Good episode, i think your doing the right thing to feature heavily jericho and other younger guys, that's why the ratings are little bit below the bar of what your pop is actually on, but hopefully that is gonna stabilise itself. However you shouldnt job out benoit as he is an excellent worker who could really fill the shoes of an upper midcard gatekeeper while being featured for the cruiserweight title. Maybe you do not like him as a person but you shouldnt throw away a valuable asset to your company On another note, i found the 1980 starting mod but only for tew2016, its called the Big Bang, and i think it has not been ported to tew 2020. I myself converted from 2016 to 2020 and also tweaking some tbings a little bit, since database conversions can result in some weird stuff on worker stats and personnality/lifestyle. Maybe one day someone will do a longterm playthrough from that era. 1985/87 seems to me not as appealing with the nwa dying out at this time, and in 1980 you have workers from the 70's who still are in their prime and it opens up a lot of possibilities and 'what if'

@ruthlessjobber

3 ай бұрын

Thanks, appreciate your insight. I've heard of the Big Bang mod, never tried it though. The Risky Business (1985) isn't too bad, I got a few months into a UK save on that once. I enjoyed getting people like Steve Borden (Sting) and Scott Steiner into the company as young rookies.

That's a fun show. Simple stories that are easy to follow are always my favourites, and that's what you're building here. Love it. With regards to ratings, an important consideration for almost every product in the game is that only the 3 best angles and 3 best matches matter for the show grade. So, when I'm booking a company with relatively high popularity (where I need to work just to keep from losing some each show), I fixate on that. Especially with angles, I find it easy to lock in on a few people and rating categories that I can consistently exploit to prop up the show grade. The trick then is not to figure out "how do I increase show ratings?" but "how do I keep things interesting while using the same puzzle pieces?" How I can see that working well for the style of show you've been presenting, where there's typically an opening segment to setup that night's main event, usually with the nWo and/or the babyface alliance. Leaning on those stars to prop up more of the show grade would simply be a matter of adding a pre-match interview, maybe a locker room segment for one of the groups, a hype video, etc. Basically, rather than bookending the show with the main event players, you make them more of a river that flows through everything else on the show, checking back in with them between all the other happenings on the show. More than just show grades, that will also help address the problem you've noted of not having enough big stars. Popularity gains are made per segment, so if you want to get your big crop of well known guys into star and major star range, get them on screen more often. Not longer; more often. The big benefit from a booking standpoint to taking this approach is that once you've got those 3 angles figured out, you're completely free to booking whatever else you want without having to worry about anything tanking the show. Want to book a jobber in a promo for story reasons? Go for it. Have a fun idea for a storyline that you just know isn't going to go well in TEW? Not a problem, because it won't impact the show rating. Want to keep putting someone with low popularity out there until he gets over? Trot him out there and don't even look at the segment rating, because it's all good. Finding the right formula for matches can be a bigger challenge, as the guys with talent aren't necessarily the guys that are over, but I know you'll get that sorted out. I mean, you named the series after the Best There Is, the Best There Was, and the Best There Ever Will Be ;) Anyway, loving this series thus far. Looking forward to more.

@ruthlessjobber

3 ай бұрын

Everything you mentioned I'm trying to introduce into my saves. I usually just go through the motions but I set out this series trying to make each Nitro it more of a "TV show". I could easily just put on great matches and angles with popular guys, but I'm learning the more creative "make sense" story-telling aspect to the game. I'll get there. Thanks for your advice.