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Post by Rick I.C. Harris on May 28, 2014 13:36:39 GMT -5
OK NLW please let us the staff know what you thought of the show. Please give us what you like did not like and how you think we could make the shows better. Thanks.
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Post by Bryan Kennedy on May 28, 2014 14:18:30 GMT -5
This was a great first show, and did a great job establishing the brand's identity. The announcers are unique, and that's great because I get tired of JR & King rip-offs. The segments turned in were fun to read, and there was even in impromptu match.
I also loved the matches, with Claudia vs. Kandi definitely being the match of the night. I know that sounds extremely biased, but that to me just showed that NLW's female characters are so much more unique than most of the women characters I've seen around the game. The women's tag match even showed the awesome characters of Crystal and Morgan.
I have to say that this was a great way to get things rolling, though I personally would like a little more downtime between posting the next match/segment. That way we can talk about them on twitter and stuff, as if it were a live broadcast.
All in all, great show and great job to everyone.
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Post by "High Velocity" Jason Cruze on May 28, 2014 14:54:12 GMT -5
I'm going to be brutally honest here. There were definitely a share of well-written matches, but I felt there were also matches that were much too short namely the main event. I don't mean to hate on whomever wrote that, but I feel as though a little more time could be spent on it especially. A one-sided match where one of the sides didn't show, that's a fair length, but obviously everyone in the main event showed because they had already won matches.
Other than that, let's move on to the good things, Bryan is right. We did a good job of introducing the brand's identity. The segments were pretty good, but there definitely could have been more so, guys, get some segments in!
Score: 6/10.
Reason: A few of the match lengths were waaay too short.
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Post by Phillip Kennedy on May 28, 2014 17:00:05 GMT -5
My thoughts:
Before delving into the show proper, the spacing makes things awkward and hard to read - probably a product of c/ping into Proboards. Just something to watch for and fix going forward, not a huge deal.
I break down my thoughts usually by segment, so here goes nothing!
Introduction: The show's theme song is cheesy in the best, "this has to be a pro wrestling show" theme sort of way. The announcement of the elimination match to crown the Nevada State Champion as the evening's true main event is a nice surprise, as was the Vegas-related rationale for the match being added.
KennedyCorp Segment: Basic heel stuff - heel manager comes out and establishes that he is a Bad Person and manages Bad People who are here to Run Things. No objection to this, though I feel like a match before it would have done better to separate it from the previous speaking segment.
Crystal/Morgan vs. Vegas Vixens: Le Squash against Le Local Competitors to put over the NLW talent. Odd if Crystal/Morgan aren't teaming, but if they're going to, this at least gives a nice hook for them to do so in a successful first outing.
McGee/Gamble: I liked the prematch banter between commentators that separated these bouts - made the show flow better, IMO. Interesting finish - with the big(ger) man in trouble but catching a quick slam and then the big seated senton to win it. Suitable for his character, I think.
Phillip Kennedy Intro Seg - I don't comment on my own stuff. xD I will instead comment that I find it interesting that NLW will be touring Vegas, as it were - an interesting take on the local promotion which usually operates out of one "home" building only. Vegas has a ton of places to run, so it seems like a viable idea.
Boogie/Vegas: Nice match for its length - with a countout tease and the eventual Royal Flush finish. Also rare time where heel being arrogant and overconfident ACTUALLY doesn't come back to bite him in the butt.
Bullet Segment: I hate calling out other feds - especially considering we've had one show. ;p It just feels a little tacky to me. No idea if it's actually going anywhere, though it would be interesting if it is. The TV commercial posts, while I appreciate the realism of them, also feel a bit tiresome by now at this point of the show.
Claudia/Kandi: MOTN thus far, with a nice, compelling story, good action, and the youngster getting the win over a vet when she gets frustrated and loses control of herself. Very good stuff.
Hotness/Cruze/Cruze postmatch segment: Impromptu match - but now we have EIGHT matches! The reasoning for our main event is now RUINED! ;p Nice introduction to the characters involved - the highlight I think being Cruze's postmatch promo which also gives us OUR FIRST TAG TEAM!
Handicap Match: Hey, if I had to fight three people, I might not show up either!
Good News Garrett: No. Please no. Never again. It's tacky and blatantly rip-offish of WWE, and we're honestly better than that.
Triple Threat: I agree this was too short - I understand why to some degree as it was no longer the actual main, but I thought this was one of the better RPed matches on the card and it deserved more of a match.
Nevada State Title Elimination: Short. So short, to the point where I wonder why we even decided to put it on the card this week - it could have been the main event for show #2, where it could have gotten more time to highlight the people who won this week. As it was, it flew by. Eliminations should be clearly marked next time - maybe with the ring announcer announcing them, to make it easier to follow. All that said, we now have our Nevada State Champion - and a whole bunch more belts to determine in the coming weeks.
OVERALL: 5/10. The potential is there, I think. The general mood of the show is pretty good, but the execution in places is lacking. We definitely need more segments, for one - and that's something as a roster we need to work on. Match length is also an issue, especially by the last two matches of the card, presumably the most important, which flew by and felt like afterthoughts. It's the first show, though, and we have plenty of time to work this sort of thing out.
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Post by Kandi Washington on May 28, 2014 17:09:40 GMT -5
I wasn't upset at the results at all. I would have loved a more in depth Kandi/Claudia match because both Claudia and I came super hard. I would have offered to write it, but I'm sure it was already assigned. I do love the ending of it. I can go so many ways from it. I can go as a vet with a vendetta and chip on her shoulder or I could go face. It's all good.
As for the semi-main event, Jason Phoenix shouldn't have been pinned. In my opinion, I feel Damien Acid should have gotten pinned. Phoenix and Defecto were the male stars of this show, so I feel like the match should have reflected that. I agree it should have been longer.
I didn't like the Nevada title match too much because it was kind of like a last time decision it felt. It's okay for what it was. I did love how Christian and Defecto were the final two and Defecto finally got his hands on Christian. lol
I do see potential coming from this show and it evolving.
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Post by "Cowboy" James Bullet on May 28, 2014 17:47:39 GMT -5
Match Length: Due to the staff having a "Real Life", match length will be short, long etc. The sooner RP's come in the more time can be put into match writing. But when some RP's come in at the last minute with 2 weeks to RP it limits our ability to write everything in chapter form and have the ability to post matches are a respectable time.
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Post by Leo Boogie on May 30, 2014 8:35:55 GMT -5
The show was awesome and the staff did a hell of a job. I loved it!!
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Post by Rick I.C. Harris on May 30, 2014 8:42:39 GMT -5
Thanks for the feed back so far. The staff will take our your comments and work on what we need to so that NLW future shows will be awesome. Thanks once again.
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Post by "Cowboy" James Bullet on May 30, 2014 8:59:30 GMT -5
Thanks for the feed back so far. The staff will take our your comments and work on what we need to so that NLW future shows will be awesome. Thanks once again. What he said. And we've even had a few handlers reach out and offer us all the help they can give. So look out NLW things will be improving greatly! And we'll even improve in areas where were doing fine! P.S. - Big thanks to those who've offered your help, you know who you are.
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