TNA Presents 'Slammiversary XI' Can Sting Beat Bully Ray for the World Title?

[It's Damn Real!]

Presents 'Slammiversary XI'
Live Discussion for 6/2/13

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WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Sting vs. Bully Ray "C"

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AJ Styles v. Angle

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WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
Bad Influence v. Storm & Gunner v. Hernandez & Guerrero "C" v. Aries & Roode

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Brisco, Bischoff & D.O.C. v. Magnus, Samoa Joe & Jeff Hardy

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Ultimate X — X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP
Suicide v. Kenny King "C" v. Chris Sabin

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TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP
Joseph Park v. Devon "C"

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Last Knockout Standing Match
Gail Kim v. Taryn Terrell

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Gut Check Tournament Final
Jay Bradley v. Sam Shaw

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[klunderbunker]

On paper this doesn't look too bad. The buildup for it though.....yikes.

 

[ABMorales787]

Why is Suicide's costume so awesome?

 

[Uncle Phatso]

Wow... KB is right, dude I'd pay for this card. Even the 3v3 tag looks OK. Pretty sure Magnus, Joe, and Meth can suck a good match out of thoes three.

 

[klunderbunker]

Also Doc has been replaced by Anderson in the six man.

 

[Vega]

So, does it start in 38 or 98 minutes?

 

[klunderbunker]

98.

 

[MrHashasheen]

On paper this doesn't look too bad. The buildup for it though.....yikes.

Indeed. The stories could have been a lot better put together. And I'm surprised at the lack of a Velvet-Mickie match. Rather have that than the Gut-Check final....

 

[ABMorales787]

That stage set better look different.

 

[Vega]

Yeah, with four PPVs they have to give every show a special look, feel and something to remember.

The buildup has been bad, but like already said, the matches look fine. Or, like TEW would say, "bouts that feature great action but not much in the way of heat".

 

[MrHashasheen]

Yeah, with four PPVs they have to give every show a special look, feel and something to remember.

The buildup has been bad, but like already said, the matches look fine. Or, like TEW would say, "bouts that feature great action but not much in the way of heat".

...

1. You got 2013?
2. You on Grey Dog?

 

[justinsayne]

There are three matches on that card I am really interested in seeing, AJ/Angle, Tag Title match, & the X Division title match. As for the rest of the card, I'll probably be flipping back & forth between it & the Hawks/Kings game.

 

[Vega]

I don't have the new version, but I plan on buying it. Not a forum member either, but I read there sometimes, especially the diaries.

 

[The Dragon Saga]

Is TEW worth the price? I was going to torrent it but I hate torrents. Seems like a nice way to pass time. I have EWR on my old laptop, used to think it was the shit until I saw the demo for TEW - the detail is supposed to be crazy isn't it?

As for Slammiversary, I might catch the Ireland and UK replay on Wednesday, really tempted to order Evolve 21 with Gargano/del Sol, Brian Cage/Jon Davis, Ivelisse/Mia Yim and others. May catch a stream of this for the main event if Gabe's stream craps out again though.

 

[MrHashasheen]

I don't have the new version, but I plan on buying it. Not a forum member either, but I read there sometimes, especially the diaries.

Better than IRL sometimes, aren't they?

 

[MrHashasheen]

Is TEW worth the price? I was going to torrent it but I hate torrents. Seems like a nice way to pass time. I have EWR on my old laptop, used to think it was the shit until I saw the demo for TEW - the detail is supposed to be crazy isn't it?

It's definitely worth the price, Dragon. Grey Dog's one of the few developers out there that I feel happy giving money to, and Adam Ryland and his team always top themselves in a new edition of any game they put out.

Some of the detailing has gone down from 2010 actually (mostly relatively unused stuff like ticket pricing, house-show markets, importance of television slots, etc...) but it's been expanded upon in other stuff like angles and storyline. I can most definitely say that storylines are a lot more fluid and easy to put together and take apart, but you just have to keep good accounting of everything going on.

The default database is an alternative universe that has the strongest following amongst users, but I've seen more than half a dozen real-world mods for the latest version ('85, '87, '94, '96, '01, etc...) that have been pretty good and only built upon from previous editions by their makers. Plus a few more fictional fan-made universes (Effverse, Thunderverse (personal favorite after the default database), War of the Immortals, etc...) are available to play around in.

I'd say yeah, go for it. If you want to get a feel for it, download the trial version and play around in the default database for a month (in-game) to see how it feels.

 

[The Dragon Saga]

When I played EWR in '08 I used to use a 2006 real world mod, used to always start as ROH or PWG though because there's no fun in the game if you're WWE. I think I had a really good NWA:TNA thing going though, not played it in years, got boring but that's because there isn't enough detail.

I might look into TEW. At €35 USD It'd want to be worth it.

 

[ABMorales787]

Goddammit. Cheap ass bastards. They better bring a new set for San Diego or I'm going to throw shit into the ring. And I mean actual shit.

 

[klunderbunker]

Can we put a moratorium on the clip from the end of Lockdown?

 

[It's Damn Real!]

Let's do this.

 

[Remy LaCroix]

I'll prolly only read Not Jay's comments. That's how dull this is.

 

[Vega]

Better than IRL sometimes, aren't they?

Yeah. Booking is possibly the aspect that fascinates me most about wrestling, so I love to read what people build with their creativity.

What bugs me a bit is the skills. I think some are redundant ("puro" or seperate entries for "chain wrestling", "mat wrestling" and so on) and other aspects are a bit underrepresented (uniqueness for example, intensity was also cut I think). Story building is also a bit generic in my opinion, but I don't really know how it could be made much better.
I recommend to buy it though, even though I've just played around a bit with the 2013 demo.

Let's get to the show!

 

[It's Damn Real!]

There better be a few Bruins' references tonight with them up 1-0 in the Eastern Conference Final right now.

 

[It's Damn Real!]

Also Doc has been replaced by Anderson in the six man.

Apparently Hankinson has been fighting some nasty quad or groin injury.

 

[klunderbunker]

I feel like I'm watching WWE with all these stats.