Mizal, The Grandmaster Procrastinator
Member Since
5/5/2011
Last Activity
12/16/2025 5:23 PM
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24842
Storygame Count
11
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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!)
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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.
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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
Question on using AI for translations on 12/16/2025 4:58:05 PMYour English is better than the English of some of the native born English speakers we get around here. If you don't think your vocabulary is quite up to creative writing, well this is a great place to practice and learn. In fact I doubt you'd ever improve much by just depending on an automatic translation.
If you're not ready to commit to a full storygame yet you could post an except in the Writing Shop for feedback, or a regular short story in the Creative Corner any time.
In the Help section, there are a few articles by Gower on sentence structure that might be useful to you too.
the story about DND on 12/16/2025 4:49:09 PM
Well now with all these replies she can't edit it.
Don't ban me! on 12/16/2025 12:52:22 PM
Fine, fine, I believe you, but next time the town's only mule is pulling you up the hill to class maybe you should take a moment to learn the names of the other people in the cart.
Don't ban me! on 12/16/2025 12:46:06 PM
Steve's total and complete refusal to proofread his games would leave him struggling a bit in our current era.
Don't ban me! on 12/16/2025 12:20:35 PM
I have no idea why you would do this, but since I can see your IP I know you two are in the same school district, in the same town. And from the very sparse info I've bothered to look at, you undoubtedly know everyone in your school, and also everyone in your town, and there's a non zero chance your parents are first cousins.
Don't ban me! on 12/16/2025 12:07:48 PM
Don't mind me, I am just trying to react as neutrally as possible to a child telling a pointless and obvious falsehood in a way that allows us both to easily move on from it and not make it a thing for no reason, as it is not the focus of this thread.
Don't ban me! on 12/16/2025 11:58:59 AM
Sure.
Don't ban me! on 12/16/2025 11:36:24 AM
The troll was banned instantly and from the other stuff they were doing didn't even seem to be specifically targeting Naz.
Problem being dealt with, nobody here is Naz's internet therapist, nor do I think it's a good idea to encourage a child to go trauma dumping on a public forum where anyone can read it including lurking trolls.
Ally stepped up to offer to talk to her more, but it seems like she passed on that anyway.
Edit: and also I might as well just say, it's pretty obvious to any admin that you're Naz's real life friend. If she's fine with things now, though I'm sure you're well meaning you don't necessarily need to jump in on her behalf, she's already proven she can speak up for herself when she wants to.
Secret Talent? (other than writing lol) on 12/16/2025 10:33:21 AM
A common affliction around here in recent times. Being held in unvaccinated isolation in a fundie apocalypse bunker for the formative years is one of the few ways kids end up capable of reading anymore. (Though it shares enough symptoms with autism it's sometimes hard to tell.)
I'm really surprised Avo wasn't homeschooled at least for a few years.
Don't ban me! on 12/16/2025 10:21:37 AM
CYS is a community of wholesome individuals who take pleasure in defending their friends and brutally dismembering their enemies.
I want this on a business card.
