, I said it. And no, I'm not talking about any one of you in particular. Listen to this advice and understand it. Just about fifty-percent of the booked wrestlers on any given card are going to lose. It's the fact of the game, so stop taking it so seriously. Sometimes, someone just puts out a better piece than you did. Sometimes it might be leading to something, like a storyline or a feud. Sometimes you just didn't have your best week. Regardless, most times, at least half of the roster is going to lose at PCW Trauma, and it is not the end of the world.
In fact, more people are going to lose at this Trauma as opposed to the other ones because of all the tag team and triple threat matches. Roleplaying is not a game of "everybody wins", and if you don't understand that by now, you're playing the wrong game. Go back to intramural basketball where everybody gets a trophy, because you're participating in the wrong activity. NOBODY wins all the time.
Luis has the toughest job in all of this, because he knows the second those results come out, somebody is not going to be happy with the result, or their grade, or their feud, or how they lost, or they don't use that move, or they would've kicked out of that move, or the color commentator made fun of their haircut, or their match was too short, or that Nickelback doesn't suck as much as Laiman says they do, WHATEVER! This game is supposed to be fun.
It's about writing characters and becoming a better writer, not about pulling a 1972 Miami Dolphins every time. Lantlas went 14-0 over in EPW, and that's about the closest I've ever seen to a Goldberg run. That was 14 matches. Anyone here with more than 14 matches on their resume has lost. In fact, they've lost a lot of times. You want proof?
Take a look at the all-time roster. The five winningest writers in PCW history are Ace Anderson, Grimm, Non Compos Mentis (aka Sean Rhodes), LoKi/James Keenan, and Lantlas. They have a combined 478 matches in PCW, which speaks volumes not only about PCW, but about the tenure of this place. Combined, they've lost 142 times and drew 28. That means the five most successful writers in PCW have not won 170 times.
That's the top five out of 184 all-time PCW writers. The top five have not won their match 170 times. They're not always happy about it, but they worked through it, tried to improve, or maybe even were building toward something. The ones who complain about the results generally don't stick around too long (Kaden Keene, Anthony Douglas, Zellmo anyone?) It's a fact of the game, and I really don't want to see the efforts of everyone recruiting and working their ass off to give us a good show tainted by someone whining about the results. This is a special place, and I'm sure most of us will say that it's as close to an online home as we could get.
I'll step off my soapbox now, but I wanted to address this before someone has the chance to throw a fit about the match that hasn't happened yet, or one in the future.
Remember, regardless of whether you thought you won or not, the final grade is the determining factor. And remember as well, that it is only your BEST rp that determines if you win or not. Posting more will better your chances of scoring different scores, but DO NOT put in the effort to write a bunch of rps in the hopes of thinking that writing more than your opponent equals a guarantee that you will win your match- it's one rp vs. one rp, your best vs. your opponent's best. It's the fairest way to keep those with extra time to rp from running roughshod over those who can only muster enough time or energy to write just one rp per show. rp.
Here's a random fact, there has, to date, only been one person who has scored a perfect RP Score. It is a very rare feat for that to happen. So if your goal is perfection in this game, RP against opponents that don't exist. You might win more, but it's sure not as much fun.
Thanks to those who've already turned out roleplays for Trauma 115, will be writing the results for that card and any card in the future, for all the new guys to have joined up with us, and to all the handlers we have. I look forward to the continued success of Pure Class Wrestling.
Your faithful PCW color commentator,
-"Universal" Al Laiman
P.S. I'm by no means implying that any of you are actually planning on complaining. This post is more of a preventative measure than anything else.
Modified: June 26, 2012.
Greetings, my fellow PCW comrades,
As your color commentator, I am greatly anticipating the one hundredth and fifteenth PCW Trauma. We've got quite a stacked card, and while some of the names scheduled to compete haven't posted their roleplays yet, we've still have just about a week left for everybody to be accounted for. Following the results of episode 115 of PCW Trauma, there will be winners, there will be losers, and there will be some that draw. Hardly anyone (besides the fabled 2Guys) ever complains about winning, but it's inevitable with any show that somebody's going to be pissed off about losing. And that's the reason for this post; we'll consider it a practical lesson in participating in this game.
You are not going to win every match.
There, I said it. And no, I'm not talking about any one of you in particular. Listen to this advice and understand it. Just about fifty-percent of the booked wrestlers on any given card are going to lose. It's the fact of the game, so stop taking it so seriously. Sometimes, someone just puts out a better piece than you did. Sometimes it might be leading to something, like a storyline or a feud. Sometimes you just didn't have your best week. Regardless, most times, at least half of the roster is going to lose at PCW Trauma, and it is not the end of the world.
In fact, more people are going to lose at this Trauma as opposed to the other ones because of all the tag team and triple threat matches. Roleplaying is not a game of "everybody wins", and if you don't understand that by now, you're playing the wrong game. Go back to intramural basketball where everybody gets a trophy, because you're participating in the wrong activity. NOBODY wins all the time.
Luis has the toughest job in all of this, because he knows the second those results come out, somebody is not going to be happy with the result, or their grade, or their feud, or how they lost, or they don't use that move, or they would've kicked out of that move, or the color commentator made fun of their haircut, or their match was too short, or that Nickelback doesn't suck as much as Laiman says they do, WHATEVER! This game is supposed to be fun.
It's about writing characters and becoming a better writer, not about pulling a 1972 Miami Dolphins every time. Lantlas went 14-0 over in EPW, and that's about the closest I've ever seen to a Goldberg run. That was 14 matches. Anyone here with more than 14 matches on their resume has lost. In fact, they've lost a lot of times. You want proof?
Take a look at the all-time roster. The five winningest writers in PCW history are Ace Anderson, Grimm, Non Compos Mentis (aka Sean Rhodes), LoKi/James Keenan, and Lantlas. They have a combined 478 matches in PCW, which speaks volumes not only about PCW, but about the tenure of this place. Combined, they've lost 142 times and drew 28. That means the five most successful writers in PCW have not won 170 times.
That's the top five out of 184 all-time PCW writers. The top five have not won their match 170 times. They're not always happy about it, but they worked through it, tried to improve, or maybe even were building toward something. The ones who complain about the results generally don't stick around too long (Kaden Keene, Anthony Douglas, Zellmo anyone?) It's a fact of the game, and I really don't want to see the efforts of everyone recruiting and working their ass off to give us a good show tainted by someone whining about the results. This is a special place, and I'm sure most of us will say that it's as close to an online home as we could get.
I'll step off my soapbox now, but I wanted to address this before someone has the chance to throw a fit about the match that hasn't happened yet, or one in the future.
Remember, regardless of whether you thought you won or not, the final grade is the determining factor. And remember as well, that it is only your BEST rp that determines if you win or not. Posting more will better your chances of scoring different scores, but DO NOT put in the effort to write a bunch of rps in the hopes of thinking that writing more than your opponent equals a guarantee that you will win your match- it's one rp vs. one rp, your best vs. your opponent's best. It's the fairest way to keep those with extra time to rp from running roughshod over those who can only muster enough time or energy to write just one rp per show. rp.
Here's a random fact, there has, to date, only been one person who has scored a perfect RP Score. It is a very rare feat for that to happen. So if your goal is perfection in this game, RP against opponents that don't exist. You might win more, but it's sure not as much fun.
Thanks to those who've already turned out roleplays for Trauma 115, will be writing the results for that card and any card in the future, for all the new guys to have joined up with us, and to all the handlers we have. I look forward to the continued success of Pure Class Wrestling.
Your faithful PCW color commentator,
-"Universal" Al Laiman
P.S. I'm by no means implying that any of you are actually planning on complaining. This post is more of a preventative measure than anything else.
