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| Everything You Need To Know About E-Fedding; Courtesy of Dean James | |
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| Jamie O'Hara | Jul 20 2013, 10:35 AM Post #1 |
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E-Fed Terminology These words are words you may hear often in e-feds, make sure you know their definition otherwise you are going to be quite confused: Angle Federations: Matches are decided by the handlers. Although less competitive, angle federations often produce better cards, matches and storylines than roleplay ones. Some handlers are attracted by a lower workload, especially if they have difficulty writing a full roleplay each week. Character: Pretty obvious, but this refers to the character you play Flaker: I have never heard this term before, but a flaker is a handler who signs up to a federation, is booked for their very first match in that federation and then no shows the match Game Federations: These federations use various game systems, such as the match simulators in video games or dice systems to determine wins. These federations are rare online, and none are of high significance. Handler: This refers to the real person who controls and does the RPs for the character(s) they are playing. Hybrid Federations: Matches are decided by a combination of roleplay and angle aspects. Some exist with a tilt toward one type of federation (for example, 60% angle federations). These are popular with 'fedheads' and handlers, as roleplays are not as long-winded as roleplay federations, but are still important. A lot of recent, top federations have been hybrids, and they have quickly been the most popular type of federation. IC: An abbreviation from 'In Character', it is used to describe a conversation that does not involve out of character posts. IC: should be used when wanting to post in-character posts in an out of character thread. Interfederation: When a bunch of federations come together and merge under one banner of one community. This does not mean the federations merge together to make the one federation, it means the federations come together on the one site (or however they choose to promote themselves) and work everything from the one community. Match Writing Federations: E-federation concentrated around members of it in a scheduled match, writing wrestling matches for a wrestling event in competing against each other to determine a winner. This is a preference instead of roleplaying in which some 'fedheads' (or owners) would rather incorporate to decide matches. This fashion of e-fedding ranks just below the roleplay, angle, and hybrid feds. No-Show: When someone does not post an RP for their match or does not inform anyone as to why they are absent for an event. OOC: An abbreviation from 'Out Of Character', it is used to describe a conversation that does not involve in-character posts. OOC: should be used when wanting to post out of character posts in an in-character thread Parody Federations: A parody federation is an e-federation which creates output designed to make people who read the shows laugh. Parody federations are rare, but often gain high readership due to the entertaining nature of their shows. Unrealistic characters and plotlines are frequent is this type of federation, making them unattractive to the more serious roleplayer. Most parody federations are angle-based. Roleplay Federations: All matches are decided by the judges on that given match. The winner is the best roleplayer for that event. Strict RP federations don't take angles into account at all, whereas some may show traits of a hybrid federation, and don't normally last long. RP: An abbreviation from 'Roleplay Promo', this is the promo that you do during the week to battle your opponent with Sandbagging: Sandbagging is where you wait until the last possible moment to post your first RP so that your opponent has little chance to post a response to your RP. This is frowned upon in the e-fed world so it is advisable not to do it unless absolutely necessary. You are fine however if you get an RP up during the week, this term will not apply to you. Writer's Block: This is more a writing term, but writers block is when you creativity shuts down and you are unable to continue on with writing, hence the term writers block. You may also hear it as washed up in feds also. UWF Info Weekly Show Held On: Monday, 9PM Weekly Show Name Underground Weekly Arena Name: The Underground/The Underground Zone Pay Per View Locations Determined upon match card announcement UWF Stage Name The DiamondTron The Championship belts are prestigious and are revered. They command respect on their own, and when champion, you must act as though you deserve that belt, and command respect in your presence, this does not mean every champion should turn heel and 'demand respect', it means you should just treat the belt as the most precious thing in your life. Remember though that real life comes before e-fedding, always. The UK Championship has a long history and is THE most prestigious belt in wrestling today. Many legends have held this belt, including The Bull himself, and 'Nature Boy' Ric Flair before the belt was brought to the UWF. Ring Announcer Name Cristy Madison Backstage Interviewer Name Nate Williams and Traci Martinez Commentators Names Lead Commentator: Matt 'The Jerry' Ross Colour Commentator: 'Mr.' James Hughes Referee Names Senior Referee: Aaron Roberts Senior Referee: 'Fast Count' Stan Lee Junior Referee: Leo Lavelle Pay Per View Names January: New Years' Retribution February: Apetite For Chaos March: One Way Road April: WrestleFest May: Seven Deadly Sins June: Kings Of Wrestling July: Mid-Year Massacre August: Summer Bash September: Collision Course October: Last Rights November: SlamCast December: Winter Wars What Is An E-Fed? (Taken from the eWrestling Encyclopedia) An e-federation (also typesetted as eFederation, e-fed or just referred as fed) is an e-wrestling fantasy wrestling promotion which many create, based entirely off of professional wrestling. There are two distinct federation approaches to the game, unoriginal e-federations which opt to duplicate a popular promotion incorporating their fads and trends, or original e-federations that prefer to construct new creations usually still containing some element whether an event name, idea, or part of a character name from a pro wrestling promotion. Like in real-life professional wrestling, e-federations varyingly run weekly shows and pay-per-view events. However, few others rather run bi-weekly shows to accord with their real-life schedule out of the game. The submission of typewritten promos, segments and matches are contributed towards the events in an e-federation and typically conducted by the "fedhead(s)" also known as an owner or president and/or members apart of the league. Storylines usually remain confidential between the owner(s). The determination of results hinge upon the constitution of the establishment as decisions can be reserved for one or more judges within following a criteria, or the owner(s) themself coupled with the type of federation it is which there exists many. E-federations have been in existence since the start of e-wrestling most notably back to the 1990's before internet technology evolved, where conductions were made over a small message board before communities became available. Until recent years all federations ran with the winner of a match being the one who submitted the best roleplay(s), but various formats begun to emerge such as a Hybrid, Angle and Game federation. Creating Your Character Honestly, in my opinion, this is one of the hardest things about e-fedding, creating your character. Yes, you could easily just say 'my gimmick is a cowboy gimmick' and leave it at that, but where does that leave you when writing RPs for your character? You could blast abuse and comments at your opponent until your heart content, but it doesn't take too much effort to do that. You need to be able to create a solid character that, when needed, you can refer back to its story to create an RP. Ultimately the best RP'ers are the ones who have solid characters with stories behind their character, with twists and turns, much like a short novel (a long Mark Twain novel in some cases i have read). Do not be intimidated by the seemingly unbearable effort you think you may need to put into creating your character to start off in e-fedding. My character, 'The Iceman' Dean James is simple, but effective, he is a cocky, more confident version of myself, he made his way into westling at a young age, paved his way to fame and fortune and ultimate glory, has an a-lister lifestyle and hangs out with two of his best mates of all tme, his mentor, and his student. See how simple this character is? Yet i have been able to create many RPs based just off of that with little to no amount of comments towards my opponent (do not be confused though, you MUST bring up your match and opponent in your RP at some point). Mike's character is another example, simple and effective. Mike Lindemann is an ex FIFA player and player of the year, that's it, yet Mikey can produce very good RPs based around his character and his match coming up. The trick is to base your character around something you already know loads about, that way things come naturally to you while you write your RP. This doesn't mean you can't experiment and create challenging characters that you base off of research you have done, but i woiuld advice doing that once you become confident in RPing. Roleplays The first rule of RPing is that it is quality over quantity, a very large majority of writers write results for matches based on this simple comment. Basically it means that you can write on for ages and ages and post many pages, but if the quality of the RP is poor, it makes no sense, there are spelling grammars, etc. then no one is going to be inclined to continue reading the RP. Whereas with a quality RP it doesn't matter about length, you can have length with a quality RP (I have done it loads of times), its a matter of just sitting down and dedicating yourself and your time to your RP, get a solid basis of what you want to mention in the RP and then write away. If necessary ready your RP back, make sure that others will be able to understand what you are writing and not just you, if its not a well known topic or character, then explain it in detail. Keep the reader interested and wanting to read more. Speaking of detail, in my eyes detail is a big 'must' for me, especially when describing a scene. When the reader is reading your RP they are picturing it in their head, you want to make sure it is as easy as possible for the reader to get the same image you got while writing your RP, detail will do that. Simply writing 'We are backstage' doesn't cut it, there is no detail to it, we don't know where you are backstage and we don't have any image of what the area looks like. 'We are backstage in the locker room of the wrestlers' is a little better, but there is still not enough detail for the reader to understand where you are in the arena. Here is a good example of a detailed start to an RP (Yes a piece of my own, i have been commented regularly on my detail in my RPs): 'The scene opens as Dean enters M.D.K’s locker room, benches are lined up along each wall, a corridor to the right leads to another room, on one of the benches M.D.K’s ring wear was neatly folded, it was the only thing that was placed on the benches. Crisp white towels were hanging on a towel rack to the right and a set of weights were in one corner of the room' As you can see its short, simple, yet effective as you get a decent description of the locker room my character is entering. (Not my best work, lol) When it comes to RPing you don't need to feel confined to only doing RPs in the ring or backstage at the arena. You have several days at least before your RP, your character isn't always going to be at the arena, so feel free to do RPs outside of the arena, in your hometown, on a train, in a bar, etc. Again the detail thing comes into play and needs to be used more often to explain where you are considering the writer has no clue. Me, in other feds i RP often in my hometown, Victoria, Australia, i don't do it in 'Hybrid feds' like the UWF merely because when i join a Hybrid fed i am usually in another fed also that requires me to RP outside of the ring. Anyway, feel free to RP outside of the arena, it makes things more interesting. When you find out the match card fo the coming show, make sure to post your first RP as soon as possible so you at least have something up just in case something happens during the week. A lot of people tend to wait until their opponents RP before they do because they can use their RP as a response to their opponents RP, this doesn't need to be the case. The first RP can and should be used as a character development RP, a character development RP can be a good way to develop your character and give the reader a better understanding of what your character is about, a better understanding into your characters story. It can be as simple as furthering your characters background story, by posting a further insight into it, etc. An example is shown below: Dean James and Gemma continue to walk along the pathway along the edge of the river. The sun is beginning to set further and further and the orange sky is beginning to turn a light shade of violet. The once bright sky is beginning to be immersed amongst the recesses of the darkness. The night sky is soon to appear. As Dean James and Gemma continue to walk along the pathway along the edge of the river they begin to look down at the dark water of the river, the calm rippling of the water flowing smoothly in the same direction as what Dean James and Gemma are heading. The calm sound of the river sooths the sounds of the night. ‘The Yarra River is looking quite spectacular tonight, isn’t it?’ Dean James asks Gemma ‘Yeah it sure is, it’s looking much more beautiful than normal’ Gemma replies In actual fact, during the brighter times of the day you will come to the realization that the Yarra River isn’t as beautiful and elegant as it is cracked up to be, the Yarra River may have historical value and memories but many years of its waters running through the suburb cities of Melbourne it has turned into nothing more than a cesspool to the city life of Melbourne, no one is allowed to swim in the Yarra River, no one fishes in the Yarra River because if there were actually fish in the water they would probably be contaminated by the filth and garbage that lies below and the bottom of the murky water. It looks elegant and beautiful on the outside but there is that old expression that states ‘never judge a book by its cover’, that expression is a perfect way to describe the river, it may look beautiful and magnificent at the top of the water, but dive under and you will be shocked and surprised to see what lies underneath. The Yarra River is pretty much the location for dumping unwanted waste, it’s a perfect place to do so; nobody can discover the filth you dump into the river when it is underneath murky and disgusting waters. Dean James and Gemma reach the bridge that they intended on using to cross the murky waters of the Yarra River, several cars are traveling by on the bridge from both directions, no wonder, the streets of Melbourne are packed during this time of the day and are even worse during the weekends. ‘You’re going to love this restaurant Gemma, I have heard good feedback about the restaurant, good food, good service and an all-round good outing’ Dean James says to Gemma ‘I don’t care what the restaurant is like; I just enjoy the fact that we are spending Valentine’s Night together’ Gemma replies ‘Yeah me too, this is our first Valentine’s Day as a couple, so I wanted to make it special’ Dean James says ‘Oh thank you sweetie’ Gemma replies ‘Not a problem, nothing’s too good for my girl’ Dean James says Gemma merely just giggles at Dean James and shrugs him away in a friendly gesture. Make sure to make mention of your match in your first RP to a certain extent though, otherwise you decrease your chances of actually winning a match by disregarding the upcoming match. If the opponent has RP'd then fel free to start responding to your opponent in any mean possible, to get a nice, long RP going you should really always include your background story into your RP to some extent, people are going to get bored reading you talkiing about your opponent in mass bulks and hence the reader won't tend to finish reading the RP, no matter what great writing you have created at the bottom. It's all about keeping the reader interested enough that they want to finish your RP, and if possible, make them want to keep reading your RPs. With a good storyline and background to your character this is achievable. |
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