For those of you who aren't aware, an E-fed is an online 'wrestling federation' in which forum members play characters, book matches, write shows, compete, and so forth. Syd mentioned there used to be on on the boards here many moons ago and I, as a huge e-fed fan (and three-time heavyweight champion of the Extreme Pro Wrestling fed, thank you very much ), I was immediately interested. The group we have here would be a ton of fun to Fed with, I think, if we get enough interest and actual commitment/participation.

Now, as to what form the Fed competitions will take...unsure at this time. As I see it, we have three options (feel free to chime in with more if you have other ways you'd rather do it):

1. The way the Fed used to be as I understand it, the bookers book the matches, wrestlers write their own promos, and then the characters (which were pre-created in a wrestling video game--No Mercy, I think?--were put in CPU matches, and the winner was determined that way. I love this system if only because it gives you matches to WATCH, as opposed to read about--but its also a heavy time investment on the part of the bookers, and would be a pain to get everyone's character created and/or sent to the person who does the matches--who would have to be super reliable, since without them there would be no show, and no one could pick up the slack if he didn't do it.

2. The way we ran my old Fed was very story and writing centric. As someone who loves to write this was tailor-made for me, but may not appeal to everyone here. The way it worked was, the bookers booked the feuds and matches, then the participants in a match would write a short story about their character (usually 1000-5000 words, depending on the importance of the match), which could detail anything from backstage happenings, to training, to home-life, whatever. Then the bookers would judge the stories, and whoever had the best one won the match. The show was written almost entirely by the bookers (although the wrestlers were always welcome and encouraged to submit promos or video packages if they wanted.) This took a lot of effort, and would require a pretty decent amount of behind the scenes people depending on how many matches and backstage bits you need in a given match. This Fed was a ton of fun, I stayed in it for almost five years, and it was LOTS of fun reading everyone's stories and getting to see their character in such a cool and personal way.

3. The way I've seen Feds done most often is similar to the above, but rather than writing full stories, you simply write a promo--300 to 500 words ish. This is not my personal ideal because writing promos gets awfully old after a while, and there's not nearly as much creative latitude for your or your character as there is with a story. That said, its much easier to write, and the time investment is much shorter on the part of the wrestlers. I'd have no problem running the fed this way if its what everyone wanted.



Before we can run the fed though, we obviously have to see if enough people are interested in getting it off the ground. So, would you be willing to wrestle and/or be a backstage booker/writer for an e-fed if we brought it back? What kind of fed would it be that you'd like to participate in?

Hmmm so far it seems like we've got four participants and two confirmed organizers. Its a start, but I'm not quite sure if its enough to warrant beginning just yet. I'd like at least six people participating, honestly--that's enough for three matches an episode (or a tag and a single) which seems to me like the bare minimum any fed should have.

Also, no one (except hacker) has chimed in on how they want to see the fed run (story writing, promos, etc.) Any preferences on this?

For the record this is not dead. I just need some time to put a little bit more together, and talk to all my volunteers to figure out exactly how this would work. Plans are to take care of this this weekend.