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Post by Nicholas Gray on Mar 24, 2014 23:25:18 GMT -6
So, yeah, another PPV down, go us, we are the best around. Now feedback.
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Post by LAZERADE! on Mar 25, 2014 2:44:00 GMT -6
The first thing that comes to mind: I love the style of Graphics used, and would love to see that carried forward.
Some epic matchwriting from all concerned, but I'm going to highlight the Cibernetico, Furor/Lasiewicz and Chapel/Matthews as high points.
Good work all round, a sterling effort that is greatly appreciated.
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Post by BLAKE JONES on Mar 25, 2014 5:55:10 GMT -6
-KIRA WON?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
-BTW, the way the people were eliminated in that Cibernetico...huh. I honestly thought some of that order would have been switched by reading some of the RPs, though I think I was eliminated around the right place. I thought either Lifer or Cannon were going to win the entire thing. Shows how much I know. LOL
-All the matches were good. I refuse to praise the main event because everyone else can do that so...YAY INTERNATIONAL TITLE MATCH!
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Post by The Karma Keeper on Mar 25, 2014 6:17:51 GMT -6
I read the whole show. it was awesome from top to bottom. The first segment really deserves some attention, 'cause when I read that, I was like "This is gonna be great!" So, yeah. The Cibernetico was gold and the way they played things out with Lifer worked perfectly. And the guy who wrote that Lifer segment? My compliments to that writer.
In all seriousness, the Cibernetico was epic and so was the main event and practically everything that happened was a surprise that made me keep wanting to read. "Tiffani and Griffin? Whoa!" *turns the page* Lifer's first for his team? Sweet! *turn the paige (see that Paige?)* Gunner's gonna wi- WHAT?! *closes the book* That's how it happened. lol
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Post by The Judge Magister on Mar 25, 2014 8:01:41 GMT -6
Have skimmed through the show, going to give it a proper full-readthrough shortly.
I found it slightly infuriating in a lot of ways, none of which have to do with the writing quality of the company, which remains excellent.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2014 10:04:53 GMT -6
Great show. I wonder how much time would take that segment of Collins and Furor in real life, lol.
-Great opening segment.
-Great Cibenertico match.
-Great Main Event
-Lots of new Champions.
Now that Furor is not the Champion and one of G&M is the first contender, it will be interesting to see the development of this, as Furor has stated that he doesn't care about the Championship.
Looking forward to seeing the next EXPRO card.
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Post by The Judge Magister on Mar 26, 2014 11:24:13 GMT -6
Fun opening segment – but as always, I find myself agreeing with Gunner over Collins. Magnus Gunner is a tremendous and well-written character, and Allen's command over him is pretty damned amazing.
Brooks/Cochrane was short and to the point, and did what it needed to do to continue re-establishing Brooks. I like the redemption story he's running with, and am curious to see where it goes.
Darlington/Matthews was a cute segment that I am more critical of than I should be because I'm a lawyer and begin thinking of the legal implications of Matthews' little ruse. Still very creative, IMO.
Soto/Stearns for the San Diego Bay was a fun match that told a nice, easy to relate to story. Soto looking down on her and ultimately paying for it with a loss and no title is Wrestling 101. Also REALLY liked the post match segment with Stearns calling out her first challenger and giving her mission statement. Made the moment really feel like it meant something.
Zack Lifer may be the best character in EXODUS. As much as Zack (IC) infuriates me at times, what Mike does with him is amazing. The sheer range that Zack has is very impressive, and I loved his little psuedo-evangelical speech to the crowd about the New Age being a sham. You BELIEVE that HE believes that he's a hero and wants to change the world, which makes all the difference in the world.
Alexandra Chapel is the new International Champion – and the match in which she won it, I think, makes it a lot easier for me to take. I feel bad for Jerry if only because I genuinely think he's one of the best characters EXODUS has to offer, but has just run into repeated coin flips that he keeps unluckily losing. Chapel as IN champion opens up a fuckton of possibilities, though – who goes after it now? Both G&M AND EXODUS wrestlers, you'd think, might want a piece of her. Nice bit with Collins too to give her that added extra bit of legitimacy.
I am, however, as a fan somewhat salty that the bad guys are currently winless on a show called THE DOWNFALL OF US ALL.
TROUBLE are basically your two friends from college who got drunk every Saturday night and loved to fight – with the exception that TROUBLE are trained professional wrestlers and get paid bank to do so. Their dynamic is a lot of fun – our Acolyte Protection Agency, if you will. Simple seg to the point to lead into FCA.
Really enjoyed TROUBLE/DAH, as it was everything that it needed to be, especially on a show that didn't have a lot of hardcore/extreme action, so the ratcheted up violence level and hate I think worked really well as the blowoff. The question, of course, becomes where both teams go from here – Mr. Lenton, of course, remains a going concern in the singles divisions, and Wulf could damned well be if he wants – as the new card for #14 indicates.
God help me, I actually like Brett Sands. I may be the only one.
I enjoyed Cibernetico, and was genuinely surprised to see the winner – though it did sort of reveal to me the likely result of the main event, much as I would have loved to see Gunner vs. Kira in a sixty minute time limit draw that they spend the entire period of which yelling at the fans for being horrible. That would have been amazing. This also furthers Kira's “giant killer” rep; he has more wins over some of the hardest to beat people in EXODUS than anyone going, which, well, he's going to need every bit of, becauuuuuseee....
Andreas Lasiewicz is the EXODUS Pro World Champion. Yup, we're all doomed now, because Lasie can probably hold the thing for a century if he wants. I LOVED the finish of this match, because it's Christum Furor's hubris come back to haunt him. Granted, I'm biased, and could easily watch Furor reign forever as champion if he delivers stuff like he did in the opening segment, but if Christum had to lose the title, I think this was the perfect way.
I do think the ending needed something...bigger. Lasiewicz beat the leader of Gods & Monsters for the world title. The SD Bay and International matches had a significant postmatch – and something like that I think would have put this over the top.
Good effort from everyone – the match quality on this show in particular was both very good without being over-long. Some of the shorter matches (Soto/Stearns being a shining example) were very tight and well-written, which is a very hard skill to pull off.
I was disappointed with several of the results (Chapel over Matthews, Andreas over Furor) because I wanted to see the champions continue reigning, but then, this is a roleplaying fed, and we are justifiably bound to the results that our judges vote for. It is something, though, that does occassionally decrease my enjoyment of the cards we put out.
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Post by BLAKE JONES on Mar 26, 2014 17:39:51 GMT -6
God help me, I actually like Brett Sands. I may be the only one. LMAO, he has that thing about him, huh? Don't worry, you aren't the only one.
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