END MASTER'S PROMPT CONTEST 4
Deadline: 11:59 PM (EST) May 1st, 2025
Reward: It you think you’re getting anything at this point, you haven’t been paying attention!
Alright you fuckers, it’s time for this yearly exercise in futility of pushing folks to be contributing members of the site. I’ve seen it said by faggots on more degenerate writing websites that using abusive language doesn’t motivate people, but I say it’s not really about the motivation, it’s about sending a message. Besides if I don’t verbally abuse you lot, then I won’t have any fun and that’s the important thing.
As usual there were plenty of prompts that people completely flaked on in the past so you’ll see a lot of those again (Perhaps even one YOU flaked on). I’ve also added some that an entry did get submitted for, but the person took it down because it sucked too badly to stay up for long. So the prompts in those cases are getting another chance of being done right (hopefully). There’s also some brand new ones, so there’s tons of variety for everyone.
Also as usual you have generous deadline. More than enough time to slack off and not do shit for a couple months, or you could surprise everyone and actually write during that time. Of course all that writing might cut into your praying, drinking, whoring or trolling the faggots time, but as we say around here your decisions have consequences!
(See it’s not ALL insults. I didn’t say for example “All that writing might cut into your gay furry jack off sessions.” I actually think enough of you lot to believe that you’re not complete degenerates, you're just lazy bastards.)
Also since I never expect more than half of you lot to come through anyway at this point, the main thing I’m looking for is quality. Turn anything in half assed, and I’m just throwing it out and throwing you in the fucking SHAME pit. (Or deeper in it)
But that’s enough motivation, if you’re joining the contest pick a prompt from the list below. When you’re done writing your story, be sure to link it this thread. Also unless specifically mentioned, all these prompts can be any setting.
That’s about it for now, unless I think of something else to change as needed.
Good luck and who knows maybe I’ll be surprised with competence for a change.
The Prompts
1) A story involving a dangerous hunting competition. Dour SHAME 2) A story involving inheriting something valuable from a dead relative. Mystic_Warrior DONE 3) A story involving dinosaurs. Xanax SHAME 4) A story about an underwater adventure. Soy_No_More SHAME 5) A story set in a lunatic asylum. CavusRex (Songbird Vagabond) DONE 6) A story where the protagonist has a dangerous addiction or obsession. LamarisDiamondEye SHAME 7) A story about returning to your childhood home and stumbling across a terrible secret. TrueParanormal DONE 8) A story written in the epistolary style (Told through journal entries or letters). MadHattersDaughter DETROIT 9) A story heavily driven by a love/hate relationship with the antagonist. fresh_out_the_oven (Pulling Yummyfood up one level out of the SHAME pit) DONE 10) A story that starts with receiving a letter or call from someone you thought was dead. Kezmark SHAME 11) A story about naval warfare. Fabrikant DONE 12) A story involving trying to survive some sort of disaster while also protecting/saving at least one loved one. Darius_Conwright SHAME 13) A story about a pacifist protagonist. FoolishSparrow SHAME 14) A story involving a major festival within the fairy world. Wildblue SHAME 15) A story involving playing as a bigoted superhero. Vail SHAME 16) A story involving court intrigue while attempting to seduce one (or more!) of your relatives. Suranna DISQUALIFIED 17) A story about becoming a famous musician. Petros DONE 18) A story where you are the survivor of a failed dungeon expedition. goodnight_a DONE 19) A story about a siege. This can be from the attackers or defenders (or both) point of view. DAVID_CT SHAME 20) A story set on a planet with a harsh environment. (Ice world, barren desert, toxic air, etc) Fluxion DONE 21) A story where you travel back in time to set wrong what once went right. Orange DONE 22) A story involving a literally retarded protagonist. Prithvish96 SHAME 23) A story where you’re the last of your kind (Doesn’t need to be human). Cat2002116 SHAME 24) A story about being a cartographer hired to map out an unexplored area. Marte SHAME 25) A story about being a collector of very rare exotic things and/or unique things (Of any kind). Mystic_Warrior DONE 26) A story about being the leader of a post apocalyptic gang. DBNB SHAME 27) A story involving a space station. Anthraxus DONE 28) A story involving an underground society. benholman44 (500 point bet) DONE 29) A story about a homemaker protagonist while their significant other leaves for battle for extended periods of time (Soldier, raider, merc, etc). LeoScales7 (140 point bet) SHAME 30) A story about founding a new religion. AttilaTheGun SHAME 31) A story involving a war between two galactic super powers fighting over planet Earth (Humans are the “primitives” caught in the middle) poison_mara SHAME 32) A story involving a retired villain (Not looking for redemption, just trying to enjoy retirement or at least semi-retirement) mazdark SHAME 33) A story about being a traveling merchant. hetero_malk SHAME 34) A story about an abominable horror has come to a small town and that horror is YOU. Siyu SHAME 35) A story about rebuilding after a war. PerforatedPenguin (500 point bet) SHAME 36) A story about a race to acquire a valuable resource. ThatIndianGuy (Ban if he doesn't beat certain people) BANNED AND SHAMED LOL 37) A story involving an established myth/legend (Greek, Norse, Egyptian, Arthurian, etc) and do whatever you want with it. MiltonManThing DONE 38) A story involving tales from the Bible and do whatever you want with it. (Do not simply use the Book of Mormon for this fanfic) born2die SHAME 39) A story about redemption of past misdeeds. (As if it needs to be said, you can’t redeem a pedo) MrAce321 (Hoping for CYS Discord entry if he wins) DONE 40) A story set during a nuclear winter on Earth. WizzyCat SHAME 41) A story about joining a cult. Silver_Eyes SHAME 42) A story involving a summoning spell gone wrong. Sherbet DONE 43) A story set during a holiday (Any of them) TypewriterCat DETROIT 44) A story set in a strange isolated motel. ItzSugar SHAME 45) A story with a based centaur protagonist. peachcobbler SHAME 46) A story involving a cooking contest. (Not specifically cats or dogs) Mizal (Pulling Derp one level from the SHAME Pit) DONE 47) A story involving being an assassin. Clayfinger DONE 48) A story involving sports of some kind. (Real or fictional and in any capacity: Player, coach, ref, mascot, cheerleader, etc) RKrallonor (300 point bet) SHAME 49) A story involving an uncharted planet (Colonizing it, exploring it, crashing into it, etc) Papa_John95 SHAME 50) A story about having cancer and trying to check off a bucket list before you die. Also make this into a game with a scoring system. (It’s cancer, just have fun with it!) kidred SHAME
First one locked in.
Can I bet 500 on getting myself out of the SHAME with a valid contest entry?
Yeah I'll add it in.
Here's to a new year! I'll take Prompt 37 please.
Locked 1
Locked 2
He's not new, he's just added a 96 to his old name which is still in the first level of the SHAME pit.
I'm in.
I'll take number 23.
Locked 3
Locked 4
Lol
What the hell, you can't just lead an underground railroad to take everyone out of the 9th level of SHAME.
I will however allow ONE, though Derp is a lazy good for nothing MORMON that doesn't deserve saving. However, it's your choice.
If you want some inspiration on the sun conjuction idea, check out the Three Body Problem.
Oooh, there's a way to do edits without needing to unpublish?
Well, if this is just the place to ask, I might as well. Can I get that too?
Somebody had to be last. Thank you. It can only help the epic in the long run, right?
Well the plan was to give some people who turned something in for this contest the cheat code, but I guess some got it early.
Now I am even more compelled to complete.
Well, missed the line where Mizal was handing out christmas gifts.
I'll lock 27
Locked
Give me 28. Fuck the Shame Pit.
I'll take 16.
This one should be easy even for you.
Locked.
Sounds fine to me.
I would like to help with this devilish plan and it gives me an excuse to dock points on even more people
Number 18, please.
I confess, this time it's not a specific prompt that got me, but instead it's that luxurious deadline and peer pressure. Suppose I'll take prompt number nine.
I will take 43.
This is a very cool prompt. I hope to read what you make.
This is really going to be a bad habit of mine, I'll pick 12
I'll take 21: A story where you travel back in time to set wrong what once went right.
Mystery Contestant has taken prompt 2.
42 for me.
Locked. That was the other one I had been heavily considering. Looking forward to what you do with it Sherb.
It's the form of the thing. Everyone gets a lock when they enter, right? And the comment still stands, even if the lock itself is meaningless.
22 entrants already, if my count is correct. Really solid.
Locked. Looking forward to your entry; I really enjoyed Ignis and Aero.
Amusingly I didn't even realize it until you just pointed out the connection.
I originally had it as a secret agent, but I changed it.
Locked. If you win? Lol. Have you seen your competition?
Of course Sherb or MHD are the most likely to win, but that's not to say that at least 70% of the other entrants can't write a better storygame than specifically you. You're talking a lot of smack for someone who only recently learned how to type a whole forum post without any misspellings.
I think it would've been a better idea to set your goal at top five or top ten; still by no means any guarantee that Mizal would go for the idea, but a higher chance you'd achieve it if she did. To each their own, though. Best of luck in your endeavors.
"Same with you and 90% of the people here."
Ace I seem to remember Fresh taking 2nd place in the second prompt contest and also taking fourth in the Summer Synergy contest.
Shh let him just be completely unaware of what he's saying. He'll find out he's wrong soon enough
Aw, I can just sit back and have people defend me rather than doing anything myself. This is great
Honestly it's mainly the guy that's saying it and what he's saying that's an issue.
I like people complimenting me even though I haven't written anything of note in the past year or won a contest lol.
But in general, people turn in pretty good stuff in Endmaster's contests and seem to slack off more when Corgi or someone else organizes them, perhaps because they want to terrorize Endmaster by making him read several 100k words stories.
Mainly cause Corgi's contest wasn't an officially sanctioned one, so for a lot of people it wasn't that big of a deal.
I assume that for this one the winner will at least get a Contest Winner trophy if they haven't yet.
Also Sherb's had a pretty decent turnout. Granted we were being heavily bribed...
Not to mention everybody likes Sherb
Don't glaze the twink
If you win (Lol), the best I can do is ask Mizal, she's the one that lets people in.
Entrants:
RKrallonor (SHAMED)
MiltonManThing (DONE) Three Late Knights
Prithvish96 (SHAMED
Cat2002116 (SHAMED)
Petros (DONE) Of the Struggles Faced Under the Light of a Metal Shrouded Star
Mizal (DONE) KOBOLD KEBABS
Fluxion (DONE) Shadow of a God-King
Anthraxus (DONE) The Backup
benholman44 (DONE) Gay and Depressed: The Snowbunny Society
Suranna (DONE) I Killed a Half Black Man at a Waffle House
CavusRex (Songbird Vagabond) (DONE) Lazarus Cage
goodnight_a (DONE) Rifts
fresh_out_the_oven (DONE) Gaiety and Sorrow
TypewriterCat (SHAMED)
Siyu (SHAMED)
Wildblue (SHAMED)
Darius_Conwright (SHAMED)
Orange (DONE) Lasso of Time
Sherbet (DONE) As Ink
MadHattersDaughter (SHAMED) :(
PerforatedPenguin (SHAMED)
Clayfinger (DONE) Don't Get Distracted!
MrAce321 (DONE) A Bird in a Cage
Mystery Contestant(Mystic) (DONE) White as Bloodstained Snow
Kezmark (SHAMED)
LeoScales7 (SHAMED)
DBNB (SHAMED)
hetero_malk (SHAMED)
poison_mara (SHAMED)
ItzSugar (SHAMED)
WizzyCat (SHAMED)
Papa_John95 (SHAMED)
Fabrikant (DONE) The Laconia
True Paranormal (DONE) Durwood Mansion
mazdark (SHAMED)
Soy_No_More (SHAMED)
Vail (SHAMED)
LamarisDiamondEye (SHAMED)
Dour (SHAMED)
Xanax (SHAMED)
Secret Contestant(also Mystic) (DONE) These Shackled Souls
FoolishSparrow (SHAMED)
Marte (SHAMED)
born2die (SHAMED)
kidred (SHAMED)
DAVID_CT (SHAMED)
Silver_Eyes (SHAMED)
ThatIndianGuy (SHAMED) (LOL)
peachcobbler (SHAMED)
AttilaTheGun (SHAMED)
50 PROMPTS TAKEN NO PROMPTS REMAIN
PUBLISHED STORIES: 18/50 (36%)
SHAMED: 32 (64%)
Finally someone that's not End made the list. He must be so proud.
Goddamn, just rediscovered the site yesterday after so many years and found points taken away by the CYS IRS lmao
Remembered how much I missed these stories. Sign me up for Prompt 29. If I complete a story, I'd love to get my lost points back and maybe a bit more.
Ok. Perhaps I should try being productive this year. I recognized several of these that were mine and had me in the shame pit in the past. For penance, I will take 26.
26) A story about being the leader of a post apocalyptic gang.
I want travelling merchant!
Locked!
That's really cool!
Thank you! :D
Well 30 entrants so far. A respectable amount really if every one of them turns something in of substance.
40.
38?
No. Though nice try on Yummy's part.
Oh yeah, Yummy is deep in shame
Even though someone might be buried in shame, if they unofficially wrote a qualifying storygame on a give prompt, would that perhaps help them lessen their depth? They shouldn't get to lock up a prompt but if they showed they did the work, you know.
Well if Yummy wants to get out of the 9th level of SHAME he can do what Suranna did and risk getting banned. The problem with this, is Yummy's not really enough on my radar to get any potential joy out of actually banning him or even "keeping him around" to torment regularly (Like Suranna), so I might just ignore the offer.
Of course the other option is he doesn't get out for this contest, but someone like Mizal can pull him out of the SHAME pit for the future as part of their "bet" (And yes, Mizal can change Derp to Yummy if she wants because as far as I'm concerned they're both equally flakey)
I mean the majority of people in the triple shame layer and below are either retards, people banned for being too retarded, mostly inactive these days, Mizal, Sent, or Malk. You gotta keep the completely useless and rotted corpses somewhere and the VIPs just have the job of making sure they're still dead by poking them every once in a while.
So just curious here: what exactly HAPPENS in Detroit? You guys aren't banned or prohibited from entering future contests, so what's the penalty?
Realistically, nothing.
Symbolically, they're in DETROIT which is punishment enough.
Casting my official bid to drag Yummy one level up out of the Pit myself
Alright.
And Derp is also only getting dragged out one level as well.
I'll take 7
Locked. Man, this new year is bringing everyone back
I'll take 32!
Lock
1 month down, 2 more to go.
Late ask, but could I swipe prompt #15?
Sounds good! I didn't know about the lock-in, so thanks for the clarification. I guess I have to get busy writing then! :)
Okay, great! This site seems to tackle spam and low-quality content really well, so that all sounds good. I've made one fully complete CYOA in the past, as well as many half-baked ones, and they're definitely a unique kind of challenge. Making them linear is a waste of potential, in my opinion. I'll take inspiration from stories on this site and the stuff I used to read, like Goosebumps, but hopefully with a bit more detail and personality.
I'll go check out the workshop corner and get back to you once I've planned out the story a little. Thanks for the tips!
I admire your courage. Get to it and keep at it! We'll be glad to read what you submit for the contest :)
Thanks! I'll try to be as active as possible in the forums to see what other people are cooking up. :)
Absolutely! I love The Boys, although I felt like it was a dragging a bit by season 4. Homelander and a couple guys from The Watchmen were the first ideas that sprang to mind, but I'm probably going to take it in a more comedic direction. Is there anything that's strictly off-limits for this prompt (judging by the choice of words in the original post, I'm assuming we're a little lenient)?
I can't hate season 4 of The Boys though. The plot line is crazy and I predicted Sister Sage to be a disaster right from the start (writing geniuses is hard enough; how do you write the "smartest person alive"?), but I loved the cast. I'm still a huge Supernatural fan.
Yes, Rorschach is a great example! I was also just recommending Scrubs to a friend, and I didn't realize until now how much I enjoy stubborn dickhead/asshole characters. This should be fun to write. And thank goodness it's a challenge, because otherwise my procrastination might catch up with me.
I'll take number one, please!
Secret Contestant has taken prompt 25.
CONTEST DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO MAY 1ST 2025 11:59 PM (EST)
Who says the Dark Lord isn't merciful?
On the one hand, thank you for the extension.
On the other, remember what happened the last time a mod got you to extend the deadline on a prompt contest?
Prompt contest two, EndMaster gave out three extensions at either Thara or Mizal's behest (not sure which) only for her to end up getting banned to Detroit.
https://chooseyourstory.com/forums/news-and-updates/message/29458
Usually Thara asked for the extensions.
I'll take a number 24.
Lol I remember when that happened to me. I wanted some clarification about the prompt before I agreed to participate, and got roped in. Probably got shamed.
Can i take 50?
Honestly I'd really like to see what someone would do with that prompt.
If I can still enter this late, I'd like to take 41.
Much appreciated. Likely I will not sleep.
I was going to make a cult up, less research for the limited time and more creative ideas for my rushing brain! Already been thinking about participating, so I have a pretty decent idea of plot and characters.
Could you include a link to the story? (Is it just the one on Ogre11's profile called 'The Cult?')
Haha yep. Thanks!
Is there any way I can make a 20 point bet after entering? I really want exactly 1111 points.
Points? What points? You would need to bet way more than 20 to get to that number.
... Or 111 points, I guess. Sorry, Larimar. Didn't mean it.
Or whoever did that. Sorry to you too.
Fair enough. I got a bit point-crazy, I apologize.
2 prompts left and a month to actually work on your stories!
Or not. That's fine too.
And locked. Last one.
Well looks like all 50 got taken, let's see if we even get half of those submitted and passable to stay up!
You'd be the only one to have a story with a centaur protagonist so unless you really fuck this up, you can't possibly lose this secondary objective.
I know Prophecy by Steve has centaurs in it. But true, there are no centaur protagonist stories.
So should get like 8 this time around.
Hey, so my prompt for the contest is "A story involving an underground society."
If a bunch of gay guys led by the resident black guy live in a homophobic, racist small town and are meeting up in secret for group stuff, calling themselves "The Snowbunny Society" that counts right?
Just don't wanna write the next Gay and Depressed entry for this contest only to get disqualified on a technicality.
Mmm. To be fair, gay guys do refer to themselves as "queens" despite it being a feminine term. So not exactly out of the realm of possibility that they're referred to as a feminine nickname.
Although I guess I could lampshade this, as well.
There will be depression.
Pfft. I'm in there right now. If I can still find a way to scream into the abyss and make myself heard, I'm sure you'll manage :)
So a underground society is usually defined as a group of people whose members keep their activities secret due to legal or societal opposition.
Yeah, my story counts.
Alright sounds good. I'll make a note.
Yeah I'll ban all of them, but you also said you have to beat ALL of them for that to happen.
I'm going to say right now those odds aren't good.
Granted I expect some on that list to flake, but there's at least a few on there that will turn something in and given what they've turned in before, I don't see it going well for you, but I guess we'll see.
Dunning-Kruger Effect
:(
That stipulates that there's even the most minute chance he'll win. There's not.
I don't remember you asking any of the other people involved in this for their permission.
Oh, you should tag End, just so he can jump in and remind everyone of the stakes.
You sound like a faggot
You sound like a whiny faggot
How dare you accuse me of cowardly covering up my presence on this site? I challenge you to a game of hide-and-seek (to t*e death!) to determine once and for all which one of us has more honor.
You said t*e word! It's over.
Shhh! Don't tell anyone!
I'm gonna have no choice but to ban whoever says that word, to save my own hide.
You know, "there" without "re". "Weather" without "wear". "Southern" without "sourn". "Poikilothermic" without "poikilormic"
Oh, screw all that pomp and decorum. If ThatIndianGay is within five places of me, ban me. I assume at least five people will submit stories, and there's no way he's beating any actual entry. The chances of him even submitting anything himself are hovering around the 50% mark, since he has yet to write literally anything.
For someone who values the length of his "short" "story" (both in quotes because each descriptor is equally questionable) as much as he does, Tig sure gives zero shits about the length of his story right now (0) compared to everyone he's challenging.
Also, idiot, next time (assuming you make another account after losing this one in the lamest show of toxic masculinity I've ever seen) issue your challenge to me instead of going to my father for his permission. I'm a big girl, I can take care of myself :(
Oh— I mean, I'm so worried!
Okay but getting offended by RKrallonor and Goodnight_a is just saying you're a pussy. 0% shot at winning. Fresh is probably going to submit a 5 or a 6 anyway.
There should be a 'mentally stable' test when you sign up
I would fail but hey it might keep people like TIG out too so pros and cons.
See this is what really pisses me off. Sure, DBNB likes to call people a fag and is generally just rude, but everyone agrees that's how DBNB wants to be, so we don't take it as more than what it is; a joke. Every other person was offering just constructive, genuine criticism until you had to go and be a whiny baby about it. Should have laughed at DBNB, took the advice, made a better story, and moved on. Now, you're showing what an absolute imbecile you are in front of people who are better writers than you could ever aspire to be, and I don't give a shit that you think they're ruining your 'passion.' Big talk for someone whose profile is probably AI and can't write with proper grammar. Learn to tzke it like the rest of us and grow a damn pair.
That's all I have to say.
Well, for now, until he says another fucktard thing that makes me even more pissed.
@Mizal @EndMaster please ban this faggot if he posts in the meantime!
Posting a story isn't the problem. It's acting like a meth addicted piss baby because you got some mild criticism for your story. Which I read like twelve words of before I decided it was more conducive to my life to go shit out in the yard instead.
The fuck you think this is, Choice of Games? People don't have to read your stories, and they're allowed to criticize the parts they didn't like. That's not bullying, that's an honest review.
Bullying newcomers is kind of the culture around here if they come across as presumptuous, arrogant, or take criticism too personally. I have definitely seen this dance many times since I've been here (not accusing you, just stating what I've seen). Then again, the fact that in two weeks since you've arrived you already know the culture of people betting their accounts frivolously, it makes me wonder if you truly are a newcomer, which would mean you already ought to expect this. But perhaps you're from another site with similar types of wagers, or you happened upon a post where someone foolishly bet their account.
So, I'm not making a judgment either way. I'm neither rooting for nor against you. Just offering an explanation, since you asked the question.
You're the one who went up to a wall and complained when some of the bricks didn't dislodge themselves to help you climb over it. We're a group. You can't attack the members of the group, directly trying to get active members kicked from the site for "being mean" (read: giving you feedback that you didn't particularly like) and expect other members to take your side. Nobody knows you. We do know each other.
Also lol, you of all people saying "You shouldn't be so overconfident when the race has just begun." That is the most hypocritical thing I think I've ever seen said without a hint of sarcasm. I'll also remind you that the race has been going on three and a half months now; you joined late.
You have a problem with everyone who interacts with you, whether they meant harm or not. Except Sent, for some reason, though he was actually insulting you.
"Yes I saw that" yeah she posted a link to the video in a thread that you made. It wasn't exactly hidden. Great job.
A plot twist could be Mizal just bans me before I can ban her (or anyone) making this whole situation even more hilarious.
Unfortunately, I think I'm going to have to drop out of this one; won't be able to make the deadline. Apologies to everyone for taking up a prompt, and hyped to see what you guys come up with! Best of luck to everyone.
I took on a lot of IRL responsibility and I just won't be finished in time. Unfortunately, I have to drop out for the first time ever.
I do hope to publish what I do have at some point.
But this should make it easier for a few of you to win now ;~)
I'm a huge fan of hers, but absolutely fucking not. She's submitted some great entries on previous contests (Polaris, Basement Rats, Eros), and will be able to pull herself out of Detroit the next time she enters a concert.
Don't you live there full time?
In today's housing market? What a steal! Might move down there myself.
Darn. Guess I'll just keep paying my 3,000 dollars a month for a 1 bedroom apartment in the middle of buttfuck nowhere
Where's the ritual for that one? Low cost housing and power seems fair market value for my soul lol
Okay I laughed at this one
No! Yes! Idk!
Finished my entry!
Gay and Depressed: The Snowbunny Society
I had to make up for getting shamed in the Gaybellion
And Ben is the first contestant that has submitted a story. In the Gay and Depressed series no less.
Great start guys.
I'm pretty sure I was the first or second to submit last year too. You submitted G&D in the second prompt contest.
Yeppers. First two prompt contests were two years ago. You were the runner up in the second. I didn't enter one of EndMaster's prompt contests until his third last year in '24.
I hope the end of this contest is just as amusing for me.
By the way, for those of us who bet points and completed our stipulations, do we get our points at the end of the contest?
Yeah all the bet stuff gets settled after the contest is over.
Except for TIG's bet since I have to actually read the stories to see if he beat the chicken soup out of everyone he claimed he was going to beat.
Unless he gets SHAMED.
Contest Entrants Who Haven't Been Seen in Over a Month
Prithvish96
Wildblue
Kezmark
Darius_Conwright
LeoScales7
ItzSugar
Papa_John95
Vail
Other than Darius who MIGHT be working on something offsite and just going to upload it at the last minute, I fully expect all of those to flake. Wildblue especially has a habit of joining these and then flaking.
With the exception of Darius, I didn't expect any of these to submit something in the first place.
There are exceptions to this (Fabrikant) but for the most part noobs who just pop up out of nowhere, enter, and then disappear tend to not turn in shit.
And I hate to be a part of that category, but joining the contest with a month left was easily not the smartest move on my part, and I hope to publish the story later, when it's done. I accept being thrown into the pit of SHAME and I'll crawl my way out soon.
Just as expected.
Oh by the way, the SHAME Pit will probably be undergoing some restructuring.
Don't worry though, this probably won't affect some of you.
Yeah I'm done.
Oh and fuck you, TIG. And Ace for saying I'd turn in some 10k shitpile or something like that.
It's gonna be funnier if he ends up SHAMED.
Yes, I noticed the quotation marks being different and it did bother me but I decided not to try and change them before the contest deadline, as it's a small thing that would take a massive amount of time. But I will be changing them afterward.
I'm glad you liked it! Thank you so much for reading.
Done.
I need to sleep.
Ooh, comedy. Looking forward to reading it.
I can relate to that first point
The humour was definitely more low-key, but I actually liked that. If it had leaned too heavily into bold or over-the-top jokes, I think it would’ve lost some of its charm. When comedy becomes too loud, it starts to feel like a meme story, while that can be fun, it’s also harder to take those sorts of stories as seriously or to genuinely connect with them.
Next prompt contest, there's going to be some changes made.
Changes made to contests in general.
How suspenseful
Speaking of which, Ace. How's your entry going?
"I'll probably submit some 10k slop, like you and 90% of the people here."
I may have flunked this contest, true. But considering this is the first contest in three years you've managed to submit a valid entry for, and the last one you submitted placed pretty low, I don't think you're the one to suddenly be shooting your mouth off.
Congratulations on finally managing competency, I suppose.
I asked you how your entry was doing. You asked me a direct question about why I would think you were submitting an entry, and I responded with a direct quote from you about how you'd probably be submitting something. Where was the taunting?
Today is the deadline day and the new pit has been built.
What did YOU do?
Hope you didn't spend all your time just fucking around. Lol
Three Late Knights
Definitely going to work on this more after the contest.
21) A story where you travel back in time to set wrong what once went right.
Lasso of Time
https://chooseyourstory.com/story/lasso-of-time
Thank you, I always forget how to do it lol
Thank you, you too. I haven't finished yours yet but I started it and it's really good!
My entry: Rifts
My entry: https://chooseyourstory.com/story/durwood-mansion
Lmao thanks, it's been a while
A Bird in a Cage
My initial storygame expanded out of control, so here's a very short one. https://chooseyourstory.com/story/white-as-bloodstained-snow
Unfortunately, due to multiple factors (including starting my new job this week), I was unable to complete my entry. I tried, but did not succeed.
The next contest I enter, I will definitely submit something.
Here's the storygame that expanded out of control: https://chooseyourstory.com/story/these-shackled-souls Edit: Yep, I'm both the mystery and secret contestant
Thank you! I really like your story's design, it's very impressive. And congrats on the 126k story!
As usual last second. Shadow of a God-King
And that's time.
And the rest of you are SHAMED!
Congratulations on everyone who submitted a valid entry, therefore managing to technically beat MHD, Malk, and Darius.
Agreed lol. You know when RK says something negative about someone, they REALLY fucked up.
He shall be missed by no one.
I wonder if he'll ever make an alt?
Oh what the hell.
I'm only late because I didn't realize there was a page minimum.
link
Glad I read some of these before the deadline.
Anyway, results probably going to be until next week some time so go do some side quests, romance your waifu or something in the meantime.
Reposting because the list of fresh is so far up ...
(2) Mystic_Warrior, White as Bloodstained Snow [10,974] (5) CavusRex, Lazarus Cage [4,252] (7) TrueParanormal, Durwood Mansion [32,532] (9) fresh_out_the_oven, Gaiety and Sorrow [102,080] (11) Fabrikant, The Laconia Incident [57,647] (16) Suranna, I Klled a half Black Man... [1,550] (17) Petros, Of the struggles faced... [8,092] (18) goodnight_a, Rifts [3,416] (20) fluxion, Shadow of a God-King [126,673] (21) Orange, Lasso of Time [41,146] (25) Mystic_Warrior, These Shackled Souls [113,283] (27) Anthraxus, The Backup [5,700] (28) benholman44, GnD: The Snowbunny Society [5,134] (37) MiltonManThing, Three Late Knights [12,958] (39) MrAce321, Bird in a Cage [11,165] (42) Sherbet, As Ink [111,262] (46) Mizal, Kobald Kebabs[13,338] (47) Clayfinger, Don't get distracted! [8,643]
Seeing so many high quality stories published at the same time makes me so happy. Can't wait to read many of these. No doubt it will take my slow ass two months though.
Okay Suranna's lucky that I'm now more tolerant of some of her antics, because she should be going into double SHAME with what she turned in.
As it stands, I'm just disqualifying this and she's staying in the first level of the pit.
4 stories to go.
You faggots wrote too much.
Well a little early, but seeing he's been participating in contests here for awhile and didn't bomb out on this one, along with writing up some decent comments on stories, Cavus Rex now has CYStian citizenship like Gower, Mara, Iris, and...I think that's it.
So no need to deport back to CoG.
@CavusRex Speech, speech!
Fabrikant might be amused to know I got the "climatic" ending first. Didn't actually think that choice would go that far lol.
Then got some of the bad endings and secret endings.
Might be done with these sometime during Monday. Maybe Wednesday at the latest.
One more story to go.
Fuck yeah, read through Flux's entire story with no deaths/bad ends first try around.
I assume I got the best ending, so now I never have to read it ever again!
Anyway that's it, I'll have to think on this a bit who actually won this thing. Probably the closest contest we've actually had.
Stay tuned!
17. Suranna's was disqualified.
Really good stuff everyone. And for those of you who haven't read many of them, I encourage you to at least read through the top five. They're all really good.
EDIT: to make it easy, I'll repost the list in Endmaster's order (Rifts is gone now):
benholman44, Gay and Depressed: The Snowbunny Society
CavusRex, Lazarus Cage
Anthraxus, The Backup
MiltonManThing, Three Late Knights
TrueParanormal, Durwood Mansion
Clayfinger, Don't get distracted!
MrAce321, Bird in a Cage
Mystic_Warrior, White as Bloodstained Snow
Fabrikant, The Laconia Incident
Mizal, Kobald Kobold Kebabs
Petros,Of the Struggles Faced Under the Light of a Metal Shrouded Sta
Orange, Lasso of Time
fresh_out_the_oven, Gaiety and Sorrow
Sherbet, As Ink
Mystic_Warrior, These Shackled Souls
Fluxion, Shadow of a God-King
Some of these are really long, so just use the save button and stop after a few pages.
