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Quick note to match writers, GMs, etc... - "Loverboy" Vinnie Lane - 08-15-2013
If you are writing something for Madness or Warfare, it should be written in a sense that "reality" can back it up. Sometimes people take their characters far beyond reality's believable limits in their RPs and that's perfectly fine in an RP, but in an actual show things have to bend to reality.
Or, it needs to at least be presented in a way that a person watching can come up with a theory that, in reality, would explain the otherwise supernatural occurrence.
Example:
The character known as "Table" appears and actually speaks DURING a show, or moves around? This can be explained in reality by theorizing that a person is speaking FOR the table over the loud speakers, and if the table moves on its own it can be theorized that transparent strings or fishing lines were pulling, lifting, etc... Sure, it's a bit far fetched BUT would fit in the confines of reality.
On the other hand, if "table" suddenly mutates into a giant lizard and then eats 4 wrestlers and then shits them out before flying away and spewing fire like Godzilla... it sounds more like you are thinking of what Saturday Shove It used to be like. Shove It is the ONLY SHOW we have that does not have to fit into the confines of explainable reality. Shove It has taken place in space before, on the Star Trek Enterprise with Captain Picard as the guest host. This tells you how far you can take your imagination with Shove It. That's fine, as long as it STAYS on that show only. We've even had polar bears drop from the sky, into the ring, and attack the wrestlers on Shove It. THAT is the show to explore your fantasy-based interest if you want to have it actually play out ON a live show instead of just in your RPs.
Madness and Warfare are reality based. Please keep in mind that you should write out the "stranger" happenings in a way that still allows for a realistic explanation.
If anyone has any questions about this, please feel free to ask. I'd rather it get discussed than be misunderstood.
Quick note to match writers, GMs, etc... - John Msdison 2.Faggot - 08-15-2013
Just some more examples:
Warfare supposedly has a big ass chute where if someone falls inside of it, they're taken all the way to Mexico. While the opening of the chute itself is visible, and we do show people getting pushed inside, we don't show them coming out on the other end. We just let the audience assume that it either really does exist or it's load of bullshit.
Another example is Stevie Tyler morphing into Gary. We can't really have him transform into the incredible hulk mid-match in plain view, but what we can do is have him go under the ring and come back out as a different person. Referee is stunned, checks under the ring, can't find Stevie, and so he can only assume that Stevie IS Gary since he knows Stevie's background.
Quick note to match writers, GMs, etc... - Prototype45 - 08-15-2013
I uderstand
RE: Quick note to match writers, GMs, etc... - "Loverboy" Vinnie Lane - 08-15-2013
(08-15-2013, 12:31 PM)John Madison ♛ Said: Just some more examples:
Warfare supposedly has a big ass chute where if someone falls inside of it, they're taken all the way to Mexico. While the opening of the chute itself is visible, and we do show people getting pushed inside, we don't show them coming out on the other end. We just let the audience assume that it either really does exist or it's load of bullshit.
I think that's mainly for people who no-show or are getting kicked off the show for repeated no-shows, right? In that case, I'm fine with anything. They can get shot out into space or dropped in a volcano for all I care.
The main point for this rule is that active RPers who are more reality based don't have their fun ruined by something unrealistic happening TO their character. I wouldn't want a seasoned e-fedder to be turned off by something happening that taints their character and makes them seem like a joke.