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5 years ago

I suppose I could put this in Writing Workshop, but more people will see it here and it's not really important enough to be in the news section.

Anyway, we have the following new tags:

Grimdark, Edgelord, Anti-Hero, Villain Protagonist and Female Protagonist.

The last three are pretty self explanatory, but some might wonder what's the difference between Grimdark and Edgelord. Well personally, I feel "Grimdark" has a lot more substance to it. You have a shitty crapsack world/universe but it's fleshed out fairly well.

Edgelord on the other hand is purely focusing on the more "offensive" parts of what you might occasionally see happen in a Grimdark world. Though the two don't necessary always overlap. Generally speaking I tend to think more stuff in the horror category can fall under this a bit more easily due to the whole chopping folks up, raping the pieces and eating them activities.

I also added the Edgelord tag as a replacement for the "Geared for Extremists" tag which I always thought sounded silly and has been deleted. Maybe we'll use that one again if we get ISIS members or real Nazis (Not the fake ones we usually get here) writing and submitting stories.

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5 years ago

Wouldn't it make more sense to improve our search engine before we try to add more tags to it?

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5 years ago

Ain't nobody got time for that shit.

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5 years ago
' why click a button and type a word, wouldn't it make more sense to learn several obsolete programming languages from scratch and do a significant amount of coding first for a feature anyone using the extension already has?'

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5 years ago

Because it could make finding certain stories easier? If someone wanted to play as a villain protagonist and tried to search that in our search engine, they wouldn't find anything. They'd only know by first checking the story and the tags manually or by asking the members which many won't do. Necromancer is a good story. If it weren't featured, how would someone find it without asking a member for a recommendation (since Necromancer almost always gets recommended to newcomers that ask)?

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5 years ago
OK I guess Endmaster will get right on getting access to the database and then that programming degree. Think I'll just keep using the extension while the rest of you hold your breath tho.

('Why didn't you do this thing that is essentially impossible vs a thing that was easy and took two seconds??' is a really stupid question if you think about it which is why I keep going back and editing my responses to be meaner.)

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5 years ago

It's stupid to suggest that we have a system to search these tags instead of solely adding the tags with no searching system? Sound logic.

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5 years ago
I can see that you have literally never even so much as rated a story game, much less reviewed one, so I can see how you might be confused about the tag system.

What you're suggesting involves learning obsolete coding methods in order to improve upon an already functioning system. You're literally suggesting they work harder, not smarter. That's what is stupid about your suggestion.

The tag system works fine. It needs additional tags, which is what they are working on here. It's a case of worker smarter, not harder.

Here's how it works. You type a keyword for something that you are interested in seeing story games for, then you hit search. Then this magical list of story games with that tag appears for your perusal. Shocking, I know. But now that you know how to use it, maybe you can go read some story games and rate/review them. I know it's an extremely difficult concept, but maybe now with my detailed walk through you can actually attempt to contribute to the site.

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5 years ago

Your first three paragraphs are pointless and repetitive. Anyway, unless it's somehow different with my phone, that's not working.

Trying this with Necromancer - arguably the most popular story on the site - I'll try searching "war." Nope, can't find it. Fantasy? Nope. Serious? No. Okay, how about "magic"? Hell, most of the results I'm getting aren't aren't even tagged with these things. So do you not use the search yourself and therefore not know how poor it is or did you just feel like chiming in like a dumb asshole?

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5 years ago
Can't argue with stupid. Oh well, I tried.

For the record though, Necromancer shows up for me just fine in search. But, I'm just a dumb asshole, what would I know? I mean besides how to use the search, read story games, and rate/review them.

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5 years ago

Are you searching the tags? Because it never shows up when I look for it. What do you type in when you look for it (aside from the title itself)?

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5 years ago

I myself understand where you're coming from, but it's pointless to try to argue on this. They've made it clear that it isn't worth the effort to them so it's a done deal mate.

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5 years ago
I'm just questioning why he's bitching at End in the first place. We CAN add new tags, and easily, and so End did to fill some gaps in the ones we had. Adding in a system to search them is not doable at all and as a repeatedly banned faggot who's been around five years he knows this very well.

Meanwhile the rest of us will just keep using the extension that he won't acknowledge exists.

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5 years ago
Glad the extension is so widespread now that someone who doesn't use it is considered an outlier. The overhauled storygame search is 100% BD and is arguably the best feature in the extension. Thanks @BradinDvorak you da bomb.

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5 years ago
Now that it's on Firefox too there's basically no excuse not to have it, particularly if you're someone making a point to complain about searchable tags.

Just waiting for him to cave and do mobile now.

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5 years ago
There will likely never be a mobile application for a few reasons not limited to difficulty, tedium, and lack of demand. If there ever is a mobile CYS application of any sort it will be for android devices only because Apple requires a yearly $100 developer fee ($300/yr for them to keep your app around even if it's unused, as opposed to Googles' $5 one-time fee) regardless of size or use of application. It really would not be a fun project.

What would a mobile app do anyways for the site? Bigger textboxes and buttons? There's not much advantage to mobile when people just use the desktop site on mobile anyways.

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5 years ago
Allow the same search functionality and other features as someone using the extension on their computer?

80% of my site usage is on mobile.

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5 years ago
Agreed, the search function on the extention is amazing. Thank you so much for all your hard work BD!

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5 years ago

Glad you all like it!

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5 years ago
Indeed, it's amazing how much thought and work was put into this. Seriously if anyone doesn't have it yet go download it right now.

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5 years ago

Why do you think I'm trying to argue at this point? I'm just asking you how you're searching it so I can see if it works for me.

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5 years ago

Thank you. I don't see why the rest of you couldn't have just pointed me in the direction of this instead of bitching about me asking a simple question.

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5 years ago

To be fair, mizal DID mention the extension to you though. I'm surprised you don't know about it since it was mentioned that you've been on the site for a while.

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5 years ago

I'm inconsistently active on the forums so I must have missed the extension being made. It should have been clear that I didn't know what the extension was given that it does exactly what I was suggesting.

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5 years ago
The question: 'It's stupid to suggest that we have a system to search these tags instead of solely adding the tags with no searching system?'

The answer: 'Yes'. For reasons already explained the first time you asked the question before you repeated it again with extra sarcasm after completely ignoring the answer.

You also asked Sabley, 'So do you not use the search yourself and therefore not know how poor it is or did you just feel like chiming in like a dumb asshole?'

So man idk maybe next time if you want to ask a question just ask a question minus the sneering, it would probably get more useful results.

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5 years ago

My "sneering" was in response to the bitch-like behavior you lot were exhibiting. You mentioned the extension, I clearly don't know what said extension is given that I'm unknowingly describing its function, you respond in a "mean" way, I respond in kind.

You clearly took some sort of offense to my first post if you somehow took that as "bitching at End." Maybe you shouldn't be needlessly snide and not expect the same treatment.

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5 years ago
My first post was literally just 'The extension searches by tags'.

And then I realized it was someone who'd been around five fucking years seriously asking the question 'Endmaster, why did you create these tags instead of programming in a way to search by them first????' and I went 'wait a minute, really?' and went back to edit my post.

Next time just don't be an idiot, or if you must, don't continue to be an idiot after the simple thing is spelled ou to you multiple times. If you'd been a newbie I would have explained that site updates didn't happen very often and why, but you already knew that and so your question wasn't really a question from the start.

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5 years ago

Next time don't be rude and complain about the result. I don't know where the pole up your ass came from but it doesn't warrant this. Anyway, thanks for your assistance. I appreciate you, mizal.

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5 years ago

@Darksol

Ahem, Danaos, whatever the other profile was called, Darksol.  You have been nothing but a fucking asshole cunt motherfucker, who all he does is bitch and complain about shit no one cares about and hump EndMaster's leg like an annoying faggot.
Who also simultaneously likes to tell people they have a stick up their ass then try to act like they are cool with the person. You're a fucking retard who I hope gets banned, because you have nothing of value to offer this site.
Please do something productive and stop acting like a hairy, smelly cunt, or at least go to COG where every one humps their furry waifus.

Sincerely, fuck you

-Corgi

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5 years ago

And where did you come from? I don't even know who the fuck you are, but I see that shit-stained pole has finally been worked out of mizal's ass and crammed firmly up yours. Also, I'm not acting like I'm cool with mizal. I actually like her. I can only hope that I can be as productive as someone that plans on making a storygame titled "Porn," you fucking degenerate.

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5 years ago

Glad you can see the point of "Porn" is supposed to be about a degenerate, written by a degenerate.   

Sure, you don't know me, and I don't really know you.  I do know you are a fucking moron.  And if you actually liked Mizal why would you act like such a cunt to her any way?  

Anything I have seen involving you has never been good, just annoying foolishness.  Maybe stay away from the forums for a while and actually do something productive.  

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5 years ago

You must be a special kind of fanboy to be keeping tabs on me like that. I'm flattered, I really am. Also puzzled since you're telling me to be productive while you take precious time out of your day to jump in to a conversation you were never a part of. Either you came looking for a fight or you're just an attention whore. And I wasn't being a cunt to Mizal, I was being endearing.

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5 years ago

Not keeping tabs so much as that I have seen your name pop up before and it has never been good.  
And yes, sometimes I enjoy jumping into conversations to tell people what shit they are.  

I don't see how telling some one they were exhibiting bitch behavior and that they have a shit stained pole up their ass is endearing.  I think the correct term was that you were just being an asshole.  Also, for your notes, being a general moron isn't endearing either, actually nothing about you so far is even close to endearing.  So yes, you were being a cunt like you always have.

 

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5 years ago

So you admit to being a pissant hypocrite?

Honestly, I'm finding it difficult to keep my interest with you. Find some new material to hit me with or fuck off.

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5 years ago

Wait, how the fuck am I being a hypocrite?  And cool, lose interest, won't change the fact you are a douche canoe.

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5 years ago

I already pointed out how, you're just not paying attention. Douche canoe...you must be running out of ideas. How are you going to go out of your way to start an argument and come at me with that weak shit?

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5 years ago

Oh right, the whole degenerate thing I'm assuming.  Well I don't really care if you think I'm a hypocrite or not, or what you think of my insults.  You'll have to do better than that to get under my skin.

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5 years ago

Wasn't referring to you being a degenerate, try again.

Obviously I don't if you're still replying, dumbass.

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5 years ago

I am replying because you are a moron, who can't see why he is a moron, because he is so dense.

But you're not fun to argue with any way, so I'll be off to find more interesting things.

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5 years ago

Giving up already? That didn't take long. I'm disappointed but not surprised.

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5 years ago
The fact that you act like such a fucking cunt to Corgi and Sabley of all people shows how fucking autistic you are.

You should stop LARPing Chris Chan go fuck a cheese grater.

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5 years ago

The fact that Sabley decided to be snide and Corgi came looking for a fight yet I'm the asshole shows what a bias little bitch you are who couldn't see objectively if God popped into existence and told you so himself. And lol at you saying I've been a "retarded sociopath" for years even though you joined at a time I wasn't very active so you'd have no way of knowing. Quit talking out of your ass.

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5 years ago
The fact that people are treating you negative should show you how fucking ridiculous you are. You need to fucking get over yourself, Danaos, Sicarri, whatever the fuck you call yourself.

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5 years ago

Actually it shows how you're a bunch of mindless zombies that pop out of the woodwork to defend your buttbuddies. Tell me, are you being featured in that degenarate's porn story as a part of his fucked up little harem? Is that why you came out to his defense? To defend your ass master?

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5 years ago
This seems pretty homophobic!

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5 years ago

Oh look, a faggot's showed up. Hello, faggot. Go back to being unhappy, it's your own fault and I hope you rot in it, because it pleases me greatly to know that not only am I better than you, everyone single person here is better than you, and that includes Ford.

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5 years ago
Oh yeah, Sabley was in this at some point... I don't know her (It's "her", right?) but she seems cool and I liked her storygame. I didn't think her comment was particularly snide by this site's standards.

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5 years ago

Yes. Sabely is a pagan farm girl.

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5 years ago
It's kind of hilarious he started in by insulting her, I can't think of a more poorly chosen target for his latest aspie tourette's bitch-fest seeing how she outclasses him in every way both IRL and off the site.

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5 years ago
Haven't you been here for like 5 years? Jumping into conversations and insulting people is what people do for fun around here.

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5 years ago

Right, but it's not often that someone jumps into a "pointless" discussion to hurl unoriginal insults then demand that other people be productive.

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5 years ago
People do that in my discussions all the time (though I guess a few people have some original content to their insults. Not usually, but it happens sometimes.) I have definitely seen some masterful yet pointess/repetitive shit-flinging in the past few months.

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5 years ago
It's a public forum and this is the most active thread on it right now. I don't really think it's as puzzling as you're making it out to be, nor is it a private conversation that can somehow be interrupted.

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5 years ago
And you do realize Corgi has written sixty thousand words in the last few months plus a short story trilogy and a number of reviews while you...since January it appears you've had a birthday and created three blank games with titles only.

Whether else you want to say to Corgi, I don't think you can tell him much about productivity.

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5 years ago

Great, I've been working, going to school, and doing mma/boxing during that time, so pardon me if my activity here is a bit inconsistent but it's not a high priority.

Also, most of what I do in regards to writing is done with Twine, not here. When I maybe, eventually finish, I'll transfer it on to this site.

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5 years ago
Pretty sure we don't want any garbage Twine games here in the first place, not that you're any more likely than Morgan to ever finish anything at all. Although even this is really just humoring yet another troll post of yours that dodges any point brought up in the one you're responding to, since as you'll notice, I don't care what you've been up to outside the site and didn't ask.

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5 years ago
It's funny, I can never quite tell if you're a troll or if you really are just as dense as you make yourself out to be. Well played if the former, utterly hopeless if the latter, but all asshole either way. I can sort of see why End keeps you around, so I guess I appreciate you too.

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5 years ago
The extension is a complete restlying of the site that BD and Ford have been working their asses off for. It's amazing for scripting and its search funtion seems to be exactly what you're looking for. If you're on Chrome you can download it here for free. It's very easy to access so there really isn't a need to reprogram the whole site (something I don't think End has the access to do anyway.)

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5 years ago
yw

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5 years ago
End's probably had a really long day doing hurricane prep, it's good everyone worked together to deposit this present right on top of his tablet!

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5 years ago
Thanks for doing this!

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5 years ago
Didn't know darksol was danana. I don't remember dan the banan' being so icky.

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5 years ago
There's a reason why people have been calling Danaos a fucking retarded sociopath for years.

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5 years ago

I have my moments.

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5 years ago

Honestly this thread got way more attention than I thought it would.

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5 years ago
I too thought this thread would die with a maximum of 4 posts.

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5 years ago
Eh, we have to build our post counts somehow.

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5 years ago
Danny boy is a clown just spewing obscenities at random at this point and clearly doesn't have the slightest idea who any of the people he's flailing at even are. This had been his sole role on the site for awhile now whenever he bothers to pop up. Good on a slow day but he doesn't even pay enough attention to personalize his insult so if the Lounge wasn't otherwise starved for drama this would be less worth reading than the average Steve fight.

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5 years ago

You sure came back with a vengeance. That's fine. I have nothing but love for you, Mizal, so I'm not going to engage in your abuse.

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5 years ago

Off your knees, faggot.

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5 years ago
I always viewed "Geared for Extremists" to mean the difficulty level of the storygame would be quite hard, and that the average reader wouldn't be able to complete it.

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5 years ago
I'm sure there's a way to phrase that more clearly then since it's not a definition that would ever have jumped to mind. Although with the difficulty level already there it might not be necessary unless it's something meant specifically to refer to a scripting / puzzle heavy game.

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5 years ago

I know JJJ made it specifically for stories like Love SICK and such. There was another tag name made up at first which I can't remember what it was called except that I thought it sounded better. However, JJJ went with the geared for extremists one.

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5 years ago

 feels like geared for extremists doesn't stick because it's not that gross in an era when you can watch cartel hits on liveleak in three clicks. edgelord is way better 

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5 years ago

If that's the case, I'm sure there should instead be something easier to explain than Geared for Extremists, since its logical antithesis, Geared for Children, seemed to imply that it was more of an age or content thing, considering the community took it to mean it was intended for the junior set rather than being low-maturity simply for the lack of offensive things in it. If it was sheerly due to the length and complexity of a storygame, there could be a "Geared for Grognards" tag or somesuch thing for games that have hard mechanics and getting through them generally isn't a casual task.

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5 years ago

Geared for Tryhards could be good 

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5 years ago
Sent's is better, I like alliteration.

We have Advanced Editor but that's also vague although I guess the idea is to imply scriptiness, could use something like Advanced Difficulty maybe if we just want to be straightforward.

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5 years ago

Maybe "Geared for Masochists" would be good for a very hard and grueling storygame lol

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5 years ago
I nominate that a "geared for masochists" tag be put first and foremost on http://chooseyourstory.com/story/1st-invigilate-

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5 years ago

Geared for masochists sounds harsh, and considering people who like that kind of experience might not see it that way (And considering that people use tags primarily to "advertise" the content of their game) it doesn't seem like it would be that good of a moniker for people outside the edgelord camp. I would consider something semi-RPG-like and full of death like the House of Danger book End was playing to be Grognard Games, as well as anything else that would play out like an old-fashioned adventure game in text form. MCIGOAKT and Berka's games are also unironically enjoyable, and they're full of the typical grognard things where it has puzzles, mechanics, and it's not just a choice-by-choice format and actually fairly difficult to find the best endings. A tag should ideally be able to have awesome storygames as well as not-so-good-ones and still fit. That's how you know it has a good range. Masochists only bring the negative aspects to mind.