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Not too pleased with Cammy's head right now, but, eh....

Akuma
Alex
Balrog (Boxer)
Cammy (Delta Red)
Charlie/Nash
Chun-Li (Classic)
Dan Hibiki
E. Honda
Group Shot

This is just Part 1. More to come soon.

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Reply #452 on: July 19, 2015, 06:49:33 PM
Teased one earlier in the week.

And the other? Well, I apologise in advance. I had trouble keeping a straight face.

Enjoy!

Two-fer! Woo!

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The second match... Wow. XD


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Yup. Hadn't intended to upload a match today, but I couldn't NOT do it, y'know?

Anyway, this does it for Street Fighter characters. What's next? Who knows? (Me. I know.)

El Fuerte
Evil Ryu
Guile
Hakan
Ken Masters
M. Bison
Ryu
Zangief

Match #5 - Zangief vs A Bear

If clicking the video link doesn't start the download, the old "Right-Click -> Save Target" thing works.

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Reply #455 on: July 23, 2015, 09:50:46 PM
I briefly alluded to this in another thread a couple of days ago, but I'd like to make this official.

On Sunday, July 26th I will be recording the closest thing this thread will ever get to a Pay-Per-View style event.

Fire Pro Wrestling has an MMA mode tucked away in its list of options, and it's my intention to simulate and record (for your enjoyment?) a full, 32-entrant tournament to crown the first "RPM King of Hard Knuckle" (it's a pun on Tekken's King of Iron Fist, for those wondering).

For an idea of how big this'll be in comparison to the regular matches that I've posted in the past, I've seen videos on YouTube of 16-person tournaments that ran for about an hour-and-a-half, so mine'll probably be somewhere between 2-3 hours total depending on how the matches go.

I'll be doing commentary (of a sort. I know not everyone enjoys hearing me ramble. That, and I sound weird when I listen to myself) throughout the whole thing, and for ease of viewing (and to make sure the damn thing'll actually fit in my DropBox) I'll be doing separate videos for each stage of the tournament (opening round, quarters, semis, etc.)

Rules are simple: Pinfalls don't count, and submissions are rare enough that you won't see many of them, if at all. The only way to advance is to knock your opponent unconcious.

I'm also intending to set it up so that each first-round match is "Established Character" (someone listed in the OP of this topic, so you already know they exist) vs a debuting character that will be seen for the first time in the videos themselves.

As a teaser, here's how I'm planning the Established Characters for this tournament:

1: Yu Narukami
2: M. Bison
3. A Bear
4. DrWilyII
5. Zangief
6. Phi
7. Hikage
8. Protoman Blues
9. Dr. Ivo Robotnik
10. Sigma (Zero Escape)
11. Usagi Toshi
12. Dan Hibiki
13. Chie Satonaka
14. Proto Man
15. Aile
16. Claire Redfield

The other 16 particpants will remain secret for now, so feel free to speculate. All I'll say is that they have NOT been introduced in this thread yet (for this game, at least. Take that as a clue if you like.)

Hopefully, some of you are interested, and I hope to have the final, finished thing uploaded by the end of Monday July 27th at the very latest.

Thanks for the continued support, everyone. It means a lot to me.  8)

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2-3 hours of pure utter unconscious mayhem?
F-YEA

Also... Totally forget about Z vs bear... Will totally fix that when I get back.


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Match #5 - Zangief vs A Bear
Watched it, and Zangief DO wrestle bears! 8D
And A Bear looks pissed at his loss... GRUDGE REMATCH HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


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Recording will start in approximately 20 minutes.

PSVita videos are capped at 30 mins in length, so the first round at the very least may be a 2-or-3 parter.

Stay tuned.

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So....um, I'm an hour and a half in, only 2/3rds of the way through the opening round and I've already used just over half of my DropBox space.

This thing ain't gonna fit, is what I'm saying.

Sorry everyone. Seems I vastly underestimated the filesizes on the videos....  '>.>

Suppose I could upload individual rounds once every couple days, but....

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D:
... There has to be an alternate upload site! D:


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Right, having evaluated my options, Im'ma post the opening round (the first 16 matches) sometime next week, with the rest of the tournament following in subsequent weeks.


Thanks for your patience :D

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Finally the carnage! owob


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OR not. I took a recording break partway through to attend to real-life obligations, and, well, it seems the "Suspend Tournament" option only sticks for as long as the game is powered on.

I'm thinking 32 entries may have been a little overambitious. Might re-record and stage an 8 or 16 entry tourney instead.

*mumble, grumble*

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The more you know, I guess...


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OK. New plan.

Instead of a 32-entry tournament, it'll be:

- 4 Over-The-Top-Rope Battle Royals (32 participants total)
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- 1 standard Elimination Battle Royal (The winners of the above).

Sound good?

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So... The 4 has 8 each, which then results in 4 in the 1 to total the 32 to math!?


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Reply #467 on: August 02, 2015, 08:08:59 PM
As some of you might be aware, the "32-man tournament" idea I had crashed and burned when it turned out I couldn't fit the thing into my DropBox.

This is the alternative I came up with.

- 4 Qualifying rounds: These are 8-man Battle Royals where elimination can occur via pinfall, submission, KO or by being thrown from the ring. The winners of these 4 qualifiers were then placed into a 4-man Battle Royal under the same rules, with the winner being crowned the 1st RPM King of Hard Knuckle.

Hopefully, you guys enjoy this. No commentary though, I recorded this when I got back from work earlier today, and I was slurring a little because I'm kinda tired. Sorry.  '>.>

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Oh boy, this should be real fun when I get back... bVd


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[spoiler]Dang! Not one of us qualify (not counting one of our goons, though).[/spoiler]


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Time for some RPM wrestling drama.

*walks out from backstage, audience starts jeering*
[spoiler]I DEMAND A REMATCH! SMOKE DID NOT WIN BY SKILL!!
I, DR WILY II, WAS HUMILIATED WHEN I WAS RINGOUT'D BY SMOKE AND NOT REPLOID SIGMA!!
AILE WANTS A REMATCH TOO!!
ME! AILE! SMOKE! NOT REPLOID SIGMA! NO RINGOUTS! LANDMINES! WINNER BECOMES THE NEW KING OF HARD KNUCKLE!!![/spoiler]

Lol, this is what wrestling is all about. 8D


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I *think* the only way I can have multi-man deathmatches is to do them tag-team style.....

Nevertheless, I will see what I can do. Got work the next few days, but I'll definitely have some free time at the weekend.

Thanks for downloading and watching all of that, by the way. It's nice to know people are still enjoying this thread.  8)

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It's wrestling, what's not to love? 8D


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This just a brief update, I'll be recording and uploading the next match tomorrow.

For those who are curious, the match is the rematch for the KOHN title that DrWilyII requested:

Smoke (defending his KOHN title) vs. DrWilyII vs. Sigma vs. Aile vs. ???

Match is standard elimination style. The only way to secure an elimination is by pinfall or KO. There won't be any controversy here. Hopefully.

Also, for those wondering, the "???" entry is a debuting superstar who signed up earlier today. The only caveat was that I had to promise them a spot in the match before they'd sign the contract. Who is it? Tune in and find out.

I've also decided to *try* and change my commentary style. Less play-by-play and more....anecdotes and talking to the audience, similar to how actual WWE commentary is right now. With the extra benefit that I don't have Vince McMahon yelling in my ear and feeding me lines the whole time. I don't know how well it'll turn out, though. As some of you might be aware, I don't have a lot of confidence and feel like I annoy people anytime I open my mouth for any reason other than discussing my job. I'll do my best to try and keep things entertaining, but....

Anyway, onto the big thing.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION

Looking back through the first few pages of this thread, it was a lot more active back then, and I can't help but feel that it's kinda my fault. Aside from character requests (which, to be honest are practically dead in the water at this point) I haven't really tried to engage you guys/gals/omnicidal sheep gods much when I've been running this.

So.

If anyone has any ideas on what I can do to get people (be it you personally or just people in general) involved in this thread I would love to hear what you have to say. I've seen the community projects on this site (Kobun Madness, the various Comic Jams, etc.) and I hope that some day this could be a similar thing.

For right now, I'd like to ask for ideas and a possible contribution. This thread normally updates on a Monday, and I've been thinking about trying to do full-scale (PPV-style) events every month just like real wrestling companies.

What I'm asking for right now is name ideas for both the Monday "Show" and future PPV events that I could run.

There was one other thing but....

Fire Pro has a logo editor and the ability to create a custom ring. The ring isn't a problem (I intend to use RPM colours for the Ropes/Ringposts/Apron/etc. but at the moment the center of the ring would be bare as I don't have anything to fill it with.

Would any of you like to design a logo for this thread? I could use it as a header for the topic, and *might* even be able to use it as a ring-mat design. I have absolutely no artistic talent myself, and original patterns and designs often elude me.

In order to transfer a picture into the logo maker, I'd need a picture no larger than 128 pixels x 128 pixels (128x128) to work from. I should be able to overlay a 128x128 grid over the picture and then copy it into the logo editor from there.

Thanks for putting up with my rambling one more time. The next time I update will include a video, and I'll say thank you in advance for any ideas you guys can contribute. I really want to get the RPM community involved so everyone can enjoy this in some way.

So, thanks, guys.  :)

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Hmmmm... I have a weird idea for the mat designs.
Mod lock icons. XD

As for names... The Monday show could be RPM Live! (RAW PEOPLE MANHANDLING!) 8D
PPVs... King of Hard Knuckle... RPMash (Summer Slam), Mandhandlemania (Wrestlemania)...


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