Yay for Wrestling

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Yay for Wrestling!

• A study of various pro-wrestling related games

Oh yes. There will be blood
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Wrestling is fake
Thats not really blood
They learn how to fall
Only rednecks like wrestling
No one ever gets hurt
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Sid Vicious Leg Break
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Character Archetypes The Villain

• Villain known as the heel
• Dirty match tactics
• Elicits negative crowd reaction

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Character Archetypes The Hero

• Hero known as the face
• Clean match tactics
• Crowd reacts positively
• Must overcome obstacles

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Wrestling Video Games
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Gaming Etiquette Multi-PlayerDONT YOU DARE

• Play a super-heavyweight vs. a cruiserweight or
  woman
• Exploit the games stupid AI in tag matches
• Play as a created superstar w/ full attribute
  points obtained by exploits

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Casket Match
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Steel Cage
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First Blood
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Hell in a Cell
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Ultimate Submission
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Match Types Ladder
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Barbed Wire Match
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The Winning State!
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Gender Issues

• Women objectified WAY over sexualized (ex. Bra
  and Panties match wtf?)
• Inequalities abound! (ex. only male characters
  can bleed, women can only challenge for womens
  title)

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Wrestling Dead Pool

• List wrestlers in a particular federation that
  you think will be fired, get injured, quit, or
  die
• Game can last over the year, a few months or any
  other determined period of time

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Wrestling RoleplayingGetting started

• Types of E-feds
• Storyline based
• Roleplay based
• Match based
• Character creation
• No formats
• No restrictions

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Wrestling Roleplaying

• Types of Shows
• Live (Chat room)
• Weekly Shows (E-Mail)
• Weekly Shows (Msg. Boards)
• Pay Per Views (Msg. Boards)

• Good RPs
• can vary in length between 2-10 pages
• stay in character
• occur in a situation that relates to the
  wrestler or the point he is making

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Wrestling Roleplaying Etiquette

• Be civil in OOC chat
• Max of 3 RPs per match
• Post RPs throughout the week, not just 10 min.
  before deadlines
• No Racism or overly vulgar language in RPs

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WWE Collectible Card GameRaw Deal

• Choose your superstar
• Deck consists of 60 cards
• Game play segments
• Draw phase
• Main segment
• End turn
• Winning making opponent use all of their cards

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Types of Cards
Actions
Maneuvers
Reversals
Hybrids
Superstar Specific
Objects
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CCG Etiquette

• If you have a chance to look through cards, you
  must shuffle deck afterwards
• If a person new to the game doesnt know what
  their cards do, dont lie to them
• Be a good sport dont gloat about winning or
  whine about losing
• If you touch other players cards, be gentle

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Action Figure Fun
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Backyard Wrestling

• Unprofessional and untrained wrestling
• Usually VERY dangerous
• Less focus on wrestling than on dangerous stunts
  and weapon usage

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Backyard Atrocity
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Conclusion

• Wrestling is not fake
• Various types of gaming roleplay (backyard,
  written, toys), CCG, video games
• Backyard wrestling is DANGEROUS and stupid
• Katie