I don't suppose you'd be willing to tell us who you consider to be your
best opponents?
Not a chance.
Which of your four title reigns are you most
proud of?
That's like asking which of my children I'm most proud of. I hold each of
my four championships special. My first title win (SPWA Traditional) was sweet, because I
beat a guy who was caught using multis to boost his stats and wins to become so successful
at the time. I hold my PWO World title special, because it proved my character can indeed do
well against the best the PWO had to offer at the time. My two SSWO Trad titles were the
icing on the cake for me.
It must have felt good to retire with the title still
under your name.
Yes it did.
Congratulations on winning the SPWA Tech
title, by the way.
Thanks. I also won the SPWA ladder tourney, but Joker kept my from
taking the title. I guess it's just as well; I claimed my 1,000th pinfall win over him when
I was a trad.
How is your stable coming along?
Well, the Hub is looking for
new members right now. I think we have three slots available for anyone who wants to join.
You must be a player who has never given money to this game. Anyone interested can submit
applications to Goblok Fastwit (15151).
That's the main requirement for joining
the Hub?
Yes. The Hub prides itself on being a stable comprised completely of
nonpaying players. We want to show that you CAN be successful in VOW even if you're not
giving money to the game. Buying AP just helps your character mature faster, but it doesn't
improve your luck at all. I know paying players who have deleted successful characters just
because they lost a few matches to guys one or two leagues below them.
And you're
proof that a a nondonating player can be successful in VOW. How is the game the second time
around for you?
A lot better. The damage bonus is certainly going a long way for
my guy, though I've only had one match against another Legend (i.e., Joker), and lost that
one. I don't think I'd do well against serial retirees like Bubba or hick bob, but I think I
can do well against the other first-time retirees.
Is being a Tech a lot better
than being a Trad?
If you compare stats, a Tech has three higher stats than a Trad at
the same level, at least when we reach PWO and SSWO. I remember reading somewhere that the
different styles have their own "peak periods" in VOW, like how one style would do better as
a LAW, while another style would do better as an SPWA, and so on. I'm doing much better in
VOW the second time around, but I can't just credit all that to my being a Tech. The damage
bonus helps out quite a bit. And I know more about this game compared to a year ago, so my
decisions are likely different from the choices I would’ve made 12 months ago, or even six
months ago.
Do you think you’d be as successful as other Legends, like gatcholio,
Scorpion or Bubba?
It’s hard to say. I do want to achieve more than what I did in my
first run in VOW. I think I’m doing well so far. If I can achieve the same level of success
guys like gatcholio have accomplished, cool. But I’m more interested in trying to improve
what I’ve accomplished on my first run in VOW.
Do you see yourself walking away
from VOW one day?
I think it’s fair to say that every player in VOW will leave the
game sooner or later. I don’t see myself leaving VOW right now, but who knows what tomorrow
will bring, right? I’ll leave when I decide I’ve done everything I wanted to do in VOW,
though I haven’t exactly decided what "everything" is. I’m playing it by ear much of the
time, to be honest.
Who do you think is the unluckiest wrestler in your league, and why does fate hate him?
It's Formula One weekend in Shanghai. Some of you know I live in China, and while I do not live in Shanghai, I am watching the race on the local networks. They're running some pre-race festivities, including a small song-and-dance parade. Complete with an official "Formula One Shanghai" theme song.
Yes, a theme song. Fortunately, it's nothing like Bob Holly's racecar song from the Wrestlecrap years.
It's an elaborate parade, though. It's got dancers in Chinese opera garb. Guys with giant masks of the F1 drivers, and they even hired Jacky Chan to sing a song for the crowd. Yes, Jacky Chan is also a trained singer, and he's got albums in the Chinese-speaking world. .
You see this post all the time on the chat. "Good match." Or "Thanks for the match." Folks say they say that as a sign of sportsmanship; that they respect their opponent enough to compliment him after the match.
You'll have to pardon me if I am somewhat skeptical about that.
You see, I've long suspected that many players just compliment their opponents for a good match only when they win. You destroyed someone in an LMS, then you thank him for a "good match?" Do you even stop to consider that the other man might not see it as a good match, because he lost horribly?
The way I see it, a lot of folks here just say "Good match" as a backhanded way of saying "I destroyed you and I want everyone to know about it." Not everyone does it, but the ones that do usually stay silent when they lose the match.
It's easy to compliment your opponent for a good match when you've not just won the fight, but owned the other guy. Do you thank someone for the match when you lose, and take a ton of stat damage as a souvenir? How many of you actually thank your opponents for a "good match" regardless of the result?
Some would say that they thank everyone for their matches as a sign of respect to their opponent. I don't see it that way. It's not that I don't believe in sportsmanship; it's more because I doubt if people actually mean it. If you respect your opponent, why take the time to thank them for a "good match" after beating them? Why call attention to yourself and your opponent? Would you like it if the roles were reversed and he thanked you for the match after he knocks you out?
I respect my opponents, which is why you don't usually see me publicly complimenting them after our matches. I respect them enough to not tell the whole world I beat them. I respect them enough to not prick their ego unnecessarily.
Players who brag about which Legends they've beaten don't have much else to brag about.
It's about 1:50AM as I write this. Truth be told, I haven't had a good day today. A lot of stuff didn't pan out on my end of things today (the best laid plans of mice and men and all that stuff). And now...I learn that Eddie Guerrero died just as I was about to log off VOW and head to bed. They found him in his hotel room in Minneapolis. The same way they found Brian Pillman, and Davey Boy Smith, and Curt Hennig, and Yokozuna. All those years ago.
This is a shitty day.
Godspeed, Eddie.
Sometimes I check out the tournaments of other wrestlers, to see who are the strong competitors I could face one day. One guy in particular got my attention:
http://vow.plit.dk/cgi-bin/vow.pl?_cmd=ShowTournament&TournamentId=36&Round=56
If you've played VOW long enough, you'll know that wrestlers always have a chance to beat opponents with much more experience and moves. It's happened to everybody. What isn't common is that a wrestler would be able to win a title from a higher league. I've been competing in VOW for about 16 months, and in all that time I only know of one instance where a wrestler has become a champion of the league above him: Robb Stark, a PWO who became the SSWO Power Champion.
Which makes The Jobber's achievement a bit more remarkable. Not only has this LAW (as of today) managed to win the SPWA Traditionalist Title, he has managed to successfully defend it. This may not necessarily be on the same level as Barry Horowitz getting a win on PPV, but the Jobber's achievement is a rare feat to replicate here in VOW. Granted, the Jobber may just be enjoying an incredible run of good luck in the tourneys, and he could lose the belt in the next tournament, but no one can take this accomplishment away from him.
It doesn't matter if it's luck, or if the current crop of SPWA traditional wrestlers simply stink, the Jobber has done something very, very few competitors have been able to do. Good job..
Heidenreich was still a crazed heel reading really crap poetry? Before he upped and molested Michael Cole? And Cole liked it, but Heidenreich went on with his life like it never happened, staying in the closet while Cole was left hanging?
No? You don't remember that? It never happened?
A shame. That would've been the WWE ripoff of Brokeback Mountain right there.
Then again, you never know what the WWE writer monkeys have in the works.
Random Since PLIT is a Danish company, does this mean we WON'T have any Muslim players joining us anytime soon?