November 7, 20177 yr comment_5819148 Literally the first thing I bought off the internet was a two tape Best of '89 set I got in '96. It had the Flair/Steamboat series, Flair/Funk I Quit, a Rockers/Brainbusters SNME match, and some Maeda/Takada and Jumbo/Tenryu stuff I didn't really appreciate at the time. Not bad for $20.
November 7, 20177 yr Author comment_5819150 Literally the first thing I bought off the internet was a two tape Best of '89 set I got in '96. It had the Flair/Steamboat series, Flair/Funk I Quit, a Rockers/Brainbusters SNME match, and some Maeda/Takada and Jumbo/Tenryu stuff I didn't really appreciate at the time. Not bad for $20. I love the Flair/Funk feud and I will always argue that the GAB match is better than the I Quit match... and that they should have kept the I Quit match until Starrcade and if they would have, it may get the bump from me. Isn't the rumor that Arn Anderson got hurt in one of the early Rocker/Brainbusters matches? I also think that the Busters vs Rockers should have happened at WM 5 while Martel/Tito should have gone against the Twin Towers. Then we would have had an amazing match and then also set up Slick to get Martel in that situation.
November 7, 20177 yr comment_5819153 How many times have Arn & Tully legit faced the Rockers back then? They were almost booked against each other on every card at one point.
November 8, 20177 yr comment_5819160 If Wrestlingdata is accurate, 67 times from October '88 to March '89, not counting Survivor Series or Royal Rumble. Mid January to March is virtually every other night.
November 8, 20177 yr Author comment_5819171 Yeah... I'm almost tempted to go 6 hours for the remaining rounds...
November 8, 20177 yr comment_5819173 I'm guessing blehschmidt doesn't even know the draft started yet. He was on this afternoon and left without doing anything here. Hopefully once Round 1 is done everyone will get into a groove, but we probably just need to get in the habit of PM'ing whomever follows us unless we see them lurking in the forum.
November 8, 20177 yr comment_5819176 Here's a kind of extreme suggestion: If anyone fails to check in here within 48 hours of the project start time (i.e. 8 am EST) we bounce them from this project.
November 8, 20177 yr comment_5819178 Just waiting on my turn, folks. As are we all. Good to know you are paying attention.
November 8, 20177 yr comment_5819180 Here's a kind of extreme suggestion: If anyone fails to check in here within 48 hours of the project start time (i.e. 8 am EST) we bounce them from this project. It would suck to lose anyone, but I think this is fair. 48 hours is a long time to not have checked in.
November 8, 20177 yr comment_5819182 Im not picking where my show is until after the 2nd or 3rd round. Ive got Flair which means I can run a show in the South, the Midwest, the west coast, Japan, The Mid Atlantic, Texas, etc. I can go pretty much anywhere but the Northeast. So If possible Im waiting to pick my shoes location based on my roster if thats ok.
November 8, 20177 yr comment_5819184 And the lesson is don't institute 24 hour turns if you're not willing to wait 24 hours.
November 8, 20177 yr Author comment_5819185 And the lesson is don't institute 24 hour turns if you're not willing to wait 24 hours. True patience is a virtue but I want to keep the many happy and going as this thing could have legs but 35 rounds at this rate will be tough. I'm good on the 12 for round 2-10 and then cut it to 6 for the remaining. Just wanna keep it moving
November 8, 20177 yr comment_5819192 Another thing I'd suggest for future rounds - if you think you won't be able to check in when your turn comes around, maybe PM your pick to whoever comes after you in the draft order, so they can post for you and then make their own pick.
November 8, 20177 yr Author comment_5819193 Yeah I know I've got one proxy list. I'm willing to do more if need be to help out. I'm lucky enough to have pretty good access to the board consistently
November 8, 20177 yr comment_5819194 Where we goofed was not sending a pm during the weekend to make sure everyone knew we were starting on Monday morning. But once we get through the first round I'm hoping it'll pick up, since everybody should be aware and on notice then.
November 8, 20177 yr comment_5819195 When we did the 1995 draft, whenever someone picked, they would include in the post whoever else was next up. That seemed like a pretty good system.
November 8, 20177 yr Author comment_5819257 We've got about an hour on the limit left then we'll keep moving. Bleh can make his pick when he gets back on.
November 8, 20177 yr comment_5819272 My apologies to everyone, I absolutely didn't realize this had started. I usually access the site on my cell phone and the PM notifications are kind of hidden. I am gonna head into the draft thread now and will have a pick in a couple minutes. I will also take Pittsburgh for my show location if it's available.
November 8, 20177 yr Author comment_5819274 Not a problem, we are going to move to 12 hours a round after round 1, but since you have round 2 already picked you're good.
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