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Questions about a storygame? Thoughts on Eternal? Any other IF you're playing out there?

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18 years ago

Hi fellow Choose-Your-Story'ers! Hope you all had a great Christmas!

I saw other people have been mentioning when their games come out, so I thought I'd do some free advertising of my own, if any sci-fi fans wanted to have a look at it :)

It's called ULYSSES: Episode One. I thought I'd write a few story-games following the crew of a starship in a universe sort of like star trek (for any sci-fi fans out there). If you like it, fantastic! If you don't like it, leave comments anyway, so I can hear what you don't like about it, and make my next stories better next time! I promise not to flame you :)

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18 years ago
Good storygame. Possibly the best on the site. Scrap that, the best on the site.

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18 years ago

I haven't read all the stories on the site yet, so I cannot call it the best, but it is great science-fiction.  I recommend it to anyone on the website, not merely sci-fi fanatics.  In fact, why not read right now?

 

ULYSSES: Episode One

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18 years ago

I think it's awesome.  Two most likley winners of 2006 Make-A-Story contest:

The Tower and,

This story.

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18 years ago
Theres always another story to get in my way eh! Good job tsmpaul.

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18 years ago
lol, thanks JJJ !

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18 years ago
Tsmpaul, you are a maniac! Strong, strong work.

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18 years ago
I just read my earlier post and realized that, if one did not know exactly what was in my mind at the time, he/she would think that I actually believe myself to important!  I wasn't trying to recommend this story of any kind of authority (because we all know I don't have the tiniest bit of that).  Just trying to say that ULYSSES is... well, excellent.  I hope I haven't given off an air of self-importance, because that, sincerely, was not my intent.  I only meant to say that ULYSSES is far better than any storygame I could hope to write in my dizziest daydreams.  And now I've taken a lot of space saying it. *sigh*  Why can't I ever say anything the right way the first time?!

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18 years ago
You did, Sir_Lancegalawain. I knew that's exactly what you meant, and didn't think otherwise. You're another articulate, intelligent, writer on the site and can say whatever you want.  Ha! That's sounds all warm and fuzzy. Die!

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Back to Ulysses:  can anyone really put a finger, so to speak, on what makes it (the first "episode" anyway) so great?  When I read it, it was more of a... subconscious realization; you know, something in my mind just said, "Man, this story is great!"  I feel the same way about many other works, too, but ULYSSES, as far as writing goes, is quite possibly the most--what's the word? Enlightening?--of anything on this website!!  I don't like how those exclamation points make my statements look!  The English language should have two types of notation for exclamation, I think.

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18 years ago
And now I forgot to thank you for that!  (Not for exclaiming my apparent belonging in the afterlife, but for what was before that.)

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18 years ago

what makes ulysses so great? well, im sure there are multiple reasons that cant be figured out. however, lets look at some simple things first.

first, anyone can write a story. however, only a few people have the ability to write an engaging story.

second, anyone can "flower" up a story. meaning, adding flavor text. most tend to either way over, or way under do this. however, a select few writers know how to add just what is needed for both information and experience.

ulysses does both of those things masterfully.

just my very tired thoughts at the moment.

nate

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18 years ago
Too true, but I'm referring to something beyond that.

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18 years ago

Thanks... I feel like I should be paying you guys an advertising fee, lol! I'm glad you liked it!

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18 years ago
The fact, tsmpaul, is that your story is a product of such excellence that it needs no advertising.