Hall of Fames. A place to honor those whom have done feats/deeds of extraordinary merit. A place reserved for the best of the best. Those in a Hall of Fame, regardless of the sport or endeavor, are without question, deserving of enshrinement, right? Well, maybe. Usually, in order to keep the Hall of Fame’s value and reward value intact, single feats of accomplishment or spurts of creativity and fan appeal are not enough to get someone into a Hall but rather a career of elevated performance is required. Well, that is, unless you’re a Hall of Fame e-fedder.

E-fed Hall’s of Fame seem to follow a different set of rules. The intention is the same, to honor those that have made an impact in the game. However, a long career filled with achievements and superior ability is not something e-fedders must have in order to qualify. How did I come up with such a statement? With finger-numbing research, that’s how. Consider these stats…

I looked at 18 random e-Feds listed in the eWzine 88x31 vault as well a few from a random Google search using cliché wrestling terms. That’s a combined total of 23 e-Feds with 464 current roster members. A good mixture of new, medium and old Feds with 13 of them listing a Hall of Fame. But even thou I know there are many more e-Fed Hall of Fames out there, I bet a great deal of them are no longer available because those Feds have since closed. A quick look indicated that 95 e-wrestlers were honored with enshrinement in these 13 Halls. A further look, revealed that 11 of them also were not even retired at the time.

To put them into perspective, let’s look at a “real” Hall of Fame in comparison, the Baseball Hall of Fame. There have been about 16,631 players to have played pro ball since 1867. Of those, only 228 have made the Hall of Fame for their playing ability. That’s a pantry 1.37 %. That means 98.63% of all baseball players will never ever be considered an icon of superior ability. Since the average of the Feds I looked at were open for 2 years, I double the yearly stats for comparison and divided that number by the number of e-Fed Hall of Famers to come up with the number 10.24%

What? All e-wrestlers that enter a RP, no matter how crappy have at least a 10.24 % chance of reaching an E-Fed Hall of Fame? Gee, you have to wonder if it’s such a great of an honor as it’s made out to be. In my opinion, it’s not.

And just what is the criteria for even getting into an e-Fed Hall of Fame? The baseball Hall is typical of sport Hall of Fames in that they enshrine players that have displayed a extended career of achievement. They do not reward flash-in-the-pans or fan appeal players and unless the player also has had a high level of extended play, the Hall of Fame will not be calling. Take for example, Bill”The Spaceman” Lee or Roger Maris. Lee, was one of the most popular pitchers with the fans and a leading in many pitching categories. He was all over magazine covers and TV. But since his career only had 4-5 years of high calibre play, he is not a candidate for the Hall of Fame. Even Roger Maris, the former homerun record holder with 61 and double MVP winner is not a Hall of Fame consideration. All because of a lack of staying power.

So what is the standard for ‘staying power” in E-feds? Again, I think the yardstick is titles won. And since most feds have an average of 2 titles and 20 roster members, you have a 10% chance of winning a title, right? The same ratio for making the E-fed Hall of Fame? Coincidence? Mmmmmmm. Anyways, have a look at any E-fed Hall of Fame and you’ll see what I saw…E-wrestlers that have won lots of tiles only. If any Hall of Famers were there for strictly being good writers, I am not aware of it. I’ve looked over the stats on these e-wrestlers and “2x Global champion” or “3x US Champion” are typical posts for these stars. Where are those great roleplayers that churn out highly entertaining and memorable RP’s week after week, only to run into everyone’s best work, thus rarely holding any titles? Over time, this e-fedder may have displayed more talent than any of the champions, most of whom have left the Fed after a short bit of creativity. But without any titles to glitter up the resume, I doubt there will be no Hall of Fame for him/her. So I guess the “staying power”standard that E-fed Halls of Fame go by, is winning a title or two.

So after all this number crunching what is my conclusion? Well, players have a 1 in 10 chance of reaching an E-fed Hall of Fame, especially if they put in the time and effort into a single Fed. Actual ability need not be a consideration since all that seems to matter is titles, and time spent and sooner or later, you’ll get in. Providing they stay open long enough for anyone to even stumble across this Hall of Fame in the first place. Nothing is worse than being in a Hall of Fame, of a closed site, that no one visits anymore or worse yet, that is no longer on the net.