Mizal, The Grandmaster Procrastinator
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5/5/2011
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10/22/2024 11:09 PM
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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.
...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.
Don't Get Date Raped!
unpublished
A short, educational piece. Please remain sensitive and respectful in the comment section. (I'd hate to have to report you to an admin for bullying me.)
(DO NOT READ if you're at all easily offended or lacking in a sense of humor. There's nothing graphic at all in here, but seriously, I still cannot stress it enough, this story is not for you.)
Dedicated to the good people of COG.
(DO NOT READ if you're at all easily offended or lacking in a sense of humor. There's nothing graphic at all in here, but seriously, I still cannot stress it enough, this story is not for you.)
Dedicated to the good people of COG.
just+write+anything
unpublished
5000+words+of+something+or+other%0D%0A
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Longest story on CYS? on 10/22/2024 3:57:50 PMYeah, this one. Eternal may be in second but Dead Man Walking is like a million words.
Thunderdome 15: Darius vs Benholman! on 10/22/2024 3:56:42 PM
We could do this, you both have fucked up timezones so giving some extra time may be one of the easier solutions.
I felt really bad you ended up staying up to 5am to get yours in when you didn't have the weekend open after all.
Thunderdome 15: Darius vs Benholman! on 10/22/2024 10:33:07 AM
So you and Ace seem the ones available this weekend.
Thunderdome 15: Darius vs Benholman! on 10/22/2024 8:53:32 AM
Have fun, but not too much fun.
Thunderdome 15: Darius vs Benholman! on 10/22/2024 8:52:43 AM
@Anthraxus seemed willing to duel Ben, maybe we could get him in for a practice match too.
Thunderdome 15: Darius vs Benholman! on 10/21/2024 11:34:57 AM
Oh yeah that's a good point, I guess I should probably start mine too.
Aphrodite's Orphan: Updated Version on 10/21/2024 10:10:20 AM
@Crimson
Add this one to your list.
Thunderdome 15: Darius vs Benholman! on 10/21/2024 10:05:19 AM
Just need to wait to see if Ben wanders back over to confirm that works for him too.
storygame suggestions on 10/19/2024 9:33:05 AM
I dunno if the author of The Book of Vanishing Tales is ever coming back, but it's a very different kind of fantasy story that I always thought was exceptionally good if maybe not for everyone. It's not about killing goblins but a storyteller's quest in a world where stories are vanishing, kind of a slow burn with this almost dreamlike quality that's hard to explain.
Thunderdome 15: Darius vs Benholman! on 10/18/2024 1:07:15 PM
Well, let's not go that far.