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EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

                       GRIMDARK FANTASY CONTEST

Deadline is 11:59 PM (EST) January 31, 2021

Reward: You’ll get potential pointless points, potential commendations and potentially featured if you’re not totally incompetent.

So the new Dark Fantasy category needs some fattening up and this contest is an organized way to go about doing it because we’re lawful evil around here.

All you lot have to do is write a dark fantasy story. If you’re having trouble with what that entails exactly, well there’s some stories already in that section you can read for inspiration, though I’d just recommend the currently featured ones for the best examples.

The main thing to remember is you shouldn’t really have a Tolkien like set up with traditional good vs. evil. Even the “good guys” are going to have major flaws. (Gandalf’s an opium addict, Aragon’s grabbing elf pussies, Legolas is a tranny, etc)

Basically anti-heroes, villain protagonists, thicc dark elf women, grey and black morality, lack of real good people, a world ranging from ultra cynicism to outright nihilism is the order of things and everything is horrible.

This doesn’t mean you can’t still have good endings of course, but it’s probably coming at some sort of cost.

Also remember to keep it fantasy. Looking for The Witcher not WH40K. 

Still, this doesn’t automatically limit you to a “medieval” setting. Besides setting it even further back technologically speaking (Ancient world, stone age, etc) you could very well go as far ahead as steampunk. I wouldn’t really go further than that tech level since then you start getting into urban fiction territory. 

While this wouldn’t be completely unacceptable if you approached it right, the problem with urban fantasy is a lot of it starts going more into the modern horror territory and/or faggy vampire romance and nobody wants that.

And yes, while all this is appealing to your inner edgelord, don’t write a graphic RAEP scene on every fucking page. We still need an actual story you degenerate. We’ll care more about who is performing the aggressive breeding strategy if you take the time to create a plot.

In any case you've got plenty of time to do something decent, so it should be a simple enough task even for you. Remember to post a link to your story here when you're done.

Good luck.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Fuck sci-fi. I'm in for 500.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Really like that pic you found. With a month and a half and many of you at home, maybe someone can even reach 100k and claim the coveted commission from MHD for the Intfiction War.

I'll just leave the Wikipedia definition of Dark Fantasy here:

Dark fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy literary, artistic, and cinematic works that incorporate darker and frightening themes of fantasy. It often combines fantasy with elements of horror or has a gloomy dark tone or a sense of horror and dread.


So immediately what comes to mind is something like Bloodborne or Dark Souls, all the Lovecraftian influences in Darkest Dungeon, even the Drakengard and Nier games. Or Diablo if you're old like me.

I know End mentioned antiheroes, and well obviously he has a preference for those, but I think the setting and tone is the most important thing. I'm pretty sure reasonably decent guys who are just utterly hopeless and fucked because the world they live in is overrun by cultists and corruption and teetering on the edge of being devoured by an abomination from outside of space and time would also apply.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
What about a story that starts out feeling like the Shire in Lord of the Rings, but before the end, the story crashes down upon the reader in a torrent of depression, with little bits of horror aspects thrown in (maybe some zombies, like Game of Thrones, or some ghosts)?

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

Sure.

Locked.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

I'm getting the vibe that I just got voluntold into this contest...

Welp, time to start writing.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
How many times has this happened to you by now?

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
This might be three. Maybe four.

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3 years ago
That's what I have been waiting for! Sign me up.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

I'd love to participate! I'm usually more of a sci-fi guy, but always down to branch out. 

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

@Starbourne good attitude 

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Lol

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3 years ago
This is some incredible courage coming from a noob with no published storygames, not to mention one that's already twice SHAMED with his entire account teetering on the brink. Truly an inspiration to us all.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Well will you look at that, I guess I'm entering the contest! I'm just getting awfully curious about how I went so quickly from getting points and a Patriot achievement from Endmaster, to having my thread deleted (it did not break any rules and no one posting in it was breaking any rules), then to being ordered to remove my avatar because it's too "politically charged" and from now on it's against the site rules to display a picture of Trump looking goofy. And now I've had words I obviously didn't type edited into my post and been forced into a contest that will see me banned if I fail. That last one I wouldn't mind so much if not for the rest, I know I can do it, and now I have a good motivation. But there doesn't seem much point if I'm hated and being set up to fail by mods no matter what I do. But I'll go write now. I'm going to just stop participating in the forum because I can tell I've suddenly become a marked man, but I'm still getting at least a commended story if not a featured one.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
lol

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Can't speak to most of that, but CYS prides itself on being a fascist police state, so get over it. Admins all have equal power and we abuse it how we like and beat up children on a whim while they beg us to stop, that's just the m0d lyfe.

If an admin has it out for you, that is indeed the mark of death, but shutting up is a good way to delay it while you build up your defenses.

You've got the right attitude about the story at least, bad ass stories and detailed reviews are the only thing that give you plebs any leverage. Claw your way up from your pathetic, slothful state of serfdom, tap that pure core of hate for those that have power over you and put it to work, and one day you might stand among the gods. (But....probably you'll just continue to do nothing of value and then get banned.)

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
And that's why I love it here.
It is my aspiration to stand among the mighty ones. Hopefully in a few years or so.

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3 years ago

Somewhere down the way you pissed off most of the CYS Pantheon. You’ve been cursed and marked for death.

Basically you climbed that mountain peak in your copper armor during a lightning storm and raised your sword high in the air and shouted to the heavens “THE GODS ARE ALL BASTARDS!”

Ironically, the only important one who you didn’t piss off was me, so I’m eager to see if you funnel all that negativity and write a good dark fantasy story. It's the perfect genre to do it for.

Now is the time to decide whether you’re truly “Star Born” and absorb the inevitable lightning strike and come out stronger for it, earning a place in the halls of the honored where you will live forever

OR

You fail miserably and your burned body tumbles down the mountain side hitting every rock cliff along the way until you’re already an unrecognizable hunk of charred bloody flesh by the time it smashes into the ground where upon it is feasted on by an inbred scavenger family.

The choice is yours!

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
I'll not pissed off. :(

I swear I'm only torturing him for fun.

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3 years ago
My inner edgelord, it's screaming out at me.
It's clawing at my soul, tearing at the walls I have set up to protect others from it.
But I know the truth. It's just a measly little rat-thing, unable to incite fear and disgust in anyone.
"Hah," I thought, poking the soft underbelly of the creature. "You be patient, perhaps when you finally mature I'll let you out. For now all you're good for is being all snuggly and cute."
It growls, showing it's displeasure, and the room quiets down...
No, I cannot enter this competition, as much as I want. That pit of shame is just beckoning towards me....

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
CONTEST CONTEST CONTES YEEESSS YESSSS CONTEST.

I am in!!!!
Even I have zero edgy on my body and soul so my game will be shit.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

Contestants So Far

enterpride

Northwind

poison_mara

WouldntItBeNice

hetero_malk

PerforatedPenguin

ninjapitka

Mardox

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Couple of people who posted just to say they're not entering.

Just begging to get their posts edited imo.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
I was thinking about writing in this category because it looked spare. I'll enter, not that I can guarantee a strong length. I'll submit something, though, I'm sure.

Thanks EM for putting on this contest!

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
L O C K E D

Didn't expect Wibn to respond to any bait that wasn't a day old Walmart donut.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

I should wait til after my exams to do this, but put me in for everything I got. 

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
lock.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
I'll go ahead and offer the winner a $25 gift card for Comixology, as there's nothing in this world edgier or more over the top ridiculous than comic books.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Well, is this still eligible?
I can't help it anymore, I want in.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
That's a lock.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
oh, right. Thanks.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

I'll give it a go. Might as well try to get out of the Pit of Shame. 

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Escape from the Pit of SHAME could be its own dark fantasy title.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

Locked

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
The locking thing is just a tradition from back when it was a way to keep people from going back and editing after they commit, due to a little quirk with how the forums work. Anybody replying to a post will have the same effect.

But no real need now of course, Endmaster never lets a soul slip away.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Is he missing on the contestant list , or is it because hes in the pit of shame?

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

Ah, okay. Thanks for letting me know!

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Add me to the list. To be fair, your Lord of the Rings examples are fairly close to the truth already. Gandalf hits that Snoop Dogg smoke, Legolas looks post-op, and Aragon probably got his Gondorian gauntlet full of elf pootang before Arwen.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Lock

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

Tempting. Might have an idea if I can get the hang of the more advanced game mechanics in storygame.
Edit: On second thought I'll just stick with the writing aspects since I've never touched the advanced editor. Challenge accepted.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

L O C K  E D 

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

Contestants So Far

enterpride

Northwind

poison_mara

WouldntItBeNice

hetero_malk

PerforatedPenguin

ninjapitka

Mardox

Wannabe_Human

Starbourne

fluttershypegasus

Chris113022

jster02

corgi213

smalllovebirb

clockman

Mizal

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

I would like to enter the contest. 

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

Great.

Keep in mind that you can write about all the grimdark pegacorns you want, but if it's MLP then it would still be classified as fanfic, not Dark Fantasy.

And on a side note, it took her awhile, but I see Mizal has finally figured out a way to troll me back for all the times I did it to her.

I won't forget this.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
@jster02 Get in here.

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3 years ago
@fluttershypegasus

How grimdark do you reckon you could make magical ponies?

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

Funnily enough I did have a My Little Pony choose-your-own story planned out a few months ago that was definitely veering into that terroitory. I could quite easily take the plan for that and turn the "grim dark" dials up a bit. 

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
I guess that would have to be categorized as fanfic though, so it would defeat the purpose of the contest.

I know I sort of advised against it before, but hell, we've got a massive Sonic game on the site now, just write whatever you want. (But it will still have to be uncopyrighted magic ponies y to go in the contest. )

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

The story had entirely original characters anyway so I should still be able use the story by switching out all the overt references to the series. Though I'd definitely like to write a proper MLP fanfic on another occasion. 

 

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
My advice a gay escort pony called glittering rod or Sparkles rain

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Here's a quiz to try: My Little Pony or Porn Star?

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

76%! Beat that, fuckers.

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3 years ago

67% :(

 

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I'm honestly not a huge Grimdark fan, my inner Edgelord is virtually nonexistent at this point. Anything I wrote would still probably have some measure of hope to it, maybe even a good ending or two, despite the dark setting. If that's okay, I might still consider joining, but I'm still on the fence

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

Locked.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Oh dear.

Well his first story had magical experiments inflicted on children, that's a promising start.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

Oh fuck

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
There's no level of required edginess beyond what you'd find in a typical horror story or gritty "realistic" fantasy or a fantasy with antihero or villain protagonists. Eternal's front and center in that category right now for instance.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

Guess I don't have a choice now. Thanks for the clarification, that does help somewhat. Now I've just gotta figure out what the heck I'm going to write about.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
You can't do worse than me. I am sure you will make a great game

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Don't worry, I'm always here :P

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3 years ago
You either die a lolfag or live long enough to stay a productive member of the site. I'm in it to win it.

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3 years ago
Locked.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
@WolfCatHybrid

What a coincidence, I was JUST thinking we needed a grimdark furry story celebrating the LGBT, but unfortunately I'm all booked up for the month. You really should give it a go.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

Joining

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

Locked...heheh

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
@SilverSilverChan

I'm intrigued by first page of your hero story, uwu. You should enter this contest, OwO!

ecks dee

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
I'll be a long-time lurker no more for this contest! Do expect a submission from me in January :)

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Locked.

And welcome aboard!

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

Good luck, honorable birb

 

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Enter me pls

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Ok and locked.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
The brave, brief life of clockman.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
This guy never logged in again, not even to create a game. Crazy how focused he is on the writing, I really look forward to reading his storygame!

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Okay well I was planning to take the COWARD'S WAY and finish the story first, but tomorrow is my day off and somebody needs to overtake Malk's word count.

Grimdark gay mercenary time, let's go!

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Locking does nothing you fools.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

Contestants So Far

enterpride

Northwind

poison_mara

WouldntItBeNice

hetero_malk

PerforatedPenguin

ninjapitka

Mardox

Wannabe_Human

Starbourne

fluttershypegasus

Chris113022

jster02

corgi213

smalllovebirb

clockman

Mizal

Metal

TheChef

Fluxion

BANNED AND SHAMED so far

DrDre (And multiple alts)

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

I would like to give it a try.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

locked

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
WHO ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE

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3 years ago
What had been a harmless prank has now turned into a swarm of people joining.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

Jokes on everyone, I'm not reading shit and picking a winner based on who annoys me the least.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
You can send some to my jam, lol. I have really few participants

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Your theme sounded very tempting but I had already signed up for this one and your deadline is to close after this for a reasonable chance to produce something that I would like to publish (and still get some work done with the day job).

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
I understand, however if you want to do a small game for it you will have a month.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Dark fantasy and 1920s Valentine's are such vastly different themes I kind of have the feeling that most people are going to get excited about writing one or the other, but not both. CYS writers definitely lean to the former, but I don't think this contest is going to lure away too many people who would've otherwise been like '1920s and Valentine's day? Holy shit, sign me up!'

It seemed like a pretty specific theme to me, but I assumed Mara aimed this more at CoG writers, who I know will be all over it. Somebody here still might get some inspiration and decide to go for it though.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Stupid question: 12 am on the 18th, does that actually mean that we need to finish on the 17th? Or the 18th?

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Ah, and here we have the beginning of the traditional deadline confusion. Usually that doesn't happen till two hours before it ends.

I assume that means midnight on the 17th, but End might choose to not answer just in hopes somebody disqualifies themselves by thinking they have an extra day.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Invariably there is someone who gets the time zone wrong and gets shamed. Could be something we do wagers on: who's gonna get shamed for being mistaken about the deadline?

EDIT- could wager RPS points, assuming mods can exchange them.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

I'm in.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

Locked.

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3 years ago

Lol

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

When you finish your story where are you supposed to post it?

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
There is only one place, the site. It's a storygame, just publish it.
You could also put it in sneak peek and post a link.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

Ok thanks.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

Make sure it is fully published prior to the deadline.  Sneak peek doesn't cut it. 

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
And make sure that you have it finished at least a day before the deadline, in case of any time zone issues and that crap.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

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When you're done and publish it, post a direct link to the storygame in this thread.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

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Contestants So Far

enterpride

Northwind

poison_mara

WouldntItBeNice

hetero_malk

PerforatedPenguin

ninjapitka

Mardox

Wannabe_Human

Starbourne

fluttershypegasus - DONE

Chris113022

jster02

corgi213

smalllovebirb

clockman

Mizal

Metal

TheChef

Fluxion

TheCanary

Garrison_Bell

LuvLee

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

I'm in! 

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

Locked

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3 years ago

Lol

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

If I do a dark version of a fairy tale, is it dark fantasy or fan fiction? Either way, count me in. I want to join the dark side!!!

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

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Locked.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

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And the bronie faggot is the first across the line with a story because of course they were.

What all this means now is even more SHAME for the rest of you if you fail to turn something in.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Fuck

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Damn it. Well, now I must rethink my strategy. There's no point in publishing early if you're not first.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
So who's actually going to finish in time? Or...scratch that. Who's even started yet?

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
I have one story in 7k and another in 4k... I am doing really bad I know; but, I have a little writers block. Still, I will at least present one story

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

I've got like, a few thousand.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
A bit behind, I only got around 2.5k. I got plans for more though.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
My orginal story just seemed too much like sci fi to qualify, so I started a new one a couple of days ago that's fully in a fantasy setting, and I'm at 3,500 words so far. Already longer than the first story I published here and I'm only getting started.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
I started some video games. Thanks for asking. Have you started yet?

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Starting writing after I joined, got 1.5k words down, and then slacked off. Might fuck around and finish the night before the deadline or scrap everything I have and pump out some garbage.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
I wrote a few paragraphs of a general idea, and then played vidya. Tried out Demon Souls on PS5, died, and then in the Nexus (a sort of afterworld) I found messages left by other players that convinced me to climb to the top of the stairs (some 200 feet high). When I reached the top, I found that they all left recordings of their avatars jumping off the ledge.

Naturally, I was compelled to also jump off the ledge and plummet to my second-death, whereupon I was reborn, and climbed to the top to somersault over the edge again, like everyone else.

I think this was a coordinated effort to get noobs to kill themselves, but for me it was just fun to jump to my doom over and over again.

Side note: it's amusing to see what are apparently supposed be ghosts running to the top of the stairs and committing suicide by ledge jumping. Or just doing forward rolls all over the ground over and over again. One guy actually did forward rolls all the way up the stairs, and then forward rolled over the ledge.

Also I think I'll put this in my storygame.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Ugh... I finally figured a coherent plot map, but I just cannot find the power to put virtual pen to virtual paper. Starting to look like I'll be taking another vacation in the PIT OF SHAME.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
My wordcount is at 1200 or so, but this is not quite an adequate indication of the actual progress ;o)

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3 years ago

Finished reading the brony story and so far he's in the lead.

Good work folks.

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3 years ago

I will give it a crack. sign me up. 

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3 years ago

Locked.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

Going to reach 14k tonight. How's everyone's word count coming along 

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3 years ago
I have a title.

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3 years ago
Somewhat behind schedule.

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I have at least two words.

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3 years ago

They're "Fuck you" aren't they?

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it's a list of every woman who ever rejected me and then just "they will pay" repeated 

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16k words reached 

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

That's a lot of women...

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

17k words reached

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

21k words. I may have to cut back to something more reasonable now that my second semester is starting, but I expect to finish by this weekend. 

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

about 4K so far...

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Guess I should start this soon...

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3 years ago

delay it til tomorrow so my head start is an even 20k words 

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
I see you're a week ahead of schedule.

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Not really, I only realistically get any writing done on weekends now, and not even full days. Just have to procrastinate the rest of the day and until like 6pm tomorrow and then I'm free.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

Contestants So Far

enterpride

Northwind

poison_mara

WouldntItBeNice

hetero_malk

PerforatedPenguin - DONE

ninjapitka - DONE

Mardox

Wannabe_Human

Starbourne

fluttershypegasus - DONE

Chris113022

jster02

corgi213

smalllovebirb

clockman

Mizal

Metal

TheChef

Fluxion

TheCanary

Garrison_Bell

LuvLee

Mystic_Warrior

AmritaB

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

I initially wasn't planning to join this contest due to my lack of ideas and wanting to take a short break from writing during the holidays. However, after being hit by inspiration a few days ago, I was unable to stop myself from creating a storygame which happened to fit the genre of this contest. While there may only be less than a week to write, I am slightly encouraged by the fact that some people have not written much either, so I will officially announce my intent to join the dark fantasy contest. My storygame would be a lot shorter than Breaker and Dreamtruder, but I certainly hope it would be good enough for this contest.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

Locked.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Here's the link to mine.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

Deadline extended to the 31st.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Godspeed you magnificent soul.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Oh thank you so much.
I can finally do all the arcs that I want to do :)

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Oh thank god, no crunch time for me now... At least until I wait until the last minute again.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Why? It is not fair... Now, wtf I can do? Bad news.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Have you considered polishing, expanding, or just publishing the story you already have?

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Ugggh, now I have to actually write something.

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3 years ago
YES!!

THANK YOU!!!!!

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3 years ago

I said it in the Discord, but only on CYS would people complain about getting more time to finish/polish up their contest story.

If you've already finished and can't think of anything else to add, then just submit it now and be done with it. Ninja for example always turns his stories in early anyway and gets in the high rankings.

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3 years ago
If it's done, it's done. No need to drag out completed work or add words for the sake of word count.

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3 years ago
Point up at this. Stories are done when they're done, unless there's no time and you have to rush them.

Those of you already basically finished get to kick back and laugh while the others are stressed and procrastinating another two weeks before making the desperate scramble for the finish line.

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3 years ago
It is a contest so a competition, I have worked hard so for me those 2 weeks doesn't add any value. However, for my lazy competitors, it means 25% extra time to finish. I designed a game simple enough for a deadline, then everyone else can use that to present stuff they wouldn't finish otherwise far more ambitious. And I end with a three-legged donkey with more bones than meat. I don't even now if deserve the effort to pass it to Cys now, to be honest. Everyone else will present epics and I am only near 30k.

I know I am being a whiny bitch, lol. But It feels really unfair and that I worked hard for nothing.

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3 years ago
Sorry your story sucks.

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3 years ago
My story doesn't suck!!

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3 years ago
Perhaps add more meat to the bones

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3 years ago
I don't have time to design the entire game in two weeks. No when I wrote near 30k I can't add complex code either.

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3 years ago
You said it's more bones than meat, so obviously meat is missing. Now excuse me please, I have to finish my overly ambitious story before the end of the month ;)

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3 years ago
I hope your computer erases all your stuff then I will laugh about you and your game.

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3 years ago

Lol

I liked it better when you said you also hope he loses his dick in the process as well though.

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3 years ago
I can assure you that even with the extension, more than half won't finish, and of those that do finish, half of them will be rushed. Ultimately, most stories will either be taken down immediately after judging, or they have an average rating of about 4 or 5.

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3 years ago

So with this new extension Mara has promised to take this extra time to make her story even better and laugh in all your fucking asshole faces. This is on top of also promising to laugh at Northwind if he loses all his story data and somehow his penis in the process. (Though honestly, we'll all have a good laugh if that actually happens, well except maybe Northwind)

As for me, I fully expect most of you lazy sloths to continue to squander this merciful extension and still fail to actually turn anything in.

Carry on.

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3 years ago

Is there a minimum length for this?

Apologies if this has already been answered, I didn't read the entire thread.

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3 years ago
There's no minimum.

Apologies if the fact you posted in the thread turns out to mean you've been volunteered for entering.

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3 years ago
The poor soul!
If the deadline hasn't been pushed back, he/she would've gotten only 2 days lol.

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3 years ago
The shame is strong in this one (contest).

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3 years ago
I mean seriously, is it wrong that I find the shame write-ups more interesting than the one or two stories these things actually tend to produce?

EndMaster's last write-up had more words in it than half the entries of the last contest lol!

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3 years ago
Well You and Endmaster are the masters of universe, so compare anyone else to both or you or gower. It is unfair. No matter how much I try I know I will never be at your level. However, that doesn't mean I am not working hard to improve myself to reach my potential.

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3 years ago

I didn't get the sense he was directing that at you.

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3 years ago
He obviously wasn't, Mara just has the powerful Spanish emotions that sometimes don't line up with reality. That's why they always thought everyone was witches.

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3 years ago
Yeah, that and the fact I have a terrible lack of self-esteem. Berka didn't say anything bad.

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3 years ago
Always seems to be about the same SHAME ratio no matter how many contestants. Breaker and Blow Your House Down were fantastic though, so even with a sorry turnout the site still gets some gems out of it, AND more souls go to feed the pit. These are all win/win for everyone but the judges being forced to actually read things.

And this time there's four feature slots up for grabs, so I hope the others aren't too intimidated by Ninja's flexing.

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3 years ago
Ninja's story is seriously good.

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3 years ago

Ninja's story was not only awesome, but he also finished a week ahead of the previous deadline. I'm seriously impressed by the fact that he put out such a good story within such a short timeframe.

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3 years ago
Yeah, I had a spreadsheet that calculated the odds of the number of people who would finish based on how many entered. It was usually pretty accurate. I can't find it now, I don't know where I put it.

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3 years ago

The less stories I have to read and the more people I can throw in the SHAME pit, the better.

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3 years ago
Don't scare me I only have 30k, Thankfully now is more editing than writing. Still, I hope most people made to the new deadline.

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3 years ago
Either I finish the story, or I make you happy. That sounds like it's a win either way. Good, no pressure now.

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3 years ago

You can just cut your penis as a tribute for being asshole back then. I hope you end your game if you need my help tell me"

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3 years ago

Lol

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3 years ago
I was being sarcastic. Not the same. You are going to like my game :)

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3 years ago
:((

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3 years ago
So, uh. I finished my story. It’s not good, it’s not what I had envisioned, but it’s an entry nonetheless. I mean, better than no entry and pit of shame, right? I’ve been told it’s good to reflect on a major experience. Well, here’s my thoughts:

Motivation: What had seemed like a great idea at the time pushed me into joining this contest. I had thought, “That’s gonna be a total show-stopper”. So I foolishly entered, thinking that I’ll do decently.

Story itself: My main emotion towards this was that it wasn’t enough. It wasn’t long enough, only about a 5th of what I’ve planned. The plot wasn’t exciting enough. The character wasn’t bad enough. The killing wasn’t gruesome enough. My writing wasn’t good enough. It wasn’t dark fantasy enough. But I have it done, anyway.

What was it like? It was a pretty interesting experience. I knew this was my first story and should take my time, but here I am, in a contest. So I wrote. I wrote without a plan first, putting out whatever sounded like it would work. It didn’t. I deleted it all, and went back to the drawing board. I wrote out a nice, magnificent plan. It would have so many plot lines, each covering for the other, leading up to a grand scene in which you question your initial motive. That didn’t happen either. I initially rejoiced at the timeline extension, I had felt that there was more time, and I didn't work. I procrastinated profusely, each time thinking, “ah, there’s more time left to do this and that”. Well, one week left and I was still holding on to a half finished branch. I panicked, then wrote many words in little days, and is left with the story you see above.

While this experience was a total nightmare, I had learned from it. Mainly, my mentality was changed(I think). I wrote more than I’ve ever had, and felt the difficulty of writing large pieces. I feel relieved, now that I have this burden lifted. Personally, if there’s another contest, another idea, another chance, I would still go, not for the rewards, but to pressure myself and to have me write.

All that said(I’ve just been rambling), good luck to all the contestants that haven’t submitted yet, and hat off to those who have, you guys have my respect :)

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3 years ago
Thanks for this insight. I have to say I have been a bit overambitious. Also a learning curve there. I thought I would be clever and do a story to which more plot lines can easily be added at a later stage, but even with this setup I am struggling to finish the main skeleton of three main lines. It will be ready in time but having said that I haven't even test played it once yet.

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3 years ago
Yes, I had planned for 4 plot lines at first, then I was like ehhh 4's too much, I'll do 3.

Then the real panic came and I finished 3/4 of a plot line.

Although, I will unpublish and completely finish later :)

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3 years ago

Yes, good idea! I think that with some reworking you could end up with a really great story.

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3 years ago

Just wanted to drop by and say I enjoyed your story, however it is. Probably doesn't mean much from just some random dude, but still.

Also shame I didn't see this earlier, I totally would have applied, the story I chose to write on my own pretty much fits in the "extreme edgelord" category.

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3 years ago
you still can, in fact, that counts as an enter.

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3 years ago

I think I would very much prefer not to, seeing as there's like a day left until the deadline. But I guess no good deed goes unpunished. If posting has automatically counted me in, there's nothing I can do but await the pit of shame.

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3 years ago

I see you ran afoul of Mara's web.

Well no point in rushing the story now. Who knows though maybe you'll get out in the future.

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3 years ago
A piece of advice, you should never post in a contest thread. Also, you should read all the posts before posting. Because a lot of people was trapped the same way.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

Deadline extended to 11:59 PM (EST) Jan 31st.

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3 years ago
Does that mean one day more?

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3 years ago
Almost

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3 years ago
No idea. Until now I thought I had until Sunday at 11:59 pm. Now I don't know of is until Saturday 30th 11:59

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3 years ago
It says 11:59pm on the 31st.

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3 years ago
That's almost an extra day (minus one minute)

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3 years ago

Contestants So Far

enterpride

Northwind

poison_mara - DONE

WouldntItBeNice - DONE

hetero_malk

PerforatedPenguin - DONE

ninjapitka - DONE

Mardox

Wannabe_Human

Starbourne

fluttershypegasus - DONE

Chris113022 - DONE

jster02

corgi213

smalllovebirb

clockman

Mizal

Metal

TheChef

Fluxion

TheCanary

Garrison_Bell

LuvLee

Mystic_Warrior - DONE

AmritaB

Celicni - DONE

Mystery Contestant

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3 years ago
Astounding.

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3 years ago
Question. I have finished the game, but absolutely no one wants to test my game so I don't know if code works. If some reader notices it after publishing it can I fix the code?

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3 years ago
Taking down a contest entry after publishing it results in disqualification. You'd have to wait until after the stories are judged. At least, that's usually how it is.

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3 years ago
Then I am fucked as I don't know if code works, to begin with.

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3 years ago
Maybe you should have considered that before writing a code-heavy story.

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3 years ago

Well you could playtest it yourself, no?

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3 years ago
This, Mara. You've got a full day still and reading over a game for any obvious issues is generally encouraged anyway.

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3 years ago
IT WORKS

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3 years ago
Rushed story. Absolute garbage I pumped out to meet the deadline but hopefully it at least meets the site's minimum standards.

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3 years ago
Loved the beginning. Really great writing. Just a bit short.

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3 years ago
In a perfect world I would've pumped out a 40k epic that would've gotten featured but I'll take "good enough that I won't get Thrice SHAMED and banned."

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3 years ago
Congrats Chris, glad you made it! I'd kind of figured you'd given up on this one.

I'll probably start mine today, really don't want to be double SHAMED.

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3 years ago
I just really, really, really didn't want to get banned because I still have some modicum of passion for this site. If I wasn't Double SHAMED before I entered, I would have just let it slide.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

Oh, I'm sorry.

Did you all think the due dates being moved were for all of your betterment?

I'm still EndMaster's daughter, fools. 

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3 years ago

In order to avoid being shamed I've rushed out a story. I'm very much not satisfied with it, as I wanted a couple more characters in it, to spend some time on describing them and letting the player form some kind of connection with them (only for them to brutally die later on of course). Like fuck, my character's mother and father don't even have names.

Also, a lot more of describing...everything...the feels, the smells, the landscape descriptions.

That is not to mention the overall length, and happenings in the story. The first part is probably about 50% as long as I would want it, and the "road" is legit like 10%. I wanted actual events happening along the trip, but what can you do. Had to skip over all of that to get to write an ending of some kind.

And of course, it's (mostly) just a text game with zero scripts. I think I literally have 2 pages only where some kind of change happens based on certain variables. And speaking of change, I wanted to make some alternate paths.

Finally, English is not my first language, and this is literally the first "story" of any kind I've written since high school. I've been looking up some of the articles to improve my grammar, especially that one about punctuation with conversational quotes. Don't be too harsh :(

I'll add some more stuff tomorrow, but we're approaching the deadline fast. Out of curiosity, and speaking to the competitors here, what is the word count of your (finished) story? To see if I should pump those rookie numbers up.

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3 years ago
Don't worry if it's rushed and half finished, because tomorrow an hour before midnight a bunch of other rushed half finished stories are going up, and then the authors will yank them back down again as soon as judging ends. Self loathing and regret is an integral part of the contest experience here. You should be grateful, the rest of us have had two months of it. Word count: 5, if the title counts.

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3 years ago
I'm starting to strongly consider taking the shame, myself. I could finish it, I think. But I would like to -- for once in my miserable existence as a CYStian -- write a story I don't want to immediately take down.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
>Enter a contest. >Write a story you don't immediately want to take down. Choose one.

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3 years ago
This is true, but in my case I was sucked into the contest against my will by Endmaster's dark powers.

Of course, by now I should have known that was to be my fate by asking a question in the thread. I can be a bit slow to learn at times.

Anyway, I'm liking my story, but unfortunately the plot pieces didn't fit together in my head until today, and that's just not enough time to write something worthwhile. Nevertheless, I will keep working until the buzzer.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

I loved your Wheeler and Brandt story. I wonder if that means I'm a bit sick in the head.

Oh, and the count Osmond one I enjoyed too. I don't think either of them are bad to require a takedown.

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3 years ago
Lol you are sick, but then I am sick, which is why I wrote it XD.

For the record, though, I took the Osmond down 9 times in about 30 minutes after publishing it due to unseen grammatical errors (which is what happens when you start the story on the night the contest is due, which I did in that case).

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3 years ago

I have completed my entry: Fall to Hopelessness.

Due to the merciful extensions, this was the first contest I have joined which did not result in a last minute panic-writing session to finish my storygame (yet it's not much of a comparison since I've only ever joined two others before this). I certainly hope this storygame would be good enough for this contest.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Pfft, look at Miss Fancypants Writer here, actually writing things.

I sat down to start my story last night, went to sleep instead, and now here I am this morning so distracted by a bizarre Discord conversation about what the Darkest Dungeon characters would all smell like that I haven't even turned on my laptop yet.

All going according to plan. Everything is fine. :)

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3 years ago

A bit late now but good luck with your storygame!

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3 years ago
I completed my story: The Scary Night

It's shorter than I wanted (since I cut one of the two major paths), but I'm a lazy motherfucker who still has enough fucks to actually publish something in time. Hopefully, all of you will enjoy my short and odd tale.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

I love how there's a My Little Pony story and a crap story that's going to get unpublished in between all the Dark Fantasy contest entries.

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3 years ago
Some people seem to have taken some liberties with the genre.

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3 years ago

I've finished my story: Vincha.

Final word count is 22144.

I'm sure there's a lot of grammar and typing issues, but I really only had time to proofread it once, due to the whole getting-sucked-into-and-having-only-two-days-to-write shebang.

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3 years ago

Lol, you just showed up like everyone who had like 2 months to submit something. I'm glad you did because now the SHAME of those that have failed will be even greater and funnier.

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3 years ago
:(

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3 years ago
I am really proud of you. Well done.

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3 years ago

Thank you! Though it was you that kinda voluntold me to participate sooo...

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3 years ago
Alright fuck it, I have two Monsters here beside me and I'm starting for real now. See you guys at 11:58.

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3 years ago
In about 5 minutes I will actually play my game for the first time.

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3 years ago
did it work? :^)

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3 years ago
Yes. You just forgot and it's already unpublished now.

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3 years ago

Okay, I'm all caught up on all the stories that got submitted so far.

One of you is in the lead.

Two of you would have gotten higher scores if you'd worked harder.

One of you didn't suck as much as everyone said you did.

Three of you wrote well thought out stories, but they just didn't really fit the theme I was looking for.

And one of you would have probably easily won the contest had you not made a severe error.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

Are we going to get a thread post contest about which person is which description, with your deep thoughts on our stories?

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

Probably in the winner's announcement thread.

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3 years ago

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Dude really put every fuckin tag ever on his story.

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3 years ago
Only the ones that are relevant. Gotta compensate for the description, right?

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3 years ago

The background and font are so cool, you dick.

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3 years ago
Thanks!

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3 years ago

Contestants So Far

enterpride - DONE

Northwind - DONE

poison_mara - DONE

WouldntItBeNice - DONE

hetero_malk - DONE

PerforatedPenguin - DONE

ninjapitka - DONE

Mardox - SHAMED

Wannabe_Human - DOUBLE SHAMED

Starbourne - SHAMED AND BANNED

fluttershypegasus - DONE

Chris113022 - DONE

jster02 - SHAMED

corgi213 - DONE

smalllovebirb - SHAMED

clockman - SHAMED

Mizal - DOUBLE SHAMED

Metal - SHAMED

TheChef - SHAMED

Fluxion - SHAMED

TheCanary - SHAMED

Garrison_Bell - SHAMED

LuvLee - SHAMED

Mystic_Warrior - DONE

AmritaB - SHAMED

Celicni - DONE

TharaApples - DONE

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
M-Mystery Contestant?

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3 years ago

Scroll up a bit and you might be able to find out who this mystery contestant is. 

(Assuming that person isn't a judge, but if that's the case, it is unlikely the extension would benefit them.)

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3 years ago

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

1 hour left.

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3 years ago
Lol, fml, I'm going to bed. Nobody say anything or I'll delete this entire thread.

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3 years ago
Couldn't even push out a small garbage entry to avoid SHAME smh.

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3 years ago
I fully mastered the art of the tiny rushed contest entry with that three hour goat story in that last one Bucky ran. It was a mistake to try and duplicate that accomplishment when I'd already reached perfection. Time to move on to new expressions of my craft. Also I'm old and I think I have narcolepsy now.

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3 years ago

It's back, better start publishing quick!

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3 years ago

Here's my entry. 

This site tried to kill me, but I wouldn’t let it.

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3 years ago

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3 years ago

THAT'S TIME AND THE REST OF YOU ARE SHAMED!

(And banned in one case)

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3 years ago

Starbourne standing on the mountain saying that the gods are bastards did not, in fact, work out for him 

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3 years ago

lmao

 

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Starbourne? More like Starfall. Or something. Fuck you I couldn't come up with anything.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago

Well this is what happened to him:

You fail miserably and your burned body tumbles down the mountain side hitting every rock cliff along the way until you’re already an unrecognizable hunk of charred bloody flesh by the time it smashes into the ground where upon it is feasted on by an inbred scavenger family.

Your Adventure Ends Here.

EndMaster’s Edgelord Contest 2

3 years ago
Motherfucker suffered an Infocom death.

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3 years ago
Congratulations to the heroes who finished. I tip my dark sorcerer's hood to you.

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3 years ago

Just have to read North's and then a winner and rewards will be declared.