Mizal, The Grandmaster Procrastinator
Member Since
5/5/2011
Last Activity
3/6/2026 4:02 PM
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25618
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!)
Trophies Earned
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
If you don't know what this is for, then it isn't for you.
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.
CYS Forum Advice and Etiquette
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
The Owl's Challenge: Planning on 3/6/2026 2:17:56 PMpfft, who reads the forum
The Owl's Challenge: Planning on 3/6/2026 1:10:55 PM
Are you still doing this?
EndMaster's short stories on 3/6/2026 10:26:26 AM
I immediately had to go and watch that clip again.
Dying in Hell and Buddhism on 3/6/2026 10:03:38 AM
Oh here it all is, I thought the site had glitched. I'd started to split the thread off at the post just above this, then set my phone down a few minutes and ended up just making a new thread with that one single post by the time I came back to it.
The 24 Hour Storygame Comp on 3/6/2026 8:31:36 AM
Reminder that voting runs through to the end of Sunday, I'll be posting results early Monday.
Dying in Hell and Buddhism on 3/6/2026 2:27:02 AM
And also this one, holy fucking hell.
Case in point, how many times would a person need to be dropped on their soft widdle baby head to have something this metal in their holy book but then be like, "nah no thanks, just not for me, I prefer the version where I'm an inconsequential pile of randomly assembled meat and there's nothing else going on out there."
Case in point, how many times would a person need to be dropped on their soft widdle baby head to have something this metal in their holy book but then be like, "nah no thanks, just not for me, I prefer the version where I'm an inconsequential pile of randomly assembled meat and there's nothing else going on out there."
Dying in Hell and Buddhism on 3/6/2026 1:42:30 AM
I am also a Christian and I approve this message:
Sounds like your friend did some throwing out of the baby with the bathwater, but then deep down I just know that atheists are all Sry least a little bit special.
Sounds like your friend did some throwing out of the baby with the bathwater, but then deep down I just know that atheists are all Sry least a little bit special.
The future is retarded on 3/5/2026 7:04:56 PM
Damn I can't believe Endmaster banned him, there were no signs this was coming at all!
And hey as the lone proponent of "let's just keep Jon here, we'll only have to clean up a puddle of drool and hopefully not any other fluids once in awhile...", that means I am not obligated to join in on Whack An Alt while trying to work.
The future is retarded on 3/5/2026 5:52:36 PM
@Jonathandracon
Endmaster has just shared some thoughts with me:
"Jon’s about to get drop kicked into OBLIVION if I come back after work and he hasn’t shut the fuck up with his retardation"
Perhaps this is a good time to take a break, or go read a storygame. (I think you'd like Eternal)
Endmaster has just shared some thoughts with me:
"Jon’s about to get drop kicked into OBLIVION if I come back after work and he hasn’t shut the fuck up with his retardation"
Perhaps this is a good time to take a break, or go read a storygame. (I think you'd like Eternal)
Dying in Hell and Buddhism on 3/5/2026 5:00:15 PM
I've just been browsing various online places in a not especially organized way as far as that all goes. I'm about to start reading the Bhagavad Gita though since I've decided Hinduism is far more based. (It has many of the same concepts while also keeping the idea of a universal god and individual self, which Buddhism is lacking. So the ultimate goal of Buddhism seems kind of depressing to me.)
Dharmic religions don't have any central authority though and some details kind of just evolve organically depending on region. Although Hinduism doesn't seem to spread out of India really which I'm guessing has to do with it being tied in some ways to the caste system? (RK probably has more insights on that of course.) Westernized/modernized Buddhism conversely did a much better job of that, but may also be considered by some to be the faggiest thing ever?
