Mizal, The Grandmaster Procrastinator
Member Since
5/5/2011
Last Activity
3/11/2026 7:44 PM
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Post Count
25626
Storygame Count
11
Duel Stats
3
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13
losses
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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 Monthly Gazette - 9 March 2026 on 3/11/2026 7:07:55 PMHopefully someone will get him one in time for the much anticipated release of Randomly Walk III
The 24 Hour Storygame Comp on 3/11/2026 5:51:49 PM
my goodness, looks like I was perfectly on time after all!
The 24 Hour Storygame Comp on 3/11/2026 5:48:24 PM
Okay so first I want to address the false, ridiculous rumors that have been circulating in this community recently, the ones that would imply I have some kind of difficulty in finishing things I start or doing things on time.
Basically, these comments are malicious and plainly
Anyway, on to the next thing.
Y'all be nasty. Also, (spoilers!) UD did not win.
However, he did vote, which was more than most of you did! The turnout on the writer side obviously was incredible, we got twice as many entries as I expected and most were far more substantial than expected too. Unfortunately, the 61k(!) of words seems to have intimidated a lot of people so that we only got a handful of voters, even including whoever was pretending to be Ford. Next time we may need to figure out a solution for that. Less questions on the poll for one thing lol.
The winner however was pretty clear, so congrats are in order to @Gryphon with that insane level of output, even if it WAS about a wizard school. The next three runner ups, Sherbet, MHD, and Cat meanwhile were all just separated by a couple of points each.
(Though I suspect MHD would have placed higher if she hadn't fooled so many dumbasses into never even making it to the party smh.)
Big thanks to all of you, but especially to those of you who not only wrote but put some decent effort into giving feedback to the others as well. I'll be back soon to hand out commendations and points rewards (like some of these greedy fatcats even need them smh...), and soon (SOON!) will post more detailed statistics as well as the feedback received.
We will also definitely be doing this again in April, if things didn't work out for you to join this time around.
Basically, these comments are malicious and plainly
Anyway, on to the next thing.
Y'all be nasty. Also, (spoilers!) UD did not win.
However, he did vote, which was more than most of you did! The turnout on the writer side obviously was incredible, we got twice as many entries as I expected and most were far more substantial than expected too. Unfortunately, the 61k(!) of words seems to have intimidated a lot of people so that we only got a handful of voters, even including whoever was pretending to be Ford. Next time we may need to figure out a solution for that. Less questions on the poll for one thing lol.
The winner however was pretty clear, so congrats are in order to @Gryphon with that insane level of output, even if it WAS about a wizard school. The next three runner ups, Sherbet, MHD, and Cat meanwhile were all just separated by a couple of points each.
(Though I suspect MHD would have placed higher if she hadn't fooled so many dumbasses into never even making it to the party smh.)
Big thanks to all of you, but especially to those of you who not only wrote but put some decent effort into giving feedback to the others as well. I'll be back soon to hand out commendations and points rewards (like some of these greedy fatcats even need them smh...), and soon (SOON!) will post more detailed statistics as well as the feedback received.
We will also definitely be doing this again in April, if things didn't work out for you to join this time around.
CYS Monthly Gazette - 9 March 2026 on 3/10/2026 11:04:41 PM
Something something you're all faggots etc and so on.
End Master's Prompt Contest 5 on 3/10/2026 11:00:35 PM
5th time's the charm!
CYScraper: a CYS forum searching tool on 3/9/2026 11:57:49 PM
Oh this is cool.
The forum used to have a search, but it was buggy to the point of uselessness, so they just removed it a few years ago since Google existed. Not everyone knows how to tell Google to search a specific site though (I can never remember the exact syntax either), so that wasn't ideal either. Haven't really had a chance to play around with this yet but I'm looking forward to it.
blocking/removing comments? on 3/9/2026 11:46:46 PM
I cannot fucking believe a CYOA site existed for 20 years with no one taking the name "You have died" until today.
The 24 Hour Storygame Comp on 3/9/2026 10:31:10 PM
It might technically be AT 4:48pm ON WEDNESDAY YOU COMPLAINING BITCHES, ESPECIALLY YOU OGRE! I am going to be at work another hour and then there are the various time waiting things that are just a part of my process.
The 24 Hour Storygame Comp on 3/9/2026 1:55:37 PM
Technically the voting period has ended! However, I won't be able to look them over until late tonight, giving those of you who were waiting until the last minute to give feedback several hundred more last minutes!
For Anyone Who Needs to Hear This... on 3/7/2026 10:13:51 AM
Yes folks, when you read .gif on the forum, make sure you pronounce it correctly inside your head, or we'll know.
