END MASTER’S PROMPT CONTEST 3
Deadline: 11:59 PM (EST) April 1st, 2024
Reward: Both barrels if you fuck up.
It’s another new year and another contest for all of you to fail spectacularly at. The last prompt contest we had was pretty fucking miserable with a lot of you getting SHAMED even with 3 extensions. This is on top of those that managed to get double, triple, sent to Detroit or outright banned.
But enough about your past failures, time to focus on your future ones.
Now you may see that the deadline is quite a long time off, which means you figure you’ll have tons of time to slack off and then not turn in anything at the last second. Well, you can still do that and who knows, maybe there will be an extension again.
However, to prevent last minute slap and dash half assed stories when there really shouldn’t be given the generous amount of time you have, I’ll be a little more specific on what I’m looking for so it’s a simple enough task even for you.
My shortest story is around 9000 words. 31 separate pages with 30 choices. Each path goes 4 pages deep. This is a length 3 size story, it was written in a few days and it still has a respectable rating despite being over a decade old.
I’m pointing this out, because THIS is what I’m going to compare it to as far as the minimum quality level is concerned.
So if you ARE going to wait until the last minute (or just want to write something short) it is entirely possible to make something good that doesn’t need to be long. Now obviously you don’t need to match this exactly, but what I don’t want to see is twenty pages each with one fucking choice especially since about the only one who can usually pull that off successfully is fucking Ninja and last I checked none of you fuckers were in second place around here. (Let alone first)
Now on the other end of the spectrum and if you’re ambitious enough to spend your time wisely to use the entire two months you have, there are plenty examples of stories under 100,000 words that still have a sufficient amount of pages and branching. (I won’t point out more of mine for that would be too vulgar a display of power)
This is a CYS contest not an IFaggot Thing run by fucktard Mormons where you win the top spot by writing some linear bullshit that’s going on about exploring your fee fees due to your confused gender because your uncle bad touched you as a child.
This also isn’t perpetually unfinished CoG faggotry where you focus on 100 types of furry chicks with dicks just to cater to every degenerate’s tastes instead of actually focusing on something like plot, story, good writing, etc.
If I see a lack of effort, you’re getting SHAMED with the rest of the losers who didn’t turn in shit.
Quality folks. If you can’t produce it then don’t even bother fucking entering.
Speaking of losers this is a chance for you lot in the triple SHAMED level to participate. Here’s your shot at redemption and it’s more than you deserve, you scum.
In any case, if you’re joining the contest pick a prompt from the list below. When you’re done writing your story be sure to post a link to it in this thread.
That’s about it for now, unless I think of something else to change as needed.
Good luck and surprise me with competence for a change. (Like most of you did for the first prompt contest)
1) A story surrounding a violent championship sporting event. WizzyCat DONE
2) A story involving a peaceful day in the park. StoryTurtle DONE
3) A story starting with the discovery of the entrance to a hidden secret room. DireRyse DONE
4) A story involving a dangerous hunting competition. This can be any setting. EbonVasilis SHAME
5) A story about a society on the verge of a Golden Age experiencing a cataclysmic disaster. Darius_Conwright DONE
6) A story involving inheriting something valuable from a dead relative. MrAce321 SHAME
7) A story involving dinosaurs. Alienrun SHAME
8) A story about an underwater adventure. snowfall SHAME
9) A story set in a lunatic asylum. AssessYourAsses SHAME
10) A story where the protagonist has a dangerous addiction or obsession that drives the plot. TheChef SHAME
11) A story about building a harem. Kezmark DONE
12) A story about returning to your childhood home and stumbling across a terrible secret. elad771 SHAME
13) A story about a band of mercenaries. corgi213 DONE
14) A story written in the epistolary style (Told through journal entries or letters). fresh_out_the_oven SHAME
15) A story heavily driven by a love/hate relationship with the antagonist. Suranna SHAME
16) A story that starts with receiving a letter or call from someone you thought was dead. Ford SHAME
17) A story about naval warfare. mazdark SHAME
18) A story involving a floating city. MadHattersDaughter DONE
19) A story involving trying to survive some sort of disaster while also protecting/saving at least one loved one. (This can be any type of setting) AllMight SHAME
20) A story about rebuilding after a war. Mizal DONE
21) A story about a pacifist protagonist. TheCanary SHAME
22) A story involving a war with giants (Can even be a war with giants fighting each other) enterpride DONE
23) A story about being a slave trader. Petros DONE
24) A story involving a major festival within the fairy world. granolagoth SHAME
25) A story involving playing as a bigoted superhero. prithvish SHAME
26) A story revolving around carrying out a terrorist attack (Yes, you can even do a mundane school shooting). benholman44 DONE
27) A story involving playing as any historical figure. (Up to you on how close you want to stick to their life) MiltonManThing DISQUALIFIED
28) A story based around carrying out genocide. Setting doesn’t matter. Mystery Contestant (Malk) DONE
29) A story involving court intrigue while attempting to seduce one (or more!) of your relatives. 4Sunny4 SHAME
30) A story about becoming a famous musician. Can be any type of music or setting. sunshineboi SHAME
31) A story where you are the survivor of a failed dungeon expedition. TypewriterCat SHAME
32) A story about a siege. This can be from the attackers or defenders (or both) point of view. frank2 SHAME
33) A story set on a planet with a harsh environment (Ice world, barren desert, toxic air, etc). DerPrussen SHAME
34) A story where you travel back in time to set wrong what once went right. DBNB SHAME
35) A story involving a literal retarded protagonist. BalthusGreene SHAME
36) A story where you’re the last of your kind (Doesn’t need to be human). Yummyfood SHAME
37) A story about being a cartographer hired to map out an unexplored area (Can be any setting). Lux_Inferni SHAME
38) A story about being a collector of exotic very rare or unique things. (Of any kind) SableFancy111 SHAME
39) A story about being the leader of a post apocalyptic gang SpartacustheGreat SHAME
40) A story involving a space station. AwritingHobo SHAME
41) A story about making a deal with a demon/devil. PerforatedPenguin DONE
42) A story set in an area ravaged by a plague or famine. goodnight_a DONE
43) A story involving body horror. Sherbet DONE
44) A story set in a town getting ready to make its yearly sacrifice. GeniusPancake DONE
45) A story involving an underground society. CoolGuy69 SHAME
46) A story about a homemaker protagonist while their significant other leaves for battle for extended periods of time (Soldier, raider, merc, etc) Wildblue SHAME
47) A story about founding a new religion. Cats_R_Us SHAME
48) A story about redemption of past misdeeds. (And as if it needs to be said, you can’t redeem a pedo) Bezro DISQUALIFED
49) A story involving a war between two galactic super powers fighting over planet Earth. (Humans are the “primitives” caught in the middle) CaptainFalcon SHAME
50) A story involving a retired villain. (Not looking for redemption, just trying to enjoy retirement or at least semi-retirement) CavusRex (Songbird Vagabond) SHAME
Locked in.
Locked.
Locked (Not that it matters)
I'm in, prompt 43.
Locked in
Number 31 for me, please.
I know you'll do well.
Ok, I'm in for 34.
34) A story where you travel back in time to set wrong what once went right.
Locked
Prompt 10, please.
Prompt 21 please
I'll take #33
I have now read the OP and would like to change my pick to 16 for 500
Locked (again)
15 for 200 points.
I'll take prompt 5
Wait, do we bet on points?
I feel like Darius MIGHT be able to accomplish those last two, but the first one is going to always be an impossibility for him.
I'll add all three just out of spite
Just wanted to thank you. This comment is what inspired me to write the first part of my story. My original plan was 'tortured emo wants to slaughter the high school' until you gave me the idea to add brother-sister relations. Then I was thinking redneck till I finally settled on inbred blue blood.
Yeah I don't feel like coming up with something, having to talk to someone secretly in a PM and then having to remember what the hell I assigned in the first place.
13
WOOO!
Number 28 has been locked in by "Mystery Contestant"
Number 42, please.
Prompt 26, please
No.2 please!
Where the Clouds Want to Go
I'll take 36.
14
I'll take 32
Along with some fresh noob faces, I see some older CYStians rising from their dead slumber for this one. Wildblue, frank2 and everyone’s favorite background character from that infamous past Edgelord contest episode, benholman.
Half of the prompts taken already and its only day 2.
I think I am ahead of everyone else. I began slacking off yesterday.
I literally watch the Columbine basement tapes to soothe myself to sleep. This shouldn't be difficult. I do have a bad habit of writing stories and not finishing them (ADHD) but I've set myself a minimum limit of 300 words a day. That's 2100 a week. I got this.
Prompts are usually open to interpretation, although End might be better at answering that question. Also you're locked in.
I originally had a literal underground society in mind, but I figured someone might interpret it the other way too so either one is fine.
And locked like Mystic already said.
Both. Both is good.
I choose prompt 1
My ass is locked in
I didn't think he'd be willing to wager something so valuable, but I'd be happy to fight over it
44 if I'm allowed to sacrifice humans
I mean that was sort of the point.
If anything I just made it more general just in case someone DIDN'T want to sacrifice humans for some weird reason.
locked in, o' great prophet
Wtf lol
I'll take 12
LOCKED, good luck
Can I get a 48 large?
39
Btw it's 2 months, not 3
LOCKED, good luck!
Nah, can just be a plain old villain. Probably easier to write the story if you make him the protagonist though.
Hello, I'm choosing #17 (naval warfare), I hope I'll be able to make something readable.
I'll take prompt #3!
Oh yeah, this exists
Even if we get just the 38 that joined to all turn in quality stories, that will still be a more successful contest than the first one which had 29 out of 50. (And definitely better than the second one which had 18 out of 49).
Great first page. Very wholesome that you're helping a lost cause.
Looking forward to mizal's masterpiece even if it's weird ٩( ᐛ )و
Prompt no. 25 - Playing as a bigoted Hero. Thanks.
I hope you pull through. Hint: get started now
10 more prompts left.
LOCKED, NO TURNING BACK NOW
Seems like the intelligent thing to have done would have been to pick the space station prompt given that you're into scifi.
Though an even better idea would have been not joining at all if you were busy. However, it's all of your trouble and none of my own on that front.
Many thanks
I'll take 4.
Good luck locked
If you deliver something within the deadline, you're already better than statistically 60 percent of the participants. In such competitions there are most of the time 2 or 3 stand out works. (Being a try hard only gives you more brownie points here, so don't worry too much.)
lol
Of course we will all laugh at you because this site is an IF site. Of course it's an interactive story. EVERY published story on this site is supposed to meet that criteria. How can anyone not understand that???
I look forward to your entry at #8 or your more probable casting into the shame pit.
No, I don't understand that idea. Every contest ever on this site is IF.
Nobody is saying a linear story is an acceptable contest entry. You need to add choices and branches to your plan or you will be shamed.
"but what I don’t want to see is twenty pages each with one fucking choice"
so I think they want branching stories
Glad to see this has all been settled.
Alright 3 prompts left and still plenty of time to write a decent story on all of these.
Alright, I'll take #27 please.
The best part is that humans may not know even understand why the superpowers are warring. Maybe they don't even speak the same language.
One prompt left.
Well it seems that all the prompts have been taken.
Now we'll see who gets thrown in the SHAME pit and who produces something worthwhile for the site.
Given the amount of bitching and whining he was doing earlier this result is hardly surprising.
The funny thing is, the bitching and whining itself had enough of a word count that it could've been a story chapter.
Lol
Yep. Cel was literally run over by a car, and still turned in a good story.
Good thing the Pit of Shame is wheelchair accessible!
lol, fag
Edit: next thing you know, Snowflake will be begging for us to give him $2000 for a new computer.
I too am disabled and in a wheelchair and also the zionists deleted the story I was almost done with
Month left folks, still plenty of time to do at least better than Snowflake's spectacular failure.
Got about half a month left folks. If a crippled Serbian sex offender can write his very first story for a contest and almost capture first place in just 3 days of writing, you lot got no excuses.
People who I’m expecting to turn something in
Wizzy Darius MHD Petros TCat Sherb Rex Mizal
People who I’m less sure of but would like to see them turn something in so I don’t have to SHAME them
Ben Chef DBNB PPeng Enter Corgi Fresh Lux Dire Maz Genius Kezmark Granola Bezro Canary goodnight Wildblue Yummy StoryT
People who I’m neutral on if they bother or not
Ford Coins Ace elad frank2
People who I have no idea since they’re basically noobs with either little or no prior deeds and they haven’t posted enough for me to give a shit about.
Assess AllMight Prith Milton 4Sunny sunshine Balthus Sable Hobo CatsR CaptainF CoolGuy
People who I don’t care at all if they turn something in, in fact I hope they don’t so I can SHAME them.
Suranna Ebon Alien
People who are already fucked
snowflake
Derp
And yes, I know there’s the Mystery Contestant, but I’m not ranking that one lest it potentially give away who it may or may not be.
So I've got about 5,500 words written. I don't know if I'm going to be able to turn in the complete story that I'm planning, but I should be able to turn in a short 9,000-10,000 word story by the time the contest is over.
Make that 6,200 words now.
My intuition is telling me TharaApples
Something like that lol
Polaris!
And we got the first story submitted. Way ahead of schedule too.
Finished my story! Do I just publish it to submit, or...?
Regardless of how this turns out, I enjoyed writing. Just like the last time I entered a contest, I've been going through personal shit. But the thing is, I'm ALWAYS going through personal shit, and I (with EndMaster's advice) decided it wouldn't stop me from writing. It made for a fun distraction, and I enjoyed myself immensely. Now that I'm done, I plan to work on another storygame I haven't touched since 2022 and get that published hopefully by the end of this year.
You're suppose to put the link to the story in this thread.
Terrorist
one review so far and it's an 8
Polaris was a great story!
Well I suppose the responsible thing to do would be to read these two early entries so as to at least get them out of the way before the others flood in.
About a week left folks.
Revenge on the River Lord
I actually finished this by the end of the first month and finished proofreading quite some time ago as well, but I guess I wanted to see if I would work on it more before submitting. Looks like I'm not going to, so here it is.
Here's my entry, Reborn.
I was gonna sit on it until the deadline, but it's kinda long so I figured it'd be polite to get it in a little early.
I gotta say, this contest has turned out a bunch of incredible story games so far
I see you've already been reading and commenting on each one. I should have just let you be the judge this year to save me the trouble.
bro is dedicated
Shit pick me as a judge for the next one if you don't feel like going through the slog of reading all the entries again.
Once you publish your story, you can't take it down and edit it. Get it right the first time.
(Do whatever you want with it after the contest judging is over with)
Dude. It's not that difficult, just ... nah, I can't - I wanted to help, but can't. I don't think stupidity is fixable.
When you publish your contest entry storygame, you are not permitted by the rules of the contest to unpublish the story itself until after the contest is completed. Unpublishing your story qhile the contest is ongoing is against the contest rules. Please make sure your storygame is the way you want it before publishing.
Also, the only way you can edit a storygame once it's published is by unpublishing it first.
mizal is a decent human
All caught up on the early story entries. That'll certainly save time later.
And now done with the newest one turned in early.
I actually do remember a few of the old Bucky contests having a couple early entries. I don't think we've had five this early though.
https://chooseyourstory.com/story/how-to-bring-an-end-to-things~3f
I ran out of time. Here ya go.
I can't sit here and re-read this forever, so I'm just going to submit it.
The Grand Pharaoh's Tomb
I'll take one ticket out of the shame pit, please
https://chooseyourstory.com/story/a-prayer-for-destruction
I will not be turning in an entry
Another one for the SHAME pit
All caught up with the latest batch of stories submitted. I'll expect the flood to start much later on today as people scramble to turn theirs in.
Well 9 stories down already and so far nobody has turned in complete shit to get SHAMED anyway, so those early 9 can at least rest easy on that front.
Eleven stories published. Little less than ten hours left. This is gonna be interesting.
I love you guys, but there was no way I was going to finish a story. Just take me out back and shoot me already. Yada yada, you win Endmaster, yada yada
Oddly I figured you might turn something in just to annoy me.
Well I guess it's up to Ebon to rep the Bible Fanfic faction now. (He's most likely not coming through either)
A Hill to Die on
Phew, there it is
How do you mess up that badly. At a minimum words go in box and then click linky
The Village That Was I am done.
I have nothing to publish. Into the shame pit I go.
I'm very sorry that I let you down, End. I did try. But it's exam season and I'm tired.
Well these things happen and real life stuff like that is always more important.
I'm sure you'll grace the site with another good story in the future.
Less than 30 minutes to go.
Fifteen minutes!
And that's time!
LOT of SHAMINGS going on, can't say I'm surprised.
So... 16 or 17 valid entries? Thats literally 33 or 34 SHAMED. Holy fuck, are you telling me I won a bet against Ogre?!
Published one minute before the deadline: DRIVE
I published my game right before the deadline! Its unfinished cause I SEVERLY underestimated how much time it actually takes to copypaste your text into the editor despite writing WELL OVER AT LEAST 100,000 WORDS! but whatever... Enjoy my failure! https://chooseyourstory.com/story/distant-past
I only got shamed due to two reasons 1. What I already mentioned in my text 2. For some stupid reason I was solely focused on working on a secret path up to the last f**king hour! I hate this... If I keep copypasting my text into editor right now and publish my game in a few hours...can I get just...half shamed? Cause I do want people to see what I written. As I did spend over a month writing it...barely talked to anyone or did anything else that entire time... Would be a waste if it couldn't be considered part of the contest at least in spirit due to a stupid fuck up on my part... Basically what I'm asking is...does anyone care to see what I typed if I promise not to add any new text? Or would people rather I COMPLETELY finish what I have written more properly? P.S. I'm at least glad I got an customize your stats screen to properly work in just a few hours after reading the help pages on here...so you can check that out if you like!
Hate to say it bud, but proofreading, and copypasting text into the editor, that is all a part of contest writing. If it isn't complete, then your entry isn't either. Intelligent writers set aside a day or a week for end-of-contest proofreading and pasting. You can also paste as you go, to avoid a last minute scramble. This isn't a new problem, and you probably won't get any pity points for it.
I am a f**king retard then. When you put it like that its such a common sense thing that I should have saw coming. If I started experimenting with the editor more actively instead of just the last few days...this would not have happened. I would have shortened my story appropiately instead of constantly writing like an insane person. RIP me... P.S. Also...from what you can read in my story (its not much) a lot of my prose in my story is...not as messy as it is there. Specifically the Pterodactyl route and deny text route...the accept text route (where you get teleported to an alien planet) is more so a half average representation of what most of my story actually reads like...so critique on that part would be the most useful...
There's no such thing as a half-shame as far as I'm aware. But once the contest is done, it's perfectly fine to take it down, finish it up, and republish.
He's already triple SHAMED.
LOL
Wow! That's quite an accomplishment. Triple shamed in one contest!
I do have it ready, but for some reason it says I don't have an endgame link for some reason. I'll take the shame if I have to, but I do want to get this thing published.
Figured it out: https://chooseyourstory.com/story/the-boy-who-would-be-duke-~2d-the-journey-to-agincourt
Feel a little sheepish for submitting this late. Hope you all enjoy.
Alright, looks like there was a last minute rush. Let's sort this out.
Sable already said to SHAME him, so that's what's going to happen. I've been told it isn't finished anyway.
Wizzy actually did submit something at 11:59 PM so he's in the clear.
Alienrun's story already has a dead link and honestly he's been annoying since the beginning of this thing, so he's getting SHAMED
Bezro I'm going to give a pass on SHAME depending on what little he did write at least manages a high enough rating to avoid it. Obviously he's not winning anything anyway.
Milton seems to be having the same issue as Sable...and I see that while writing this it has been published. So this will be another case of avoiding SHAME as long as it passes a good enough rating. Not winning obviously though.
Well you're in luck, I'm being uncharacteristically generous and giving it a 3 which is bare minimum to avoid SHAME, though I don't imagine the story will stay up too long anyway.
Actually you AND Milton can thank Alienrun for being a fucking annoying hatesink due to all his whining posts along with his submitted "story" that he actually allowed you two to get more leniency.
Truly a case of "I don't have to run faster than the zombies, I just have to run faster than you."
I cannot for the life of me imagine that if the dead links weren't there (which there are only 2 of them) that it would make any difference to be honest... Everything else is fair though. (Though I hoped that I could off set my annoyance by not posting too much...but that's pretty subjective so I'll just leave that be... :/)
So... at best, 18 valid entries out of 50 contestants?
Thank you, sir. I appreciate the grace.
You got a pass too. I only skimmed it, but you look like you put in a bunch of work. (More than some of the actual entries on here)
He is very gracious! I'm glad he's a little flexible with the rules. Helped me avoid SHAME back in 2018 or 2019. Whenever the Succubus contest was.
But seriously though...
I can't wait to see people TOSSED IN THE SHAME PIT!
This is the first time I get to be a spectator and not be thrown in myself.
Phew, that means I'm not worse than ace. That's a huge relief
But he isn't getting his points back now >:)
fuck you fatass
Okay the only two I have to read now are Mizal and Wizzy's and that'll be later.
Ok so I accepted my fate BUT...there's one small thing I want to correct... There's one section of my "story" (After you deny the text and continue traversing the mall) where I made the stupid decision to copy the text to a word document and then replace the MC's name (Rebecca) with "you"...and nothing else! Case in point it makes that entire section completely unreadable. Here's a link to the unedited Google Doc which keeps it in 3rd person. It's not much...but it makes what I wrote actually half tolerable instead of literately unreadable!
Would it have been better if instead of submitting my crappy story...I instead a few hours before the deadline said something like "Hey guys! Unfortunately it looks like I won't be able to finish my story on time. Best of luck to everyone else though!"?
Honest question... Does anyone care to see my storygame? Cause if not then I won't bother finishing it... (not that it matters either way)
Stop stream-of-consciousness-posting please! This is really just making it a worse look. Most of those SHAMED have crawled away to the pit, tail between their legs, yet you keep groveling here.
Get a load of this guy
smh
The site could always use more storygames! I will say that if you're gonna use the Advanced Editor, you should probably figure out how it works first. You could also try writing a storygame without the editor if it's too complicated. Plenty of writers publish quality output without the use of the AE, including EndMaster himself.
If he read some articles and paid attention to the prose in some of the more successful stories, he'd be fine. I learned how to write from reading storygames from established authors and paying attention to similarities in their writing styles.
He also seems to have a confidence problem. That kills good stories.
