benholman44, The Dramatist
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The Lord of Commas
My goals I set in 2014 were finally met after a decade of hard work and mountains of bullshit. I got a trophy (several now), a commendation (several now) from my favorite author, and a story game rated at least a six.
My new goals?
-Win my own personal trophy
-Win a contest
-Read and rate 100% of the story games here (preferably before a couple of people I immensely dislike manage to do so)
"Ben's life as far as I can tell has been one of turmoil and strife. He's been mocked, embarrassed by his baby mama who then eventually left him for a tranny. And he had some other issues after that.
But it's all been leading up to this moment. I myself shall usher him into the Gates of CYStia where he shall be Eternal. Awaited and Blessed." -EndMaster
"It's probably the most depraved thing I've read. And no, that's not a compliment." -Mystic, reviewing my story 'Terrorist'
"Don't forget the lighter! ^_^" -Avery_Moore
"Ben gonna Ben" -EndMaster
"You are a disgrace upon civilization and what it means to be human" -TCat
"Shh" -Fresh
"Ben, respectfully, you are an idiot." -Petros
"I'm just saying Ben is awesome!" -RKrallonor
LIST OF ACHIEVEMENTS
Site Drama Before Baby Mama: 20
Succubus Expert: 25
Patriot: 50
Dude come on: -100
Gayest user ever award: 100
Worst Ninja Ever: -125
Best Santa Ninja Ever: 150
Sixth place (out of 18) in EndMaster's 2024 Prompt Contest
Third place in Will11's 2024 Reading Review competition.
Fifth place in Sherbet's Summer's End Synergy Contest.
Second Place "Most Secretive" award for Mystic_Warrior's Secret Santa Event.
Second Place "Funniest Gift" award for Mystic_Warrior's Secret Santa Event.
Third Place "Funniest Gift" award as Santa's Ninja Helper for Mystic_Warrior's Secret Santa Event
Sixth Place (out of 31) in the 2025 Summer Reading Competition

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Storygames
In this story inspired by Watership Down, you play as Hops, a average, run-of-the-mill rabbit forced to flee with the other furry woodland creatures as the Titans destroy your home.
Entry for Sherbet's Summer's End Synergy Contest.
A short horror story where you're hazed on Halloween night. While others are trick-or-treating, you're involved in a fight for your life.
Entry for EndMaster's 2024 prompt contest.
Story prompt: A game revolving around carrying out a terrorist attack. There's actually several within this game, the method and motivations varying depending on your playthrough.
Warning: this story, while not explicit in accordance with site rules, does have sections involving murder, SA, incest, bestiality, racial undertones, and societal class discrimination. Essentially you're playing as a sick fuck who's also rich. Also keep in mind that while your protagonist can complete their objectives depending on how you play, there is no 'happy ending,' per se.
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Questions for retarded children on 3/5/2026 6:35:40 PMI mean, you could still finish the essay in hopes of getting a commendation, or at least bragging rights that you actually did what you were assigned while your opponent is a dead noob.
The future is retarded on 3/5/2026 6:25:12 PM
This idiot got himself banned.
The future is retarded on 3/5/2026 6:24:15 PM
It's a gif of somebody tying a noose. Basically telling Jon to hang himself.
The future is retarded on 3/5/2026 6:23:25 PM
I'm not sure if he knows how to tie a knot. That's why I usually recommend belts.
The future is retarded on 3/5/2026 6:22:29 PM
Imma say it: you were annoying when you first showed up, but you've definitely shown a more positive personality shift since.
Jon's been banned.
new game I made on 3/5/2026 4:40:30 AM
And his educational system.
The Review Club on 3/5/2026 4:09:45 AM
And I can understand not being rewarded. Commendations aren't exactly just handed out for anything (or at least, they're not supposed to be) and are generally for comments that are lengthy, detailed, well-rounded, cover parts of the story that other commentators haven't or cover them from a different angle. I don't see anywhere in the conversation where I mentioned rewards. I never mention commendations, gold stars, or the "of Avon" title. Simply that a comment can be serviceable, as in of use, with a couple of paragraphs. Which is why, yes, when I mentioned your article, I was referring to the first part of the paragraph you referenced. Because I thought Will's requirements for a review in the original posting he made were specifically:
"Reviewers pledge to complete a requested review within 4 weeks of assignment to a decent standard and can have up to 3 active requests at a time." I was trying to point out that a review that offers well-rounded feedback such as positives and negatives, game errors such as SPAG or loops, ect. would be considered decent or serviceable.
Mizal made a comment about people skimming or bragging about ratings bombing as an extracurricular (which would in itself indicate the lack of reward). I responded by trying to point out that a review that is a couple paragraphs long isn't exactly skimming or ratings bombing. I'm sure the part of my comment where I threw shade at SO is probably where the ratings bombing comment came from, but that was honestly just meant to troll SO for making comments that had nothing to do with the story. SU still would have gotten a four regardless, since while his story was good for a beginner (better than my own first story) it still didn't really click for me or have any type of deeper plot line, character engagement, ect. Even the world building felt like a dime store Jurassic park. But the effort put into it and the original idea of having a content streamer be the MC was definitely something I had to give credit to (and those two positives are things I mentioned in my game review, which carried a mix of both positive and negative feedback).
And yeah, I agree that a reader should be honest about if they didn't read the full story, which is why in my reviews I tend to explicitly state which branches I read and if I can't go farther into the story because it doesn't hold my interest, then I tend to say that.
The Review Club on 3/4/2026 10:34:54 PM
Doubt it. From what I understand, he took all the other featured reviews and ran them into an AI to generate a newer review that was basically a mashup of all the real ones.
The Review Club on 3/4/2026 10:20:30 PM
Oh sorry. I meant "who is daiki?"
The Review Club on 3/4/2026 10:19:54 PM
I think Daiki was busted for using AI reviews though.
