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I hate being a Warden. I really do. Even when I get to the top, it'll all be so futile, like being king of the dungheap.

But, this is OUR dungheap so we have to make the best of it. I've refined my thinking over the last couple of days, which is why I'd like to extend an invite to stories_unwritten, who shares my goal.

Even though we'll eventually have to resort to viscous backstabbing, for the time being I think we should work together, as the newest and most motivated Wardens, to bring about a new status quo and better way of doing things.

I've done some analysis of the competition and will post my thoughts soon. (TL;DR, there isn't much.)

But for the short version, Chris and SindriV are obviously the old guard with their more than decade old accounts, they've become fat and complacent and need to be toppled. Chris may put up a little bit of a fight, but not much of one, and Sindri is just passively waiting for the end.

Then there's enterpride, Petros, Clayfinger, and Milton, and that's really it as far as the ones that might create a threat.

Petros and Enterpride have my respect for tearing down other Wardens, but in the end there's only room for about two spots of relevance, and I'm willing to share the first and second place with you, SU. We just need to coordinate tossing down the others, so the third spot will be Sindri, we can create a sizable buffer of his bloated corpse against the others.

In the meantime we should use this thread to strategize on the storygames we'll be publishing, track progress, and find a mod to be our patron.

The ones we have to beat:
SindriV - 2011 account, 731 comms, 13 stories, no longer writing
Chris113022 (he's Chris) - 2014 account, 309 comms


And the mostly unimpressive competition, starting from the bottom:

applegirl - 57 comms, Exemplar? Exemplar of what? Bitch hasn't logged in since 2015, irrelevant.

Unforgiven - 57 comms, made 1 post, 1 game in 2020, never returned.

Clayfinger - 58 comms, yeah we know who this guy is. He's low on the list but in the contest. 2024 account, sort of straddling the line of new, perhaps there can be a place for him in the new regime.

MiltonManThing - 60 comms, 2024 account also. 3 games, the longest and highest rated one however should be unpublished by the rules of the site.

Bucky - 2014 account. Seems to have been very active at one point but only 64 comms? Last game written in 2017. Last posts display strong markers for autism.

Agstand - 2016 account, 77 comms. 2 games, last seen 2022. Mediocre.

Morgan_R - Still active, joined 2012, ancient. 81 comms. Only 1 game, rated under 4/8. Last game rated was in 2023. Keep an eye on if they begin to write?

RNDGamer, another Exemplar. From 2019, 1 game, 87 comms. No games rated but their own. Possibly died of Covid.

Tim36D - 2014 account. 88 comms, 1 game. Still active, but last game rated in April 2024.

IronPanther - Another 2014. 99 comms, why not just write a short story to round up? 1 storygame, last game rated in 2017, no activity since 2019.



The top 10, these are the "best" Wardens.

jster02 - 2016 accounts, 2 storygames, 120 comms. Shouldn't everyone be making at least 50 comms a year if they're even somewhat contributing? I don't understand this list. Still active, doing idk what.

readwithjeremy - 164 comms, 1 game. 2022 account, last active 2024. Hates the site, loves chess?

AzBaz - Exemplar. What is an Exemplar? 185 comms since 2017, only 1 game, in 2024 they said they're no longer writing here.

Romulus - since 2011(!), 7 storygames, 186 comms...last activity 2024. Really got to be here ten years or more to look even somewhat capable as my fellow Wardens, wow.

pugpup1 - Exemplar, and everyone past this has weird titles I'm not bothering with. Another ancient from 2011. 4 games, 199 comms, why not round that up, what are you doing? just write a long forum post about anything and Mizal will commend it! Active this December but last game rated in 2022 and last forum post a day before. 2 featured games. Dead but could rise.

fresh_out_the_oven - banned


Here are the active threats:

enterpride - 226 comms, very active. 2018 account, 4 games. Wears blackface? Potential threat level: medium. Tears up other Wardens with honorable reviews, I can get behind that.

Petros - 2022 account, 266 comms, last online in December. 6 storygames, but mostly short. Potential threat level - medium. Last posts insulting a weaker Warden, I respect it, we could join forces.

Clayfinger - intends to become a contender with this contest too, enjoys mod protrction.

Stories_unwritten - that's you. Set your own threat.

NeonCatYT - has some kind of cult of personality but stats are low

Poxy4 - seems like a bitch

Morgan will never write, review, or post, I actually have no idea what's going on with her either, maybe she's had the same tab poem on her phone for years.

Nothing beats applegirl tenaciously holding her place on the board for 11 years with less than 60 comms and without any sign of a pulse though.

Hit List

This is our Hit list so we know who to target and can cross them out one by one (this one is mine so make your own).

applegirl - 57 commendations
Unforgiven - 57 commendations
Clayfinger - 58 commendations (active threat !)
MiltonManThing - 60 commendations (active threat !)
Bucky - 64 commendations

Agstand - 77 commendations
Morgan_R - 81 commendations
RNDGamer - 87 commendations
Tim36D - 88 commendations
IronPanther - 99 commendations

jster02 - 120 commendations
readwithjeremy - 164 commendations
AzBaz - 185 commendations
Romulus - 186 commendations
pugpup1 - 199 commendations

fresh_out_the_oven - 216 commendations
enterpride - 226 commendations (active threat !)
Petros - 266 commendations (active threat !)
Chris113022 - 309 commendations (active threat !)
SindriV - 731 commendations

I am confused, NeonCatYT and Poxy4 have no commendations? are they not irrelevant?

NeonCat and Poxy were just two other Wardens I noticed so I marked them down. Any Warden that writes anything could in theory become a threat, it's not that hard to break into the top 20.

     NeonCat I don't know much about, but he could work on his grammar and Proxy just writes short stories and while I think story games were suggested to him I think he was unsure about it but I read those older threads a while ago so I'm not sure. I don't think he's a 'threat' to you in your sense, the most he can get from the short stories is 1 per and he doesn't do them often, and if he takes up writing longer stories it'll probably be clear.

Fine, I shall update it:

Hit List

NeonCat - 0 commendations
Poxy - 0 commendations

stories_unwritten - 6 commendations

applegirl - 57 commendations
Unforgiven - 57 commendations
Clayfinger - 58 commendations (active threat !)
MiltonManThing - 60 commendations (active threat !)
Bucky - 64 commendations

Agstand - 77 commendations
Morgan_R - 81 commendations
RNDGamer - 87 commendations
Tim36D - 88 commendations
IronPanther - 99 commendations

jster02 - 120 commendations
readwithjeremy - 164 commendations
AzBaz - 185 commendations
Romulus - 186 commendations
pugpup1 - 199 commendations

fresh_out_the_oven - 216 commendations
enterpride - 226 commendations (active threat !)
Petros - 266 commendations (active threat !)
Chris113022 - 309 commendations (active threat !)
SindriV - 731 commendations

The rest will fall in due time.

Just to let you know, Fresh is banned.

thank you, I see. But it is still my intention to get more commendations than them.

MrAce321 - member since 2020, 3 games, 28 comms, also in the contest. Promises to kill himself if I beat him as icing on the cake. (Better start tying the noose now buddy.)

     Don't get cocky, if you get too sure of yourself you're weaving your own doom. I know from experience.

Sticky, glutinous backstabbing.

I do not trust you but we can be sessa-takuma !! It means to improve ourselves through friendly rivalry.

Looks like we need two stories or more to be in top ten, this might take a while, maybe a few weeks or months. It is best to write fast with quality. Reviews are not a good deal for speed i think. Thankfully writing stories unwritten is my hobby !

We can do it ! Ganbatte.

Considering how quickly RK rose through the Marauder ranks with featured reviews and is ranked higher than some users with commended stories, I wouldn't be so quick to discount them. 

The best technique imo is to write exclusively 29k storygames. One day I will figure out how to write shorter stories and amass all the commendations on the site.

RK opened his account at about the same time I did too. I've really been slacking, huh? ToT

     It's either you're slacking, RK is built different, or a mix. I think it's a mix, most likely but I couldn't tell you the ratio.

He is built different, and we love him for that.

I am glad he is not warden then.

Lol. Because there are people who love him, because he's built different, or both?

yes ｼ

...Wow, such an informative answer.

Clayfinger, if anything I feel like it's the opposite. You got 3 genuinely enjoyable well-made games. And for any of one of them, a case can be made for commendation, while meanwhile, I'm out here with 1 game which is a gay and depressed spin off. While those are awesome, I do want to make a game of my own, so this contest is kind of my best opportunity to get something good out there.

Haha, seems like we both have some catching up to do.

You had a couple good ones you later unpublished. What happened?

My first one was a pretty fun game. It was about this thief who had to survive prison, and I turned it in for Sherb's contest. I got some really good feedback about major mistakes I made, so I ended up unpublishing it, deciding to work on it later.

My 2nd one was not a contest game, but it was this chill game about going on an adventure in a river boat. I kind of ran out of ideas for that one, so I unpublished it, deciding to work on it later. I feel like I could have added more branches and a more robust storyline. I kind of liked the Thelma and Louise style, so that would probably be one branch, but I do want to add a lot more to the story.

But I'll return to both of them and try again at some point.

Oh yeah, I remember those. They were pretty good as is, but it's cool that you intend to re-release them with corrections.

RK was one of the main reviewers in the summer contest wasn't he? You haven't been slacking, he was doing more than most people and really focused in on reviews that month.

Sure thing weeb, that works. I haven't decided what my second story will be yet, depends on if I want to learn to script or not. I might be able to pad out my jockstrap with some reviews if I have to but meh. I've looked over games before I made my account that I'll go back and rate later, but these long form comments are not really my thing.

Enterpride has declared himself on our side so that's good for now, not sure if he might still become an issue later though because he looks like one of the top reviewers. But there are a lot of other details to hash out before we get to the top anyway. For instance between @Chris113022, @Petros, and @MiltonManThing, which one do we want to keep as chief harem boy?

Don't have a lot of details to go on, but Chris has been here 12 years, he's probably getting too crusty, and Petros might make a better court jester. Personally I feel that of the three, MiltonMT has the most supple skin.

...Supple skin?

Why are you talking about a second story when you have no words to show for the first? You have been absent from the progress thread.

Why should I tip my hand in the thread when everyone on my hit list is watching?

     They're all watching you make big claims of success without anything to back it up with here. Have you even written anything to show you're actually doing something? I don't mean to be rude but I'm getting a little ticked off with how sure of yourself you're acting.

Run along little girl, we've got a coup to carry out.

Don't call me a little girl.

Smart, I like it ! Let your enemy think they know the truth when they truly glimpse only a fraction of it.

     You two are taking this more seriously than I thought you would. I can't see how that could be a bad thing though.

Sages will always be better than Wardens.

Go sages! :D

And Architects will be better than Sages. As soon as I earn 15 more commendations, the 2nd and 3rd most commended individuals on the site would be Architects!

(But of course End will still be in first place leading the Marauders). 

>:/

I'm rooting for you guys.

You have made a powerful alliance this day comrade.

it's easier to surrender than to rise to the occasion and fight back.

     You are both getting this wrong (unless I'm stupid) Enter is saying he's rooting for you, like cheering you on, that does not mean the same thing as he's on your side.

Sorry if I am misunderstanding, but is he not rooting for us to defeat him and the rest of the wardens? So that means he does not have the strength to fight back !

I think he just hates the rest as much as we do. I still consider him an EVENTUAL problem but for now we can have a truce.

I doubt that's what he means, but I guess this isn't a possibility.

Piece of advice. Never say sorry, kid.

._.

Ooh wee what's this, new challenger AND a promised reward? I didn't notice you before but consider yourself added to the list.

then shall I prepare your funeral?

     Again, get too sure of yourself and fail the nit's all the worse. If you don't manage it this i probably going to get quoted.

You are right, writing 2k a day is not enough, I must do better ! Especially to defeat these wardens who have done nothing for years. Thanks for motivation ｼ

     No problem! I have no doubt you'll write enough, it's just the quality overall and making it longer does not necessarily translate to better.

I'm waiting for the reveal that this has been Mizal the entire time trying to push the Warden charity while she was supposed to be offline.

Why do I have to be the shitposter, can't I be the other one? シ

are you copying me?

@stories_unwritten How are you doing?

I was hoping for more challenges from people who needed 5+ years on the site to even begin to become relevant, but I think we've flushed them all out and can now move in for the kill.

Except for the guy who will kill himself. So helpful, that one.

As of now, SU hasn't logged on since yesterday.

I'm fine thank you. And you?

what do you mean move in for the kill? Is it Marte you are speaking of, I can free him to participate in the contest if we wanna recruit?

What is your contest progress mrAce?

You made 3 stories in five years, I sure am being held to high expectations in my two months of existence.

And who's Fresh?

"Who's Daiki" Pt 2?

Nah, Fresh wasn't an alt spammer so it isn't the same.

Alternatively, you could just write good stories.

Well, this looks interesting. What's happening here?

You joined the site a month and a half ago, you have zero commendations, and are taking orders more seriously than anyone ever has. I don't know if that's a compliment or an insult but it's certainly something.   

Well, I'm a Marauder, and this seems like a fight, so should I join? Do you want all Marauders to join in every fight, all Architects to make amazing stories, all Sages to be calm and wise, and all Wardens to be moderators? If that's the case, then we might as well turn this into Harry Potter and make a sorting penguin, learn we are all lizards, and be transphobic.