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JohnnyBench · 03-15-2004, 02:33 AM

WHAT ABOUT THE AGEING OF THE FIRST SET OF FIGHTERS STARTING IN 1900?
This is going to make a very interesting time for the GCB. As I said earlier, those that begin their careers in 1900 have been given random birth years. No knowledge of Overall Ratings were taken into consideration when the random birth years were assigned. This means that the fighters who join the GCB for it’s inaugural year will be joining at different ages. What makes this exciting is that the same ageing formula is used for them. This leads to some interesting scenarios.
Here is an example: There is a fighter in the GCB named Henry Wales, who has a very good overall rating. He will no doubt be a top contender. The only problem is that Henry was randomly given a birth year of 1865. This means that he will start his career in 1900 at the age of 35 years old. How could this be? Let your imagination run wild… “Maybe he worked on the docks his whole life and a boxing promoter convinced him to give boxing a chance” or “Maybe he only signed on with this ‘New Professional Boxing Outfit’ to help make money to support his family that are in dire straits.” Either way, regardless of how good he is, he only has one year to accomplish all he can at his “prime” setting before age begins to take him out.
Because of the random birth years, the inaugural group will face challenges of deciding to go for it all and gain the world or play it safe and last in the sport. Either choice is going to be exciting!

Well, this is the foundational stuff for GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING.

I know that I am going to enjoy it. Do you think that you would?

03-15-2004, 02:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
JohnnyBench Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 254 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	WHAT ABOUT THE AGEING OF THE FIRST SET OF FIGHTERS STARTING IN 1900? This is going to make a very interesting time for the GCB. As I said earlier, those that begin their careers in 1900 have been given random birth years. No knowledge of Overall Ratings were taken into consideration when the random birth years were assigned. This means that the fighters who join the GCB for it’s inaugural year will be joining at different ages. What makes this exciting is that the same ageing formula is used for them. This leads to some interesting scenarios. Here is an example: There is a fighter in the GCB named Henry Wales, who has a very good overall rating. He will no doubt be a top contender. The only problem is that Henry was randomly given a birth year of 1865. This means that he will start his career in 1900 at the age of 35 years old. How could this be? Let your imagination run wild… “Maybe he worked on the docks his whole life and a boxing promoter convinced him to give boxing a chance” or “Maybe he only signed on with this ‘New Professional Boxing Outfit’ to help make money to support his family that are in dire straits.” Either way, regardless of how good he is, he only has one year to accomplish all he can at his “prime” setting before age begins to take him out. Because of the random birth years, the inaugural group will face challenges of deciding to go for it all and gain the world or play it safe and last in the sport. Either choice is going to be exciting! Well, this is the foundational stuff for GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING. I know that I am going to enjoy it. Do you think that you would?