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Introducing Myself

6 years ago

Hi!

My name is Kaitlin and I'm a 19 year old girl from Oklahoma. I am a college student with a lot of free time. I love writing but have found people don't really love reading anymore, so I'm hoping that maybe I can generate interest through storygames. I chiefly write sci-fi and romance. 

A few interesting facts about me:

  1. I was born and raised on a ranch! I love cattle and can tell you all about them. I used to show them in high school.
  2. Besides writing, I also really love art. I like drawing and painting.
  3. The lake is my favorite place to be. In the summer you can find me swimming or skiing, but in the winter I still like to hang out and fish. I fish in the summer too, but since it's all you can do in the winter I fish more in the winter.

I would love to read other people's works to get an idea of how most of these stories go. 

Thanks for reading! It means a lot.

Introducing Myself

6 years ago

Welcome to the site.  I'm new here too.  Hopefully you will have a similar positive experience!  Good luck with your writing!

Introducing Myself

6 years ago

Hello and welcome!

tell me about cattle :O (I love animals)

Also, I'd actually be interested in seeing one of your drawings/paintings

Introducing Myself

6 years ago

Well, what would you like to know?

My family primarily raises beef cattle. The majority of our herd is black angus, but we have a few odd breeds mixed in. I showed Maine cattle, but my brother shows Charolais and Chianina, so those look kind of cool. Showing is fun but it's sad when you have to eat your friend!

How do you show pictures on this website? Sorry, I'm new. 

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6 years ago

Anything interesting about cows :O Or a funny story, you know.

And just host your picture on an image hosting site, then use <img src= *link here* >
 

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6 years ago
Is there some reason we don't have to put quotation marks around the link here? I couldn't figure out why I couldn't get images to work for the longest time...

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6 years ago

I have no idea, but pretty sure it's cause of the old coding of the site maybe?

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6 years ago

Hopefully this works! I have a cow who loves sugar cubes. She used to start licking me in the show ring because she wanted them so badly.

http://imgur.com/e30y7PI

http://imgur.com/KwDvSOT

Introducing Myself

6 years ago

Okay, that did not work.

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6 years ago

Hmm, even when editing it to use the "Source" option the pics didn't show up.

EDIT: Okay, the links should work at least.

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6 years ago
If she's using RTE the html probably won't work.

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6 years ago
Oh this is your art, I thought it was going to be photos and I was going to make a snarky comment about the entire concept of getting excited looking at a cow.

You shouldn't let on that you're good at art things here BTW, people (me) will want to nag you about illustrations for their stories.

Introducing Myself

6 years ago

If people don't get excited at looking at cows, how will you ever find love? 

Ah, made myself laugh. Well done, Steve. Doing well.

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6 years ago

Oh my! I don't think I'm very good at illustrating. I just like to do acrylic paintings, mostly.

Cool profile pic btw

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6 years ago

Omgosh! Those are really, really good o.o

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6 years ago

 

This is me and one of my former show steers. His name was Samson! I finally figured it out I think.

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6 years ago

Awww Samson has cute eyes OwO 

I don't know why I think he's adorable, but I think he's adorable OwO 

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6 years ago
the cow looks retarded but otherwise the pic is nice. what kind of dog is that brown thing on the left?

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6 years ago

If you're calling me a cow, technically I would be a heifer. 

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6 years ago

That creature is extremely adorable. Awwieeeee! ^w^ 

Introducing Myself

6 years ago

First of all, hello. :)

With pictures, you could either be referring to posting pictures on the forums or to your user image. For the former, just copy and paste. (The image's size can be then adjusted in an option given by right clicking. It's pretty straightforward.) For the latter (which is the one I believe you're referring to), it's more complicated. Save an image to your computer. Upload the image to the "pictures" section of your "my stuff". (Changes to the image's size and file size may be necessary due to some restrictions built into that section.) Go to your "my profile" section. The Avatar Photo dropbox thus lists all images (with the name you gave them) you've uploaded. That's all.

Enjoy your time here. I suggest the featured storygames first. There are some really good ones.

Introducing Myself

6 years ago
With the RTE turned on (and it is by default) you can actually just drag pictures from your computer straight into the message box.

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6 years ago
E: Wrong tab lol.

Uh, welcome to the site!

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6 years ago

Welcome aboard, rancher. My name's Steve, pleasure to meet you. Hopefully, you're at least a bit more useful than the average new person who comes in here. Anyhow, glad you're here, hope you stick around.

Oh, and I'd recommend you get a profile picture ASAP so you become more memorable.

Introducing Myself

6 years ago

I'll get to work on that!

Is the average newcomer not very useful?

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6 years ago

Usually, we have a mixture of mediocre children, alts and trolls. Hopefully, although I'll be forced to wait for BZ to confirm, you're none of them.

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6 years ago

What's BZ?

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6 years ago

Sorry, usually one of the mods is the one to check your internet thing to see whether you're a troll who has been here before getting ready to start saying terrible things, or just a new writer.

Nevermind, don't pay attention to that or get scared off by trolls. Anyhow, welcome aboard, and well done with your art, it's very good.

Introducing Myself

6 years ago

Thanks! 

I don't know if using an actual picture of yourself is frowned upon but oh well.

At least I have propic now!

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6 years ago

Not frowned upon, but suspicious. We've had a history of trolls putting up pictures of poor random people in order to make it look like they were them.

Speaking of, is there any chance you could take a picture of yourself with your username so I don't have to be constantly suspicious? You don't have to, but before I start actually trying to befriend you or giving you a bit of unprompted advice for that nice new story you're writing, I'd rather know for sure whether it's worth my time.

Introducing Myself

6 years ago
Kait I think he's attracted to you.

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6 years ago

Lol! 

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6 years ago

Yeah, I can do that.  I have to get out of bed and get paper but it's a price I'm willing to pay.

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6 years ago

Not as cute as when I was all prettied up for my pictures but...

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6 years ago

Huh, well, this is surprising. Well, sorry for the suspicion, hopefully it wasn't too weird. Anyway, glad you're a real person, I hope you enjoy the site and stick around.

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6 years ago

You're suprised I'm a real person? Why? Are that many fakes here?

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6 years ago

Surprising you were both wiling to put a picture of yourself online, which to be fair, a few of us did in the selfie thread a while back, but also quiet surprised you were willing to get out of bed to invalidate the suspicions of a random person on the internet and post another picture.

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6 years ago

Oh. I actually found a pen in my backpack that's on my bed and I just wrote on the back of homework assignment.

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6 years ago
@Chanbot will be pleased to have another selfie for his collection. If you were capable of shame, that should fill you with it.

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6 years ago

I gave him one of my selfies, thus, we're all as screwed as each other.

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6 years ago

He better put those selfies to good use if you know what I'm saying

Image result for jack off emoji

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6 years ago
I'd smash. Added to online selfie collection and C:\...\not porn\seriously not porn\alright its porn\sfw\cute

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6 years ago

I'm gay.

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6 years ago
I can tell.

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6 years ago

LOL, jk. I'm engaged to a guy.

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6 years ago
you're a 19 year old lesbian cow engaged to a man? That's a unique one I don't have a folder for.

mkdir C:\...\alright its porn\dirty downs

Introducing Myself

6 years ago

I'm not actually a lesbian. I am engaged to a man. He's hot. 

I haven't calved so I would be considered a heifer. 

Damn, get your facts straight.

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6 years ago
Oh yeah? well I'm not a lesbian either, bitch!

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6 years ago

Weird.

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6 years ago

That doesn't mean you're not gay. I'd say the majority of lesbians have married men.

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6 years ago

I like the male anatomy colliding with mine.

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6 years ago
Steve can relate.

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6 years ago

I know, Steve is the man I'm seeing...

in my dreams

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6 years ago

Are... are you saying you have male anatomy? Because ChanBot saying I like male anatomy colliding with my own, followed by you saying you know that, would imply that.

Introducing Myself

6 years ago
that would explain how s/he can say they are lesbian but not actually mean anything by it deep down. All is consistent in the universe if kait has a dick.

In the interest of keeping fairness - we'll vote: Yay for "she has a dick" and Nay for "he has a vag"

Introducing Myself

6 years ago

Dismisses the lesbian bit, still doesn't mean you don't like chicks.

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6 years ago

I am not attracted to other women. I know that it is something hard for intellectually challenged people to process that girls with short hair =/= lesbian, but I can walk you through it if you'd like.

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6 years ago

I struggle more with the idea of girls who say they're lesbians =/= lesbians.

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6 years ago

How long before you ask for a video of me and my fiance engaging in the dance with no pants to verify me saying I'm straight is real?

Probs won't do that one.

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6 years ago

Just pointing out it was strange for you to say you were lesbian for no reason whatsoever. I'll pass on the vid, though, thanks for the offer.

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6 years ago

It was a sarcastic response to someone saying they were saving my selfie to a porn folder. 

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6 years ago

Whatever, I'm not particularly bothered either way. The better reaction was probably to ignore Chan, though. Everyone else does.

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6 years ago

IDK, you seem to be reaching pretty hard.

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6 years ago

What? I'm saying I don't care in the slightest. How is that reaching?

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6 years ago

Chanbot's (Ford) probably lying anyway, he claimed he only liked chemistry majors or "above."

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6 years ago
inorganic chem majors or above. chem majors going for organics may as well be biologists. I see through them all.

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6 years ago

It's fascinating to see you flirt. Like an autistic kid who isn't even trying to be normal.

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6 years ago
It isn't even reasonable for me to flirt with some random lesbian from the okie dokie state.

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6 years ago

I'd say calling a girl cute is flirting.

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6 years ago
steve you are a very sexy man will you buy me a drink? thanks sweetie.

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6 years ago

I've seen your picture and I know what your personality is like, so I'll pass. You're not my type.

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6 years ago
That's a shame. Can't win 'em all I guess.

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6 years ago

For a chap like you, I'd say it's probably best to stop playing. I heard spinster's can be happy, after all.

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6 years ago

Lmao

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6 years ago
I wish you wouldn't summon me to every thread. I get that you want my undivided attention but we can't be official. Maybe sometime in the future? I just don't know right now.

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6 years ago
I was trying to figure out how after Steve's intro we could immediately make things even weirder for her, and I clearly made the right choice and apologize for nothing.

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6 years ago
Thank you for putting up with the literal interrogation. He'd better plan to give you some REALLY good story advice now.

(Steve super good job though, you need to remember this technique next time Crystal Inferno shows up...)

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6 years ago

Yeah, I can truly say that was a first!

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6 years ago

Oh shit, yeah, I said I'd give story advice. Cowboy, I'd recommend you don't bother writing for both a female and male space commander. That seems like a fair bit of extra work for almost no pay off, as I doubt anyone on here would care. The only few who would want that would be the kind of people who'd get offended at the lack of an agender option.

Oh, and thus; I wouldn't see much need for asking for the sexuality. I'd recommend rather than that, you just have them presented with the romance options later on. That way, you don't need to start your story off on an awkward note of asking for information, plus, I actually noticed that you can't play as a bisexual, which does make me wonder if I'd have my romance options limited later on because I have to pick one. 

Anyway, probably a better idea just to have whatever romance options the character would be offered to hit on them or whatever, and then you can turn them down as you wish. If you're straight, turn down the character the same gender, or vice versa, or pick your favorite if you're bi. If you're not planning to do much with romance and were just going to pop in references to a love interest at home or something, no need to bother much with asking for sexuality if it's not important, no one will be bothered if the gender of their loved one isn't what they're actually into.

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6 years ago

I'm too far along to make those changes. I'm dedicated!

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6 years ago

But thank you.

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6 years ago

If you say so. And you're welcome, best of luck writing.

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6 years ago

Can you see what everyone is working on?

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6 years ago

You've left yours in sneak peek, so I can easily check your profile, glance at it's name and then pop that in and find it. Might want to uncheck it if you'd rather people not look.

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6 years ago

How do you do that?

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6 years ago

Go into story properties, scroll down, untick the box, save changes.

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6 years ago

Got it!

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6 years ago
You have the story in sneak peek. e: beaten

But if the plot is basically the same either way regardless of gender and orientation I'd second him on not bothering with a choice, otherwise it's a lot of either tedious copy and pasting or scripting work for something that adds nothing of substance to the story. Especially for a first project that already seems to be fairly ambitious, you might be wishing you'd taken a few steps to streamline things once you get farther along. CYOAs have a way of getting away from you once they start branching.

Introducing Myself

6 years ago
Kait, just curious how you found the site? Seems like we've been getting quite a few actually literate newbies lately.

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6 years ago

I just googled story games. 

This seemed to be the best website, so I joined it.

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6 years ago
Hola~

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6 years ago

Hi!

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6 years ago

I admire your bravery of placing your face out there. Not the smartest move, but sure is an act of courage. Also, you shouldn't have given out any personal details, and that informs me that you didn't think when telling everyone what college you're from in your profile page. You seem like a pretty intelligent person, so don't prove me wrong. 

Anyways, welcome Kait. (Hey, if you wouldn't mind, I'd love some illustrations for my story-game.) Enjoy your stay here in CYStia. 

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6 years ago
You realize Facebook exists and is a thing people use.

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6 years ago

*facebook is not full of smart people 

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6 years ago
True fact: Facebook was the worst mistake mankind made in the last century...right up until Twitter was invented.

But it's not a huge deal for people to share their pictures or post places with their real names anymore...or it's one of those things an adult should know the risk of if it backfires at least. (Still seems weird as fuck to me but that's most of the internet these days so whatever. I guess a lot depends on where you're posting too.)

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6 years ago

I don't mind posting my face or name or college. That's all public info anyway.

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6 years ago
Dini is just excitable. You know how it is.

Teenagers need to get a grip!

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6 years ago

Oklahoma State University is the best college ever!

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6 years ago
A bunch of us from my HS graduating class took one of their campus tours. They set us up in their dorms and we had a blast! But, that was a long time ago.

Anyway, welcome to CYS!

Introducing Myself

6 years ago
Hello Kait, welcome to the site! It seems you are already writing a story, nice. When you get the time, read some of the featured stories. If you have any questions, check the help articles or ask on the forum, most of the people here are quite nice ... when they aren't asking you to post pictures of yourself for their porn collection. :) Good luck and have fun!

Introducing Myself

6 years ago

Welcome.  My ex-father-in-law works with cattle, so I know a bit about them.  I remember one day he came home with a big thing of bull-semen and explained how it was stored.  That was more than I ever needed to know about modern cattle procreation techniques.

I hope you find yourself comfortable here.

Introducing Myself

6 years ago
Uh, hope he didn't put it in the fridge at least...

Well here anyway we typically just put them out in a pasture and let them figure out that procreation business on their own.

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6 years ago

Well, I imagine if you have good breeding stock and you want those genes to go further, then it's a lot cheeper to send a container of seamen than it is to send the whole bull.  Livestock are rather messy to transport after all.

Introducing Myself

6 years ago
Well hello. I was going to welcome you to the site, but it appears you've already been grilled, posted pictures, and gone through the whole lesbian thing, so I guess I'm quite late to the party.

Well, welcome anyway.