Post by AntDaGamer on Sept 9, 2010 17:07:22 GMT -5
Source
His Blog: headlocks4breakfast.blogspot.com/2010/09/concerning-roster.html
Twitter :http://twitter.com/stephensonmc
Concerning the Roster...
I would first like to thank all of you for making our WWE SmackDown vs RAW 2011 Roster Reveal event, a true web EVENT! The hype felt like it was at an all-time high, and in my opinion, the roster didn't disappoint. Why is that, you ask? Well, if the worst thing that you guys could say about our roster was that we didn't have Superstars who were released by the WWE in it, then I would see we are off to one heck of a start!
Now, a few things:
1.) Daniel Bryan - When NXT Season 1 started off, we (and you guys) had no idea how long it would last. Ratings were not tearing the roof off, and because we have a timeline of things to work on (making an annual title), we had to make a call on who we thought would be the top guys coming from season 1. Of course Daniel Bryan made that list, but when he was released, we did not know what was going on, and we of course had to drop him from DLC Pack 2. DLC Pack 2 was always going to be with the NXT guys, there was no chance we could have gotten them on the shipped game roster because of timelines we're up against. You guys think we have an entire year to make a game, but it's not close to that -- trust me.
2.) Nexus - Did you think that the Superstars in Season 1 would form a rebel group, and become the biggest thing in Sports Entertainment in the past 5 years? No, and neither did we - that's what made it WORK. The WWE keeps these very close to their chest, and a big thing like Nexus does not come close to the unification of the tag titles (not even in the same conversation).
3.) Released WWE Superstars - We did not announce these guys at the Roster Reveal, because they weren't a part of the WWE anymore. We do have some of the Superstars, so please stay tuned via our official website for more information.
4.) Batista - he's in the game, and he has his "spotlight entrance."
5.) Tiffany - she's in the game, but as a non-playable character
6.) Assumptions - It is totally our fault for not communicating to you guys that we had more Superstars to reveal at a later date. I apologize for that, because I did not know until that day. But please don't assume that "your guy" is not on our roster until we reveal everyone. There is no reason at all to see the threads: "THQ Failed again," or "Roster Sucks." That's pretty premature, and I can assure you that our roster is one of the most up to date we've ever had.
7.) Shad's Alternate Attire (ACTUAL ATTIRE) - I constantly hear from you guys, that you want our game to be as up to date as possible. So JTG and SHAD split, and SHAD comes out with his new white attire. We've already created Shad, we didn't know they were going to split, so instead of keeping him in his CT attire, we make him in his whites. Obviously this was past our deadline, and that's why we decided to put him in DLC. I see some people say that other superstars should get alternate attire before SHAD. I would completely agree if Shad were up to date to begin with, but he wasn't.
Now that the Roster Reveal talk is over, I wanted to let you guys know that I'll be on the CAWs.ws podcast later tonight, and then tomorrow -- on the GamingRing.com GR8 podcast. I'll try to have the game pulled up, so I can answer questions in much greater detail.
His Blog: headlocks4breakfast.blogspot.com/2010/09/concerning-roster.html
Twitter :http://twitter.com/stephensonmc
Concerning the Roster...
I would first like to thank all of you for making our WWE SmackDown vs RAW 2011 Roster Reveal event, a true web EVENT! The hype felt like it was at an all-time high, and in my opinion, the roster didn't disappoint. Why is that, you ask? Well, if the worst thing that you guys could say about our roster was that we didn't have Superstars who were released by the WWE in it, then I would see we are off to one heck of a start!
Now, a few things:
1.) Daniel Bryan - When NXT Season 1 started off, we (and you guys) had no idea how long it would last. Ratings were not tearing the roof off, and because we have a timeline of things to work on (making an annual title), we had to make a call on who we thought would be the top guys coming from season 1. Of course Daniel Bryan made that list, but when he was released, we did not know what was going on, and we of course had to drop him from DLC Pack 2. DLC Pack 2 was always going to be with the NXT guys, there was no chance we could have gotten them on the shipped game roster because of timelines we're up against. You guys think we have an entire year to make a game, but it's not close to that -- trust me.
2.) Nexus - Did you think that the Superstars in Season 1 would form a rebel group, and become the biggest thing in Sports Entertainment in the past 5 years? No, and neither did we - that's what made it WORK. The WWE keeps these very close to their chest, and a big thing like Nexus does not come close to the unification of the tag titles (not even in the same conversation).
3.) Released WWE Superstars - We did not announce these guys at the Roster Reveal, because they weren't a part of the WWE anymore. We do have some of the Superstars, so please stay tuned via our official website for more information.
4.) Batista - he's in the game, and he has his "spotlight entrance."
5.) Tiffany - she's in the game, but as a non-playable character
6.) Assumptions - It is totally our fault for not communicating to you guys that we had more Superstars to reveal at a later date. I apologize for that, because I did not know until that day. But please don't assume that "your guy" is not on our roster until we reveal everyone. There is no reason at all to see the threads: "THQ Failed again," or "Roster Sucks." That's pretty premature, and I can assure you that our roster is one of the most up to date we've ever had.
7.) Shad's Alternate Attire (ACTUAL ATTIRE) - I constantly hear from you guys, that you want our game to be as up to date as possible. So JTG and SHAD split, and SHAD comes out with his new white attire. We've already created Shad, we didn't know they were going to split, so instead of keeping him in his CT attire, we make him in his whites. Obviously this was past our deadline, and that's why we decided to put him in DLC. I see some people say that other superstars should get alternate attire before SHAD. I would completely agree if Shad were up to date to begin with, but he wasn't.
Now that the Roster Reveal talk is over, I wanted to let you guys know that I'll be on the CAWs.ws podcast later tonight, and then tomorrow -- on the GamingRing.com GR8 podcast. I'll try to have the game pulled up, so I can answer questions in much greater detail.
