Here is a relatively quick summary of the major angles leading into Full Gear. Links to AEW's Youtube, Twitter and Instagram with highlights and clips of what is going on. I'm including other angles that I feel might end up being relevant to Full Gear, but am not attempting to summarize everything.
The Buy In: Serena Deeb (NWA Women’s Champion) vs Allisyn Kay
Summary: Serena Deeb is a wrestling veteran, very skilled in the ring, who has just become the NWA champion, in addition to being an AEW wrestler. Allisyn Kay, a former NWA Champion, wants her old title belt back.

John Silver vs. Orange Cassidy
Summary: Orange Cassidy is a lazy wrestler who can go toe to toe with the best, if he bothers to try. John Silver, a member of the Dark Order, is a little bundle of hyperactive aggression. Orange Cassidy took on the leader of the Dark Order, Mr. Brodie Lee for the TNT championship. While Mr. Brodie Lee won, the Dark Order, and John Silver in particular, want to punish Cassidy for even trying in the first place.
This will be a pretty comedic match, by two people who are genuinely good in the ring.

9/23 - Mr. Brodie Lee, with the Dark Order at ringside, faced Orange Cassidy to retain the TNT Championship. John Silver interfered with the match to help Mr. Brodie Lee get the win.
9/30 - Orange Cassidy beats Preston Vance of the Dark Order. John Silver mocks Orange Cassidy and the Best Friends during the match.
10/14 - Orange Cassidy faced Cody, who had just won back the TNT Championship. John Silver tried to interfere but was ejected from ringside. Orange Cassidy pinned Cody, but ran out of time.
10/21 - John Silver intensely cuts a promo about how the Dark Order is going to dominate all of AEW.
10/21 - John Silver and Alex Reynolds face Private Party, the Butcher and the Blade and the Young Bucks for the chance to face FTR at Full Gear. They lose, but Silver does look pretty darn good. (Reynolds gets injured though.)
10/28 - John Silver attacks Orange Cassidy during the lumberjack rematch with Cody for the TNT Championship, allowing Cody to win.
11/4 - John Silver and most of Dark Order attack Orange Cassidy at ringside.
11/4 - Orange Cassidy stops John Silver from hitting Cody with a chair after the Dark Order’s defeat.

TNT Title: Cody Rhodes (TNT Champion) vs. Darby Allin
Summary: Cody is the son of legendary wrestler Dusty Rhodes, a charming talker and face of the company. He is the TNT Champion. Darby Allin is a reckless daredevil. They have faced off often over the past year, with Cody barely managing to win every time. Will Darby finally win over Cody?

9/23 - Cody returns after a vicious beatdown by Mr. Brodie Lee weeks prior. Then, Mr. Brodie Lee challenges Cody to a Dog Collar match.
9/30 - Darby Allin beats Absolute Ricky Starks. This will later be revealed as why Allin is facing Cody at Full Gear.
9/30 - Cody at first seems to not accept the Dog Collar match, but then agrees. He and Mr. Brodie Lee get in a big brawl.
10/7 - Cody beats Mr. Brodie Lee in a Dog Collar match to regain the TNT Championship. Orange Cassidy will be the next challenger.
10/14 - Darby Allin watches as Orange Cassidy almost beats Cody, hitting a time limit tie. Cody retains the TNT Championship. Then, Darby Allin is announced as the challenger for the TNT Championship at Full Gear.
10/28 - Darby Allin watches as Cody beats Orange Cassidy in a Lumberjack match for the TNT Championship.
11/4 - Taz is upset that neither Brian Cage or Ricky Starks are booked for Full Gear. Starks feels he deserves the slot Darby got. Taz says that they will be at Full Gear anyways.
11/4 - Cody, with the help of the Gunn Club beats the Dark Order. He then calls out a watching Darby Allin before their match at Full Gear.

World Tag Team Titles: FTR (AEW Tag Team Champions) vs. The Young Bucks
Stipulation: If the Bucks lose, they can never challenge for the Tag Team belts again.
Summary: FTR are arrogant brawlers who say they're the best tag team in the world, and they have the AEW Tag Team titles to prove it. The Young Bucks are arrogant high-fliers who say they're the best tag team in the world. They've both been arguing over who is the best for years, and now finally get to prove it. Previously, FTR messed with the Young Bucks by manipulating Hangman Adam Page, taking the Bucks out of the last title match, and the Bucks are still upset about it.

9/9 - The Young Bucks superkick Alex Marvez when he tries to interview them about the aftermath of All Out.
9/16 - The Young Bucks superkick a referee, then get mocked by FTR.
9/23 - Matt Jackson breaks Tony Schiavone's phone when he brings up FTR.
9/23 - FTR announce that they'll be doing shorter title defenses against teams they pick.
9/30 - FTR claim the Young Bucks don't deserve a title shot. Then, Matt Jackson superkicks Tony Schiavone to interrupt the interview.
9/30 - FTR defends the title belts against SCU.
10/7 - FTR defends the title belts against TH2. Best Friends continue to demand a title shot, but FTR still chicken out.
10/7 - The Young Bucks watch FTR's match against TH2 at a very strange angle. Then, they superkick the camera man.
10/14 - FTR defends the title belts against Best Friends.
10/14 - Four tag teams are chosen to compete for a chance to challenge FTR. The Young Bucks are one of them, and superkick all of their competitors.
10/21 - The Young Bucks win the 4 way match for the chance to challenge FTR at Full Gear, but are attacked by FTR afterward. Matt Jackson's leg is injured.
10/28 - FTR and The Young Bucks are interviewed. FTR leave when they think the Young Bucks are getting preferential treatment. The Bucks announce that if they lose this match, they’ll never challenge for the tag titles again.
11/4 - The injured Young Bucks beat Private Party. FTR tries to jump them again after the match, but Hangman Adam Page, followed by Kenny Omega come to their aid.
11/4 - Recap of the storyline leading up to the match.
11/4 - Tully Blanchard has been banned from ringside for the match at Full Gear.

Women's World Title: Hikaru Shida (c) vs. Nyla Rose
Summary: Hikaru Shida is the AEW Women's champion, who had been doing an open challenge for her title. Nyla Rose is a bruiser of a beast, loving to slam women through tables. She's recently gotten Vickie Guererro as her manager. Nyla lost her world title to Shida earlier this year, and has been waiting for a rematch.

World Title Eliminator Tournament Final: Kenny Omega vs. Hangman Page
Summary: Kenny Omega and Hangman Adam Page until recently were tag team champions. Hangman's bad decisions lead to their defeat at the hands of FTR. Now Kenny wants to go back to being a singles star, and Adam Page feels abandoned and hurt. Can the sad drunken cowboy beat his former partner, one of the best wrestlers on the planet? Winner of this match gets a shot at the World Championship.
The saga of Kenny Omega and Hangman Adam Page is one of the best storylines in wrestling to date. The first chunk of it is summarized here, and the second chunk was summarized by me here.
I am not including the Being The Elite segments here too, even though Hangman has been doing some REALLY good work there, because they are really tied up with other plots and hard to summarize briefly.

9/5 - Kenny Omega and Hangman Adam Page lose their teamwork during the title defense against FTR. FTR wins the match and the Tag Team belts. Kenny Omega storms off without Hangman or the Young Bucks.
9/9 -Tony Schiavone interviews Hangman Adam Page about the loss at All Out, and how he's really hurting after it, but feels they can continue as a tag team together.
9/9 -JR interviews Kenny Omega about the loss at All Out, and how he's ready to move on and return to singles competition.
9/16 - Hangman gets a singles victory against Frankie Kazarian, while Kenny on Commentary is passive-aggressively berating him. It was originally going to be a tag match, but Kenny said no.
9/23 - Hangman gets another singles victory against Evil Uno, in what was also a tag match that Kenny passed on. Kenny continued to do passive-aggressive commentary during the match.
9/30 - The Eliminator Tournament to determine the next contender for the AEW World Title is announced, and Kenny Omega will be in it, shocking Hangman Adam Page.
10/21 - Hangman Adam Page beats Colt Cabana to move on in the Eliminator Tournament.
10/21 - Kenny Omega, with a new arrogant attitude, swiftly beats Sonny Kiss to move on in the Eliminator Tournament.
10/28 - Hangman Adam Page beats Wardlow to become a finalist in the Eliminator Tournament.
10/28 - Kenny beats Penta El Zero Miedo to become a finalist in the Eliminator Tournament. Now he'll face Hangman at Full Gear.
11/4 - Kenny Omega is interviewed about the Full Gear match against Hangman. He's confident.
11/4 - Hangman Adam Page is interviewed about the Full Gear match against Kenny. He isn't.
11/4 - Video package set to "You Don't Know What You've Got, Till It's Gone"
11/4 - Both Hangman Adam Page and Kenny Omega show up to help the Young Bucks deal with FTR. Page and Omega shake hands, but there is still tension between them.

Chris Jericho vs. MJF
Stipulation: If MJF wins, he can join The Inner Circle.
Summary: Chris Jericho is a raging egotistical rock star, and leads the villainous Inner Circle. MJF is a spoiled egotistical rich guy, with a massive bodyguard in Wardlow. MJF wants to join the Inner Circle, but has to beat Chris Jericho to prove he has what it takes.

9/9 - MJF and Jericho meet and compliment each other, but each secretly call the other a loser.
9/16 - MJF announces that he’ll consider joining one of the many factions forming at AEW.
9/23 - MJF and Jericho both know the other called them a loser, but seem to bond over it.
9/30 - MJF and Wardlow give gifts to the Inner Circle. But Sammy Guevara doesn't get a gift.
10/14 - MJF officially asks Jericho if he can join the Inner Circle. He gives Sammy a jacket that is completely too big for him. Jericho decides to have a dinner meeting with MJF first.
10/21 - At the dinner meeting, Jericho and MJF do a musical number together. Jericho decides to have a Town Hall meeting to decide if MJF can join the Inner Circle.
10/28 - The Town Hall meeting to determine if MJF should join the Inner Circle: Part One
10/28 - The Town Hall meeting to determine if MJF should join the Inner Circle: Part Two
10/28 - At the end of the Town Hall, Jericho issues the challenge. If MJF can beat him at Full Gear, he gets in the Inner Circle. Sammy Guevara and Ortiz, who don’t approve, challenge MJF and Wardlow for next week’s Dynamite.
11/4 - Before MJF and Wardlow face Sammy and Ortiz, Jericho calls MJF "soft."
11/4 MJF and Wardlow face Sammy Guevara and Ortiz. Matt Hardy, in disguise, attacks Sammy in anticipation of their match, allowing MJF to win. MJF then attacks Chris Jericho at the announcers desk.

Elite Deletion: Matt Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara
Summary: Matt Hardy, a legend in the ring, has been trying to get Sammy Guevara to reach his full potential by leaving Chris Jericho's side. Sammy doesn't want an old man telling him what to do. They've been feuding for months now, with both of them getting injured along the way. It really needs to end.
This will be a cinematic match, filmed at the Hardy Compound.

9/5 - Matt Hardy is legitimately injured during his match against Sammy at All Out, but finishes the match anyways, despite that being a really really dumb idea, beating Sammy Guevara. Probably AEW's worst decision to date.
9/9 - After being seriously injured at All Out, Matt Hardy speaks about how he's going to rest up and recover.
9/16 Matt Hardy has been ambushed and attacked backstage by unknown assailants. The Inner Circle arrive, but claim not to know anything about it.
9/23 - Matt Hardy tries to figure out who attacked him backstage. Then, Jericho shows up, admitting he didn't assault Matt Hardy.
10/14 - Sammy Guevara issues a challenge to Matt Hardy. He was the one who attacked Matt Hardy back stage. It was him all along.
10/23 - While Matt cheers on Private Party during their match, Sammy interrupts him. Sammy and Matt fight each other at ringside.,
11/4 - Sammy Guevara, during his match against MJF and Wardlow, is attacked by Matt Hardy, who was dressed as Serpentico.
11/4 - While Matt Hardy is coaching Private Party before their match, Sammy Guevara attacks him from behind.

AEW World Title "I Quit" Match: Jon Moxley (AEW Champion) vs. Eddie Kingston
Summary: Jon Moxley is a tough bastard, who spent years in the WWE, and beat Chris Jericho to become the AEW World Champion earlier this year. Eddie Kingston has been an indie wrestler for years, struggling to make ends meet before recently joining AEW. Eddie thinks Moxley is a sell out. Moxley thinks Eddie has become bitter and jealous. Once friends, now they're going to practically murder each other in the ring.
NOTE: The promos that both Moxley and Kingston are giving are PHENOMENAL.

9/5 - At the Casino Battle Royale at All Out, Lance Archer is the last man standing, but didn't technically get Eddie Kingston over the top rope. Lance wins a shot at the world title, but Eddie is pissed.
9/16 - Eddie Kingston points out that he didn't lose the Battle Royale at All Out. He claims he should get a title shot.
9/23 - Eddie Kingston calls out Moxley before their title match later that evening.
9/23 - Moxley manages to choke out Kingston, and retain the AEW World Championship. After the match, Moxley is attacked by the Lucha Bros.
9/30 - Kingston harasses the referee who stopped the match and gave the win to Moxley, claiming he’d would have rather died than surrender. Moxley heads to the ring in response, but Kingston leaves.
9/30 - Moxley faces Kingston’s chosen challenger for his title, The Butcher, and wins.
10/7 - Moxley cuts a promo, preparing to face Lance Archer.
10/14 - Recap of AEW’s first year, mixed with Moxley vs Archer promos and recap.
10/14 - Moxley defends against Lance Archer. After the match, Kingston and his family beat up Moxley. Kingston cuts a BRUTAL promo after the show finishes airing. (Anyone got a link to it?)
10/21 - Eddie and his family crash the pre-show to talk about how the Lucha Bros and Butcher and Blade will dominate.
10/21 - Jon Moxley explains his friendship with Eddie Kingston.
10/28 - Moxley does a promo about how he'll have to be willing to kill Eddie Kingston.
10/28 - Eddie calls out Moxley before their upcoming match, then beats Matt Sydal with Moxley’s own moves.
11/4 - Eddie and Moxley have an intense in-ring confrontation, with the stipulation that if either of them gets violent, their upcoming match is cancelled.

Part 1
Inter-promotional Casino Battle Royale
Build: Well, a bunch of people from AEW and a bunch of people from Impact Wrestling want a pay day and decide to kick the living and dead crap out of each other for a win. Winner contends for the World Title of their promotions. Rules are as followed.
1 entire suit will start the match (that being 13 individuals). After 3 minutes, the next suit will enter 10 seconds between each other. After the last person of that suit enters, there will be another 3 minute period before the next suit. After all four suits have entered the match and the last 3 minute interval has run out, the man who drew the joker card will enter the match. The winner is the last man standing in the ring.
Match: The match starts with the heart suits in the ring. To start the match, there is Orange Cassidy, Heath, Alex Reynolds, Rhino, Christopher Daniels, Ricky Starks, Ace Austin, Sonny Kiss, Luster The Legend, Angelico, Colt Cabana, Eddie Edwards and Matt Hardy. Bell sounds and all hell breaks loose. There are no brand alliances; it’s simply non-covid safe insanity full of bodies that are out for blood and gold. In a massive shocker, the first man eliminated is Matt Hardy by Colt Cabana and Alex Reynolds of Dark Order. This is followed by Luster The Legend trying to eliminate both men, unsuccessfully. Both men take it upon themselves to eliminate Luster from the match. Orange Cassidy just stands in the middle of the ring as the chaos clouds around him. Eddie Edwards gets an elimination of Sonny Kiss and Angelico is quick succession. Heath and Rhino get stuck into Dark Order, Edwards starts fighting with Ricky Starks and Christopher Daniels takes issue with Ace Austin all while Cassidy watches the insanity around him.
Next suits are about to enter the match. The spades. First, Dustin Rhodes. Followed by Brian Myers, Lance Archer, Crazzy Steve, Austin Gunn, Isiah Kassidy, Alex Shelley, Jake Hager, Chris Sabin, Sammy Guevara, John Silver, Swoggle, and Frankie Kazarian. Jake Hager makes his target Orange Cassidy, trying to take out the easiest person possible. Cassidy doesn’t take kindly to this, so as Hager tries to powerbomb him out of the match, Orange delivers a hurrincanrana to eliminate Hager. However, as he dangles off the side, he’s superkicked off the apron and eliminated by Sammy Guevara. In the meantime, Silver, Reynolds and Cabana start teaming up to take out all those they believe are a threat. They try their luck with Lance Archer, trying to take out the much larger opponent. Lance, however, overpowers them, delivering a double slam to Silver and Reynolds before eliminating Cabana. SCU’s Daniels and Kazarian face off with The Motor City Machine Guns. Before long, both teams are honing in shots on the other. This is interrupted by Ricky Starks with a steel chair in hand. He’s not here for nostalgia. He’s here for the win. After laying out both tag teams, this is followed by Dustin Rhodes hitting Starks with a curtain call cutter, which is followed by Guevara getting a cheap elimination of Dustin when he’s back is turned. Archer turns his attention to Rhino and Heath. He gets a hell of a lot of offence in on both men before finally throwing them both out of the match. Swoggle runs over the attack Lance, but Archer simply picks up Swoggle and throws him into Rhino and Heath. This is followed by elimination of Ace Austin, Brian Myers, Crazzy Steve, Isiah Kassidy and Austin Gunn again at the hands of Lance Archer. 8 eliminations at the hands of Lance Archer and he finally hits the roadblock of his path of destruction, Eddie Edwards. Lance laughs, runs in but Eddie gets a Boston Knee Party that takes Archer off his feet. As Eddie Edwards tries to get Archer up for an elimination, Silver and Reynolds make their way over to help, being taken out by Archer only a little bit earlier. With all their strength, Lance Archer is eliminated by the three men.
The next suit is about to enter. The clubs. Which produces The Butcher, Willie Mack, Powerhouse Hobbs, Johnny Swinger, “Hangman” Adam Page, Miro, Hernandez, Rey Fenix, Larry D, Brandon Cutler, Jon Moxley, Acey Romero and MJF. As the new group make themselves comfortable in the match, MCMG and SCU call a truce and make it their mission to take out Ricky Starks and then settle things between themselves. However, with the added addition of Hobbs, it makes the elimination of Starks very tricky. For starters, Hobbs eliminates Shelley and Sabin and Ricky Starks eliminates Kazarian from the Royale. Daniels is now trapped between a rock and a hard place. When he gets help from Jon Moxley, who has had his own issue with Team Taz in the past. Nailing a paradigm shift onto Starks before being run down by Hobbs. This is where Willie Mack steps up to the Powerhouse and both freakish athletes start to try and one up each other with their offence to the point where they’re actively on the ropes trying to strangle the other over. This leads to a near shocking moment where John Silver grabs the legs of both men, flipping them both over the rope but not quite eliminating them. However, the size and speed of Acey Romero changes that real quick. He charges over and crashes into both men, eliminating them in the process. MJF and Sammy begrudgingly work together to try and thin the field out, eliminating the likes of Johnny Swinger, Brandon Cutler and Larry D before having an implosion leading to both men getting into a brawl leading the both men fall over the top rope and fighting on the apron. Acey Romero is gotten with a boot to the gut Jon Moxley, leaning him over, allowing Adam Page to jump over him to hit an Acey Romero assisted Buckshot lariat onto Sammy and Maxwell to eliminate them from the match. Miro and Moxley make amends and muscles the mountain Romero out of the match in a macho manner before making a massacre of the other man (that was a fun sentence to write). As Starks comes to, Daniels is there to attempt an elimination. This is blocked by Hernandez, who throws Daniels out over the top rope and to the floor below. Starks looks grateful of Hernandez help… but he’s simply the next victim to Hernandez, who throws him out right afterwards. The final sight before the next suit entry is Fenix and Butcher fighting, Moxley and Miro fighting, and Edwards, Page, Silver and Reynolds taking it to Hernandez
The final suit. The Diamonds. Eddie Kingston goes straight for Rey Fenix. This is followed by Pac, Chris Bey, Brian Pillman Jr, Wardlow, Eric Young, Marc Quen, Scorpio Sky, Kaleb with a K, The Blade, Penta El Zero Meido, Matt Sydal and Tommy Dreamer. Kingston, Butcher and Blade throw hands with Death Triangle in revamp of their feud from earlier in the year. Meanwhile, with great success, Eddie, Adam, Alex and John take out Hernandez. Moxley gets the elimination of Miro out of the way and gets some breathing room. Wardlow starts to clean house. Taking out the likes of Pillman, Quen, Sydal and Kaleb from the contest. Dreamer tries to to slow the momentum of Wardlow down but his strength is too much for Dreamer to handle and an F-10 to the outside seals the deal of Tommy’s elimination. Chris Bey takes shots at Eddie Edwards, trying to take out one of the longest lasting competitors in the match and though he almost gets him out, Eddie is just too fast for Bey and its Chris who gets eliminated instead. A mass elimination of talent occurs when Butcher, Blade, Fenix, Meido and Pac are eliminated in massive spot from Kingston to take the matter out. Dark Order take it to Wardlow, with Silver and Reynolds tipping Wardlow to the ring apron and Hangman delivering a lariat to take him down. In a shocker, Eddie delivers a Boston Knee party to Jon Moxley and eliminates him from the contest all before the Joker entry comes out.
Marty Scurll. So, the final 8 are, Alex Reynolds, Eddie Edwards, John Silver, Adam Page, Eddie Kingston, Eric Young, Scorpio Sky and Marty Scurll. First to go is Eric young at the hands of Eddie Edwards as payback for taking his Impact World Championship. Next, John Silver and Alex Reynolds are taken out by Scurll after miscommunication with Adam Page lead to their elimination. Scorpio Sky manages to get an upper hand on Eddie Kingston and throws him out of the ring. This is followed by a quick elimination by Hangman. Scurll goes behind and eliminates Hangman from the contest as well. So, we are down to 2. Eddie Edwards and Marty Scurll. Winner contends for the promotions world championship. This is an all out war that really comes down to the wire in the end. Marty Scurll is taken to the ring Apron and as Eddie goes for a Boston Knee Party, Marty catches him with a cross-face chicken, dragging Eddie over the rope and to the floor below. Marty Scurll wins the Casino Battle Royale.

Our Highstreet has a gambling problem, there's 11 gambling shops that have slowly taken over. A new addition this week (pandemics/recessions must mean good business for Gambling I'm sure).
Google shows 11 betting shops in Hounslow Highstreet. By comparison Chiswick Highstreet shows 3. Kingston Highstreet shows 3 😂

3 Paddy Powers
2 Betfreds
2 Ladbrokes
2 Dedicated FOB Shops (Admirals and a new one opposite SuperDrug)
1 Coral
1 Willam Hill (https://www.yell.com/biz/william-hill-hounslow-2635069/)
1 Jennings Bets (I think this has closed thankfully)

Coming back home from University is always a bit of a dread coz there isn't much to do in here, today I decide to take a trip through Hounslow Highstreet and I couldn't help notice SO MANY betting shops I think we might as well be a big Casino at this point
Anyone else find these places.. unsightly af?? I have seen local bums, drunkards and nitties spend all day around these shops and it seems it's growing.
The Highstreet is being extended as part of a regeneration project which means more retail units- looks semi-decent but no doubt in my mind will bring more gambling shops (https://www.hounslow.gov.uk/info/20061/regeneration/1233/hounslow_town_centre_regeneration)
Looking forward to a Cineworld coming here but it's really hard to spend time with friends in a place that looks like a shithole.
How does a frustrated resident stop these places from growing? Why is my Council so keen on allowing these shops to open up... I'm pretty sure we've got a disproportionate number here.
/rant

I should mention up front that this is by no means the card that I predict with accuracy nor is this what I believe AEW should do in the short and long term. All this is is a fantasy booking card that I would like to see based on the small build thus far and how I would go about booking this show if it were left up to me. Mostly, I just tend to get extremely excited about future events and enjoy fantasy booking in general, though this will be the first time I have ever published something like this on a public forum. Obviously Khan and the talent have a much clearer vision than I do, and no matter what they decide to do here, it will almost certainly be better than mine. I’m probably wrong here, but at least I had a lot of fun doing it.
Having said that, here’s my card in reverse order:
1) MJF def. Jon Moxley (c) to win the AEW World Championship
This feels like exactly the right time and the right person to take the title from Moxley. MJF has been positioning himself as a star of the company, would make a good face for the company, has almost perfect abilities with the mic, and can actually wrestle while putting on a good show. Not to mention the fact that he has a perfect reason for a rematch: Jon Moxley cheated by using the Paradigm Shift at All Out. MJF has no shortage of future contenders (as I’ll get to later) and can be a high end attraction for AEW’s future events.
MJF could win this match cleanly if he could (he can almost certainly out-wrestle Moxley), but if they’re worried about hurting Moxley by losing, MJF could win with a little help from his future friends from the Inner Circle.
2) Thunder Rosa def. Hikaru Shida (c) and Dr. Britt Baker to win the AEW Women’s World Championship
This was a weird one to come up with mainly because of the lack of exposure the Women’s division is receiving as well as the lack of talent depth. In recent weeks they have been pushing Britt Baker despite losing to Big Swole (who has been absent), so this match and result is what makes the most sense to me. I understand that Thunder Rosa is contracted with NWA and the company may be hesitant to put the title on her, but hear me out:
Thunder Rosa gets over huge and out of every woman on the roster, seems to be most poised to take the title. If for whatever reason (travel, contractual obligations, etc…) she cannot defend the title at Revolution 2021, she would be forced to relinquish the title, setting up a match for the vacant title come next show.
So my plan would be to have Thunder Rosa pin Britt Baker to win the championship, thus protecting Hikaru Shida in case the title needs to be vacated. After Thunder Rosa wins the title, Big Swole comes out and lays waste to the three already exhausted women, cutting a promo on how she beat Britt Baker and should have been the only contender for this title.
This would set up a program between Thunder Rosa vs Big Swole in 2021 or Hikaru Shida vs Big Swole if the title needs to be vacated.
It would behoove AEW to invest further into a deeper Women’s roster and give these women more time to shine on a weekly basis.
3) FTR (c) def. Best Friends to retain the AEW World Tag Team Championship
These two teams just had one of the most brilliant street fights on Dynamite a few weeks ago and this feud does not seem to be over. These two teams are destined to have a great tag team match on PPV and this is the time to do it.
The Young Bucks seem to be positioning for the titles, but right now doesn’t seem to be the time to do it. FTR are new champions and they have really good chemistry and really good athletic abilities capable of turning in a showstopper of a match. FTR need to retain their titles here and the Best Friends are the team to defend against.
I’m going with non-stipulation here because I think these four men can put on a great show without a gimmick.
4) Cody def. Mr. Brodie Lee in a Non-Title Deathmatch
I know these two have a Dog Collar Match coming up next week on Dynamite, but this has been a feud going on for some time and it has reached a boiling point. Much like the Tag Title defense, it would feel like robbery ending such a well put together feud on television. I also realize that “deathmatch” is an extreme word in wrestling circles, but that’s what this feels like. Street Fight, Hardcore Match, No DQ, whatever you want to call it.
Recently in an interview, Cody mentioned that he was planning on talking to Tony Khan about having these types of matches on the program, and depending on how that conversation went, this seems like a great place to start that.
Also, I’m listing this as a non-title match because it would keep the title on Brody for the time being and also because I believe the TV title should be defended exclusively on Dynamite. As a side note, it feels weird with Cody not being able to challenge for the World Championship any time in the future, which is why I think they need to implement an Intercontinental Championship with the same level of prestige that New Japan has that Cody could chase.
5) Kenny Omega def. Lance Archer in the #1 Contender’s Match for the AEW World Championship
It is WAY too soon to pull the trigger on an Omega championship reign, I realize this, but his track record in single’s competitions is so poor that this is the only outcome here that would give him the push Omega needs to eventually become Champion. It’s also not necessarily his fault, either. In a lot of those matches he took the loss to get over Jericho, Pac, and Moxley. It was the right thing to do at the time and led to an incredible tag team run, but now is the time to focus on single’s competitions, and winning this tournament seems to be a good fast track to do it.
I booked his opponent as Lance Archer, mainly because I do not believe he has a chance to beat Moxley at the anniversary show but still feel like he deserves a shot at a big match on PPV, and in my mind, there is no bigger match than facing Kenny Omega in single’s competition as Omega has the innate ability to get his opponent over with the crowd in a loss.
6) Chris Jericho and Jake Hager def. The Young Bucks, SCU, and Private Party in a Four Team Elimination Match to Determine the #1 Contenders for the AEW World Tag Team Championship
Probably not going to happen by any stretch of the imagination, but this does a few things: It sets up a Tag Team Championship match for Revolution, it gets The Young Bucks in the show (always a big draw), it gets exposure to SCU and Private Party, and it also cements Jericho/Hager as an official team in the Tag Team Division.
SCU and Private Party would be eliminated first, leaving The Young Bucks and Jericho Hager as the final two teams. There are a number of ways The Young Bucks could take the loss without hurting their rankings for a future title shot. They could get themselves disqualified by the antics they have been displaying on Dynamite or there could be interference from the Inner Circle and/or MJF/Wardlow.
7) Orange Cassidy wins the Casino Battle Royale
I could have gone a number of ways here, but Orange Cassidy was my decision because he is OVER AS HELL with the crowd as a babyface, not to mention the fact that Orange Cassidy and MJF would be a huge television draw for a title match on Dynamite. Cassidy hasn’t been positioned to be a main eventer (yet), and MJF could certainly out-wrestle him, but this would make for a highly entertaining Dynamite main event between Full Gear and Revolution.
8) Lucha Bros and Eddie Kingston def. Jurassic Express and Adam Page
The reason I booked this match here was for two reasons: 1) I think it would be highly entertaining and would get all this talent on the show and 2) It would tell a perfect story of Adam Page being unwilling to accept his destiny as a single’s competitor. In my perfect vision, Page would be severely intoxicated during the match, making mistakes, and ultimately costing his team the win. As Jungle Boy attempts to talk some sense into him, Adam Page stumbles off the set and Kingston rolls him up for the pin.
9) Darby Allin and Will Hobbs def. Ricky Starks and Brian Cage
You guessed it, another well set up feud that does not deserve to end on television. I do not have any particular notes or ideas of how this should go though it does seem destined to have some sort of stipulation attached to it. I am not entirely sure if AEW would pull the trigger on this one, but some sort of variation of this match seems destined to me.
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Future Main Events:
Revolution 2021: MJF def. Kenny Omega
Still too soon to pull the trigger
Double or Nothing 2021: MJF def. Adam Page
This sets up Page as a contender, but still too soon
All Out 2021: MJF def. Chris Jericho
In my fantasy booking, Jericho and MJF allied themselves during Full Gear (2020), but the way the story is progressing, it seems to be building towards this match.
Full Gear 2021: Kenny Omega def. MJF
A full year, Full Gear to Full Gear. This would seem to be a good point to have Kenny Omega finally crowned as champion.
Revolution 2022: Kenny Omega def. Adam Page
This would be the first match of an ideal trilogy to rival Flair vs Steamboat, Gargano vs Cole, and Omega vs Okada. Maybe it’s too soon here but right now, it feels right. Something would have to happen in this match to set up a rematch for...
Double or Nothing 2022: Kenny Omega def. Adam Page
Match #2 of the trilogy, this time Page gets defeated cleanly and no rematch seems to be on the horizon.
All Out 2022: Kenny Omega def. Kazuchika Okada
I’m just joking here. I’m leaving this blank because it feels like a variable. If Adam Page is going to beat Omega for the title then Omega needs to appear extremely strong, so this title match will be kept open for now depending on new arrivals or who gets pushed.
Full Gear 2022: Kenny Omega def. AJ Styles
Again, just a joke. Same as above, this is kept open for whoever appears to be the strongest contender based on what happens and who gets over in the next year or so.
Revolution 2023: Kenny Omega def. ______________
Same as the last two main events.
Double of Nothing 2023: Adam Page def. Kenny Omega
This is it, the final match of the trilogy where Adam Page is finally crowned as the guy of the company. The story would go something like this: After losing the hypothetical Intercontinental Championship, Adam Page goes on a huge downward spiral and “leaves” the company for a few months only to return at Revolution completely sober and changed where he wins the rights to challenge Kenny Omega one last time and were he to lose this match, he would never challenge for the title again.
Naturally, even when fantasy booking, we can never guarantee match quality, but assuming there are no unfortunate injuries and both talents are in prime shape, this would be the closest to that seven star Omega/Okada match from 2018.
Adam Page wins a nearly one hour contest.
Other Notes

Wardlow wins a Casino Battle Royale to set up a title match on Dynamite with MJF
I feel like there is a need for an Intercontinental Championship to keep Adam Page in the title picture despite not main eventing for a year.
Adam Page has a rather long title reign, but whoever beats him should have to beat Kenny Omega in a #1 Contenders match. Defeating Omega and Page within the span of a few weeks would work great to establish the next face of the company.

I realize that I may be horribly wrong in every single one of these predictions, but I thought it was fun nonetheless and wanted to share them. If anyone thinks this will plan out differently for whatever reason, feel free to message me at any time and we can talk about bookings, AEW, NJPW, or whatever (I'm a fairly amusing guy all things considered). For the time being, I'm going to plug these matches into Fire Pro Wrestling World and watch them all plan out.
Cheers!

I should mention up front that this is by no means the card that I predict with accuracy nor is this what I believe AEW should do in the short and long term. All this is is a fantasy booking card that I would like to see based on the small build thus far and how I would go about booking this show if it were left up to me. Mostly, I just tend to get extremely excited about future events and enjoy fantasy booking in general, though this will be the first time I have ever published something like this on a public forum. Obviously Khan and the talent have a much clearer vision than I do, and no matter what they decide to do here, it will almost certainly be better than mine. I’m probably wrong here, but at least I had a lot of fun doing it.
Having said that, here’s my card in reverse order:
1) MJF def. Jon Moxley (c) to win the AEW World Championship
This feels like exactly the right time and the right person to take the title from Moxley. MJF has been positioning himself as a star of the company, would make a good face for the company, has almost perfect abilities with the mic, and can actually wrestle while putting on a good show. Not to mention the fact that he has a perfect reason for a rematch: Jon Moxley cheated by using the Paradigm Shift at All Out. MJF has no shortage of future contenders (as I’ll get to later) and can be a high end attraction for AEW’s future events.
MJF could win this match cleanly if he could (he can almost certainly out-wrestle Moxley), but if they’re worried about hurting Moxley by losing, MJF could win with a little help from his future friends from the Inner Circle.
2) Thunder Rosa def. Hikaru Shida (c) and Dr. Britt Baker to win the AEW Women’s World Championship
This was a weird one to come up with mainly because of the lack of exposure the Women’s division is receiving as well as the lack of talent depth. In recent weeks they have been pushing Britt Baker despite losing to Big Swole (who has been absent), so this match and result is what makes the most sense to me. I understand that Thunder Rosa is contracted with NWA and the company may be hesitant to put the title on her, but hear me out:
Thunder Rosa gets over huge and out of every woman on the roster, seems to be most poised to take the title. If for whatever reason (travel, contractual obligations, etc…) she cannot defend the title at Revolution 2021, she would be forced to relinquish the title, setting up a match for the vacant title come next show.
So my plan would be to have Thunder Rosa pin Britt Baker to win the championship, thus protecting Hikaru Shida in case the title needs to be vacated. After Thunder Rosa wins the title, Big Swole comes out and lays waste to the three already exhausted women, cutting a promo on how she beat Britt Baker and should have been the only contender for this title.
This would set up a program between Thunder Rosa vs Big Swole in 2021 or Hikaru Shida vs Big Swole if the title needs to be vacated.
It would behoove AEW to invest further into a deeper Women’s roster and give these women more time to shine on a weekly basis.
3) FTR (c) def. Best Friends to retain the AEW World Tag Team Championship
These two teams just had one of the most brilliant street fights on Dynamite a few weeks ago and this feud does not seem to be over. These two teams are destined to have a great tag team match on PPV and this is the time to do it.
The Young Bucks seem to be positioning for the titles, but right now doesn’t seem to be the time to do it. FTR are new champions and they have really good chemistry and really good athletic abilities capable of turning in a showstopper of a match. FTR need to retain their titles here and the Best Friends are the team to defend against.
I’m going with non-stipulation here because I think these four men can put on a great show without a gimmick.
4) Cody def. Mr. Brodie Lee in a Non-Title Deathmatch
I know these two have a Dog Collar Match coming up next week on Dynamite, but this has been a feud going on for some time and it has reached a boiling point. Much like the Tag Title defense, it would feel like robbery ending such a well put together feud on television. I also realize that “deathmatch” is an extreme word in wrestling circles, but that’s what this feels like. Street Fight, Hardcore Match, No DQ, whatever you want to call it.
Recently in an interview, Cody mentioned that he was planning on talking to Tony Khan about having these types of matches on the program, and depending on how that conversation went, this seems like a great place to start that.
Also, I’m listing this as a non-title match because it would keep the title on Brody for the time being and also because I believe the TV title should be defended exclusively on Dynamite. As a side note, it feels weird with Cody not being able to challenge for the World Championship any time in the future, which is why I think they need to implement an Intercontinental Championship with the same level of prestige that New Japan has that Cody could chase.
5) Kenny Omega def. Lance Archer in the #1 Contender’s Match for the AEW World Championship
It is WAY too soon to pull the trigger on an Omega championship reign, I realize this, but his track record in single’s competitions is so poor that this is the only outcome here that would give him the push Omega needs to eventually become Champion. It’s also not necessarily his fault, either. In a lot of those matches he took the loss to get over Jericho, Pac, and Moxley. It was the right thing to do at the time and led to an incredible tag team run, but now is the time to focus on single’s competitions, and winning this tournament seems to be a good fast track to do it.
I booked his opponent as Lance Archer, mainly because I do not believe he has a chance to beat Moxley at the anniversary show but still feel like he deserves a shot at a big match on PPV, and in my mind, there is no bigger match than facing Kenny Omega in single’s competition as Omega has the innate ability to get his opponent over with the crowd in a loss.
6) Chris Jericho and Jake Hager def. The Young Bucks, SCU, and Private Party in a Four Team Elimination Match to Determine the #1 Contenders for the AEW World Tag Team Championship
Probably not going to happen by any stretch of the imagination, but this does a few things: It sets up a Tag Team Championship match for Revolution, it gets The Young Bucks in the show (always a big draw), it gets exposure to SCU and Private Party, and it also cements Jericho/Hager as an official team in the Tag Team Division.
SCU and Private Party would be eliminated first, leaving The Young Bucks and Jericho Hager as the final two teams. There are a number of ways The Young Bucks could take the loss without hurting their rankings for a future title shot. They could get themselves disqualified by the antics they have been displaying on Dynamite or there could be interference from the Inner Circle and/or MJF/Wardlow.
7) Orange Cassidy wins the Casino Battle Royale
I could have gone a number of ways here, but Orange Cassidy was my decision because he is OVER AS HELL with the crowd as a babyface, not to mention the fact that Orange Cassidy and MJF would be a huge television draw for a title match on Dynamite. Cassidy hasn’t been positioned to be a main eventer (yet), and MJF could certainly out-wrestle him, but this would make for a highly entertaining Dynamite main event between Full Gear and Revolution.
8) Lucha Bros and Eddie Kingston def. Jurassic Express and Adam Page
The reason I booked this match here was for two reasons: 1) I think it would be highly entertaining and would get all this talent on the show and 2) It would tell a perfect story of Adam Page being unwilling to accept his destiny as a single’s competitor. In my perfect vision, Page would be severely intoxicated during the match, making mistakes, and ultimately costing his team the win. As Jungle Boy attempts to talk some sense into him, Adam Page stumbles off the set and Kingston rolls him up for the pin.
9) Darby Allin and Will Hobbs def. Ricky Starks and Brian Cage
You guessed it, another well set up feud that does not deserve to end on television. I do not have any particular notes or ideas of how this should go though it does seem destined to have some sort of stipulation attached to it. I am not entirely sure if AEW would pull the trigger on this one, but some sort of variation of this match seems destined to me.
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Future Main Events:
Revolution 2021: MJF def. Kenny Omega
Still too soon to pull the trigger
Double or Nothing 2021: MJF def. Adam Page
This sets up Page as a contender, but still too soon
All Out 2021: MJF def. Chris Jericho
In my fantasy booking, Jericho and MJF allied themselves during Full Gear (2020), but the way the story is progressing, it seems to be building towards this match.
Full Gear 2021: Kenny Omega def. MJF
A full year, Full Gear to Full Gear. This would seem to be a good point to have Kenny Omega finally crowned as champion.
Revolution 2022: Kenny Omega def. Adam Page
This would be the first match of an ideal trilogy to rival Flair vs Steamboat, Gargano vs Cole, and Omega vs Okada. Maybe it’s too soon here but right now, it feels right. Something would have to happen in this match to set up a rematch for...
Double or Nothing 2022: Kenny Omega def. Adam Page
Match #2 of the trilogy, this time Page gets defeated cleanly and no rematch seems to be on the horizon.
All Out 2022: Kenny Omega def. Kazuchika Okada
I’m just joking here. I’m leaving this blank because it feels like a variable. If Adam Page is going to beat Omega for the title then Omega needs to appear extremely strong, so this title match will be kept open for now depending on new arrivals or who gets pushed.
Full Gear 2022: Kenny Omega def. AJ Styles
Again, just a joke. Same as above, this is kept open for whoever appears to be the strongest contender based on what happens and who gets over in the next year or so.
Revolution 2023: Kenny Omega def. ______________
Same as the last two main events.
Double of Nothing 2023: Adam Page def. Kenny Omega
This is it, the final match of the trilogy where Adam Page is finally crowned as the guy of the company. The story would go something like this: After losing the hypothetical Intercontinental Championship, Adam Page goes on a huge downward spiral and “leaves” the company for a few months only to return at Revolution completely sober and changed where he wins the rights to challenge Kenny Omega one last time and were he to lose this match, he would never challenge for the title again.
Naturally, even when fantasy booking, we can never guarantee match quality, but assuming there are no unfortunate injuries and both talents are in prime shape, this would be the closest to that seven star Omega/Okada match from 2018.
Adam Page wins a nearly one hour contest.
Other Notes

Wardlow wins a Casino Battle Royale to set up a title match on Dynamite with MJF
I feel like there is a need for an Intercontinental Championship to keep Adam Page in the title picture despite not main eventing for a year.
Adam Page has a rather long title reign, but whoever beats him should have to beat Kenny Omega in a #1 Contenders match. Defeating Omega and Page within the span of a few weeks would work great to establish the next face of the company.

I realize that I may be horribly wrong in every single one of these predictions, but I thought it was fun nonetheless and wanted to share them. If anyone thinks this will plan out differently for whatever reason, feel free to message me at any time and we can talk about bookings, AEW, NJPW, or whatever (I'm a fairly amusing guy all things considered). For the time being, I'm going to plug these matches into Fire Pro Wrestling World and watch them all plan out.
Cheers!

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Submission	Former Cult Members of Reddit, When Did You Realize It Was Time To Leave?
Comments	Former Cult Members of Reddit, When Did You Realize It Was Time To Leave?
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Author	EncryptedCatPics
Posted On	Tue Jun 16 00:56:15 UTC 2020
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I had a family of them spend an awful lot of time and effort trying to recruit me when I was younger, cos while still drunk from the night before, I answered the door to them and discussed scripture for a bit.
They sent me Bible study guides, invited me over for dinner, all sorts. Shit was fucking weird, took me a while to twig what was going on and find polite ways to disengage with them.

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Author	casino_night
Posted On	Mon Jun 15 17:55:47 UTC 2020
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I was raised as a Jehovah's Witness. I bought into everything they said hook, line and sinker for the first 25 years of my life. After a while, they were teaching me things that just weren't adding up. At first, I kind of shrugged it off but, over the years, things started to become a little much. Then they started introducing go-bags. Sort of a bag of essentials for when the end of the world comes. They wanted us to have enough supplies to last several weeks so we could escape civilization and live off the land. I honestly thought they were playing a prank on us and it would be revealed as a hidden camera joke. Nope...they were serious.
I decided that day that being a JW was not going to be in my long-term plans in life. No fucking way was I going to be a doomsday prepper. Peace out!!!

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Author	Havok1717
Posted On	Tue Jun 16 02:57:27 UTC 2020
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I was raised in the Jehovah's Witness religion I left because I was tired of the pressure that was inside the religion. The thing that woke me up was doing some online research on the religion.

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Author	Setfreebythetruth
Posted On	Tue Jun 16 10:23:53 UTC 2020
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https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-studies/case-study-29-`jehovahs-witnesses` The videos of the hearing are on youtube as well. Look up Jakke Control's channel.

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Author	absecon
Posted On	Wed Jun 17 01:32:13 UTC 2020
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Raised a JW as well until my parent got kicked out for a third time when I was a teenager. One of my parents is still in it and high ranking. The irony is how seriously the currently active JWs are taking the current state of things in the world because they believe it was all prophesied in the bible, its all currently coming true in their lifetimes, Armageddon and paradise on earth is juuuuust around the corner. You know, the same claim they've been claiming for the past hundred plus years. *super deep eye roll*

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Author	EveUnraveled
Posted On	Tue Jun 16 02:17:34 UTC 2020
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Yeah I was a true believer having been raised in it. Similar thing happened where as I matured and started to reflect I found things didn't add up and found myself disagreeing with a lot of teachings. I also was struggling believe in God because I never felt his presence in my life; just coincidence. By then though, the cost of leaving was unbearable so I tried to pretend but it was short lived. The cover up of CSA was overwhelming so I stopped going. I was even accused of being under demonic influence for questioning things!
The difference between a religion and cult is what happens when you try to leave. I'd say JW's stripping away your family and community and tarnishing your reputation makes it fall into Cult category amongst other things.

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Author	Setfreebythetruth
Posted On	Tue Jun 16 02:59:36 UTC 2020
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When I discovered that the watchtower bible and tract society (aka Jehovah's witnesses) protects pedophiles. The can of worms opened after I learned about the Australian Royal Commission.

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Author	Landlord64
Posted On	Wed Jun 17 09:05:12 UTC 2020
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Raised as Jehovah’s Witness and was disfellowshipped at 26. 30 years have passed and it still affects me it has made such a mess of my life. My parents cut me off at 25 when I was disfellowshipped along with all of my “friends” as they were all JW’s. I don’t have anything at all from my childhood it’s like I never had a childhood. Though married and settled now it still affects me mentally and the way I am in so many ways and on many days. I still have nightmares of dying at Armageddon and Covid has made it even worse. Imagine your parents cutting you off and never wanting to see you unless you returned and got gods forgiveness. One of them is dead now whom managed to see 3 times in 25 years by intimating I was interested in getting forgiveness. The other is alive and I see her occasionally but honestly it is out of a sense of duty as she is elderly as she is still a JW and if my Dad was still alive she would still be refusing to see me. The whole religion is sick and twisted. I loathe, hate and despise every last thing about that religion. I wish I could sue them for every last penny they have for the mental scars they have left deep inside me. I will never forgive them for what they did to me and my relationship with my parents or to my mental health.

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Author	casino_night
Posted On	Tue Jun 16 03:04:40 UTC 2020
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Actually, not all people who leave are shunned. Of all the people I know that have left, only one is shunned by their family. My experience may be anecdotal, but I'd say it's the exception rather than the rule. I'm actually very close with my family.
I was actually very scared of my familiy's reaction to my leaving. I probably would have left five year's earlier. I simply reached a point where I was living a lie by pretending I believed in their teachings. I disagreed far more than I agreed. I actually drove to the Kingdom Hall one Sunday and contemplated my life. I sat in the parking lot for about ten minutes and watched people go inside. I couldn't think of one reason to go inside that didn't involve what other people think. So I turned around and went home and never looked back. I told my mom several weeks later that I was done. If she didn't want to talk to me, that was fine by me. She actually took it well. She asked me a few follow up questions and that was basically it.

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Author	eugenia_loli
Posted On	Tue Jun 16 21:19:55 UTC 2020
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In 1998 I got involved (in a very light manner) with a cult. That was a time where I was living in UK and I was feeling very lonely. I was working in Kingston as a developer, just by the river and I loved the job. But I was so alone and without any help from anyone at that point in time (I had just broke up with my fiance too), that naturally, I needed to find comfort and friendship.
I don’t remember how I met that young Polish woman, but I think she approached me in the train on the way to work. We talked about some things and then she asked me if I was a Christian etc etc. To make the long story short she explained to me that she was a member of the International Church of Christ (ICC) and she asked me if I would like to go to Church with her on Sunday or to do Bible study together.
While I was frequenting Catholic, Orthodox and ‘Church of England’ masses when I felt like doing so, I knew that the ICC was a cult of sorts, so I told her “why don’t we start with Bible study in our lunch breaks, and then we will see if I will come to your church”. And so we did a few times. Basically, they use the same Bible as other Christians do, but they are all about discipline and following the word of the Bible to the letter. So even if Christ or St Paul might have used allegory or being sarcastic (or even funny) about something, they would take the meaning literally. They were black and white in their belief and I also really disliked their “requirement” of giving 10% of your annual income to their “Church”.
Despite this, I decided to give her the benefit of the doubt and follow her in their church once, somewhere in the south-east of London. The mass was pretty nice, there was lots of singing and socializing. The people there all felt to me as being genuinely good people. Nothing really abnormal in them or even in the way the mass was performed. But when the time for getting the communion came (a sort of dry bread IIRC), the basket that was passed around fell off my hands! Of course, I felt really silly and bad about this, but on the other hand, I took this as a sign. In the Orthodox church, which is how I grew up, spitting out the communion or dropping it, is a major offense. IF God exists and wanted to give me a pointer as if I should have joined ICC or not, he would have chosen exactly this: me, throwing down the communion, even if it was by mistake, because he would know that I would react on this.
Despite this again, and of course, with the untiring effort of my friend to get me in their cult, I agreed to visit a house in South London with her to do Bible study with some other ICC members. It was me, her and two more women present in the house, and for about 30 minutes we read the Bible. So far, so good. Then, one of the women there suggested to… baptize me. Of course, I was already baptized in an Orthodox church, but ICC claims that baptism from any other church does not count, because it had happened without the consent of the follower in that early age. They also claim that you can be baptized by any other Christian, not just by a priest. This actually does makes sense, because this is how the first Christians in the 1st and 2nd century A.D. were doing it too (ICC tries to recreate the first Christian life up to a point).
But I wasn’t sure that I wanted to do that. Getting “baptized” by them, it would mean that I would become one of them. I needed time to think… I asked if there was a bathroom around. I visited the bathroom, and guess what: my period had just arrive. And while I have a very steady cycle of period throughout my adult life (28 days), this period has arrived just within 15 days of my previous one! And this is another major pointer for me, because again, according to the Orthodox Church you can’t be baptized, or get communion, or kiss the pictures of the saints if you have your period. Sure, it can all be a coincidence, and it could all be my own subconscious ordering my body to do things it wouldn’t normally do because of my underlying objection to cults. But no matter if it was all a coincidence, or my subconscious or God himself, I didn’t need another pointer. I did not get “baptized” by the ICC members and I never went to their mass again.
Of course, the Polish friend did not stop trying to get me back (aka “bothering me”)… I decided to give her faith one more chance, but this time I was the one who was doing the preaching. One Sunday afternoon that we met up I told her a little story and asked her opinion on it. The story was a 300-year old Greek story about Saint Cosmas o Aitolos (aka ‘Cosmas the Aetolian’). During that time the Greeks were under Turkish occupation. St Cosmas was living in a mountain, in his monastery and he had the respect of both the Turks and the Greeks for known to be being a wise man. One night, a man knocked on his door and he said “Father Cosmas, please hide me! The Turks are after me, I committed a crime in the village at the planes… I killed a man tonight”. Cosmas replied “who did you kill?” and the man replied with a name. True enough, a few minutes later the Turks were banging on the door of St Cosmas. Cosmas hid the killer, and the Turks didn’t even bother to look at the monastery, as they were trusting the monk with his word because of his good reputation.
Then, I asked my Polish friend what did she think about what Cosmas did. And she replied that what he did was wrong to give refuge to a killer and that according to the Bible he should have given him to the authorities. Then I told her the remaining part of the story: the man that was killed was Saint Cosmas brother, and yet, the monk forgave the killer in an act of immense love and care. She replied that this is not what the Bible says that we should do. That was the last straw, I politely told her that I don’t want to see her again. Through this parable and her reaction it was obvious to me that these people are making “dry readings” of the Bible and they don’t even understand the most basic Christian values: love and forgiveness.
For the record, I'm an atheist these days.

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Author	Confusedsahm
Posted On	Mon Jun 15 19:22:51 UTC 2020
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Left the Jehovah's Witnesses after my mom died. You know the whole blood transfusion thing? Yup. I was 13. She was 38. Fuck the ENTIRE organization.

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Author	Deathposwizard
Posted On	Tue Jun 16 02:33:23 UTC 2020
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They “expressed concern” that I was dating a non member, then told me to stop a bible study I was hosting at my house because I wasn’t “fully trained” yet, and might take away people from coming to the church sanctioned studies.
I’m an atheist now.

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Author	Confusedsahm
Posted On	Mon Jun 15 23:25:23 UTC 2020
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I was a child and this was in 2001. I have HEARD that some of the blood rules changed but I don't know. The facts I have are from the adults involved including my dad and my moms sister (who is STILL a JW of course). She planned to have surgery so the elders gave her a blood transfusion refusal card to keep in case she was incapacitated and something happened. Something went wrong. My dad respected her wishes and the cult and made the decision she would have wanted. She died.
Technically it was her choice, but again, CULT. She was disfellowshipped after she had my older brother because he was an accident, no marriage. She lived in Hawaii which was and still is VERY expensive. Her entire family cut her off and she had no one. My older brother got sick around the time she was dating my dad casually. He was in the military so he claimed my brother as his own for the medical care. Then I popped up so they got married. All was well until her mom got sick and she found out incidentally. She went to visit and got wrapped back into everything. I was in prek when she joined again so it was all I knew. My dad never joined which made it easier for me to leave.
I found out about the RAMPANT sex abuse and payoffs after I joined reddit. Thats when I started doing more research and everything I found disgusted me. They dont want woment to work outside the home or have a higher education. That type of system clearly leads to abuse because the women have no way to take care of themselves if they leave. There are ACTUAL publications that have testimonials from women who were BEATEN by their husbands and encouraged to stay. Eventually, these abusive monsters ALL become JWs and that makes it okay. I'm still broken behind those people. Fuck every last one of them.

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Author	casino_night
Posted On	Tue Jun 16 03:27:18 UTC 2020
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Ummm...geez, I don't really remember. It was five years ago. I think it was something along the lines of what I believe in now and where I'll turn to for spiritual guidance and fulfillment in life. Something like that.

this would be an amazing AMAIA

Haha, I appreciate your enthusiasm. I don't think my story is terribly unique. There are probably tens of thousands who have completed the fade. If you're interested in similar stories/experiences, you could mosey on over to exjw. There are many people there with similar experiences who would be glad to share their stories and answer any questions you may have.

Welcome everyone, to the SmackDown Live Discussion Thread for December 5th 2017!

not deleted edition
Certified A-Show by jerran2013 (R.I.S.B. 8-9-13 - 2-1-17)

Rate tonight's SmackDown Live!

Which brand reigned supreme this week?
The Venue Information!

Venue: Valley View Casino Center
City: San Diego, California, USA
Approximate venue size: ~12,000

Stuff to look forward to!

not jinder mahal

Match	Stipulation	Result
The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston w/ Xavier Woods) vs. Aiden English and Rusev	Tag Team Match	Aiden English and Rusev via Pinfall on Kofi Kingston (Thrust Kick)
Adam James and Josh Carr vs. Bludgeon Brothers	Tag Team Match	Bludgeon Brothers (Luke Harper) via Pinfall (Double Crucifix Powerbomb)
Baron Corbin vs. Bobby Roode	Singles Match (Dolph Ziggler on Commentary)	Bobby Roode via Disqualification
Charlotte Flair vs. Tamina	Womens Division Match	Charlotte via Submission (Figure Eight)
Randy Orton vs. Sami Zayn	Singles Match	Randy Orton via Pinfall (Rollup)

Notes
coming soon

We start off this week's SmackDown Live with best friends Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn heading to the ring, welcoming us to the "Sami and Kevin Show". This turns into Sami trying to correct him and switching the names around, along with more compliments to each other. However, they start talking about the McMahon family and their history with vendettas, bringing up past points like Stephanie McMahon using Randy Orton to do her dirty work to bringing up Daniel Bryan, Bret Hart and Stone Cold as other victims to their wrath. Then, after discussing about what is "ringside" and what isn't, an UNEXPECTED RKO BY RANDY OWENS ON KEVIN HAPPENS, with Shane McMahon making his entrance. Shane then tells the two that they will be facing Randy Orton and a partner of his choosing at Clash of Champions next week. Afterwards, Shane gives Sami a sneak peak of whats to come with a one-on-one match with Orton tonight! And Kevin is welcome to join him at ringside, well as a matter of fact he'll have to be at ringside as he will be handcuffed to the ropes!
Kevin and Sami are struggling to figure out how to fix their current situation with the match later tonight, but Kevin mentions an idea which is to talk to Daniel Bryan about it.
Mojo Rawley is interviewed backstage and talks about how with his ex-partner Zack Ryder being gone during his greatest moments like winning the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal, he's been getting his way on his career until his partner returned and dragged him back down. From now on, he's no ones partner and if anyone has a problem with what happened last week, they can shove it.
Backstage, Daniel Bryan is getting angry about the bickering between the Riott Squad and Carmella, Lana and Tamina about a title match with Charlotte Flair rather than Natalya, so he makes the Womens Championship match a Lumberjack match!

In 2019, a major war between Andrew Cuomo and Bill de Blasio is raging, and the entire city of New York has been converted into a giant maximum security prison. When the MTA is hijacked by fat upstate cats and ceases to operate well, your sanity is taken hostage by a myriad of high pressure stresses. The asknyc mods, former Special Forces soldiers turned criminals, are recruited to develop a fool proof plan help you...Escape from New York ^{^city}

Quickies

The Town of Milford Connecticut

A cute downtown harbor area with a number of bars and restaurants and beautiful colonial architecture. The train station is right downtown and mercifully the post road is farther north" taarok

Cold Spring

Cold Spring is on the Hudson and is a quaint river town with good hiking on nearby trails and "mountains".
See below for a tiny write up from weizenbock

The Poconos

"Indoor Water parks!" tmm224

"Mount Airy Lodge, where all you have to bring is your love of everything." timspc

"There's also a casino and a shooting range in the area. My friends took me away for a birthday weekend. Very affordable. Very fun." ravelight

Ithaca

If you're willing to go a little further than 3 hours (more like 4 or so) It's a nice college town with lots of good restaurants and shops and has a lot of cool hiking trails with waterfalls nearby. It's also located at the bottom of one of the finger lakes with a bunch of wineries to go wine tasting at along the lake. u/drjimmybrungus

Saratoga Springs

"it's a spa town. If you're an American history buff, the Battle of Saratoga took place about 15 minutes outside of the present-day town." chengjih

Adirondack Trailways Bus , plenty of B&Bs to choose from, quaint city with a bunch of options for side-trips. carpy22

The Berkshires!

Lenox and Great Barrington are nice, great dinner spots, hiking outdoor activities, plus museums like the Mass MOCA and the Norman Rockwell museum for indoor adventures. Chesterwood is a fantastic outdoor sculpture park with light hiking and outdoor installations, and Tanglewood for amazing music (mostly classical) if they haven't yet closed for the season. lizzyism

Delaware Water Gap, NJ

"1.5-2 hours by car. Worthington State Forest is a good campsite with shower. Hike Red Dot Trail for a good view, or Tammany Trail. Kayaking in the river is fun, too." consuellabanana

Peekskill

There is an old motel there which you can walk up the hill to. The rooms were built in the 50s and are kinda small but most have views of the Hudson Valley. Also, it's a discount place so ask for a remodeled room (room 39 is very nice) and there are bunches of great restaurants in the area. I think you can get discounts from Hotels.com for the room. You can spend a day walking around the city of Peekskill. Great bookstore, old shops, art district etc. If you want, you can hop a train for a side trip to a number of smaller towns and cities like Sleepy Hollow. Anonymoustard

Long Branch

1:30-1:50 from city- Take the NJ Transit train down to Long Branch. From the station its a short walk east to the beach and Pier Village. Make sure to take a stroll to hit up the Windmill, Max's, Surf Taco or The Inkwell for lunch, Lighthouse for ices. Good bars w/ local crowd on Brighton Ave. Beginning Memorial Day weekend, you can also change trains in Long Branch and head down to Asbury Park. Walk down Cookman Ave. to the Boardwalk & beach area. You can do this out-of-season as well but it's quiet and trains run less frequently. sokpuppet1

Bear Mountain state park

"For hiking / picnicking. Also possible to get a bus from NY17 on the other side of Harriman at Arden Valley Rd. Hike from Bear Mountain Inn to that point on the Appalachian Trail is ~25 miles." frankiepoops

The Highlands

Ferry from Wall Street Pier 11 to the Highlands and taking a quick Uber to Donovan's in Sea Bright (in the summer). Beach bar and easy to get to/from. Can be a day trip! Flaythemall

Harriman State Park

Drive down Seven Lake parkway and choose whichever lake suits you best. Some have sectioned off swimming areas, and the first lake tends to be the most crowded, but further down the parkway is usually quiet. If you can manage to get up during the week, it is virtually empty. There are a few lakes that have some tucked away little coves that are good for swimming, though it is not allowed and park rangers will yell at you if they see you (or so I have heard...personally, never ran into one). Its about 1.5 hrs outside nyc. roboecho

Storm King

Storm King, the largest outdoor sculpture park, is great. It's an easy drive, about an hour and half. Then you could possibly continue on to Peekskill (~30min from Storm King) and have drinks/snacks at the Peekskill brewery. And I love Hudson Valley, great restaurants/scenery and lots of nice charming towns to visit like Milton, the aforementioned Peekskill, Cold Spring, or Kingston are all worth checking out. Read this NY Times article. And if you're going up this weekend, you might be able to get tickets to the "Jack O'Lantern Blaze" at Van Cortlandt Manor in Cronton-On-Hudson. Check out these pics. You could visit the Culinary Institute in Hyde Park and get a meal at one of the campus restaurants staffed by the students. Bear Mountain is another nice outdoorsy getaway OIlberger

Vanderbilt on Long Island

Really nice grounds for the kids to run around, you can all tour the old house(where if I remember right they have a mummy) and there's a planetarium. Also on Long Island you can go to Sagamore Hill which is Teddy Roosevelt's house. Its pretty cool to tour since he was an avid hunter. FirstLadyofBeer

Delaware Water Gap

" The Martz Bus is frequent and convenient. carpy22

Troy, New York

"Historic downtown along the Hudson, the home of Uncle Sam." carpy22

Nyack, New York

I love Nyack! I live here now actually. You can get there by taking the Metro North to Tarrytown and then take the Hudson Link across the River.
Lots of little shops and restaurants. On the weekends there’s lots of bikers around. Monthly there’s a pretty big street fair that garners a lot of visitors.
Strawberry place is the best for breakfast (cash only). UP Lounge or OD’s for dinner. The Local or Karma for drinks.
Piermont is very close (biking or cheap bee distance). They have cute stores and restaurants. You can rent kayaks and kayak in the Piermont Marsh, or walk out on Ferry Road which is the furthest you can get to the middle of the Hudson without being on a boat or ferry. nakedrottweiler

Longies

Virginia Beach
Burlington, Vermont
Providence, RI

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It's ranking game time again! Everyone rank your top 10 songs from the 24 official EON Bond films (feel free to list runners-up for fun if you want, but only the top 10 will count) and I will assign 10 points to #1 picks, 9 for #2 picks, etc., down to 1 point to #10 picks, and then post a sub consensus list in a week or so.
Only one quick rule: This list is for songs with lyrics, so no Bond theme, 007 theme, OHMSS theme, GoldenEye Overture, Flight Into Space, Backseat Driver, Wine with Stacey, Into Miami, Welcome to Cuba, Escape from Piz Gloria, Exercise at Gibraltar, etc etc. If there is demand maybe that could be a future list! But for now songs with lyrics.
Here are your options (if I've forgotten any feel free to let me know and include it in your top ten if you wish, but this is all I can come up with):
Dr. No: "Kingston Calypso" (aka "Three Blind Mice"), "Jump Up," "Underneath the Mango Tree"
From Russia With Love: "From Russia With Love"
Goldfinger: "Goldfinger"
Thunderball: "Thunderball," "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" (it's on the official soundtrack release so I'll allow it)
You Only Live Twice: "You Only Live Twice"
On Her Majesty's Secret Service: "We Have All the Time in the World," "Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown?"
Diamonds Are Forever: "Diamonds Are Forever"
Live and Let Die: "Live and Let Die"
The Man With the Golden Gun: "The Man With the Golden Gun"
The Spy Who Loved Me: "Nobody Does It Better"
Moonraker: "Moonraker"
For Your Eyes Only: "For Your Eyes Only"
Octopussy: "All Time High"
A View to a Kill: "A View to a Kill"
The Living Daylights: "The Living Daylights," "Where Has Everybody Gone," "If There Was a Man"
Licence to Kill: "Licence to Kill," "If You Asked Me To"
GoldenEye: "GoldenEye," "The Experience of Love"
Tomorrow Never Dies: "Tomorrow Never Dies," "Surrender"
The World Is Not Enough: "The World Is Not Enough"
Die Another Day: "Die Another Day"
Casino Royale: "You Know My Name"
Quantum of Solace: "Another Way to Die"
Skyfall: "Skyfall"
Spectre: "Writing's on the Wall"

[Please Note: I have attempted to do my due diligence regarding the territory. However, my research has turned up pretty much nothing, so I'm pretty much just making everything up here. If this contradicts any previous lore, please let me know so that I can fix this. Thanks.]
Situated in the northeastern corner of Chroma is New Periopolis, the former capital of Orangered. During its Orangered days, people called it "Oraistedearg", which is such a terrible name that I'm not going to type it again in this piece. After the territory was conquered and formally assimilated into the Periwinkle Kingdom, people came to their senses and renamed it to New Periopolis. Although most of Eastern Chroma retained most of their pre-Periwinkle identities, New Periopolis, as the former OR capital, was radically changed. After the Second War, a massive Winklization effort began, renaming almost everything, heavily propagandizing, and purging dissidents. Many of the remaining Orangered-leaning residents chose to join Orangered's colonization of Kingston, leaving New Periopolis with a massive pro-Periwinkle majority by the start of the Third War. Orangered, understandably angered at the sight of their former capital in Periwinkle hands, launched an assault on New Periopolis, kicking off the Third War. It did not go well for them. Following the Third War, New Periopolis experienced substantial growth due to its rapidly emerging tech sector. The burgeoning tech sector, in turn, encouraged many of Chroma's most prominent futurists to set up shop in New Periopolis, leading it to be called "The Cutting Edge of Chroma". The residents of Londo Lazuli accused New Periopolis of stealing their niche, and to this day, Lazulians view Periopolitans as Lazulian rip-off assholes. Tensions between the two territories increased when ArcadiaCorp, Ultra Cheapo Tech, ChoadCo, and the Mousepad Collective all decided to move their operations from Londo to New Periopolis, pursuing a number of tax breaks promised to them in exchange for moving. With the election of Governor Masked, New Periopolis joined the POTATO alliance. In recent years, New Periopolis has been at the heart of the Goate faction, which evolved into the revolutionary Emerald Federation. Today, New Periopolis serves as the capital for Emerald and proudly touts its heritage as the birthplace of the revolution.

Map

I know the map isn't any good, but I didn't want to be sitting here all day drawing a map. It at least shows the cities and road structure.
EDIT: The new map doesn't have the roads, but it actually has the correct city placements as per the Chroma interactive map. Some cities were moved, a few were added, and one was renamed.
http://i.imgur.com/hF0dXvG.png

Cities

New Periopolis
The capital of the territory New Periopolis is the rather uncreatively named city of New Periopolis. To reduce confusion between it and the territory itself, the city of New Periopolis is often stylized as "The Emerald Imperial City of New Periopolis". One of the largest cities in all Chroma, New Periopolis has a bit of a seedy reputation due to the Chroman movie industry making every futuristic dystopian cyberpunk movie take place in the city. New Periopolis is home to the Emerald Imperial District, which houses the Emerald administration. It acts as the main hub of trade between Chroma and Kingston as well. Attractions within the city include the Neptune Lighthouse, the Eternal Periwinkle Victory Museum, the Astraldome(home of the New Periopolis Pilots baseball team and the New Periopolis Dragoons ~~handegg~~ football team), the Good Tyme Olde Tyme Sundry Events Colosseum, and the Bundestag building.
Ulm
Most of the territory of New Periopolis is now heavily urbanized and somewhat homogenized. However, there were a small sect of people who disliked that and flocked to the city of Ulm in the south. Ulm is the second largest city by population, but it lacks the clout of cities like Fortuna or Midori. The citizens call their culture "German"(whatever that means). It is the only city in New Periopolis that used traditional architecture. Ulm competes with various cities in the VU for the coveted position of yodeling capital of Chroma. It is believed that most of the funny names the Emerald Federation adopted were due to Ulmer influence. The biggest attraction in Ulm is Kaiser Albrecht's Bockwurst and Biergarten. Famed yodeler Takeo Ischi(a Midori native) often performs at Rüdersdorf Arena.
Midori
In the west of New Periopolis lies Midori, which is best known for its electronics shopping district, the biggest in the world. The residents are stereotyped as socially awkward shut-ins that do nothing but play video games, watch animated TV shows, and obsess over virtual girlfriends. Retro gaming is especially popular, with tournaments of 20+ year old games commonplace. Midori is also home to Sato Fishmongery and Canning Concern, the primary producer of mediocre seafood products to the Mega-Cheapo supermarket chain. Attractions include Nishi Beach, one of Chroma's only nude beaches, the aforementioned Izumi Electronics Market, and Kinoshita Field, home of the Midori Fish Fighters baseball team.
Fortuna
Located just to the northwest of the city of New Periopolis is the city of Fortuna, unfairly considered New Periopolis's little brother. Fortunans tend to have a chip on their shoulder regarding the Imperial City. Fortuna itself is known for the Advance Human Enhancement Company, which makes electronic and mechanical enhancements such as bionic eyes and exo-arms. Youth culture in Fortuna glorifies enhancements, and young people often go deeply in debt to fund their enhancements. In addition, normality is shunned, meaning there's a number of ridiculous outfits and hairstyles to be seen in Fortuna. Attractions include the Arax Club, the largest nightclub in Chroma, the Museum of Pointless and Shitty Art That Only Philistines Find Meaningful, and the famed Fortuna Red Light District.
Tesliton
Tesliton, in the southwest, is named after the massive Tesla coil in the center of the city. It was initially four different cities that merged together in 320 BF to become to new seat of Baron Cranemore. In more recent years, Tesliton has become the industrial center of New Periopolis, with places like Cerovo Electric Power Company and Cranemore Manufacturing(which is totally not a ~~money laundering scheme for the corrupt Cranemore clan~~) The writer responsible for the above has been sacked. Outside of the Tesla coil, Tesliton doesn't have any real attractions. The residents in the city tend to go to Malachite Cove for entertainment.
Winkleston
In the northwest corner of New Periopolis is Winkleston, a comparatively normal city compared to its contemporaries. Care was taken to make Winkleston more aesthetically pleasing than the other cities in the region, and there are many parks for recreation. The heart of the city is Saint Annette's Square, named after a martyr of the Holy Periwinkle Light. Unlike the rest of the mostly irreligious territory, the residents of Winkleston tend to be highly devout, revering either the Holy Periwinkle Light or the ZORBO IS OUR RIGHTFUL OVERLORD faith. Highlights of Winkleston include the Neon Fountains, Avesnes Cathedral(the oldest surviving building in Eastern Chroma that's still in use), and the Auxiliary Tang Factory.
Jade Point
Jade Point is the northernmost major city in Chroma. It is named for the numerous jade deposits located in the area. While other northern territories chose to concentrate their cities in the south, the people of New Periopolis instead decided to double down and build a large city despite the cold and chilly climate. Many of the buildings in Jade Point use green lighting, giving the entire city a green tint at night. Attractions include the Freedom Spire, the Orangered Sucked and This Is Why Museum, and the ruins of Medellin Castle. Also, just a short drive away is Mount Koruko, the highest point in New Periopolis.
Emerald Bay
Emerald Bay, in the northeast of New Periopolis, is full of suckups that renamed the city upon the formation of the Emerald Federation, despite the fact there isn't even a bay nearby. The portion of the Skaro Fleet loyal to Emerald quickly built Starford Naval Base, and it immediately became the main source of employment. Emerald Bay is also home to New Periopolis's Silly Party Headquarters. They actually built a pyramid for Prince Lolz, but ran out of Lolzifoam when all the Lolzifoam assets were seized for the war effort. Other attractions include Sensei Jimbo's Super Effective Kung Fu Studio, the New Periopolis Opera House, and Brandwell FCAR Raceway.
Malachite Cove
Malachite Cove is a small city, but it's the entertainment capital of New Periopolis. It needs to be, since Tesliton is boring as shit. It's the only place in New Periopolis where gambling is legal, leading it to be full of casinos and strip clubs. Malachite Cove is only rivaled by Fortuna as a hive of vice and debauchery. It is also connected to Caerulus Antris through of a marvel of tunneling technology known locally as "the Moleway". Attractions include the LOADSOFMONEY Casino, and Mega-Cheapo Enterprises World Headquarters.
Caiseal
Caiseal is lame. It's full of the few remaining Orangered partisans, and it's as close to a backwater as you can get in New Periopolis. There's things like quaint farmer's markets and quilt-making societies, but that's just stupid. There aren't any attractions unless you want to piss on the Grey Avenger statue.

Climate

The climate in New Periopolis is considered dreary by outsiders due to the tendency towards drizzle and fog. Residents are used to the dark skies and rain, but visitors often find it a bit offputting. The temperature is a bit on the cool side, with mild summers.

Flag

https://i.imgur.com/rf4P9qC.png
The flag of the Emerald Federation is heavily based on the flag of New Periopolis. This was due to the flag-making process getting delegated to an intern named Alfred Haniger. Haniger was given 30 minutes to create a flag and decided just to quickly alter the New Periopolis flag. However, the new flag was quickly adopted anyway and was voted #4 in the 75AF edition of the Jade Point Yellow Rag's Yearly Flag Review.

Motto

Progressus est nostra salus
"Progress is our salvation"
Current Governor: the_masked_redditor
Allegiance: Emerald

Situated in the northeastern corner of Chroma is New Periopolis, the former capital of Orangered. During its Orangered days, people called it "Oraistedearg", which is such a terrible name that I'm not going to type it again in this piece. After the territory was conquered and formally assimilated into the Periwinkle Kingdom, people came to their senses and renamed it to New Periopolis. Although most of Eastern Chroma retained most of their pre-Periwinkle identities, New Periopolis, as the former OR capital, was radically changed. After the Second War, a massive Winklization effort began, renaming almost everything, heavily propagandizing, and purging dissidents. Many of the remaining Orangered-leaning residents chose to join Orangered's colonization of Kingston, leaving New Periopolis with a massive pro-Periwinkle majority by the start of the Third War. Orangered, understandably angered at the sight of their former capital in Periwinkle hands, launched an assault on New Periopolis, kicking off the Third War. It did not go well for them. Following the Third War, New Periopolis experienced substantial growth due to its rapidly emerging tech sector. The burgeoning tech sector, in turn, encouraged many of Chroma's most prominent futurists to set up shop in New Periopolis, leading it to be called "The Cutting Edge of Chroma". The residents of Londo Lazuli accused New Periopolis of stealing their niche, and to this day, Lazulians view Periopolitans as Lazulian rip-off assholes. Tensions between the two territories increased when ArcadiaCorp, Ultra Cheapo Tech, ChoadCo, and the Mousepad Collective all decided to move their operations from Londo to New Periopolis, pursuing a number of tax breaks promised to them in exchange for moving. With the election of Governor Masked, New Periopolis joined the POTATO alliance. In recent years, New Periopolis has been at the heart of the Goate faction, which evolved into the revolutionary Emerald Federation. Today, New Periopolis serves as the capital for Emerald and proudly touts its heritage as the birthplace of the revolution.

Map

I know the map isn't any good, but I didn't want to be sitting here all day drawing a map. It at least shows the cities and road structure.
EDIT: The new map doesn't have the roads, but it actually has the correct city placements as per the Chroma interactive map. Some cities were moved, a few were added, and one was renamed.
http://i.imgur.com/hF0dXvG.png

Cities

New Periopolis
The capital of the territory New Periopolis is the rather uncreatively named city of New Periopolis. To reduce confusion between it and the territory itself, the city of New Periopolis is often stylized as "The Emerald Imperial City of New Periopolis". One of the largest cities in all Chroma, New Periopolis has a bit of a seedy reputation due to the Chroman movie industry making every futuristic dystopian cyberpunk movie take place in the city. New Periopolis is home to the Emerald Imperial District, which houses the Emerald administration. It acts as the main hub of trade between Chroma and Kingston as well. Attractions within the city include the Neptune Lighthouse, the Eternal Periwinkle Victory Museum, the Astraldome(home of the New Periopolis Pilots baseball team and the New Periopolis Dragoons ~~handegg~~ football team), the Good Tyme Olde Tyme Sundry Events Colosseum, and the Bundestag building.
Ulm
Most of the territory of New Periopolis is now heavily urbanized and somewhat homogenized. However, there were a small sect of people who disliked that and flocked to the city of Ulm in the south. Ulm is the second largest city by population, but it lacks the clout of cities like Fortuna or Midori. The citizens call their culture "German"(whatever that means). It is the only city in New Periopolis that used traditional architecture. Ulm competes with various cities in the VU for the coveted position of yodeling capital of Chroma. It is believed that most of the funny names the Emerald Federation adopted were due to Ulmer influence. The biggest attraction in Ulm is Kaiser Albrecht's Bockwurst and Biergarten. Famed yodeler Takeo Ischi(a Midori native) often performs at Rüdersdorf Arena.
Midori
In the west of New Periopolis lies Midori, which is best known for its electronics shopping district, the biggest in the world. The residents are stereotyped as socially awkward shut-ins that do nothing but play video games, watch animated TV shows, and obsess over virtual girlfriends. Retro gaming is especially popular, with tournaments of 20+ year old games commonplace. Midori is also home to Sato Fishmongery and Canning Concern, the primary producer of mediocre seafood products to the Mega-Cheapo supermarket chain. Attractions include Nishi Beach, one of Chroma's only nude beaches, the aforementioned Izumi Electronics Market, and Kinoshita Field, home of the Midori Fish Fighters baseball team.
Fortuna
Located just to the northwest of the city of New Periopolis is the city of Fortuna, unfairly considered New Periopolis's little brother. Fortunans tend to have a chip on their shoulder regarding the Imperial City. Fortuna itself is known for the Advance Human Enhancement Company, which makes electronic and mechanical enhancements such as bionic eyes and exo-arms. Youth culture in Fortuna glorifies enhancements, and young people often go deeply in debt to fund their enhancements. In addition, normality is shunned, meaning there's a number of ridiculous outfits and hairstyles to be seen in Fortuna. Attractions include the Arax Club, the largest nightclub in Chroma, the Museum of Pointless and Shitty Art That Only Philistines Find Meaningful, and the famed Fortuna Red Light District.
Tesliton
Tesliton, in the southwest, is named after the massive Tesla coil in the center of the city. It was initially four different cities that merged together in 320 BF to become to new seat of Baron Cranemore. In more recent years, Tesliton has become the industrial center of New Periopolis, with places like Cerovo Electric Power Company and Cranemore Manufacturing(which is totally not a ~~money laundering scheme for the corrupt Cranemore clan~~) The writer responsible for the above has been sacked. Outside of the Tesla coil, Tesliton doesn't have any real attractions. The residents in the city tend to go to Malachite Cove for entertainment.
Winkleston
In the northwest corner of New Periopolis is Winkleston, a comparatively normal city compared to its contemporaries. Care was taken to make Winkleston more aesthetically pleasing than the other cities in the region, and there are many parks for recreation. The heart of the city is Saint Annette's Square, named after a martyr of the Holy Periwinkle Light. Unlike the rest of the mostly irreligious territory, the residents of Winkleston tend to be highly devout, revering either the Holy Periwinkle Light or the ZORBO IS OUR RIGHTFUL OVERLORD faith. Highlights of Winkleston include the Neon Fountains, Avesnes Cathedral(the oldest surviving building in Eastern Chroma that's still in use), and the Auxiliary Tang Factory.
Jade Point
Jade Point is the northernmost major city in Chroma. It is named for the numerous jade deposits located in the area. While other northern territories chose to concentrate their cities in the south, the people of New Periopolis instead decided to double down and build a large city despite the cold and chilly climate. Many of the buildings in Jade Point use green lighting, giving the entire city a green tint at night. Attractions include the Freedom Spire, the Orangered Sucked and This Is Why Museum, and the ruins of Medellin Castle. Also, just a short drive away is Mount Koruko, the highest point in New Periopolis.
Emerald Bay
Emerald Bay, in the northeast of New Periopolis, is full of suckups that renamed the city upon the formation of the Emerald Federation, despite the fact there isn't even a bay nearby. The portion of the Skaro Fleet loyal to Emerald quickly built Starford Naval Base, and it immediately became the main source of employment. Emerald Bay is also home to New Periopolis's Silly Party Headquarters. They actually built a pyramid for Prince Lolz, but ran out of Lolzifoam when all the Lolzifoam assets were seized for the war effort. Other attractions include Sensei Jimbo's Super Effective Kung Fu Studio, the New Periopolis Opera House, and Brandwell FCAR Raceway.
Malachite Cove
Malachite Cove is a small city, but it's the entertainment capital of New Periopolis. It needs to be, since Tesliton is boring as shit. It's the only place in New Periopolis where gambling is legal, leading it to be full of casinos and strip clubs. Malachite Cove is only rivaled by Fortuna as a hive of vice and debauchery. It is also connected to Caerulus Antris through of a marvel of tunneling technology known locally as "the Moleway". Attractions include the LOADSOFMONEY Casino, and Mega-Cheapo Enterprises World Headquarters.
Caiseal
Caiseal is lame. It's full of the few remaining Orangered partisans, and it's as close to a backwater as you can get in New Periopolis. There's things like quaint farmer's markets and quilt-making societies, but that's just stupid. There aren't any attractions unless you want to piss on the Grey Avenger statue.

Climate

The climate in New Periopolis is considered dreary by outsiders due to the tendency towards drizzle and fog. Residents are used to the dark skies and rain, but visitors often find it a bit offputting. The temperature is a bit on the cool side, with mild summers.

Flag

https://i.imgur.com/rf4P9qC.png
The flag of the Emerald Federation is heavily based on the flag of New Periopolis. This was due to the flag-making process getting delegated to an intern named Alfred Haniger. Haniger was given 30 minutes to create a flag and decided just to quickly alter the New Periopolis flag. However, the new flag was quickly adopted anyway and was voted #4 in the 75AF edition of the Jade Point Yellow Rag's Yearly Flag Review.

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Progressus est nostra salus
"Progress is our salvation"
Current Governor: the_masked_redditor
Allegiance: Emerald

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