#god i have got to replay nv

[valentineveils]

playing fallout 4 is so interesting cus i really cant find it in me to be interested in anything thats happening . i dont even care abt my son at this point . i dont like the settlement system either . i am a hater i think . i also told danse to shut the fuck up a few times during his first quest cus i rlly did not care . like . is that just the bethesda curse . or something .

[princess-of-sims]

10 Random Questions

Hey there! Still can’t be bothered to deal with the malfunctioning queueing system, but here’s some non-sims stuff that @mrslandgraab tagged me in. Spoiler: I’m not going to tag anyone, mostly because I’m not sure who’s done it already.

1. If you could travel one place in the world where would you travel?

I’ve not been able to get to London in far too long! I keep thinking I should go to a particular shop, park, etc. only to remember that they’re in London and I’m not. I also really want to visit Paris again within the next year and a half because after that I’ll be too old to get into museums for free.

2. What do you do in your free time away from sims?

Same as everyone else, apparently: Play other video games and D&D! I also do watercolour paintings and write poetry on occasion. And I just started doing collages again and it’s very frustrating that I’m not very good at it (yet).

3. What other games do you play besides the sims?

Mostly Fallout (3, NV, 4, 76 and recently Shelter) and sometimes the free games from Epic Games. Honourable mention to The Last Door which I replay in its entirety about once a year because it’s fantastic. 

4. How tall are you?

Not very. I’m just under 1.60 m which, according to Google, is about  5' 3".

5. One random interest of yours?

I’ve got a couple small trees on my balcony, and I can’t stop myself from collecting seeds outside to plant when I get home. So I might eventually end up with a whole forest. Does that count as an interest?  If not, then, uuh, unicorns.

6. Current favourite bands or artists?

Not a band or artist, but recently I’ve been watching (and listening to) a lot of musicals, so I guess that sort of counts. Apart from that I’ve been listening to Moes Haven on my last few trips to the supermarket and back.

7. Something you’re looking forward to?

Being rich and famous. Also the day that all my cats finally get along.

8. Current favourite films?

I can’t think of anything at all. I’m kind of bad at films, and whenever I try to think of favourites, I only come up with ones that are either musicals or musical-adjacent.

9.  What food could you not live without?

Pasta. Were it not for pasta, I’d have starved long ago.

10. Favourite series (book or movie series)?

So just looking at my bookshelves, the only proper book series I’ve read are the Vampire Chronicles, the Hitchhiker Trilogy, Harry Potter, and a few other childrens’ series. I’m also going to count Shakespeare’s history plays which are great. As for movies, I can’t think of a single one other than the Sharknado series (which I’m not caught up on, for shame!) (unless The Hollow Crown counts. I don’t even like it all that much, I just can’t be bothered to reread several plays whenever I miss my boy Henry VI. And now I really, really want to rewatch the whole thing, god damn). 

[sordm5]

@readceras

lmao they said that?? oh god what on EARTH. sorry but fallout 4’s story and writing was just the absolute worst. i actually laughed irl during the whole ‘father’ thing because it was almost like… it was so obvious i couldn’t believe they’d actually do it. the institute wasn’t fleshed out at all. and literally every dialogue option in 4 is 'yes’ and 'yes but later’. smh.

settlements are like the only thing to do bc there's no rp shit, there's no reason to test different character builds because... there are none with tha shitty perk system. there's not even unique weapons or anything. like yes its cool that ghouls crawl into windows now but uhh i'd sacrifice that for actual compelling shit to do

it's the first game i cant even replay because there is just.... 0 reason to, which sucks because i could even replay skyrim and loved replaying new vegas

and on the paid mods thing... right? like holy shit there was SO much backlash over it, and they backed out... and made the creation club anyway, lmao. like what an absolute joke. they can't be bothered to make actually decent dlc thats worth money, and theyre too cheap to subcontract it, and you get that :/ UGH i hate this damn company

yeah, here’s the link to the presentation, if you’re interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi51-wjcwp8

state of dialogue in fallout, 2015: yes, yes (sarcastic), yes?, no (but also secretly yes)

it just makes me wish they would have made a sandbox city builder game with only one main playable character, because that’s exactly what fallout 4 is on the verge of being. all they had to do was remove dialogue choices, and boom, we have a basic exploration and build game. don’t try to add perks and skills, and pretend it’s an rpg when it’s not.

and, is it just me, but do they get far too much praise for their exploration? there’s nothing interesting to even explore. it’s just picking through crumbling buildings that look exactly the same as the others, and your reward is 2 stimpaks, which by now you already have 80 of. and! you don’t even need a perk to make stimpaks! in nv you had to at least level science to 80, and have three ingredients ready. in fallout 4 everyone can make a stimpak! just add blood and water! :) so...everything is basically worthless. there’s nothing that’s truly rare and exciting. legendary bugs drop legendary weapons. that’s...so lame.

anyway...yeah :\ now i’m ranting. i’m sorry. but ugh, i just know this vault 76 is going to be the lowest of the low in terms of effort. and we’ve had multiple sources confirm that it’s not even going to be a first person exploration game. which means, this isn’t even going to be a fallout game. it’s just got the fallout title slapped onto it for that cash reel. i want to be pleasantly surprised and wrong on this, but i’m pretty sure i won’t be.

[owligator]

IRINA IS WIFE MATERIAL how does her fo4 story go?? If u don't mind me asking :-]

honestly I’m not super sure haha! I never finished fo4… and I got a lil stumped around where I left off with Irina because none of the factions felt particularly right for her, but idk it’s been awhile and I might have stronger leanings if I ever wanna go back and replay it. Maybe she would side with the BoS or Institute?? I have no idea, she’s pretty anarchistic. I wish there was an independent option like in nv!! but yeah. god knows. we will c

Its been so long and my memory is so bad that I totally forget other things she did, but she did romance Cait!! I still love those two…….. Im kinda :/ about fo4 in general but Ill always be a sucker for Cait

[retphienix]

Hi there! Long time reader of your liveblogs, great stuff! (Apologies if the Submit box isn’t a good way to message you, I’m not a tumblr veteran.) I just re-read your Fallout: New Vegas liveblog, though, and had some thoughts about your intense hatred of Ulysses. Now, I 100% get your frustrations with the character, especially compared to the more colorful, less lecture-y characters elsewhere in the game and DLCs. But there was one element where I thought an alternate viewpoint might help you, if not *like* the character, at least make peace with his existence in the game. You mentioned hating the way he was a sort of embodiment of taking player choice away. The comments on how the Divide was the Courier’s “home”, the insistence that this is all the Courier’s fault, etc. Taken at face value, I agree, that’d be an annoying thing for the writers of The Lonesome Road to do. But I never interpreted it that way. Instead, I always saw Ulysses as a madman. An articulate, high-functioning madman, one who can even make a convincing point here and there, but a madman nonetheless, utterly broken by years of trauma (much of it self-inficted) and a desire to find purpose and meaning in *everything*, meaning that was usually completely and utterly absent. It began when his tribe was wiped out by the Legion. It was an act of utterly pointless brutality, but that was something that Mr. Symbols Are Important couldn’t wrap his mind around. So instead, he convinced himself that his tribe was destroyed because they deserved it, convinced himself to serve the self-absorbed history-fanboy dictator responsible, because otherwise he would have to accept the meaninglessness of it all. His madness went into overdrive when a simple delivery resulted in the nuclear destruction of his *latest* home. His mind had to find a culprit (you) for the destruction, as well as a Greater Purpose for it all. If I recall correctly, there’s even a choice in the dialogue to say “What? I’ve never been here. You’ve got the wrong guy.” or something to that effect, which Ulysses dismisses. Not because he *actually* knows better than the player, but because in his mind, you simply *must* be here for a reason, you *must* be the one who caused all this, if you’re the wrong person then what was all this for? And yes, he keeps lecturing you for the destruction the Courier causes as you pursue him, but again, I saw that not as the narrative saying “LOOK WHAT YOU DID, PLAYER”, but as yet another sign that this man is obsessed with proving to himself that you’re every bit the avatar of destruction that he’s come to view you as. He’s blind to the fact that *he’s* the one who chose to call out to you and taunt you into following him, because it doesn’t fit the grand tale he tells himself to assure himself that everything still makes sense. My memory’s fuzzy here, but I vaguely recall that the only ways to beat Ulysses without fighting or using a Speech check involve shattering Ulysses’s own narrative. (The Speech check is more about playing into his narrative/philosophy, which I suppose is fitting.) Either you point out the fact that ED-E’s recordings, point of origin, and destination suggest that there’s more “America” out there than than Ulysses realized (rendering his “WAAAAH YOU KILLED A NATION SO NOW I’M GONNA DO THAT TOO” rhetoric utterly hollow), or you use his logs to point out that for all his pontification and self-righteousness, his philosophy is just as fruitless and self-destructive as the many broken philosophies he encountered and dismissed in his many journeys (the Think Tank, the Brotherhood, the White Legs, etc.). You even echo his own “Who are you, that do not know your history?” back at him - the same line he used against a batch of insane brain-robots who were *literally* stuck in a feedback loop, unable to to see beyond their own petty obsessions. Sound like anyone you know, Ulysses? I’ve rambled on enough, so I’m going to end on the observation that most amused me while I was re-reading your liveblog. As Ulysses came up again and again, even in segments that barely featured him, it occurred to me that he had more or less become the focal point of your problems with the game. His buggy faction-recognition was emblematic of your complaints on the faction system, his DLC’s lack of glitz and glamour echoed your problems with the setting’s aesthetic, and his dialogue seemed to embody all your least favorite aspects of the game’s writing. In other words, you came to perceive him as a perfect Symbol of what’s wrong with Fallout: New Vegas. You came to hate him, and the Flag he bore.   How… Ulysses-ish of you. :)

I enjoy a good read on fallout so why not :P

My response might sound strange as I’ll respond as I’m reading so keep that in mind: To start I MIGHT CHANGE MY MIND SHORTLY BUT I WISH YOU WERE WRITING ULYSSES INSTEAD OF THE POMPOUS REAR END WHO FORCED HIM IN THE GAME BECAUSE YOUR INTERPRETATION COULD HAVE LEAD TO SUCH A FUN CHARACTER.

Seriously! Like, I’ll tell you right now I don’t expect your argument for Ulysses to change much of my mind- but you’ve already instilled a sense of potential that I never saw. IF YOU WROTE HIM, HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SO MUCH BETTER IN MY EYES, I love the interpretation of him being an articulate madman. I really appreciate you sharing that.

I’M GONNA SCREAM BECAUSE YOU’RE RIGHT LOL.

Ulysses IS my symbol for what’s wrong with New Vegas, and that goes beyond how I articulated in my liveblog. For years before this replay of NV I would complain about the game and call it a terrible pile of trash (an opinion I’ve grown to understand was because I only recalled the worst parts of NV- My opinion is more gray and more based on “It’s good but has problems” now)- I digress. I complained about the game for years and EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. In my head the only thing I could think of was Ulysses. The self insert from one of the worst writers in this game, whom shows up in the narrative constantly as a pointless background character just to steal agency from the player- whom got a dlc all to himself just to preach and talk down to you in a “Writer vs player” sort of way, whom based his morals on a corrupt and crappy faction system that didn’t even align with his morals because the factions are written kinda poorly.

I honest to god, have used him as my symbol for what’s wrong with NV for years BEFORE writing the liveblog. I mean I stand by that- but I’m screaming that you’re 100% right lol.

Darn, I feel so much better having read this. Thank you for sharing, seriously! Because your interpretation is miles better than what I see in the game, and I honestly can’t really credit your interpretation as my new interpretation BUT I can credit it as how I wish he was written. Basically you were able to pull out such an interesting narrative that I think is only really there if you try to pull it out. And I don’t say that negatively, that’s the rule of interpretation- you see what you see.

What I mean is, I desperately wish the writers were more at the speed you seem to be, because my god I feel like you’ve just revealed miles of potential that I don’t think they really tackled effectively. Also I feel like if you’ve got that head on your shoulders, maybe some other flaws would have been a touch better as well. But darn man. Thank you for sharing this- it gave plenty to think about and it really did make me feel like more potential existed than I assumed.

Now, to be honest and mean, that’s kind of a bad thing because it means I now think Ulysses ‘could have been’ better but they screwed it up, and wasted potential is arguably worse than no potential- BUT, in this case I’ll say it’s good thing. Because I really have done like a decade or something like that feeling like he had no potential and existed purely as a negative void of good content- but now I can see a glimmer of light. I like that.

Thank you for sharing, and thank you for that god like semi-roast of calling me out I REALLY dig knowing that. I’ve done it for years and never realized! Thank you :D

[pcwpolwrestling]

Extreme Election Night 2020 Preview

(PCW 15th Year Celebration- Taped Earlier This Year)

The Scene: A meeting room inside a hotel.  At the front of the room, PCW Owner Dawn McGill stand behind a podium with a sign in front that reads “PCW 15 years.”  She’s dressed nicely for the occasion.

PCW Owner Dawn McGill

Dawn McGill: Welcome to the fifteenth year of Political Championship Wrestling.

The camera pans around the hall at the politicos from both sides – all whom played major roles in PCW over the past fifteen years – as they applaud.

There’s ‘The Mastermind’ Karl Rove who claps his hands and then points to his temple to make sure everyone knows he’s a *BLEEP*-ing genius.

The Clinton Political Pitbulls (James Carville, Terry McAuliffe, and Sidney Blumenthal).

’The Alaskan Pitbull’ Sarah Palin (AK-American Patriots).

Rahm Emanuel- he’s about the drop an F-Bomb but realizes he’s on camera so he doesn’t.

‘Screamin’ Howard Dean (VT-Progressive Alliance)…

Howard Dean: YEEEEEEEEEEEAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

…who’s sitting uncomfortably close to one Alan Simpson (WY-American Patriots)…

Alan Simpson: STOP YELLING IN MY *BLEEP*-DAMN EAR!

…Mitch McConnell (KY-American Patriots) stands and claps…

Mitch McConnell: Spending obscene amounts of cash in order to gain influence with our leaders is a First Amendment right!

…Nancy Pelosi (CA-Progressive Alliance).  She hides behind of wall of bodyguards.  Get it?  Hiding behind a wall.  A wall of bodyguards?

Then there’s a quick shot of the PCW Hall of Famers on hand: ‘Not Just Unbearable…Not Just Intolerable…He is…’ Justin Sufferable, PCW tag team legends The Flyin’ Martini Brothers (Independent), ‘No Frills’ Chris Escondido, and ‘The Original Rookie Sensation’ Starz N. Stripes (Kevin Scott)

Back to McGill up front.

Dawn McGill: Let’s now welcome the living former PCW CEO’s.  First, Jimmy Carter.

John Denver’s ‘Thank God I’m a Country Boy’ heralds the entrance of 96 year old Jimmy Carter (GA-Progressive Alliance) as he’s wheeled into the hall.

Dawn McGill: Bill Clinton.

Clinton (AR-Progressive Alliance) strides out as a video plays of an old episode of ‘Bill Clinton’s Hot Tub’ plays…

VIDEO: Bill Clinton’s Hot Tub – November 2nd, 2010 episode of Extreme Political TV Clinton glumly sits in his hot tub…alone and flanked by two Secret Service men.  Off to the side of the hot tub lies a ladybug costume that he had brought anticipating that Christine O’Donnell was going to be his guest on the show.

Bill Clinton: I don’t know what else I could have done.  I even brought her a ladybug costume just so she’ll feel comfortable.   *sigh*

Secret Service Agent 1: I don’t think Miss O’Donnell is coming sir.

Bill Clinton: This makes me profoundly sad.  (bites lip)  I feel my pain.

==

Dawn McGill: George W. Bush.

Dawn watches as George W. Bush’s (TX-American Patriots) perpetually off-key mariachi band leads former CEO George W. Bush to the ring with another horribly played, but rousing, rendition of “Hail to the Chief.”

Dawn’s face contorts and cringes every time the off-key mariachi band hits a particularly sour note.

Dawn McGill: Barack Obama.

*flute and clarinet flourish*

Two men come out and unroll a white carpet to the ring steps. Dancers then dance. Ballet dancers…ballet? Little children walk up the white carpet and drop rose petals. Someone lets loose some pigeons…we’re still not sure just how they’ll get out of the building.  Former PCW CEO Barack Obama (IL-Progressive Alliance) appears with his former Aide de Camp Joe ‘the Big F-ing Deal’  Biden (DE-Progressive Alliance) by his side.

Dawn McGill: And our current CEO, Donald Trump.

PCW CEO Donald Trump (NY-American Patriots) comes out on stage.

The supporters chant “TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP!” which merges with the melody of the Imperial March and becomes:

♫ TRUMP.

TRUMP.

TRUMP.

TRUMP-TRUMP-TRUMP

TRUMP-TRUMP-TRUMMMMP♫

♫ TRUMP.

TRUMP.

TRUMP.

TRUMP-TRUMP-TRUMP

TRUMP-TRUMP-TRUMMMMP♫

After Trump sits down at the dias with the rest of the other former CEO’s, McGill continues.

Dawn McGill: Tonight is not about politics as usual.

As she speaks, the caterers roll out a huge cake.

Dawn McGill: Tonight is about celebrating what we have in common and what binds us together.

Close up to the item sitting on top of said cake- it’s a giant briefcase with money overflowing from inside of it.

Dawn McGill: It’s about…all of us…

As the caterers situate where the cake is to go, one of them bumps into the cart.  The giant briefcase starts to sway back and forth.

Dawn McGill: …It’s about the people…

Finally, the briefcase slides off the top and falls towards the floor.

Close up- Mitch McConnell.  His eyes light up and drool forms on the edge of his mouth.

Dawn McGill: …because we may have our differences…

The briefcase hits the floor and opens up.  There’s a lot of cash inside and some of it spills out onto the floor.

Close up- Bill Clinton.

Bill Clinton: Ohhhh baby.

Everyone looks around at each other.

Dawn McGill: …in the end, we all share a common thread the binds us all together…

Silence…several seconds of silence.

Bill Clinton’s gaze meets up with James Carville.  Clinton nods and winks.  Carville smiles and then…

George W. Bush: Wait for it.

At once, Carville and everyone else shoot up from their chairs and dives towards the open briefcase.  McConnell jumps in.  Pelosi’s ‘wall’ of bodyguards barge in and try to plow a path to the cash.

Also wading in: John Boehner (OH-American Patriots), Harry Reid (NV-Progressive Alliance), and Paul Ryan (WI-American Patriots) and people from both sides of the aisle attempt to burrow their way through the pile of humanity.

Rahm Emanuel (IL-Progressive Alliance) runs down and starts dropping people left and right with F-Bombs.

Close up of Jimmy Carter’s reaction to the scramble for cash: disappointment and disgust.

Unidentifiable person in the middle of the scrum: OWWWWW!  HE’S BITING!  HE’S BITING!

Close up- it’s James Carville.

Close up of George W. Bush’s reaction: whimsical smile.

W taps Clinton on the shoulder.

George W. Bush: Not a whole lot of strat-tee-ger-ree goin’ on here.

Bill Clinton: Nope.

Another unidentifiable person in the middle of the scrum: OWWWWW!  WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!

Close up- it’s ‘The Alaskan Pitbull’ Sarah Palin.  She’s not biting though.  She’s using a power drill to get to the bottom of the pile.

Sarah Palin: DRILL BABY DRILL!

Another unidentifiable person in the middle of the scrum: AAAAAAAAAAARGHHHHH!

Close up of Barack Obama’s reaction: rising above the fray.

Barack Obama: *I* would not do that.

Obama turns to Biden.

Barack Obama: But *I* also know you’re just itching for a fight.

Joe Biden: You know it.

Barack Obama: Go for it.

Biden leaps over the table and literally cannonballs into the pile of humanity.

A third unidentifiable person in the middle of the scrum: OWWW!  DAMMIT! WHO KEEPS BITING?

Close up- it’s Alan Simpson- Simpson’s not after the money, he’s just being his usual irascible and ornery self.

W leans in towards Bill Clinton.

George W. Bush: Where’s Hillary?

Close up of the pile.  Two legs wearing white pants stick out of the huge pile.

George W. Bush: Oh.  Never mind.

Trump shakes his head.

Close up- Dawn McGill at the podium.  She rolls her eyes and takes a sip from her drink.

McGill’s POV: both sides scratch, claw, gouge, use steel folding chairs, regular chairs, and anything else that can be used as a weapon- all to get at the cash in the briefcase.

She sighs and rests her chin on her hand propped up by her elbow on the podium as the chaos continues…

Political Championship Wrestling Preview of Extreme Election Night 2020 Hack’s Rusty Nail Saloon Wauseon, Ohio Sunday December 27th, 2020

Johnny Suave (voiceover): “To say that the last year have been frustrating for Dawn McGill would be an understatement of epic proportion.  Having her show taken off the air and having to endure the Star Chamber of Pelosi, Schiff, and Nadler and their investigation had been not only tough on her but the PCW talent as well.  Yes, house shows continued to be run but PCW was off television.  As 2019 came to a close, Dawn fired off a shot across the bow when a PCW Christmas show suddenly aired causing a few eyebrows to be raised.  The show featured PCW mainstays Rah and Halitosis headlining against The Professional Bad Guys- Hans Grueber and Carl Vreski in a Nakotomi Towers Death Match.”

(REPLAY: PCW Christmas Show- December 2019) Grueber and Vreski send Rah over the top rope to the floor.  Grueber slides out and pulls something out from underneath the ring.  It’s an eight foot by four foot piece of glass.

Johnny Suave: What the hell is he doing?

What he’s doing is setting up the piece of glass in the corner and motioning Vreski to do something with it.  Vreski doesn’t quite understand what Grueber wants him to do and shrugs.

Grueber again motions to the glass- Vreski still doesn’t know what he’s got in mind.  He shrugs again.

Now agitated, Greuber makes an exaggerated motion pointing at the glass.

Again, Vreski doesn’t quite get it.

Finally…

Hans Grueber: SHOOT…THE GLASS!

Grueber positions Halitosis in front of the glass.  Vreski finally gets it.

Carl Vreski: Ohhhhhhhh!

Vreski rushes forward and spears Halitosis right through it, sending glass flying all over the place.

Johnny Suave: Whoa!

Crowd: HOLY *BLEEP*…HOLY *BLEEP*

Johnny Suave: Hey, that’s Laura Bergman looking on.  She’s Halitosis’s wife.

…

Rah hits a bulldog and drops ax handles on the back of Vreski.  Then he takes Vreski’s chain and wraps it around his neck.  Vreski frantically tries to get away.  He tries to throw himself out of the ring but the chain catches and hangs him up.

Rah drags Vreski back to the ring and signals it time to sacrifice him to the Temple of the Sunshine God.  He looks over at his faithful worshipers-

…and they’re not paying attention to what he’s doing.

Rolling his eyes, Rah looks over at McGill- she’s looking at her compact and redoing her lipstick that got mussed up when she Singapore caned Vreski.

Sighing, Rah then turns to the fans at ringside and finally receives the adulation he’s looking for.  He places Vreski’s head between his legs and looks towards the heavens with arms stretched out soaking in the praise and worship of the fans. After receiving the necessary strength, Rah picks Vreski up and drives him down onto the canvas with the Eye of RAHHHHHH (jackknife powerbomb).

Rah walks with a deliberate gait over to Vreski.  He should pin him right then and there but something catches the eyes of the Sunshine God.  In the stands, he sees Hans Grueber with a firm grip on the hand of one Laura Bergman and dragging her up the steps towards the top with him.  A few feet below, Halitosis, bloodied and just a mess, climbs up the steps a few feet behind them.  Rah watches as Grueber reaches the top and sees Joe coming for him.  He threatens to throw Laura off the back of the stands if he takes another step forward.

Laura stomps on Grueber’s foot.  Halitosis lurches forward and unleashes his lethal breath of death on Grueber.  Grueber clutches his throat at the stench and gets perilously close to the edge.  Laura shoves Grueber over the edge but the German grabs on to Laura’s wrist as he topples over and begins to pull her down with him – Joe grabs Laura and holds on for dear life.

Grueber has a hold of her watch.  He tries to reach up with his free hand as Laura feverishly loosens the watchband.  It slips off her wrist and…

Grueber falls and crashes through two tables that’s been conveniently set up below him.

Johnny Suave: I wonder who put those tables up?

Quick cut to Dawn McGill, filing her nails behind the stands and nodding at her handiwork as Grueber lays in the wreckage of the tables.

*             *             *

Johnny Suave (voiceover): “So as 2020 arrived, McGill was ready to say the hell with it and pull the trigger.  Then she was unceremoniously hauled before the Pelosi-Schiff-Nadler hearings again.”

*             *             *

(PCW Headquarters-Washington D.C. -February 2020)

Johnny Suave (voiceover): “The hearing with the express purpose of determining whether or not Dawn McGill would be removed as the Executive Director of Political Championship Wrestling.  Now, you may be asking yourself: Wait a second.  I thought she owned PCW. Well, let’s go back a few months to May of 2019.”

[REPLAY: 5/2/2019-Donald Trump (R-NY)] The CEO of Political Championship Wrestling Donald Trump explains why the Red Brand and Blue Brand went dark, shows were cancelled, and why PCW ran replays of shows from ten years ago over the past two weeks. Short and to the point, Trump states the current method of doing business with three brands wasn’t working so, he felt it was time to make a change.

Trump reaches under the podium and pulls out an Infinity Gauntlet (ie…the very same Infinity Gauntlet featured in the recent Avengers movie). He places said Infinity Gauntlet on his right hand. Trump raises his hand in the air.

Then he attaches a red stone to the gauntlet. Then he snaps his fingers and says Red Brand is no more. The press- except for most of the Fox News contingent – let out a loud cheer.

Trump then attaches a blue stone to the gauntlet and snaps his fingers and proclaims the Blue Brand. No more. The press- except for most of the Fox News contingent – groan.

Then Trump attaches a white and black stone with PCW written on it to the gauntlet. But this time he doesn’t snap his fingers. Trump announces he made PCW owner Dawn McGill a generous offer for PCW that sets her up for life and she accepted.

So what does that mean? McGill’s investment in trying to keep PCW alive just paid off for her in a big, big way. The Red and Blue Brand will consolidate under PCW. So, who will lead PCW going forward?

Dawn McGill comes out followed by PCW Hall of Famers “No Frills’ Chris Escondido and Justin Sufferable. McGill shakes Trump’s hand as does Escondido and Sufferable.

There’s a disturbance and male voice shouts out: “GET THAT GAUNTLET! THE FATE OF THE POLITICAL UNIVERSE DEPENDS ON IT!”

Suddenly, Captain America (aka Chris Evans dressed in costume), Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.- in costume), and Captain Marvel (Brie Larson- in costume) rush towards Trump and his Infinity Gauntlet that’s made the Red Brand and Blue Brand specific shows disappear.

But before they can reach him: Escondido steps in to kick Evans in the balls. He then power slams Evans.

Sufferable chops Downey Jr. with an open hand and drives him to the floor with the Lou Thesz press.

McGill stops Larson in her tracks with a Spinning Heel kick and then follows with the McGill Bomb (sit-out powerbomb).

(END VIDEO)

Sitting at a table cutting a solitary figure with a glass of water placed next to her elbow, Executive Director Dawn McGill faced the stern glare of one Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Adam Schiff (D-CA).  She wasn’t happy to be there and made sure both Pelosi and Schiff knew it in her opening statement.

Dawn McGill: I said this before but let me make this clear to the Establishment…PCW is not here for you. PCW is here for…THEM…the fans.

Pelosi called the hearing to order following McGill’s opening remarks and Schiff announced that the minutes will be waived.   He announced that he will proceed with questions towards the Executive Director of PCW.

Schiff doesn’t waste time cutting to the chase- he wants to know about the deal Donald Trump made with her in May 2019.

McGill responded directly that the deal was a basic business transaction to bring PCW back under the political universe umbrella while rewarding her for her hard work over the past five years trying to keep PCW alive.

Schiff fired back that he believed it’s easy to connect the dots.  He demands to know if there was any quid pro pro- McGill sold PCW in return for Trump putting an end the Red and Blue Brand shows.

Brushing off Schiff’s challenging demeanor, McGill smiled and then recalled the intense reaction of the Progressive Alliance – most notably Jerry Nadler’s (D-NY) Oversight committee – to the deal made.  Her description of the response was

“predictable.”

McGill also made sure to recognize that the American Patriots didn’t take the news so well either.

Schiff continued to press the issue and asked if McGill took into consideration that Trump could be breaking the law by making a deal with her.

With a bemused grin, McGill asked which particular law Schiff was referring to.

Schiff said that’s what they’re trying to find out.

Dawn McGill: Oh? Is that kind of like passing a bill just to see what exactly is in the bill?

Pelosi was not amused.  She brought up the fact that McGill hired back Russian referee Corrina Romanov after previous PCW CEO Barack Obama had fired her after Extreme Election Night 2016 as a striking example of the ‘poor judgment’ McGill has.

McGill retorted she couldn’t help that elements remained inside the Progressive Alliance who still blamed Romanov for Trump defeating Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Before Pelosi can respond to that, McGill also threw in for good measure the fact that Pelosi also continued to be chapped at her because she refused to back down and give in to her demand that the 2020 CEO candidates return to the old way where their candidates would hire surrogate wrestlers to wrestle in their place- unlike in 2016.

Pelosi made sure to reference the match at 2008’s Extreme Election Night between then-champion Starz N. Stripes (now Kevin Scott) – representing John McCain- and challenger O’Beck Bahama- representing Barack Obama- perhaps one the greatest matches ever in PCW history.  She implored McGill to be reasonable and allow a return to that very system.

McGill remained steadfast.  She told Pelosi that both sides have allowed others to fight their battles for too long and maintained 2020 would have the same format of 2016.

Pelosi strenuously objected and called her a puppet- one more reason why she should be impeach- . . . er .  .  . removed as the Executive Director of PCW.

Nancy Pelosi: The people vying to become the next CEO of the Political Universe are not ‘ordinary’ men and women and should not be treated as such.

McGill fired back that regardless of what special privileges she feels they are owed, the fact remained that they are ‘people’ and should be subject to the same rules everyone else is.

Schiff responded it didn’t matter.

Adam Schiff: We’ve received two dozen reports of individual acts of perversion, so profound – and disgusting – that decorum prohibits listing them here.

Schiff declared there is a solution to this problem- the removal of Dawn McGill followed by strict oversight of PCW by Schiff’s and Nadler’s committee.

McGill’s response?

Dawn McGill: Yeah, that’s not happening.

Pelosi threatened McGill that oversight is coming whether she likes it or not and if need be they will personally take control of PCW to ensure that there’s appropriate oversight.

Dawn McGill: Oh?  Like the one Joe Biden was proposing?

(VIDEO: 6/10/2019 PCW Extreme Political TV) Joe Biden’s voice: Perhaps I can be of assistance.

Joe Biden, former Aide de Camp to former PCW CEO Barack Obama (D-IL) and the  twenty-second candidate to declare for the 2020 race, comes out.

He strolls out to the ring and stands behind McGill.

Joe Biden: If I become the next CEO of the Political Universe in 2020, I plan on taking a more ‘hands-on’ approach than Donald Trump has.

As he talks, Biden puts his hands on McGill’s shoulders- much to her surprise…and annoyance.

Joe Biden: Not to say that Ms. McGill-

Dawn McGill (pointedly): Miss!

Joe Biden: …has done a bad job of running PCW…

Biden rubs McGill’s shoulders.

Joe Biden: …but we need a different approach than the one offered by Donald Trump. I plan on bringing a new vision to bring us closer together…

His hands start moving down- much to McGill’s alarm. She finally turns around and whispers something in Biden’s ear.

Joe Biden: …huh?

McGill continues to whisper something to Biden.

Joe Biden: If I don’t stop doing that you’re going to do what?

McGill rolls her eyes and explains to him again what the problem is and what will happen if he doesn’t stop.

Joe Biden: I’m sorry but that seems physically impossible to do- to yourself.

Dawn McGill: How bad do you want to find out?

Biden wisely removes said hands from McGill’s person. (END VIDEO)

Dawn McGill: Yeah. Again, not happening.

Nadler accused her of ‘obstruction’ of his oversight.

Pelosi again threatened to take matters into her own hands if McGill did not acquiesce to her demand.

McGill called herself a businesswoman – an ordinary person trying to make ends meet in an increasingly toxic atmosphere by politicians just like Pelosi and Schiff.

Dawn McGill: Perhaps if Joe didn’t send Hunter Biden to try to buy my silence after he got all handsy on me-

Pelosi quickly cut her off.

Nancy Pelosi: Well, I think we’ve heard enough.

Jerry Nadler: I agree.

Adam Schiff: Let’s finish this damn thing right now!

Dawn McGill: Yes.  Let’s finish this now.

McGill stood up from her chair.

Dawn McGill: We’re not going to sit here and take this from you anymore.  If Dianne Feinstein can leave early, we’re going to leave too.

McGill turned and motioned to the PCW supporters in the hearing room who suddenly prepared to take their leave.

Dawn McGill: Ladies?  Gentlemen?  We’re done here.

And with that, they began to exit from the hearing room while humming ‘The Star Spangled Banner’- kind of like this…

This, of course, pissed off Pelosi and Schiff to no end.

Nancy Pelosi: Where do you think you’re going?  You’re not walking out on this one!

But they were.  The PCW supporters continued to exit as Schiff banged the gavel on the table and tried to restore order.

Nancy Pelosi: You’ve bought it this time.  You’re finished!

More supporters left while Schiff continued to bang the gavel down on the table.

Nancy Pelosi: I’m taking you down.  I’m taking ALL of you down.

And more supporters streamed from the hearing room.

Nancy Pelosi: No more PCW.

McGill bent down and furiously scribbled away on a sheet of paper.  Finally she glanced up and faced Pelosi.

Dawn McGill: And just to clarify. When Trump ‘purchased’ PCW, he bought the right to air and produce the show. *I* still own the PCW name. *I* still own the shows and intellectual property. *I* still own the pay per views.

She held up the paper.

Dawn McGill: And with my signature right here on this sheet of paper, I just reclaimed my right to air and produce PCW shows as I see fit.

Pelosi and Schiff’s jaws dropped.

Dawn McGill: You can call this…a wres-xit.

Then she turned and left with the rest.

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Johnny Suave (voiceover): “But then COVID happened and like many small businesses, McGill and PCW found themselves shut down while larger, corporate wrestling organizations continued to run.  After running a few house shows in January and February, PCW went dark in 2020.  But that didn’t mean there were forces in play intending to put on Extreme Election 2020 without her.  George Moros and the Coke Brothers- big time billionaires with money to burn on political things- announced in September they planned to run an Extreme Election Night 2020 show in November 2020.  There was just one problem- the nanosecond Dawn McGill caught wind of this scheme, she marched right into a courthouse and initiated legal action.  Suffice to say, Moros and the Coke Brothers were not pleased with her response.  You see, McGill, Moros, and the Coke Brothers had butted heads before…”

(VIDEO: February 2019-After PCW’s D.C. Armory Supershow) It’s late.  The fans have left.  The wrestlers have left.  PCW Owner Dawn McGill finally walks out of the D.C. Armory two and a half hours after the show ends.  She gets into her rental vehicle and pulls out of the parking lot.

Dawn heads north on 19th Street SE and stops at the light at East Capitol Street NE.  Traffic is light and she’s the only one stopped at the intersection.

Her mind occupied, she did not see the pair of headlights coming up fast behind her.

But she felt the impact when the vehicle slammed into the back of her car.  Dawn gets pitched forward but the airbag immediately deploys and the seat belt holds firm.

Four men exit the large SUV equipped with a heavy duty front bumper that easily absorbed the collision.  One man rips open the driver’s door and another one helps him pull a dazed McGill out of the car.  A third man swoops in and places a strip of duct tape over her mouth.  The fourth yanks her arms behind her back and zipties her wrists together.

They drag her back to the SUV and throw her into the back seat.  It’s there she finds out who’s behind this.

The Coke Brothers and George Moros.  Financiers of both factions.

George Moros: We all need to have a little talk here.

Then a cloth hood is placed over her head.

Of course, McGill would respond at the next PCW Extreme Political TV show.

(VIDEO: 2/17/2019-PCW Extreme Political TV) Dawn McGill: I so did not expect to spend my Saturday night after the show ziptied in the back of a SUV.

The crowd boos.  McGill tells them it’s okay.  The Establishment got pissed off at her so she got to go for a little ride around Washington D.C. while Coke Brothers and George Moros tried to intimidate her.

More boos from the PCW fans.

McGill explains the Cokes and Moros were a little upset that PCW got to keep running while the Red and Blue shows were shut down…they impressed on her that PCW could be squashed like a little bug like many other small time, mom and pop, undercapitalized businesses are when they run up against the big boys.

Dawn McGill: They basically wanted me to back down and go away because I was ‘distracting’ people away from their ‘business’…their high priced wrestlers paid for by their high priced money masters.  I told them they could kiss my ass.  Oh…and I also told them they could go *BLEEP* themselves.

The PCW fans stand up and let out a loud, loud cheer,

McGill says that contrary to the spin and the media’s narratives, PCW is doing a lot better than anyone could have imagined.  A lot better.

Dawn McGill: We’re proving that you don’t need corporate money to succeed.  We’re proving that you don’t need a governmental bureaucracy to succeed.  All we need is an equal playing field.  All we want is for everyone to play under the same set of rules.  No special dispensations.  One set of rules for EVERYONE no matter WHO you are!  We’re building PCW from the ground up and we’re doing it ourselves!

The crowd stands and cheers when McGill proclaims that ‘we ain’t going nowhere!’ and *BLEEP* the Establishment!

Johnny Suave (voiceover): “McGill prevailed over Moros and the Coke Brothers and she made sure PCW Extreme Election Night 2020 did in fact take place on November 3rd, 2020.  How would it go?  We’ll find out soon enough.  Thursday December 31st.  PCW presents Extreme Election Night 2020.  Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden.”

PCW EXTREME ELECTION NIGHT 2020

MAIN EVENT: Donald Trump (American Patriots) vs. Joe Biden (Progressive Alliance)- winner becomes the CEO of PCW for the next four years.

PCW TITLE MATCH: ‘Starz N. Stripes’ Kevin Scott (American Patriots) vs. ‘Mr. Hollywood’ Kevin Daniels vs. ‘Prairie Populist’ William Daniels Bryan (American Heartland Coalition)

PCW WOMEN’S TITLE MATCH: Kathryn Randall Collins (Progressive Alliance) vs. ‘Alaskan Rogue’ Sierra Whalen (American Patriots) vs.  ‘Extreme Pizza Delivery Girl’ Tessa Martin (American Heartland Coalition)

PCW TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: Jill Berg Enterprises: P.M.C. Banks and Kirk Walstreit (American Patriots) vs. The Green World Order: GreenPete and ‘Vengeful Vegan’ Brock Cole Lee (Progressive Alliance) vs. The Vice Squad: Al Cahall and Nic Koteen (American Heartland Coalition)

PLUS:

ARIZONA SENATE MEDALLION MATCH: Martha McSally (American Patriots) vs. Mark Kelly (Progressive Alliance)

MICHIGAN SENATE MEDALLION MATCH: Gary Peters (Progressive Alliance) vs. John James (American Patriots)

SOUTH CAROLINA SENATE MEDALLION MATCH: Lindsey Graham (American Patriots) vs. Jaime Harrison (Progressive Alliance)