Category Archives: Face to the Mat

Wrestling Returns

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It’s been about 6 years since we last heard from the FFWF (Facebook Friends Wrestling Federation), there was even an upgrade to the Face to the Mat game that promised more wrestling action, but the game sat unplayed under a pile of uncut cards for other games.

Since I’ve moved, that game has been rediscovered, and a return to wrestling is imminent, but I’m switching to PLAAY.com’s fictional wrestling card sets.

The real reason I didn’t play for all that time was that two of the wrestlers were Facebook friends who had passed away (the wrestler cards were retired), and then the Facebook friend who was going to take over as emcee had also passed away.

So I’m starting fresh with some existing card sets, the 70s and 80s Wrestling America Federation sets.

I may revisit the FFWL at some point in the future.

Stay tuned!

Current

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Around my workstation/table top play area are the following games, waiting to be played.

  • SSG Basketball
  • Net Results Soccer
  • Glory Days Boxing
  • Face to the Mat
  • B25 – Prince of the Skies

More hours in the day, or an extra day in the weekend.

I’ll get to all of them, along with the baseball and football and racing and hockey games.

Stay tuned!

In Progress, Revised

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I’ve cut back on projects by picking the full season replays that I plan to actually play in the next 3 months or so.  This eliminated a few long dormant items on my list, allowing me to focus on what I’m already playing, and also allows me to narrow the choices on what else to play.

I’ve also separated the ‘short’ projects (less than a season, individual pitcher seasons, playoff runs) into their own list.

And of course there’s stuff like the heavyweight boxing tournament in Title Bout II and the Facebook Friends Wrestling Federation in Face to the Mat which are more like casual pick-up games that don’t require a schedule.

I hope to finally tally a game in both hockey and basketball fairly soon.

Stay tuned!

1909: On Hold

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I came up with the rosters for the Deadball 1909 league, but then decided not to build it further for now, since I still have:

  • 1967 SF Giants season replay
  • 1917 MLB replay
  • 1921 NY Giants replay
  • 1967 Denver Broncos replay
  • 1958 NFL replay
  • 1979 Winston Cup replay
  • 2016 SCRAM season
  • 2016 SCRAM trucks season

on top of the Deadball 2018 SFBAL season.

That’s a lot of stuff. That list doesn’t even include the mini-replays (John D’Acquisto rookie season, Doc Gooden Cy Young season, various Giant-Dodgers replays, MLB Postseason replays, etc.).

And then there’s the occasional golf tournament, wrestling event and boxing match.

And the non-sports table top games.

So little time.

The Deadball 1909 season may or may not ever materialize.  At least not in the near future.

Stay tuned!

GOONGA-GALOONGA-PALOOZA I

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From the Little Caesar Arena in Detroit, Michigan, the Facebook Friends Wrestling League presents…

GOONGA-GALOONGA-PALOOZA I!!!

Master of Ceremonies Dirk Manning takes to the center of the ring, welcoming the crowd.  He also mentions the upcoming release of the Nightmare World Omnibus.

Dirk points out a few celebrities in the crowd:

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
James Corden
Logan Paul
Larry Nasser
James Franco

Continue reading →

Face to the Mat 2018

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Damn, the last time I played this game was June of 2016.

Brandon Yee was a wrestler in the game.  He passed away less than a month later.  Out of respect, I will be retiring his wrestler.

The ‘good guy’ celebrities: John Boyega, Chris Evans, Steph Curry

The ‘bad guy’ celebrities: Donald Trump(!), Lebron James, Charles Barkley

The matches:

  • Nezz “Stalker” Constantine defeated Jason “Wendigo” Miller
  • Andy “The Jawa” Dahl defeated Brandon “Arizona” Yee
  • Kalu “Shonuff” Ekeh defeated Ken “WAAAGH!” Marquardt
  • Jason “Cranky Caucasian” Thill defeated Bruce “ManHo” Powell (this match resulted in a grudge match, noted later)
  • Timothy “Charybdis” Nowell defeated Mike “Vengeance” Fatum
  • Lando “Turbo” Gayle defeated “Supreme” Brent Knight for the CHAMPIONSHIP BELT
  • Grudge match: Jason “Cranky Caucasian” Thill defeated Timothy “Charybdis” Nowell

Coming up next is GOONGA-GALOONGA-PALOOZA I!

With your new host, Dirk Manning!

Stay tuned!

GOONGA-GALOONGA-PALOOZA

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The next chapter in the ongoing saga of the Facebook Friends Wrestling League (FFWL) will be written tonight!

The matchup:

LANDO “TURBO” GAYLE

VS

“SUPREME” BRENT KNIGHT

When we last saw these two, Turbo had defeated Supreme to become the FFWL Champion.

Can Turbo hold on to the title?

Can Supreme reclaim that which was his?

Stay tuned!

Oh, and maybe a couple of other matches will be played as well.

Schedule

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Yeah, this never has worked for me: setting up a schedule for what to play on any given day.

I had a table that I rolled dice one to try to determine what game I would play on a given night.  Didn’t work, never stuck to it, and it was edited many times as I finished a given replay.

I want to try to organize my play between sports games and war games, so maybe I should just alternate my weekly focus from one to the other, because I’ve actually found myself frozen into inaction as I try to decide between the two hobbies.  I end up doing neither and spending too much time online or wallowing in my own indecision.

So starting this week, I’ll continue with the war games (Bataan! is my primary focus), and switch to sports next week, just in time for the big racing day of 2017 (Monaco GP/Indy 500/World 600), which happens to fall on my sister’s birthday.  Focus will be on baseball and (of course) racing games.

And maybe wrestling.

Stay tuned!