Video Game Championship Wrestling: Real fake virtual fake real virtual wrestling!

[Jetamo]

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[B]What is Video Game Championship Wrestling?[/B]

VGCW is a family of wrestling shows streamed live every week. Using WWE 2K14's robust character creator, your favorite video game characters and Toad battle it out in unscripted AI v. AI matches that are guaranteed to leave you reeling. The show's been going on since November 2012, and is as strong as ever now with numberous spin offs and a sizable and dedicated community to drive the action. The live-streamed nature of VGCW makes it an amazing and unique experience, Twitch chat screams, chants and argues over the action in a way that makes it feel like you're really at an arena watching the insanity happen live.

Shows include the main event VGCW, headed by TheTOH and currently on Season 11. Women's Video Game Championship Wrestling(WVGCW) is the female division, headed by Bryn. This show is different from the others, in that it is pre-recorded ahead of time. Then there's Extreme Dudebro Wrestling(EDBW) headed by John Dudebro. The experimental division, for seeing whether new talent has what it takes to move up to the main event. And then there's Belmont Wrestling Alliance. I don't know anything about this show, but it took the place of VGCW: Arena, which was multiplayer matches and plot, sadly canceled due to 2K's shutdown of the WWE 2K14's servers.

[B]So when is it on?

[/B]Sporadically! But for the most part, when a season is fully in swing, you can catch it most Tuesdays, at 12AM UK time, or 7PM US time. You can catch it on [URL]http://live.vgcw.net[/URL] or, alternatively you can use [URL]http://www.twitch.tv/bazza87[/URL] , but on December 1st for "VGCW: End Game X1", the season finale for VGCW's current season, the shows will be permanently moving to [URL]http://www.twitch.tv/VGCW[/URL] - the other shows can usually be found on Thursdays (WVGCW), Fridays (EDBW) and Sundays (BWA) at generally the same time.

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[B]But how can I catch up?[/B]

There are archives dating back to very early days of VGCW available! Plus, an [URL="https://www.youtube.com/user/fitsfadda/playlists"]awesome person called fits [/URL]is currently recording every episode of VGCW, complete with Twitch chat included for the full experience. [URL="http://vgcw.net"]There is also a wiki![/URL]

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[B]Some important links[/B]

[URL="http://live.vgcw.net/"]http://live.vgcw.net[/URL] - Twitch Channel
[URL="http://doc.vgcw.net/"]http://doc.vgcw.net[/URL] - Google doc. Simplest place to find info about each episode of every show, including links to the youtube recordings.
[URL="http://vgcw.net/"]http://vgcw.net[/URL] - Official wiki
[URL="http://forum.vgcw.net/"]http://forum.vgcw.net[/URL] - Official forums
[URL="http://network.vgcw.net/"]http://network.vgcw.net[/URL] - Official Youtube account.
[URL]http://twitter.com/vgcwnetwork[/URL] - VGCW's unified twitter account. All important announcements can be found on this page.
[URL]http://twitter.com/thetoh[/URL] - Twitter of the main show's streamer, TheTOH.
[URL]http://twitter.com/bryn444[/URL] - Twitter of WVGCW streamer, Bryn.
[URL]http://twitter.com/johndudebro[/URL] - Twitter of EDBW streamer, John.
[URL]http://twitter.com/modernbelmont[/URL] - Twitter of BWA streamer, Belmont.
[URL]https://www.youtube.com/user/fitsfadda/playlists[/URL] - Youtube account of fits, has all VGCW, WVGCW and EDBW matches from 12/24/14 to 7/7/15.

Most of this OP has been cribbed straight from SomethingAwful's thread on the show, but I figured it was cool enough to deserve it's own thread on Facepunch.

[ieptav]

I've pretty much dedicated my life to watching this for the past two years, it's amazing.

If you're new and can stand watching a 30 minute match, I recommend watching the following video of one of the greatest matches in VGCW history.
[video=youtube;NYJIdU6EBiY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYJIdU6EBiY[/video]

[MacD11]

I've been wanting to get back into watching this as it still seems like fun, but i really havent been able to dedicate time every time i've thought about it. Not just that but im never able to make it to live shows.

[Pvt. Martin]

Sans and Papyrus when?

[Lord of Boxes]

So basically Jerma Rumble but not airing every eon?
[video]https://youtu.be/bs2c94cHcdI[/video]
Sign me up!

[Windy]

I watch it when i can. Tis good shit.

Any word if they are moving everything to WWE 2K16 or is that still lacking in the CAW department that 2K14 has done so well?

[MacD11]

[QUOTE=Highwind017;49129292]I watch it when i can. Tis good shit.

Any word if they are moving everything to WWE 2K16 or is that still lacking in the CAW department that 2K14 has done so well?[/QUOTE]

It apparently has everything other than a story creator which we might have to wait another year for that to be a thing, if ever.

It even increased the CaW slots to 100, but yet theres no story creator.

[Strikerrr]

By far one of their greatest matches. Starting at 7 minutes the music syncs up so perfectly.
[video=youtube;jciBnCh20wU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jciBnCh20wU[/video]
[QUOTE=Highwind017;49129292]I watch it when i can. Tis good shit.

Any word if they are moving everything to WWE 2K16 or is that still lacking in the CAW department that 2K14 has done so well?[/QUOTE]
2k16 lacks the story editor, which is crucial. So they're stuck with 2k14 until 2k gets it together one of these years

[alxnotorious]

I'm here to [I]FEEL THE STORM.[/I]

[Jetamo]

[URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EtIlKhpibw&index=17&list=PL-IjBJh27ULBNV77VY_IGMmQfdfFtd1bR&t=1m34s"]Here's a little teaser[/URL] of something we can expect to see in End Game X1.

[LucanC]

[video=youtube;ptsCoRhj-Lk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptsCoRhj-Lk[/video]

I remember watching hours of this, this has to be my favourite match. When Wreck It Ralph went full Bane. 4 minutes in to see bat get broke.

[Pvt. Martin]

[QUOTE=<man>;49129723][video=youtube;ptsCoRhj-Lk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptsCoRhj-Lk[/video]

I remember watching hours of this, this has to be my favourite match. When Wreck It Ralph went full Bane. 4 minutes in to see bat get broke.[/QUOTE]

I remember watching that and being in full tears from seeing that level of epicness.

[shrinkme]

I love watching these but I never know when they come one. Then I just forget about it.

[Damoman]

I just keep watching that one battle royal episode over and over. You know, the one with Woody.

[Jetamo]

Stream is gonna be up in an hour or so from now.

EDIT: Stream is up, show on in 15.

[Pvt. Martin]

I wish twitch had a better way of alerting me when streams were on.

[Jetamo]

There's a way to tab a thing that makes it so it sends you an email when someone goes live. I guess you could then jank it up so your phone notifies you about it too?

And we are go! [url]http://www.twitch.tv/bazza87[/url]

[Pvt. Martin]

Guys the chat is way ahead of the stream I'm watching.

[editline]17th November 2015[/editline]

[QUOTE=Jetamo;49135982]There's a way to tab a thing that makes it so it sends you an email when someone goes live. I guess you could then jank it up so your phone notifies you about it too?

And we are go! [url]http://www.twitch.tv/bazza87[/url][/QUOTE]

So I just keep Twitch in tab for when it pings me about a broadcast?

[Jetamo]

[QUOTE=Pvt. Martin;49136001]Guys the chat is way ahead of the stream I'm watching.

[editline]17th November 2015[/editline]

So I just keep Twitch in tab for when it pings me about a broadcast?[/QUOTE]

Nah, I mean... [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4379567/tf2m/dada.PNG[/img]

Also uh. This match is apparently "flaming tables", which means the table has to be on fire, and someone has to bash through one... like Zubaz has done twice now.

I... don't think the AI knows how to set them on fire.

[BlueChameleon]

[QUOTE=Jetamo;49128773]...but I figured it was cool enough to deserve it's own thread on Facepunch.[/QUOTE]

[URL]https://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1227143[/URL]
[URL]https://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1250712[/URL]
[URL]https://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1250719[/URL]

Let's hope this one doesn't die out too...

And remember, from December onwards the show will be hosted at twitch.tv/VGCW (but [URL="http://live.vgcw.net"]live.vgcw.net[/URL] will always link to the correct channel)

EDIT: VGCW At Home is baaaaack this Friday! (Please watch At Home)

[HybridTheroy]

that match was hilarious

[BlueChameleon]

Very convenient if it's your first time watching, getting to see a Diiiiiiiiivas match too! Thanks GameShark.

[ithon]

oh man I remember when someone posted this on FP, "why is this thread exploding? -Oh my god!"

[Netsui]

[QUOTE=GammaFive;49128937]I've pretty much dedicated my life to watching this for the past two years, it's amazing.

If you're new and can stand watching a 30 minute match, I recommend watching the following video of one of the greatest matches in VGCW history.
[video=youtube;NYJIdU6EBiY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYJIdU6EBiY[/video][/QUOTE]

holy SHIT

that was hilarious

[editline]18th November 2015[/editline]

I'm watching the stream right now and it's amazing, thanks for the thread

[Destroyox]

Last time I watched Gaben was top dog and Vegeta was a Jobber. What happened to those 2 since then?

[Jetamo]

[QUOTE=Destroyox;49136791]Last time I watched Gaben was top dog and Vegeta was a Jobber. What happened to those 2 since then?[/QUOTE]

..a lot! Vegeta's still around (and recently won a "King of the Beach" tournament) but Gabe is dead. He got evil. Way evil.

So: On Friday (same time) there's going to be VGCW@Home, probably a one-off. Basically, The Sims + VGCW. Next Tuesday is EDBW Killscreen, the big season finale for EDBW, and then the tuesday after that is VGCW End Game X1.

[Strikerrr]

[video=youtube;6ZYFCMGoQBI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZYFCMGoQBI[/video]
Airman always puts on a good show

[Program Files]

I'll be honest, as much as they're still trying to pull out a good show, I think it kinda lost it's magic after so many seasons. Especially after Bazza's departure.

As much as you can be interested in the story, the whole show gets redundant as it last for a very long time per show and most of the content is filled with fighting that gets repetitive after a while.

I guess that's why the threads kinda die fast.

[Pvt. Martin]

[QUOTE=Destroyox;49136791]Last time I watched Gaben was top dog and Vegeta was a Jobber. What happened to those 2 since then?[/QUOTE]

What's a Jobber? I'm not good with wrestling terminology.

[lik]

[QUOTE=Pvt. Martin;49137508]What's a Jobber? I'm not good with wrestling terminology.[/QUOTE]

Someone who loses constantly.