Please chime in and share your thoughts

X-treme Wrestling Federation » XWF OOC » Out Of Character (OOC) Board

Poll: Which one describes you? You do not have permission to vote in this poll.
I usually try to play along with anything and everything, and am able to use it to my advantage because it gives me even more material to work with!	66.67%	12	66.67%
I usually will try and shoot down gimmicks, no sell attacks, etc... I'm more of a "handler vs handler" type of guy than a storyteller	5.56%	1	5.56%
I'll usually play along as long as it's not TOO over the top sci-fi or unrealistic bullshit. If it's over the top, but the person is good at making their influence felt IN SHOWS (not just RPs) I may be more likely to play along instead of crapping on the gimmick	22.22%	4	22.22%
I have a very specific outlook I'm describing in my reply below...	5.56%	1	5.56%
Total		18 vote(s)	100%

* You voted for this item.

[Show Results]

Thread Rating:

0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
1
2
3
4
5

Threaded Mode \| Linear Mode Please chime in and share your thoughts
Author	Message

Chris Chaos Offline

Corporate Chaos

XWF FanBase:
Very random
(heel alignment but liked by many; has earned respect despite breaking the rules often)

XWF Roster Page
Joined: Tue Jul 12 2016
Posts: 512
777,708
Likes Given: 44
Likes Received: 655 in 292 posts
Hates Given: 14
Hates Received: 67 in 59 posts
Hates Given: 14
Hates Received: 67 in 59 posts
Reputation: 36
X-Bux: ✘50,000

04-22-2020, 01:59 PM

For me, I have always liked realism. I have also had my character attacked many times without my knowledge before hand, LOL.

However....

A backstage attack? Sure, I'll sell it. Fuck, I'll pretty much sell anything if it could REALLY HAPPEN and still have my character participate. For example, a backstage attack, or hit by a car, or thrown through a window, or numerous crazy things within the ring, sure. I can have my character appear beaten/bruised in the next promo, vowing revenge.

What I see here sometimes that I don't like is the otherworldly shit (I know, it is some of ya'll cup of tea and I am not knocking it, its just not for me). For example:

If a character is shot, then stabbed, then lit on fire, then thrown off the top of a building 20 stories, then ran over by a steamroller and fed to piranha's then have to come back next week and promo like its all fine and dandy. I can't do that. Like if it would KILL your character, it just doesn't feel real to me and I can't justify a promo saying "YEAH! YOU LIT ME ON FIRE AND RIPPED MY HEAD OFF AND THEN SHIT DOWN MY NECK THEN PUT MY HEAD BACK ON, GOUGED MY EYES OUT AND CUT OFF MY PENIS........BUT IMA GET YOU NEXT TIME!" Ya feel me? Like, for me anyway, at the end of the day this is WRESTLING. It's not sci-fi. I understand some of you have sci-fi based characters and that's all fine and dandy with me, I am just saying I couldn't sell it because it takes the realism out of it for me.

Call me old-fashioned