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State of the NEW-nion
Topic Started: Jan 20 2014, 05:26 AM (671 Views)
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What a fucking day.

We've really grown as a unit, I think. If you weren't a part of the shenanigans that ran the chatroom all day, man, I feel sorry for you. It was legendary.

So let's address some of the issues that were presented to the staff, shall we?

1) Staff holding and contending for titles

This has been a touchy subject for efeds since Day 1. I'm not surprised it's been thrown around lately. Here are some facts: Chris handles both the world heavyweight champion and tag team champions, while also being on staff. I get how that might irk some people.

Here are some other facts: Chris was the world heavyweight champion before he ever became a member of the staff team. Chris has never attempted to sway the opinion of someone judging, nor does he know the judges' opinions until those opinions have been posted for a vote. And Chris has no say in the fed's direction outside of NEW Friday Night, which if you had ever read, you would know that it has nothing to do with Romeo Stylez.

Chris has deserved all of the rewards he has received, and if you don't agree, I don't have anything else to tell you. He didn't ask to be part of the staff, he volunteered to write NFN all by himself every two weeks, and was rewarded for his services with a promotion to staff. His help on NFN DID NOT have any bearing on him winning the world title.

Dan is the same way. Not only has he been here since Day 1 in this fed and was the first ever world champion, but he has been consistently great the entire time. Can anyone argue that he doesn't deserve the NA title? When we put titles on staff members, we know how it might be perceived. Dan's only had the title since December 2nd, but this is already his third title defense. We're giving the members every opportunity we can to take the title here.

We aren't screwing over the members in favor of the staff. We could care less about winning ourselves championships...

ALSO, where were these complaints when James Stall was running this place?! All of a sudden Romeo wins and people are like "staff are only pushing themselves"...

2) Purity Solanas challenging Jynx for the No Limit Championship

It hasn't technically happened yet, but I guess the word slipped out (thanks Greg, you fuckface) that Purity would be challenge Jynx for the NL title on this set of shows and there was a little bit of outrage over it.

I get it, sorta. Purity is a well-established character and Jynx has been the first person in a while to defend the NL title more than twice successfully. She's earned the right to a long title reign, but that isn't the rule when it comes to the NL title. ANYONE can challenge for the title at ANYTIME. Purity is well within the rules to do so.

Furthermore, who says the NL title is beneath any character? It's listed last on the singles title list because it's the newest title, not because it's seen as a jobber title. The titles gain prestige through the characters that hold them. If anything, I would argue that Purity holding that title would bring prestige to the title. But no...it's more like she's taking a title "beneath" her because she's a glory hog. Grow up people.

3) The bullying culture of NEW

This seems to be a major sticking point for a lot of people and I don't really blame them. Are we assholes? Yes, absolutely we are. But when you've been around for a while, you can't honestly tell me that you're shocked when we continue to be assholes. You either accept the fact that people here are who they are or you leave...there's no hard feelings involved in that. This place isn't for everyone, and we understand that.

Did some things go over the line? Yes, yes they did. The Flight of the Kiwis rp was cringey as fuck. But Selina did say it was ok for Anson to go ahead with it in the first place. After it was posted, Selina asked Anson to tone it down, which he said he would while apologizing to her for how the first roleplay came across. But now it's this big deal, even after Anson said he was going to drop the group out of respect for Selina's wishes. This should be one of those "it was a mistake, they owned up to it, apologized, and now we move on" kind of things, but it doesn't look like it will be. I don't know.

4) Kyle Travis

I don't know the dude, personally. But what I do know is that he uses the shoutbox and prediction threads as a source for in-character material and posts in said places in kayfabe. Either he plays the game differently than us and that's just part of his fun, or the dude is a serious douche nozzle.

But come on...you rp about Kerryn calling him a girl the whole time...you better know what you're gonna get in the results...Kerryn's balls in your face. If you're in kayfabe all the time, you should know a little bit about your opponent (like maybe their sex) before you shoot on them. And if that was just an honest mistake, then shame on you for not researching your opponent and now you have egg on your face, oh no, let's all cry about it.

5) Staff issues

Most importantly, we know that things haven't been running as smoothly as they could be. Things are disorganized and being done at the last possible minute, and that shouldn't be happening. You better believe we're going to work harder to communicate with each other and all of you on a more consistent basis so that everyone is on the same page.

As always, if you have ideas, questions, concerns, etc. please bring them forward to a STAFF MEMBER and we will address it. Thanks guys.

-The NEWera staff
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Jimmy Helmsley
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Xavier Magnus was our first world champion. He's a precious part of New Era History. Fuck you CJ. Respect Brad.
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Jimmy Helmsley
Jan 20 2014, 05:35 AM
Xavier Magnus was our first world champion. He's a precious part of New Era History. Fuck you CJ. Respect Brad.
Apologies. I meant to say first REAL champion.
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In all seriousness though, I don't know a lot of the issues that CJ is referring too with this post. I was in the chat earlier when a lot of the problems occurred, yet I was watching football and not paying attention to any of it. The parts of it that I did see was each member of the staff going out of there way and asking questions in order to fix the problem. Anson apologized for something and Stone was there trying to fix the situation and ease everything.

I don't know if a lot of people realize how hard some people put into this place, staff wise. Since Marc passed, the place has been handed from person to person, each trying to do the best that their predecessor did. They are trying to honor the place in Marc's name and put on the best quality storyline's that they can. Have they done that? Yes. Jon and Will did a great job with it with Greg's help. Cam has done a great job with Stone, Romeo, and Dan. These aren't guys who are going to do this to benefit themselves, trust me.

Why would they take so much time out of their weeks to build a fake wrestling company around their imaginary characters? If they did that, then we are dealing with some fucked up individuals. They take their time out of the week to build great stories for the people that are complaining that they take advantage of their power. Most of them have been around since day 1. They are doing it because they love New Era Wrestling and the history behind it and want to see it continue to succeed.

If you ask me, we have the best loyal staff members around any e-fed in the net. They are honest and loyal to this place like no other. No bias, so whomever thinks that, get it out of your head and just play the game. New Era is about having fun, not backstage politics.

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Blade Alexander
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I didn't even know this place had a chatroom.
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Jan 20 2014, 05:52 AM
I didn't even know this place had a chatroom.
24/7 AIM chatroom. We can add you if you want. Be warned.
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AIM is still a thing?
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Miss Swag
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Is this where we can lodge complaints?

I'd like to lodge a complaint against TSO. His existence makes me weep and I struggle to have any desire to RP in this place because of it.

I feel this place could go from a C- to a solid B if that problem were addressed.

Fuck TSO.
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My thoughts, or at least my thoughts on the parts relevant to me:

1. Re: the NL title: After Jynx beat RAW at the PPV, and when I got scheduled against Donavan & Co. for tonight's NEWtv, I was brainstorming where I could go with it that wasn't just, y'know, "I don't like you!" "Well, /I/ don't like /YOU!/" "LET'S FIGHT!" I asked Cam for the NL title shot via PM because I thought it would make good storyline fodder, with Purity attacking the people close to Eric to get at him. That way, when Eric finally DOES beat me 1 on 1 (it'll happen), it can be to avenge this that and the third, and not just me pinning him a couple times or whatever. I also thought it'd bring some unpredictability back to the NL title, because it's just been defended like a normal belt for months now, TCS notwithstanding.

At no point was I thinking "man, fuck Jynx, I should take her shit." I've never exchanged two words with Jynx OOCly. I've insulted her in RPs, but that's just because I was RPing against Eric and they're tied up together. I think she's a fine RPer and for all I know she's a fine person too. So to get told that it was a main eventer picking on an undercarder, or whatever, just made me go "what the fuck?" because it was not supposed to be that, at all, and definitely not OOCly. OOCly, it was supposed to be something to keep storylines interesting, a surprise monkeywrench for all involved (including me, if I lose -- which also means Jynx would have pinned two-fifths of Legion!!!). ICly, it was supposed to be a gold-hoarding heel being a gold-hoarding heel.

2. Kyle Travis. I think I'm up there in the top two or three when it comes to making fun of Kyle's RPs in the AIM chat. In fact, I'm pretty sure it was me jokingly comparing his lectures about old feds to Grampa Simpson that made McBride/Jeszika/Maiko all quit the chat. My stance on it is that one time, in the prediction threads, I said something like "Kyle needs to change his style if he wants to beat Stone (I think it was against Stone), what he's doing isn't working."

Kyle responded with something about how he'd won NL titles and more or less told me to shut up, but not in those words exactly. I don't remember what show it was or I'd look up the thread. Anyway, I thought he was being OOC in the response, which made me go, "wow, what an egotistical jerk." Now, thinking back, he might have been IC, which frankly, I find bizarre in an OOC prediction thread, but anyway.

Stuff like getting Kerryn's gender wrong in two TCS RPs prompted the response from most of the chat room: "does this guy even read other people's RPs?" It should be noted, too, that the chat room LOVED his first TCS RP -- it got actual buzz as being sharp, on-point, and effective. Then he blew it in the other two, including calling Kerryn a lady, and we ripped on him. The next show, his RPs didn't mention virtually anything to do with the Challenger Series, other than the "staff sux" angle he's been running. That got even more ribbing in the chat.

Today, Ryan asked if anyone knew if it was just Kyle's IC angle that he's, you know, delusional. I said it then and I'll say it now, if Kyle's angle was that he was delusional (which I doubt), the onus isn't on staff or the chat room or whoever to intuit that. I've had friends who joined this fed and left because they had their own grievances (Cyril and Trilby, and Maksimillian for a while). When they came in and had problems I told them that the trick here is to get out there and talk to people and communicate OOCly. Which, coming back around to the point, Kyle hasn't done much of (at least that most of the game can see), other than to let us know that he refuses to get Twitter. So, with nothing to go on other than the content of his RPs, which blows off what could have been major angles, repeats itself frequently, seems caught up in feds from eight years ago, and misgenders an opponent... what the fuck were we supposed to think, other than "this guy doesn't get it?"

Should we have made fun of Kyle as much as we did in the public chat room? Nah. Of course not. But it's a lot easier to go too far on someone who doesn't engage with the OOC side of the fed, and if he had done that, he'd have more to represent himself with other than RPs that get shit wrong.

EDIT TO ADD: See also the example of me fucking up one of my RPs and RPing against the wrong person. I realized it and made fun of myself in the chat room. Other people made fun of me too. And then it wasn't a thing. It's that simple.
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I would just like everybody to know that the standoff between the staff and my posse of strong, frequent RPers has ended. Terms have been met. CJ was very fair and just in negotiations. His offer was accepted.

Chris owes me $2.

Now we can all move on as a glorious family once again.
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Jan 20 2014, 06:18 AM
I would just like everybody to know that the standoff between the staff and my posse of strong, frequent RPers has ended. Terms have been met. CJ was very fair and just in negotiations. His offer was accepted.

Chris owes me $2.

Now we can all move on as a glorious family once again.
Also, Tuesday is Gina Day. Act accordingly.
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Jan 20 2014, 06:19 AM
Miss Swag
Jan 20 2014, 06:18 AM
I would just like everybody to know that the standoff between the staff and my posse of strong, frequent RPers has ended. Terms have been met. CJ was very fair and just in negotiations. His offer was accepted.

Chris owes me $2.

Now we can all move on as a glorious family once again.
Also, Tuesday is Gina Day. Act accordingly.
Fuck Tuesday!

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Only Tuesday? Man, CJ is a bad ass negotiator
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Jan 20 2014, 08:01 AM
Only Tuesday? Man, CJ is a bad ass negotiator
Technically it's the third Tuesday of each month...which is the coming Tuesday for January.
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I know I don't RP here and all, but I had something for Purity's handler, about Twitter.

Twitter can be good in some respects in-character, but bad for others. Building up storylines on Twitter can be good, but in some cases I have seen actual whole dates, sex scenes and arguments between characters typed up on Twitter.....which could really be saved for a RP.

I have seen the good too, where friendships are made on Twitter through characters and it starts a powerful heel group.

Thing to me with Twitter...just got to be careful with how you use it with your character. I've made that mistake with a character elsewhere, but have since been more careful and cleaned up the mess that I left behind.

Now if only I could do that in mafia. :P
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