Reviews: Le Poncho
by creator on Oct.10, 2000, under Reviews
This one was done by one who would later end up joining TFW. He found us and threw this up on his personal webpage without any provocation on our part.
A Canuck’s Ramblings
posted 10.10.00
What All E-feds Should Be Like
Hey, hey, hey… it’s that wacky Canuck Rat Bastard again, coming to you from the bitter cold of Toronto on Canuck Thanksgiving with my intermittent column. This one’s about something I stumbled upon while searching Ezboard for e-wrestling shit… and it’s HELLA cool.
It’s called Toonopolis, and in my opinion, it’s the best thing going today. Toonopolis is an e-fed… not your traditional one, though. Ever seen the movie Roger Rabbit? Know the place there called Toontown? Take a bunch of created cartoons, stick them in an arena, and set them to kicking each other’s asses, and you’ve got the premise of Toonopolis.
Basically, it’s a normal e-fed, only far, FAR wackier. It’s got one of the best-designed websites I’ve ever seen, absolutely PHENOMENAL shows (after my own heart). He takes the same concept that is the basis of e-wrestling (may the best writer win) and applies it to something that would allow more creativity… less restriction… and no emphasis on “reality.” CARTOONS!
This works because it’s so completely light-hearted, wacky, and irreverent. There’s still a bit of competition for those who like it, but there’s just SO much potential for creativity, it’s mindblowing. They use strats, a loose RP scheme, and the best, fairest ranking system I’ve ever seen. The RP quality ranges from pretty good to Cooper Tate on Speed, and there’s only one 12-year-old handler… I’m still the oldest, but only by a year, and there’s plenty of high school senior types.
Toonopolis is, bar none, THE most creative e-federation on the net. The results are some of the best I’ve ever seen, the roleplaying is decent to tremendous, it’s a great-looking site, and it’s fucking FUNNY. Definitely worth your time, and I think that the spirit there is what every e-fed’s lacking, and the same kind of light-heartedness that made the JNF great.
‘Til next time (and a LONGER column),
PONCHO
“You’ve moved from ASS into the main stream, baby!”
