The Ranking System

[bryce]

This is a system I have always been curious about. Notably, what one must do to advance through the ranks and what significance it actually plays. From my experience going lower midcard - midcard - upper midcard has been easy as long you write consistently, however it is jumping to main event that is always the hardest. I guess this is just out of curiousity more than anything, but I guess what I'm asking is how is it generally determined when someone is ready to be main event.

I guess what brought this is up really is that at the moment there are quite a few people who have been in upper midcard for many months and as well there's Freeman who just moved up. Personally this raised my eyebrow, I mean no doubt Freeman has written borderline main event material over the past month - two months but he has still yet to really show consistently (before you suggest the past two months, his writing was very much on a VERY GOOD WRITING - NOT SO GOOD - VERY GOOD - NOT SO pattern). The way I see it it is the job of the main eventers to lead by example, carry the show on their back and show the other people what they have to do to achieve this. Then there's Freeman who even at his best has never really shown that consistency for more than a month or two, while you have Train who has written consistently and never done what Freeman has in between his little spurts for ONE AND A HALF YEARS and Mainer who's nearly as consistent for the past 7 months.

I guess what I'm asking is, BK what do you look for when you decide to move people up? Personally I can't quite see why someone who's got maybe a little more quality (or suits the style more...) but is EXTREMELY erratic in when they actually deliver is being moved up when a solid dependable person(s) is left behind despite proving for a lot longer that they can be relied upon and get the job done.

So yeah there's my ramble for the day >_>

[Jack Jefferson]

I've often wondered about this too but when I sit down and think about it I know why this is the first time I've ever been to Upper Midcard. To put it simply, I have quite the history of not writing for periods of time due to being too busy or thinking of a new character and getting really into that idea. Attaining UM was a big moment for me and I was especially shocked to have made the jump from LM but it's spurred me on to be much more consistant with my stuff.

The points you raise about Freeman are actually quite valid and it'll be interesting to see what is said. But, please, let's not turn this into a debate about who does or doesn't like Freeman.

[rosslambert]

I don't dislike Freeman, he's my Xbox jewbuddy. We have lots of fun playing Nazi Zombies, right Jase?

[BAWSE Train]

Leave me out of this!

[BK London]

What's with the lack of Freeman love Bryce?

But seriously.

Even before Thunderkiss left, I had an idea of pushing Freeman - but when he did leave, it left kind of a void in the Main Event spot - as there were only 3 people, and those 3 people have been main eventing for quite a while with no one new really moving into the main event spot. For the past couple of months, Freeman has been writing good segment after good segment - and I'll agree he has had some decent and ok stuff thrown in between those and even missed some shows, but he managed to elevate his character status with those segments and his feud with AK. Out of everything that contributed to him being main event, the fact that his character moved over that huge upper midcard hump into a main event like star contributed the most.

It's like Randy Orton moving from the cocky kid who talked a lot of smack into this whole new persona who eased into the main event scene and settled himself there. Also, it doesn't hurt that The Senator planned a feud with Jason Freeman and since Senator won the title match - it only seems kind of fair for him to be on the same level. So that's right, Freeman actually has a chance to become ACW Champion.

As far as the ranking system, usually when I do it - if I'm not rushing because I forgot - I ask Senator for some input or some of the other mods. It's seemingly effortless to move up to the midcard spot from lower mid - you basically need a pulse and to write probably 4 out of the 5 or 6 shows leading to the following PPV. I usually push people because the bulk of the lower midcarders are dead. Usually I might keep them there if they look like they could be Entertainment Title worthy or if they sort of stay constant with their style of writing and they don't do much to elevate their status on the roster. Same thing goes with Upper Midcarders.

I try to combine not just the calc stuff with the development of the characters on the shows in deciding who moves where. It was a lot slower back in the days when Latino did it, but back then we had a much more active roster and there were plenty of people writing at the same time - even though the shows were somewhat shorter lol.

Also, if I feel someone will benefit from a push and it will continue to push them to write more (ie: Jack Jefferson), I will push them. Anything I didn't make clear or anything else you would like to know?

[bryce]

I see ;o Nah, I just in a curious mood.