Here I am again after a couple weeks ago I announced in the AWF that I was getting out of fedding. But after seeing the AWF come to a close it kind of hit a soft spot. I hated to see a bunch of writers that I enjoyed possibly left scratching their heads wondering where to go next or hanging it up for good even. I enjoy writing matches so I decided to reopen and give the UWA one last go and give the members of AWF an option, and if you're an outsider you are encouraged to join too. So below I'm going to address some things that I planned to do with it to give any potential members an idea of what they would be getting into.

Roleplaying: That's the most important issue and one I want to address right away. Judging of roleplays will be based on roleplays. I don't want to discourage anyone with that. Roleplays will be judged just as they were in the final days of the AWF, by the quality of roleplaying you present with your character. I'm not looking for an RP to be 6 or 7 paragraphs of trash talking toward your opponent. Tell the story of your character as in day to day life. Story-telling is definitely welcome and I've found it to be more interesting over the past year. There will be a 5 roleplay limit per card due to the fact that not everyone has the same amount of time available to RP.

Roster: I'm setting a roster cap of 16 members. I'm not looking at making the UWA huge. If you happen to apply and there are 16 roster members, then you will be put on the waiting list. I plan to have links to other feds on the page to recommend you to.

Cards/Results: A card will be held on Sundays and they will occur every two weeks. You will have from the time the results are posted until Wednesday night of the following week to RP for the event. For example, if I posted results this Sunday (May 22) RPing for the next card would start when results are posted until the night of Wednesday (June 1) which would be the deadline. The results would then of course be posted on Sunday (June 5) I need those extra couple days to get everything written up to be posted Sunday night. I wish we could have a weekly card but I know with schedules, especially mine, that just isn't possible right now. I'm looking at having a PPV every 2 or 3 months. Depending on the size of the card and certain match stips, I may need assistance from the members involved in writing...If I feel I can't write it up the way I want to I may ask your assistance. If that's not possible, I'll work something out.

Segments/Angles/Storylines: I am open to all of these. If the angle involves someone else losing they have to agree to it and let me know ahead of time. The deadline for segments/angles/storylines to be worked into the show will be the same night of the Roleplaying deadline of Wednesday night. I need all of that submitted to be able to plan and be organized. So please work with me on that.

Staff/Contact: As far as the staff goes, it's me running the show, updating, etc. I'm not looking to bring anyone in to help, I'd prefer to run things on my own. As for segments, you can mail them to me at the fed address that's linked on the sidebar (uwapro@yahoo.com) But I'd much prefer you send them to me through the forum. To do that, log in and click "messages" and my screen name is Shaun Dupree.

I hope this answers your questions and hopefully we can bring the UWA back to life again. I plan to update this column once a month in the future.

"The Sidewinder" Shaun Dupree