Need a little explanation? No worries, I'm glad to help you out.

Okay, so maybe you stumbled upon this site and you have no idea what the heck this is all about. Or maybe you actually know me and you were wondering exactly how this website relates to me and what all this junk about roleplaying means. Or, it's entirely possible you're a potential efedder who wants some more information and needs a helping hand in learning the ropes. Well this particular page is designed to explain things a little bit more clearly.

Well if you do know me you obviously know that isn't actually me in all the pictures throughout the site. No, that's Josh Holloway, an actor. And now I can hear you saying, "what?" Stay with me people...

Okay, I use Josh Holloway ("Sawyer" on Lost) as a picture base for my ewrestler named after me, Scott "The Boy" Hellings. An ewrestler competes in an efed, which is a sort of an online, fantasy wrestling league. Someone owns and creates the fed, others (such as myself) join and create an ewrestler, listing every aspect of their personality, attire, moveset, entrance theme, and so on. Some feds use real people as picture bases for their characters (usually an actual wrestler), hence me using Holloway's picture.

For a better example of the ewrestler creation process, why not examine my actual application for my latest efed, Explosive Wrestling Action (EWA)? As always on this site, text that appears in a red font is my notes; look for these notes to explain the whole process. In the following case I am listing the general types of fields that are required are to be filled out and then I comment on why and how they are needed and utilized.

THE APPLICATION PROCESS

Wrestler’s Name: Scott "The Boy" Hellings

Obviously, this is where you pick the name of your wrestler. I'm a little different in that I use my actual name (most people make something up). But if you know me, you already know I'm a little different to begin with.

Real Name: N/A

What is your wrestler's real name. I probably should have put The Boy as my wrestler's name and Scott Hellings as his real name, but I intend for him to be referred to as Scott "The Boy" Hellings and not just The Boy, which is what I feared would happen if I put that there. Basically, if your character's name is Inferno, you would put that in the "Wrestler Name" field first, and then clarify Inferno's "actual name" is, say, Danny Jones (since Inferno is obviously not his birth name). Just like The Rock's real name is Dwayne Johnson. So, just to make this clear: your name is David Johnson, but your wrestler's name is Danny "The Inferno" Jones. Got it?

Weight: 245 lbs.

Height: 6'5"

Pick a height and a weight. Pretty straight forward. I must confess I have no idea if 245 is a good weight for someone who is 6'5.

Hometown: Edmonton, Alberta

Date of Birth: August 2, 1982

When and where was your character (NOT you, your character - there can be a difference) born. Again, this is the same as my own personal data, since I evidently have no imagination. But I could have made The Boy 45 years old and from Des Moines.

Alignment: Heel

You may run across me using this term elsewhere. If you are unfamiliar with wrestling lingo, a "heel" is someone who is a bad guy. I have been both heel and face (sometimes referred to as a "babyface"; this is a good guy) in my career, though I am usually a heel. You specify whether you are heel, face, or neutral so that everyone knows how to approach your character. If I am a face I should naturally hate the heels and like the other faces. Ideally, the fedhead uses this to book you (put you in a match) so that heels fight faces in their matches. Got it? Well just humour me and smile and nod anyway.

Poser: Josh Holloway

As I mentioned above, I use Josh Holloway as my pic base for my character. This is sometimes referred to as a "poser," named after the 3D renderring program some feds use to actually render a model of your character. For what it's worth, I really hate poser, but that's just me. Some feds (like all those I've been in) just ask you for a picture. Sometimes you have to submit a photo you want used on the roster page, sometimes you just need to specify who you use and they'll go about finding a picture of that person. Not everyone uses current wrestlers either; some use legends or those who are not currently under contract by WWE or TNA, some people use musicians (I've seen a lot of people use Eminem and 50 Cent), and others, like myself, use actors (back in my first efed, there was a character by the name of Pantera who used Salma Hayek. I've also seen Will Smith, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and so on...). It's just a way to give a visual cue to everyone else as to what your character looks like. It is NOT meant to say you are that person. Like The Boy and Josh Holloway may have some similarities, but we are not the same character exactly. Some feds will let you use real wrestlers as your actual characters (so like Chris Jericho, Stone Cold, The Rock, etc.), but most feds these days want original characters like The Boy. Unfortunately, some people just use Kurt Angle's picture, use a name like "Greg Smith," and then just proceed to bastardize all of Kurt Angle's catchphrases and moves and stuff. I hate this more than actually using a real wrestler as your character, because this is pretending as though you are original, when you are clearly not.

Physical Description: Fairly tall and well-built with long, light brown/dirty blonde hair. He often has a scruffy-looking beard. He has a tattoo of the devil on his right shoulder.

Most feds then ask you for a furhter description of your character. There is a sort of a "flexible reality" here, since some of the things you might mention are not actually found in your poser picture, but that is generally understood by all. Again, the poser is just the BASE of your character, to provide everyone with a visual cue to get a basic idea of what your character looks like. This field allows you to be a little bit more creative and to expand on the pic.

Wrestling Attire: Black trunks with a white image of the symbol for masculinity and the words "one and only UBERstar" proudly emblazoned on the back in red and white lettering. He also wears black elbow and knee pads and black boots with small red maple leafs on the sides.

Just a short little description of what your chracter wears to the ring. Again, this allows for creativity. It can be whatever you want really.

Backstage Attire: A custom "Canadian Legend" hockey jersey and black track pants.

This is always asked for but rarely used it seems. Just something fedheads ask for in case they want to write you into a "backstage segment." Obviously, as is usually the case with such segments on real wrestling programming, anyone who is seen backstage is rarely in their actual ring gear, they are wearing a t-shirt and jeans or something like that.

Entrance Music: "Why I Bother" Tupelo Honey

What is the theme song you come down to the ring to? Some feds will even host small samples of the song on your roster page. Another way to personalize the character really. It can be any song you want.

Entrance Description: The lights go out and The Boy's entrance video begins to play as red and white lights flash throughout the arena. As the lyrics to the song hits The Boy emerges from behind the curtain. He saunters down the entrace ramp, pausing to show off his body and to talk trash to some of the fans. He slides into the ring and climbs the turnbuckle, and does a salute to all his "fans," whom he refers to as "The Boy Scouts."

What happens when you make your entrance? Usually this is just copied and pasted into the results themselves, to save whoever is writing the match some time. Just another opportunity to customize your experience.

Gimmick: An ego-centric, immature, spotlight-obsessed heel who considers himself to be the greatest wrestler alive. Refers to himself as "The Canadian Legend," insisting that he is the most famous Canadian-born person ever. He also claims he is so much better than just the common "super" star, and instead claims he is the "one and only" UBERstar.

Give yourself a gimmick. Stone Cold Steve Austin's gimmick was that he was a beer-drinking, anti-estblashiment, take-no-prisoners badass who worked alone. Ric Flair was The Nature Boy, who was supposedly a bit of a ladies man who drank the finest champagne and drove in the finest limos and personal jets. Randy Orton's gimmick is he is the Legend Killer. It can be anything you want. It can be simple, like mine (or just by saying something like, "a loner who trusts no one with a mysterious past") or something more intricate. Back in RWW one guy controlled a character named "I AM," who was supposedly a time traveller. Obviously, this affects how you roleplay and how others approach your character.

Catchphrases: "I am The Boy and that means I am The Best!", "I know it, you know it, the whole damn world knows it!", "Because I want to, because I can!", "I am the marquee player, the franchise saviour, and the number one money maker!"

If you have any catchphrases (unlikely if you're new to this), most feds ask you to list them, usually to include on the roster page under a category like "Favourite Quotes" on your bio page.

Wrestling Style: All-rounder, with sound technical abilities and some power.

Pick the style of how your wrestler works in the ring. Examples of styles include high-flyer AKA lucha libre (i.e. Rey Mysterio or Billy Kidman), powerhouse (i.e. someone like Batista), big man (i.e. a Kevin Nash or a Kane), technical (i.e. Bret Hart or Chris Benoit), and so on. This just gives the match writers an idea of how to approach writing matches for your character. In other words, if you say you are a high-flyer, I know your character is more likely to perform a hurricarana than a powerbomb, so I should write your match accordingly.

10 Regular Moves: Overhead belly to belly suplex, Stinger Splash (AKA The Canadian Crunch), superkick, sharpshooter, snap suplex, moonsault, release German suplex, powerbomb, running DDT, and a spinebuster.

All wrestlers have a basic moveset. The Rock used to do a DDT, a Samoan Drop, a spinebuster, his patented "spit punch," his flying forearm, etc. Thus, most feds want to know what basic moves you want your character to pull off. Again, just so they know what to include in your matches. I want my character pulling off The Stinger Splash, so I put that in there. Now the writers know that should be in my match somewhere. It should be noted that although EVERY fed asks this question, few really use it effectively, as most fedheads have other people write the matches who are usually too lazy to check the roster page for your list of desired moves. Still, it's asked for, so just put it down.

Trademark Move: The Good Deed

Trademark Description: Angle Slam

Finishing Move: Highway to HELLings

Finishing Description: Rolling 3/4 facelock bulldog, AKA The Last Rites/Test Drive/Roll of the Dice

Basically, what is your finisher called and what is the technical name for it? If your finisher is called The End is Near, that means nothing untl you tell me it is a death valley driver. Most feds want you to list a trademark move too, which is like a secondary finisher. Most wrestlers have these really; Chris Jericho has his lionsault and the Walls of Jericho, in addition to the Codebreaker.

Biography: Hellings trained in the infamous Hart Dungeon. At the time he was the youngest student training there and was very inexperienced. As a result, the others training at the Dungeon would mock him and refer to him only as "the boy." Constantly getting picked on and beaten by his peers, Hellings began to train vigorously and soon he became the top student in the class, easily capable of beating those who were much more experienced than himself. There was no doubt that The Boy had become The Man, but the taste of success, coupled with the bitterness from his earlier torment, had left him cocky and arrogant. As such, he demanded that they refer to him only as The Boy, to punish them for ever doubting his abilities in the ring. To this day he still refers to himself as The Boy, as a reminder to anyone who ever doubts that he is, as he claims, the greatest wrestler alive today.

Just give us a bit of a background on your character so everyone knows who you are and where you come from. This often correlates to your character's roleplays and gimmick, so pay attention. In my case, I describe how The Boy earned his name and how and why he is so cocky and arrogant; he was picked on and he became a top student in his training school, so now he assumes he is better than everyone else and enjoys rubbing it in everyone's face.

Past Accomplishments: Two time RWW World Champion, three time RWW Intercontinental Champion, two time RWW Tag Team Champion, NSW United States Champion

If you've been in a fed before and won something, list it here so people know how experienced you are.

Handler’s Name: Scott Hellings

Here is where you would put the name of YOU, the handler. This is just my name once again, since I'm boring and didn't come up with a different name for my wrestler. This is basically so people know how to address you out of character (abbreviated by efedders as OOC; just so you know in case you come across that acronym). I mean, if your character's name was The Destroyer, would you want people emailing you or talking to you on MSN or AOL and saying, "hey Destroyer, what's up man?"

Handler’s E-Mail: [email protected]

AIM/MSN/Yahoo: Only MSN; same as email address

List your email and if you have a chat client or not. Basically, it's how you can be contacted. Feds usually want you to list them so everyone can stay in touch. It is really the only way to develop angles or storylines. But, really, that's one of the nicest things about an efed - you create an online community and make some great friends.

Other information you might be asked to provide includes: whether or not you have a manager (and if you do, you will be required to fill out a similar mini-application as part of the overall application process as well), if your wrestler has succumbed to any injuries in the past and what they are, strenghts and weaknesses, allies and enemies, and any other information that a fedhead deems important enough for you to include.

The application process is done. If you filled out a form on the fed's website, you would either click the submit button, or (more than likely) you just copy the required fields into a blank email and send it to the person in charge of recruiting new talent. You should only apply to feds that note they are looking for talent, as if they say they do not need anyone else, they likely won't add you to the roster. And, don't worry, most feds accept just about anyone and everyone, regardless of experience level. Some feds even have a "training program" for inexperienced roleplayers so that they only go up against each other and are capable of receiving feedback from veterans. Others think of themselves as being sort of "elite" and don't accept just anyone. And even some feds are invitation-only. But, by the time you've filled out the application, all this should have been made abundantly clear to you. So the application is done and sent, and pretty soon you're accepted to the roster and are allowed to roleplay. But, maybe you would like me to explain a bit more about efeds themselves. Hit the the link to go back to the top and choose "TYPES OF EFEDS AND THE PROCESS."