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End Master's Edutainment Contest

2 months ago

              END MASTER'S EDUTAINMENT CONTEST

                    

Deadline 11:59 PM (EST) December 1st, 2025

Reward: Your dumb ass might learn something.

Alright, one more contest before the year’s up.

So it’s come to the most unfortunate attention to a lot of us on here, how fucking stupid this newer generation of CYStians finding the site are. Like I’m surprised they can even remember to breathe level of window licker. It doesn’t bode well for the future if things stay this way or as the old departed admin JJJ would say "It's not a good look."

Anyway we here at CYS have always encouraged and tried our best to guide the youth that find this blessed site to not only shun faggotry in all its unholy forms, but also to not be such a goddamn fucktard while doing it.

And that’s why we’re going to have an Edutainment story contest in the hopes of raising the IQ level of the youth. Hey better they learn about shit on here, because they apparently aren’t learning shit in school. Also it’s a good way to start CYS indoctrination as soon as possible.

So pick some topic and make a story that’s educational AND entertaining since that’s the whole fucking point. I know history is probably the most common choice for something like this, but it doesn’t need to be. You could pick any field and make an educational story out of it.

Also this is an opportunity for the more “Good Samaritan” of you bunch to try to pull out one of the slugs in the lowest level of the SHAME pit so they can participate in next year’s Prompt Contest (Which they’ll probably flake on anyway) Remember too, that if YOU’RE currently in the upper levels of the SHAME pit, you’ll need to pay points to join the contest in the first place.

And as usual post in this thread if you’re joining and when you finish your story (Yeah right) post the link to it here.

I think that’s about it unless something else comes up. Good Luck!

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2 months ago
I'm in!

I'm in the first level of shame, so I'll pay the 50 point shame fee for entry please!

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2 months ago

Locked

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2 months ago
Question: Can I pull someone out of the Pit of Shame if I myself am in the upper level of SHAME? If so, I'd really like to try to pull Chris out. I'd like to add that if it is possible.

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2 months ago

Yeah okay

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2 months ago
Fresh had intended to rescue him, then she met someone else. :(

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2 months ago

I did promise myself I wouldn't join a contest until I finished at least two story games. But fuck it, when have I ever been good at following through on that?

 I want in. And to give myself that extra boost, I'd like to raise At_Your_Throat out of the lowest circle of SHAME if I submit a valid entry.

Also, any way I can bet fifty points? I'll even go as far as to say that a "valid entry" has to meet site requirements. Since the whole "Snowbunny" thing.

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2 months ago

Yeah 50 point bet is fine. Locked.

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2 months ago
Something about this post seems especially gay

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2 months ago

Sign me up

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2 months ago
Vanishes four months, instantly materializes for contest.

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2 months ago

And I'd do it again.

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2 months ago
I was supposed to finish writing something else, but an opportunity to join a random contest that requires writing a story in a category I don't have a quarter of an idea where to begin with? Sign me up.

As much as I admire those of you willing to help others, I'm not going to bother because I don't particularly give a shit about anyone currently in need of rescuing.

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2 months ago

Locked in

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2 months ago

I likely won't win but I want to try. I haven't given a shot at edutainment before but did a pretty good edutainment slideshow as a presentation before.

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2 months ago
Locked

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2 months ago
Screw it. I'm in.

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2 months ago
Locked.

Also isn't Mizal in because she posted in the thread?

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2 months ago
Only replies to the original thread are usually counted as applications, unless someone in power decides otherwise. At least I think that's how it works, this is End's contest so he might as well sign in someone who hasn't been online in a month to shame them for the lols and people wouldn't bat an eye.

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2 months ago
Ah. Makes sense. Thanks for the explanation!

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2 months ago
Also, she can edit posts and split threads, so you can really only lock down plebs

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2 months ago

Contest Participants so far

RKrallonor (Pulling Chris out of the bottom level of SHAME)

Benholman44 (Pulling AYT out of the bottom level of SHAME and 50 point bet)

Orange

CavusRex

V_V

Liminal

Cat2002116 (Pulling Maz out of the bottom level of the SHAME pit)

Petros (Pulling Ebon out of the bottom level of the SHAME pit for some fool reason)

Will11 (Pulling Shadowdrake out of the bottom level of the SHAME pit)

Blister1

Wildblue (Pulling jster02 out of the bottom level of the SHAME pit)

AttilaTheGun

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2 months ago

You know what? I'm in. I could do with something that's a little less ambitious than my current project.

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2 months ago
lol, procrastination entry. Classic

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2 months ago
I will write to save Ebon!

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2 months ago

Locked

And Ebon is a worthless good for nothing, not worth saving. Your choice though.

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2 months ago
I'm aware. I want him to be able to log in three years from now and flake in a contest though

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2 months ago

I feel like I should also offer to pull someone up to a higher level in the pit, but I'm actually not sure who would then go on to make use of that chance.

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2 months ago
Absolutely none of them, it's a bone pile.

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2 months ago

Arguably there's a few in there that could be saved since they're semi-active still.

Though Cat saving Maz might be the most amusing seeing as it would be a Brit rescuing a Frenchy.

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2 months ago

I'm willing to try to drag Maz out. (And, hopefully, if I succeed, the second chance will not be wasted)

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2 months ago
An Edutainment Contest you say? Well - do bears defecate in the woods - of course I'm in and it's great to see this genre getting it's own competition :D I don't think I know anyone in the Pit of Shame but if anybody wants help and can make a convincing case I might be persuaded to lend a hand :)

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2 months ago

I thought of you the second I saw the theme for the contest. 

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2 months ago

same

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2 months ago
The King of Edutainment is officially back! I'm really excited to see Will's story, and I'm also a little bit intimidated, because now we're facing off against the guy who has literally half of the featured spots in the category all by himself.

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2 months ago
Think of this contest as a good opportunity to take away all those features from Will instead. Now that'd be something that will probably never happen

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2 months ago

Okay so here’s a list of the third level of SHAME folks (Not including those already getting the save attempt) who I know of that are semi-active/may be important enough to save if anyone wants to bother.

DarkSpawn
Shadowdrake27
SpartacustheGreat
TheCanary
TheChef

And honestly out of those 5 only Shadow has written a bunch of stories so he’s the most likely to actually do something with his freedom. The rest are mainly listed there out of favoritism (A grand CYStian tradition)

There’s of course way more losers in that pit. Some even still active, but you’ll have to go through it yourself or in the unlikely event that one of them sees the thread and wants to plead their pathetic worth, they’re free to do so.

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2 months ago
Thanks End, this is really useful :) Ok, I'll pull Shadowdrake up a level because he contributed a bit to the Reading Competition in its first month. And thanks guys, when I saw this I knew I must join. It wasn't a choice, it is my destiny to keep producing Entertainment stories at a rate of 1-2 a year until I fill the site or Mizal Bezros me in atoms (Bezro is a verb now meaning to destroy someone utterly).

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2 months ago

Is bezro an actual verb or something people say on this site

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2 months ago
Bezro is a member whose exploits turned his name into a verb so... both I suppose

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2 months ago

k. ty.

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2 months ago
I would like to join. I know mine won't be the best, but I like the ability to participate in competitive contests. Who knows, I might learn something. Can't say it will be the most educational, but I will do my best to make it entertaining with an educational twist here and there.

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2 months ago

Well, now you can't change your mind because I replied to you :)

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2 months ago
Fine be me, I have already started on it anyways :P

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2 months ago
I was going to avoid any more contests until I had more control over my schedule, but screw it, put me in. Bevause every time I come to this site I see someone so stupid I want to KILL THEM. It's worth risking the dreaded triple shame to support this noble cause.

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2 months ago

Locked

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2 months ago
I have a request: I'd like to use the title Beginnings, but I see it's taken. It has almost no content though and the author hasn't logged on in ten years, so would the mods be willing to let me have that one?

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2 months ago

Yeah hold on.

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2 months ago
Thank you!

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2 months ago

Should be available now.

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2 months ago
Thanks, and I'll also try to rescue @jster02 since he appears to be active and a decent writer.

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2 months ago
Take however many points I owe from the second level obviously. And locked.

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2 months ago
Sign me up.

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2 months ago
Will we be learning about guns????

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2 months ago
Not in this one

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2 months ago

I'm a humongous faggot.

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Contest Participants so far

AttilaTheGun

V_V (Avo) (Pulling The Canary out of the bottom level of SHAME)

beefhotpot

Benholman44 (Pulling AYT out of the bottom level of SHAME and 50 point bet)

Cat2002116 (Pulling Maz out of the bottom level of the SHAME pit)

CavusRex

Liminal (17 point bet)

Mystic_Warrior (Pulling TheChef out of the bottom level of the SHAME pit)

Orange

Petros (Pulling Ebon out of the bottom level of the SHAME pit for some fool reason)

RKrallonor (Pulling Chris out of the bottom level of SHAME)

Wildblue (Pulling jster02 out of the bottom level of the SHAME pit)

Will11 (Pulling Shadowdrake out of the bottom level of the SHAME pit) DONE

Blister1 (BANNED in his SHAME)

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2 months ago
Can I bet 17 points that I'll submit a decent entry to give myself a bit of extra motivation? 17 is my favorite number, that's why it's overly specific lol.

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2 months ago

Yeah I'll just deduct the bet now

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2 months ago
Thanks!

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2 months ago

I just love how it says "(Pulling The Canary out of the bottom level of SHAME" and there's no ) at the end.

EDIT: Never mind. I see you fixed that.

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2 months ago

I hope no one minds, but was wondering if there was anyone in SHAME worth pulling up. I had shadowdrake in mind, but someone's already got him.

EDIT: I looked around, I'd like to pull up TheCanary.

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2 months ago

Added

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one month ago
Is it possible to pull a Mod out of DETROIT? If so I'd like to pull up MHD. She does too much for the community to be in that horrible place. Otherwise, well, who cares about being a good Samaritan if there's no one worth saving?

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one month ago

Mods gotta pull themselves out.

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one month ago
Liminal, the good news is that for the mods, Detroit is more symbolic for them. They don't get actual tangible punishments of being in shame. But I guess simply being in Detroit is punishment enough. So you don't have to worry about springing MHD, she'll break out on her own!

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one month ago
This will be my first story game but I'd like to participate!

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one month ago

Locked

End Master's Edutainment Contest

29 days ago

scratch that

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29 days ago

Now that you all have had enough of a head start, I'll officially join the contest.

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29 days ago

Locking myself in.

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29 days ago

...this late?

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29 days ago
Awesome :D 15 days, 100,000 words, Go! :)

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23 days ago

Just realized I never officially mentioned here that I'll be pulling TheChef out of the Pit of Shame.

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14 days ago

Contest Participants so far

AttilaTheGun SHAMED

V_V (Avo) (Pulling The Canary out of the bottom level of SHAME) DONE

beefhotpot SHAMED

Benholman44 (Pulling AYT out of the bottom level of SHAME and 50 point bet) SHAMED

Cat2002116 (Pulling Maz out of the bottom level of the SHAME pit) DONE

CavusRex SHAMED

Liminal (17 point bet) DONE

Mystic_Warrior (Pulling TheChef out of the bottom level of the SHAME pit) DONE

Orange DONE

Petros (Pulling Ebon out of the bottom level of the SHAME pit for some fool reason) SHAMED

RKrallonor (Pulling Chris out of the bottom level of SHAME) SHAMED

Wildblue (Pulling jster02 out of the bottom level of the SHAME pit) DONE

Will11 (Pulling Shadowdrake out of the bottom level of the SHAME pit) DONE

Blister1 (BANNED in his SHAME)

End Master's Edutainment Contest

14 days ago

Thank heavens the deadline is December first I'm swamped this weekend 🥹

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14 days ago

We're nearly out of time ><

I'm so dead...

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14 days ago
Lol :) Don't worry, you have a basically finished story. Make sure you round off all the endings / branches as well as you can then submit it and hope for favourable judgement :D

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13 days ago

Done.

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13 days ago

     Ok! Did the best I can. I don't think it's TOO bad. 

EDIT: I... click on my own story that I've proofread like 20 times and in the first minute of reading I spot two spelling/grammar errors... oh well... I have a school project to work on.

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12 days ago
Yeah, I'm seeing several on the first page, F.

Oh well, still a solid effort and you finished not one but two games in the time so that's an achievement. Although, you tend to get a little more scrutiny on things like that when you put a game up a couple days early this way instead of using the luxury of extra time to proofread more.

The main thing besides what looks like grammar slip ups from rushing is that you really should read Gower's article on dialogue punctuation. (As others pointed out about your Thunderdome entry as well iirc.)

I'd encourage you to go over it all again with fresher eyes after the contest anyway. You've put in enough work it's worth it to not let it fall down on the minor polish issues.

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12 days ago

I have a project to work on... T-T

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12 days ago
I think it's time I officially withdraw from contests, forever.

I did the.classic mistake of waiting till the last week and then being busier that week than expected. I'm also far too invested in my game idea at this point to rush it out in a half assed way, since it deals with world religions I want to do it right and do it respectfully.

2026 will be my year though, just wait.

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12 days ago
I'm pretty much of the opinion no one should ever enter a contest unless they're confident in their ability to write a passable game in between 8pm and midnight EST on the last day.

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12 days ago

Just as well as you're withdrawing forever since you're in the 3rd layer of SHAME now preventing you from joining any again.

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12 days ago

Same with me ^^.. I want to keep it as accurate to the historical event as possible while being respectful and tasteful about it. Rushing through it near the end most definitely won't end well.. I decided to just try my best to crank out at the very least a passable story on a different topic that won't require as much research so I won't be shoved into SHAME...

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12 days ago
You're right, I may be stuck at work but I'm gonna fight till the end! Time to regret everything!

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12 days ago

Fight! You can do this!

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12 days ago
Your game sounds cool Wildblue! If you're including Hinduism in the game, and have any questions about it or want to talk to someone who is Hindu, I'd be happy to chat!

Sorry you withdrew from the contest though, but I get it. Real life comes first. Still, don't give up on the game, we don't have any games that discuss the world religions, so this has the potential to be great!

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12 days ago
Thank you, I may take you up on that! I found someone who could answer a lot of questions about Islam and I already knew enough about Christianity, but I didn't know really anything about Hinduism and Buddhism and it'd be nice to have something better than Wikipedia to go to on those.

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12 days ago
Sounds good! Shoot me a message if you have any specific questions on rites, practices, and what we believe in.

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12 days ago

As the time grows shorter, I'm fairly certain Mystic will turn something in. I've also seen Orange lurking about and she's been submitting a lot of good stories for contests lately.

RK, Rex and Liminal I'm less certain about.

Everyone else I expect to flake.

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12 days ago

Wdym? I already have something in and I'm pretty sure I fall under the category of "Everyone else".

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12 days ago

Obviously I wasn't including everyone who already turned in something I say with annoyance.

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12 days ago
Yeah I'm going to accept my shame instead of submitting something that'll get unpublished as soon as the contest is over since that would make me feel worse than admitting signing up was a mistake on my part.

Good luck everyone. Hopefully I won't see most of you down in the Pit.

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12 days ago
I'm planning on submitting my trashy backup story that will end me up (hopefully) out of shame, because a finished trashy story is better than a half-finished good one. I'm going to give myself an hour or so to edit and post the link here, but rest assured, it'll be unpublished afterwards. Because unlike Cavus, I have no sense of dignity.

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12 days ago

Lol. If it gets unpublished I'll be a contributer, I'm planning on rating and REVIEWING all the entries (except my own) and am about done with Cat's.

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12 days ago

Well. Judge it as harshly as it deserves. https://chooseyourstory.com/story/no-way-out (The clicky link broke the page.)

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12 days ago
I did...something.

https://chooseyourstory.com/story/what-to-boil-first,-the-chicken-or-the-egg~3f

I still think I'll retire from contests, but now more voluntarily.

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11 days ago
Nice to see a 2000 word shitpost that isn't by me for once!

You've got to work on your presentation though. An hour early? Next time try to time it for 11:58.

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11 days ago

Siege of Pemdas Isle

https://chooseyourstory.com/story/siege-of-pemdas-isle

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11 days ago
One month, 90k words, @Will11

Holy fucking shit, Mystic. I aspire to be you when I grow up. I feel like I should be calling you Ma'am or something.

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11 days ago
Will still gets to be smug about turning his in more than a month early and skipping the whole panic and scramble phase.

Bet he didn't expect to have actual competition though.

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11 days ago
That is an incredible amount of writing! To be honest I knew I was in trouble once I learnt that Mystic is in the competition too :D In my defence there was something else I wanted to work on, which I'll publish in a few days, so I kind of wanted to get my competition entry out of the way. I think it's a decent story though and it was fun taking part in a writing contest :) A big thanks to End for putting it all together!

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11 days ago

About 10 minutes left.

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11 days ago

That's time and the rest of you are SHAMED

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11 days ago
Here's the list of those who made it;

Terror of the Sea by Will

Shifter by Avo

Shades of Fear by Cat String of Numbers

No Way Out by Liminal

What to Boil First, the Chicken or the Egg? by Wildblue

Siege of Pemdas by Orange

Constellaris Court by Mystic

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11 days ago
Just finished Mystic's story. Wow! She did a phenomenal job with this one. The 89k words flowed like water!

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11 days ago

I aim to have these all read and EVALUATED by Thursday.

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11 days ago

Oh no... I'm done for T-T

My apparently terrible dialogue punctuation is going to be the end of me. And small errors I missed before it was too late.

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11 days ago
Okay, so who failed at time management? Ben, RK, Cavus, Petros, all the earliest sign ups. Blister banned of course and nobody really had expectations of Attila.

Although RK was apparently only moments away from publishing, and Petros had been close to finishing his before getting forced into work that last night, so maybe we'll see those still.

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11 days ago

     I'm trying to read, rate, and review and the other entries. I've rated Will's but not reviewed it, but I think I'll do that one after school I really don't have too much time left before school right now.

     Honestly, from what wildblue was saying I expected less than I got from her story so I think that's great.

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11 days ago
My personal failure wasn't so much time management as it was stubbornly trying to make an idea work until there was not enough time to pivot into something else.

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9 days ago
@HistoryTeacher
You got here too late!