Post by Conrad Howell on Dec 23, 2007 8:50:32 GMT -5
The nice people at E-Wrestling Magazine have done a review of SoHK,(even though we are not a e-wrestling Fed) you can check it out and leave comments here,
ewzine.com/fmb/showthread.php?t=5077
Here is the review if you don't want to go to there page.
The School of Hard Knox
By: Josh
sohk.50webs.com/
Introduction:
The School of Hard Knox is a mixed martial arts fed that has been opened for a few months now. It is ran by Alexander Fairchild and he seems to have a pretty good understanding of how to run a MMA fed. It's got a lot of members and doesn't take up a lot of time from what I've gathered. You train your stats based upon points gained from victories and such to increase your attributes. The league uses a MMA sim which the owner enters the stats into and then goes from there and it decides the outcome of your match. Each week you also send in your strategies and style you wish for your fighter to use in his fight. It seems like a pretty interesting thing and if you like MMA I'd suggest giving it a try.
Site and Design:
It's a pretty basic layout and not the best layout I've ever seen, but it does do the job. I didn't come across any dead links though there was one blank page for the title histories. This is something the owner should be looking into and getting up as I noticed titles have changed hands.
Overall the site and boards both look pretty good and get the job done. Everything is easy to find and access and navigate through which is always a big plus when joining a fed. I think there could be a few changes done to make the main page look better such as changing the font or things in that nature, but for the most part I feel everything is fine.
Site and Design Rating:7/10
Results:
The results here are done through a sim and then the owner goes through and adds in some conversation. There are times when it can get pretty boring reading through the sim, and I think one thing the owner could do to spice up the results is add a bit more convo throughout to help spice things up some. I think that this could make it more interesting. Right now the job is getting done and it's nothing bad by any means. The sim is actually interesting and keeps track of your stats throughout your match which is a cool feature as well. I think with a little extra spice added to the results they'd be even better.
Results Rating: 8/10
Board Activity:
Since this isn't based upon roleplaying I'll change this last area up a little bit. There is a place for you to do your trash talk though winning isn't based upon that and don't expect to find anything much over 3-5 lines of written trash talk. It's just a simple way to add a little more excitement to the MMA style e-fed. The boards seem to be pretty active though and offer a lot of things from team boards to other boards for everyone's entertainment. They seem to be doing a good job and stay pretty active at all times, especially in the trash talking boards.
Board Activity Rating:9/10
Summary:
SoHK seems to be an up and coming Mixed Martial Arts fed with a dedicated man at the helm. He's getting the job done and runs a pretty solid weekly show. I give him many props for the job he's done and look forward to seeing him expand his MMA fed even more and wish him the best of luck. If you are interested in joining an MMA fed I highly suggest this one. Why?
Weekly shows, on time results, and a different experience.
Overall Rating:8/10
ewzine.com/fmb/showthread.php?t=5077
Here is the review if you don't want to go to there page.
The School of Hard Knox
By: Josh
sohk.50webs.com/
Introduction:
The School of Hard Knox is a mixed martial arts fed that has been opened for a few months now. It is ran by Alexander Fairchild and he seems to have a pretty good understanding of how to run a MMA fed. It's got a lot of members and doesn't take up a lot of time from what I've gathered. You train your stats based upon points gained from victories and such to increase your attributes. The league uses a MMA sim which the owner enters the stats into and then goes from there and it decides the outcome of your match. Each week you also send in your strategies and style you wish for your fighter to use in his fight. It seems like a pretty interesting thing and if you like MMA I'd suggest giving it a try.
Site and Design:
It's a pretty basic layout and not the best layout I've ever seen, but it does do the job. I didn't come across any dead links though there was one blank page for the title histories. This is something the owner should be looking into and getting up as I noticed titles have changed hands.
Overall the site and boards both look pretty good and get the job done. Everything is easy to find and access and navigate through which is always a big plus when joining a fed. I think there could be a few changes done to make the main page look better such as changing the font or things in that nature, but for the most part I feel everything is fine.
Site and Design Rating:7/10
Results:
The results here are done through a sim and then the owner goes through and adds in some conversation. There are times when it can get pretty boring reading through the sim, and I think one thing the owner could do to spice up the results is add a bit more convo throughout to help spice things up some. I think that this could make it more interesting. Right now the job is getting done and it's nothing bad by any means. The sim is actually interesting and keeps track of your stats throughout your match which is a cool feature as well. I think with a little extra spice added to the results they'd be even better.
Results Rating: 8/10
Board Activity:
Since this isn't based upon roleplaying I'll change this last area up a little bit. There is a place for you to do your trash talk though winning isn't based upon that and don't expect to find anything much over 3-5 lines of written trash talk. It's just a simple way to add a little more excitement to the MMA style e-fed. The boards seem to be pretty active though and offer a lot of things from team boards to other boards for everyone's entertainment. They seem to be doing a good job and stay pretty active at all times, especially in the trash talking boards.
Board Activity Rating:9/10
Summary:
SoHK seems to be an up and coming Mixed Martial Arts fed with a dedicated man at the helm. He's getting the job done and runs a pretty solid weekly show. I give him many props for the job he's done and look forward to seeing him expand his MMA fed even more and wish him the best of luck. If you are interested in joining an MMA fed I highly suggest this one. Why?
Weekly shows, on time results, and a different experience.
Overall Rating:8/10