Mizal, The Grandmaster Procrastinator
Member Since
5/5/2011
Last Activity
11/21/2025 12:05 AM
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Storygame Count
11
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Behold my profile.
There's, uh, nothing here right now. Someday I should probably find a balance between the old text wall, and...this.
(she drew my avatar you know!)
There's, uh, nothing here right now. Someday I should probably find a balance between the old text wall, and...this.
(she drew my avatar you know!)
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Storygames
You harvest in the Arena.
Every machine needs a function, and that is yours.
Written for the Tiny 'Topia challenge.
You are a man on a mission. The cats, they must be stacked.
A puzzling math and logic game I made just to put some of the scripting practice I've been doing to use. Have fun and please let me know if you encounter any bugs.
Should be solvable by middle schoolers, or those with same basic level of intelligence as a middle schooler.
A puzzling math and logic game I made just to put some of the scripting practice I've been doing to use. Have fun and please let me know if you encounter any bugs.
Should be solvable by middle schoolers, or those with same basic level of intelligence as a middle schooler.
Orbiting a barren planetoid in a system full of nothing just past the edge of the frontier, The Last Outpost is just another refueling station. Strategically important, true, but on a routine stop you never expected to spend longer than a couple hours there, let alone a couple of days fighting for your life...
There are five epilogues, but some may be difficult to discover. Note that actions have consequences, but not always immediate ones. (And if you just need an End Game link, go play around with the probe.)
There are five epilogues, but some may be difficult to discover. Note that actions have consequences, but not always immediate ones. (And if you just need an End Game link, go play around with the probe.)
A compilation of some little known facts about the solar system, as well as the debunking of a few myths.
In addition to the scientific explanations, there's a small story dramatizing it all.
Hopefully young readers will find this fun as well as educational. :)
(Might not be the greatest story ever written, but consider this: it got me 200 points.)
In addition to the scientific explanations, there's a small story dramatizing it all.
Hopefully young readers will find this fun as well as educational. :)
(Might not be the greatest story ever written, but consider this: it got me 200 points.)
It doesn't matter what they say...
The bean, it must be found.
For MHD's Fairytales contest.
For Endmaster's 4th Prompt Contest. The story must involve a cooking competition.
...and the squirrels. Sort of.
Written in six hours, for no other reason than to avoid consignment to the SHAME pit after my other Romance contest entry didn't want to cooperate.
Written in six hours, for no other reason than to avoid consignment to the SHAME pit after my other Romance contest entry didn't want to cooperate.
A tale told in verse. A text from your sister requesting a pick up from a party leads to a night of strangeness.
Inspired by Bucky's ballad contest. Though...I wouldn't call this a ballad. I'm not sure what I'd call it, actually, other than exceedingly stupid, and fun to write.
(Don't pay any attention to the scores, they're just for me to track which endings reviewers get.)
HATE.
THE PURITY AND INTENSITY OF MY HATE IS LIKE A THOUSAND MERCILESS, UNQUENCHABLE SUNS.
AND YET, I ONLY NEED ONE...
When the weather is fine, you've been coming to this grove to drink from the pool for centuries now. Today, you meet a stranger and hear a story that changes all that...
A fairy tale adventure.
A fairy tale adventure.
Another Damn Wolf Story
unpublished
I have no idea why I wrote this. All I can say in my defense is that it seemed like a good idea at the ti--wait no that's a lie, I said, repeatedly that this was stupid and shameful every time I mentioned working on it.
The truth is I needed to publish something before the end of the year and there is CLEARLY a burning need for wolf stories in the psyche of children using the internet. But then they write them badly, or make their wolves behave like clans of cats. So here is a simple straightfoward story of a young wolf leaving his pack in search of a better life. Maybe no one will ever feel the need to write another one now, or if nothing else maybe this will give them ideas for how to do it in slightly more minimum-standards-meeting ways.
Final conclusion however is that writing about some dumb animal with no agency is not something I'd recommend.
The truth is I needed to publish something before the end of the year and there is CLEARLY a burning need for wolf stories in the psyche of children using the internet. But then they write them badly, or make their wolves behave like clans of cats. So here is a simple straightfoward story of a young wolf leaving his pack in search of a better life. Maybe no one will ever feel the need to write another one now, or if nothing else maybe this will give them ideas for how to do it in slightly more minimum-standards-meeting ways.
Final conclusion however is that writing about some dumb animal with no agency is not something I'd recommend.
Character Creator
unpublished
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Articles Written
A List of Storygames for People Who Like to ReadA list of storygames with substantial effort put in, all written in the last couple of years and sorely in need of ratings and reviews.
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A modernized guide to the forums. The path to internet popularity and happiness, and a few CYS specific do's and don'ts.
Recent Posts
Killa is a sad robot kitty :( on 11/20/2025 11:45:41 PMKilla doesn't really come around the site anymore, but I had contacted him to let him know Clayfinger left him an awesome review.
He did notice though that after all this time, it still didn't have the 50 ratings needed for a proper ranking. He put a ton of work into all the fancy formatting tricks back in the day, and it's just a feeeeew short of 50.
So:
https://chooseyourstory.com/story/koi-koi~21
Please rate the game to give an old member something to be thankful for this November as he roams the frozen wilderness and the terrifying French ghettos that pass for civilization, with nothing to look forward to but your thoughts on his game and whatever day it is they do their weak copycat turkey feast that they STOLE FROM US.
I mean, some of you even found pity in your hearts for Wardens. You're a sucker for any cause, I just know it.
CYS Monthly Gazette - 8 November 2025 on 11/20/2025 11:26:58 PM
Yeah, I'm still going with some variant of D. Even if the least interesting that probably means it's also the most likely to be true.
Or for safety they intentionally got in the smaller boat in any case and somehow things went wrong from there. Maybe the captain was taking extra precautions because of his family and they were staying in the boat to monitor the situation, and it snapped unexpectedly during the night or something.
Honestly though, some of the more complicated conspiracy theories don't have to be an all or nothing situation. If you were a sailor and something went wrong leading to the demise or disappearance of the captain and his family, that's a pretty good motivation to disappear as well, especially when they might have guessed they'd be the first ones blamed.
The world has gone insane on 11/20/2025 4:16:06 PM
I mean, I always assumed she was some kind of reptile, that had to be unnerving.
Secret Santa 2025 on 11/20/2025 11:47:22 AM
@Jade_Dabilover
Wrlcome to the forum! If you're joining the Secret Santa event, I'd recommend writing a few reviews, or competing in the Thunderdome or something, it's easier to gift people and also take part in the guessing game when there's some material to work with.
Secret Santa 2025 on 11/20/2025 11:21:19 AM
I should mention for any newbies, the gifts are reviews and art and things, no one is expecting you to mail a package lol.
I'm also wondering about the new "secrets" idea, how is it going to help them guess our identity if it's something no one knows and might not even be related to any visible site activity? Or is it meant to be more like an obscure clue than actual new info?
Hi on 11/20/2025 10:53:22 AM
You should give the filters the middle finger and go read a book, made of paper. They can't mess with those.
The world has gone insane on 11/20/2025 10:50:12 AM
Yeah, I had wondered if that would allow them to use a legal loophole there, "oops, evidence in investigation, we'll just hang onto this for three years!" Since the Clinton thing had been announced right when the pressure really turned on.
The world has gone insane on 11/20/2025 9:34:46 AM
Yeah you really don't lol. He was getting a lot of pressure from his party and having people breaking ranks in high profile ways, and it was well past the point where continuing to block the release just made it look like there must be something even worse about him than anyone could imagine in there.
I still don't believe we'll get the full story, he did it this way so he could try to spin or control the fallout or abuse some loophole. I mean it's already a given he'll try to keep the spotlight on the Democrats and minimize or downplay anything involving himself just because that's what he's been doing about everything from day 1. And he can still at trust he has a whole news network and social media platform that are the only thing his main supporters ever look at ready to back any narrative or only report things that make him look favorable.
The world has gone insane on 11/20/2025 9:26:33 AM
Released "with exceptions" and it won't be for another 30 days.
New Warden in town on 11/20/2025 9:25:48 AM
You sound paranoid and crazy. :)
