CYOA Discussion

>>27673279
First for Coltquest

>>27673297
a shit

A shame that the meme river dried up

Active threads

Big Mares: >>27667401
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Super Pony: >>27650177
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Hype Quest: >>27642912
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Tinypone: >>27580786
Frostbitten: >>27656859
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Experimental: >>27668371

>>27673451
>>27579988

>>27672700
There's a thing going on over there, it looks fun

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>>27673451
War in the North continues:
>>27673598

What CYOA had the absolute dumbest, most retarded plot line, and actually managed to make it work?

>>27673737
Anything done by Res.

>>27673737
Mare seeks to kill herself with falling bits and takes quest from insane hobo that tried to kill her to find a massive bit hoard in the sewers.

>Sekritfags RPing now
I didn't think they could fall any lower but they always manage to surprise me

>>27673870
As someone who didn't want to join, just let them have their fun, as edgy and stupid as some of those characters are.

>>27673870
>complains about the club
>only one way to know what they're doing
:^)

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>>27673870
>discussing squirrels = roleplaying
lmao stay mad

>>27673892
They have a channel called #dnd. They played for 6 hours

>>27673899
Isn't that the point of D&D?

>>27673899
>Sekritclub is playing dnd now
I'm not sure what kind of reaction you were hoping for. Good for them?

>>27673777
Urban's plot was ingenious and anyone who refers to it as anything less than iconic or trend setting is just an assblasted CQ player

>>27673886
Who's edgy

>>27673943
>An assblaseted CQ player
So, a successful one?

>>27673966
Wolvan and Svae

>>27673943
res pls

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>You will never own a Whispen plush.

>>27674007
Continuing with blatantly obvious plot starter

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>>27673995

Greats Tracts of Lands, a CYOA in a place which name has yet to be determined starts its second thread

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>>27673966
>>27673974
Wolvan's pone is the edge

>>27674051
No thanks. I'll just wait for Civilizations VI to come out.

>>27674051
I still don't know if I can invade you.

>>27674258
What do you mean by this, Anon.

>>27673279
That looks much nicer than Craft's regular art, not even memeing.

>>27673279
Sick has been gone for two months
is he dead

>>27674411
captured changeling, changeling called for back up some how with ear movements.

>>27674435
He intends to come back but doesn't know when he'll be able to.

>>27674282
While you wait, you could play that quest
Right now it's about being the daughter of the king in a light political meeting

>>27674370
That's not the right state of mind for a true invader, anon, you're never gonna invade anyone if you think like that!

>>27674435
>slowpoke.jpg
http://coughsyrupcyoa.tumblr.com

>>27674455
I played through your first thread. Not trying to be a critic, but it was just too much green to read. The beginning feels almost like reading a story.

>>27674455
because political intrigue works out so well in CYOAs yeah?

>>27674449
Ah, this. He was communicating with the "hive" thanks to network of agents capable of receiving ultrasounds and all that. I tried to make it obvious, but if it wasn't, it is my fault. Goddamn language barriers.

>>27674455
Therefore, war. Like, now.

>>27674489
I know what happened, I thought it was stupid and just an excuse to have the theater attacked.

>>27674503
Okay then, You had full right to feel like it.

>>27674503
Actually, you know, this is CYOA discussion or whatever. Help me with improving and whatever by telling me what was stupid in your opinion.

>>27673870
Playing D&D is not RPing in the usual sense of that word.

>>27674463

>I’ve moved on from sickness to a state of crippling depression. I know I’m letting you guys down and that makes me feel even worse. On top of that. I HAVE to go back to work Monday; my paid leave is up and if I don’t I’ll lose my job, and by extension the house me and all of my roommates live in unless one of them picks up another job. I don’t wanna do that to them, they work their asses off already. I’m just so fucking frustrated about all of this.

>As for Cough Syrup: I don’t know when I’ll be back if ever. But if I don’t come back I’d rather you all just forget about me.

>>27674480
You have all the rights in the world to be a critic if you read through a thread
I agree it's more wordy than I had hoped, but I chose to give players a picture of what the youth of the haracter is exactly like, but most of it would be probably boring to play so I made green out of it
Maybe it was an error, I'm not sure

>>27674484
You have the right not to like them, but I don't think it's impossible to pull off

>>27674489
Ok, we're at war, what now?

>>27674652
Dunno. I nuke you or something?

>>27674594
I don't know enough about ultrasound and animals being able to hear it to contest it. I don't know if the blizzard we were walking through would be able to affect it. Just thought it odd that changelings could do it. They can already transform and look like a pony, now they can do that too?

I guess it would be fine if they were in their changeling form but he was a pony when we got him and i always thought transformations were more restrictive if that makes sense.

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>>27674638
I've been saving this!

>>27674662
Ghandi pls

>>27674663
I have always assumed the Changelings are connected to the hive and are able to contact with it thanks to ultrasounds [if far from queen but with other bugs around] or outright telepathy [in the hive]. I also made all the Changeling drones female by default. I guess it is just conflicting headcanons.

Someone run pls. I'm up, for fuck's sake.

>>27674652
I've seen Political like stories before, they usually work well, if the players know what they're doing and what to do. In fact if you go to /qst/ there's a political story that's doing extremely well.

>>27674695
I'd play your quest If our neighbors are shaka, assyrians, ghandi, napoleon, rome, greece, the huns, vikings, carthage, the celts, germany, russia, the aztecs, and ghengis khan. That way we can have a nice and casual experience.

>>27674652
Can I rule a country.

>>27674828
You can't even rule your own life.

>>27674828
Only if you play my quest for still a little while and accept to share the power with other anons
Or you could also Make America Great Again, or any or country you might live in

>>27674760
Right now I have griffins, sphynxs, minotaurs, diamond dogs and goats for closest neighbours
I can safely say it's absolutely the same thing

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>>27642912
I make post

>>27675011
>No zebras
>No changeling hives
I think you should go for the nation closest to Ghandi. Gotta get em before he researches meteor strike spells or something.

>>27675065
I was only talking about CLOSEST neighbours
Meh, MSS strikes are overrated, Mega Friendship Robots will win the war for real

>>27675223
>Not using Friendship squads with a 40 tile teleportation radius.

>>27673870
>they're playing dnd
WOW you're a turbo faggot, aintcha

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>>27650177
Slighty better than average horse is a go.

>>27675284
*bigger
She's a big mare
>inb4 le she's so fat XD

>>27675284

Tink did nothing wrong.

>>27675297
Le she's so fa--
Goddamn it, you beat me to the punch.

Carry on.

>>27675297
I'm not amused :I

>>27675284
F A T
A
T

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>tfw you run a few quests
>tfw no one likes them
>tfw players complain how you're a terrible qm
>tfw depression
>tfw you tell your friend about it
>tfw your friend is an award-winning dm/author
>tfw he tells you that you've been running your quests wrong the entire time
>tfw he goes on to explain just what players look for in a cyoa
>tfw you can't fucking believe how numb you are

My god, this whole time...

>>27675689
How does one win awards in dming?

>>27675689
>tfw you can't fucking believe how numb you are
Go somewhere warmer then.

>>27675689
So are you gonna 'ave anotha go?

>>27675723
He works in the gaming industry. He's also written several novels.
>>27675714
I haven't decided. It just blows my mind how my definition of cyoa was so wrong. I'd been running them with an overall plot taking place in the background while letting the players control the characters in response to what's happening. Holy fucking shit. How I didn't understand the whole "players create and do everything" is beyond me.

>>27675689
wolv pls

>>27675814
>implying I have friends

>>27675811
>gaming industry
>novels
I bet his cyoas are full of hand-holding and railroading.

Why the fuck is custos atill up holy shit

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>>27675931

The final chapter of Just Another Day, and an incredibly long opening post, begins now!

>>27675989
Because anons don't understand that they actually benefit from letting the thread die in this case.

>>27676004
Yeah I told them I can't update til tuesday. Eh.

>>27676014
You said Thursday.

>>27676018
I hate how similar these 2 days are named. I meant the day after monday

>>27676041
that is wednesday

>>27676047

I thought that was friday.

>>27676041
Arborday

>>27675993
This makes me sad anon. I demand a sequel whenever you make one.

Resuming Miracle: Tired boogaloo.
>>27676118
It'll be a pretty short session. Ahm tired.

So how much freedom do you allow in your cyoa? Let's say the setting is a pirate ship and the mc is a pirate pone on board. When suddenly, OH NO! GIANT CRAB! But then the players decide to shitpost and say they want the mc to do her taxes right then and there. Do you let them? Do you let them completely ignore the danger and disrupt the flow of the game? Do you make the crab attack the mc anyway and then the players say they dodge the attack and escape in a life raft and do more taxes? Do you have the monster attack the raft and OH MY GOD THIS QM IS A FAGGOT JUST FUCK OFF!

Is that YOU? Or do you say that they can't do their taxes and have to fight the GOD YOU ARE A FAGGOT! FUCK THIS GAME!

>>27676182
I'm sorry?

>>27676195
How do you keep the game flowing without railroading or hand holding in the slightest? Players bitch no matter what.

>>27676208
>Players bitch no matter what.
This is true, and I find that it's best just to let them bitch.
People who bitch at the QM are the worst. Speaking both as a player and a QM.
The best thing to do, in my opinion, is to ignore the bitching and keep the game moving.

In your example, though, if everyone decided to ignore the incoming threat, I would have the monster attack the ship, do a minor amount of damage and let them know I'm serious.

If they continued fucking around, I'd bring the hammer down. Kill off a party member, badly injure the MC.

If they still continue doing their taxes, then it's clear they don't want to play anymore, and I'd probably consider killing the MC.

Of course, if you're playing an adventure where you encourage and enjoy shitposting, then that's different, but in your situation, that's what I'd do.

>>27676306
But what if the railroading is because the QM is just bad? In the quest Planeswalker. In less than 10 posts, the QM managed to let our home village get destroyed, have a disease run rampant, have corrupted plants spread like wildfire, and have our mom get disintegrated when we try to teleport her and us away. Player actions were basically disregarded at every step. Should we be allowed to complain about that?

>>27676371

I am suddenly glad I didn't bother picking this quest up.

>>27676371
Criticism is valid, certainly.

There's a difference between bitching and valid complaints.

>>27676378
>>27676371
Yeah. I saw all that happen, I wasn't very happy. Not sure if I will head back to that quest.

>>27676371
Seems like the QM had exactly one way this intro was going to go, and player input was meaningless

>>27676423
He actually said it was avoidable despite us not getting a chance to avoid it.

>>27676442
Yeah, he knocked our character out for three days. At that point everything gone to shit!

>>27676442
Nah. He said he wanted the whole thing to start on a tragedy. His excuse was "I was just trying to be realistic. Those magical metal balls you brought home were actually dangerous corrupted plant seeds an you should've never brought em. Anyways, you have magic. Now go fix everything you did."

>>27676473
Even though the seeds acted more like slow-picking-up-pace bullets. How were we suppose to know they were seeds?

>>27676489
He wasn't expecting us to know. He kept making subtle suggestions every post saying that we should find a container to take them back. He WANTED it to happen.

>>27676473
>no way to know we brought the evil seeds
>trying to be realistic

Beautiful.

>>27676473
Shouldn't have brought them despite having them act in a very strange manner infront of a character who's core trait is curiosity. Than he knocked us out for somewhere between three days and a week and wake us up just in time for everything to go to hell. He also said that we could've found out how dangerous they were before everything went wrong, but we had no input over that period of time.

>>27676473
Oh, so he's a le ebin ruseman QM?

>>27676526
Yep. Every suggestion we made in that quest was literally a narrow escape from an unexpected "oh no! you died" and we didn't even know it.

When we teleported into a desert. There was a sandstorm coming. We debated whether we should take refuge in the giant walled city or just teleport back home. When we teleported home and came back to the desert, the city was just a pile of rubble.

Another one was when we tried to open some magical door contraption. Everyone suggested try to power it with a lightning bolt. At the last second, I said let our storm golem do it instead of us..... the storm golem exploded when he casted the lightning bolt.

>>27674432
Thats because 90% of the stuff that gets posted was drawn 8 months ago.

>>27676610
I just like the different style. His normal stuff is pretty sterile.

>>27676610

That's because 90% of his stuff was drawn 8 months ago.

>>27673974
To be fair, Svae being edgy is kind of expected.

>>27676630

Svae's DnD character was just a paladin Crystal pony who wanted to protect his party, but doesn't trust people because of old Sombrian mind control. It's no more edgy than the actual show.

>>27676630
>>27676647
Who in the hell is a Svae?

>>27676657
an artist

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>>27676657
Drawfag that needs to JUST

>>27676647
It was the way he talked.

Every line read like it was absurdly distant, like a teenager trying to sound cool.

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>>27676573
Well then, consider this a spoiler alert for chapter 2, Anon. See you next week! ^;)

>>27676371
>>27676473
a hundred plot twists per line!!!!

>>27676708
The plot twisted so much that's it's just a bunch of Gordian Knot crap.

>>27676706
>Wew lads! Now we can make TWICE as many mistakes.
Thanks Planeswalker.

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>>27675689
>>tfw he goes on to explain just what players look for in a cyoa
TELL ME YOUR SECRETS

>>27676706
Tell me how well it went, I'm not coming by, again.

>>27676774
They want one of the adventure/SoL/etc stories on fimfic that they can participate in and contribute to.

>>27676706
Don't worry mate. I'll keep giving you second chances and provide criticism. It's funny how when you started, I ended up dropping your quest, but I kept bumping it alive and decided to come back and I was your only player for like a day or two.

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Reminder

>>27677211
dirty pony

>>27677211
stupid pony

>>27677211
sad, sad pony

>>27677211
Shame she started taking her medicine, I wanted to see more tank adventures with Little Star.

>>27677566
lanky poner

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Late start.
>>27677652
>>27677652

>>27677566
Useless poner

Hi

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>>27678123

>>27676371
>Expecting better from a guy who was too uncreative to write for more than one race

>>27675689
>having friends

CYOA idea
_________________________________________________________________________________________

New cyoa in 5 hours

>>27679486
Where's your >raisedfist.jpg?

I want to start a new quest but I feel like one of the driving factors would be to get popularity points and just become relevant, instead of the whole do the quest for fun thing.

>>27679592
Don't.

>>27679592
>Wants to start a quest for the sole purpose of popularity.
Don't. Only run if you feel like you'd enjoy it. Or it won't be good.

Is nips kill for realzies?

>>27679719
He was always dead

>>27679728
Nips pls.

>>27679595
>>27679603
B-But Res did it with Hype

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>>27679592
>get popularity points
I understand that, but don't. Popularity means lots of players, and lots of different players with different opinions, timezones, and agendas. That's how you end up with three threads long arguments. And as you can easily tell, they're not enjoyable for anyone, QM, players, or readers. See M&M, Dirty Work

>just become relevant
Now that's something I understand. You want people to acknowledge your presence and think you're doing a good job in general, so that you can feel your thread (and you, by extension) deserve their place on the board.
Well, good news: >pic related are the threads you could potentially bump off the board with your new thread.
People will usually bitch because of useless / repeated bumping, tripfag circlejerks, and threads that can be driven and contributed to by one person only. There are less complaints for new content, or things people like. And you'll never know if people dislike your thing until you actually start it - or at least pitch your idea here, for a CYOA.

>not for fun
If you don't enjoy it, nobody is going to enjoy it. See that one infamous retconned demotion in Threshold.
Sometimes you will have to force yourself a bit, especially if you want your thing to keep being a thing for a long time. But if you get absolutely no satisfaction out of it, if you don't like or aren't proud of what you do, then there is little to no point in doing it.

>>27679592
quest are more then just crappy memes you know.

>>27679752
Because res doesn't understand when something has overstayed its welcome.

>>27679757
Players from different timezones are a potentially good thing for him, thou. They'll keep the thread up when he's asleep.

>>27679592
>I want to start a new quest...
I'll play it, anon.
>...but I feel like one of the driving factors would be to get popularity points...
Nothing wrong with wanting people to like you, anon. I'll still play your quest.
>...and just become relevant...
Nothing wrong with wanting to feel like part of the community either. I'll still play your quest.
>...instead of the whole do the quest for fun thing.
Wait, INSTEAD? Not in addition to? Nevermind, please don't run, mcfucking kill urself, etcetera and so forth.

>>27679830
What if his goal isn't to have fun, but finds himself having fun in the process?

>>27679874
I guess he lucks out in that scenario, but if having fun isn't one of his starting motivations I can't say I have high hopes for his quest.

>i think running will be fun and I hope everyone likes my quest and me!
I hope so to, anon. I'll play your shit.

>i think i could make myself run a few threads to get others to like me
nope.png

>>27679912
>I hope so to, anon. I'll play your shit if I'll like it.
FTFY. Nobody plays everything.

>>27679946
Fine, "I'll TRY to play your shit". Better? I'll admit to dropping crap quests, but I at least try pretty much everything. I wouldn't even try out "I'm running out of obligation to make people like me: the quest".

>>27679974
Yes, better. I try every new quest (unless it's blatantly lewd) too.

Speaking of reasons to play or drop a quest, what about run schedule?

Just a few hours every weeknight, dead during the week and comes back for a bit on weekends. On and off semi-randomly. Long hiatuses but sure to come back eventually.

Just how important is runtime consistency?

>>27679974
>>27679990
Doxels pls.

>>27680038
Quite. Players notice QMs post patterns, and that affects who's around to keep the thread bumped. Plus with a regular schedule you don't have to keep informing everyone you're running. Without that, well you can always just monitor your thread and update the general when you run.

>>27680038
>Just how important is runtime consistency?
Not even remotely. As long as you say when you'll run and don't just disappear, nobody gives a shit.

>Hey guys, I'm not going to be able to run this week, but next week I can run every day but only in the afternoon, and after that just weekends.
Thanks for letting us know.

>>27680038
Nobody gives a fuck about the run schedule so long as you actually hold your word and run by it.
Just look at Pyrefly: He kept promising to return this day and that day, yet he never did. And now his CYOA is pretty much dead because of it.

>>27680064
>pretty much

What to do when you always feel tired?

>>27680038
Any run schedule is fine as long as you don't lie.

>>27680086
Go see a doctor.

>>27680086
Drink.

>>27680038
Your schedule needs to match how you run. If you run weekly then each week's session should feel like there was solid progression. Daily doesn't have to deal with that since it has constant engagement. As long as your schedule matches how you run and you hold to what you say then you can do whatever.

>>27680038
I say it very important. Consistency of schedule and run time are a part of why my favorite cyoas are my favorite.

>>27679757
>Shitty Anon in Equestria CYOA number 1,257 falls off with no real responses.
There is justice in the world.

Needs more teats

>>27679592
One thing you should do, would be drinking a lot of bleach. Try to down the whole bottle. Also stream it for popularity points. You would be relevant longer than you could ever be as shitty QM.

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>>27680775
Needs more treats!

>>27680775
How many do you need anon. 3,4,..18!

Your ravenous teat lust will never be satisfied and you god damn well know it.

>>27680775
I agree. Teats are under represented in cyoa.

If anyone wants to come watch my friend draw he's live right now on twitch at Rainbowanimator :)

>>27680898
Fuck you :^D

>>27680898
Kill yourself in the most violent and painful way available in your country.

If anyone wants to come watch my friend draw he's live right now on twitch at Rainbowanimator :^D

If anyone wants to come watch my friend use his fav anal stimulator he's live right now on twitch at Rainbowanimator :P

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>>27673451
>Persona 2
>active

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How do you fight a giant robot with plasma-rifles?

>>27681094
You shoot the giant robot with the plasma-rifle.

>>27681177
>lot's of plasma rifles
FTFY

>>27681094
Make sure your plasma rifle is above level 50 of course.

They're self recharging anyways. It's a good thing i suggested that part.

>>27681177
Shoot it in it's robutt hole.

>>27681094
Aim for the glowy part or concentrate fire on the joints.

>>27681094
Circlestrafe the shit outta it.

>>27656859
Again.

>>27680086
Force myself to go to sleep early and wake up late.
Last night I went to bed when the sun started setting, and this morning when I woke up at 10 I felt happy and full of energy. You wouldn't believe how something as simple as a good night's sleep can do wonders on your body.
You need a non-shit bed though.

>>27681741
What if you have work?

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Great Tracts of Lands, now WITHOUT a huge block of text at the beginning, crazy!

>>27681725

>>27681775
>Without a huge block of text at the beginning.
You mean one less block of text? No offense. I'll probably play when we actually get into the real game.

>>27681741
Well, you are lucky to get a good rest.

>>27681795
The managing a nation part of the game?

>>27681915
Yes. The part where Shaka and Atilla bum rush us at 3500 B.C.

>>27681977
Well, let's hope that doesn't happen.

>>27681991
Battering Rams are just too insane.

War in the North continues:
>>27682070

>>27681775

>That moment when: you become the only player in a quest.

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This face is hilarious to me and I'm not 100% sure why.

>>27682208
>That moment when: you become the only player of your own quest.
ftfy

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>>27682254
Personal favorite

>>27682208
Let it go.

>>27682257
Seriously dude, let it fucking go.

>>27682289
>Let it go.
Never.

Bully the big pon

>>27682360
Now I wonder which QMs are big.

>>27682375
Now I am too.

How big are our QMs.

>>27682254
>>27682284
What colors are these two? I forgot.

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>>27682574
Wow, I'm an idiot.

>>27682557
Blue

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>>27682284
I love Bath poners.

>>27682702
Sadly, it seems Bath doesn't love them as much as you do

>>27682714
He's that one kid who enjoys building things only for the pleasure of breaking them.

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>>27682723
Now, that's not true. I'd be more like the kid who plays with his things but ends up accidentally crushing them no matter what he does, and wishes he could play like the other kids, and then the other kids never want to give him their pones because they know he will break them too. And this makes him sad, not because they don't want to give him their toys, but because he knows it's true, and even though he tries, oh my god does he try, he tries all the time in this institution to just make his ponies happy, it just never happens.

>>27682773
Well, maybe these two might yet be happy.

Or not, you know.

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>>27682714
>>27682723
Hey, I like these ponies too, and I would like nothing more than to see them succeed.
But with sort of adventure worth going on there is bound to be a degree of danger.
No matter how much I may care for these ponies , as a QM I must remain as impartial as I can.
Regardless of how painful things get.[spoiler

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>>27650177

Soup pone.

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What quest do you regret dropping /cyoa/?

>>27682949
DW, somewhat.

>>27682949
Heat. I left as soon as they turned her into a whore.

>>27683041
So, immediately.

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Can someone please explain this whole cyoa thing to me? From what I've seen here in the few threads I've dropped into, the qm offers a setting and maybe a main character and then players control everything by saying an npc has appeared or something else happens and then the qm flavors it up a bit. But in an actual cyoa story book or visual novel, the author controls the npcs and setting and the players control the main character for better or for worse. The difference being that everything is an ongoing scenario instead of freeform all the way. So which is it being used here? I want to join the fun, too.

>>27683109
The second.

The players only control the main character, QM does everything else.

>>27683118
That doesn't appear to be the case, Anon.

>>27683109
Most CYOAs on /mlp/ have the players only control the MC and the QM controls everything else.
If you want to participate, go into a thread that looks interesting, catch up on the story, and then suggest an action for the MC to preform.

>>27683136
I haven't seen a single CYOA where that's not the case.

What is specifically required of a qm?

>>27683136
What threads are you looking at?
You are talking about /mlp/ CYOAs right?

>>27683109
Here, I'm just going to highlight the parts of your post that you got right.
>the author controls the npcs and setting and the players control the main character
>everything is an ongoing scenario
There, done. Now you know how CYOAs work.

>>27683136
I have no idea what quests you are looking at, anon.

>>27683184
To run the quest.

>>27683184
To provide the setting, NPCs, and MC.
The players characterize the MC and say what they do.

>>27683205
Then what should a qm not do? If the qm must ensure the game must continue, and is supposed to progress the game based on the player's actions, then how can one get it wrong if everything is made up on the fly with some pre-scripted stuff thrown in?

>>27683224
>Then what should a qm not do?
Not run the quest.

>>27683224
>Then what should a qm not do?
Trivialize player input or make them feel like they're just along for the ride in a greentext.

>>27683224
Ignore player input, punish the players for no reason, say they're going to run and then not run, put humans in their quest (unless they're nips), or put systems in their quest (unless they're Hiji).

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>>27642912
NC-17
Sorry CQ anons

>>27683343
Implying CQ players are only comprised of thirsty, gay, 14 year-olds... Oh wait...

>>27683402
What kind of people do you suspect play any of the current active quests?
I.E. suspected quest demographic.

>>27683431
>Custos Luna
Linkeh, Doxel, and one other guy, I'm guessing Noctis
>Dirty Work
A dozen assholes and a dozen idiots yelling at each other

>>27683489
>A dozen assholes and a dozen idiots yelling at each other
And Doxel.

>>27683502
He was included in that.

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>>27683677
Damn Doxel, do you need some ointment, cause you just got buuuuuurned.

>>27683431
>Tinepone
2-3 engineers and 2-3 people who want to see Feather jump Gulliver's dick
>dita
people from db
>stuck
2 film noir fans and six horny homosexuals
>vamp
People that have an edgy OC that totally isn't like the other ones you might have seen you can trust me
>Bardquest
a bunch of ponkafags

>>27682949
Miracle, I didn't so much drop it as got distracted by other quests.

>>27683880
I do not want to jump Gully's dick nor am I a ponkafag.

>>27683921
But the real question is, do you want to see Feather Dust jump Gulliver's dick like an Olympic track and field athlete?

>>27684166
I want to see her jump on and off his horsecock like a diving board.

>>27684260
Plot twist: Gulliver has a micropenis, they live happily ever after.

>>27684285
So small that it makes Res look huge

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>>27675931

Just Another Day: The Last Hurrah continues.

Heads up, I'm about 50 miles from home at a wedding in Cañon city.
At best, I'll be really late.
At worst, I'll be back early tomarrow before I do some other shit.
I've got to get back to my margarita now so, yeah..

>>27684638
Having friends and family, how could you do this to us.

>Hero hasn't returned
I bet an enemy Stand did this

Fuck you guys, I fucking hate you all.

>>27684796
Even me?

>>27684796
Nobody cares.

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it's the guy that did that noir detective CYOA a bit ago, and then my life went turbulent and i never continued.

question is, should i continue, is there still interest?

because, if their isn't i had this idea for a cyoa that was inspired by turning different eras of american culture and turning them pony, episodic in nature, liike- going cross country in a 30 ford in the eyes of pinkie and rainbow, going to surf city, or some shit.

thoughts?

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>>27684803
Yes, even you.
>>27684805
And I don't care about you now fuck off.

>>27684807
no

>>27684815
You fuck off, I was here first.

>>27684817
alright. that's fine. unless your that buthurt shitposter.

then go to bed.

>>27684807
If your develop your idea better than “or some shit" I might be interested in that.

>>27684823
Ok but I still fucking hate you.

>>27684796
Why?

>>27684796
I hate you too.

>>27684842
Ok.

>>27684815
That's heavy man, I'll think about what I've done to make you feel that way, but yea, I guess we just need our own space.

>>27684838
well, i said that /because/ i have a lot of developed ideas, journeys. the concept there is not a whim, but to imply that i have a bunch of concepts, i added 'or some shit'.

>>27684882
/cyoa2/ when?

>>27684807
That sounds pretty kickass if you're good at SoL. Not sure if I'd like to be Dash and Plonk but it sounds more appealing than your Noir cyoa.

>>27684882
Didn't you say you'd draw fanart today, Doxel?
Where the fuck is it? You didn't lie to us did you?

>>27684891
Sounds interesting then, I'd check it out. I wasn't playing your last quest so I can't give any feedback there.

>>27684910
SoL is all i'm really good at. here's something i was doing for another general to keep if from dying.
http://pastebin.com/FR2sSBGT

im going to continue when the thread gets slow again.

>>27684976
That a real picture of you for your icon? Sorry but I can't trust your judgment skills anymore.

>>27685017
no, i always use family members' pictures for my icons, that's my facebook pic, and that's my cousin.

>>27684737
I'm around.
I'm just too ded nowadays to do anything.
I want to start something new, but time constraints make it really hard to do anything.

>JAD and Hype Quest are wrapping up.
Is this what depression feels like? I don't like this feel at all.

>>27685545
>Caring about JAD and HypeQuest

>>27685545
Cheer up anon. They could have been actually decent quests that were ending.

It's over. Go home.

How much planning do you think should go into a CYOA before running it? What elements do you feel are needed before starting?

>>27685676
At least zero planning

>>27685676
At least have an idea for a plot or direction. Just make up things as you go in relation to the players' actions. It's hard to really plan something ahead when players suggest things you wouldn't really expect.

>>27685676
As much as you feel is necessary that is less than enough to cripple yourself because you're never ready to start.

think i could get a cyoa going tonight?

all i need to do is draw up a cover for it and we'd be in business.

how bout it?

>>27685979
Might want to say what it's about first.

>>27685979
Do it

>>27686016
look at
>>27684807
part two
>had this idea for a cyoa that was inspired by turning different eras of american culture and turning them pony, episodic in nature, liike- going cross country in a 30 ford in the eyes of pinkie and rainbow, going to surf city, or some shit.

>Look at Persona CYOA
>Out of 17 posts, 3 are anonymous
>Christopher namefag is the biggest faggot I've ever seen.
>Does shakespearean english in the dumbest and most annoying way possible.
>'i knoweth this one! a caitiff marketh is a marketh thee receiveth on thy buttocks in this w'rld. the marketh hast something to doth with one's talent.'
I'm sure that jojo guy is obnoxious too, but he hasn't posted as much.

>>27686437
It'l like you didn't even visited that CYOA-persona thing before that one.

Namefagging circlejerking you name it...

At the end I only visited the pastebin and eventually got bored tbqh.

>>27686437
can still recall the opening to romeo and juliet.

basically what i use to make something sound shakespearian.

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>>27686473
The number one thing people don't understand is how to conjugate in early modern english. They just throw an -eth or -est on everything and call it good.

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>>27686558
yeah, and a lot of early modern english is just a very lattinate version of modern english, with a bit of shakespearian thrown in there.

"from ancient grudge, break to new mutiny, where civil blood makes civil hands unclean"

none of that eth or est going on here, just like poetry, held all the way through, people consider old modern english very well put together, probably because there was peasents speaking 'Anglo' and 'Latinate' speaking nobles, and shakespeare wrote half way inbetween.

god, some of his stuff really is beautiful, but some of it is really stupid sounding as well.

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>>27686601

>>27686437
Like I said earlier, I'm mostly watching until it crashes and burns. A shame that being anonymous now is making me stick out.

>>27686470
To be fair, the namefagging and circlejerking was during the afterhours of the end of the CYOA.

And the people there were completely aware they were being too autistic, and settled down after a while.

Unless you mean something else?

>>27682546
>>27682557
I be manlet

>>27685423
>time constrains
You mean overmeme?

>>27686967
You're not the only one.

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>>27682546
73 inches tall
215 pounds
Bench: 340 lbs
Squat: 400 lbs
Dead lift: 410 lbs
Don’t be a stranger. Just hit me with your best shot. I’m pretty much perfect. What sports do you play, other than “jack off to naked drawn pastel ponies”?

>>27687690
>73 inches
Cute.

>>27687736
>lanket

Who is your CYOA waifu? Excluding Whispen. We already know she's our big mare.

>>27687830
Hope and/or Ruby.

>>27686987
At least it's not Dark Souls or tumblr friends.

>>27687830
Angel Wings, she might be a crazy bitch but she is our crazy bitch.

>>27687830
Aurora. By the way, where the hell is Vincent?

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>>27687830

smol husbando is just a polite way of saying manlet

>>27688394
how can you be a manlet if you're not even a man?

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>>27688090
I didn't want to say anything because I am afraid to disappoint as well as I'm certain the lot of you are tired of hearing my excuses. I'm better now after the hospital visit but I'm in this annoying constant state of apathy. I don't think I'll be able to properly and fairly keep the topic and updates flowing once I make it. I tried.

I know it's a stretch but, can I ask you and others to wait until next week? I swear to god I will be blissful and energetic by then.

>>27688396
ponlet

>>27688403
I'm okay with this, Vince. I'm glad you appeared to tell what's going on, I wasn't aware you were in the hospital and I hope you will get better. I'll wait for you brah.

>>27688396
horslet

still waiting for puzzleanon

>>27688838
No, you're not.

>>27688403
It's perfectly fine, I know from personal experience that nearly bleeding to death can kill any motivation to do anything, let alone with quests, so please take the time to recover before you get back to it

>>27688887
yes i am

>>27688954
No, the only reason you remember his shit idea is because of the panzer meme. You know just as well as I that he's never going to start.

>>27689017
lies, he is going to come back, I just know it
also panzer is a faggot who killed his idea only because he can't git gud at puzzles

>>27689023
why don't you become the new puzzle anon. his chance has long passed and the idea is up for grabs for anyone to take. it could be you.

>>27687830

Sharpie

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Gee, surely is boring around here
How about some questing?

pic unrelated yet

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Mech CYOA When?
//youtu.be/zdfhEy6TwqM

>>27690175

When Innkeeper makes it.

>>27690175
Sounds like a very stupid and shitty idea to me.

>>27690175
11 months ago

>>27690175
Needs more to it.

A cyoa where ____________________________________________.

>>27690408
Sounds edgy.

>>27690335
In the year 2077 pony-kind has expanded to the stars. As their species flourished further and further from their home planet, a push from the powers that hold dominion over the home world has begun to take absolute power over the colonies. Seeing how corrupt the home world government has become, the conies form a shaky alliance to push back the home world's forces, using young hot-shot mech pilots.

Dirty Work will be back up either Wednesday or Thursday afternoon/evening. Sorry for the radio silence since last session.

>>27690429
how do you gage the years? when exactly did year one occur?

>>27690576

A week or two ago.

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>>27642912
A winner is you

Friendly reminder that birthday candles are dangerous.

>>27690765
>tfw we will never avenge our parents'

/cyoa/ is dead and it's doxel's fault

>>27691182
Or it's father's day and people are spending time with their families.

>>27691193
But Doxel is my Daddy

To the one anon who might care, the Pony Planeswalker cyoa will pick up tomorrow night at 9pm and could become a nightly thing if there's interest in it. There's going to be an in-universe reboot of the events from the first session... sort of. I think you'll find a happy medium has been reached so the backstory can remain true to M:tG in its tragicness while player control hasn't been corralled into an unwinnable situation.

As always, knowledge of M:tG isn't important in this game but you might "get" some references. Also, the main character exists in a ponified multiverse and will never visit or interact with established M:tG canon. We will make our own rules and planes up as we go. Players are also encouraged to think up "summons" for the main character to keep on hand for battles or to help her on her quest. See you there.

>>27691346
>When only one or two players play a quest.
Man I'll get to have so much freedom. That's the one thing I enjoy about small player counts.

>>27691346
After sometime thinking... I will forgive you. I can't stay mad at anyone for long. I stuck with it for awhile, might as well come back and see it through.

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>tfw it will never return

What do you consider the minimum amount of players for a quest? (Not counting the QM of course)

http://www.strawpoll.me/10530828

>>27691474
If there's only one player then it's just two people telling a story to themselves. 2 players add variety but can disagree on how to proceed with no means to resolve the issue fairly. 3 players should be the minimum so that if there is a resolution on how the story should continue then a tiebreaker vote can decide.

>>27691474
I said one, but that was dumb unless that one player has no life and is a good creative match for the QM.

>>27691507
Three or more also feels less awkward.

>>27691509
>You are the QM
>You only have one player
>That player only makes 3-4 word suggestions

>>27691507
>If there's only one player then it's just two people telling a story to themselves
Kinda but I've noticed a huge difference between the amount of people who "play" a quest and the amount of people who read it.

>>27691454
>tfw the tornados got him

>>27691474
Three minimum, six optimum, eight maximum.

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>>27691537
Kek, I'd forgotten about that. rip

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>>27691549

>>27691474
>Colt Quest
>30+ players arguing among themselves
I like think 1-3 players is good.
If you're the only one in a quest, you have all the freedom. Though having one or two extra players allows players to correct each other over bad suggestions and further refine strategies.