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JohnnyBench · 03-15-2004, 02:32 AM

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GCB RING RAP - ISSUE # 2

IV. TITLES and RULES THAT APPLY:
These are the qualifications for both World and Regional Title matches:
TITLE SHOTS will be given to the highest fighter in the current rankings if they…
A) Have been undefeated in their last 5 bouts.
B) Are currently rated in the TOP TEN.
C) Have not already received a title shot within the last calendar year.
D) Must have had at least 15 professional bouts.

The following exceptions will exist to the above.
A) Any fighter, either champion or contender, who loses their championship bout by either split or majority decision or has their bout declared a draw receives an automatic rematch with the current champion.
B) Every year on the Club Circuit and the Trialhorse Circuit a “Shot of a Lifetime” Tournament will take place. The winner of that tournament will get the “Shot of a Lifetime” and be given a shot at a title!
C) Every so often an ageing fighter may receive a special “come back” shot at a title.

TITLE DEFENSES:
Every Champion must defend his title twice (2) a year with at least one of the defenses being against a TOP FIVE contender.
One thing to note: A regional Champ can fight for the World Title, but he must VACATE his regional title first! Is it worth it? It’s either all or nothing!

V. AGEING FORMULA:
Of course, we want the GCB to resemble real life boxing in the fact that history is made, history is kept, but the future rolls on. In order to do this, we are using a very simple ageing formula to move boxers through their careers. As you know there is no perfect way to do this. After researching the ageing procedures that others with this game use, we have come up with yet another imperfect, but good for us, way to age our fighters.
We have decided to allow actual age help guide us in the ageing of our fighters. When the fighters were created for this fictional boxing universe they were given Birth Years (day and month not as important to us) that would resemble the birth years of those who would be fighting in the year 1900, which is our Organizational starting date. These birth years were absolutely random. We did not look at skill ratings at all. We just assigned a birth year to each fighter. This means that as the GCB starts up there will be fighters of different ages entering in to the competition. Which would be realistic if a new organization started up.
For the first set of fighters that begin their career in 1900, they were all set to a “Prime” career stage regardless of their age. They will age and have their career stages change as the years roll by! Before long our ageing formula will have a great effect on them. We’ll cover that in a moment.
As the years roll on, New Fighters will be added to the GCB. The actual age of the fighter will help us determine what career stage to set for the fighter. This is because, even though a new fighter that enters the GCB may have an in game Overall Rating of an “8” he is not performing at that skill until he is at his “Prime” career stage.

This is our imperfect, yet workable Ageing Formula:

First for New fighters coming in as the years unfold..
Every New Fighter will enter into the GCB at the age of 20 (determined by his random birth year) and will have a “Beginner” career stage setting. He will fight at that level for two calendar years. During this “Beginner” stage the fighter, regardless of his “Overall Rating (skill level)”, will only fight fighters that are in the Trial Horse level (1&2 Overall Rating). This will give each new fighter a base of weaker opposition his first two years to help prepare him for the future.

Once the fighter turns 22 years old, he will be moved up to the Club Circuit level where the competition will be stronger (3&4 Overall Rating). At this time his career stage is switched to “Pre-Prime.” At this level, he will only face those fighters that have a Skill Rating of “4” or less, regardless of his own Skill Rating. This will help to move him through his pre-prime and prepare him for tougher competition in the future.

Once the fighter turns 24 years old, he will be changed to a “Prime” career stage and begin facing competition from the Main Event level. This is the stage where his own abilities will either allow him to compete for Titles or flounder around for the rest of his career! No fighter can fight for a title before this stage. This is where the fighter will spend most of his career.

This brings us to our next ageing step. The “Post-Prime” stage. There really is no way to determine how long a fighter will stay in his “prime” in real life. But, we wanted to give each fighter the most fights in his career at the “Prime” stage. So, again using actual age, we will move the fighter to “Post-Prime” when he reaches 36 years old. I realize that there are all sorts of examples as to why this is not accurate for some fighters, but hey, we got to have some sort of system! Once a fighter moves to this stage of his career, it gets very interesting!

Tracking Fighters during their “Post-Prime” stage:

Once a fighter enters into the “Post-Prime” stage of his career, his boxing career will slowly begin to fade. To work this out in such a way that is fair to all and yet give variety to the different careers, a simple point system will go into effect at this stage. Every fighter begins his “Post-Prime” stage with 25 points. Every time a fighter has a bout at this stage, points are deducted. Once all of his 25 points are gone, the fighter must retire! There are no exceptions to this rule! This will cause us to pay close attention to those ageing fighters and add extra excitement in lining up possible “last shot” title matches, rematches etc.
As stated, every bout at this stage will cause the fighter to lose points, but the amount of points lost varies depending on the fighter and his abilities. This is how the point system works:
A WIN deducts only 2 points.
A DRAW deducts only 3 points.
A SD/MD LOSS deducts 5 points.
A UD LOSS deducts 7 points.
A KO/TKO LOSS deducts 10 points.
Once the points are gone, so is the fighter! With this system some fighters may hang around for a while and still give the young bucks a run for their money. However, if the fighter is not careful, he might find himself on the shelf pretty quickly!
Once a fighter retires, he is then moved to the “End” career stage. Every so often a well known (for our universe anyway) fighter may want to make that big come back for a special match. If he does, he must fight with his stage still set at “End”. If a fighter does “come back”, he is given
5 points with the same rules applying as above and same point deductions. In other words, a big comeback won’t last long. He still has a chance for a few big fights, but a loss, and it’s over!

03-15-2004, 02:32 AM	#2 (permalink)
JohnnyBench Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 254 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	TO VISIT THE WEBSITE CLICK: http://globalchampionshipboxing.20m.com/about.html GCB RING RAP - ISSUE # 2 IV. TITLES and RULES THAT APPLY: These are the qualifications for both World and Regional Title matches: TITLE SHOTS will be given to the highest fighter in the current rankings if they… A) Have been undefeated in their last 5 bouts. B) Are currently rated in the TOP TEN. C) Have not already received a title shot within the last calendar year. D) Must have had at least 15 professional bouts. The following exceptions will exist to the above. A) Any fighter, either champion or contender, who loses their championship bout by either split or majority decision or has their bout declared a draw receives an automatic rematch with the current champion. B) Every year on the Club Circuit and the Trialhorse Circuit a “Shot of a Lifetime” Tournament will take place. The winner of that tournament will get the “Shot of a Lifetime” and be given a shot at a title! C) Every so often an ageing fighter may receive a special “come back” shot at a title. TITLE DEFENSES: Every Champion must defend his title twice (2) a year with at least one of the defenses being against a TOP FIVE contender. One thing to note: A regional Champ can fight for the World Title, but he must VACATE his regional title first! Is it worth it? It’s either all or nothing! V. AGEING FORMULA: Of course, we want the GCB to resemble real life boxing in the fact that history is made, history is kept, but the future rolls on. In order to do this, we are using a very simple ageing formula to move boxers through their careers. As you know there is no perfect way to do this. After researching the ageing procedures that others with this game use, we have come up with yet another imperfect, but good for us, way to age our fighters. We have decided to allow actual age help guide us in the ageing of our fighters. When the fighters were created for this fictional boxing universe they were given Birth Years (day and month not as important to us) that would resemble the birth years of those who would be fighting in the year 1900, which is our Organizational starting date. These birth years were absolutely random. We did not look at skill ratings at all. We just assigned a birth year to each fighter. This means that as the GCB starts up there will be fighters of different ages entering in to the competition. Which would be realistic if a new organization started up. For the first set of fighters that begin their career in 1900, they were all set to a “Prime” career stage regardless of their age. They will age and have their career stages change as the years roll by! Before long our ageing formula will have a great effect on them. We’ll cover that in a moment. As the years roll on, New Fighters will be added to the GCB. The actual age of the fighter will help us determine what career stage to set for the fighter. This is because, even though a new fighter that enters the GCB may have an in game Overall Rating of an “8” he is not performing at that skill until he is at his “Prime” career stage. This is our imperfect, yet workable Ageing Formula: First for New fighters coming in as the years unfold.. Every New Fighter will enter into the GCB at the age of 20 (determined by his random birth year) and will have a “Beginner” career stage setting. He will fight at that level for two calendar years. During this “Beginner” stage the fighter, regardless of his “Overall Rating (skill level)”, will only fight fighters that are in the Trial Horse level (1&2 Overall Rating). This will give each new fighter a base of weaker opposition his first two years to help prepare him for the future. Once the fighter turns 22 years old, he will be moved up to the Club Circuit level where the competition will be stronger (3&4 Overall Rating). At this time his career stage is switched to “Pre-Prime.” At this level, he will only face those fighters that have a Skill Rating of “4” or less, regardless of his own Skill Rating. This will help to move him through his pre-prime and prepare him for tougher competition in the future. Once the fighter turns 24 years old, he will be changed to a “Prime” career stage and begin facing competition from the Main Event level. This is the stage where his own abilities will either allow him to compete for Titles or flounder around for the rest of his career! No fighter can fight for a title before this stage. This is where the fighter will spend most of his career. This brings us to our next ageing step. The “Post-Prime” stage. There really is no way to determine how long a fighter will stay in his “prime” in real life. But, we wanted to give each fighter the most fights in his career at the “Prime” stage. So, again using actual age, we will move the fighter to “Post-Prime” when he reaches 36 years old. I realize that there are all sorts of examples as to why this is not accurate for some fighters, but hey, we got to have some sort of system! Once a fighter moves to this stage of his career, it gets very interesting! Tracking Fighters during their “Post-Prime” stage: Once a fighter enters into the “Post-Prime” stage of his career, his boxing career will slowly begin to fade. To work this out in such a way that is fair to all and yet give variety to the different careers, a simple point system will go into effect at this stage. Every fighter begins his “Post-Prime” stage with 25 points. Every time a fighter has a bout at this stage, points are deducted. Once all of his 25 points are gone, the fighter must retire! There are no exceptions to this rule! This will cause us to pay close attention to those ageing fighters and add extra excitement in lining up possible “last shot” title matches, rematches etc. As stated, every bout at this stage will cause the fighter to lose points, but the amount of points lost varies depending on the fighter and his abilities. This is how the point system works: A WIN deducts only 2 points. A DRAW deducts only 3 points. A SD/MD LOSS deducts 5 points. A UD LOSS deducts 7 points. A KO/TKO LOSS deducts 10 points. Once the points are gone, so is the fighter! With this system some fighters may hang around for a while and still give the young bucks a run for their money. However, if the fighter is not careful, he might find himself on the shelf pretty quickly! Once a fighter retires, he is then moved to the “End” career stage. Every so often a well known (for our universe anyway) fighter may want to make that big come back for a special match. If he does, he must fight with his stage still set at “End”. If a fighter does “come back”, he is given 5 points with the same rules applying as above and same point deductions. In other words, a big comeback won’t last long. He still has a chance for a few big fights, but a loss, and it’s over! Last edited by JohnnyBench; 04-14-2004 at 12:25 AM.