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Lol. 4 is halaurious, and probably true. 

Oh... THAT'S where the thread is about the typing game... I couldn't find it earlier.

I can't join, Nitro is blocked for me. Sorry, my mom can be paranoid when it comes to making sure I don't see, hear, read, or otherwise get exposed to things I shouldn't be.

And I don't have a problem with ogre, I have a problem with people filling a thread with how great he is.

I like Oger. 

Yep, everyone but me who has commented on him (or her or they) has said that

At first I didn't understand why so many people like Ogre, but then one day as I was going to a history lecture I saw a burning building. People started to gather and there was no emergency rescue in sight. Then out of nowhere Ogre pushed past the crowd and ran into the building. A few minutes later he came out with a full litter of kittens in his arms. Without pause he put the kittens in a safe spot and then ran back in as the roof started to collapse. I honestly thought he was dead as I couldn't see him in the smoke, but then suddenly Ogre leapt out of the second story window and landed right in front of us. Two old ladies on his shoulders. When the firefighters finally arrived he was done performing CPR on the one that was still unresponsive. As they took over the rescue efforts I lost sight of him.

At that point I decided to not loiter any more and continued to my lecture, the incredible scene still stuck in my mind as I started to get the whole Ogre thing. Even as I sat down in the lecture hall regaining focus was a struggle. That's when Ogre walked in, his shirt still charred in places, and without even acknowledging that he was in fact a minute late began his presentation about the wild west and exploits of a notorious Mercer Gang.

That day really changed how I look at Ogre.

I like Ogre.

This seems vaguely familiar.

it does? 'cause I didn't know about this until he mentioned it.

He probably at one point saw Ogre perform a different heroic act. I wouldn't be surprised considering it's Ogre.

Oh.

Looking at the thread, I don't think anyone else is giving Avo an actual explanation for why everyone is saying "I like Ogre", so I'll do it.

Avo, this forum has existed for over 20 years, and Internet forum culture tends to include a lot of inside jokes and specific phrases that happen organically. Many people here have known each other for many years, so obviously, the way they talk, the different references and inside jokes won't make sense to someone who's not in that group. But my advice is to just roll with it, because that's how Internet forums work.

I'm sure you must be familiar with memes, they seem to originate randomly, no one knows how they first start, and then they persist in the public's consciousness for quite some time.

"I like Ogre" is one of the phrases that developed uniquely to CYS, and it's just funny to say sometimes even when the context doesn't demand it. There's not a lot to be confused about, Avo, but I do understand that if you're not familiar with forum culture, it might seem really weird.

Basically, it's funny to occasionally say "I like Ogre!", and then that starts a chain of "I like Ogres".

The thing is, we all do like Ogre11 a lot. He's a newly minted admin, a user who has helped out many over the years, wrote some amazing games, and has been a pillar of the community. But we're all not obsessed with ogres, or a bunch of fanatics. Because I feel like you might have misinterpreted the situation, and I don't think all the subsequent "I like Ogre!"s or the copypastas by Milton and Cavus are helping with your confusion, so I thought I'd try and come in with a genuine explanation. That being said, I really loved the copypastas, lol.

Copypasta is another internet term which basically means a giant text well usually created for silly or trolling purposes, that's just meant to be a joke or subtly ironic. I don't recommend you look into this stuff, but I just want to let you know that this is already a well established phenomenon in internet cultures.

Don't be too hung up on these things, it's just fun and don't worry, it's nothing more then a fun thing to say. There's certain CYS colloquialisms that people say because it's fun, it helps the feeling of community, and it's just nice. I mean, people aren't going to be overly serious here, and generally joke and troll around because many of us have demanding jobs/tough situations outside the site, so when we're on here, it's to have fun with people some of us have known for years, while also improving writing.

Petros is not really a racist, Elder-God obsessed Lovecraftian fanatic mod, he's messing with you. If someone says something that seems alarming or really weird to you, it's probably a joke. Petros doesn't hate you, no one here hates you, it's just that people sometimes mess with 12 year olds sometimes because you guys take things more seriously than adults on here, and don't realize that some things are just jokes.

TLDR: have fun, you're doing a great job joining the community, and a lot of the things you think are "insane" are just inside jokes and references in the community.

>Petros doesn't hate you

Bold words. I'm not sure I'd be able to confidently say that to anyone.

     A lot of things I take seriously because I don't realize, like you said, and sometimes I do because I find it fun.

You can say it, you know

I didn't understand it either for the longest time. For a while, I kept saying I liked Ogre because I didn't want to be left out like an outcast. I said the words, but I didn't truly understand the meaning.

After a while, I began to question the meaning of doing this. What was the point in saying something to fit in if you didn't really mean it? What did it matter if I liked Ogre or not? Would he or anyone really care if I didn't say it? I had no particular feelings about Ogre one way or another. No one would care if I didn't say it one time right?

Then one day, I didn't say it. Everyone looked at me, waiting for the words to spill out of my mouth. They waited, and waited, and waited...and kept waiting. I was firm in my silence. I was determined to live out my truth.

Once the crowd understood I had no intention to say that I liked Ogre, they began to surround me and draw in close. At first I thought they were going to pile on me in outrage, but all they did was hug me. After the first one closed his arms around me, I began to have an emotional meltdown.

I was angry. I was angry at the world...and at myself. I was blind in what should have been my dominant eye since I was born. I've was struggling against financial debt incurred on me because of a desperate business venture that never panned out. My parents hadn't talked to me since graduating Highschool despite my attempts to reconcile with the emotional and physical abuse I suffered for years. I recently had to have my right foot amputated because of gout caused by poor hygiene. My attempts to maintain good hygiene were mostly in vain due to living on the street for the past five years. I recently had my right, dominant hand amputated because of an injury caused by a runaway car. My attempts to connect to a community were strained because of the aforementioned issues. I couldn't afford a psychiatrist and healthcare is almost non-existent.

To say I was depressed was an understatement.

Receiving that group hug was the first step to healing and acknowledgement that I needed in a long time.

Then, he arrived.

He invited me to live in his house, rent-free. He cleaned me up, paid for my medical bills and was the performing surgeon. I now have a fully-functional prosthetic hand and foot that are almost indistinguishable from the real deal. The tumor blocking my vision in my right eye was removed with no complications. He got me hired at his place of business, and I've been financially stable ever since. I have a constant source of friends I met at work who care about me, him included. He became an intermediary between my parents and me, and they apologized and made full reparations and more in tears.

He never asked for anything in return.

I like Ogre.

Okay this is my favorite explanation yet!

In all honesty I like Ogre. He's polite, he's a good sport about things (like my contest predictions), and he tends to be firm yet understanding, whereas every other veteran is either a sadist or is so nice I secretly wonder if they're a serial killer.

Why don't you like me?

I like Ogre

Maybe you should suggest she check out the Nitro site. There's no actual way to talk to other users there so Stranger Danger is not a problem, and it's used by a lot of schools too, she might be fine with it. It's just a racing game to see who types the fastest.

Sure, when she isn't boiling mad because I was using this site instead of cleaning my room yesterday

     Because the readers are engaged by being able to make choices (if make make those choices and the situations interesting) can you make a fun and engaging story without following the pyramid method (I learned to call it the pyramid method)? Because I've never really been good at the turning point and like to write freely, also you do a if the next word starts with a letter that isn't a vowel and do an if the next word does start with a vowel, right?

     I just did a round of editing to my Demon Doll story and want to know if I need to fix or change anything else.

I gave your story a bit of a read! To be honest, I definitely agree with you that it's much better than your other story so far. The world you've invented reminds me a bit of a cross between Chucky and Resident Evil.

I do think, at times, you have a tendency to be over-explanatory, which can feel disjointed. For instance, when you tell us that the dolls are a United States government project, you could have explained it through the letter itself, as if we were reading it, as opposed to blurting it out in brackets as though it's a third-party interjection to the reader. Some sentences could also do with a bit more proofreading.

Overall, though, I do love the story so far; the direction you're going is very cool. A few things I think need a bit more fleshing out, though:

You mention that the dolls have wiped out half of America. You need to explain how or why with a bit more depth, along with more reaction from the cast. You just kind of drop it and move on, assuming the reader will fill in the gaps. A big and complex plot device like that needs more guidance from the writer. There also needs to be more explanation as to why ALL the dolls seem to be murderous except for the one we meet in the story. The fact that they are death row inmates isn't justification enough. The spell must do something, and for whatever reason, our doll is immune. For the dolls to be a legit military force and to be taken serious in taking over half of America they need more power than just being 'souls in dolls'.

The mystery of us being in the magic circle is super cool, too, especially the mystery of how we got there. You can do a lot with that. Maybe tease some thoughts about our life before this event occurred to anchor the reader in the protagonist's identity.

With all that being said, I'm definitely enjoying it so far, and if you maintain this quality to completion, I'd definitely rate it rather highly. Good job! :)

ty :)

You can make a story good and entertaining no matter the plot if it's written well enough. For beginner writers, I would recommend following basic structures, but ultimately writing is so fun because you can do whatever the heck you want. It's your story. :) Also, you're right about the a/an thing. 

ty :)

     Tomorrow's the last day of the thunderdome, I hope blister's doing good and finishes without rushing.

Still worrying about me?

Yes, you think I would forget you or smth?

well, I cant say that I expected you to ask about me everyday since I replied to your thread, or the fact that we are competing in the thunderdome

I'm of an impatient nature

Oh I know

I didn't think I showed impatience before, did I?

Yeah, when you couldn't wait for me to accept the Thunderdome challenge (or whatever you would call it)

Sorry about that... :(

It's really not that big of a deal, I'm a pretty serious guy and I like order and correction (in most things at least)

I'm an impatient perfectionist.

yeah, you display your perfectionistism a lot, but that is part of what makes you, you. Also, why don't you like Ogre :D

I don't have a problem with ogre! Why do people keep mentioning that!?

And why would perfectionism affect how I feel about ogre?

Two separate ideas/sentences

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It's the name of the post, also it's practically an inside joke, just like fresh_out_the_oven's fan club is a joke... originally at least

>:(

It can't be that bad

So i'm an inside joke in less than 24 hours?

they can be developed much quicker, at least in my experiences, but your not the inside joke, just the fact that you don't like ogre

Oh. I don't have too much of a social life so I guess I didn't know.

That's ok, I didn't have much of a social life till 7th grade, mainly because of my involvement in my church :)
You'll develop a social life sooner than later

It's not that I don't have friends, it's that I don't really get to talk to them. 

Yeah, I cant say much about that... most of my social life was at school or Sunday/Wednesday services, I didn't have much of a social life outside of those places :)

Same. I'm inside all the time. After what happened to my older sibling, she's become over protective of me. I can't leave the house unless it's for school or smth and I have heavy restrictions.

That's respectable, I would see both the negative and positives of this, but mainly that "my mom" wants what is best for me and to not go through what my big sis did... And yes, not everyone will go through the same situations, but your mom's job is to protect, love, discipline, and teach you (a long with other things, and these aren't in order) But I'm sure you know she wants what is best for you :)

Yea, but I think she overdoes it sometimes and I feel like a caged animal. I like talking to people like this.

makes sense

You really should go and work on your thunderdome now if it's not done and you don't have something else you need to do.

thanks "MOM", how could I have forgotten XD

I have quite a lot of stuff to do actually, but it will get done don't you worry.

k

and final prediction is complete lol

Which one? I thought the last one was me asking how to use part of the site

oh, the k

true, maybe I spoke too soon, plus, what else would you like to know about the site that would help you?

     What codex's have to do with making story games.

Idk honestly what a codex is

Also, almost all of Mizal's predictions have happened, especially since we have made up more than half of the messages on thread between the two of us (ˆ𐃷ˆ)

Yea! Mizal had a pretty good idea how the thread was gonna go from the last one.

Is that part of the reason why you finished your Thunderdome story the day we were given the prompt?

No, that's because I work fast.

I care more about quality than speed.

Interesting, I have a whole skeleton made for my stories before I begin writing it, but we all have our own style and strategies :D

https://heterogenoustasks.wordpress.com/2015/01/26/standard-patterns-in-choice-based-games/

This is an article on different kinds of branching. Since I suspect wordpress will also be blocked on your computer for no reason though, maybe someone who likes Ogre will sum it up for you, or maybe I will later when I'm back home.

It's A before a consonant and AN before a vowel, you're right. Though it's also AN with words that just sound like they start with vowels. As with a lot of things, you can see what sounds natural by saying it out loud. "I'm going to look at a house in an hour."

It isn't blocked for me! Yay! :)

What codex's have to do with making story games. - Avo

We might need more context on this one.

Ask Avo, if she was on

When I went to Help & Info and just to see if there was something important, the first artical is titled "How to Make a Codex" I never read it, but that's why I asked.

ty

I'm on the last riddle of the tower of riddles but every option kills you, I have a theory but it'll take forever to prove correct or incorrect.

Do you want a hint?

It couldn't be more obvious

It's not obvious! >:(

I'm in a 10 min break in school, I'll have to go soon.

You can't be that oblivious can you? It literally has to do with the title of the thread (ˆ𐃷ˆ)

There aren't threads in stories, wdym? The title of the page?

I found out how to post images!

The other way is with an HTML tag, but that's not really useful to you when you have all the image hosting sites blocked anyway.

Good for you :)

Avo doesn't like Ogre? How have we not burned her at the stake already?

She is too young to understand the measure of Ogre's greatness, plus, how should you like or not like someone, if you don't know them or what they do? So I think she gets a pass from being burned at the stake, but she should shortly see and understand his greatness :)

Nobody gets a free pass. You must decide to like Ogre. This should not be difficult to understand.

I'm pretty sure Ogre will give her a second chance

What makes you so sure about that?  

Ogre has been known to be a cruel mistress 

Should I make shrimp tempura or spaghetti and meatballs for dinner tonight?

Both

Spam

Avo doesn't like ogre was a topic someone else made, that's not my actual opinion. I have no opinion, since I don't know him.

This is simply a yes or no answer.  Either you like him or you don't.  

Neither. I have nothing to go off of. Simple, yes, but you can't like a person for no reason just like you can't hate  a person for no reason.

That is objectively untrue.  It is a simple choice.  

Whatever, I have my opinions and think what I think and it doesn't matter what you think to me. Your opinion only matters to you and people who decide it matters to them.

That't not true.  My opinion is backed up by research and science.  Your opinion is therefore uninformed and retarded.  

There are those who claim you cannot choose who you like. Heretics, of course, but they say that many are merely claiming to like Ogre to avoid wrath. Their lips are near, but their hearts are far away, so they say in the secret places. Swine, naturally, and deserving of merciless death and SHAME.

First Impression

Research has found it takes about 1/10th of a second to form an opinion about someone else.  

 

 

Ah, but what causes the opinion? Research has also found that choices may be made subconsciously before the conscious mind is even aware of the choice....

I know, I've been trying to avoid that but I still unconsciously made bad opinions about people I catch picking their nose and stuff even though it's not enough to go off of.

Ogres as a people may find comments condemning nose-picking to be bigoted. I understand many consider the treasure to be found in such an endeavor to be a rare delicacy. But then, I am no expert in the field.

?

Well, he most likely lives in a cave....

True, but the choice is therefore already made.  So to say you have absolutely no opinion is not accurate.  

Well, I try to act as if I don't have one

Ahhh. The truth at last.  

So I will rephrase:

So, what is your initial impression regarding whether you like Ogre?

My initial impression is someone wierd, but that's obviously not accurate.

It formed from seeing his avatar image.

Does that mean you like the weird Ogre, or dislike the weird Ogre?

It's ok, your statement will be binding and held against you later.

That 2nd line is discouraging, not encouraging

._.

Yes. As it should be

You're also wierd...

So... Is that a problem for you?

No.

Sometimes pleading the Fifth is the wiser option. But that only applies in the US. It may not hold in CYStia. You should consult one of our resident attorneys, preferably one well versed in CYStian statute.

In CYStia you should sack up or get out.

I can do what I feel like as long as it's not disruptive, disturbing, rude, ect. And I don't think the 5th holds any wieght here

Most likely not. Appealing to the mods is a possibility, as seen here.

Admin Abuse? Call now!

While that is true, there are always consequences for our choices. 

But I do think that at least some people would agree I can not say stuff if I don't want to.

Well, I suppose it is kind of you to try and spare Ogre's feelings by not saying overtly that you totally dislike him.  I mean, he may cry a lot but since that is how you feel I guess you just have to do you.

I don't dislike him, and even if I did I wouldn't say so because I try to be a nice person.

Let's get all the facts straight here:

You do not not like ogre

The only options are not liking ogre and liking ogre

Therefore, It can be deduced that you like ogre!

No, I'm in between

Look at that Ogre.  Avo doesn't dislike you after all.

I still think Avo is on the fence and really needs to pick a side

Can you help the admins ban me or make alts of me and edit things to make me look bad I really just want my lips or ass penetrated by a big black cock.

You posted that without posting an opinion of Ogre?

What were you thinking?

I like your works you are like the only mod the respected me

So, you're saying you don't like Ogre...

Im saying I like ogre

Oh, so close! I see this account is banned now. Tough break.

Cool story’s any one that doesn’t like orge has -iq

Hey, at least I'm honest

Really? Well, too bad because I'm not freaking trying to form an opinion and it can be considered rude, especialy if it's a bad opinion and you don't know the person and I know from experience that opinions upon first impresion, and even more so from information given by others, can often be wrong.

You can go ahead and say it.

Does everyone not think we're over discussing this?

No, never does this site not overdiscuss nothing

... If that's what you think I'm suprised you talk so much about the most minor and trivial things.

Why so serious?

'cause that's who I am.

I have always wondered you remain so fit. I have seen many an ogre, and they often are more rotund than you are in your avatar. I do hope I am not giving offense. Your arms are certainly massive, and no doubt your belly could smash many a human skull.

Avo got really snippy at herself for a minute there.

I'm sure we've all been there before.

As I myself had spaghetti and meatballs last night, I can confidently say that it is a great dinner, and that you should make it.

When I eat spaghetti I murder it with mountains of melted cheese. Probably some form of anti-Italian microaggression every time I do it.

Im actually about to have some spaghetti without cheese, lol :(

Melt some Kraft singles on there for the ultimate sacrilege

Oh man that's too vile even for me. I'm too much of a pizza snob to accept that as real cheese. It might identify as cheese, but I'll never call it that.

I usually use Colby-Jack. Although perhaps there was a time when Colby-Jack wasn't accepted either. Get off my lawn, etc.

Of course, in my hypocrisy I use Kraft singles when making bacon-egg-and-cheese biscuits, trying to copy the McDonalds ones. For some reason, that cheese parody completes the flavor.

Colby Jack would also be offensive enough to Italians. Only white cheese with a red bolognese, you philistine.

Well at least I don't use pre-shredded plastic cheese on my pizzas.

Since this is the only TRUE reply I will have spaghetti and meatballs. Hopefully I won't cry into it too much after having my topic ABUSIVELY derailed :(

Sorry

Gay Shit

???

He's a retard.  Just ignore

ok. I've been called that too...

No.  Not the same.

ok.

Has anyone told you how perceptive you are? Lol

How perceptive who is?

It appears Blister was speaking to Mizal. Hard to tell, but I carefully scrolled back until I intersected with a post, and that one appears to be the one intended one space back from Blister's.

Oh, sorry

Not at all. A reasonable question with this ginormous thread.

lol yea

     I swear half the titles I want to use for future stories that I have an idea of but not written yet have already been taken by the top rated stories.

I know the feeling. I started hoarding titles shortly after I came to this realization. I've got a bunch of barely started or entirely unstarted stories with cool titles just waiting for inspiration or a contest where I can use them XD.

Lol. I wanted Unbroken, but it's used and I don't know what else to call a book dominated by a group refered to as "Unbroken".

At least I got Demon Doll

And instead of Unbroken I did The Unbroken.

Nice, I will read those stories as well

It'll take a while to write

Also, hasn't the thunderdome ended?

did you finish?

Almost. Like I told you the other day, I have till tonight at 1159pm CDT

K. Mizal isn't on, might be a bit later she posts them for voting or whatever.

True, I hope you used a lot of brain power for your story, because if not, I might just shatter your dreams for winning by a long-shot :)

IDK, I didn't try hard I just spooled out a story. When I try too hard, I tend to make a story of lower quality. I do best when I just go with it.

Makes sense, I wonder how long the "voting" time is?

IDK, I just know with thunderdomes she labels them story A and story B and posts them on a thread and people vote.

Yeah, and we cant say anything since they are anonymous

Yea. When Mizal gets on we can ask. In the meantime, you better finish.

I hope you don't bring shame to that epic avatar of yours, Blister, win or lose. ;)

He said he used a lot of brainpower, although idk how when it's 2000 words or less. That's really little to work with.

It actually is, I'm about to push 2000 and I'm about halfway through the conclusion :(

Just make a short story, although doing that I ended up with a bit over 1,200 words so maybe not the best but better than going over.

Lol, It isn't entirely my fault that we were chosen to compete against each other, you accepted the chance to, and so did I.

Oh I will, it'd be like taking candy from a baby (or in this case a 7th grade girl) :D

>:(

not my fault you have more ELA lessons and years up your sleeve!

Mizal's on! You want you or me to ask her about the thunderdome by message or wait until it's time?

idc

idk*

I don't care (idc)

@mizal

We summon Mizal before us... 'cause blister wants to.

oh... sorry. I'm not as used to that one.

Imagine the shame if you fail....

lol, then I'm just better

True, but trash talking before victory is assured (as he has done) is a recipe for humiliation.

It is mostly for fun, we have already wished each other good luck :D

Whoever wins needs to post this to their vanquished foe:

Definitely before her time and probably yours too, but still worth the watch.

??? I'm confused, I can't see the image.

Over 75% of images and sites get in my filters :(

that's too bad

Yes, it is

It's Azula from Avatar: The Last Airbender after she and her friends beat the crap out of a team in volleyball. She's saying, "Yes! We have defeated you for all time! You will never rise from the ashes of your shame and humiliation!"

It's a great scene lol.

The sun gave it away for me, I never watched The Last Airbender

The sun?

You can't see the picture but the sun resembles something similar to the main character's head

Netflix ruined it. If you ever do watch it, watch the original American anime-style show. It has one of the best character developments I have ever seen in any form of media—and I'm not being dramatic or ironic or sarcastic (referring to Zuko, of course).

I love Avatar: The Last Airbender so much. If anybody hasn't seen it, please do. It's definitely worth your while. Just whatever you do, don't watch the movie version. 

Absolutely. I was prepared to be unimpressed after the way others were gushing about it, but I got hooked and binged all three seasons.

Little bit rough in the beginning because the animation isn't quite as good and it leans a little too much on the more typical kind of humor you'd see in a kid's show, but it really comes into its own by the two parter at the end of the first season--that's where I'd start later for rewatches.

"Redeemed villains" are probably my favorite kind of character arc, and Zuko's is more complex than any I've seen in most shows for adults. They really take their time with making it come about naturally and don't make it easy for him.

Do you know the game/ show Tekken?

no

I was asking Fluxion

oh

All good :D

I am familiar with the game series. Was never a fan enough to even know there was a show though.

Yeah I'm thinking of watching it on Netflix, it came out in 2022... I was much more of a fan of street fighter but I knew about Tekken

I thought street fighter was a song

Maybe, but it was originally a game in the 1987

and has had many games made since

There's a corny ass movie based on Street Fighter from the 1990s. Probably worse than the 1990s Mortal Kombat movie, honestly.

Yeah, just rented that movie to watch today lol

That's if I lose, and the trash talk is for if I win

We'll see about that

jajajajajajajajajaja

>:)

Have to admire you sticking to your guns in the face of everyone saying you must like Ogre.

I've been constantly updating my profile because I've been reading and rating stories.

nice

I'm a long way off from 100 :(

That's ok, it'll take some time, but with enough perseverance and dedication you will be able to complete your goals :D

Yea, that's what everyone's always told in school. It's practically engrained into me, made into part of my being. :)

@Mizal How does the voting work and what is the time frame for the Thunderdome?

I'll put the thread up in the morning, and people will have the rest of the week to read it and leave comments and say which one they liked best.

Thanks, that's a long time to vote and to wait...

Oh, it's not gonna kill you. Plus you can look at the reviews to help you grow as a writer, they usualy leave feedback as well.

yeah, yeah I know that... but I love constructive criticism... but not in the from of 2000 word paragraphs lol

Well, the votes can be slow coming in sometimes because not everybody is able to make time to sit down and read 4000 words and comment on the same days, with people being busy or just lazy.

true

It'll take a while to get a decent amount of votes, a week is perfectly reasonable.

ok miss impatience XD

>:( Just 'cause I don't LIKE waiting doesn't mean I'll complain

You can take that time to read stories in need of more ratings in the meantime.

You might even want to read a couple of mine that have not had enough people finish them (assuming you can handle mature material), such as By the Light of Day and Fey Light. Or maybe even Witch Hunter: An Uninvited Guest. (kind of like The Witcher). Or perhaps even my long unpunslished Brother's Grimm style Hansel and Grettle story, The Cottage, which I wrote way back in 2018 when you were in swaddling clothes, which I just returned to the light of day this afternoon. ;)

Lol

ty

Woah, woah, woah, not you, I think they are not really for kids. You could probably handle The Cottage though, but unfortunately it requires images at this point (You'd basically have to either use Reader view or highlight the text with your mouse to read it, since it's bright text on dark images). So yeah, more Blister, since all those have some dark themes.

ok.

yes, thanks

I believe that voting is people putting which one they like better in the thread and she counts it uo when time's over, but IDK anything about how long the voting goes.

My A Broken Reality keeps unpublishing its self

It happens to most games with a rating below 3.0

Oh, mine was just above maybe some people gave bad reviews and it dropped below.

A Broken Reality has been deleted. Either it was worse than I thought, or Bloo was messing with me.

But if it was Bloo I think the site would be glitching or uncooprative for me, it's like that for other sites when two people use the same account

Why do you have two people on the same account?

We're twins

Can't y'all use separate accounts though?

We do for school, she just uses my acount a lot because she enjoys deleting my homework and stuff and being a pain

I see, how am I supposed to know that I'm talking to Avo or your twin ;)

It's me! Bloo would try and make me look stupid

maybe

>:( I would get her for proof, but she's sleeping and would kill me for waking her up

Sounds just like you ˆ𐃷ˆ

You can be really agrivating, you know that?

ok, ok

I think I'll just delet it, it wasn't good anyway

I wouldn't delete it. You can just keep it in your profile unpublished, it might be interesting for you to look back at later once you've learned more about writing, or you may want to take the same idea and use it in a new story.

ah... a bit late for that.

F

Sorry :(

Hey, that's a mere child, couldn't you use crap instead ˆ𐃷ˆ

DUDE!

Que?

Why spanish all of a sudden.

Why not? I'm learning it

Same, but I'm near fluent.

Oh cool

Lol, we use F instead of something like "RIP" here. It's from an old CoD meme, "press F to pay respects".

My bad then

Mizal, when you make the thread for the thunderdome could you tell me which one it is? There's a lot of threads and a lot of thunderdomes.

Should be labeled Thunderdome 24 Blister vs Avo (V__V)

24? I saw a thunderdome 32 I think, so shouldn't it be more?

The last one Mizal posted was "Thunderdome 24: Clayfinger and Liminal"

I though that was 32, maybe I remember wrong. Ok, then we're 25 you're right.

Avo, not wanting to butt in but it seems like you might be spending maybe an unhealthy amount of time chatting. Maybe you should take a little break from the screen and write out some story notes in a notebook or something. (Or clean your room so your mom doesn't get mad!)

Just don't want you to get a headache again or be in the habit of doing this late every night, it can really mess with your sleep schedule.

ok, sorry

Why can't all children be this agreeable.

lol, although I would argue she isn't the most agreeable child in the world, but maybe that's just me? :)

CYS is truly a haven for bored school kids with unnaturally strict parents. Been a while since I’ve seen a pair use it like a chatroom though.

Lol, honestly this happens on any site, app, or game that has a way to chat that i'm a part of :D

Hellooooooooooooooooooooooo people

Usually me and Avo sleep in different rooms but I'm having a sleepover with a friend and he's using my room and there's no way I'm sleeping in the same room as a boy so I came here and found out that Avo snores

Who's ogre?

And who's blister? He's everywhere in this thread.

Hello Avo's twin

To keep it simple, Ogre is a great story maker

And I'm a newbie like you and Avo

How much did Avo tell you about me? I swear if she called me annoying she's gonna have to talk with me in the morning.

Don't care.

Avo's a fucking goody two shoes

Dang, both of y'all seem to share similar characteristics

Which ones? Oh, anger? I think she's better on that. Plus, what do you expect? We're twins

True, but I didn't want to assume

She did, but that's part of life and siblings, heck I have 5 younger siblings. I think your sis is cool but short tempered and impatient

She certainly is

You don't seem to different, Avo didn't say a single cus word, yet the third message you type you send a pretty mean one (ˆ𐃷ˆ)

I know and I don't care.

She seems to believe I have some inner angel or smth.

Well, nice meeting you, I got a story to fix, good luck with the snoring :)

ok whatever

Let me guess, Avo didn't want to sleep so she logged in with her edgy alter ego

No, she's right there snoring, not loudly but I still hate it.

I came here because all of my YouTube and insta and stuff are blocked. I yelled at avo, mom get mad, end of story.

Yall are boring, I'm out.

Lol, you can't exactly expect much when it is late at night, especially with the idea of this site being centered around storygames

We don't exist to entertain you.

The actual purpose of the site is the storygames, you could've tried one of those.

I see Bloo logged on. I guess she thought it would be more fun than "just meditating" and complaining that everything "good" is blocked.

I kinda wish she'd be a little less rude.

She wasn't too bad, but she definitely acts her age

It's too bad Avery_Moore hasn't been on for a few months, I was really looking forward to The Price of Freedom: Brothers In Arms

Same!

I don't want to be a pain or anything, but when's the thunderdome thread gonna be posted? If it already has then I'm sorry I missed it.

It's ok, Mizal will do it when she gets home.
(I asked her too)

oh, she isn't home yet? How long do people work?

Depends, some jobs require long hours, but less days, while others require shorter hours, but more days. Some even require long days and hours.... plus people usually work from "9-5" or they get home just in time to make dinner :)

Usually, it's 9-5 bro.

I just know my parents are usually available.

Maybe they chose jobs which times their schedule with yours?

My mom's always available and my dad is accesible but I'm told to leave him alone so he can work

I go to him when I need it, though.

This is a great privilege to have. But don't take it for granted, as many people do not enjoy that.

Do they work at home then?

My dad does, my mom is a musician and goes out once a week on sundays for rehearsals and sometimes for the actual play or whatever.

sorry for taking so long I was doing stuff

no problem, my parents are pastors so we have a lot of family time :D

Cool. I'm looking at other threads to pass the time to wait for the thread we all know I want to see pop up.

yeah, but remember, we cant say anything, at least not in public.

No giving hints (even if accidentally, it's anonymous for a reason)
No Pointing out how ours are different or what parts we like about each other's
No talking about why yours is bad
or anything else I can't think of, good luck once again :)

ditto.

Are these your parents?

Rappin' For Jesus

(Any excuse to post this is valid.)

lol, my dad raps XD

Eminem's been real quiet since Rappin' for Jesus dropped. ;)

lol, I wish

I just found out that there're summer reading competitions.

cool, but it ain't summer :P

Yea, I know. It's depressing. I perfer no school, though I know I need it.

Yeah, school sucks: college will be better, shorter class times and more specific to the career I want to take

That competition was filled with scheming and betrayals. Brutal for sure.

Ttyl, I've been behind the computer most of the day so I'm gonna take a break, please add some suggestions to my would you rather page :)

bye

1. Would you rather be forced to sing along to every song you heard or forced to dance to every song you heard?
2. Would you rather win the lottery and live in isolation or have life go on normally?
3. Would you rather have the ability to see 10 minuets into the future or 150 years?
4. Would you rather have telekinisis (move things with your mind) or telepathy (read minds, both telepathic abilities)?
5. Would you rather team up with wonder woman or captain marvel?
6. Would you rather live in a treehouse or in a cave?
7. Would you rather win $25k or your friend win $100k?

1) Sing. I listen to music while driving sometimes.

2) Normally. No point being rich if you don't have friends.

3) Ten minutes. Less immediate practical value in the other option because I'd be dead by then.

4) That's a hard one. I would've said telepathy in the past, but I think I'd go crazy if I heard everyone's negative passing impressions of me. Besides,  telekinesis has a lot of potential.

5) Wonder Woman. 

6) Treehouse.

7) My friend can take the 100K. He probably needs it more than me.

I like your answer to 7 :)

I would have to agree to all of those :)

I like the Golden Whale pfp, reminds me of the Golden Whale pet from castle crashers :)

Thanks! I've had it since I was a teenager. It's from Battleblock Theater.

Yeah, and with Hatty Hattington as the narrator, lol :)

I think I'll use 1 and 5

yay :)

1: Would you rather be forced to sing along to every song you heard or forced to dance to every song you heard?

Sing because it's less effort.

2: Would you rather win the lottery and live in isolation or have life go on normally?

Actually life go on as normally because no man is an island and life is meaningless if there is no one else to share it.

3: Would you rather have the ability to see 10 minuets into the future or 150 years?

I think 10 minutes might be handy. Then I can judge whether it really is a good idea to go car surfing without checking the number and height of bridges on the route.

4: Would you rather have telekinisis (move things with your mind) or telepathy (read minds, both telepathic abilities)?

Telekinesis is better because I'd rather not see my friend's private thoughts + I can get stuff from the fridge without leaving the sofa.

5: Would you rather team up with wonder woman or captain marvel?

Wonder Woman.

6: Would you rather live in a treehouse or in a cave?

I had a treehouse when I was younger so I'd go with this. Plus it makes a good sniper nest for firing bb's at the neighbors.

7: Would you rather win $25k or your friend win $100k?

I'd rather win 25K because Haribo doesn't buy itself (the main defect with the product). If my best friend won the money he'd just go straight to a casino anyway.

Lol

ty

I like Ogre

Fun fact: in 16 more posts, all threads in Newbie Central with Avo (&Blister) as the focus will reach 1,000 total posts. How long have they been here again? A week?

What a productive use of time. Hey, since we all like Ogre, how about we all read and rate his storygame, Escape From School? It still needs 12 more ratings to be ranked, and is pretty short. It's a fun little puzzle for a 15 minute break. Go read on a writing site.

That is pretty crazy to think about. And I have already rated Ogre's new story :)

How many pages should I have? I want to wrap up the story but with many different braches but I don't know if I should make it longer.

Page count really doesn't matter, a story is done when it's a complete story with nothing you think needs to be added or changed.

ty

Where's the gazzet and what is it? I've seen people mention it in threads but I don't see it anywhere

Gazzet? Do you mean Gazette or something else?

Thee Gazette, the one on the home page of the site

If you mean the gazette you can go here to read the latest edition!

ty

Happy to help :)

I'd commend that comment if I could.

Avo, when you get a chance, please check your local library for these books:

A Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott
The Long Winter, by Laura Ingalls Wilder
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith


Along with the others I suggested before. It's awesome that you're such a good reader, but these are some of my favorites about girls in historical times and I think you might enjoy them as something different from all the fantasy.

ok, ty

Hi Avo, here's some of the books I used to like when I was teen, they should probably be in your local library too! If not, then its best to read them online. Hope you like them :)

 

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley

The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins ( my personal favorite, I've read the whole series, watched all of its movies, and listened to all its audio book's again and again :D )

I recommend using this site to download them to your device if you cant find them in your local libary. Its the safest online library :D

ok, ty. I have already read all three hunger games books

Oh, I didn't bother with links to mine since I figured they'd be blocked for her.

But, The Long Winter, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A Little Princess, and Little Women.

The site The Long Winter on is the only one I'm not sure about, but it didn't seem too sketchy at a glance. Archive.org for the other three is legit though of course.

Avo, can you check if Project Gutenberg works for you? Little Women and A Little Princess is there too, and that's just a great site to know about for anyone who likes to read. There's a ton of classic books there for free, either to read in your browser or download in different formats for reading apps or tablets. Not just the classics but lots of random obscure stuff too. (I have a weakness for centuries old cookbooks...)

k I'll check now

Is anna's archive blocked for you Avo?

it works!

Yay!

:)

Funny, it was a long time until I even knew The Blue Sword existed, I ended up with a random garage sale copy of the prequel, The Hero and the Crown, sometime before that and liked it enough to read it three or four times in junior high though.

should I read the hero and the crown as well?

If you end up liking the Blue Sword you'd probably like that one too.

Well, most books can be found easily with the internet now. I miss the good old days when you used to search far and wide for one single book. 

https://youtu.be/XNWE17GqibI?si=etoV_rVyxwvKACZP

The Kindle Paperwhite is pretty nice though ngl.

Kindle's touchscreen is way to small for my fingers, one little touch turns a whole page into a letter.

True. Physical books are better than digital ones but they get worn out if you don't take care of them. I'd say internet is best if you want to find a book quickly and read it without caring much about the quality. Physical books are better when it comes to the quality ( and that why its harder to get your hands on them ).

Yeah, I tend at this point to only collect physical books I already know I really like. Used to have giant plastic tubs full of thinks I'd just pick up at random from various library sales, just don't have the space for them anymore though.

My Kindle is great when it's like "oh sure, the entire body of work from this hugely prolific classic author including the dozens of obscure short stories they sent in the magazines when they were starting out? For 99 cents? I might get around to delving into that at some point."

When if that were even possible to find physically you'd need to devote an entire shelf to it.

I always buy my books used. They're a lot cheaper that way, and I like the worn quality of them for the general vibe of it. I don't even use my library card anymore, because I like watching my collection grow. Of course I've probably only read half of what I buy, but that way I always have options when I finish something.

Not necessarily the best copies or anything easy on the eyes though, I've come across plenty of digital copies with terrible formatting errors, and any large amount of text can get uncomfortable to read on a screen that's pouring light into your skull.

Does anyone know where I can find a reliable site with info about atoms and molocules? I'm doing an edutainment.

Yeah! This should help

https://flexbooks.ck12.org/cbook/ck-12-middle-school-earth-science-flexbook-2.0/section/3.1/primary/lesson/atoms-to-molecules-ms-es/

Also, check out Khan Academy. Absolute lifesaver

https://www.khanacademy.org/science/class-9-chemistry/x46dd29ce84a663ea:atoms-and-molecules

ty

     This thread hasn't been used in forever. Anyway, can someone help me figure out how to make a background for my choose your story? I tried the article in help & info, but it wouldn't work. :(

I can't

If you can't help, why bother even mentioning it? No offense meant.

Just thought you might like to know

There are probably way easier methods to do this, but I tend to put the following code into the heading box:
<body background="insert the picture url.jpg">

If you want to have a title on the same page, do something like this:
</p><body background="put your picture here"><p style="color:put your font colour here">Insert title here</p>
(Change the part in italics)

Here's an example of one of the pages from a story I'm working on. If you put this in the title box of your first page, you'll see a starry night background gif that I spent way too long choosing: 
<body background="https://64.media.tumblr.com/5d86e3535cab30a970a08049e6c2204f/5b95f5e9c2ee9d53-97/s500x750/7e37d2d6cd4eecde7d79dddcfbc3f4556c5d4ae4.gifv"></p>

I've heard some other members use a global script across all pages but I've never quite figured that out, so I've just been copying and pasting this code into every page of my storygame. Though if you're just using it for a title page, I'd recommend this method.

One last thing: the story's readability is a very important factor. Try not to make your background too distracting or make the words too hard to read. 

I tried that and the global script thing :(

I'll have a look if you would like. Is this 'Shifting'?

Yea, but sorry I just figured it out. I put it in the text box before because the article said "before the text"

Glad you figured it out :)

Edit: I glanced at your story and realized I forgot to mention that for some reason, the picture repeats instead of filling the screen. I personally choose pictures that look alright if they repeat (e.g. solid colours or patterns) but maybe someone else on the site would know how to stretch a background picture to fit the page.

I noticed. I'm gonna try different pictures to try and find one that blends well.

Someone could do a co-author with you to show you how to do a background image. But it could be your filters to.

edit - nvm I see you got it.

I figured it out. It's not the filters (although they do block quite a lot of images)

Next step is how to make text disappear before hitting a picture and stuff like that.

I'm actually curious, how do you implement that? 

Using divs. I'll post an image of the script since if I post the text here it will break the forum or just do it on the forum and no one would see the script. Also please tell me how to make entire images as links to start a story ;) (well, if you have like thirty invisible links to start that would do it too, but I feel like there is a more super secret way).

Couldn't you of just copy and pasted the script so you wouldn't have to post a picture that we can't copy and paste?

But then you wouldn't see the script, I think. I haven't tried it in the forums, but I suspect unless I replace tags or marks, it will just put it directly on the page and you wouldn't have access to the script. And it takes less effort from me to screen cap and post an image than change the tags. ;)

Oh, this goes on each page in the page script. I never took the time to figure it out globally.

lol, you could just put spaces in between each < and the other "functions"

Yeah, but that's a lot of mental effort. I'd have to carefully look exactly where to put the spaces and so on, while screen capping is one button, paste is two, save is two clicks, upload is two clicks, then copy and paste is also simple. It probably takes more actual time, but way less precision.

Of course now I have done it below lol.

That's really helpful, thanks! I'll try to play around with this out for a future storygame. As for adding images as links, it's surprisingly simple: you put the code directly into the choice box. I typically just do this:
<center><p><img src="your image here" /></p></center>

Edit: if you meant linking the cover page to the first page of your storygame, just click the 'play' button of your storygame as if you were previewing it and save that link. It'll look something like this
<p><a href="https://chooseyourstory.com/story/viewer/default.aspx?StoryId=71242"><img src="your image" style="height:70%; width:70%" /></a><br />
 

Oh, that's far simpler than just using thirty invisible start links lol. Btw the padding pixel amount in my code adjusts exactly where on the page your text ends.

Also since you gave me this nugget I'll take the effort to actually post the code with spaces so you can copy and paste it to mess with it (hopefully this works, if not I'll delete this in shame):

$ PAGETEXT := "< style >body{background: url(https://i.postimg.cc/G2Vqm2wG/oldpaper12-shortenednew-NOBOARDER-NOTOP.png) center center / cover fixed; }body::before {background: inherit;content: ' ';height: 146px; position: fixed; top: 0; width: 100%;}.dark1border + div {padding top: 800px !important;}body{text-align: left; margin: 20px 42px 20px 42px;} < /style >" + $ PAGETEXT

Hopefully that's not broken.

Thirty invisible start links? That's dedication, lol. I figured out how to add picture links when I accidentally pasted the code in the choice box instead of the title and was surprised that it worked. Thanks for the code!

Np. Also, that's a great strategy: accidental discovery. It's led to so many important developments in human history.

K, I added a background. Is it too hard to read the words?

a little, just because of the white in the bachgorund

Ok, I'll fix that

Just as a general design tip, keep to a background that is either dark or light (not a mixture of both). That simplifies matters since if it's a darker background, use light fonts, and vice versa. 

Yea. Um... is there a highlight option?

I'm not sure how to do that, to be honest. But I recommend you stay away from making the design itself too complicated (unless you're Fluxion). Having a background with lots going on and highlighted words might put readers off, or worse, give them a headache. From what I've seen, most readers here tend to prefer a solid black background with light coloured words (and even then, they have the dark mode to automatically do that for them). 

Yeah, I would agree

Let me add here that using light dark is risky, because sometimes image hosting goes down (either temporarily or permanently). I have felt this pain several times. But it can still look pretty cool. I'll always be a fan of warm colors on cool colors (but again, it's risky):

Just make sure you don't break my homepage with all of these pictures :P

Also now that I think about it, maybe this isn't such a nice thing, since colorblind people exist.

I'm pretty sure I've never finished any of Flux's stories because it pisses me off to look at them

We can't all have exquisite artistic taste.

I would look to see what your stories look like, but as far as I'm aware they're all far too mature for me.

I think I have at least one that isn't too mature.

The Cottage might not be too mature, since it's just a retelling of Hansel and Gretel. If you've heard or read that fairy tale, you won't find too many things different in my story. Basically, it involves a witch that eats children, as well as parents abandoning kids in the wild to keep their other kids from starving. But beyond that, I don't think it's too bad. A little sad, a little disturbing, but it's told through the eyes of a kid and roughly follows the fairy tale. So, I would say tweens could probably handle that story.

Of course, each person is different, and someone more sheltered might be scared of such a witch. (the other factor is that it's not particularly good lol. That was so long ago. I like to think I'm better now XD)

Other than that one though, you're probably right. Chivalry has a lot of killing and violence, which I don't think is too bad for a young teen, but there is one branch that has a villain who has done some pretty horrific things. That's probably my second most kid-friendly story, but still would probably be rated PG-13 at best and probably would be R.

true

AH I KEEP DOING LIGHT PICTURES BUT THEY DON'T BLEND WELL!!!

EDIT: This one's better, but still sucks :(

Question: how do comments on story games get featured and why?

I believe admins can do that

I see. Wonder why.

EDIT: I understand featuring things, I don't understand my comment getting featured.

If your comment got featured it was because it was a good comment. Keep up the good work!

Oh, ok! :D

If you write a good comment, it gets featured. It’s a good thing because it means a mod enjoyed your comment. You also get commendations from it, which are also good! Basically, you put in effort to do something nice and got something nice from it too. So congratulations!

I'm gonna be inactive for a while, need to stop procrastinating and actually finish reading this storygame...

interestingly a comment on my WYR (before it got removed) was featured for calling it trash and other words I can't say

Prehaps that's because it was an accurate review of the storygame. 

Whatever

Blister, it's time to stop now.

Just as predicted, there's been way too much of you on the forum for a guy who insisted they couldn't find two hours to write between Thursday and Sunday night.

Avo got her game unpublished too and didn't whine about it, insist we were dumb, or spam the republish button.

Most of the work on that game was done by others anyway and their contributions still exist in the thread. It was just not an idea that worked for a storygame, at least the way it was implemented. Move on with your life and stop getting an attitude, you're not doing yourself any favors here. And with Avo right here genuinely I think a lot of people are wondering at this point how it is that the 12 year is being the reasonable and mature one of your little duo.

Take a break. Come back when you're back from Mexico. You already said you weren't going to be posting much until then anyway.

I wouldn't say I'm more mature, and if I am that likely has to do with the fact I'm so different from other kids my age (that I know)

Well it was pretty accurate. ^_^ Damn Stargirl beat me to it.

I hope no one minds, but I have another question:

Is there a way to make a link that goes to multiple pages, and picks which one to go to by random? I want a randomized system that won't go to any page.

Yes, and you'd only need one link, but it may be a little complicated unless you know the basics of how variables and scripting work.

You'd set a dice roll in the link script with something like %RANDOM := 1D6 to start with.

And for each possible number you'd set the player destination to that page number using a system command that overrides the link.


IF %RANDOM = 1 THEN
$DEST := @P21

Or whatever the page number is. And then repeat that in the script for each possible dice result and each page. (You'll of course need the number on your random roll to match the number of pages you want.)

Keep in mind the := means "set to" and is different from the equal sign by itself, which is just used to check what that variable currently is and telling the game when to do something else based on that.

Oh. Well, I don't know the basics of scripting. also, the IF %RANDOM = 1 THEN multiple times or... sorry this is a bit confusing.

EDIT: is P21 page 21?

hmm... I've think I just gotta figure out that first link, no, isn't this all about that one link and not multiple? Yea...?

You change the number for every possible result.

IF %RANDOM = 2 THEN
etc

You're just telling it that if the RANDOM variable is equal to that number, then move them to that page number.

If you put 1D6 then you're going to get a random number between 1 and 6.

Yea, I get that, but do you do six links with each result and it looks like one or?... My god this is confusing. I think I did it wrong, I went the link script in the top left of each page and put it there but that's incorrect I believe

EDIT: I'll figure it out eventually! Thanks for the help you've already given. No, not that either...

2nd EDIT: I DID IT!!! YAY!!! Sorry for my confusion, you obviously meant in one link I can be a bit stupid sometimes :p

thanks a lot

Oh, glad you figured it out! Sorry I had to step away for a bit.

The script button in the top left is referred to as the page script, you'll probably never really need to use that. The link script is the one next to the links you create, but you figured that part out.

I understand you're (I think) an adult and even if you aren't you still have things you have to get to.

     To make a clickable link you put the URL in the URL box under the link tab in the image stuff, but the URL for the first and second page are the same so there's no way (that I know) to make an image send you to the next page! Does anyone know how to make an image move you forward in the story?

EDIT: nevermind, I don't need that there's an article that says how to make the title a link

Is it just me or are the days leading up to an event you've been anticipating for months feel like torture? Especially Halloween. And Christmas. And Easter. And most definitly birthdays.

Is there a way to make a link appear only when other links have been used for a kind of "I'm finished!" link where you can't skip links?

You could have the link only be available and visible once a variable hits a certain number, and have the other links increase that variable when clicked.

How do you make it appear when a variable has reached a certain amount? (thanks!)

EDIT: Sorry, I should try it own my own before asking help

Next to your links when you're editing a page in the editor, there's a stop-sign icon that you can click on. From there you can go to 'variable restrictions' and set it up so that the link only appears when a variable is at a certain value. There's also an option to keep the link invisible until active.

Thanks!

What do you do if you know what you want to write, but every time you pull up your story game you find your lazy self drifting to a different story or something else entirely? And you have a deadline, so you can't just wait a week until you regain interest?

What I do is start drawing or using photoshop or something to make images related to my story. These relieve my brain of the actual writing but keep it engrossed in the world. If that doesn't work, I play a video game for a couple of hours, or just give into the urge and spend the rest of the day on the story my mind was drifting to. I don't know if forcing it directly will be fruitful. Not unless you're hours away, and then instinct takes over and you can't help but put (terrible) writing on the page.

Thanks :D

I usually try to take a small break from writing to refresh my brain. I'll go on a run outside or something else of a similar vein. When I was in the middle of writing my Thunderdome entry, my brain stopped working, so I went outside, climbed a tree, and listened to music for about 30 minutes. Then, when I came back, it was much easier to get words down. 

Thanks. :D

There's a lot more limitations on what I'm allowed to do but I can definitly go into my backyard, I just wished there was a climable tree.

Yeah, I'm really lucky. I live in the middle of the woods.

Even just staying inside and listening to music works for me too. :)

You live in the woods?! I would love to live in the woods! Well, except for all of the bugs and ticks and stuff...