I had very much the same experiance, except I was actually able to play it, just not well.
You inspired me to try again, so with some more reasearch, and a few hours of getting the hang on things, editing the database to cut out a ton of promotions, and make a custom set of rules, character, and whatnot to make the game never absolutely destroy me because my stats are too low or I forgot something,
My goal: remake AEW into what I hoped it would be circa 2020 (but uaing 2024 roster). I fired TK along with half the roster, switched up a ton of tag teams, stables, and vacated all the titles, got rid of most of the titles along with all shows except Dynamite, which I moved to tuesday, and Collision, which I moved to thursday. There were still to many workers to have a reasonable division where good workers could be showcased, so I did a soft brand-split where all the upper and midcard guys and girls will only appear on either dynamite or collision. This meant I could have different rodter competing for different titles while still being in the same factions. The exception being the tag title since I only had 7 or 8 dedicated tagteams left, ao it is split across both shows.
After that I made 5 tournaments all running at the same time. Two for mens dynamite/collision champs, two for womens dynamite/collision champs, and one for tag champs. The mens have 4 matches each show for the first two weeks, then the 2 semifinals the next, then the final on week 5. The womens have 3 matches each show for two weeks, then one triple-threat final match on week 3. The tag title has one match each week, culminating in a final on week 4.
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