Mizal, The Grandmaster Procrastinator

Member Since

5/5/2011

Last Activity

9/9/2024 4:16 PM

EXP Points

6,351

Post Count

21727

Storygame Count

10

Duel Stats

3 wins / 13 losses

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Commendations

886
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!)

Trophies Earned

Earning 100 Points Earning 500 Points Earning 1,000 Points Earning 2,000 Points Earning 5,000 Points Thorough and consistent writing workshop contributions / excellent commenting. Having 1 Storygame(s) Featured Posting 21721 Forum Posts Given by BerkaZerka on 11/10/2017 - Forum and Site Contributions Not Unnoticed Given by EndMaster on 11/30/2017 - It's everything you've always wanted! Given by Gower on 03/24/2021 - "I never want to see anyone, and I never want to go anywhere or do anything.  I just want to write." - P.G. Wodehouse Given by JJJ-thebanisher on 08/14/2019 - For excellent writing, keeping the site together and generally being an excellent presence Given by Killa_Robot on 08/15/2019 - For being a net positive to the site, even while helping idiots Given by madglee on 02/16/2022 - For all your contributions to CYS Given by MadHattersDaughter on 03/11/2021 - To my BFF and our hardest working admin. Sorry about, well, you know. . . Given by mizal on 08/15/2019 - MUHAHAHAHAHA! *strokes fluffy white cat* I always knew this day would come. Given by ninjapitka on 10/22/2022 - Truly a dead site without you Given by Will11 on 01/14/2018 - For Inseperable and your other great stories

Storygames

>DEVOTION
You harvest in the Arena. Every machine needs a function, and that is yours. Written for the Tiny 'Topia challenge.

A Stack of Cats
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.

Agent of Order
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.)

Facts About the Planet and the Solar System
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.)

Featured Story Inseparable
It doesn't matter what they say...

Jack the Bean Counter
The bean, it must be found. For MHD's Fairytales contest.

Love is for the Birds
...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.

Now You Gotta Deal With This S***

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.)


Read My Stories or Die!

HATE.

THE PURITY AND INTENSITY OF MY HATE IS LIKE A THOUSAND MERCILESS, UNQUENCHABLE SUNS.

AND YET, I ONLY NEED ONE...


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Silver Horn, Silver Hooves
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.



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.

Character Creator
unpublished

If you don't know what this is for, then it isn't for you.


Don't Get Date Raped!
unpublished
A short, educational piece. Please remain sensitive and respectful in the comment section. (I'd hate to have to report you to an admin for bullying me.)

(DO NOT READ if you're at all easily offended or lacking in a sense of humor. There's nothing graphic at all in here, but seriously, I still cannot stress it enough, this story is not for you.)

WOWSERS! Triggers ahead!


Dedicated to the good people of COG.

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Recent Posts

My favourite text-based video game stories on 9/9/2024 1:12:28 PM
Take a gander at what success looks like. My clan would definitely be shoving your clan's face in the mud and stealing all your cows, and we don't even need them!

My favourite text-based video game stories on 9/9/2024 12:56:22 PM
To slow down on hemorrhaging cows though, well you need to look at some things. Are there enough weaponthanes at home or are you sending them all out and leaving your tula undefended? Have you built fortifications? Do you have a huge amount of wildlands that can't be effectively patrolled? Cows are life, protect your cows. And a lot of that incidentally ties in with protecting your tula from the bigger raids too. Fyrdwoman might be the most useful blessing for home defense, but the magic you spend at Sacred Time is pretty potent in a more generalized sense. If you still can't stop getting your ass kicked, suck it up and start sending tribute. Diplmacy with the neighbors can't be entirely ignored.

My favourite text-based video game stories on 9/9/2024 12:17:06 PM
I guess if all else fails, he could try setting an Eurmali as ring leader, but that's so cheap it's practically easy mode, haha. If you can even find one with good enough skills anyway. Sacrificing to Malia has also been known to work miracles.

My favourite text-based video game stories on 9/9/2024 12:06:37 PM
The biggest tip I can give is to not to spoil the process for yourself by reading too much direct info about it on the internet. You will lose your first few clans while getting a handle on some of the complexities, and sometimes even when you think you've got it all down the game will suddenly turn around and kick you in the balls. (It's better to play it out even if a clan seems to be going badly though, you may learn things to help you next time, or even manage to stabilize a situation and turn it around.) There's an insane amount being tracked under the hood, so you can't even always expect making the same choice twice to work out the same way when it depends on other factors too. That's why it's pretty much infinitely repayable. One of the sequels is actually even harder, although not as varied. Anyway, best advice I can give is to BE the magical Viking king, but remember this isn't a power fantasy either, you're a little collection of backwards hill-folk in a big world and there's a lot more to manage than just combat. Acting like a violent retard with nothing to back it up will end the way it would anywhere else. If you're getting your shit kicked in by the neighbors, there's a reason for that. Pay attention to the lore tidbits and act like a good Orlanthi. And listen to your advisors when they're talking about a subject they actually are skilled in. And be sure to let us know how it goes with the ducks. :)

By Far The Most Retarded Thing Ever on 9/9/2024 10:23:31 AM
No one's sanity is safe from this thread, not even Endmaster's.

By Far The Most Retarded Thing Ever on 9/9/2024 1:39:55 AM
We need the world to be whenned to tap into that deep core of murderous wrath.

By Far The Most Retarded Thing Ever on 9/8/2024 11:44:02 PM
If only it were smooth and efficient like the normal code. I thought for a moment "if only it weren't covered in sparkling rainbow vomit", but I'm sure that's not relevant.

By Far The Most Retarded Thing Ever on 9/8/2024 10:59:44 PM
It's easier to load it on the phone than my laptop. The extension has to do something to each individual post that chokes my browser.

My favourite text-based video game stories on 9/8/2024 9:51:06 PM
DRM-free copy is on sale for 2 bucks on GoG. You have four jobs, I think you can manage.

My favourite text-based video game stories on 9/8/2024 7:47:22 PM
King of Dragon Pass still GOAT, you dung-daubed stickpickers who haven't played it have probably been busy raising dogs and funny looking cows the last 25 years. Also flutter's mother was a fencepost and his father was a broo.