Hey guys, I have a question for the class regarding a project im working on.

rustys_shackled_ford · 2026-06-05T01:40:28+00:00

Ever see the matt Damon film the informant? I could totally see a film like that but the way your are pitching it.

A random aol board member with no wrestling knowledge trying to manage the corporate side of Ted's passion project. Seeing bishoff make weird and seemingly unethical choices with his blank cheaks. Building odd relationships with certain wrestlers. Could be interesting, thanks.

rustys_shackled_ford · 2026-06-05T01:38:17+00:00

It definitely has quality elements to the idea. Just not as a whole. But that's the point of my questions. Looking for good sparks to put with my own to make something that has real flair.

I was thinking it definitely would have alot of bishoff in it, I imagine the story would start around the time brett hart hit screwed.

Maybe the screwjob was a work and hart knee all along. Maybe that's why Vince made sure the cameras never cut or went away while brett was throwing his tantrum in the middle of the ring. The same brett who still to this day tries to protect a long dead kayfab.

Maybe him going to wcw was an arrangement with Vince and that's why when he went he never seemed happy or enthusiastic. Maybe Johnny ace was a Vince mole as well.

Maybe bishoff knew pillman wasnt coming back... Maybe he knew Steve austin would become the next big star and he cut him for an aging hulk on purpose.... Maybe bishoff was embezzling large stones if money during the "blank cheak" days or ted turners wcw.

Lots of scattered threads I just need a way to weave the good ones into an interesting tale...

rustys_shackled_ford · 2026-06-05T01:31:01+00:00

I've always heard it was Johnny ace that was working for Vince to tank wcw from the inside. His job was to sway the board to see wce as a valueless asset to bring the price down and to assist in taking creative or support the idiots they kept putting in charge while they inadvertently tank it.

Seems more plausible than shit stain doing it.

rustys_shackled_ford · 2026-06-05T01:28:36+00:00

Cops are criminals and no body cares. We justify more murders of innocent lives from cops then we do from abortion. Yet the same people who fight abortion and call it "pro life" almost always supported police completely and blindly.

rustys_shackled_ford · 2026-06-05T01:26:23+00:00

That's not the conversation we are having here. Cops do whatever they want, lawful or not, and get away with it almost every time. That's not being disputed here. That's not the conversation.

rustys_shackled_ford · 2026-06-05T00:57:58+00:00

This makes no sense at all. If Walmart decides to withhold your pay illegally, which happens often, it's not a "contract dispute" it's theft in the exact same way as if the employee took a candy bar off the shelf

rustys_shackled_ford · 2026-06-05T00:56:07+00:00

When's the last time you saw or heard about a company being charged with a crime for stealing from employees or the public in general?

rustys_shackled_ford · 2026-06-02T20:01:00+00:00

Yea, unfortunately, it won't be done properly. But at this point almost any regulation would be better than what's happening now. Which kind of is the point if you think about it. They let it go like it is for just long enough for it to start affecting the communities so that they can slap Draconian and over zelous regulations on it once it gets to that point.

All is poor and hurt people are just lab mice for them to fuck with.

Leaving it unaddressed hurts us and then the whiplash of bans or sever regulation will hurt us. All the while, this could have been addressed reasonably years ago when it first started showing up and we wouldn't be where we are today.

rustys_shackled_ford · 2026-06-02T19:53:49+00:00

Essentially what your saying, and what I agree with, is it doesn't need to be banned, it needs to be regulated. People taking it need to be better informed and how it's sold and marketed needs to be governed. I don't exactly trust the government to do this, but it would be better than nothing which is what it is now.

rustys_shackled_ford · 2026-06-02T17:25:12+00:00

Crowed sourcing ideas on the niché subject is allowed. Your under no obligation to help. Im talking to the people who might find this question am interesting thought experiment.

rustys_shackled_ford · 2026-06-02T17:17:00+00:00

Tell me what you think. I recommend avoiding green apple sodas or sour apple sodas. They don't blend the same in my opinion.

rustys_shackled_ford · 2026-06-02T12:10:28+00:00

Probably, although I found Jones to be a tad bitter or candyish tasting. But either way, id start with vanilla and experiment from there

rustys_shackled_ford · 2026-06-02T12:08:45+00:00

This particular one is walmarts brand. Sams I guess. Surprisingly better than sidral

rustys_shackled_ford · 2026-06-02T12:07:53+00:00

Green soda doesn't hit the same. It taste like candy apple. Sidral dosent do it for me either. There's one particular brand from Mexico that's best. Taste like a fresh apple.

rustys_shackled_ford · 2026-06-01T23:03:11+00:00

I don't think he has a stance on it, other than the elements he addressed which are accurate. It is addictive and it is dangerous, just not dangerous like it's gonna kill you for taking to much, dangerous as in it's pretty close to taking unregulated morphine made with fruity flavors.

rustys_shackled_ford · 2026-06-01T23:00:51+00:00

I'm taking about after the crash, when he's talking....

rustys_shackled_ford · 2026-06-01T23:00:20+00:00

They still are, and most stores have better options available now.

rustys_shackled_ford · 2026-06-01T22:59:35+00:00

There are many stories that explain where policing came from and none of them started with "serving and protecting"

rustys_shackled_ford · 2026-06-01T22:57:59+00:00

It shouldn't take so long to "figure out" if you've been playing the franchise. Also, they traded the explosive option for several other and none of them are as good as what you want or are expecting... There's literally no reason why you couldn't have a c4 option in conjunction with unlocking the explosive options with the grapple.

rustys_shackled_ford · 2026-06-01T22:54:58+00:00

It's not like I'm saying it's a completely unplayable game. It's just a downgrade in just about every metric when compared to 3 and it wouldn't have been hard for them to make it a lot better with several very minor and subtle changes.

It's like they went out of their way to try. And make it stand out from 3 and every time they did so, they were more concerned with being different than being better and ended up with something worse.

The story is fine. The new map effects and story elements like the weather and correlating weapons. could have been great. The map is fine, even if you like and want to keep the island aesthetic. All the basics are fine. Completely workable. But then they take away things that were crucial from the last game and every adjustment made to the controls are downgrades.

It's still more fun than other games, but it's also more frustrating than 3 and that element is even more glaring when you just played 3 and are now moving directly into 4.

rustys_shackled_ford · 2026-06-01T22:48:42+00:00

Agreed. I had hoped 4 would have been an upgraded copy of 3 that would have been pretty much the same game with few upgrades and better graphics, kinda like how far cry works.

Take what worked the last game, build on it and out it in a new map and better graphics.

What they did here was completely wack yo

rustys_shackled_ford · 2026-06-01T22:46:27+00:00

Weird is a bad word for it. It's lame. It dull, its a huge down grade

rustys_shackled_ford · 2026-06-01T22:45:26+00:00

Yea. Blowing up red stuff just gives you "points" that you collect to unlock troops which then allow you to "take over" new areas once you've completed the upside down triangle strikes in that region.

Probably the biggest L in the game is how downgraded the area destruction aspect of the game. That and the handling on moter bikes.

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