Post by Papi El Sueno on Oct 6, 2013 23:39:21 GMT -5
Alright everybody,
I want to start things off by apologizing that this... this is the end of the line.
This is something I have been trying to prevent myself from doing for a few months now, fighting myself from making the decision, but to be honest with you all, my mind and my heart just isn't into it and as a result, I'm just not as committed as I used to be (and need to be) in order to make this fed be as phenomenal as it should be, and has been. But last night when I sat at my computer staring at the screen as I struggle mightily to even write a segment I needed to get done for this PPV - I came to the realization that I just can no longer commit the time, dedication and focus that comes with being the head person in charge here at Premium Championship Wrestling and therefore, I have to pull the plug and close this place down.
Bringing this place back in May of last year, I never envisioned how big it would become, how much press we would get and the amount of good things that came with it. Admittedly we had some speed bumps along the way and situations that looking back, were really horrible and were of bad taste (not going to elaborate any further), but I think the ultimate goal of just having fun and doing what we do was met.
Although I had experience of staff duties prior to the formation of PCW in 2010 with a brief run of fed heading in the very first fed I took part of - I never really thought I was capable of doing it once more and I always found it hard to just walk away from the game entirely - but I enjoyed most of what this fed brought to the table for its deep rooted history of the last three and a half years. Seeing the joy, enthusiasm and hard work the men and women who competed here put into their RP's, characters, angles and etc, was phenomenal to see and ultimately, that was the reason why this fed lasted as long as it did.
The decision to pull the plug on PCW has been something I have thought about for a while now, yet I held back from it because there is some generally awesome shit that can still be done here, and there are some storylines that I wanted to see through and I still had one or two goals left for this fed after recently accomplishing one I had wanted to accomplish for a long time (that was to last longer than the CWF's latest stint which we did). But just handling everything is becoming a bit much for me to handle considering how real life has been kicking me in the ass over the last month and a half with my job, my son starting school again and being a family man. And even with the additions to the match-writing team, I still am struggling and I don't see it stopping anytime soon.
While contemplating this, I had thought of "just get Anarchy posted, switch Rapture to summary style and have every PPV/Wrestle Extravaganza show be in full detail" - but as I thought more about it, not only would it not be fair to the talent who work their asses off every single round, but I'd still struggle to even get around to writing results, and like the first time around, I'd rather shut it down now while we are on top, than continuing and let the fed decline due to my own inefficiencies. Maybe later down the line, I'd run PCW much in the same way as Pride, JPW and CCP are ran in the BTB section (only to implement what was planned in some cases just to be fair to a few people), but I don't really want to go down that option one bit. I know for a fact that I'm not going to be running a fed full time in the way that PCW was ran ever again. I stated that a while back and I'm sticking to that stance. I won't rule out a return to e-fedding at all as an RP'er when that time comes (it won't be anytime soon), but after Anarchy, I'll officially be done with the fed heading/staff side of things.
However, at the same point, I do want this community to stay together, one way or another (whether its continuing to use the PCW forum or creating an OOC based forum), because this is a damn good community full of people, and I love the hell out of you guys and girls that are here. I truly mean that and you all have been a blast to work with. I have enjoyed working with all of you and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the commitment and the time you all have taken to RP and make PCW as special as it was.
IF by chance any of you want to stay in touch with me, I will be on Twitter (my accounts are in the Twitter thread but if you want my OOC one, I'll give that to you as well), or my Facebook (I'll give the link out on request even though most of you already have it, but I'll be on it a little more often through my phone). Either option is cool with me (plus knowing my crazy ass, we'd likely do a one night reunion show someday so it'd be awesome and stuff).
As for the plan. No doubt I want to get Anarchy up. I feel we deserve PCW to have its second and final stint to go out in a bloody, bloody way like we only can, much like we did the first time around (I have figured out how PCW would end in-character, just depends on the result of a match). Naturally I want to get it up on time but I'm not going to guarantee that (I know it will be up at least). And after that, we do the Night of Heroes show and that can be the big bang for celebrating everything that was great about PCW (we can have our emotional farewell there).
Before I end this thread, I would like to say thank you to everybody who was apart of this journey. Whether you were on staff, RP'ing and etc, it was a joy to have each and every one of you, past and present and those who were here the first time or began in this current run. You all got that special place to me and the memories we made... certainly won't be forgotten. To those that never got to be here for the journey or were just starting it... I apologize to you for not getting that chance/and for it being brief. Hope all of this can be understood either way.
That's all I have to say really. Trying not to get too emotional and all. Replies are welcome, but be kind in the thread and no throwing things at all.
- James
I want to start things off by apologizing that this... this is the end of the line.
This is something I have been trying to prevent myself from doing for a few months now, fighting myself from making the decision, but to be honest with you all, my mind and my heart just isn't into it and as a result, I'm just not as committed as I used to be (and need to be) in order to make this fed be as phenomenal as it should be, and has been. But last night when I sat at my computer staring at the screen as I struggle mightily to even write a segment I needed to get done for this PPV - I came to the realization that I just can no longer commit the time, dedication and focus that comes with being the head person in charge here at Premium Championship Wrestling and therefore, I have to pull the plug and close this place down.
Bringing this place back in May of last year, I never envisioned how big it would become, how much press we would get and the amount of good things that came with it. Admittedly we had some speed bumps along the way and situations that looking back, were really horrible and were of bad taste (not going to elaborate any further), but I think the ultimate goal of just having fun and doing what we do was met.
Although I had experience of staff duties prior to the formation of PCW in 2010 with a brief run of fed heading in the very first fed I took part of - I never really thought I was capable of doing it once more and I always found it hard to just walk away from the game entirely - but I enjoyed most of what this fed brought to the table for its deep rooted history of the last three and a half years. Seeing the joy, enthusiasm and hard work the men and women who competed here put into their RP's, characters, angles and etc, was phenomenal to see and ultimately, that was the reason why this fed lasted as long as it did.
The decision to pull the plug on PCW has been something I have thought about for a while now, yet I held back from it because there is some generally awesome shit that can still be done here, and there are some storylines that I wanted to see through and I still had one or two goals left for this fed after recently accomplishing one I had wanted to accomplish for a long time (that was to last longer than the CWF's latest stint which we did). But just handling everything is becoming a bit much for me to handle considering how real life has been kicking me in the ass over the last month and a half with my job, my son starting school again and being a family man. And even with the additions to the match-writing team, I still am struggling and I don't see it stopping anytime soon.
While contemplating this, I had thought of "just get Anarchy posted, switch Rapture to summary style and have every PPV/Wrestle Extravaganza show be in full detail" - but as I thought more about it, not only would it not be fair to the talent who work their asses off every single round, but I'd still struggle to even get around to writing results, and like the first time around, I'd rather shut it down now while we are on top, than continuing and let the fed decline due to my own inefficiencies. Maybe later down the line, I'd run PCW much in the same way as Pride, JPW and CCP are ran in the BTB section (only to implement what was planned in some cases just to be fair to a few people), but I don't really want to go down that option one bit. I know for a fact that I'm not going to be running a fed full time in the way that PCW was ran ever again. I stated that a while back and I'm sticking to that stance. I won't rule out a return to e-fedding at all as an RP'er when that time comes (it won't be anytime soon), but after Anarchy, I'll officially be done with the fed heading/staff side of things.
However, at the same point, I do want this community to stay together, one way or another (whether its continuing to use the PCW forum or creating an OOC based forum), because this is a damn good community full of people, and I love the hell out of you guys and girls that are here. I truly mean that and you all have been a blast to work with. I have enjoyed working with all of you and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the commitment and the time you all have taken to RP and make PCW as special as it was.
IF by chance any of you want to stay in touch with me, I will be on Twitter (my accounts are in the Twitter thread but if you want my OOC one, I'll give that to you as well), or my Facebook (I'll give the link out on request even though most of you already have it, but I'll be on it a little more often through my phone). Either option is cool with me (plus knowing my crazy ass, we'd likely do a one night reunion show someday so it'd be awesome and stuff).
As for the plan. No doubt I want to get Anarchy up. I feel we deserve PCW to have its second and final stint to go out in a bloody, bloody way like we only can, much like we did the first time around (I have figured out how PCW would end in-character, just depends on the result of a match). Naturally I want to get it up on time but I'm not going to guarantee that (I know it will be up at least). And after that, we do the Night of Heroes show and that can be the big bang for celebrating everything that was great about PCW (we can have our emotional farewell there).
Before I end this thread, I would like to say thank you to everybody who was apart of this journey. Whether you were on staff, RP'ing and etc, it was a joy to have each and every one of you, past and present and those who were here the first time or began in this current run. You all got that special place to me and the memories we made... certainly won't be forgotten. To those that never got to be here for the journey or were just starting it... I apologize to you for not getting that chance/and for it being brief. Hope all of this can be understood either way.
That's all I have to say really. Trying not to get too emotional and all. Replies are welcome, but be kind in the thread and no throwing things at all.
- James
