Mizal, The Grandmaster Procrastinator
Member Since
5/5/2011
Last Activity
1/16/2026 12:58 AM
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Post Count
25095
Storygame Count
11
Duel Stats
3
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Behold my profile.
There's, uh, nothing here right now. Someday I should probably find a balance between the old text wall, and...this.
(she drew my avatar you know!)
There's, uh, nothing here right now. Someday I should probably find a balance between the old text wall, and...this.
(she drew my avatar you know!)
Trophies Earned
Storygames
You harvest in the Arena.
Every machine needs a function, and that is yours.
Written for the Tiny 'Topia challenge.
You are a man on a mission. The cats, they must be stacked.
A puzzling math and logic game I made just to put some of the scripting practice I've been doing to use. Have fun and please let me know if you encounter any bugs.
Should be solvable by middle schoolers, or those with same basic level of intelligence as a middle schooler.
A puzzling math and logic game I made just to put some of the scripting practice I've been doing to use. Have fun and please let me know if you encounter any bugs.
Should be solvable by middle schoolers, or those with same basic level of intelligence as a middle schooler.
Orbiting a barren planetoid in a system full of nothing just past the edge of the frontier, The Last Outpost is just another refueling station. Strategically important, true, but on a routine stop you never expected to spend longer than a couple hours there, let alone a couple of days fighting for your life...
There are five epilogues, but some may be difficult to discover. Note that actions have consequences, but not always immediate ones. (And if you just need an End Game link, go play around with the probe.)
There are five epilogues, but some may be difficult to discover. Note that actions have consequences, but not always immediate ones. (And if you just need an End Game link, go play around with the probe.)
A compilation of some little known facts about the solar system, as well as the debunking of a few myths.
In addition to the scientific explanations, there's a small story dramatizing it all.
Hopefully young readers will find this fun as well as educational. :)
(Might not be the greatest story ever written, but consider this: it got me 200 points.)
In addition to the scientific explanations, there's a small story dramatizing it all.
Hopefully young readers will find this fun as well as educational. :)
(Might not be the greatest story ever written, but consider this: it got me 200 points.)
It doesn't matter what they say...
The bean, it must be found.
For MHD's Fairytales contest.
For Endmaster's 4th Prompt Contest. The story must involve a cooking competition.
...and the squirrels. Sort of.
Written in six hours, for no other reason than to avoid consignment to the SHAME pit after my other Romance contest entry didn't want to cooperate.
Written in six hours, for no other reason than to avoid consignment to the SHAME pit after my other Romance contest entry didn't want to cooperate.
A tale told in verse. A text from your sister requesting a pick up from a party leads to a night of strangeness.
Inspired by Bucky's ballad contest. Though...I wouldn't call this a ballad. I'm not sure what I'd call it, actually, other than exceedingly stupid, and fun to write.
(Don't pay any attention to the scores, they're just for me to track which endings reviewers get.)
HATE.
THE PURITY AND INTENSITY OF MY HATE IS LIKE A THOUSAND MERCILESS, UNQUENCHABLE SUNS.
AND YET, I ONLY NEED ONE...
When the weather is fine, you've been coming to this grove to drink from the pool for centuries now. Today, you meet a stranger and hear a story that changes all that...
A fairy tale adventure.
A fairy tale adventure.
Another Damn Wolf Story
unpublished
I have no idea why I wrote this. All I can say in my defense is that it seemed like a good idea at the ti--wait no that's a lie, I said, repeatedly that this was stupid and shameful every time I mentioned working on it.
The truth is I needed to publish something before the end of the year and there is CLEARLY a burning need for wolf stories in the psyche of children using the internet. But then they write them badly, or make their wolves behave like clans of cats. So here is a simple straightfoward story of a young wolf leaving his pack in search of a better life. Maybe no one will ever feel the need to write another one now, or if nothing else maybe this will give them ideas for how to do it in slightly more minimum-standards-meeting ways.
Final conclusion however is that writing about some dumb animal with no agency is not something I'd recommend.
The truth is I needed to publish something before the end of the year and there is CLEARLY a burning need for wolf stories in the psyche of children using the internet. But then they write them badly, or make their wolves behave like clans of cats. So here is a simple straightfoward story of a young wolf leaving his pack in search of a better life. Maybe no one will ever feel the need to write another one now, or if nothing else maybe this will give them ideas for how to do it in slightly more minimum-standards-meeting ways.
Final conclusion however is that writing about some dumb animal with no agency is not something I'd recommend.
Character Creator
unpublished
If you don't know what this is for, then it isn't for you.
Articles Written
A List of Storygames for People Who Like to ReadA list of storygames with substantial effort put in, all written in the last couple of years and sorely in need of ratings and reviews.
CYS Forum Advice and Etiquette
A modernized guide to the forums. The path to internet popularity and happiness, and a few CYS specific do's and don'ts.
Recent Posts
CYS HOT TAKES on 1/16/2026 12:57:59 AMIt may take a little time but I'm going to hash out the hottest take ever.
CYS v S. Penguin on 1/15/2026 11:45:17 AM
You don't need to bribe her! So what if she doesn't like it, what's she going to do, write a 90 thousand word game about it?
RIP Chris on 1/15/2026 11:35:24 AM
I'd only take that deal for Windows XP.
CYS v S. Penguin on 1/15/2026 7:24:22 AM
Photoshop is an image editing software that used to be the standard, now it's sometimes used as a verb in the same way "googling" is regardless of what program/app was used. (Photoshop itself is no longer used as often except by businesses as the company is run by greedy hogs and there are free options that are just as good.)
CYS v S. Penguin on 1/15/2026 7:17:56 AM
Furthermore, it is a longstanding practice in CYStia that Mods would graciously give points to individuals who participate in society, according to their own whims and the kindness of their hearts
And under this same rule, we can also take them away and give them to others!
After all, this would not only mean erasing thousands of points from prominent figures like Thara
What an interesting thing to suggest...
CYS v S. Penguin on 1/14/2026 10:29:38 PM
I already gave pity points to Ace earlier, and a few normal ones to Clayfinger, you can rest easy.
CYS v S. Penguin on 1/14/2026 6:44:22 PM
Truthfully, this is really all the fault of whoever conspired to just casually poof 1000 unreported points into existence on Dec 19th. (I blame Thara.)
To remind the 1% of what life is like for the rest of the population, if you read every game currently on the site, that equals 1091 points. While building a guillotine costs none at all. I had to act not just for JUSTICE but for all our safety.
Sent will just have to find another diamond encrusted toilet seat somewhere, I can't imagine it was all that comfortable to use in the first place.
To remind the 1% of what life is like for the rest of the population, if you read every game currently on the site, that equals 1091 points. While building a guillotine costs none at all. I had to act not just for JUSTICE but for all our safety.
Sent will just have to find another diamond encrusted toilet seat somewhere, I can't imagine it was all that comfortable to use in the first place.
CYS v S. Penguin on 1/14/2026 6:37:14 PM
That was a random act of power abuse, those are different.
CYS v S. Penguin on 1/14/2026 6:18:19 PM
My feelings are that as Will and Ogre have around 7500 points each, both with ancient very productive accounts matched by few others, no mod at the start of 2026 can justify having more than that. (And this has been corrected also in the one other instance of overly disgusting wealth display.)
Sherb and I btw, who are humble and honest, don't even have 7000!
CYS v S. Penguin on 1/14/2026 5:45:28 PM
I have to recuse myself from the rest of this case however as both the prosecutor and defendent draw me pictures on demand.
But look, Thara has never drawn me a picture, not even once, and Malk is reportedly Satan. So I'd like to suggest them both as accomplices.
