Train like the big ones

When we analyze a wrestler´s body, we can see many carrying a prominent belly, but there are some muscled ones with no fat. This is thanks to a rigorous training.

Diet is basic for any sportsman as, in order to perform at maximum, it´s required a high-protein, low-carb diet.

On top of cardio and proper feeding, it is required to make muscular toning work. Generally, when starting a routine it is worked by groups: back, chest, arms and legs. Eventually the routine is divided by smaller muscles: shoulders, biceps, triceps, etcetera.

While running and jump the rope are good cardio exercises, every sport training sets its favorite cardio. For example: soccer players are running all the time and box fighters jump the rope every day.

Exercising helps in many ways: to keep us healthy, to look good, but more important, to make us feel excellent.

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Héroes del Ring: a rude online presence.

We got to live in a time when videogame developers are not the stranger and foreign figures they used to be: they are people available at Twitter, Facebook and any other communication way.

The wrestling game Héroes del Ring has a Twitter account (@aaaheroes) where the product is promoted and answers questions from players and potential customers.

Another way where players can manifest their concerns are the forums of Héroes del Ring. These are divided by console and topic, so PlayStation 3 owners can discuss specifically and Xbox 360 likewise.

Lately, the trending topic on the Héroes del Ring social networks is the Aldea Digital 2 promotion because, as the game is going to be at the event, tickets are being given away so users can assist.

Few games maintain their online presence after they hit the shelves and, in that aspect, Héroes del Ring has set a sample.

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Unreal Engine 3: the graphic engine behind Héroes del Ring

Lately there has been some debate regarding the weight of graphics on videogames. There are those who believe they are the spine of the game, some think they are secondary, either way, presentation is always important and if they are not spectacular, players won´t be enticed. Héroes del Ring uses a graphic engine called Unreal Engine 3 but, what is that?

Epic Games is a company dedicated to develop games for PC, but their graphs were so successful that other studios started licensing their engine. Little by little, the company realized that it was more profitable to design graphic engines than games, so the third Unreal Engine was born.

One of the reasons why the developers opted to use the Unreal Engine 3, besides the fact that it´s easier to use an existing engine instead of creating a new one, is because it gives the creators the possibility to design realistic models.

Unreal Engine 3 has been used even in the fighting gender, being Mortal Kombat and, of course, Héroes del Ring, its main examples.

Epic Games will make their Unreal Engine 3 available to mobile developers, as the engine will be launch for iPhone and iPod Touch.

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Héroes del Ring blog: beyond the ring

It´s usual for the big brand games to have dedicated blogs to discuss the title itself and, of course, Héroes del Ring has a blog of it own.

Is not surprising for the Héroes del Ring game to be the main subject on its blog, but it is not only "buy it, buy it" what is it said there, good posts are written too, as the one focused on the history mode on the title.

Likewise, the Héroes del Ring blog goes beyond what competes it and approaches topics related directly to wrestling, like the article that discusses the masks tradition in Mexican wrestling.

Beyond the game and wrestling, the Héroes del Ring blog also has articles covering videogame industry events like the Electronic Game Show.

Blogs like the one of Héroes del Ring are not usual since it is not only used to promote the title, since it was created as a resource for both wrestling and videogames fans.

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Héroes del Ring; beyond the history mode

Video games aren't cheap, that´s why several game modes are added to them to increase playability. Of course, Héroes del Ring has several modes to add value to it.

Unlike the other fighting titles, Héroes del Ring lacks of a versus mode per se, but it has the mode of Battle for the Pride where up to four players can fight each other mimicking the Fatal Four battle.

It is also usual that fighting games include a "tournament" mode, where several characters (either controlled by the user or the console) fight. In Héroes del Ring, the "tournament" was replaced by King of Kings, where up to eight people can participate.

Along the history mode, characters, video testimonials and biographies of Triple A characters are unblocked. Héroes del Ring has a mode where that collection of unlockable items can be found: Extras.

With modes that goes from campaign for one player thru eight-player tournament, Héroes del Ring has plenty to offer.

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Technicians: the Heroes of the Ring

For decades, videogames have been a way to tell histories. On Héroes del Ring's case, it tells how a wrestler created by the user, goes from anonymity to fame.

Héroes del Ring features two history modes: one for the rudes and one for the technicians. On either case, the wrestlers that appear on the game tell stories and experiences that are eye openers for the player: things like it is possible to be strong, but if the audience is not by your side, it's worthless.

The game system of Héroes del Ring is a bit complex, reason why a tutorial was included where El Apache teaches the user how to control his character, from moving to the most specific keys.

One of the maximum Triple A championships is disputed in a fight where four wrestlers face each other in an all against all match and, in Héroes del Ring, the player's technician must be experienced enough to beat this exuberant contest.

It's great being able to control La Parka and company, but there is nothing compared to the creation of a wrestler, naming him our way and fight in the Triple A rings to become a wrestling legend.

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Mexican wrestling: Sports watershed

Wrestling is a type of unarmed combat that's been practiced since the beginning of human kind. The first evidence of this sport's existence in Egypt is dated on 2300 BC when some art imprinting ferocious combats was created.

Meanwhile, Mexican wrestling is a separated category, in a way that when they talk about this sport in USA, they call it "lucha libre" and in Mexico is not only a sport: it's a theatrical activity that involves the eternal fight of the good against evil embodied by masked beings that perform acrobatics both on the canvas and in the air.

Wrestling was brought to Mexico by Giovanni Relesevitch in 1910 and it was until 1933 when the first Mexican company was founded: the today named as Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. On the early 90's, the Triple A was founded and, besides these two companies, exist the International Wrestling Revolution Group and Alianza Universal de Lucha Libre.

It was during the 40's and 70's decades when the audience was over wrestling because, besides the night broadcasts on TV, they had movies starred by El Santo and other movie stars. Getting fed up of the same, spectators got away from wrestling until Triple A appeared and capitalized the show-sport with new characters.

Wrestling evolution goes hand in hand with Mexican wrestling, since this one was a groundbreaker that set the basis of the modern show-sport. Logically, the activity will make its path and, of course, there will be the Mexican wrestlers to make their own.

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Masks: a synonym of Mexican Wrestling

When we think about Mexican wrestling, the first that comes to mind is a parade of masks allusive to wild beasts and mystic beings. This is justified precisely because, the mask is the symbol of wrestling, our true national sport.

Curiously, the first wrestler using a mask during a combat was a north American known as Ciclón McKey. Six years later, in 1939, the rude Murciélago Velázquez would be the first Mexican covering his face to give his character a funeral look.

In Mexico, the combats where the masks are bet are common and losing them is a serious business, since not only the face and the name of the fighter is revealed, but he can't use it in combat for three years, according to the rulebook from the Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre.

Wrestlers not only create characters: they create emporiums and, as such, can be inherited from father to sons. Dr. Wagner left his name and mask to his son, Dr. Wagner Jr and this one, in turn, yielded his fame to his son, The Son Of Dr. Wagner Jr., there may be nicknames added, but all are identified with the name Wagner,

Technics are the closer we have to superheroes and the rudes are the closer we have to super villains. Without their masks the will only be fighters like the ones in box that, although respectable, they are not as enigmatic.

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Heroes del Ring, two out of three rounds

Immersion Games is a Colombian studio experienced in game developing and, even though Héroes del Ring it's a game that is enjoyed from start to finish, since it is their first Mexican wrestling title and their first approach to the gender, it is logical that there are some space for improvement.

It is not a fighting game as such, Héroes del Ring is some sort of Mexican wrestling simulator, so the gameplay cannot be based solely on the opponents' life points, but you can't have the audiences' reactions to be that significant either.

A system where the player notices the differences on agility and strength of every wrestler must be implemented, since, logically, a lighter wrestler is quicker but weaker, while a heavy one is slow but stronger.

Improving elements like the balance between the health points and audience's acceptance, and the balance between weight and strength, would automatically improve the online experience, which suffers from the same issues that the one person mode.

It is said that when things end well at the first try it's because they are well done. It is not that Héroes del Ring is a bad game, but since it is the first wrestling game from Immersion Games, the studio must listen their fans to implement the required changes looking to consolidate Héroes del Ring as a serial.

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Konnan, a reformed fighter

Mexican wrestling is full of notable characters that go from the successors of wrestling emporiums to former convicts that found redemption inside the rings, like Konnan "El Bárbaro".

Konnan was born in 1964, but he grew in Miami as his family escaped from Castro regime. At the peninsula, Konnan got involved with gangs and committed felonies, that had him serve time. Later, he was forced to enlist the Navy (or go back to prison, otherwise) and after his service he started wrestling.

Leaving his criminal life behind, Konnan looked to be trained by Rey Misterio Sr and other champions that had him on the right way. On top of that, his military training and voluptuous body helped him to get ahead many encounters on the sport.

After he got to be known in Mexican rings, Konnan returned to US where he has spent most of his career.

Of course, Konnan couldn´t be missed in Héroes del Ring, since surely there are more than one enthusiast that would like to use the Cuban to beat the competition.

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Lucha Libre: Un siglo de tradición en México

Gracias a una plétora de películas en las que los enmascarados peleaban con una serie de enemigos fantásticos como las momias, la lucha libre cobró un éxito descomunal, pero su llegada a México data de antes de la invención del cine.

La lucha libre arribó a México en 1863, pero no fue sino hasta el enfrentamiento entre Conde Koma y Nabutaka cuando el deporte alzó el vuelo en 1910. Dos décadas más tarde, surgió la primer liga de México, la Empresa Mexicana de Lucha libre.

Salvador Lutteroth, "el padre de la lucha libre", organizó el primer evento de la Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre en la Arena Modelo, propiedad de Víctor Manuel Castillo. En él, pelearon gladiadores como Yaquie Joe, Bobby Sampson y Cyclone Mackey.

La EMLL, hoy Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, abrió la puerta para que otras empresas iniciaran operaciones en México, pero sus 90 peleadores (la mayoría hombres, pero también hay mujeres) y sus diez torneos hacen de la CMLL una de las ligas más importantes del mundo.

Con más de cien años de experiencia, México ha forjado a los mejores peleadores del mundo, lástima que no contemos con el brazo mercadológico de los norteamericanos para llevar nuestras transmisiones a los principales mercados, pero ciertamente los japoneses y los mismos gladiadores de Estados Unidos respetan a los combatientes de nuestro país.

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Lucha libre norteamericana; WWE

Hace unos años, cuando se tocaba el tema de la lucha libre de la WWE entre mis conocidos, la primer reacción era la de rechazo: "mucho show", "muy violenta", eran los comentarios que se hacían. Hoy, dicen que es "espectacular" y "entretenida".

En 1952 Roderick McMahon fundó la Capitol Wrestling Corporation (hoy World Wrestling Entertainment), compañía que actualmente es administrada por su descendencia. La WWE es dueña de Raw y SmackDown.

La lucha norteamericana no tiene máscaras (salvo excepciones) ni tradiciones, pero sí tiene bandos: faces y heels; buenos y malos.


Si hay algo que ha cautivado a los mercados extranjeros, especialmente al mexicano, no son los campeonatos de la WWE y los eventos especiales como el Royal Rumble, sino las batallas de las Divas, chicas mitad modelo mitad guerreras que roban el aliento por su belleza y su habilidad.

Es triste ver que la WWE nos esté ganando en nuestro propio juego y, peor aún, en nuestro propio terreno. Aún así, era lógico que sucediera porque los norteamericanos tienen toda la experiencia de crear espectáculos que rompan barreras. ¿Qué lucha es la mejor? La que más audiencia tiene.

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