Name My Game!!

[Matt Gwinn]

Well, I just found out that the name for my wrestling game Kayfabe has already been used for a recently published trade paperback.

Now I have to come up with a new name and I have no clue where to start and was hopeing you could all throw some suggestions at me.

In case you don't know already, my game is about professional wrestling and deals a lot with the behind the scenes aspect of the industry and the advancement of a starting promotion and it's wrestlers.

there are a few other treads about it floating around if you want to know more.

[unodiablo]

Tossin' & Squirmin'
Let the Bodies Hit the Floor
Turnbuckle: The Wrasslin'
Into The Fray
Pugilistic Power Play
Meatheads Go Melee!

Hmm, most of those are rather silly... Not that I knew how to pronounce Kayfabe anyways! I kinda like Into The Fray...

Sean

[Paul Czege]

As the Buckle Turns

[JSDiamond]

Okay here are a few.

1. Raw Power
2. The Mill
3. The Hero Factory
4. Paper Tigers (Belts of Gold)

[Galfraxas]

Here's my one cent:

1. Painfully Fake: Roleplaying Wrestling From The Inside


Galfraxas (Tim)

[Mike Holmes]

On 2001-10-22 13:49, JSDiamond wrote:

4. Paper Tigers (Belts of Gold)

I like that one.

Mike

[Jack Spencer Jr]

oops.  wrong button.  post below

[ This Message was edited by: pblock on 2001-10-23 12:47 ]

[Jack Spencer Jr]

On 2001-10-23 00:09, pblock wrote:
I like Turnbuckle.  It's simple.  It's a fun word to say.  It's especially fun to say just before you clean someone's clock.

"Turnbuckle!" I shout.  And then I knock them out.

It's tough to come up with a name that is not already trademarked by the pro-wrestling industry  (Jacked, Hardcore)

Hoped that's  some help.

I really like Turnbuckle.

"TURNBUCKLE!"  < smack >  < thud >

(BTW  What is a turnbuckle?)

[unodiablo]

A Turnbuckle is the thingy that attaches to each corner of the ring ropes and is then padded so you can smack an opponents dome into it without tearing his face off. :smile: It keeps the ropes taut and away from the infmaous Steel Posts as well.

[Jack Spencer Jr]

Really?  That's a dopey name for a game.

Could be worse.  Could be Fingernails: The Biting

[Mike Holmes]

WFCW

World Federation of Championship Wrestling

Or some other name for the fictitious organization.

Mike

[Jack Spencer Jr]

I like that direction, Mike.  I like it honey bunches of oats!

Let's see.

The word "world" or a word with a similar meaning usually figures into it, even if the organization doesn't go outside Des Moines.  (Intercontinental, International, Global)

And organization tag is often included to add a sense of being bonefide.  I mean, it's a "federation"  That's heavy stuff.  Not just a buch of guys in silly outfits beating the snot out of each other.

"Wrestling" is often used, but there are probably a few synonyms that can be used instead.

A buzzword can enter into it like "extreme" or "hardcore"  but these things are silly.  Eh, screw it.  We are talking about pro-wrestling.  Silly is oft unavoidable.


I suppose you could make a chart that would make a random name for a wrestling organization out of this.

[Mike Holmes]

Global Association of Grapplers

GAG

[unheilig]

phew!
no offense, but I HATED kayfabe!

keep in mind, you want wresting fans to pick this up...

hmm.

how about...

The Ring
Canvas Warriors
Pay-Per-View Legends

I'll try to think of more.

unheilig.

[Matt Gwinn]

Well, nothing has struck my fancy yet.

I was thinking "Lord or the Rings", but I think that may be taken :smile:  maybe "Lords of the Ring"

Here are a couple I came up with.  Let me know if anything strikes your fancy.

"Promotion"
"Inside Angle"
"I Wrestler"
"Pay Per View"
"Independents"
"S.E. - Sports Entertainment"
"Masks of Muscle"
"Can't Play Football"
"Three Count"
"Pin Fall"
"Worker"
"Working Warriors"
"Work Rate"

Well, that's all I can come up with for now.  Most of those are pretty silly, but maybe they will spark more ideas.

,Matt

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[ This Message was edited by: Eloran on 2001-10-24 14:07 ]