/qtg/ - Quest Thread General

>Player Question
Ever thought of making a quest yourself?

Already done so. Stardust Wuxia Quest. Basic premise is Wuxia in Stardust CYOA setting. Did a prologue edition to test waters but did it on a Sunday night so I had to cut it short. Next thread is coming up Saturday morning or evening CST, and I'm absolutely terrified.

>>1385267
>Player Question
Ever thought of making a quest yourself?

Absolutely. Still in planning stages since I really don't wanna bail at the beginning (or halfway through) and I also wanna make sure I do all I can to make sure I don't end like one of those quests that someone has clearly put at least SOME effort into and just nobody plays.

>>1385544
Good luck, Anon.

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>>1385577
I'll need it.

>>1385267
>This is a thread created for the discussion of Quest threads. Or at least it was, in times long gone. All it is now is another tomb full of ghosts howling shitposts into the graveyard known as /qst/.
>It also used to be a place to share advice and guidance for aspiring or current QM's. The only advice worth giving now is LEAVE.

Please, sunshine, tell us how you really feel.

>>1385641
I blame Akunfags. I've been seeing more of them trying to convince QMs to go to Akun.

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>>1385695
It's working on me, at least.

>>1385702
Weak sauce, Anon.

>>1385732
No trolling intended, but it's not like it's a horrible idea or without merit. Been thinking about it myself.

>self insert quest about a children's cartoon born from a shitty meme in their general
>writing is just greentext
>so far had 3 sessions
>63 unique ids, current thread has over 900 replies
Is this how you make a successful quest? Just transplant the faggots from some general?

>>1385972
Try it and find out.

No seriously, seems like an interesting experiment.

>>1385973

Pretty sure that poster is talking about this one.
>>1375238

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>>1385983
>>1385972
>MFW
How does one be an hero the least painful way possible?

>>1385998
This is the form quests have to take to survive. Can't deny it having success.

>60+ unique ID
>900+ replies

Pretty much as long as you can run cookie cutter fanfic quests of popular franchises your quest will succeed.

Soon /qst/ will be the place you come to see fanfic of your favorite anime and akun will be the place you got to jerk off.

Anything in between will just be niche shit on either site.

>>1386008
THEY PLAYED US LIKE A DAMN FIDDLE

>>1385983
No, I know, I'm just saying he should try himself and see the results.

>>1385972
Successful quests have an audience, no matter the quality of the components of the quest itself. If people are having fun, can you blame them?

A lot of people don't want to open up On War and sip tea as they read about the war theory of a Prussian officer who would define conflicts into the 20th century. They want to be entertained. They want to peel open a comic book and watch Mongoman the Retard Fist punch some fucker's head into the ocean, causing them to skip like a fucking flat smooth stone over the water until they smash into an iceberg with such force that they disintegrate into a thick red paste that freezes into a disgusting flesh sorbet.

Also, it's a lot easier to catch people if you use something they know they want, which is why fanfic tends to do well more often than not. People like knowing things about a setting- that feeling of potential power over a setting feels good. There's never a situation where you just don't know what to do, or you don't know what's going on; you can relatively accurately theorize on how a setting you know works, even if the QM is smart and doesn't let you just predict how everything's going to happen based on your meta knowledge. You still [i]feel[/i] you know what's going on, even if you don't.

In /v/ terms: People don't know they want Sicilian Octopus Stew. People know they want a burger and fucking fries.

>>1385267
>This is a thread created for the discussion of Quest threads. Or at least it was, in times long gone. All it is now is another tomb full of ghosts howling shitposts into the graveyard known as /qst/.
>It also used to be a place to share advice and guidance for aspiring or current QM's. The only advice worth giving now is LEAVE.
>All these edgy apocalyptic statements in the opening paragraph of the opening post, especially for a general.
Confirmation that OP is a massive faggot.

>>1385267
>>Player Question
>Ever thought of making a quest yourself?
No, there's not enough questers to make all the quests active simultaneously. Plus, questing can actually be rather time-consuming and somewhat difficult if you're doing it in multiple quests or doing HIGH ENERGY POSTING in a few.

>>1386008
>>1386011
This was all part of their master plan for making this board, wasn't it?

>>1385972
>born from a shitty meme in their general
What's the meme? Didn't even know it was from a general.
>>1385972
>Just transplant the faggots from some general?
So they're from another board?

>>1385972
>>1385973
>>1385983
>>1386001
>>1386022
As a quester in that quest who's unfortunately not actually acquainted with the rest of whatever culture it's from, I can also offer a few bits of observations on what seems to make it so successful.

What are the most active/popular quests currently?

>>1386055
What metric is that by? There's post count, post frequency, amount of posters, and so on.

>>1386060
Amount of posters

>>1386064
Hive Queen Quest is currently sitting around 105 unique ids. That's probably it.

>>1386064
Well that's rather easy: Hive Queen Quest > > Black Company Quest > Star vs Quest > Star Wars Quest: Dark Empire for those at the top. This is discounting those that are about to be bumped off the board.

>>1386055
Mecha Space Pirate Quest is by far the most consistent and successful transplanted quest from /tg/.

>>1386028
Do elaborate on how a quest based on preteen animation is doing so well on /qst/

>>1386069
Followed by
Mecha Space Pirate: 73
Star vs: 63

>>1386077
>Mecha Space Pirate Quest is by far the most consistent and successful transplanted quest from /tg/.
Its honestly a really well written quest and the system plays well for the genre.

>>1386055
Audit, whenever it actually runs has thousands of posts each thread.

There are many sorcerers, wizards, priests, and other users of magic in thew world, but you're one of the veery few, the one in one billion who is a mage. You don't use magic, or cast spells, or perform rituals; you manipulate the very power and substance of magic itself. There are only eight of you in the world, and you all avoid annoying each other like the plague.

You have the dubious honor of working for the Centre for Occult Research and Rehabilitation, and your 'job', if you can call it that, is to rehabilitate the souls or spirits of reincarnated evil and use their assistance to recover occult artifacts and rituals from the people who would use them to commit atrocities and wreck the tenuously safe world that you live in. This is not a fun job, but it is exciting and you get to play with the best toys. The voyueristic psychic who serves as your observer and contact with the Centre is laughing her head of because you've just received your third rehabilitation subject.

Hitler.

Literally Hitler.

Adela is the fifteen year old blonde girl who is host to Hitler's soul, and the Centre has pulled his memories completely into her life, so they can use her to find the occult artifacts and tools he used in World War Two to nearly conquer Europe. You are not pleased by this. Even with an enslavement device, she's still going to be one of the most skilled demagogues in the world, and you need to keep her on target before someone else finds what she's got stashed across the world.

You're especially concerned about how Jackie The Ripper and Ginger Khan will react to their not nearly so rehabilitated new companion....

>Coming Never To A Board Near You.

Reposting this idea to see if the anon who made it can be convinced to run it.

When do you know that its time to give up on the quest you're running?

>>1386199
Previously: It's become an unfun slog to write because you only get 1 or 2 votes just quoting your prompts back at you.
Recently: Your quest fails to get even one reply within 12 hours.

>>1386209
Soon: I posted an OP.
But nobody came.

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The good old days.

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Crusader quest sequel when?

>>1386262
That quest was trash and the players were autistic fags on a level that shouldn't even be possible

RIP Crusty

>>1386297
Shut your whore mouth, /qst/ wishes it could be graced with quests like Shadow Quest, now all that's left are a few holdovers from /tg/ and shit.

>>1386268
When Three Kingdoms Quest comes back

>>1386268
Too soon ;_;

>>1386268
>He will never be King of Alexandria and wage an unending war with Egypt.

>>1386268
Wilhelm and chiri lived happily together and had many children

>>1386317
Sounds like a fever dream that took place while dying of gangrene in a ditch.

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>>1386317
Yeah. Iovetta's children.

>>1386154
Probably not.

wow read Princess Guard Quest and it was a best ever but im sad about why not are we pairing best bro and best girl.

i mean look at it

Reinhold with Nicollete or Sylvie as waifu maybe both will share with each other
or i would be content about
Reinhold being a sly guy taking two princess threesome or Reinhold hooking with dragon girl with half-dragon bro
or if not about that it would be
Melon our attentive waifu while we still bodyguard Marie or Princess Karel and now we are guarding TWO princesses
But that is just me and the quest is end like a year ago.
Any good read that is similar as this quest?

>>1386372
Dude just read a dating sim VN. You'll get a better experience than the trash you just read.

>>1386344
>Implying this is a bad thing {spoiler]for Wilhelm[/spoiler]

Meanwhile being Mathilde is fucking suffering

>>1386379
>implying she isnt getting railed by teenage Prince Baldwin while she is in Jerusalem while waiting to get wed.

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>>1386302

:(

>>1386375
hell its a good trash even though i hate how this QM managed to run that piece of shit of a writer he is.

>>1386344
Legit, when is the that quest coming back?

>>1386391
Never ever. HF died to dropbears.

>>1386344
You take that back!

Chiri and Wilhelm had many beautiful and genius level children who grew up to do great things all across Europe

What qm is most known for making basic bitch quests?

>>1386424
Not sure what you mean by basic bitch quest.

>8 hours to babby cup deadline
I guess /qst/ will have to wait for the next cup to make our debut

I don't think it's fair to say that the only good quests are /tg/ immigrants. There's a couple I follow right now, Overwatch Quest and Goat Girl's Fantasy Quest that are both great. GFQ doesn't have a lot of players though.

>>1386372
Magic swords in non-magical duels are bullshit.

>>1386385
RIP Zhu Xing the General who once manifested might

>>1386436
And I wanted to see the board play against /tg/ and /pol/.

>>1386428
Uninspired garbage that doesn't try to differentiate from anything else.

>>1386520
General of Kettles.

His crush on lu lingqi was the worst kept secret in the entire army.

>>1386436
For as much as people complain here about us having no players, we didn't really do anything to join the one thing that would get us more players

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>>1386297
>that shining gem of QM-player interaction
>trash

>>1386529
Only one I could think of that could be KNOWN for that kind of thing is Sominus. I mean, I only ever see a million dragonball quests and yu yu hakasho and the occasional avatar quest from him and his writing style is incredibly fucking bland to the point where he might as well be greentexting. Not to mention his tendency to just arbitrarily fuck over the MC when he feels like it. And yet, he's got like a thousand players. So what do I know?

>>1386529
Merc Command is so basic bitch he doesn't differentiate from himself.

>>1386589
Only Merc Command could run quests in a dozen settings and have them all feel exactly the same.

Is there some deep want to play as a girl in quests? It seems that a large amount of popular quests I see or interesting ones I pop into or read up on have you immediately playing as a girl or large majority vote to play as a girl in character creation. It's fine if people want to play as a girl, makes it harder for me to relate to the character and enjoy myself a bit, but that's fine. I just want to understand the reasoning. Are people just tired of playing dudes or something?

>>1386572
It's hilarious when he tries to QM under a different name but everyone knows instantly due to the bland and soulless writing style.

>>1386642
they're just gay

oi post your quest ideas so i can call them shit

>>1385267
What would you say is more important for a quest?

Being fun, having a consistent theme that creates deep thought, or a consistent setting and rules?

>>1386643
I only know of one case where that happened. He do it more than once?

>>1386658
Yup. At least twice but I think there was a third time

>>1386642
What happens is a bunch of people initially vote to play as a girl and then mysteriously disappear after that vote, effectively killing the quest more often than not

>>1386654
first and last you simpering garand
anons don't think deep, they "happen" upon thoughts with deep-likeness

>>1386660
The fuck? How does still run without people constantly harassing him for being a shit? The last time I tried to follow one of his quests was the first YuYu Hakasho one. Not only did he somehow manage to make it boring as shit, last I heard of it he killed off the MC for some bullshit reason.

>>1386672
People are thirsty for fanfic and the dude runs relatively consistently which is rare nowadays.

Even if it the quest itself is mediocre.

>>1386642
I don't write men well, so I don't write them as MCs usually.

I used to have a quest running for a while here, and I'd like to pick it back up again, probably next week. It's been almost five months since my last update, though, Do you think anyone will even remember?

>>1386776
If you said what quest that was maybe you would find out.

>>1386776
Just say what quest it is, otherwise there's no reason to even ask

>>1386672
I've never seen a character experience a single genuine emotion in any of his quests

>>1386796
What do you mean?

>>1386802
They're emotionless robots in everything they say and do, I think it's a pretty straightforward criticism

>>1386642
I actually find female characters easier to connect with than male characters
There's a popular myth in our culture that women are more emotional than men. It's a load of crap but it's very prevalent in our society especially in fiction. This makes it easier for me to relate to female characters on an emotional level.

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After a long, long hiatus, Capes of Rain City is coming back on May 5th. (It was going to be the 28th but there was a real life conflict).

Does anyone besides monotreeme even remember this?

>>1386848
Yup, I'm excited

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>>1386789
>>1386792
The Legend of Peter Titmouse

>>1386862
OH SHIT YES.

Gnat still best.

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>>1386862
Holy shit

>>1386796
Exactly. I don't see how people can enjoy it. It's the flattest, barest, most boring "style" of writing I've ever seen.

Hey, you. Stop crying about how quests are dying and actually play in a good quest. Lost freight has looks like it's written by a competent writer and has an interesting premise and I'm one of two voters.

>>1386866
>>1386879
Looks like people remember.
But are you ready for the trivia contest???

>>1386589
>>1386610
Guess it's kinda inevitable when you run quests for four years straight.

>>1386931
Writing quality may as well be a dank meme when it comes to quests because it's basically fucking irrelevant to whether or not a quest is successful or not. The bare minimum is not being outright illegible trash.

What matters is what the players are getting out of it. Big clue there; players, not readers. You could have three posts of fucking beautifully written scenery and character interactions with thematic clues and hints that show, not tell, the reader what's going on, but it matters for dick fuck all if the players don't see what they can add to it. They copy and paste a prompt and nobody talks about anything and everybody's miserable.

The quests that do the best have quick, punchy updates that constantly have shit happening. It isn't like traditional prose where you can have actions winding down or quiet bits to contrast the action. From my experience the players just stop fucking caring because they aren't having a needle jammed in their arm.

>>1387035
>From my experience the players just stop fucking caring because they aren't having a needle jammed in their arm.
>having a needle jammed in their arm.
When it's in, it feels good though, doesn't it?

>>1387035
>players only want to vote if the vote matters
I don't see how you're painting this as a fault of the players, that's the whole point of questing

>>1387047
It isn't a fault to want to only vote when it matters.

It's a fault to only vote when it's blindingly obvious that it matters like when shit is blowing up, and not caring about who and what is exploding until it's in several fiery pieces. Character building, interactions, the ACTUAL important shit? Nah let's fight some more my favorite movie is Transformers 17: Return of Starscream's Robot Gallstones

>character is a rough and macho manly man
>players play him like a bitch, choosing non confrontational dialog and actions
I want to actively intimidate people with my body language, and directly threaten just for fun. Why won't they go along with it?

>>1387095
Which quest?

>>1387065
Isn't it up to the QM to write characters that players will get invested in and care about? Maybe you're just better at writing action than the things you think are more important.
>>1387095
Quest players like to be as non confrontational as possible. They tend to default to overly friendly and passive personalities for the most part because they want to be the good guy and doing anything else is too edgy. They'll always vote logically instead of emotionally which can make for very boring MCs.

>>1387095
You ever hear that thing where people complain that all nearly all quests have the same protag? It's kinda like that. The MC has a defined personality and mannerisms but they are given the chance to go against that at every turn and take it every time. The best way to prevent this from happening (as the QM) that I've seen is to just make sure that none of the actions available are out of character and make it clear that write ins that don't line up with the MC will be vetoed.

>>1387101
The problem is that anons don't understand the point of questing. Most players think that the point is to "win" when its really to play a character and experience a story through their perspective. So they vote for the options they feel are the best answers to a situation and then focus on making sure they have no flaws that will hinder them from making those decisions.

>>1387123
>It's what you do.
>You talk, and you justify.
>You get into people's heads and you try and you think of little options to choose from, and try to pick the one that nets you the best result.
>You know I want something. Congratulations.
>What's the matter?
>Give me something.

>>1387099
>Isn't it up to the QM to write characters that players will get invested in and care about?

It's up to the players to care in the first place. They clearly are interested enough to vote, just not enough to put effort into a response that takes character into consideration.

Quests aren't typical writing. They require interaction from players. The QM simply cannot do all the work. The players have to meet the QM at least partway, elsewise why are they even playing instead of jacking off.

>Maybe you're just better at writing action than the things you think are more important.

Much to my displeasure this is far from the case.

Is Akun fucked again?

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>>1385267
>QM Question
The collaborative nature of it all, seeing my vague plans go completely off the rails via players and the world expand because of it. Furiously drawing and improvving 95% of everything for a couple hours hasn't lost its enjoyment for me, yet.

Also, I swear to fucking God ever since I started QMing I've gotten bent over by physical ailments, one after another. Quite literally, in the case of the currently excruciating hemorrhoid, adding to the pile of coughs, colds, and a couple weeks of the flu. Looks like my promise of a new thread this weekend is gonna get broken, throw it onto another pile.

>new quest is going well
>suddenly shit gets real, hard but interesting choices have to be made
>participation drops
Are players here just too afraid to vote when it requires thought?

>>1387453
>>1387453
>>1387453

Beleaguered Prince Quest is now live.

>>1387354
>Looks like my promise of a new thread this weekend is gonna get broken, throw it onto another pile.
Ah dam!

Trawler Quest is right up there with Black Company Quest for me, best two on this board.

Hope you feel better mate! Great drawing as well.

>>1387446
Less that, and more people don't want to take a risk. Players actually generally love trying to stretch their thinkmeats- but only when the consequences of failure aren't dire or have a life at stake.

>>1386209
Thank you. I think its time for me to call it quits.

>>1386862
I looked up the archives of this and it's pretty great, I support bringing it back 100%

>tfw Khornette Quest doesn't run this week
All I have to sate my 40k questing desires in the meantime is that shitty guardsman one. Despair.webm

What's the lewdest you can get away with when doind a drawquest?

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Join us, we have bible verses.
>>1388347

>>1388407
Most extreme I've seen on this board is a QM posting a tegaki-drawn actual furry porn image at the end of each thread

Has /qst/ had any finished horror drawquests?
Or any memorable finished drawquests in general?

>>1388412
Do you only write in greentext?

/qst/ sure has seen better days.

I used to come here to play the god game threads, the QM was named Domino or something similar. How long have those been dead?

>tfw no quest has breeding and pregnancy mechanics.
>tfw no quest has you obtaining a cadre of waifus that you fill with your baby batter over and over again

I just want to raise an entire village of progeny.

>>1388644

This is a Blue Board, dumbass.

>>1385267
Im new to 4chan and quests. Are ther any tips for "playing properly" as a newb? Also im confused about these dice being rolled....how do i roll the die?lol

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Rolled 22 (1d100)

>>1388722
In the Options field of a post, type "dice+(number of dice)(type of dice).

>>1388722
>Im new to 4chan and quests.
>Also im confused about these dice being rolled....how do i roll the die?
Read the welcoming post:
>>2

>Are ther any tips for "playing properly" as a newb?
Take a look at some quests where questers have been either collaborative or have put thought into their votes, get a feel for the paradigm.
The biggest pieces of advice I can give is don't be a dick and don't try being dogmatic. There's no regulations for how one should play besides following these courtesies.
If there's any questions you have regarding a quest, normally you can just ask and either the questers or QM would be willing to answer. Some quests have summaries of recent events, read them to understand what's going on if you're jumping into a later thread.

>>1388730
Ok, so i make up a # and write it out like that or do i actually roll a die?

>>1388730
>>1388737
Write it out like that, case-sensitive. It's supposed to be rolled by the generator.

>>1388740
But wheres the generator? Do i download one? Or when i wright >"dice+(number of dice)(type of dice) itll generate a number. I know its a dumb question

>>1388757
See how it's typed in the picture?

It's just that. Do it exactly like that and it'll spit out whatever dice roll you define the dice as. You don't need anything else.

>>1388734
>>1388757
Do what the anon with the image did. Yes, that's what the command means. >>2
>>1388759
Is correct.

>>1388759
>>1388760
Thanks for explaining

>>1388764
No problem. If you happen to have any questions feel free to ask and we'll try answering where possible.

Rolled 81 (1d120)

Im really bored and i have like twenty of these quest idea that never come to fruitition because i was afraid that no one will read my quest but whatever ill roll this shit.

1. A High School Magic Academy setting You are the Transfer Student
2. A Fantasy Cyberpunk era where you are a bounty hunter who chase the girl who has the highest bounty on his head
3. A SciFi Grimdark Setting where every faction is fighting for one planet the has everything in it
4. A modern slice of life became action/suspense too quick. Also you are a neet.
5. A modern era where you are secret agent to protect the NSA daughter from everything. YES EVERYTHING!
6. A fantasy adventure where your goal is to have a band of princess in your own adventuring party
7. A Cyberpunk Idol Simulator where we gain fans by doing raid concert in other idol group.
8. A SciFi era where robots dominates human. You are a robot destine to free humans
9. A Fantasy genre where an adventuring party of misfits in search for fame and fortune.
10. An investigation quest where we are detective conan....not really but a close second.
11. A generic fantasy with generic party and generic boss with generic everything....except that we have monstergirls.
12. A pirate quest where we search for our missing crew because someone fuck it up.
13. A SciFi fantasy where a man from a future got sent in the medieval times.
14. A guy stuck in video game....yeah super generic
15. A girl suck by a story book and now must finish where she make her own story.
16. A child assassin who wanted to kill his target...saved instead now a butler-in-training and a bodyguard for a spoiled brat girl
17. A Maid Quest where we serve young master. Ara-ara is involved
18. A Crusader quest got transported to modern times. Deus Vult intensifies
19. A Normal Dude got dragged out by a female mad scientist in search for something that may help in his research.
20. A fantasy setting where we have a ridiculous party members. It just happens normally.

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>1388811
uhhh rerolling wrong dice

So /qst/, what is your favorite quest that's currently running?
What about your favorite quest ever?

>>1388817
Mecha Space Pirate Quest

The first quest that got me interested into questing.

I've tried others. But they all either were too slow, had long breaks in between with the QMs fucking off, or gotten bored and unable to continue. I'm looking at you, fkin Spartan Quest and Wulin Quest

>>1388644
Ryukuza Quest had random rolls for what type of dragonettes the MC impregnated her harem with.

>>1388700
Liike the mods care what happens here.

>>1388428
kek Sounds like me, minus the furry part

>>1388817
Hive Queen Quest

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>>1385267
>QM Question
It's an outlet for the many writing ideas, plots and world-building points that I have stored up. It provides both immediate feedback on the quality of my work and helps me evolve as a writer (I hope). I would probably not dedicate the time or effort to jotting this down in a notebook or typing out an actual book in this stage of my life, this is one way for me to keep the edge and also revel in praise when I do well (or apologise and try to do better if I muck up).

I take pride in seeing people enjoy it enough to dedicate time and effort in either drawfagging or analysing the MC's situation. Outright compliments make me as smug as a pug in a rug.
>that feel when anons in the general mention my quest in their favourites list

>>1386862
Definitely, I didn't participate on active threads much and I could tell it was VERY popular.

>>1388817
>Current
I'm not actually following anything at the moment, at least not on a schedule where I can participate in reliably since I run at the same time or work at others. Fantasy Crusader I guess, Trawler Quest looks promising. I'm tempted to binge on Mecha Space Pirate Quest even though Mecha's aren't my thing.

>Ever
Straight off the bat, House Harrock. That estranged family reconnecting man...
Also Ex-Guardsman Quest (before it got weird and off-canon). Certainly there are better that I've read in the archives, but these ones are my favourite that I've participated in regularly.

>>1388817
>what is your favorite quest that's currently running?

N/A though I do like lamplighter when Ouro runs

>What about your favorite quest ever?
CRUSADER FUCKING QUEST

>>1388817
Mecha Space Pirate, the qm is actually a really good writer and does a great job at writing interesting characters and getting you invested in the story.

>>1388941
You should binge it, right now we're mostly doing nothing so its a great time to catch up before shit really hits the fan.

>>1389073
Isn't that the harem quest with traps and shit?

>>1389131
Yes, but the focus is usually on us building up out crew and robbing people.

>>1389150
Oh so the focus is only on chicks with dicks some of the time. Sounds like a quality quest

>>1389169
Only one "girl" is a trap

>>1385267
>QM question: What made questing fun for you?

It wasn't fun. It was never fun. And I quit because I was tired of pretending it was.

Here's the bottom line: People will tell you that, as the QM, it's your job to make things fun for your players, to give them something to come back to and a reason to keep playing. But this is not an objective board. If someone legitimately does not like your quest's theme, no matter how much you have going for it, the writing, drawings, character development... They just won't play it. You could have the best military quest out there objectively, but if that's not what people like then they're not going to play it.

/qst/ has been very little but disappointing for me over the years, and I gave up on it. I have made original quests, fan quests, generic quests (civ threads, and whatnot), and nothing has ever stuck. Objectively I had improved my writing, I had provided art, I took advice, I advertised my quests repeatedly... I got three players maximum if I was lucky. This board is disappointing, and what's more is that its community is disappointing. The only thing you faggots do here is complain about the QMs (I've got news for you, there are some toxic QMs AND players on this board) and spew hot shit that this board sucks, effectively turning away any new players that might want to see what this board is about. If they've got half a brain cell, they'll run after seeing the general thread and never come back.

>Sounds like a 'you' problem.

I have no problem with getting the fuck out and staying out. This is the last post I will ever make to this board.

I would bet every piece of money that I've seen that this board will be dead by the end of the year. And if it isn't, it should be. If you're serious about being a QM, I strongly encourage you to find a different outlet to project your writing. Not here. This whole site is just terrible.

Yes, I'm bitter. Yes, I'm salty. But I'll tell you what, I'm not wrong.

>>1389229
>/qst/
>over the years

>>1389233
maybe they hit c at some point in their qming and transported themselves into the future from their perspective who knows?

>>1389229
t. akun shill

>>1389229
>If you're serious about being a QM, I strongly encourage you to find a different outlet to project your writing.
So what sites would you suggest instead?

>>1389318
THERE IS ONLY ONE.

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>Read Advice QMs should never meta post in their threads.
Why exactly?

>>1389332
>Advice QMs should never meta post in their threads.
>meta post
What would a QM meta post about anyways?

>>1389318

All I know for sure is that I have what """"""looks""""""" to me like a larger, more engaged fanbase on Anonkun(Fiction.live) and that makes me happier and feel more fulfilled with what I do on that site as opposed to this one.

And in that same line of thought that goes

>your quest isnt popular, well its your fault!

I'm going with the

>your site isn't popular, well its your fault!

Of course no shade thrown towards any QM who feels fulfilled with the audience they have on 4chan.org/qst, no matter if its huge and filled with arguments or small and /comfy/.

Different writers require different things to feel good and keep writing. Some people HATE when there is any sort of conflict in their quest to the point that it gives them anxiety. Personally, I don't understand it, but I don't begrudge them for what they like.

>Don't meta-talk during the thread. Save anything not about clarifying the vote until the session's done.
Is the exact advice.

>>1389347
>What would a QM meta post about anyways?
Well based on this advice, "meta" here seems to mean anything not about that exact moment in the quest.

So saying "You guys are fucked later" or telling a joke or making side conversation "I saw that movie too, it was great"

I mean, I get don't derail your own thread, but any reason aside from that?

>>1389366
Do you recommend anonkun over /qst/? Is it any easier to gather an audience there?

>>1389373

Run your exact same quest on both sites.

Seriously, just fucking do it.

See for yourself.

>>1389367
>Is the exact advice.
>>1389367
>Well based on this advice, "meta" here seems to mean anything not about that exact moment in the quest.
Ah, thanks for clarifying.

>>1389367
>I mean, I get don't derail your own thread, but any reason aside from that?
Probably to not kill the mood for any scene besides that.

Personally, I'd encourage it so long as it's properly spoilered and indicated that the QM's just fucking around. It helps make the thread seem more lively. Up to the QM's discretion of course when it's appropriate.

>>1389373
>>1389376
If you can handle the extra workload, I'd agree too for a proper experiment.

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>>1389376
>>1389396
I'm tempted to try this out on a quick one-shot or something, anyone wanna pair up to properly test this theory?

>>1389412
>anyone wanna pair up to properly test this theory?
Pair up as a QMs or questers, or QM and quester pair?

>>1389412
>I'm tempted to try this out on a quick one-shot or something
One-shots would be a great way to experiment, yeah.

>>1389396
>>1389412


The one thing I would say though is that the experiment really doesnt say much other than what the best environment is for that particular quest.

For example,

I'm running a quest called SMT: San Francisco Bay Area on anonkun.

Its fanfic. SMT doesn't have the largest audience in the world and my quest certainly isn't the biggest thing on anonkun.

Now if i ran it on /qst/ would it get a similar sized audience? Perhaps. I honestly don't know. It could potentially be bigger on /qst/. For all I know all the SMT fans hate anonkun and love /qst/. And thus this piece of fanfiction would work better on this site.

Like there's a quest on this site called SMT: Spain that I participate in and I think it has a good five or six players, despite it being relatively sub-par in quality


Don't do this shit as an "experiment" to find out which community is better for you.

Do it as an experiment to find out on which site you should run your quest.

There is literally no backlash to switching back and forth between anonkun and /qst/.

>>1389423
>Don't do this shit as an "experiment" to find out which community is better for you.
>Do it as an experiment to find out on which site you should run your quest.
That's correct, I forgot about statistical bias or interpretation. Thanks for reminding me.

>>1389423
>There is literally no backlash to switching back and forth between anonkun and /qst/.
The only backlash is from yourself cursing your crushed aspirations.

>>1389420
Ideally as QMs, one in /qst/ and the other on anonkun (although this would depend on trafic), trying to maintain the questline as similar as possible.
Since I'm not interested in fanfics I'd sugest we do something original or at least mostly original.

>>1389412
Dude nobody plays one shots regardless of the site it's on

>>1389454
>Ideally as QMs,
Oh, shit. Sorry, I don't have any experience QMing nor do I have the time to QM with all the quests I'm currently questing in.

>>1389508
Well since we discussed that the quest one-shot won't be representative of the site's viability, perhaps it'll be like a demo version preceding the actual quest thereafter?

>>1389508
Now that you mention it, I agree, however, it doensn't need to be a one-shot, but it would be ideal to keep it contained to a small size, like >>1389535 suggested.

>>1389535
That's okay anon I don't have any QM experience either.

>>1385267
What other places host quests like /qst/

>>1389604
Anonkun, Spacebattles, Questionable Questing, there were some other places.
But anything but Akun is barely heard about these days.

>>1389604
Anonkun, Reddit (kind-of), Spacebattles, Sufficient Velocity, and then that's all I can think of.

>>1389623
>>1389629
Cool, thanks! What /r can I find the quests from, can't seem to find it from google.

>>1388887
But Spartan Quest died with two players

Its funny because I was on the absolute verge of running it again this week.

Unless you're talking about something else

I haven't followed /qst/ at all, though I used to run on /tg/ a little a long time ago.

With the board change and all, can quests manage if they aren't run on schedule but you just make an entry once or twice a day since threads are up for longer? Something closer to web fiction formats than game formats.

>>1389722
>I haven't followed /qst/ at all, though I used to run on /tg/ a little a long time ago.
I'm one of the newer questers around so I can't speak for any differences.

>>1389722
>With the board change and all, can quests manage if they aren't run on schedule but you just make an entry once or twice a day since threads are up for longer? Something closer to web fiction formats than game formats.
If you're okay with running with a few questers, there's already a few quests that currently do this. I know one of them has been around for roughly 2 months or so.

Rate my new class-based rock scissor papers combat system:

Kickboxing beats Grappling
Grappling/Wrestling beats Martial Arts
Martial Arts beats Kickboxing

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>>1390042
>Martial Arts beats Kickboxing
>Kickboxing beats Grappling

>>1390042
But literally all of this is wrong.

>>1390042
Boring/10

>>1390042
Kickboxing isn't a Martial Art?

>>1390042

/asp/ bro-science/10

Academy Tournament Organization Quest is up!

>>1390022

I'm contemplating running a Godbound quest, let me know if it strikes your interest and what specifically you'd like to see out of a game like that.

Re:Creators but with quests?

>>1389717
Did it? Cuz I swear the last thread I saw us being threaten by the General asking us about the status of his daughter

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>>1391685

>>1389229
>one post by this ID
Yeah whatever.

>>1392871
It's okay. He was a time traveler, he knew what was talking about.

Yeah. It was only Wrenloft and Sleepy at the end IIRCC and I think i ran for like 10 hours maybe more that day on top of announcing that is run

>>1393071
Meant to link>>1391738

>>1393072
Ah, too bad. Well, if you would like to try again sometime, I would be there.

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>>1393685
Peter Titmouse

>>1393698
>draw quest
die pls

>>1393718
actually anon, no you.

Is anime still okay I want to run a Boku no Hero Academia quest.

>>1393759
Literally anything is okay

>>1393764
Well, not everything. For example, shitposting quest.

>>1393759
Is fine.

Just be at least slightly unique with the story

>>1393770
Nobody's going to stop you even if you do that.

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>>1379169
MoonQuest

>>1393718
>Not wanting draw quests.
Man, what a faggot.

>>1393759
>>1393764
Yeah, but take a look at some good quests before you start for some pointers.

>>1393950
>encourages draw quests and anime quests
the cancer that drove us off of /tg/

>>1393955
No, that'd be the retarded mods.

>>1393955
>the cancer that drove us off of /tg/
>>1393961
Wasn't there for what happened so I don't know either of you are talking about.

>>1393955
>>encourages draw quests
Draw quests are fine, they take effort at a minimum.

>>1393955
>anime quests
Read >>1393764
I don't necessarily support anime quests, depends on the QM and questers.
It's a quest, so there's nothing stopping one from making them.

>>1393969
>this method of replying
>willingly admits to being a newfag
You actually have to leave

>>1393975
>>willingly admits to being a newfag
I suppose being around for 2 months counts as being a newfag by /qst/ standards.

>>1393975
>You actually have to leave
>>1393718
>die pls
Now you're just being a massive faggot.

>>1393982
I will fully accept the existence of /qst/ and never complain again if this anon is publicly banned for being such a giant faggot.

>>1393975
>>this method of replying
No arguments there, just the way I reply.

>>1393988
So now you're just being petty, alright then.
>>1393739
This anon had the right idea.

There are people who want fewer draw quests?
What is this madness?

>>1385267
Would you guys accept /mlp/ quests here?

>>1394008
Although there's nothing stopping you, /mlp/ quests aren't banned on their home board so I have no idea why you'd want that.

>>1394008
>>1394016
Yeah, but last I checked MLP stuff was only allowed on one or two boards.

>>1394008
There aren't even mods here to ban/move you if you did

>>1394025
There are, they've responded to reports in the past.
Whether they'd care enough to enforce that, I'm not sure.

>>1394026
What kind of reports?

>>1394027
The ones that I'm sure they've responded to are the standard stuff that breaks the global rules and /qst/ rules. So off-topic stuff for the most part.

>>1394008
Fuck no.

>>1393996
The only one that I've seen to be against draw quests in general is >>1393955 anon, but I don't know the things he's seen to know whether he has legitimate reasons or not.

>>1394051
It'd likely be unspeakably cancerous if it ever did take off the ground, yeah.

>>1394078
/mlp/ quests are of no lesser quality than the ones here, but understandable.

>>1394084
That really isn't saying much,

In any case there's absolutely no reason for them to even be here. If quests were banned from /mlp/ that would be one thing, but they aren't. I can see everybody being much happier if things remained as they are now.

Quests in /mlp/ is in the position they need to be on all other boards.
Anime quests on /a/, vidya quests in /v/ or /vg/, quests in tabletop game's settings on /tg/.
This would've been better for everyone.
But instead, we have /qst/.

>>1394147
OC quests where?

>>1394155
Either /b/ (I'd rather not) or wherever they fit better thematically. Like harem quests on /a/ or generic OS fantasy on /tg/.
Akun is also always an option.

>>1394147
>Quests in /mlp/ is in the position they need to be on all other boards.
So you'd support /mlp/ quests being on other boards for its viability, or supporting the strict global ban on them outside of it being in /mlp/?

>>1394155
>>1394167
>Akun is also always an option.
I knew this day would come...

>>1394167
>/b/

No.

OC quests go on /tg/ because tabletop games cover such a broad range of settings and themes that honestly anything fits there.

>>1394172
I'd support them being able to be run on other boards while not supporting them actually being there. Like, free speech, man.
They would be driven off back to /mlp/ pretty quickly anyways.

>>1394172
>I knew this day would come...
I'm not sure what you mean.
>>1394183
>free speech
Ah, and free market. That too.

>>1394189
>I'm not sure what you mean.
Mostly in jest of Anonkun being advocated over /qst/ on /qtg/, since it seems to be brought up a lot.

>>1394189
>free market.
Sorry, what? What does that have to do with 4chan?

>>1394147
>this ridiculous idea again

>>1389229
What a faggot

>>1394201
>Sorry, what? What does that have to do with 4chan?
Running a quest is kinda like running a shop, but instead of money, you're trying to get players and their attention. You should be allowed to run an mlp quest anywhere, but the players (the customers) won't give you their attention (their money) anywhere outside of /mlp/, because noone needs that shit anywhere else. Hence the quest will just die.
>>1394213
Wonderful reasoning and argumentation, shithead.

>>1394229
>Running a quest is kinda like running a shop, but instead of money, you're trying to get players and their attention.
>Running a quest is kinda like running a shop,
>like running a shop,
So those astroturfing theorists were right after all... I should've known.

>>1394320
Please elaborate.

>>1394329
Shilling.

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An update on the Paladin of Avalon is up!
https://anonkun.com/stories/the-paladin-of-avalon/-JRvxJl3loGBg9Bo64XE/29-the-age-of-a-new-moon/4mHiSfnEtCb8zAujx
See the lands of our hearts

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Come home QMs

>>1386807
>it grows stronger
Should we be worried?

>>1396743
No.

There might even be a slim, slim possibility of it drawing people here since it's a crossboard meme or whatever.

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>>1396743

>No prompts
>Not a draw quest
>Not an established qm?

>1000000 replies, image limit reached, 100 posters

>>1397135
more like absolutely disgusting

but hey
its the future of quests

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>>1396743
>>1386028
>>1386001

It has tons of players because the quest comes from /co/

Like this guy >>1385972 said, it comes from a meme thread from /co/. The quest was also advertised on the svtfoe general.

It's ingenious! One could run a quest on a non-ded board but disguised as a meme thread to hide from the wrath of the janitors. After using the population of the board to hire players move the quest to /qst/ bringing in much more players than you would making the thread in /qst/. (not to mention giving this board some exposure)

>>1397302
How was your investigation, Autism?

>>1397302
I have been tempted to try that on certain generals.

>>1397302
This is freaking ingenious. Quest threads might be banned, but actually shilling quest threads on whatever general/board that might fit it could work.

>>1397437
>>1397542
>>1397302
I feel like this is something that depends on the board and the general, though. /co/ seems fairly accepting of fanfiction, I imagine not every board is.

>>1397567
No we must become the cancer they said we were, we will fill all the popular boards with thinly veiled shill threads.
gas the jews quest for /pol/
boxxy quest for /b/
you're not white quest for /int/
all of them

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>>1397574
>recruiting from /b/
I know morale is bleak but I don't think /qst/ is that desperate yet

>>1397598
But it is.

Would a dwarf fortress playthrough but with the quest format such as prompts and stuff be welcomed on the board?

>>1397686
Yes.

Video game playthroughs are good if it's a game with lots of decision making (since that's the only thing the players on your quest can do) like RPGs or dwarf fort. Video games that are just challenges with little to no decision making like fps games and puzzle games are extremely bad.

>Good tier
Dwarf fort
Character progression rpgs (eg: fallout)

>okay tier
strategy games

>bad tier
puzzle games
fps games
action games
platformer games

>shit tier
visual novels
rhythm games
cookie clicker

>>1397706
I see, thanks for your input. Maybe later I'll hit up /dfg/ to see if they're interested in a dwarf fort quest.

If you lose players because of a shitty mistake, is there no way to get them back?

>>1397800
don't make mistakes if you don't want to lose players

>desire to spend over a hundred dollars on art for my favorite quest
Thank god I just finished paying my bills and am back to max poorfag status.

>>1397800
What did you do?

>>1397816
>over a hundred dollars
What would you even spend so much on? You can get very good commissions for 40 or less if you find the right artist.

>>1397800
Depends on what the mistake was.

>>1397816
I can't think of a better investment of money.
Although I'm fairly sure you'd be entitled to a sloppy blowjob from the QM if you actually dropped that much cash for them, even indirectly.

>>1397820
I was looking at one specific artist, but I think if I actually had the money to spend I would hope to have enough sense to back down to few other cheaper artists I like.

>>1397813
I wish I was a questing robot too
>>1397819
>>1397822
I forgot I was writing a quest and not a book. I also forgot what made the quest good in the first place. Had a moment of clarity and realization, but none of my players even bother telling me it's gone down the shitter.

>>1397901
>Had a moment of clarity and realization, but none of my players even bother telling me it's gone down the shitter.
Did you ask them at the end of a thread for feedback? Usually they don't unless prompted to.

>>1397906
I do. I'm sure they just filter it out as white noise.

>>1397901
>I forgot I was writing a quest and not a book.
Could you elaborate on this?

>>1397910
I was forcing in plot points I liked instead of letting them develop naturally. I must have been huffing paint or at least momentarily brain damaged, but I thought those bits would be fun for my players to read.

>>1397800
Depends on the mistake and anons, but don't hold your hopes up for the most part.
>>1397813
General attitude you should be expecting. It'd be pretty difficult to get anons to consider looking at your quest again unless it was something relatively minor like being on a hiatus, not accounting for sending a message that’d even be someplace they’d notice.
>>1397901
>I wish I was a questing robot too
You don't necessarily have to be a robot to do well, but gathering a questing base of players that are willing to hold discussions in depth is rather difficult and essentially a luck of the draw for most QMs.

>>1397901
>>1397910
He likely became a railroading master without even realizing.

>>1397929
>>1397934
I see. Well, you done fucked up anon.

How do we get quests off this half-dead containment board? Either to /tg/ or to relevant boards (anime quests on /a/, capeshit quests on /co/, etc).

>>1397820
Care to recommend those artists?

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>>1398062
Uh, it's a bit complicated.
4chan doesn't let me post links, so read more here: https://pastebin.com/fyRRG96G

In short, Russians are cheap and decent you can be a bit of a pain to find.

>>1398147
>you
but
I don't know how this happened.

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An update on the Paladin of Avalon is up!
https://anonkun.com/stories/the-paladin-of-avalon/-JRvxJl3loGBg9Bo64XE/29-the-age-of-a-new-moon/4mHiSfnEtCb8zAujx
Who threatens the peace of the Realm of Man these days?

>>1397929
>>1397934
And what do you do when everything your players do is stupid and uninspired but they're nonetheless relying on you to turn their shit into gold and they keep saying they love your quest but it's honestly awful having to deal with their bad decisions, cheesy dialogue and low effort posting? Most can't remember even the major plot points.

>>1398464
Are you the same anon as >>1397929 or is this a rhetorical question? I'm guessing rhetorical because of the sudden shift in tone.

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>qm likes to link songs to set the scene but they have an atrocious taste in music

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>>1398601
>qm works the suggested songs into the story as battle themes

>>1398601
It's always the same shit, too.
>and for this ~epic battle scene~ I'll put on Light up the Night!

>>1398464
if you're asking genuinely
you seem to know what you're doing to the point where players say they like your quest

that's not good enough to get players thinking or posting above minimum. "like" is nebulous

players by default don't care to think too hard
players who think too much, by default, don't post until they feel the need to
braindeads who overthink rely on carpet bombing thousand monkeys on typewriters style to get from point A to point B
players shift from these pools at random, one might be on point one session, the next they're a drooling retard. can even be the same ID and usually is if a session runs late into w/e timezone

the hard way to get medium effort posts is to throw challenges at them that if they don't think through they will very obviously suffer from

sounds like a bad idea at first; and it is if you don't make the consequences supremely obvious, no hints here, have characters (even tough ones) explicitly state the badness of fucking up, and do not give them solutions, make all of your default in character greentext suboptimal or just plain obvious garbage

not what you see as obvious garbage, what is obvious garbage to any decent player, options like: surrender, let another character sacrifice themselves for your retreat (I'll hold them off, anon, you go on!), extensive loss of resources, limbs, or other progress and incredible setbacks.
once again, no hints. none. they won't use them even if they're there, and they're looking for them, know they're there, and they deserve them. still won't utilize them.
so don't put them there
rely on them thinking outside the prompt
or
putting it positively
trust your playerbase to make an attempt

if they give up, congratulations; you've succeeded establishing a divergent setup
mov the fuck on

if they claim you're making things impossible, thus railroading a plot point, just state you'd never give them an impossible challenge they didn't choose. it's the classic ezpz dm statement of hands-off freedom.
it's okay to lie here; if you get results you can just change things behind the scenes so you're not lying in hindsight.
railroading is taking choice and opportunity away from players for arbitrary story contrivances, so giving different potential narratives to them in a challenging manner can be seen as the same; but so long as you continue doing it it's not gonna stall you, you just have to play the waiting game until an anon, or anons, decide to finally PLAY the quest & stop sucking

the rest is a combination of your skills and luck
90% luck
just like any other kind of success, maximize your luck by forcing cumulative decisions in the vector you desire

by the way, it could be too late to apply any of this trash advice. it's better to start a game in mind either with the idea of how you're intending to engage players. if it was your plot, congrats, you failed. rarely has any transmutation from shit to gold worked out in the same quest.

actually, don't know if it ever has.

>>1398464
>>1398509
>>1398637
Well, since another anon took the effort to respond, I'll guess I'll throw in my observations too.

>>1398637
Most of this post is on post for what you're trying to obtain. I should mention that outside of what we suggested, your best chances are talking to your questers directly. They’ll be the ones who make or break your quest, and the ones who have to put in the effort to be less retarded for its survival.
If you want any more feedback from us, I’d suggest you link your quest with the points you want to talk about so we can provide more precise and relevant discussions.


>>1398637
>players shift from these pools at random, one might be on point one session, the next they're a drooling retard. can even be the same ID and usually is if a session runs late into w/e timezone
This is accurate from personal experience. One of the troubles of human nature. Not really much I can offer here besides making clear, consistent schedules for anons to prepare.

>>1398637
>no hints here,
At first, there should be hints, with slowly declining levels of hints in which the challenges presented in the increasing difficulty of the prompts should be something the anons have prepared for in their previous prompts. Of course, this is a time consuming process and likely something you'll have to explicitly state to them and guide them through for preparing their anuses.
>>1398637
>and do not give them solutions,
In the tutorial section of the difficult discussion prompts, solutions should be given after the outcome has been decided, whether they succeeded or not, to give them pointers in future instances on how to not be monumental fuckups.

>>1398637
>if they give up, congratulations; you've succeeded establishing a divergent setup
>mov the fuck on
This is the sort of stuff that works best in a demo or tutorial for a quest, so it'd be rather difficult to implement in the middle of one.

>>1398637
>the rest is a combination of your skills and luck
>90% luck
>just like any other kind of success, maximize your luck by forcing cumulative decisions in the vector you desire
This is pretty much it. You'd have to be either incredibly lucky or skilled, preferably both, to achieve a rather lofty goal such as this. Getting your questers to help would make this much easier, but also be a feat in of itself.


>>1398637
>by the way, it could be too late to apply any of this trash advice.
A shame in the life cycle of quests.

>>1398637
>rarely has any transmutation from shit to gold worked out in the same quest.
There's one QM that I know of that's trying to salvage his quest, I don't know how well he's doing though.

>>1398637
>actually, don't know if it ever has.
Most quests that has what this QM's looking for pretty much started with it within the first few threads, beyond that I haven't seen cases where it's managed to change much.

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If any of my players are here, I'm not dead, just still badly under the weather. Been working on some light art and worldbuilding for TQ though. This particular one isn't in the quest - yet - a 'trolley' carrier, a hefty cargo ship converted into a double-decked carrier and named after the ubiquitous two-level trolley cars in the Citadel.

Academy Tournament Organization Quest has resumed!

>>1398888

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Death Among the Stars Quest continues today with a special thread to deal with the undead crisis in Refuge

>>1399268
>>1399268

>>1385267
Anybody remember that one quest where the players played as a stone age human civilization that lived next to a bunch of dwarves and the dwarves would take human women as sex slaves, cripple them and then return the crippled women plus retarded half breeds?

>>1396583
Eh. I'm trying a one-shot there right now just to see how the other half lives and thus far it's kinda slow. Like. Maybe it's the status as a relative unknown, maybe I fucked up my hook, maybe it's the fact that thus far there's been zero non-narrative mechanics, but there's three people who've voted thus far and that's about fuckin' it.

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>>1401170
It's a meme, you dip.

This is the general tastes of that creative shithole.

>>1401083
Yep, but that was a civ. One of the first, if not the very first one, iirc.

>>1401205
Why didn't you take a screenshot of their quest forum?

>>1397300

Tarot Quest is running again!
In this update: the players have managed to crit-fail dreaming by having a close encounter with The Devil!
Only on Tarot Quest!

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>>1398631
>Not Wu-Tang
>Only having music for battle scenes
>Not having Music that relates to the Plot/Event/Current Theme

>>1398601
am I the only one who wants songs without lyrics all day everyday?

>>1401415
you are not

the best music for quests is wordless ambiance or theatrical trailer music

or, very rarely, classical

spice girl grunge idol redux battle tempo can go and stay gode

>>1401409
>>1401415
>>1401419
https://my.mixtape.moe/fcpplp.webm

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>>1401419
>Not choosing music that is thematically appropriate regardless of genre
You're probably one of those people who listens exclusively to video game OSTs, aren't you?

>>1401500
Music with lyrics isn't good for dialogue heavy scenes.

>>1401505
Fair enough. I don't really see the point in putting music to anything but action-y scenes though, or at the end of the thread as mood music.

And to be fair, I listen to vidya soundtracks sometimes when I'm writing to keep myself in a rhythm.

Never thought I would say this but I miss Soma.

>>1401533
Fuck Soma

>>1401533
>>1401633
I think we all need to have a serious discussion pertaining to the fact that our gracious quest master known as Soma. He is not the proficient writer we once thought him to be, in all actuality he is a hack and a fraud peddling low quality goods, he is equatable to the snake oil salesmen of yore. We have seen him throw out worthless and petty drama time and time again yet accepted his skill as a writer nonetheless, we suck in his scenes of mindless violence like a starving calf does his mother's teat, we do this even though it is obscenely obvious to even the lowest of the common plebes that violence could be written by a third grader. For far too long have we debased ourselves reveling in simple adrenaline evoking scenes and suffering through mindless drivel between. I say it is high time that we demand of Soma a higher quality quest and that he should be held accountable for his poorly thought out setting and plot lines that are so blatantly come up with on the spot. I personally have spent several weeks deep within the bowels of the beast known as the ircabal and in my times there I have gathered evidence which leads me to believe there is a origin point for all the flaws which our quest master has. I propose that soma is a autistic pedophile lacking in the common moral fiber that binds upstanding society, I assert this to have been the driving factor in his early leave from home as he had made unwelcome sexual advances upon his underage sister possibly even raping her. The resulting social backlash and banishment from his normal everyday life would be an extreme stress factor to someone with autism, leading to him seeking a way to vent his frustrations in some way. That way is Banished Quest; Banished Quest is an autistic pedophiles emotional vent enabled and allowed to continue for far too long. I thank you for your time reading all of this my fellow questing individuals and I welcome all constructive criticism.

>>1401638
Nice copypasta, m8.

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>>1401363
Good luck unless you started a few years ago, or want to write a RWBY or Worm quest

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Havent been to /qst/ since last summer, do people still do culture evo quests, or is it dead?

Also Im thinking of doing a twist of on the civ quests with a cult instead, so you're managing to take over modern day town with a population of cult members and you progress in cult beliefs, gonna try it later today/tomorrow

Regardless of whether or not you follow the quest, and ignoring any IP infringement that might occur, what is the general consensus (or lack thereof) on Point of View novelization for a Quest?

http://www.strawpoll.me/12825669

I have noticed that First Person Limited is how most women enjoy their smut/romance/urban fantasy/historical fantasy nowadays.

>>1401913
There's no option to put it in the trash

>>1401918
Of course not. If Stephanie Meyers, GRRM, and Jay Fucking Naylor can publish, anyone can.

>>1401951
Doesn't mean you should publish. Who else besides the pathetic weebs sad enough to read some cringy and god awful yuri shit would really want to buy that kind of book anyways?

When QuestDrone inevitably dies the last string binding me to /qst/ will be severed and at long last I will finally be free of this cursed place.

>>1401959
Know your audience, and publish for them, anon.

You'd be surprised. And probably horrified.

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>>1401913
>novelization for a Quest

>>1401980
It wouldn't be the quest itself being novelized.

I'm crazy, not insane. Also, IP infringement hell.

>>1401951
>Jay Naylor
Fucking what?

>>1401980
But why?

What quests are everyone reading right now? Are you even reading any at all?

>>1402223
>thinks there are quests worth reading

>>1402223
Too busy setting something up for my own quest and delaying an update so I can actually finish said something

>>1402223
Same QMs as always. The new ones keep going with the rookie mistakes, and i dont have time to set all of them straight right now.

>>1402107
Degenerate furry porn. The man should be gassed.

>>1403817
>REEEE people are enjoying something i dislike REEE
No, it's actually you who should be.

>>1401971
Nothing's stopping you from joining the shitposting hellstorm that's Star Vs. the forces of autism

>>1404016
>>1403817
The degenerate part is that Naylor shoves his objectivist views into his furry porn.

>>1398921
Man, your art style is so cool!

>Soma is gone for good
>Ouro has horrible debilitating illness
>Sylvetican presumably in medical school
>Moloch is now writing a magical girl quest
>Diarca is still too bootyblasted about /asthma/ to run
Is the age of good worldbuilding in quests over? If not please give recommendations

>>1406073
>/asthma/
Fucking autocorrect. Should be /qst/

>>1406073
Wong does a lot of good worldbuilding in Mecha Space Pirate.

>>1406073
Check this nigga out. >>1398921

>>1406079
/qst/ confirmed for causing breathing difficulties.

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>>1406086

>>1406073
When in doubt,

Blame yurifags.

You like Fantasy? You like Detectives? Well I got both, here, Fantasy Detective Quest is live.

>>1406055
>>1406055

>>1406086
It's a shame that this good worldbuilding is hidden behind all the waifu harem shit you guys plaster all over your OPs.

You're damn right I am judging a book by it's cover. That's half the battle in getting players to look at your quest in the catalog.

>>1406119
Honestly I get it man, the harem doesn't bother me but that fan art does put out the wrong message and looks like shit while doing it. I don't know why Wong likes to use it so much.

>>1406073
There's always Valen. It's been around since /tg/ but never seems to catch much interest. QM's been flaking out lately, though.

>>1406122
Because he's grateful his fans actually care enough to do something.

Its a fucking harem quest dont shy away from your core concepts, my dude.

>>1406137
The issue is that that isn't the core concept, its being a space pirate.

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>>1406073
>Moloch is now writing a magical girl quest
Have you even read the quest before you judged it or are you one of those edgy faggots from /tg/ who automatically hates anything too """weaboo"""? Because it's actually his best worldbuilding to date.

>>1406148
Surely he'll take your word for it.

Because its not like smug anime girl posters are literally the lake scum of this fucking site.

Oh wait.

They fucking are.

Fuck off you weeaboo faggot.

>>1406147

Space pirate with his harem of six waifus.