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Post by Goldash on Nov 9, 2011 1:06:40 GMT -5
As promised, the new video format power rankings, the URWL RoughnessRankings, have officially arrived. The RoughnessRankings aim to give URWL viewers an entirely new and fresh perspective on the characters, angles and stories tearing apart the Unnecessary Roughness Wrestling League.
Like everything we do here at the URWL, the format of the RoughnessRankings is not set. Edition 2, which will take place after the posting of HighStakes, will likely be entirely viewer-and-vote driven if enough interest is gained. I plan to turn these rankings into an entirely interactive feature - enough of my thoughts, it'll be time for YOU to choose just who belongs where. Again, this will only happen if enough viewer response can be generated, so please take the time to respond.
This has the potential to be a feature that can only grow and thrive down the road, and I appreciate all of your input, reactions and suggestions. Thank you, and enjoy!
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Post by DevildrummerX on Nov 9, 2011 1:25:03 GMT -5
Wow man awesome job on these rankings. Its truly amazing to see how far the URWL has come over the years...
In regards to the rankings themselves, I have to say that I agree with Emo being above Akina, in fact I think Akina should have lost the #2 slot because of his injury. Overall I think the rest of the rankings are very accurate in my opinion at least.
Looking very much forward to HighStakes.
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Post by fu on Nov 9, 2011 13:26:37 GMT -5
It is a very small word but all I can really say is wow! ;D
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Post by CHUCKNASTY! ™ on Nov 9, 2011 13:31:01 GMT -5
I have never really followed most CAW leagues outside of the work I do on my own, but god damn, the layout in that video was absolutely beautiful. I stumbled across the youtube video as a friend of mind had liked it, and I was absolutely blown away. What I'd love to know is how long did it take you to put that video package together? Either way, I like it -- it's definitely something that brings more of a sense of realism to the CAW aspect, and I can't wait to see what this evolves into if it's still a fluid and morphing idea.
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Post by Tiago on Nov 9, 2011 14:01:49 GMT -5
Really impressive. It almost seemed like I was watching a 3rd URWL show.
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Post by Goldash on Nov 9, 2011 19:08:49 GMT -5
I have never really followed most CAW leagues outside of the work I do on my own, but god damn, the layout in that video was absolutely beautiful. I stumbled across the youtube video as a friend of mind had liked it, and I was absolutely blown away. What I'd love to know is how long did it take you to put that video package together? Either way, I like it -- it's definitely something that brings more of a sense of realism to the CAW aspect, and I can't wait to see what this evolves into if it's still a fluid and morphing idea. It took just about a week to do everything from concept to uploading, plus the video was originally much longer and boring than it is now. I decided at the last minute to add the highlights in and cut some explanations down, at least to create something to look at instead of a blank screen, so that delayed the show by a few days. Had some technical problems with audio as well (getting used to some new hardware, mostly) and that set things back a few nights as well. Like I've said, this feature should expand. I'd like it to be fully interactive one day if enough people are willing to vote or participate, but we'll see. At least to get some interaction going in the long voids of inactivity we normally seem to go through. |
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Post by draindwf on Nov 9, 2011 19:10:52 GMT -5
Okay guys for any Akina fans out there who think Akina should be ranked number 1 read this message
Excellent Roughness Rankings i agree with most of the rankings and if i may give an opinon on the conterversary with Emo/Akina benig 1 and 2 and here's why. Emo belongs at number 1 cause since Akina is out with a the tibia injury it woulden't make sense to make Akina number 1 since he is on the sidelines cause with if he was number 1 in the rankings AND being injuried at the same time which he is injuried and with him not being able to compete he woulden't be given the chance to prove he's number 1 so in my view Jamie Emo should stay number 1. As long as Akina is out i think he might drop a few spots but i do see several URWL Superstars getting there careers on track guys like Commander Seth Stern when he get's out of the hospital i do hope aswell he get's better and he can show why he is one of the brightest stars in the URWL and Jones&Intero aswell Intero is losing the immidation he needs to do something BIG to get it back. ik i made grammer mistakes but that was my opinon on the roughness rankings and a few of the spots on where certin guys are.
Regards
draindwf
and yes that included other opinons about Commander Stern Jones etc.But read the whole part of my reasons behind the Emo&Akina 1&2 debate and etc
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Post by fu on Nov 10, 2011 15:07:17 GMT -5
OK this kind of confuses me, Spectre is above Chimera in the rankings yet neither have had a match in the youtube era which is what the rankings are based on right? Also can I ask if it was out of ring actions that made him above Chimera, if so how come Cory Jones went down a place? Surely him taking out the undefeated Akina should have been enough for him to maintain his place? Just wondering what the criteria is for the rankings.
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Post by DevildrummerX on Nov 10, 2011 15:43:07 GMT -5
OK this kind of confuses me, Spectre is above Chimera in the rankings yet neither have had a match in the youtube era which is what the rankings are based on right? Also can I ask if it was out of ring actions that made him above Chimera, if so how come Cory Jones went down a place? Surely him taking out the undefeated Akina should have been enough for him to maintain his place? Just wondering what the criteria is for the rankings. Go back and watch the video again, Goldash goes over the criteria before he actually unveils the rankings. |
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Post by fu on Nov 10, 2011 16:09:08 GMT -5
OK this kind of confuses me, Spectre is above Chimera in the rankings yet neither have had a match in the youtube era which is what the rankings are based on right? Also can I ask if it was out of ring actions that made him above Chimera, if so how come Cory Jones went down a place? Surely him taking out the undefeated Akina should have been enough for him to maintain his place? Just wondering what the criteria is for the rankings. Go back and watch the video again, Goldash goes over the criteria before he actually unveils the rankings. That explains Spectre being above Chimera, but didn't really explain why Jones went down despite taking out Akina since that would be a big thing no? Which would probably counteract his loss, or at least in my view it would. |
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Post by DevildrummerX on Nov 10, 2011 16:58:41 GMT -5
Go back and watch the video again, Goldash goes over the criteria before he actually unveils the rankings. That explains Spectre being above Chimera, but didn't really explain why Jones went down despite taking out Akina since that would be a big thing no? Which would probably counteract his loss, or at least in my view it would. Depends on your point of view, in my opinion Jones' attacks on both Akina and Scorpion were cowardly, and were triggered by jealousy and resentment after he lost his chance at the URWL Championship. In other words, they were desperate acts by a desperate man very similar to Stern's actions. He deserved to fall in the rankings. Besides he took out Akina AFTER Akina had just gone to hell with !ntero lets see him do that when he has to face a healthy Akina head on. |
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Post by fu on Nov 10, 2011 17:41:04 GMT -5
That explains Spectre being above Chimera, but didn't really explain why Jones went down despite taking out Akina since that would be a big thing no? Which would probably counteract his loss, or at least in my view it would. Depends on your point of view, in my opinion Jones' attacks on both Akina and Scorpion were cowardly, and were triggered by jealousy and resentment after he lost his chance at the URWL Championship. In other words, they were desperate acts by a desperate man very similar to Stern's actions. He deserved to fall in the rankings. Besides he took out Akina AFTER Akina had just gone to hell with !ntero lets see him do that when he has to face a healthy Akina head on. Cowardly or not it is still a big deal, the difference between Jones and Stern is that Jones' actually made a difference in he injured the "next big thing" whereas Stern interfered and just got his ass beat. Now do I think Jones will end his streak? Nope, I would have preferred !nterogative to end it personally, and who knows he still might. Just with Spectre attacking Kuleshov causing him to appear above Chimera (Not sure why they would actually be on the rankings yet, perhaps I should have asked that lol) it seemed a little inconsistent as Spectre's attack on Kuleshov could be seen as desperate and it took place after Kuleshov's match also. I see your point, but I also saw an inconsistency. |
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Post by kingpin on Nov 10, 2011 18:26:44 GMT -5
Depends on your point of view, in my opinion Jones' attacks on both Akina and Scorpion were cowardly, and were triggered by jealousy and resentment after he lost his chance at the URWL Championship. In other words, they were desperate acts by a desperate man very similar to Stern's actions. He deserved to fall in the rankings. Besides he took out Akina AFTER Akina had just gone to hell with !ntero lets see him do that when he has to face a healthy Akina head on. Cowardly or not it is still a big deal, the difference between Jones and Stern is that Jones' actually made a difference in he injured the "next big thing" whereas Stern interfered and just got his ass beat. Now do I think Jones will end his streak? Nope, I would have preferred !nterogative to end it personally, and who knows he still might. Just with Spectre attacking Kuleshov causing him to appear above Chimera (Not sure why they would actually be on the rankings yet, perhaps I should have asked that lol) it seemed a little inconsistent as Spectre's attack on Kuleshov could be seen as desperate and it took place after Kuleshov's match also. I see your point, but I also saw an inconsistency. Theres a difference. Jones lost and was frustrated. Thats how it is cowardly. Whereas Spectre was making a surprise return. His act typically wouldn't be considered cowardly. He made a statement saying that hes not afraid of the undefeated Kuleshov. Yes, it is a matter of how you percieve it. But typically, companies can get you to see it how they want you to see it. Both Chimera and Spectre are in the rankings because they are on the signed roster. Its not ranking only active wrestlers. After High Stakes, yes, it will be easier to decide where Chimera and Spectre belong. But until then they sit where they belong. |
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Post by fu on Nov 10, 2011 18:52:23 GMT -5
Cowardly or not it is still a big deal, the difference between Jones and Stern is that Jones' actually made a difference in he injured the "next big thing" whereas Stern interfered and just got his ass beat. Now do I think Jones will end his streak? Nope, I would have preferred !nterogative to end it personally, and who knows he still might. Just with Spectre attacking Kuleshov causing him to appear above Chimera (Not sure why they would actually be on the rankings yet, perhaps I should have asked that lol) it seemed a little inconsistent as Spectre's attack on Kuleshov could be seen as desperate and it took place after Kuleshov's match also. I see your point, but I also saw an inconsistency. Theres a difference. Jones lost and was frustrated. Thats how it is cowardly. Whereas Spectre was making a surprise return. His act typically wouldn't be considered cowardly. He made a statement saying that hes not afraid of the undefeated Kuleshov. Yes, it is a matter of how you percieve it. But typically, companies can get you to see it how they want you to see it. Both Chimera and Spectre are in the rankings because they are on the signed roster. Its not ranking only active wrestlers. After High Stakes, yes, it will be easier to decide where Chimera and Spectre belong. But until then they sit where they belong. Never said Spectre's was cowardly and I agree that Jones' was, I just said that Spectre's could be seen as desperate too, as in desperate to make an impact which he did. Could argue that a face attacking a heel making it a boost, and a heel attacking a face makes it a negative. Though to me it is unusual to rank competitors that haven't competed, perhaps I am alone in this thinking. At least this isn't like the TNA rankings they had, or may still have where it was public vote, yet the committee still picked the challenger lol. |
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Post by se7ensins8g on Nov 12, 2011 0:20:36 GMT -5
That video layout made me orgasm, did you use Adobe After Effects to do that?
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Post by fu on Nov 12, 2011 6:13:20 GMT -5
I think he did use After Effects for it, photoshop too. I want to say he might have used another program for part of it also.
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Post by Goldash on Nov 12, 2011 8:14:26 GMT -5
Yep, Jay's correct. Photoshop for the designs, AE for the animations, but also Premiere to edit the packages (and the entire video) together and Logic Studio to record audio. Sound effects were obtained via a royalty-free online database that my alma mater (former college) provides.
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Post by se7ensins8g on Nov 12, 2011 12:20:43 GMT -5
Yep, Jay's correct. Photoshop for the designs, AE for the animations, but also Premiere to edit the packages (and the entire video) together and Logic Studio to record audio. Sound effects were obtained via a royalty-free online database that my alma mater (former college) provides. The only things you did in PS were the headshots of the caws and the text/highlighting the boxes am I correct? The moving background, if you did that in PS, seems like it would take a hell of a long time to do. |
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Post by Goldash on Nov 12, 2011 13:23:05 GMT -5
The only things you did in PS were the headshots of the caws and the text/highlighting the boxes am I correct? The moving background, if you did that in PS, seems like it would take a hell of a long time to do. I actually cut out the headshots in After Effects as its chroma keying feature tends to beat out what I could previously do in Photoshop. General layout was done in PS. Motion background was made from scratch in After Effects after numerous creative blocks, lol. It's quite tough making the clips instead of finding them, which I did at one point for the show. |
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Post by se7ensins8g on Nov 12, 2011 15:54:39 GMT -5
The only things you did in PS were the headshots of the caws and the text/highlighting the boxes am I correct? The moving background, if you did that in PS, seems like it would take a hell of a long time to do. I actually cut out the headshots in After Effects as its chroma keying feature tends to beat out what I could previously do in Photoshop. General layout was done in PS. Motion background was made from scratch in After Effects after numerous creative blocks, lol. It's quite tough making the clips instead of finding them, which I did at one point for the show. Aaah, ok. I wish I had After Effects, did you buy yours or torrent it? |
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