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I'm confused on what to do overall.

What things confuse you? Do tell me, that way, I can help.

^^ This. We can't exactly explain anything to you if you don't tell us what you don't understand. 

He doesn't know how the site works yet. He is my friend at school.

Right. Right.

What you think I made an Alt? It isn't me.

What's an Alt

A different account for the same person.

May I ask you a question? Why did you invite your "friend" to this site if he doesn't even know why "he" should be on? This is a God damn writing site, not a place for your alts to just hang around, ye know.

He may not be an alt, so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt unless it becomes obvious like with the others. 

Also I thought you weren't posting anymore, what happened to that?

 

 

I think the site's name should explain it... but incase it doesn't, you make Choose Your Own Adventure games here, and you can chat on the forums. There's some other things you can do too.

Ok so what are these puzzles and games and experience that I keep seeing, (thanks brennonwilson2 for not explaining anything)

Sorry! I told him the forum basics.

Experience points. Please do check out the help page for lots of other information.

The points are just for rating, leaving replies, and making storygames and such. Basically benefitting the site. You can also recieve penalties for trolling or breaking the rules.

Freeform and Warrior Cats aren't allowed, by the way.

I don't know what you mean by puzzles and games, but there's a storygames section where you can pick Choose Your Own Adventures from made by other people. So, yeah. I hope that helps.

It's a writing site. You might start by reading other people's stories, then the help articles and so on while you figure out what you want to write about. There are specific boards to ask questions about writing, the use of the editor and so on, or you could contribute something worthwhile to existing discussions. 

(Your buddy Brennon doesn't really do any of those things so he may not be the best example to model your own behavior on...)

I told him everything. The writing style, the mods, everything.

Thank you!

Yeah, yeah. Quit it now before it derails and the mods come.

Quit giving your friend advice, in response to a question he made a thread to ask?

 

...okay? I guess if you insist.

I made him do it... -_-

... Answering the question of the original post and responding to the answer is the very opposite of derailing. It is directly on topic. *facepalm*

What do you want to do?

How do you either join a game/puzzle or make your own?

Look at the Help & Info.

 

Here's the link, incase you're still confused.

http://chooseyourstory.com/help/

 

You can find a lot of useful info there.

Information about the forums. And forum roleplaying. If you are speaking of "joining" games, those are all in the forums, so follow those two links.

If you are looking for games/puzzles and making your own, that is writing a story (or a storygame). Before you even consider starting, I suggest you read Kiel's rules. Then plan your story. When you are finally ready to write one, read other stories to see how things work here. Then go back to that help page and read every single item in the section about storywriting.

Thank you much,

Aaaaahhhhh, darn autocorrect stuff.

Turn it off then.

I wonder why you and your friends (Brennon?) are here. School projects or just for fun?

Well I told him that I have a talent for writing books so he guided me to this website. So you could say for fun... I guess.

 

Welcome to CYS. I'm Kiel, one of the site moderators, and I'd strongly recommend reading the articles in the help and info section. The articles cover everything you could possibly need / want to know--though you are always welcome to drop me a line via PM if you have questions.

Before you write anything, I'd also strongly recommend reading some of the games around here, particularly anything featured (the games displayed directly under the category links) and the top-rated games.

Thanks! Ive gone on a few and I've started my own so far. Thanks again.

Raven, Brennon, break it up. You're derailing.

Sorry Kiel. I'll stop.

I stopped from continuing.

:P