REC.SPORTS.PRO-WRESTLING.FANTASY, FAQ VERSION 2.2
Malacian
Maintained by Jeff Berry, ne...@panix.com
Corrections, comments, and additions welcomed
Last Update: 1/12/99
PART 1 Overview
Table of Contents
1: Opening notes
2: Charter
2.A Comments on the charter
3: What is Fantasy Wrestling?
4: How do I play?
5: Polls
6: Glossary of some terms
1: Opening notes
Earlier versions of this FAQ made an attempt to keep a list
of the various e-feds in existence. This has proved impractical
for a number of reasons. Instead, the reader is advised to
peruse the newsgroup itself, make use of one of the independantly
maintained lists of federations or use the e-Wrestling Home Page.
This FAQ is archived off of the e-Wrestling Home Page:
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Arena/7148
2: Charter
Below is the official charter for R.S.P-W.F taken from the vote
announcement.
CHARTER
REC.SPORT.PRO-WRESTLING.FANTASY will be an unmoderated group dedicated
to participants of fantasy wrestling. Its purpose is to provide a public
forum for play-by-E-mail (PBeM) leagues and public fantasy leagues to
post their FAQs, events, updates, interviews and statistics.
The following is a rough list of what should be included in the new group:
Should:
- Wrestling reports (weekly taping results, "supercards", etc.)
- Administrative stuff, notes to members, etc.
- New league creation
- Advertisement for existing leagues
2.A: Comments on the charter
While the charter contains no "Should Nots", common sense
dictates a few:
Should Not:
- Which league is the best (they're all different and it's a
very subjective topic.)
- Arguments about which type of league is the best, the
"simmed vs. booked" debate. It's been done to death.
The answer is "it depends on what you like."
- Anything about real pro-wrestling, use rec.sport.pro-wrestling
In general, communication from wrestling federation heads to
members might be considered fair game for the list. Notes
from individual members to federation heads should go via
e-mail. This is simple netiquette.
The newsgroup should serve to supplement the traditional
methods of running a fantasy wrestling federation, not replace
them. For many of the functions of fantasy wrestling, an e-mail
mailing list is still superior.
3: What is fantasy wrestling anyway?
Fantasy wrestling is any type of wrestling which does not
reflect actions in the real world of pro-wrestling. Within
that, there are many different variations. Some federations
create wrestlers out of whole cloth, some use real wrestlers
in unreal situations; some are booked, some use dice to resolve
matches, some use computerized games, some go by vote; and so
on and so forth.
All are there for the enjoyment of the players and readers, and
there really are not too many other generalizations possible.
4: How do I play?
That depends a lot on the specific fed or organization. Usually,
though, you can begin with a query to the person in charge and
ask for more information.
5: Polls
There is no such thing as an "official" poll. R.S.P-W.F. is
an unmoderated Usenet newsgroup, and as such has no governing
body or organizational structure. Some polls have gained
respect by being the oldest, best run, or least biased.
The RSPWF Top 200 is probably the best know example of a long
running poll that is generally well-respected. I do not know
if the RSPWF Top 200 is archived anywhere, but if it is and somebody
tells me where, I'll add that information here.
6: Glossary of some terms
Booked - Refers to a type of fed where a booker or booking comittee
decides upon the outcome of matches. The decision is often
based on quality and/or quantity of interviews and roleplaying
interaction. Contrast with dice, gamed, simmed.
Diced - Refers to a type of fed where a dice game is used to resolve
matches. Somewhat of a misnomer, since many dice games
are actually resolved via computer programs. The actual
distinction between "diced" and "simmed" is that in
"diced" the full mechanics for match resolution are usually
known to the player, whereas in "simmed" they are not.
Contrast with booked, simmed. Compare with gamed.
Do the job - see Job
Face - short for "babyface", a good guy wrestler. Contrast with
heel.
Fake Wrestler - see Original Wrestler
Gamed - Refers to a type of fed where some kind of game is used
to resolve matches. In other words, a non-booked fed.
Diced and simmed feds are both gamed, as are rules sets
that depend on limited knowledge, or guessing games.
Contrast with booked. Compare with diced, simmed.
Heel - a bad guy wrestler. Contrast with face.
Job - In the broadest sense, to lose. In a narrower sense, to
lose to another wrestler in order to get that wrestler or
an angle over (see Over). Often used to mean losing badly,
as in "The entire WCW was jobbed to Hogan."
Original Wrestler - a wrestler which is created out of whole
cloth by the player. Not a Real Wrestler. See
Real Wrestler.
Over - working, accepted by the crowd (where "crowd" in e-wrestling
usually means the other players). A face is over if the
crowd cheers, a heel is over if the crowd boos.
Real Wrestler - a character based wholly on an existing wrestler
in real life, eg. Ric Flair. Most real wrestler feds
tend to be computer-simmed, possibly because many
computer-sims have Real Wrestler profiles as part of
the package. See Original Wrestler
Rules-Based - (thanks to Francois-Dominic Laramee for the
coinage of this term). A rules based fed is a
gamed fed where the rules are known to the players.
Note that most diced feds are rules-based, but that
they don't have to be. Note also that most
computer-simmed feds are not rules based, but
that they could be.
Simmed - Usually refers to a type of fed where a complicated
computer game is used to resolve matches (eg. TNM, WLS).
The important feature of this type of fed is that
the match resolution is a "black box". The players
have no idea of the underlying mechanics which
govern the match resolution. Contrast with booked.
Compare with diced, gamed, rules-based.
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Supaflow
No, I'm not mentioning this becuase you posted the RSPWF FAQ, but becuase of
the overtone of your postings. Ah well, just wondered.
Supa~flow
Hey FAQ
Malacian <malac...@aol.comizunkee> wrote in message
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Malacian
>No, I'm not mentioning this becuase you posted the RSPWF FAQ, but becuase of
>the overtone of your postings. Ah well, just wondered.
>
>Supa~flow
You're one of those cats that assumes aren't you?
If it's your rap to pin people down based on misconceptions, go right ahead.
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Malacian
I use to take part in ewrestling seriously, if that's what you'd like to call
it. I participated in a fed, held a character, planned to run a league. Posted
to RSPWF regularly. I suppose that makes me a serious player.
That was a few months ago. I no longer take part in any feds or handle any
characters. I simply read RSPWF out of habit, and do so usually once every two
days, and when I do do so I usually reply to posts. The grand total of time
spent on RSPWF is about 5-10 minutes every other day.
But, I'd assume I take ewrestling too seriously...
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