Announcers/Staff

I know there's been a nurse girl in game as part of the Friction staff, and have been wondering on other roles that could be useful, or just interesting to play.

I've had discussions of a ref girl being an interesting angle, who'd like to abuse her authority and interfere, or perhaps just be adorable and play fair or be ditzy.

Moreso, I've been personally thinking of an announcer girl or two. First idea somehow came from a tsundere girl, tight-lipped on what girls she likes and such, but passionate about the sport. Susan "Tsundere" Tsunade, I was thinking... because why pass on a good pun?
Which made me realize the best announcers have a partner. An opposite type came to mind, obssessive and gushy about what's going on in the ring. Though then I thought a milfish/cougar type would be fun (because I have Kirin, but one isn't enough!). She'd be more of a voyeur than a wrestler, liking to watch and openly getting off to it ("What a good match! I'm wet as a rainforest 'down there!"). They'd have her on for being such an entertaining figure, and maybe be a real expert on wrestling moves.

The announcers would basically be a bit of a third wheel in matches, not interacting in the fights but commenting as they went just to add flavor and humor. Might be a bit tricky to keep an order if someone posts at the same time as a third girl, but could turn out nicely. Thinking that I might offer up Tsunade and the older woman (Miyako comes to mind at random...) as characters sometime soon...

any interest in the idea. not even just mine in particular, but additional roles besides wrestlers. know the Backstage area's been huge lately, so they wouldn't be hard to tie in. A thread, in short, for announcers, refs, nurses, janitors, tailors, masseuses and the like. Unsung heroes of the league

I must say that I am 100% interested in this idea, and would like to see more. Lemme see if I can add some more to this.

For RPs sake, a Ref (third RPer) should be agreed upon ahead of time by both RPers (Just as it would be agreed upon ahead of time to have a third wrestler join midway into the match). This RPer wouldn't be in the normal rotation of back and forth between the two wrestlers, but would jump into the fray after the first 'illegal' act was committed. Maybe she makes another post or two in a rotation, then fades out completely until another 'illegal' act is committed. I'd suggest some people have characters that are Referees only. Maybe a new Roster forum just for refs.

As for the announcers, I would further suggest characters specific to the announcer role, and should prolly be agreed to upon by both wrestlers first. They pop in every couple of posts (like you suggest) and gabber about the events to the audience, and maybe one of them begins just going off on their own experiences, or past experiences of the wrestler they are talking about. I would suggest, for etiquette, that announcers speak to each mun before making a post, just so that there isn't anything misunderstood.

Great idea Luffy!

Been talking with luffy about this for a while. I wanted to make a ref but she got put on the back burner. Also, have talked to Kelsea about this before. my character Nikolette is the AFW mechanic, so she is part of the staff. I also have junko as a manager, which i think is an under utilized aspect of pro wrestling on this forum. ringside attendants make for added drama. all in all i like the idea

Well, I don't know about the other cases, but the Announcers would be a nice addition at some matches, especially the pay-per-view ones. One thing that could be done to simplify the idea, though, is having a "pool" of announcers (maybe three or four). They would be of no person in particular, but everyone would be able to use them if so they desired, similarly to the faceless referee that interferes on the matches every now and then. The difference would be that they would have personalities, and both RPers would be able to use them. Introducting a third person to post for the Announcers would probably complicate the posting order.

I'd be willing to make a ref character if one's wanted.

why not! got a pair of them up in the Friction roster to try out as people like