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No Vampire stories?

5 years ago

  DO we not like vampires in this community? 

No Vampire stories?

5 years ago
I see you're the kind of vampire fan who checks Love & Dating but not Horror...

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5 years ago

nope, haven't looked there yet. Are there good vampire stories in there?  lol

 

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5 years ago
Blooded? Undead Persona? There's two featured vampire games on this site. Did you... idk... look around?

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5 years ago

  First day on the forum. Temperature check. Caustic...  lol. ok, thanks for your time in responding. I saw "Blooded", which wasn't immediately apparent it was about vampires. And since it was rated so low, didn't give it another thought. The second title you mentioned looks to be in Sci-Fi. Which i hadn't looked in. There looks to be several dedicated members in the community that spend a lot of time and effort in here. I hope they aren't all so inviting to new members as this. 

No Vampire stories?

5 years ago
5.86 is not really a low rating, although I suppose it may be in the low end for a featured story. Not anywhere near 'don't give it a second look' territory though.

There are ways to ask for recommendations without coming off like a a noob who hasn't played a single game making assumptions. Also, you're right about the dedicated community but you haven't seen caustic yet lol.

And just an fyi for the next time, you might also include details of what kind of story you're looking for. 'Vampires' in the general sense is pretty broad and generic. Although no, there aren't too many storygames about them. I'm not sure if I'd call it an anti vampire bias, it's just that they're pretty played out in both the horror and romance genres and that the more prolific authors here have other genres they prefer.

Rogues has a path with a vampire waifu although I'm not sure that's what you're looking for.

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5 years ago

lol. I am a noob who hasn't played a single game yet. But was considering writing my own "story game" with vampires. Im just absorbing info right now, and trying to understand the community. Still have no idea what these points mean, and what shaming is.... But anyhow, thanks for the more useful response. I'll go back to tinkering with the editor. I am excited about this site so far. I hope my excitement isn't shamed away. 

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5 years ago
SHAME is what happens to those who enter contests and fail to follow through. If you don't enter any contests you're safe don't worru.

Points are gotten mainly through rating and reviewing stories and are used as fees to enter contests or in other bets, give slightly more weight to your ratings of other people's games, and establish your worth as a human being.

Commendations are fancy points that don't do anything. They're just gold stars from admins for good storygames, featured reviews or for posting well formatted text walls that are pleasing to the eye and contain thoughtful commentary and advice or a decent short story, probably.

I've been planning a game that deals with vampires for awhile, but it's got a lot of characters and will be pretty complex so I've got other protects I need to tackle first. Plus I find writing games in modern settings a struggle due to all the research they need.




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5 years ago

Also, I am horrified what Twilight has done to Vampires!!!

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5 years ago
I see that you're new here, so you must not know how the rating system works. 6 (or 5.8 in Blooded's case) is extremely far from a bad rating. The average run-of-the-mill storygame averages out at a 3 or 4. Anything above a 5 is definitely well-written and worth checking out. I understand if you're used to writing sites that give full marks just for knowing how to string words together (I know the ratings seemed low to me at first), but that's just not how it works here.

Edit: That last sentence came off a lot more sarcastic and less joking than I intended it to. I blame the concussion and text to speech and totally not the fact that I can't convey tone over forum messages.

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5 years ago

Thanks Leora. I am currently working on an universal emoji to convey sarcasm. It is definitely needed in the struggle to prevent internet flame wars!!!!!

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5 years ago
Everyone, for a bonding activity let's turn this into another essay thread on the pros and cons of vampires. Both in fiction and if you were one in real life.

@ISentinelPenguinI can provide a strategically placed derail telling us about Blackula and vampires that are also pumpkins for 4000 words. Steve can come in drunk and vicious over the implied snubbing of Blooded and break down sobbing over the loss of Malk halfway through. It could be fun.

No Vampire stories?

5 years ago

Sorry Steve. Did not mean to snub "Blooded". I am not familiar with the rating system. It does have a fancy gold star by it, so that must be good. I promise to play this game with an open Noob mind. 

     Since I have become a vampire in real life, the virus has done wonders for my ED problem. And I am saving a ton on not needing my Viagra Prescription. It has done wonders for my love life. Thank You Twilight fans.   UGH I just gagged saying that. Screw YOU twilight fans!!!!!!

No Vampire stories?

5 years ago
Um, actually...

Given that classical vampires don't have a heartbeat, there's no blood flow to even remotely compensate for ED.

Sorry floppy mc floppenstien. XD

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5 years ago

Possibly vampires do not need blood flow to get ... er.... hard. Maybe they have mastered some secret art of rigor mortis to achieve ... well dammit Jim, I'm NOT a vampire doctor!!!  But they have to have sex, or whats the point of losing your soul to eternal damnation!!!!    

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5 years ago
This could be the basis of an entire plot. Being a vampire is only good for lesbians and straight women that have a ready supply of human men for sex and post-coital snacking.

It's strongly discouraged among the matriarchal vampire society to embrace men because once they find out their dick doesn't work they always become sad self loathing misogynistic incels moping around getting in the way and killing the mood, or else violent and misogynistic yet extremely effective vampire hunter incels, just constantly so gosh darned ANGRY about not getting any because all the literature was a lie.

There is a MAD and a SAD variable being tracked and the player must find balance between the two paths while dodging human vampire hunters, feminazi vampire assassins and all these damn lesbians who won't stop kissing and touching each other and stuff and being a distraction he can't even fap to.

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5 years ago

  I am not subscribing to the premise here. #MaleVampiresGetErectionsToo

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5 years ago

"post-coital snacking"

Lol.

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5 years ago

You're good. Although, Blooded is specifically about being a Vampire Thrall for the most part, rather than a vampire itself, so I don't know if it's your thing. Either way, there's a contest going on that would be perfect for you if you wanted to write something short over the next two weeks about vampires that I'd recommend.

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5 years ago

  Yeah I saw that. I only have 18 points though. How do i get more points? What is the min req for the story? Do i get "SHAMED" if i dont meet a min req? 

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5 years ago
A complete, coherent story that contains both grammar and a plot is all you really need to meet minimum standards. It's amazing how often stories fail to do this.

Just rate a few games for points, I think you only need 25 to enter.

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5 years ago

thanks mizal. I will entertain the idea. the deadline to enter is the 25th? 

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5 years ago
Yep :)

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5 years ago
http://chooseyourstory.com/story/vampyr

This one's still in the works, but looks like it may be promising.

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5 years ago
Looks like there's plenty of vampire stories now :)

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5 years ago

REEEEEE Twillight fan get out of my site!!!1