CYOA Discussion

First for kill yourself.

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Daily reminder to pay your boop taxes.

>>27836124
Please please kill yourself.

what is the best cyoa youve played on mlp and why is it better than any of the 5 million others

>>27836138
You should really kill yourself.

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>>27789827
The Bar is once again, Open.
Jazz sucks at drawing conclusions edition.

To anyone who plays Super, I'm sorry I've been so quiet lately, but I've had trouble finding motivation to run.

I'll have a thread up tomorrow unless something in real life comes up. Thank you all for being so patient.

>>27836134
I'm below the boop poverty line, I ain't gotta pay shit.

>>27836139
You didn't include a picture to grab people's attention. Kill yourself.

>>27836139
>what is the best cyoa youve played
ASNYIP
>and why is it better than any of the 5 million others
It was random and funny, it had Anon in it, and it didn't follow all these retarded rules this general has created.

>>27836139
Curse. It's not better in any one specific area, it just has an overall excellent product. Great characters, great art, etc. Also it has Basil.

>>27836207
I also liked that quest, but calling the opinion of a slight majority of the general "rules" seems unfair.

>>27836241
That's because it's bait.

>>27836241
>but calling the opinion of a slight majority of the general "rules" seems unfair.
It's not really an opinion if almost everyone keeps bitching at everyone who wants to try and be a QM what they should and should not do if they want to run a quest.

>>27836259
>Saying that you liked a CYOA that didn't follow /cyoag/'s "advice" means you're baiting
Baiting for what? Shitposters like you? All I did was answer a question, nothing else.

>>27836241
Well yeah. It's designed to get responses because someone saw it get responses last thread.

>>27836379
>reading comprehension
He's saying the first post is bait, not your answer to it.

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>>27836379
Why do you keep coming back here anon? Yes, memes of course, but why do you keep lurking here?

>>27836431
Pretty sure that was the shitposter.

Active threads

Heart of Iron: >>27835987
SIM: >>27658879
FOE: >>27755882
Bard Quest: >>27834136
Crystal Symphony: >>27787434
Alchemy: >>27569338
War in the North: >>27760418
Cursequest: >>27754263
Miracle: >>27780298
DITA: >>27789827
4th Quest: >>27811324
Tinypone: >>27819850

>>27836307
>It's not really an opinion if almost everyone keeps bitching at everyone who wants to try and be a QM what they should and should not do if they want to run a quest.
[Citation Needed]

>>27836169
Are you me?

Serious question: what rules is >>27836207 anon referencing? I imagine it is shitposting bait, but I serious want to know what he is thinking. I've only ever seen things like "If you do X, it might not work out too well" and things, but never "DON'T DO Y EVER".

Resuming Miracle: Sleepy boogaloo.
>>27836633

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What happened with that ghostpone cyoa? Any hot opinion on it?

I like ghostpones.

>>27836697
He vanished after the last world gen thread a while back. I was really curious to see the outcome too.

Maybe the outcome from all the suggestions was terrible to the point he just ran off.

>>27836648
shitposter likes to pretend there are rules against stuff like humans in equestria, get based quests, etc.

>>27836697
What, Spook-ems?

>>27836745
Hold up. Whoops. I think I was talking about the wrong ghost poner cyoa.

>>27836648
The rules he was referring to is the current preference for deep backstories over lolrandum, and a current distaste for anon and gets.

These are not rules or even suggestions. Just what is currently popular right now. A lolrandum anon quest that uses gets could still do just fine.

>>27836768
To be fair people will usually insist heavily on things when a CYOA starts with one of those things out of line. But the QM can always just ignore it. And should if that's what he wants to do.

>>27836697
the cyoa was kill because everyone was trying to give the colt a ghost blowjob

>>27836697
Are you talking about Spook-ems or Alchemy, from which your picture is from?

>>27836878
Oh no, worse. They tried to get the mom to fuck her son.

>>27836878
WOO WOO

>>27836899
Sounds good to me, but I suppose I can see why some people might not like that.

>>27836878
ST said he didn't like it and everyone said they'd cut it out, but then he never ran again.

MILFquest when?

>>27836919
>Spot the CQfag

The idea was to break up the family by having the mom have sex with their son, eventually get her arrested.
But the problem was that the QM put up several walls in their way, since he wanted it to be a cute fun quest, but some players took it as a challenge to try even harder.

Even though a good number said they didn't want it, eventually the QM just quit.

>>27836943
>CQ
>/ss/
pick one

>>27836943
Storyteller was dying at that time anyway. There's no telling how much was the players and how much was his burnout.

>>27837080

>His

A-anon.

help me come up with some sexy (but tasteful) poses cyoag
>>27836852

>>27836893
Sorry, disappeared there. I was talking about spook-ums. I just didn't have a pic.

>>27837212
The "Prench Girl"

>>27836919
I hate you. Please kill yourself.

>>27837308
Nah man, i'm not going to worry about having a kink just because you don't like it. Go ahead and throw a fit like a pre pubescent child, just makes you look like an ill mannered child.

>>27837341
lol, kill yourself.

>Bath is actually in sekrit club now.

Another pure and unsoiled QM falls to the filth and degradation.

>>27837686
Don't worry anon, we still have... RITS?

>>27837728
>muh club boogeyman
He's been in before you twat.

>>27837686
>complains about club
>only one way to know what goes on in there
Is this what the hip kids call a false flag?

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>>27837797

>>27837686

the fuck is the sekrit club

>>27837814
Wolvan's house

>>27837814
The chatroom that a lot of the QMs and drawfags use to unwind after running, or ask each other for advice about things.

Just kidding. It's mostly RuneScape talk, OverMeme, D&D, and playing Tamigotchi with the Choosie bot.

>>27837823
Technically it's Alchemy's house.

>>27837980
"Now neither of us will be virgins!" edition.

>>27837992
Uh oh, you might want to reconsider that header. Nice art btw.

>>27837992
YUSSS. BEEN WAITIN FOR THIS!

>>27838009
Thanks, mate, but you don't gotta lie. My art sucks. If I could make an excuse for it it'd be that my pen is sensitive, my current tablet setup is awful and I don't exactly have the best grasp on this program I'm using. If only I could draw in MSpaint my lines would be so much smoother.

>>27837967
Dicey is the tamagotchi bot

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>>27838114

What a terrible night for a curse.

>>27838073
I think your art is pretty neat looking. The colouring is certainly pretty vibrant. Which art program are you using currently?

>>27838204
Corel 2015 on a Cintiq 27.

>>27838228

>Paying for art software.

Wew.

>>27837823

The hell is a Wolvan?

>>27837967

I see. Not my kind of crowd, to be honest. DnD sounds cool, but shit, I already have a group for that nerd shit.

I think it's pretty damn obvious that I don't know who anyone around here is other than maybe hijacker and nips.
Maybe I should bug them for help on my z tier quest so it can be better, or the one after it, assuming mine ever finishes.
Running shit by here usually gets me memes with like, one anon with pretty good advice buried under them

>>27838261
>asking Hijacker and Nips for quest advice
There are several >competent QMs that hang out in there that you could ask if you need help.

>>27838261
Just join and ask. Here, there's even a link for your convenience
https://discord.gg/Xx7zeFx

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>>27838261
What are you running, Anon?

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I need pictures of Owl Eyes! No time to explain.

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>>27838480

>>27837686
Oh, like I haven't been there before. Seriously Anon calm the fuck down, I was a shitty human being long before Secret Club's inception, and I will continue to be one long after.

>>27838596
Bath, babe, I think they were just joking. I know there seems to be animosity for the SC, but I still think they were joking. Probably.

>>27838499
>>27838499
Bless you anons, you've saved me. Still no time to explain.

>>27837992
Still less awkward than my first time.
>>27838636

>>27838872
>>27838872
Now I'm curious. I want to know the story of your first time.

Hardmode: Make it ponyfied.

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Heya /cyoa/ it's my first time be gentle with me.
Read through the links in the OP and I still got some questions.

-Would this thread care for a little test run of a CYOA or some sort? I do quick 10-minute drawings and wanted to try my hand at this.
-What time would be best?
-Where? Not ready for the big one yet.

>>27838908
>Would this thread care for a little test run of a CYOA or some sort?
Sure thing.

>What time would be best?
Any time. A lot of americans are asleep right now, so if you're talking about what time is best for running, think about starting around 5--7 EST.
If you just wanna do a test, you can do it right now.

>Where?
This thread. For your own CYOA, make a thread.

>>27838908

JUST.

Seriously, go for it. Test runs are usually pretty fun. It breaks up the monotony of this shitpost thread.

>>27838908
If you want to test, go for it right now! Nothing going on anyway.

>>27838908
Whatever
Whenever
Here

You homogay

>>27838480

Let the dead rest.

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You are Vee, a batpony, and... due to unforeseen circumstances you are ABOUT TO CRASH INTO YOUR HOUSE QUICK WHAT DO YOU DO.

Logically, you are currently trying to stop yourself with your hooves, but it doesn't seem like this current rate of deceleration will prevent your impact. There must be another way.

>>27838926
>>27838922
>>27838941
>>27838947
Okay sure, thank you! I can't sleep and want to do some drawing. Be warned, I love comedic bits.

>>27839061
Flap your wings, pull up hard, transfer that forward momentum into upward momentum.

>>27839061
Flap those wings that you forgot about. That or try to make an amusing hole in your house.

>>27839061
Dude that looks like a cart with a pony head.
It took me a moment to notice the hips, make them more noticeable somehow.

>>27839061
Do a really sick spin to try and stop.

Still crash into the building in a cartoon-esque fashion.
Bonus points if objects orbit our head afterward.

>>27839088
Hipsanon?

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>>27838872

>>27839088
This is why normal people shouldnt be allowed to critique art.

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>>27839088

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Dude trying to do multiple quotes on this app is a headache

>>27839061
>>27839069
>>27839088
>>27839092

You flap your bat wings as hard as you can, firmly attaching to the sides of the cart! The cart lurches backwards... (1/2)

>>27839173

*Holds breath*

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>>27839173
1d20 roll: 3

Oops, you pulled back too hard and are sent into a catastrophic backspin. Well, time to accept your fate, now all you need is a good mark to leave on your house

>>27839239
We can still save this, try to turn. It'll make a neat flower pattern/ponut mark on the house at least.

>>27839239
Completely spread out. Pancake against that wall.

>>27839239
Strike a pose before impact.

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>>27839250
>>27839283
>>27839323
1d20: 11

The cart somehow responds to your command, and it slowly turns around, just enough to be able to hit that wall with your beautiful profile.

You have let go of the cart. You don't feel the floor of the cart with your back hooves anymore... (1/2)

>>27839362
One thing to nitpick, don't do the (1/2) thing until your ready to post both pics. Unless you just have really slow internet.

>>27839362
using 1d20 for quests is awful

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>>27839362
Eh, it could've been better.

Next time, don't raise your hooves, you look like a rabbit.

When you try moving, you realize half of your body is pinned down under something. You can't see; it is covering your head.

>>27839400
Okie, thank you! I wasn't sure, didn't want anons to respond and lose their comment while I was drawing the frame.

>>27839440
Generally I'd like to use it only when it isn't annoying and either a fail or win would be fun

>>27839456
Struggle to dislodge whatever's covering us.

>>27839440
Rolling is perfectly fine in silly fun quests.

>>27839456
Assume that we have lost our head since we can no longer see it and consider how long we'll have to wait to get a reasonably sized pumpkin. Then we can be the headless carter, bane of the region!

>>27839479
I agree. Rolling is fine, especially when the consequences aren't that serious.

>>27839491
I would suggest not showing us the rolls, so that it doesn't break immersion.

>>27839529
That I'll also agree with.

>>27839456
So this is what it feels like when your head falls off.

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>>27839470
>>27839479
You struggle to no avail whilst blabbering about pumpkins.

You hear hooves and confused mumbling. You continue blabbering.

>>27839529
Gotcha!

I want to redraw this, I know how dumb it looks

>>27839572
Call out for help.

>>27839572
surrender to your fate, lie there and contemplate your afterlife as a headless ghostbatpone

>>27839572
Wait for the metaphorical darkness to take us as the literal darkness did.

>>27839572
Sing a sad song.

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>>27839597
>>27839584
>>27839617
After a while of muffled screaming, finally you give up, accepting your fate and waiting readily to give up the ghost

You feel the weight under you shift, more on one side than the other. It tilts to the side... (1/2)

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>>27839700
And collapses, somehow sliding beside you. Such is physics.

Your beanbag collection would've made a comfy burial, but alas, you are brought back to reality as someone beside you clears their throat. (2/2)

>>27839712
WHO DAT?

>>27839712
Jump into their arms immediately and detail your near miss with death. We felt his cold cold breath on our neck.

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>>27839727
>>27839728
You eschew logic in favor of a dramatic, beautiful collapse into the arms of whomever this is. Like a delicate opera singer, you wave your hoof in the air as you detail your brush with death, describing every single prick of fabric and lint in mouth as if they were massive thorns, and alien parasites.

You're pretty sure this dude has no idea what's going on right now.

>>27839762
That's enough about us though, how's his day going?

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>>27839776
>...
>I just wanted to deliver this letter.
"You don't look like a mailpony. "
>That's not important, take the letter.
"In fact, you aren't a bat pony, what're you even doing in Hollow Shades?"
>Take it.

>>27839762
Wait, what are you doing in here? Are you supposed to be in our house?

>>27839830
What's the letter say, ask him.

>>27839830
Take letter and invite strange mailpone in for lemonade. He must be tired from the long journey.

>>27839830
We can't read, he'll have to read it to us.

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>>27839835
>>27839848
>>27839858
>>27839872

"Got it."
>Read it.
"A strange pony wanders into Hollow Shades, into my house, SOMEHOW at the exact same time I leave a big wide hole open for ya..."
>...
"... Without a uniform, to deliver me a letter. Does it look like I'm stupid enough to fall for this?"
>...
"..."
"Do ya want some lemonade?"

(1/3)

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>>27839918
>Sure, that'd be lovely, but I'd really like to get back before sun s-

(2/3)

>>27839931
OH SHIT THE COPS

>>27839931
Ayy Officer Brutality, how's it hanging?

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>>27839931
At least now you'll have yet another hole in the wall to remember him by. And the actual mailpony, too. Maybe now you won't forget his name.

Now you're scared of reading this thing.

(3/3)

>>27839940
It could be treasure though. Or maybe a check.
Crack it open.

>>27839946
Or maybe a treasure map, that will lead us to a treasure chest full of checks.

>>27839946
>>27839959
Or maybe this letter is enchanted and will cast us into fiery depths of hell.

>>27839967
But Anon, it could be MONEY!

>>27839971
It could even be an Acer Aspire Predator G3 AG3-710-UR54 Desktop Computer with Intel Core i7-6700 , 16 GB RAM, 1 TB of storage, and Windows 10.

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>>27839946

It's a snake.

There is a snake in this letter. Why is there a snake in the letter.

Why.

>>27840007
BOOP DA SNOOTLE

>>27840007
Ask snake to read you the letter.

>>27840007
The only solution is a boopening.

>>27840007
I told you it's gonna be something bad. Might as well try and boop it, it's not like anything worse can happen.

>>27840007
Boop to establish dominance.

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>>27840013
>>27840023
>>27840039
>>27840043

BOOP

(1/2)

>>27840056
That's it right on the snootle

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>>27840056
Oh hey the (real) mailpony came back.

Bat-shaped skylights are going to be the hip new trend, you can feel it in your wings.

(2/2)

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>>27836114
>Want to run
>Depressed that I wont be able to go to Bronycon
>Friends coming over for the weekend
>Other irl stuff in the way

>Have a Rarisonic as an apology for not running
I sometimes hate myself.

>>27840073
Sup mailpony, do you know why there's a snek. Can I keep it?

>>27840073
Offer him and the snake some lemonade.
We are a good host.

>>27840073
>we don't need your fancy doors in Hollow Shades

>>27840073
Wrap snake around neck and ask mailpony if he knows how to read snek. Everything that comes in the mail must be read right?

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>>27840082
>>27840084
>>27840091

You try to wrap snek around neck, but snek curls up into a ball before you do so. Snek needs some time. The mailpony coughs and lifts his head up.

>Did you open the letter already?
"Hi, sir, can you read snake? I got this snake."
>I can read snake. It means "Hello, I'm an idiot who's been sending snakes to batponies all around Hollow Shades for no reason, please punch me."
"Can I keep it?"
>Sure, whatever, that's not the point, I have-
"Wanna sit down and have some lemonade, sir?"
> -the real letter you were supposed to receive.
"C'mon."
>Take the stupid thing already, I've got a route to cover.

>>27840160
Okay fine, but you gotta take some of this lemonade with you.
Seriously, I'm allergic to the stuff.

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>>27840415
>Why did you... buy it in the first place?
"I was tricked, sir. Bamboozled. I was-"
>Whatever that leads to, I'll believe it. Can I leave now?

>>27840620
Yeah sure whatever I got mail to read or boop.

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>>27840712
The mailpony rolls his eyes and carefully trots out through the hole in the wall with his plate of tiny lemonade glasses. The glasses are finally gone!

WHY NOT DO BOTH

(1/3) I'm gonna end it on the last of these three, it's now 8 AM and I need to sleep.

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>>27840763
IT'S ANOTHER GAG LETTER.

You get confetti and glitter this time. Whoever is sending these isn't doing a very good job because you love glitter. And snek.

(2/3)

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>>27840771
You hear an ominous voice!

>Vee- you like tomatoes, so I thought I'd ask you to identify some tomato cultivars I just got. Come by the farmers market in a few days before they rot! Oh, you like jokes, too, so I got this little freelancer to deliver this letter for you. Hope they don't stir too much trouble.

Oh, wait, that's just the letter you stepped on, it activated some sound card or something.

You're sure they already know what this freelancer has done, first of all. Second- there's a farmers market?

Third, you know nothing about tomatoes but you like them so whatever.

(3/3)

I think it's quite obvious that my thinking skills diminished considerably by the end of this test run; thoughts, anyways?

what the fuck did I wake up to

>>27840796
Just caught up after sleep and I already love the comedy in this. Keep it up, you turbofag, this was fun

>>27840796
I liked it. It's cute and quirky, the images are fun and you put suggestions in there decently.

>>27840861
snek

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>>27840971
?

Horsey a king

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what would a good qm if the players made a decision that would go against the common behavior of the mc in a situation but he was forced to?

>>27841578
ragequit

>>27841578
Depends on the situation. As the QM, you have to decide these things on a case by case basis.

>>27841578
SO, what quest are you referring too?

>>27841578
The mc does it but has PTSD

>>27841583
>>27841584
>>27841595
>>27841603
okay and what if there was a way that would maybe dissolve the situation in a way that was less uncomfortable with the mc but not fully to the wishes of the players but still mostly? I mean if the alternative was not railroaded but taking the liberty of changing the non key aspects of the wishes of the players in a way that was more or less okay?

>>27841614
I'm gonna need more information here.

>>27841617
the qm was going for a way that was not the full wishes of the players when they made the decision afterwards but instead mostly goes for the wish but not all of it in a way that is hopefully in the interest of the players for the important things. what could the qm neglect or not?

>>27841614
>>27841624
Well, if the qm is changing the action, that's railroading.

However, if the action is so out of character that there's no conceivable way the MC would do it, even under intense pressure, then I guess you could change it a bit?
It's hard to say without actual context.

>you think about doing the right thing but nah

>>27836153
Late but I am reading, thanks for announcing it.

>>27841637
no, not changing the action. what if the qm changes the small parts of the aspects of the decision of the players they have made but not so much that it changes the whole? would that be agreeable?

>>27841578
>>27841614
>>27841624
First off, pause for a second and stop with the run on sentences with missing words. Second, it depends entirely on the situation. If it's explicitly about how the character would act and the QM doesn't think he'd do it in a million years then just make a further post about how the character doesn't want to do it and waffle. Denying an action outright in the post is better than railroading. As long as it's not an either or decision.

>>27841655
How minor minor changes are is based on personal interpretation. QMs change commands in small ways normally when writing them.

>>27841655
Personally, I often change actions in very small ways. Maybe I'll make it so multiple suggestions can more easily be strung together in one post, or just a tiny change in dialogue so it makes more sense.
I wouldn't change an action or piece of dialogue so much it would greatly change the outcome.

>>27841655
You can interpret suggestions in a way that follows the intent without being entirely true to the specifics mentioned, but it probably involves more thought than usual to get it to fit right.
Players may give a QM wiggle room if they know the changes are purely to maintain a character they like.
JAD did this semi-regularly, though it was mainly with dialogue.

>>27841669
I don't understand, can you explain anothertime?

>>27841696
okay

>>27841703
what is a wiggle room?

>>27841717
>what is a wiggle room?
More control.

>>27841727
that is sounding weird. are you troling me?

>>27841732
No, you simply suck at english.

>>27841732
Anon, is English not your first language?
You seem to be having trouble comprehending pretty basic stuff.

>>27841732
No. If you write a good character you get to have more control over it, because players enjoy seeing what you do with it as much as they enjoy controlling it themselves.

>>27841741
>that is sounding weird
>is English not your first language
Gee anon I dunno.

>>27841741
oh, I guarantee you I'm understanding everything you say perfectly fine. I was just a little bored, so please excuse these shenannigans. But it's good to know that people in this thread are actually still willing to explain basic stuff to even the biggest of retards. Nevertheless, please be a little more suspicious of people around here. I was rather suprised to see that not a single person was suspecting me of putting up an act. Well, it speaks for you in a sense. And it was a good exercise for channeling my inner retard.

>>27841783
Pretending doesn't make you any less retarded, you have that in mind too.

>>27841783
I've never understood the point of pretending to be retarded.
As far as I'm concerned if someone thinks pretending to be stupid is a good idea then they're actually just stupid and anything I say to them is still valid.

>>27841799
Absolutely, I was never trying to imply anything else.

>>27841808
You're right, it was stupid, but as I said, I was bored and so I decided to make you waste a little bit of your time until it wasn't fun for me anymore. I'm a simple person.

>>27841783
You didn't pretend to be retarded, you acted like a non-native English speaker. We have several QMs that are non-native English speakers, there's no reason to expect someone's being duplicitous automatically.

Who's better? Bugponers or Batponers?

>>27841991
Depends which bug you're talking about.

>>27841998
The bug kind.

Your waifu is a degenerate who belongs on a cross

What vidya would you like to see as a pony CYOA?

>>27836114

>>27842173
>>27842167

Hi.

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>>27841991
They are both good and which one you enjoy more is a matter of personal taste; there is no objectively correct answer to that question. I personally would gladly play a CYOA with either of them.

>>27842257
we know dox

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>>27842257
So would i, doxel

>>27842094
What do you mena?
I'd like a platformer where you have to rescue the cyoa pones. Didn't storyteller start something like that a while ago? What happened to that?

>>27842368
What did you mena by this?

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>>27842388
That all this time you've had it in you.

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>>27789827

The Bar is, once again, Open.
Paradise is pissed off edition.

Resuming Miracle: Hot boogaloo.
>>27842762

>>27842764
God damnit Vince, you better give us that redo since that single faggot ruined everything.

>>27842764
Hey it's ok don't recon it

>>27842764
i gotta read the next time you make a cyoa. your players apparently don't know how to think.

>>27842764
They didn't say to kill themselves again did they?

>>27842832
>your players
>players
>s
This is what happens when you follow a single retarded loud player over the majority.

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>>27842885

>>27842883
>Got heavily damaged and sacrificed army to save friend
>Go back to 'negotiate' with the big powerful enemy boss with no resources backing you up
Sounds like one guy certainly decided that.

>>27842925
>one guy
Sounds like Vince fucked up again to me.

>>27842933
What he has a history of this?

>>27842933
The previous quest was a straight vote wasn't it? It was a player fuck up as I recall. This one is indeed a Vince fuck up.

>>27842966
I recall the circumstances behind the vote being abjectly ridiculous in the line of 'do this thing i want you to do or die and the quest is over'.

>>27842985
Oh, then yeah. I think it was "Make a deal with a demon or die a virgin". Though I'm pretty sure they were already in a beyond fucked up state at that point. It sounded more like Vince holding one last branch out to them to me where they should have already died.

>>27843005
Vizier made the same deal and look where she's now.

>>27842966
You can't blame for not knowing how many players were actually for and against with the way 4chan works. I did mess up, yet, the majority is always the best course of actions to pick up despite me trying to include every single imput into my updates. So, alright, I admit it.

But even despite that, I still hate retcons.

Wow, I'm skimming the Crystal thread and it looks like ya'll have a real dick on your hands. "I didn't tell anyone my secret doomed to fail plan I forced through and now that plan's going to get us killed, but it's everyone else's fault, not mine!" An asshole, retarded, and seems to be aligned against every other player of that quest.

>>27843097
You forgot the "no one ask what my plan is, now i'm telling you because it failed"

>>27843097
Reminder that it's the QMs job to filter bullshit and put a stop to stupid debates.
Not sure what Vince was thinking on this one.

>>27843137
> put a stop to stupid debates.
It wasn't a stupid debate. It was an important decision that players argued over for two days and couldn't come to a definite conclusion.

>>27843204
You mean one guy wouldn't drop it.
That's a stupid debate.

>>27843211
Seems like that's a regular thing here. One or two guys don't know when to shut up even when they're outvoted.

>>27843227
So it's like, a smaller-scaled Dirty Work sexuality argument (TM) with worst consequences?

Not running today, not feeling good.
Maybe tomorrow.

>>27843254

If you have a thread up, make sure to inform them as well. It may be a small number, but not everyone who plays visits the general, or they might miss it.

If you post it there, no one will miss it, unless they are really blind.

Which MC would you shakalakka the most?

>>27843253
>Dirty Work sexuality argument (TM)
I hate those. I feel like both sides just come across as jerks when that happens. I'd like to think it's just one or two people being asses on either side, but there's really no way to tell.

>>27843137
>Reminder that it's the QMs job to filter bullshit and put a stop to stupid debates.
What? No, we aren't babysitters. The most we are really pushed to do is giving a canon answer if an argument is too large.
>>27843524
What's a shakalakka.

>>27843626
When the magority has clearly decided and one guy won't drop it it's time to call it and make the post.
That's not babysitting.

>>27843626
When you shakalakka someone with all your might.

What if there is only one valid action posted and it's likely to get the MC killed?

>>27843663
I usually give a couple outs before I actually kill the MC.

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>>27843658
You, get on the floor!

>>27843599
>Tfw when your quest will never have an arguement or debate of that caliber, and you can't be sure if it's because you're doing a good job, or your quest just isn't interesting enough.

>Inb4 kill yourself for not naming which quest it is.

>>27843701
Kill yourself, but
>you will never run a quest goo enough

>>27843701
>Seriously wanting that garbage.
As a player, those kind of debates are the most frustrating shit, and the lack of those annoying debates over small stuff is why I love small quests.

>>27843716
My quest is small but it still gets those debates.

>>27843716
Agreed, those players should kill themselves.

>>27843723
It seems like small text quests get them more than small art quests.

>>27843701
Be happy you don't have those because it means that you have people who enjoys your quest and can agree with most idea they throw out.

>>27843723

And yours is?

>>27843723
Very much doubt it.

Do players go on for hours on end, sometimes days, over sexuality or inconsequential actions?
If so, which quest is it, so I can avoid it like the plague?

>>27843701
I noticed that you didn't name your quest. This means that you don't actually want anyone to give you feedback on your quest, you just wanted to complain about not having as much activity as Dirty Work. I will therefore interpret your post as "I worry that my quest might not be as good as it could be, but am unwilling to seek any advice to improve it".

That's stupid, anon. Tell us which quest you run or knock it off.

>>27843738
Ha-ha, not telling. keep playing those small quests which will eventually turn into it as well.

>>27843749
Okay so no, it doesn't happen and you're just a bitch.

>>27843759
No, you are a bitch.

>>27843889
No, I agree with the first guy. If you talk about your quest without saying which one it is it just irritates everyone.

!time Res.

>>27844102
He's gone, Anon.

>>27844117
Running again

>>27844114

;_;

Will we ever get our Changeling pretending to be regular pone quest?

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>>27844135
Dirty Work is up!

>>27844146
Changeling hunter quest.

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>>27844146
This one?

>>27844165
What an ugly horse

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>>27844155
I like your quest, and also you by extension

>>27844177
What do you expect it was anon created.

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>>27844204
Super's up, too.

I am expecting company, so I may be a little distracted.

>>27844227
Shhhh

If you're expecting "company" (wink wink nudge nudge) don't feel that compelled to run, famalam

We can wait

>>27844227
That's a nice 4legged seapone.

Bugs don't get hugs

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>>27844301
You wouldn't hug this bug? Really?

>>27844301
They get lots of fugs though.

>>27844344
>>27844344
it's like "image.png" is your tripcode.

>>27844344
dox pls

>>27844301
>Doxel bait

>>27844344
I would hug this bug.

>>27844208
But I think they look cute...

>>27844344
I would hug that bug.
Buy a real computer dox.

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>>27844551
>>27844614
With apologies to LisCas. Sorry your wonderful art didn't get to last long...

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How does /CYOA/ feel about fighting aliens?

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>>27844707

>>27844707
What >>27844743 said. Bad flashbacks.

Woke up

>>27840967
>>27840955
Thank you! I love drawing ponies doing stupid things, and quirky weird cartoony CYOAs like this is one of my favorites. One thing I regret is that this test run didn't go on long enough for me to do my other favorite things: brick jokes, and running gags.

I'm pretty bad at plots and goals but I imagined my real CYOA would have to do with said tomatoes as a catalyst for stupid shenanigans, is that cool?

Side question: do ya guys have any favorite humor tropes?

>>27844843
>do ya guys have any favorite humor tropes?

Sarcasim

>>27844843
Crude and lewd.

>>27844843
I like anti-humor.
What do you call a black man in space?
A spaceman.
It's funny because you expect a joke or a punch, and there's none.

I also happen to like Maud.

>>27844843

witty remarks.

>>27844843
I didn't say anything but that was probably the best quality silly art and humor wise cyoa I've ever read. Capable of topping H&B Guy easily. Please run a cyoa.

The bad part is that you'd probably run while I'm in asleep...

>>27844843
>do ya guys have any favorite humor tropes

slapstick

>>27844843
Fart jokes.

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>>27844843
>>27844929
More specifically, characters who you don't expect to be crude being that way.

>>27844843
Dark. I'm the kind of person that loved "Death to Smoochy," "Morel Orel" and "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"

I wish this app would let me reply to you all easily, but these are all lovely! Like I said, I'm a fan of brick jokes and running gags, and of course cute ponies doing dumb things

>>27844949
Oh man that means so much to me, thank you!

Yeah my times really depend, but I like to think that I'm at my best late at night; there's this nice little space between being awake and being sleep deprived that I like to exploit for creativity. If I go too long my thought processes just die though. What times would you like it at?

>>27844988
Oh man I love this.

>>27845019
Those are great! Always wanted to do something like those but I think it's pretty hard to pull off well

>>27845045
we're all sluts for quests, time isnt a bigge for most.

>>27844843
My favorite kind of humor is the kind of tongue in cheek, self-deprecating, shameless humor they use in the new Muppets movies and tv series.

>>27838261
Ewlew yoyous

I just realized I don't really know what kind of humor I like. I never learned about categories or anything.

>>27845045
Personally I like quest that run anywhere between 4-10 pm EST. Hey, don't stress out over catering to me though.

>>27845110
Funny humor.

>>27845053
>>27845116

Whenever I make a quest, I guess I'll start it somewhere around 6-8 pm (my time is time zone -4), then; though I might keep going till the wee hours of the morning!

>>27845110
What hits your funny bone, anon? What always gives you the giggles despite the actual context? What's your favorite cartoon scenes? It's hard trying to find your favorite kind of humor but all you need to do is to catch yourself laughing a couple times!

>>27845338
Come for the rape, stay for the plot twists. I got 4 hours.

>>27845332
I think pretty much everything makes me laugh, I can't think of a comedy I've watched that didn't get me. What I'm trying to think of is the kind of humor I like to portray when writing my quest, I'm kind of a straight writer and I can't figure out a proper definition for the times I try to make things light.

>>27845366
Do not go here with a full stomach.

>>27845370
I can't find one specific resource to help with specific genres of humor (e.g. slapstick, dark, parody) since every website here seems to have its own opinion, but when in doubt, give Google short vague descriptions until it works, I think. Has worked surprisingly well for me, somehow

>>27845528
Thanks anon, I'm fine not knowing anyway, I'm more of a serious writer, the relaxed bits just happen when they have to.

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>>27844843
I like this kind of humor

>>27845366
>Oh I'm sorry for killing your mother and destroying your home. I'll just reverse all of that and let you get raped for breeding purposes instead!
I'm seriously close to dropping this.

>>27845972
Checked out the last couple of posts?

Bugs are not for hugs, fugs, or even snugs

>>27845986
Sure, things are sort of fixed, but the recent posts felt very much like a band-aid solution to me. I'm not a fan of those kind of things either.

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>>27846030
Objectively false.

>>27846030
Is anti-bug the new anti-bat?

>>27846068
KEKEKKEKEKEKEKEKEKKEEEEE!

So before it dies, and while it's still fresh in your minds... What are your current opinons on Curse? I hear people like the chatacters, why? What do you like about them? Also, I see a lot of doxel comments about how good it is. What dont you like, what could be inproved?

This is the QMs first quest, is it noticable? Has he done anything different to stand out?

>>27846357
I like the characters that are Basil.

>>27846357
Because it's more of a happy and fun quest that you don't need to take so seriously, while at the same time you can mess things up terribly if you're too stupid.

So it's a quest that doesn't have much challenge so you can have fun, but the challenge is still large enough to be concerned over.

>>27846357
It's fine. Can't suggest anything I'd want to see changed, the quest is fun.

>>27846357
I assure you that only a small fraction of the Doxel comments are me. Curse is legitimately well liked.

The characters are quirky and easy to root for, the tone is lighthearted and fun, the multiple MC control is handled well, the lore is enough to move the plot along without feeling overbearing, the art has personality, it has several top tier-waifus, the setting has its own distinct flavor while still feeling like it can effortlessly coexist with the canon Equestria, and you can just generally tell that SomeoneWhoCares really lives up to that name.

>>27846369
That too.

>>27846558
I think it has to do more with the QM than the retcon.

What makes a good QM?
What makes a good quest?
What makes a bad QM?
What makes a bad quest?

>>27847050
>What makes a bad quest?
Being dead

>>27847050
>what makes a bad QM
When they complain how bad thier quest is, and don't say who they are to recieve critique

>>27847050
>What makes a good quest?
Being enjoyable. Yes that's subjective and varies from person to person, but so does "good".
>What makes a bad quest?
Not being enjoyable. Yes that's subjective and varies from person to person, but so does "bad".

>>27847050
>good qm
One that writes well and runs often.
>good quest
When your choices matter and the qm lays out good ground work for them to.
>bad qm
one who disregards input and does what he wants
>bad quest
qm writes himself into a corner and quits or just quitting in general.

>>27846502
It's true, I've been called Doxel several times while playing/praising Curse. There was actually a time near the beginning when I purposely didn't bring it up because I was afraid too many players would find out how good it was, and I was already happy with the players that were there. I feel bad about that still.

reminder that he cares

>>27847995
reminder that I don't

>>27847694
Don't be. Too many players can ruin quests.

>>27848741
Even if you have two players, they can argue.
And if it's only one player, it's not a CYOA.

So what to do?

>>27849208
Have three to six players.
This is the best range in my experience.
Enough to stimulate discussion and break ties, not enough to have too many suggestions to incorporate them all.

A long time ago, JAD obtained a reputation as being perfect.

Are there any quests that meet the requirements to have that title now?

>>27849300
Mine.

>>27849309
And what is your quest?

>>27849360
The perfect one.

>>27849309
Well, you're confident at least.

>>27849300
Curse is literally perfect.

What is a QM?

>>27849726
A miserable pile of mistakes.

>>27849727
*players

>>27849727
someone gets it

>couldn't sleep last night
Why.
I was supposed to run today, dammit.

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>>27849793
Sleep is for the weak.

>>27849818
Sleep is for me, then.

>>27849727
>>27849735
>QMs are just a miserable pile of players
That sounds about right.

Angel Wings prison adventure when?

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>>27849917
When you make it

>>27849360
To seek the Holy Grail.

>>27849974
What is your name?

Ponies solving mysteries Quest when?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpjsMnI3htA

>>27849990
>>27849974
Cammy?