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So your main message is to speak your mind and stop hiding things? That is a good way to better a guild in my opinion than having annoying backstage politics cloud up the air for entertainment. Politics and fun don't mix, and quite frankly I'd rather have fun.

Well I never quite said I had a solution, but after some thought I've got this to say:

The belt a champion should hold is obviously variable to their skill with writing a match and the charisma they hold. Someone that people enjoy as a champion. Something like that. Of course that's idealism at it's finest. I think that as long as the champion can get along with everyone without envy or jealousy, the guild can easily function with ease. It's a difficult task I'll give you that. I have no definite picks for champions at all. But of course, I'm not a moderator or a booker so I don't have to worry about that part.

Ranking of what to look for in a champion:
1) Level of acceptance of being champion by roster.
2) Effort
3) Charisma
4) Writing Skills. As much as I'd like to say the better you are the more qualified you are, for some reason I can't seem to place emphasis on it in this federation.

ADD: Also, if you look at it, the level of activity seems to play an important factor. People that seem to be very active are more accepted as champion than those that don't post much at all. Kind of like how my Television title has fallen in the hands of so many inactive hands that it's become one of those titles no one would even be paid to wear.

One more note, probably the chemistry and obvious enjoyment that is displayed between two wrestlers in a feud. I'm not talking about sending matches to each other and barely collaberating, I'm talking about actually getting along and being able to have fun with the matches.

Woa, i went out for dinner and we have already toches fired up?... good, good.

Ryan, that was very meaningful and interesting. And also very true. I completely agree with everything you said. Especially about the Title pictures.

Now it's time for another fun rant...

X talked about how in CTC, he jobbed to everyone at least once to make them feel good and so that they would have fun. That's an admirable tactic to make people feel special, X, and I think it was a good idea, but it wouldn't work in the BTWF for an important reason.

We try to run the BTWF like an actual wrestling federation. And for me to job to everybody on the roster would make me, and thus the BTWF title, seeing as I'm the holder of it, look like a joke. Think about it. If Batista jobbed to every single person on RAW while holding the WHC, then no one would buy him as a credible champion.

And I think some people are getting the idea from these comics all of a sudden that I never lose. That I just plow through everyone in my way. Do you guys even pay attention to what happens on Madness, and to what happens in my title matches? I lost to Kutterman in the six-man tag we had before ToG II. I let Voorhees kill me the ******** dead and crucify me before BloodBath. Now, if I REALLY wanted to be an egotistical p***k, I'd have destroyed Kutterman and the GoL, and I would've broken apart the chains on the symbol, flown down from the top of the arena with my mighty Samoan powers, and decapitated Voorhees with a flick of my finger.

If you guys actually payed attention to GoE II and my match with Kutterman, and not just the outcome, they were really back and forth matches. Everybody in the GoE had a time where they could've held the title. Conners hopped down through the cage roof, and battled TT on the ladders and table before that. Kutterman climbed up the ladder at one point, so did Ford and Voorhees. Now if I wanted to put myself over like an a*****e, I would've gone through that entire match until the ladders came down, then destroyed everybody else in the match, set the ladder up, and grabbed the belt without any problems. I DIDN'T DO THAT. Kutterman got some big moves on me that could've won him the title, as did Conners. I don't write squash matches, and I think you guys are seeing my title defenses as such.

And it's not like nobody ever has a chance of holding a title in the BTWF. Tell me, how many of you thought that DarkFyre would never hold a title around Civil War or so? I'm sure 90% of you didn't. Yet there he goes, taking the tag titles at ToG II. Why? Because DF has been reliable throughout his BTWF career, and while he may not be the best writer (OMG HEZ NOT AN AMZING RIGHTER AND WE STIILL GAV HIM A TITOL~!!!111one!!!1), he consistently puts effort into his work and tries to better himself. His title reign has nothing to do with a**-kissing. He's a reliable, committed writer, and that's what got him the titles.

Which brings me to my next point. X thinks that to be a champion, you should be well-liked by the roster and have a connection to them. I think that while that is a nice plus, it is far from the most important condition to hold a title. If we went by that logic, Heat would be the constant champion right now, because he's one of the most well-liked people here on the roster. Now, I don't think many people like Austin Azure that much (though they don't seem to realize that his posts are IC), but yet he held the TV Title for the longest time of any champion so far, and he's currently in a high-profile feud. Why? Say it with me kids. He's reliable and dedicated.

That's all you guys need to have to get a push. Reliability and dedication. You don't need to be a diplomat. You don't need to be the greatest writer on Gaia. You just need to put forth the effort to show that you care about the BTWF, and you want to work for a title or push.

Is that really that hard of a concept?

I agree with your latest comic yet again X. I know, I should be sorting out my personal things, which is why I'm going on "break" after this Madness. Ok, maybe that ruined the result of my match, but I don't really care at this moment. You saw right through me X, as you see right through the entire roster. And I respect your opinion. I know I could be a HELL of a lot more dedicated and stuff than I am, which is why I am dire need of a short rest period. But thats besides the point. I'm not complaining, I'm just acknowledging how right on you are with me.

Two thumbs way up for X's new comic.

While I'm on, I'd like to clear up some rumors that may have been going around...

I am not a mule.

Ask Blade, ask Twist. They've both talked to me on AIM before. Hell, ask Dar. He's my older brother, after all. Now, I know you all may be skeptical about this and everything. So I'm going to give you some proof.

Check the Gaia account Raziel Merquis

No, not Raziel_Merquis. That's my current account. Check the one without the underscore. Now look at the post count.

4000+ posts say I'm not a mule. Seriously, what mule do you know of that has that many posts on Gaia? I use this account because a friend of mine got on that account and changed the password for fun, then forgot what it was later, seeing as it was just a jumble of letters. Due to the fact that I used a verizon e-mail address to create that account, and for some reason verizon blocks all letters from Gaia, even from getting into my spambox, I was never able to retrieve my password. So a friend of mine gave me this account, and I changed it into the new Raziel_Merquis.

The reason I hardly ever post here or in the guild is because I grew sick of Gaia towards the middle of last year, a month or two after my friend gave me this account. Just wasn't having fun in it anymore. Which is why I left the BTWF at that point, as well. But I realized that the BTWF was one of the few things I actually enjoyed about Gaia late last year. Around that time, Dar was coming back to the BTWF after having a load of computer problems, so I decided to come back with him.

The BTWF is the only reason I even come on Gaia anymore. And sorry, but I really don't feel like talking OOC with you guys that often. I'm not much of a conversationalist anyway.

In any case, just know that I am not a mule. That is all. You may now return to your regularly scheduled strife and discord.