Post by Edge on Dec 21, 2007 9:51:14 GMT -5
What's an E-Fed, How Do They Work?
Advantages Can Be Fun, Can Improve Your Writing Skill, Can Improve Your Imagination.
Disadvantages Not really wrestling, Some people don't know how to 'play the game.
E-Wrestling?
What exactly is e-wrestling, I hear you ask.
Well, e-wrestling is in a way very similar to the sports entertainment phenomenon that is wrestling itself, with the major difference being that rather than being played out on a TV screen to numerous viewers, it’s played out over the internet to people who are free to come and compete themselves.
Compete?
Don’t worry, that is not an invitation for the many wrestling fans that surf the net to come and partake in a physical wrestling match, because unlike wrestling itself, e-wrestling relies on words and not any physical action on the part of the people who choose to join an e-federation. In some ways, it’s not too different from playing an online role-playing game.
So How Does It All Work Then?
As there are wrestling federations in real life, so there are various e-federations dotted around all over the Internet. These federations are run either by a group of people together or a single owner (usually known as the e-fed’s President) and are usually found in the form of a web-site although some appear as e-mail messages.
It would usually be down to these people (or person as is more often the case) to try and create interest in the e-federation by recruiting members. This can be done by contacting friends, advertising on other web-sites or a slightly more frowned upon method of visiting other e-federations (from here on referred to as E-Feds), and trying to steal their existing members in order to have them come to your E-Fed.
So, I hear you cry, how do you become a member of an E-Fed, and what are you supposed to do?
The answer to this is that to become a member, you must select a ‘wrestler’ who you want to be in control of, and assign a set of moves to them, before either filling out an on-site application form or e-mailing the owner to let them know of your wish to join.
Some e-feds allow their members to be based on real-life WWF counter-parts while others demand that you create an entirely new ‘character’ all of your own while there are others that allow both of these options.
Once you are confirmed as a member then the way to get yourself noticed is to begin role-playing, most e-federations have a message board in place specifically for this purpose and this is where the main ‘action’ would take place, with verbal exchanges between members who are each trying to arrange matches or prove that they are the most skilled when it comes to portraying a wrestling character similar to those that can be found in the World Wrestling Federation.
The President of the E-Fed would normally have two weekly events in place whereby the members get a gauge of how well they have been doing in their chosen roles.
These events that take place are much like the wrestling shows that are seen by many on Sky Television, and matches are arranged throughout the week, based on who has role-played, how they have role-played, and whether or not the creative mind behind the e-fed has thought up any storylines for these people to take part in.
Yes, you did hear that correctly, I said storylines. Most people, whether fans of wrestling or not are more than aware that is scripted and the results of matches are known well in advance, indeed wrestling now goes under the guise of sports-entertainment rather than sport and acknowledges that storylines are put in place to make the shows more entertaining.
When the time comes every once or twice a week, a team of writers (or again in some feds just the President of the federation) will create a set of matches and a set of results that can help to create storylines or further existing ones. They can use things that have been suggested to them in e-mail by their members or things that they have picked up on in members’ role-plays.
Hopefully they can t hen create and develop feuds between members, which make for entertaining shows (which co-incidentally are normally based on the formats of existing wrestling television shows).
The reward for members to do well is to be crowned the champion of the federation, and this is usually a reward for an overall contribution to the federation in the role-plays of members, as well as an acknowledgement of quality role-playing from the members of the e-fed.
So, what’s the point in it all then?
Well many people choose to join e-feds to live out dreams of being a pro-wrestler through writing, in a way that they never will be able to in real life physically.
Joining an e-fed can also create a feeling that you are involved in a community and can actually lead to you finding many new friends who would all share a common interest.
In a practical sense, the role-playing itself urges you to be creative and can help you to improve your writing skills (usually the President of the Federation can give you pointers on what you could be doing to improve what you are writing.).
Finally, e-feds also offer escapism to it’s members- for as long as you wish, you can spend time in the guise of your chosen character and are free to say and do things that you probably never would (or more likely would never get away with) in real life.
E-feds are not by any means for all people, as they require a lot of work and writing, whether you are in it as a member or a President, but they can be fun, they can be rewarding and they can help the way you write and think creatively.
Advantages Can Be Fun, Can Improve Your Writing Skill, Can Improve Your Imagination.
Disadvantages Not really wrestling, Some people don't know how to 'play the game.
E-Wrestling?
What exactly is e-wrestling, I hear you ask.
Well, e-wrestling is in a way very similar to the sports entertainment phenomenon that is wrestling itself, with the major difference being that rather than being played out on a TV screen to numerous viewers, it’s played out over the internet to people who are free to come and compete themselves.
Compete?
Don’t worry, that is not an invitation for the many wrestling fans that surf the net to come and partake in a physical wrestling match, because unlike wrestling itself, e-wrestling relies on words and not any physical action on the part of the people who choose to join an e-federation. In some ways, it’s not too different from playing an online role-playing game.
So How Does It All Work Then?
As there are wrestling federations in real life, so there are various e-federations dotted around all over the Internet. These federations are run either by a group of people together or a single owner (usually known as the e-fed’s President) and are usually found in the form of a web-site although some appear as e-mail messages.
It would usually be down to these people (or person as is more often the case) to try and create interest in the e-federation by recruiting members. This can be done by contacting friends, advertising on other web-sites or a slightly more frowned upon method of visiting other e-federations (from here on referred to as E-Feds), and trying to steal their existing members in order to have them come to your E-Fed.
So, I hear you cry, how do you become a member of an E-Fed, and what are you supposed to do?
The answer to this is that to become a member, you must select a ‘wrestler’ who you want to be in control of, and assign a set of moves to them, before either filling out an on-site application form or e-mailing the owner to let them know of your wish to join.
Some e-feds allow their members to be based on real-life WWF counter-parts while others demand that you create an entirely new ‘character’ all of your own while there are others that allow both of these options.
Once you are confirmed as a member then the way to get yourself noticed is to begin role-playing, most e-federations have a message board in place specifically for this purpose and this is where the main ‘action’ would take place, with verbal exchanges between members who are each trying to arrange matches or prove that they are the most skilled when it comes to portraying a wrestling character similar to those that can be found in the World Wrestling Federation.
The President of the E-Fed would normally have two weekly events in place whereby the members get a gauge of how well they have been doing in their chosen roles.
These events that take place are much like the wrestling shows that are seen by many on Sky Television, and matches are arranged throughout the week, based on who has role-played, how they have role-played, and whether or not the creative mind behind the e-fed has thought up any storylines for these people to take part in.
Yes, you did hear that correctly, I said storylines. Most people, whether fans of wrestling or not are more than aware that is scripted and the results of matches are known well in advance, indeed wrestling now goes under the guise of sports-entertainment rather than sport and acknowledges that storylines are put in place to make the shows more entertaining.
When the time comes every once or twice a week, a team of writers (or again in some feds just the President of the federation) will create a set of matches and a set of results that can help to create storylines or further existing ones. They can use things that have been suggested to them in e-mail by their members or things that they have picked up on in members’ role-plays.
Hopefully they can t hen create and develop feuds between members, which make for entertaining shows (which co-incidentally are normally based on the formats of existing wrestling television shows).
The reward for members to do well is to be crowned the champion of the federation, and this is usually a reward for an overall contribution to the federation in the role-plays of members, as well as an acknowledgement of quality role-playing from the members of the e-fed.
So, what’s the point in it all then?
Well many people choose to join e-feds to live out dreams of being a pro-wrestler through writing, in a way that they never will be able to in real life physically.
Joining an e-fed can also create a feeling that you are involved in a community and can actually lead to you finding many new friends who would all share a common interest.
In a practical sense, the role-playing itself urges you to be creative and can help you to improve your writing skills (usually the President of the Federation can give you pointers on what you could be doing to improve what you are writing.).
Finally, e-feds also offer escapism to it’s members- for as long as you wish, you can spend time in the guise of your chosen character and are free to say and do things that you probably never would (or more likely would never get away with) in real life.
E-feds are not by any means for all people, as they require a lot of work and writing, whether you are in it as a member or a President, but they can be fun, they can be rewarding and they can help the way you write and think creatively.
If you have any questions, you may send a message to myself or any other of the admins.
