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A CoG mod actually taking a mildly different stance on the traditionally restrictive company line over there.

https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/are-games-inherently-trivializing/23481

Well, what do you think? Do you think everything is just a game and you're more in it for the entertainment value? Are you actually playing any of these storygames in the hope of greater enlightenment? Do you think some of us are active agents of making the world a worse place by writing about terrible things? (I sure hope so)

Remember, this is CYStia and there's no flagging of posts here, so you're free to be as insulting as you want!

wonder if anyone over there is aware of how much we mock their posts here.

Actually I'm not really mocking this topic since it actually displays some free thought for once.

Bucky just made some good points over there, but hey I may be biased. Lol.

He actually managed to garner my first post over there. Tabooing a topic solely out of fear of public backlash is very sad. There are many reasons why you shouldn't write a story, but that isn't one of them.

Yeah I just posted my thoughts on the topic as well. 

Well End, I must say, I have seen many of your stories, and not to be rude, but their Sick! Aside from that, I love your stories, and this may not have anything to do with COG, but COG just happens to be a little less sick then we are as a whole community, so them writing about stuff like this is not usual. I think they are getting the spirit of Choose your own Adventure games, well, at least the ones written by you.

Whoo! And the thread is LOCKED!

Since they might not reopen it, might as well tally up the final score. (It was basically just me and Bucky competing)

EndMaster: 3 posts. 18 likes total.

Bucky: 2 posts. 16 likes total.

Despite being up by 2, I'm calling it a tie. One of my posts didn't get any likes and Bucky was sentimental enough to like my 2 of my posts. (I of course felt no such weakness to like him return, but I appreciate the support!)

Bucky managed to score an impressive 14 likes on his first post. Great success!

While my third post didn't get any likes, it strangely caused someone to compare my views and one of the CoG founder's views as almost the same on an issue. Pretty sure he wasn't pleased about that so I got called a dick indirectly by him. Lol.

All in all, it was actually one of the better conversations over there in a very long time, until it as usual degenerated into people flailing and locking everything.

EDIT: Oh cool, looks like one of the mods re-opened it.