Post by Amanda Wallace on Nov 19, 2008 11:31:14 GMT -5
A little something that's been being discussed in the Staff Office, note that we ARE save testing for one possibility...
Well, we're now into the post release time of Smackdown vs Raw 2009, on our way to the second season of Global Championship Wrestling. It is at this time, that the 2009 season of GCW is fleshed out.
Now, GCW has never ran as smoothly as we wish it would. Throughout its existence, we've had constant turmoils in staff changes, activity dropping, so on and so forth, so uphill climbs are nothing new. Which, is what we're looking at at this present time.
At this point in time, there is only one staff member in possession of 2009 on the Playstation 2, -THAT has the full-time appeal to be able to put in full effort into starting the season smoothly. Which, obviously, is short on the man-power side, especially for a federation that requires numerous Memory Cards. Which, basically is slave labor to the single staff member, to have to do all of the testing, creation, CAW gathering, AND hacking, with an ARMax of all devices... Overkill in the hacking department for a game that will heavily need hacks.
The outlook for more staff members to be able to 1.) Be able to be full time to provide ample assistance, or 2.) afford to purchase the other version of the game in this holiday season in an economic recession time is fairly dismal at this point. Should the season continue on Playstation 2, it would likely be under heavy restrictions, including the banishment of abilities, default attributes, and even the roster cap that another option could provide.
That other option is this. Currently, two staff members with full time, or close to full time capabilities to get GCW up and running smoothly for the 2009 season are in possession of the Playstation3 version, with the 360 version being in possession of only one person. That would make the PS3 a potential candidate to run GCW on, under strict organization. A bit of a harder route, but do-able. All CAWs would have to be received in Formula form, for instance, as well as definitely limiting the roster to 30, as there is no way to swap CAWs between profiles. Which, could be a blessing in disguise, as it allows more focus on single characters, and could keep burnout from piling up on individuals, particularly those that bring in more characters than they can handle. The Genders would be definitely split, however, and completely limited on the Debutante side, which could force us to even it out on the mens, or have the Debutante division run as what the public (WWE) showcases it as already: Normal matches.
What is advantageous, however, aside from multiple copies being in possession of the staff, is more customization. Theme music can be stored right on the PS3 and implemented in game, allowing for much less time to be spent on video editing. As well, Customization is to be patched in on both current-gen systems, bringing attributes and abilities back under our control, and saving GCW from having to be run on default measures, especially if the saves can be transferred from NTSC to PAL with ease.
Nothing is final yet, but with already some good storylines brewing, such as the APW purchase, we're looking at any and all options to make sure GCW is capable of pushing forward to allow these stories to grow, as well as to keep a hobby for some of us alive. Some sacrifices will have to be made, and for right now, the only real thing we can look at as a definite? The roster size will indeed be smaller. In fact, there's about a 99.9% chance that it will be only 30, so expect some major roster cuts, as we figure out the best way to trim the roster down, based on last year's activity, how many individual handlers that we have, so on and so forth. As well, be ready for a formula only year, because the potential could be very real.
State of the Fed, November 2008
Well, we're now into the post release time of Smackdown vs Raw 2009, on our way to the second season of Global Championship Wrestling. It is at this time, that the 2009 season of GCW is fleshed out.
Now, GCW has never ran as smoothly as we wish it would. Throughout its existence, we've had constant turmoils in staff changes, activity dropping, so on and so forth, so uphill climbs are nothing new. Which, is what we're looking at at this present time.
At this point in time, there is only one staff member in possession of 2009 on the Playstation 2, -THAT has the full-time appeal to be able to put in full effort into starting the season smoothly. Which, obviously, is short on the man-power side, especially for a federation that requires numerous Memory Cards. Which, basically is slave labor to the single staff member, to have to do all of the testing, creation, CAW gathering, AND hacking, with an ARMax of all devices... Overkill in the hacking department for a game that will heavily need hacks.
The outlook for more staff members to be able to 1.) Be able to be full time to provide ample assistance, or 2.) afford to purchase the other version of the game in this holiday season in an economic recession time is fairly dismal at this point. Should the season continue on Playstation 2, it would likely be under heavy restrictions, including the banishment of abilities, default attributes, and even the roster cap that another option could provide.
That other option is this. Currently, two staff members with full time, or close to full time capabilities to get GCW up and running smoothly for the 2009 season are in possession of the Playstation3 version, with the 360 version being in possession of only one person. That would make the PS3 a potential candidate to run GCW on, under strict organization. A bit of a harder route, but do-able. All CAWs would have to be received in Formula form, for instance, as well as definitely limiting the roster to 30, as there is no way to swap CAWs between profiles. Which, could be a blessing in disguise, as it allows more focus on single characters, and could keep burnout from piling up on individuals, particularly those that bring in more characters than they can handle. The Genders would be definitely split, however, and completely limited on the Debutante side, which could force us to even it out on the mens, or have the Debutante division run as what the public (WWE) showcases it as already: Normal matches.
What is advantageous, however, aside from multiple copies being in possession of the staff, is more customization. Theme music can be stored right on the PS3 and implemented in game, allowing for much less time to be spent on video editing. As well, Customization is to be patched in on both current-gen systems, bringing attributes and abilities back under our control, and saving GCW from having to be run on default measures, especially if the saves can be transferred from NTSC to PAL with ease.
Nothing is final yet, but with already some good storylines brewing, such as the APW purchase, we're looking at any and all options to make sure GCW is capable of pushing forward to allow these stories to grow, as well as to keep a hobby for some of us alive. Some sacrifices will have to be made, and for right now, the only real thing we can look at as a definite? The roster size will indeed be smaller. In fact, there's about a 99.9% chance that it will be only 30, so expect some major roster cuts, as we figure out the best way to trim the roster down, based on last year's activity, how many individual handlers that we have, so on and so forth. As well, be ready for a formula only year, because the potential could be very real.
). If it goes down to a 30 man roster, more than likely it'd severely limit the amount of accounts a person could possess as well, to make sure we can squeeze in as many unique IPs as well. But, in the shortened amount of accounts, it will hopefully allow some of those of you that may be light on time to hopefully scrounge up enough to type one form (which is still a daunting task, as I've typed up both Pryor and Crymson and it took almost an hour a piece... >_>). If not, hopefully we can find someone to help you out, should we go next gen. We still have the Region Save bit to mess with first (WTF, Sony. Region free my ass...). Kyle's a person that's been with me since his beginning, if I'm correct in FCW, and he can probably attest to how much everything has changed just since then.
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