Get the Whole Story

Perceptions are more important than most people think in eFedding, because people are by nature opinionated.  The problem with this is, that many people who are the most opinionated form their opinions without really knowing what's going on.

I'll give an example as a case in point using myself since I know I won't be pissed at me for Name n Blame etc lol.

I ran Devon Mayhem in ACW, The Source of many of my eFed peeves and why I'm often very suspicious when angles in a storyline are brought up to me to consider.  So anyone that's had to deal with me doing -__- when talking about a story you know where the root is now.

I was very new to fedding, having only started in 09, and I learned the wrong way to do things right off the bat because that was how they did it.  Thank God for meeting Gryphon's handler because he took me aside and gave me the gospel on how it was other places and that the people running ACW were wrong on lots of things.  I ended up on staff where of course I did tons of work while they took credit, but the worst part was that certain people were sure that I didn't lose because I was being "protected".

That I was a "big deal" in ACW but it wasn't proven that I was really any good because I hadn't been big somewhere else like they had.  (lmfao how much I've disproved that really makes that statement hilarious).

Well let me pull the curtain back.

During Devon's record breaking second WHC reign, we tried a change in show format and judging criteria, both of which met with mixed results with the members and staff.  We tried this new method for a time limited period and at the end of which we were going to poll and decide which way was best.  Most agreed that they didn't like the summary results having been spoiled by having fully written shows all the time (even though most didn't participate in match writing) and that's fine - the judging stuff was where things got messy.

I had made it clear that I prefered the old method, which was my mistake.  What happened was, the fedhead decided he wanted his ripoff character who was basically Jeff Hardy blended with Lucifer from Supernatural to end Devon's reign, and since he couldn't legit beat me and didn't want it to seem angled, came up with a way to get me to agree to dropping the belt early.  What was SUPPOSED to happen was at the next PPV Devon would drop the belt in a triple threat and let someone else play with the toys for awhile.  What actually happened is that the fedhead and his second browbeat me into letting them do what they wanted.  The judgements came in and of course Devon won - by the new method.  They then 'rejudged' the match with the old criteria (even though the fedhead's character was in the match) and refused to show me the notes and claimed that "Sarah" had also judged....forgetting THAT I KNEW THAT THE FEDHEAD HAD MADE UP SARAH.

"But if you really want the old system back, you lost by it so you have to do this.  If you don't do this, we'll keep the new one even though no one else wants it."

This was the point that I mentally threw up my hands and let them do what they wanted, and I told the judges that came to me after the show about how it was that Fake Lucifer beat Devon with the crap RP he posted.

This is why no one trusts that old fedhead or his buddy that knew what went on in ACW folks, and why I'll never join a fed either of them are in, in any capacity.  I had to deal with both of them again while in NEW and BOTH of them acted exactly like I told the staff they would, step by step until the inevitable rage quits.

But that's the difference between perception (I was protected) and reality (I got shit on, a lot).

If you're curious folks, on how stuff is going down in your own fed and feel that you're being taken advantage of or that someone else is getting things you should - sometimes yeah, you're right.  That's how bad things happen.  BUT.... ask.  Ask the staff POLITELY in PMs, privately, what's going on.  Don't get on Twitter and rile up the others in the fed, don't start shit without knowing what's going on.  Sometimes it's as simple as they thought you weren't interested in a title shot (some people aren't).  Or that you wanted to do another story, etc.  COMMUNICATE and APPRECIATE your staff guys, without them there'd be no game.

But get the whole story before you go saying snotty shit about a handler - especially one you haven't been able to beat yourself.  LOL.

Love you guys for reading this rant.

War! Uh! Good Gawd Y'All (Twitter Edition)

Okay, everyone has their own opinion on the impact of Twitter on eFedding.  Personally I've used it to promote matches, build feuds, hype the fed and / or shows, build character history and friendships, hunt for new feds, etc and so on.

It's been a lot of fun, the latest example I could give that would be fairly easy to find would be the TOTALLY IN CHARACTER FIGHTS between @SherryBikerGirl and @EvilThatMenDo - aka Sherry Diamond and Dexter Jacobs of Sin City Wrestling (@SCWcentral) - also aka Mina and Max.

HI MAX.

During the course of this feud Sherry and Dexter have been, for lack of a better phrase, total fucking assholes to each other.  Lines were crossed, horrible fates wished upon, etc etc etc.  Pretty sure at one point Sherry had Dexter frothing at the mouth in rage, and he did after all spear her off a truck, etc.

It was very heated, very mean, snarky, bitchy, evil...and fun.

Also during the course of this, Max and Mina, would you think they had hard feelings against each other, especially considering the horrible mean shit flying about on Twitter?  Some people might, but nope, as you can also see from various OOC tagged interactions Max and Mina were discussing things like what kind of cookies Mina was going to make.

Because...GASP...all the drama, hatred, etc etc?  Was in character.

Holy shit, right?

That's what gives me a little pause, that for some people the honest reaction to finding out that not only are Max and Mina getting along and having fun ooc'ly during a feud, they actually have other characters with a building story that are growing even as that's going on.... FUNNY ASS SIDE NOTE:  I had zero idea who ran Gustav Reinhardt when he and Raechel Lynne started interacting on Twitter, and I laughed when I found out it was Max *facepalm*

Anyway - this blog entry was inspired by a Twitter Kerfuffle that went on last night between the characters of Chris Shields and Lex Collins.

I'm not writing this to tear down the handler of Shields, and believe it or not I don't hate him, dislike him, etc, whatever even if he might think so.  When I ran SCW he had a character in, and he pitched in to help and behaved himself which is all I ever asked of anyone.  I wish THAT guy was the one that was around at the end of his PW run.  Because THAT guy was awesome.  The guy that was there at the end of PW, was the guy that got on Twitter last night and started a beef which had roots in ooc issues.  He could have spun it as Shields totally cracking and going off the wagon, going back to his old heel ways, save for the OUT OF CHARACTER comment he made about how IC and OOC cliques had ruined the game and he was quitting etc.

Jesus Christ, this again.

Another huge can of worms, this idea of cliques in eFedding - well, in life altogether I suppose?  Because I'm not going to argue that there aren't cliques, because of course there are.  But I argue the fashion in which the term is applied, and the supposed definition of 'clique'.  Most people hear that and they think The Breakfast Club or NWO, there's not much middle ground lol.

But the thing is, honestly what a clique in eFedding tends to turn out as (and yes I know there are examples of the worst sort of this out there) are a group of people that are friends or who have learned over the years of fedding that their styles of writing and RP mesh well.  That together they can accomplish great things, via story or helping to plan feuds with each other.  Many times these people will join other feds that their buddies are in, and then BOOM great creative shit happens and it's wonderful.

That's not something to be afraid of.  And yes, I am aware of groups that are just as tight, creative, and so on but are the exact opposite, who join a place with the intent and purpose to tear it down.  But thankfully those are more rare nowadays as most people that did that grew the hell up ooc lol.

A complaint that does come with cliques / groups is that it might engender trolling to support the other members, but to that I submit that some people are going to troll regardless, and for God's sake don't take it to heart!  Or that someone might want to do something with one person and not the rest of the group.... well, ask!  Most of the time when I've heard that complaint, the person complaining didn't even try!

Sooooo that's my little blog on this...remember guys, this is a game...and have some fun with it, okay?