Stage Three
Jul 8, 2008 5:30:30 GMT -5
Post by Batman on Jul 8, 2008 5:30:30 GMT -5
Read the "Stage Two" thread first!
So, what about those of us who want to continue booking our promotions after "Game Over"? What about new people who might want to join the game?
When I originally posted some initial ideas about continuing for more than one show, I proposed that we force the bottom half of participants out each round, to make for a four round game with an ultimate survivor/winner at the end. I withdraw that proposal for two reasons. On the one hand, several people are likely to drop out after the first show, so forcing people out is both moot and counterproductive to keeping the game alive. And on the other hand, there may be some people who aren't interested in the game having a predetermined ending time.
Instead, I propose that the advantage people have for "winning" in Stage Two--selling more tickets than others at the first shows, is that they are able to sign more "exclusive contracts"--have more talents that can't be hijacked by another promotion.
1) First off, there are going to be people quitting, making room for more promoters in the game if we are going to keep the cap at 20 (which I think seems reasonable.) Once you read the rest of my proposal, I think you'll agree that the new promoters starting from scratch would put them at to great of a disadvantage. So I propose that those promoters that quit have two options. They can pass their promotion on to someone new who wants to sign up as a promoter of their choice.... Or they can abandon their promotion, and anyone new can pick it up, first come first served. It doesn't seem entirely fair, but I think that an abandoned or handed-off promotion's "ticket money" should come with it--fair or not, it just makes the most sense.
2) Once we finish with the stage of promoters dropping out and/or joining, the next stage should be trading. If you want to get rid of people to make room on your roster, it makes sense to find out if you can get something you want for them first, before just dropping them back in the pool.
3) The next step is cutting. We'll still be limited to 38 regular roster slots and 2 supplemental. So if you want to make new picks and get some new talent in, you'll probably need to make some room. So drop anyone you want off your roster back into the pool.
4) The next step is protecting. You can sign only some of your talent to exclusive contracts so that they are not vulnerable to being picked away by your competitors. How many is determined by how well you did in stage two. At this early point, I'm thinking that $100 per contract seems about right, but we may decide to change that. Or another idea: $200 for people picked in the first ten rounds in stage one, $100 for people picked 11-20, $50 for people picked rounds 21-30, and $25 for people picked in rounds 31 and on.
5) The next step is poaching. We each get a round or two (or how many do people think?) where we are allowed to snatch wrestlers or teams that are not protected by contract from other rosters. Limiting it this way allows for "Luger shows up on Nitro" moments, but once the poaching rounds are done you no longer have to worry about your non-contracted talent disappearing on you.
6) Or the next step may be splitting tag teams--depending on which each individual would rathher use these rounds for: one of your poaching rounds may be sacrificed to split one of your tag teams held over from stages one and two.
6) The next step is picking. Next we draft from the pool to refill our rosters to take care of the spaces left by wrestlers released or poached. How many rounds? With poaching limited to just to a specified first few "poaching" rounds, I think "till everyone's roster is filled back up to 38" could work fine? What does everyone else think?
7) After that, we would fantasy book a show, and everyone would have a certain amount of money to divide among other people's shows, and basically stage two redux.....
And then stage three redux--rinse and repeat until nobody wants to anymore....
I think that covers everything. What do people think? Is anybody besides me sure they even want to go on with this after one show? Hope so, but let's hear what everyone has to say....
So, what about those of us who want to continue booking our promotions after "Game Over"? What about new people who might want to join the game?
When I originally posted some initial ideas about continuing for more than one show, I proposed that we force the bottom half of participants out each round, to make for a four round game with an ultimate survivor/winner at the end. I withdraw that proposal for two reasons. On the one hand, several people are likely to drop out after the first show, so forcing people out is both moot and counterproductive to keeping the game alive. And on the other hand, there may be some people who aren't interested in the game having a predetermined ending time.
Instead, I propose that the advantage people have for "winning" in Stage Two--selling more tickets than others at the first shows, is that they are able to sign more "exclusive contracts"--have more talents that can't be hijacked by another promotion.
1) First off, there are going to be people quitting, making room for more promoters in the game if we are going to keep the cap at 20 (which I think seems reasonable.) Once you read the rest of my proposal, I think you'll agree that the new promoters starting from scratch would put them at to great of a disadvantage. So I propose that those promoters that quit have two options. They can pass their promotion on to someone new who wants to sign up as a promoter of their choice.... Or they can abandon their promotion, and anyone new can pick it up, first come first served. It doesn't seem entirely fair, but I think that an abandoned or handed-off promotion's "ticket money" should come with it--fair or not, it just makes the most sense.
2) Once we finish with the stage of promoters dropping out and/or joining, the next stage should be trading. If you want to get rid of people to make room on your roster, it makes sense to find out if you can get something you want for them first, before just dropping them back in the pool.
3) The next step is cutting. We'll still be limited to 38 regular roster slots and 2 supplemental. So if you want to make new picks and get some new talent in, you'll probably need to make some room. So drop anyone you want off your roster back into the pool.
4) The next step is protecting. You can sign only some of your talent to exclusive contracts so that they are not vulnerable to being picked away by your competitors. How many is determined by how well you did in stage two. At this early point, I'm thinking that $100 per contract seems about right, but we may decide to change that. Or another idea: $200 for people picked in the first ten rounds in stage one, $100 for people picked 11-20, $50 for people picked rounds 21-30, and $25 for people picked in rounds 31 and on.
5) The next step is poaching. We each get a round or two (or how many do people think?) where we are allowed to snatch wrestlers or teams that are not protected by contract from other rosters. Limiting it this way allows for "Luger shows up on Nitro" moments, but once the poaching rounds are done you no longer have to worry about your non-contracted talent disappearing on you.
6) Or the next step may be splitting tag teams--depending on which each individual would rathher use these rounds for: one of your poaching rounds may be sacrificed to split one of your tag teams held over from stages one and two.
6) The next step is picking. Next we draft from the pool to refill our rosters to take care of the spaces left by wrestlers released or poached. How many rounds? With poaching limited to just to a specified first few "poaching" rounds, I think "till everyone's roster is filled back up to 38" could work fine? What does everyone else think?
7) After that, we would fantasy book a show, and everyone would have a certain amount of money to divide among other people's shows, and basically stage two redux.....
And then stage three redux--rinse and repeat until nobody wants to anymore....
I think that covers everything. What do people think? Is anybody besides me sure they even want to go on with this after one show? Hope so, but let's hear what everyone has to say....