Sledge Hammer
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As the listeners of the podcast will have heard this week, a discussion started about the phenomenon of "efeding".
But what is it and why should you as a wrestling fan be bothered?
Well it all started off in the 80's when role players (before you mock people dressed up as Elves and the like, remember that you still watch wrestling!) would create wrestling characters instead of the other types of roleplaying at that time (such as Dungeons and Dragons etc). Then these characters, along with tactics for that week, would be posted to an adjudicator (or ref if you will) to see who had the best skills and decide a winner. Yes, people used to role play by post!
As time moved on, the process became more slick and people began to play via message boards such as these. In the early days, the way that most of these were run were still based on statistics largely, where the players posted their moves, counters and tactics.
But as with everything, things evolved, as did the real life wrestling product.
As WWE (or WWF if you will) and WCW became more about character than technical ability, so did the e-feds. In fact the WWF had its very own E-fed for a short time.
The real life shows began to be more than just good guy vs bad guy and moved much more towards long term story arcs for the characters involved in feuds. Wrestlers began to tell their stories through [often] scripted promos to the camera, as well as interviews and dramatic scenes (albeit very poorly acted dramatic scenes for the large part!).
And so the e-fed also evolved down this path - instead of stats, the adjudicators (now rebranded as General Managers for game purposes) would look on the strength of the wrestlers character, as well as the strength of the words he was saying. The more depth to the character, led to better promos which in turn led to better results. The role of the GM moved away from looking at stats and became about judging which characters suited each other for a feud and which deserved to be moving up the ranks towards a title.
At this time, the way in which the results and feuds were stated changed too. Instead of merely a win or loss being recorded, whole shows would be written detailing all the plot developments of that weeks show, as well as detailed match write ups.
And some of these shows [and storylines] were often better than anything written/ produced by the televised counterparts (well certainly better than WWE but maybe not TNA!).
And that leads me on the the v2Forum.
As many of you will know, the v2 Forum emerged from the ashes of the BBCs 606 forum. And that is where I learnt and grew to love efeding through the 606s own efed called 6wf. I took part in the fed for over 3 years and made a lot of friends there (some I still talk to!) winning numerous titles along the way. It allowed me to stretch my own creative muscles and gave me an outlet for my literary aspirations.
In fact, some might say that the v2 Forum would not have come into creation if it wasn't for 6wf and for that I am eternally grateful. On the v2 Forum, the 6wf continued to flourish and recently, quite sadly, the GMs of that show decided that they needed a home of their own, which would allow them the freedom to be more edgier with the material and language that they used.
So this left a gap in the v2 Forum but thankfully not for long.
The original 606 also had a smaller efed called 6CW and I am glad to announce that it is being resurrected by some very talented writers who are going to be relaunching the show in January on the v2 forum, which is its new home.
And if you are interested in joining this revolution, then there is no better time than now, as the two GMs are looking for people with a great imagination to join the roster. And don't worry - it is really easy and a lot of fun.
All you need to do is come up with a wrestler and then trash talk against your opponent in an creative and entertaining way - basically catch the eye of the GMs!
If you want more details or want to join, then please either drop me a PM or go to the 6CW section below the wrestling section.
I flourished creatively as a writer on the back of efeding and made a lot of friends. If you are looking for a fun new hobby to release those creative juices, I can thoroughly recommend 6CW.
Thank you for reading and I hope to see some of you join!
http://www.606v2.com/t38607-wrestling-roleplaying-what-do-you-know-about-it
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