The important thing is
not to stop questioning
-Owner Paul Vincent
1999 is SO two
years ago
-ECWF President Joe Pangrazio
I'm not
schizophrenic and neither am I
-ECWF Vice-President Paul Sundberg
People fear what
they don't understand
-Gateway RPG Overseer Chris Redden
I've got only one
question for ya: Do you feel my pain?!?
-EUW Vice-President RTF
A challenge isn't
something that is made easy
-LWO President Paul Vincent
What the eyes see
and the ears here the mind believes
-LWO Vice-President Joe Casanova
I AM VINCE MCMAHON DAMIT,SHOW ME SOME RESPECT
-WWF Presidentt Vince McMahon
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How To Make An E-Fed
Making an e-fed requires so many things, in so many steps, I'll outline
each of them for you |
Step 1 - Getting Ideas |
No e-fed survives if you don't slow down and think things through.
Think of how your roster is going to look. Think of how you are going to run
your e-fed. Think of how many hours a day you're going to put into it, make sure
it's a minimum of two at the start as it doesn't take off. Think of how many cards
you want. Most e-feds have two cards, but less heavy RPers like having one card.
Make sure you think of all the pages you'll need. Go to other sites and see
what they do. Plan PPV names, card names. Make sure everything is in order.
Look at servers, free ones for beginners. Look for ones that you want and
that you think would suit your e-fed the best. |
Step 2 - Page Generation |
Now that you have all your ideas, come up with a site design. There
needs to be a balance between look and speed. And site must look good but have good
load up speed on all pages. Make sure you put all the pages you thought up somewhere
and organize them so that the common person can recognize what each item. Make sure
you have a logo. Make sure you have a place to record updates. Make sure the
design is basic enough for you to understand but still looks impressive. If you
can't make an impressive site that has understandable HTML, go to HTML schools to learn
some or practice. Make sure you generate each page. Make sure you have a
system of rankings set up. Try to use frames, tables, or a combo of each. Make
sure you can update the site fast and do not have to update all pages for each update. |
Step 3 - Getting Members |
Getting members is the hardest part. First you can
use the "hidden member market." An experienced role-player should know
quite a lot of people. Well, contact them. If you have them on AIM or ICQ go
ask them if they are doing anything in e-wrestling. If they say no and want to join
you've got members. But if they say yes and can't join your e-fed, ask them if they
know anyone that you could ask. Once they give you a name you go ask them, this is
called networking. The other way of doing it is the classic way. Go to a chat
room and talk to a person and ask them to join after a long chat. Either way would
be sufficient. Don't spam, most people just delete those e-mails. |
Step 4 - First Card |
Once you have your members make your first card. Make sure each
person gets on the first card. Make sure the first card either has a world title
tournament, or a world title qualifications tournament, or some other form of giving out
the world title. The world title doesn't need to be given out at the first card and
can all lead to a PPV, but you should have world title associated matches. The world title
is your most valued prize and should represent the company, it should be decided fairly
and in the best way you can. A title that changes hands quickly is worthless while
one that oddly changes hands has great value. Make sure you try to contact your
members and set up a chat network either through AIM or ICQ, or maybe even an http://www.egroup.com with e-mail. |
These are all the steps needed to making a successful e-fed.
Running one requires at least two hours a day of time, motivation, e-wrestling
experience, willlingness to learn, and sociability. Seems like a perfect person but
that's what is needed.
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