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I bet so much has changed since i left. anyways, hi i guess.

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the purpose of that was??

If you're unable to figure it out from context, I'm guessing you're like, 12.

Well, I'd bet Avo can do better.

I'm 14

That I can do what better? Figure it out from the context? Yeah, that was pretty obvious.

These have literally been your only two posts so what the actual fuck have you been smoking

just because its been my only 2 posts, that doesnt mean i havent been on here at all

     First of all, you didn't capitalize Just or I and it's haven't (come on...) and it's just that if you're going to say hi when coming back, you're also likely going to say hi when making an account which is a reason for you to likely have more posts. Also Enterpride's reasons, too.

No one cares since you didn't do anything in the past. Do something useful before you start spouting nonsense

Now thats just being a jerk.

Spending a year and a half in unmoving silence was a good survival instinct I think.

But you should go do something useful and give Koi Koi an 8 while you're still with us.

what?

You're going to find it's common to use words of two or more syllables here, if that poses any unique challenges for you please feel free to reference this helpful resource..

oh wait i found what you were talking about

yeah i rated it an 8

     Cool, now first of all did you actually like it or did you just rate it 8 because Mizal asked you to? And second, there's a button in the top left that says edit so you can change what your post says so could've added this one to the earlier one instead of posting it again. Just a tip.

i did like it

     Cool! That's a good thing. Rating something high just because someone told you to isn't a good thing, so I'm glad that's not what you're doing. I see you've started a guess who game/story, good luck with that!

i started that so long ago im thinking of trashing it because i have no idea what i was even doing.

Oh. ._.

Yeah. i'm just not that creative.

Don't say that! You must have ideas percolating around your brain, that's why you joined the site after all!

Where's your cool-looking profile picture from? If you liked that show or movie, you can try writing a fan fiction story about it.

And I bet you have original ideas. So work on those too!

If you're stuck or can't think of anything, use writing prompts. We actually have a writing contest every year, so you can join and pick a prompt that you enjoy. Then write. You got this!

Oh, and welcome back!

i just found it online :|

I think he's trying to be nice :|

Shut up, kid

That was not needed

Neither was your mom and look where that got us all these years later, sport. 

Jerk much?

Most of us refer to that as quality alone time. But those discussions are not appropriate for a public forum

 

Naz told me in private her mom used to be a prizefighter called Sasquatch el Gordo in Mexico, back before the operation. But hey, no judgement on the things you did in high school, lots of guys go through an experimental phase.

i didnt even say that

Damn you are hopeless, I hand you the perfect defense against all guys claiming they did your mom and you squander it immediately. You're on your own now, I'll just take my creative talents where they're more appreciated tyvm.

i didnt know. sheesh one bad day and suddenly everyone is mad at me

Corgi actually replied to a post Avo made a week ago, we don't know why but we're just running with it.

Or were you not able to see that? Are you reading in non threaded view?

even so, that doesnt make it acceptable for them to hurl that insult at me.

Nobody really cares if noobs get insulted, the only way you can defend yourself is to gain more prestige.

But look here, he's a Marauder, you're a Marauder, you should go on a bitter revenge quest to surpass him in commendations next year. All you've got to do is write a bunch of detailed feature worthy reviews and maybe some really excellent short storied or forum posts that contribute a lot. Thunderdome duels are also a good option.

sounds about right. i need to eat first though. and i also gotta murder someone in DND for killing an innocent goblin despite the whole party telling him not to.

Murder Hobo? Best way to deal with them is to make a really good NPC target for them that is actually a dragon in disguise.

im not the DM

Betray all your adventuring companions to the greenskins.

Nope, it's a wealthy and connected allied NPC that doesn't put up with any of their shit but also can't just be casually crimed against without bringing every authority in the kingdom down around theur ears.

Remember that anything the PCs can do, other people in the world can also do, and there's always going to be people who have been at it longer and with far more resources and connections. If there are functioning societies at all then they know how to push back against the kind of nonsense psychotic PCs with delusions of the world revolving around them like to try and pull.

we didnt get to kill him because he saved us all from becoming ash

I think I saw that show in Tijuana

That's how a lot of people find inspiration. Nothing's wrong with doing it, so long as you don't blatantly steal or plagiarize something.

where can i find them?

     You could try searching it. If you hover your mouse (if you have one) over Storygames (on the left), than it should show a short menu and if you click on search you can search the storygames there.

When starting out and still a new writer, none of us have any idea what we're doing! That's the beauty of writing. You have a cool idea in your head, tantalizing story scenes, a badass main character, and plot twists galore, but in order for the reader to see everything that's in your head, you have to write it down!

My first story on the site, which was a super cool(although in my eyes only lol) prison story set in a fantasy setting, had giant blocks of text, unnecessary lore dumping and ended right as it got interesting. Based on the feedback from the comments, I know not to do that now, and my writing has gotten better since! And no doubt, the same will happen with my next story, and I'll keep revising and getting better.

Like karate, cooking, fencing, coding, or any other worthwhile endeavor, you get better at writing the more of it you do! The more you fail, the more you dust yourself off and try again. So don't trash it. Keep learning.

Well that's a start.

Now that you're using the site you should read some more games, that is allegedly what we do here.

If you search for WARCHIMP it's a pretty fun one and the entire thing can be read in like 15 minutes.

Warchimp is awesome. NinaAndZane, You're going to need to have Warchimp and Cybermonkey read, both are super crazy cyberpunk monkey hi-jinks stories. Warchimp is more epic-fantasy in tone than Cybermonkey, which is more of a fast paced action thriller, but both are amazing in their own way.

if you want, just call me Naz.

Maybe you should make a new account with that name before you've done much with this one, because let's be real, if you're still popping in in four or five years you're going to be feeling the regrets for this one.

good point. I'll be back.

Back

     Cool profile picture. Also, please, use better grammar if you make a username again you don't know how long you'll be stuck with that.

this one, probably permanently. and i usually type cant without an apostrophe

Ok. I see you aren't used to using capitalization when typing just like this, but that makes sense.

yeah. its funny to think that when i joined i was soooo innocent and oblivious and now im just, well, average.

Same XD

I think I still am...

i had an idea for a game but now im out of ideas for it after making the name.

Oh that sucks. You could try asking people for ideas!

idk who to ask

I'd be happy to help you if you need some ideas. I have way too many of them and not enough motivation, lol.

I have the beginning, as in intro and name set up but everything else i need help with. want me to make you a co-author?

Sure. If you give me a brief overview of what you want, and if I have the time this week, I can churn out a decent outline for you to follow. Feel free to ask me for something else as well

So its basically, the way i thought of it at first, you wake up in a room. after you exit the room you have a series of games to complete. beat them all and you can escape rich. but fail even one, and your dead.

Is there some kind of plot to explain this? "Random thing that happens randomly to random person" kind of burns a lot of potential reader interest right out the gate.

I thought this up at 3 AM what do you expect

That you'll refine and develop the idea, that's part of the process!

There's not actually any rush to this stuff outside of a contest anyway.

im usually so busy in school and idk how i manage to get on here without getting caught

Same. I somehow make it work anyways, lol

Ok I see you're getting help from Scape, but I want to throw some ideas in the hat so I went and read what you have so far. If I'm understanding, that's all you have and you don't know what to do.

1. Immediately I'm getting hunger game vibes. If you haven't read that you should, btw. So my first idea from reading this is some kind of gaint even like the hunger games or squid games, you can ask if you want me to elaborate.
2. Another idea is pretty much the first, but with a single person instead of multiple. Perhaps it's a sacrifice and the "game of death and dying" is some beasts you're being sacrificed to are using you as a pawn in a twisted game for fun. Or,
3. maybe this person is sent into a desert or equaly hostile envirenment by some 'higher powers' that basicaly sent you in there for their entertainment. They can watch you, but you don't know how. This is more specific and you don't have to do this, but what I've said and the climax is the person using the way they're watched to somehow get to the higher powers and kill them or take them out of power. Now I want to write this! ...
4. It could also be an actual game, it could be a story about a couple of kids and/or adults actually playing a game together and the story game is playing this game, but considering it's about death it's likely adults. Before trying to do this you'll also want to probably keep in mind how hard it can be to make a fun game, you'll have to come up with rules and stuff, and if it's really game-like than it probably will take a lot of scripting. Like Koi Koi, but that's a real game being recreated.
5. This is a bit of a random idea, but it also came to mind. You could make a story about a community that has a game called the Game of Death and Dying, and it's a game where people take turns cutting themselves standing. (This is another more specific idea) it's standing because when you're dead or dying, you legs will give out and you'll fall. I think it'd be cool if it was until one person left and they win, or until a few people are left and all but one goes down from blood loss. On it's own, boring but could be made interesting enough.
6. I'm a bit stumped...

     These a just a few ideas I had, I hope they help, and you can (obviously) change or tweak any of them to be how you'd like. It's your story, after all.

4. also it was supposed to be "The Game of Death" but that was taken. there goes my creep factor.

Oh, that explains the weird name (no offense meant). Ok.

No offense taken. I just wanted it to be really creepy, and the main goal was to try to survive each game. If you pass them all, you're rich for eternity. But one misstep and well, the name speaks for itself.