/qtg/ - Quest Thread General

Your favourite quest is shit

Are you an emotive writer?

I try to be but I end up being more factual I feel than actually expressing emotions in any way that isnt clunky.

>What's more autistic: number sperg or fetish sperg?

Fetish sperg. Fetish sperg is literally, I want to jerk off to X so make X happen the way I want REEEEEE.

Number sperg is usually trying to play a game to win and if you dont want it as a QM you can just not have numbers, y'know?

/qst/ was a mistake and it's here to stay

My favorite quest is the best.

>>906640
See
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>>906578
>Are you an emotive writer?
I've made my players cry.

>What's more autistic: number sperg or fetish sperg?
Failure sperg.

Number sperg is just people doing the math and that's inescapable for roleplayers. Fetish sperg isn't autistic because autists can't emote anything but complaints. But if the MC fails at anything, EVERYONE spergs.

>>906578
How can I make a gay male MC but yet get players?

>>906670
Make it a girl (male) or a male (female)

Do you use random encounter tables?

Did you make that shit up, or steal it from somewhere?

>>906578
> QM Question:
I dunno, I figured my writing to be pretty barebones actually if I got good rhythm going.

>>906673
>girl (male)
I would unironically play this one.

Norseman Saga thread 5 will pick up in about 2 hours

>>906578
>QM Question
Yeah I think so. I mean, I'm a bit too slice-of-life style at certain points but I think I get my players to feel like the world feels real.

>Player Question
fetish stuff can definitely get a lot worse than min/maxing but obsessing over numbers can also ruin a narrative pretty quick. If I was forced to choose, I'd say fetish shit is worse

>>906693
I steal shit from everything, man. I think that if you want to be a good writer, you need to steal from as many different things as you possibly can.

>>906670
Run it on anonkun, they're all fags in some way over there.

>>906670
If you get your players invested in shit to start, making the MC gay wouldn't drive too many people off as long as it wasn't the exact center of the quest.

>>906610
>he thinks I like any quest
lmaoing @ ur life

>>906839
it would be mildly amusing if the MC and primary love interest were very aware of the relationship, but the players only find out when they step into a gay bar.

>>906848
Your least unfavorite quest is shit.

>>906698
Wait, isn't that what Ryukusa is?

She got half her harem pregnant...

>>906917
No.

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>>906873
>tfw to intelligent too have a least favorite quest

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As mentioned in the last thread, I'm running my second Changeling: the Lost one-shot - [b]Scarred By Thorns Quest[/b] - at the moment. Come on in and join the party:

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I'm running tonight's session of Starcaller Quest right now:
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>>907065

Decided that I might as well do what other QMs do and shill my quest here.
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>>900280
There may or may not be lewds, just a warning. Hope I didn't fuck up linking the thread.

How do players usually find quests they like? I don't see many recommendations around, do they just troll the catalog for things?

>>907138
What are you into?

>>907138
>How do players usually find quests
Have you taken a look at the board recently?

They don't.

>>907138
I look at threads that have a title/image/OP that interests me, read more of the thread to see if it is interesting, try to engage the QM in discussion (Be it, setting, characters, system, offtopic), and see if i can make to the end of the session without going "Nope" and leaving the thread forever.
If anything on that list checks negative, then i don't bother.

Other than that, i follow recomendations of people i know have similar tastes and preferences to me.

>>907138
I usually read the first few threads of a quest, if it doesn't manage to garner my attention during the reading I say "Fuck it" then I go to the next one.

>>907139
Things that are relatively well written with deep settings that aren't fanfiction?

>>907297
Mecha Space Pirate, all original and has a good amount of Lore

>>907297
Valen. Good luck surviving live threads, though.

>>907297
Lamplighter. RIP

The Raiders
Northern Beasts
Black Company

There are probably more but I can't read every quest.

>>907297
Dungeon Life Quest is one you should try. It's a unique fantasy world with consistently good writing throughout, loveable AND badass characters, and some overall cool shit that happens.

Also, it's pretty funny at times. And the worldbuilding is delicious

>>907371
If you're going to shill at least do it with your trip on, Vox.

>>907379
When I'm the one shilling, I do.

>>907371
>Also, it's pretty funny at times.
If I wanted a quip-apocalypse I'd watch a Marvel movie.

>>907399
I wouldn't say it's quippy, just that story isn't super serious, high tension ACTION 24/7.

Y'know, like a story ought to be. Edgymancer grimdark extravaganzas aren't that entertaining to read after awhile, in my opinion.

>>907379
I like the quest, sometimes people like things and want others to try them out.

>>907138
I hover over their post and check when the quest was posted and when was the last reply, most of them are just floating carcasses so I just get disappointed and go back to /co/ or /his/

the slow death of quests on this site depresses me.

that stupid conman chink...

>>907877
Most likely we'll move to Akun

>>907904
Having less players here is better than moving to akun and dealing with their terrible players

>>907917
you mean no players?

>>907328
Fuck, why did lamplighter have to die?
I liked northern beasts a lot at the start but my interest really faded. It's still well written but something about it made it less fun for me to play recently.

>>907923
If quests are good enough they get enough players to keep going.

>>907931
Well then Lamplighter must have been a shit quest since it died and thus had no players.

>>907944
Ouro dropped the quest because he's burnt out on QMing m8. Why am I even responding to Trick of all people right now?

>>907951
Isn't it obvious? Because you've lost control of your life.

>>907931
>quests
>good

>>907957
Fuck, you're right. I gotta get my shit together.
>>907967
Can anything truly be considered good? What does good even mean?

Trying to start a quest but everytime i try to post it never shows up.
Sorry for being a newfag but whats going on?

>>907986
I try to start a thread and it says i need a subject even though i already put one in everytime

>>908003
Uh... are you posting an image too? You need an image to start a thread.

check

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have a cool image

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>>908027
dont mind me, just testing something

>All this negativitly

aa-at least Crusader quest might come back!

>>908396
the best you can hope for is that people's schedules free up during christmas and non-shit quests get run.

>>908405
Yeah school is murderous right now, finals and all.

>>907399
>quipfest
>In a superhero film

Read some silver age Marvel. Stan would break the 4th wall to comment on the action, characters would constantly make "ain't this crazy?" winks to the audience, and they'd even toss in pop culture jokes from time to time.

What casuals fail to understand again and again is that the Marvel film formula is simply a return to the formula that made them great in the first place.

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>>907931
>It's a doom and gloom in the general episode

Come on. Even my Fleet 8 Quest has 12 people and I barely update it and drove some players away by making it a one-shot (which it no longer is). /QST/ can work for you, you just have to make it work.

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>>906578
>Are you an emotive writer?

I try to be but there's several things I think holds me back
One, my autism for detail and never being satisfied with what I write
Two, My vocabulary is limited and the way I tie words together predictable and tame
Finally I for some reason think that it's harder to express emotion when you're telling someone(The players) what they're supposed to be feeling (Via the MC) If that makes any sense
Tl;dr I think Third Person might be better at conveying emotion. I also suck so eh

>Numbers vs Fetish

Numbers everysingle time.

You can easily laugh of Fetish sperg. I do it constantly but numbers is no laughing matter

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https://twitter.com/ro3clothing

for a twitter based quest about a chunky mammoth-head guy and his life

and since I don't get much activity, I helped some guys here before with logos, so if any of you needs any graphical work for your quest, let me know.

>>908396
And maybe Whiskey will come back with Republic Commando. What other shit can you think of that will never happen?

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>>906578
Just to check very few of you actually prefer this set-up to just being on /tg/, right?

>>908640
correct, but i think reversing it would make everything worse

>>908640
Correct but I run on Akun and just use /qst/ for the general.

>>908633
You really don't want that.

>>907928
>>907328
Northern Beasts is highly overrated. It's basically tweaked Dishonored fanfiction. Moloch can't write interesting characters worth a damn.

>>907138
Honestly? I don't, not anymore. I'm exhausted at this point. Been disappointed so many times by poorly prepared low-effort quests with not even a semblance of a draw. So I've just stopped looking. Sometimes I look at QTG because it's entertaining, but trying to find anything I like on this board is just too much of a bother when I could be shitposting on /tg/ instead. It's too much work.

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As a point of reference, Alchemical Blade Quest will not be held this week, due to Christmas shopping bullshit and other tasks.

We'll begin next Tuesday at the standard time!

>>908710
>poorly prepared low effort quests

Who hurt you?

>>908710
If poorly prepared low effort quests hurt you then boy aren't you in for a shocker if you follow well prepared high effort quests where the QM just fucking vanishes. Fuckin POOF.

When is DWMA quest having another thread? It's not ded already is it?

>>908906
Still waiting for byzantine qm to come back and surely the father will return any day now

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What's up, /qst/?

Lot of negativity in this here thread.

>>908948
>What's up, /qst/?
Disappearances.

Remember everyone, it's finals week for most colleges.

Your favorite QM will come back once school becomes a non issue again and winter break starts.Maybe

Honestly potential qms should read through some of the most popular or well written quests so they can get an idea for what works and how to properly qm

>>908957
I know that feel. I remember being kind of disappointed Whiskey dropped off the face of the Earth. Not because it meant Republic Commando Quest got dropped, but because I liked to shoot the shit with him regarding Star Wars stuff in the IRC.

>>908960
This is a good idea. I remember before starting LGA actually reading Strike Witches Quest, then Waifu Quest ran by Twen as well, along with a few other Quests to get an idea before I ran it.

>>908958
But after finals comes holiday family times and after holiday family times comes job search times and after job search times comes working in the "professional" world times and that's a dead quest.

>>908972
tbqh stable work schedules can work for quests if the QM is okay with using his remaining free time for quests.

>>908989
...Yeah, like AspiringQM, sometimes Crusty, or QuestDrone.

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Wanna play a sorceress with loose morals, big tits and out for revenge?

Say no more

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>>908948
Don't look for Hope in the land of the walking dead, young one. You'll only make a Fool of yourself.

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>>908633
Crusty beats his ass cancer.

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Crusty is dead!

Whiskey has betrayed you and fled to our villainous enemies over at Anonkun!

Ouro has abandoned you in your time of need.

Now is the time to rally behind one QM. One leader to see us through these dark, troubled days we live in.

Trick is that QM! Cower in fear no longer!

Join me and together we will make /qst/ great again!!!

>>909274
Whiskey quit Akun and questing in October. Get your facts straight.

>>909274

Hahahaha... No.

Modern Necromancy Quest: Redux number six is up and running! Come check this shit out
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>>909274
Even if you wrote quests I like I still wouldn't like you man, your personality is terrible in every way

Whatever happened to Languid? The lawn finally eat him?

>>909492
Moved to anonkun for a bit, but then even that stopped pretty quick. I think he intends to get Hellborn published as a novel.

>>909492
Most likely the lawn ate him.

Seriously thought he managed to write himself into a pocket. All the landmaster stuff and other power ups.

>>909506
Did not know that at all. Interesting.

So who are the best qms currently running?

>>909540
Some/most(?) of the ones that came over from /tg/

>>909540
I have enjoyed Queen of Darts of SSQ and SoZ a lot for long time and Spookyng of German Hollow Quest.

Those two are the current main quests I try to follow.

Then there is of course Cegremo of NERV Bridge Simulator who is very good drawfag.

>>909553
Practically this. I haven't delved too much into new QMs of /qst/ sadly. I really should thought.

Man, fuck it. I'm gonna get high and try to write my own damn quest while I'm at it. But could people tell me when would be the best time to run a quest? My time zone is GMT +2:00

>>909562
SoZ was pretty good, have you checked out Mecha Space pirate? It seems up your alley

>>909567
For you from around 4PM GMT+0 so 6PM onward. Britbongs should get out from work/school along with rest of Europe. And if you can last long enough Americans can join too after work/school.

>>909578
I have thought of picking a new quest to read in archives. That is good candidate.

>>909567
Whenever you think you have several hours of free time to run, and when those several hours can be consistent for whatever set days you wish to run. That's best for non-NEETs with set schedules.

That really should be your first and final concern above running at any mysterious player prime times.

>>909592
Do it, its pretty much a love letter to /m/. I mean we're learning kung fu from Master Asia and Geist is our older brother

>>909608
Wait it is Gundam Quest! The name had me fooled. I really do have to check it now. Thanks mate!

>>909629
No problem, its not gundam its the qms own universe. But it is inspired by Gundam and other shows and lots of characters are taken from other /m/ shows

>>909562
SSQ is honestly better written than its source material.

STARWARS: A Galaxy in Chains thread #4 is now up!
>>909680
>>909680
>>909680

Come join in for a Starwars quest that isn't centered around space wizardry!

>>909698
SSQ hasn't gone Full Kubo yet so I agree.

>>909698
Phampai, it's not particularly hard to write better than 30 dropped plotlines and 50 forgone character depths: the manga. I do agree though.

>>909740
Granted, but I felt it was worth saying anyway.

Norseman Saga, Vol. 6 is up

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>>909562
>bleach fanfic quests
>special snowflake MCs
wtf man. didn't shadows of zeon have an MC with psychic harem-making powers who died and rose again three days later? I can't possibly take anyone seriously after they write something like that.

>>909454

But you would play my quest?

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New quest
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>>910196
Yes, SoZ is the ultimate Gundam powerfantasy quest.

>>910217

Its only ultimate if you're really into kidfucking.

>>909540
Questguy is super slow but his stuff has a lot of lore and fun character moments. Sibella Quest is fanfiction in name only. You change the names of the main girls and it's nothing like its source material. I've never had a quest that made me look up stuff before. There's a lot of occult/golden dawn stuff. Really neat.

>>907168
They go to Twitter because Twitter magically gives QMs participants.

>>909578
>SoZ was pretty good
t. haremfag

>>910588
I don't mind it when its done well, it wasn't so much in SoZ but I enjoyed the rest of the quest

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>>910597
>I don't mind it when its done well
>harem
>Well done

Pick one

>>910603
I'll say it again Mecha Space Pirate

>>910610
Well now I know which quest I'm not picking up.

>>910610
Is Mecha Space Pirate harem?

Is it, dare I even suspect, yuri harem?

>>910234
Who's gundam fantasy is to be post-Zeta Char? That's like thinking post-TNG Borg are cool.

>>910610
>>910603
How is the harem in Mecha Space Pirate? Any tomboys?

>>910630
Well would you a puru?

Psych. You don't get a choice. Nat 1 worst of 3 BABY!!!!!!

>>910629
It is, no yuri though

>>910630
Honestly as well done as I can imagine it could be. Wong set a hard limit of 6 so each girl can get screen time and grow as characters. Some of the girls are friends some are enemies, one is hated by almost all the other girls. No but there is a trap

>>910651
Wait what?

Is the MC a man? I coulda sworn MC for that quest was a chick.

Unless we're talking the devil's harem, here.

>>910655
No, our mc is a manly man, complete hotblooded hero

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How is it possible to balance out lighthearted moments in a traditionally lighthearted setting when what you most definitely excel at is oppressive doom and gloom, with a sprinkle of uncompromising misery? I can't write humor and the fact my entire premise relies solely upon the atrophic destruction of the world and the entirety of Human civilization crumbling to nothing because of dark powers beyond understanding kinda puts me in a bit of a pickle in regards to having some kind of balance.

I won't ask if going balls deep into suffering and bloodshed is possible, because I know it is, but I could use some tips on humanizing characters in a way positive enough way to make them seem like they're more than just caricatures of insanity, rather than broken people struggling to bring hope to a dark world.

Someone like pic related is what I'm shooting for, but with a few more character traits beyond murder, death, kill, etc.

To those of you who don't like me or find my personality repulsive . . . why?

Asking for a friend.

>>910693
Black humor is how people deal with shitty things that happen anyways. You don't have to be insane to crack jokes at bad situations, hell you're probably insane if you don't.

>>910693
Very dry humour
Also terrible puns

>>910693
Dark and dry humor.

If all else fails, go with terrible puns. That's something I always love.

>>910709
Because all you do is shitpost, and you've done nothing here but your best to stir up a shitstorm/shitposting session as much as possible. All it does is get grating.

>>910709
You are a living shitpost that contributes little to nothing of worth to any situation I've ever seen you wind up in. Your biggest claim to fame was picking up some other loser's quest and then running it like an ill-humored circus.

Which to be entirely fair was still better than the original QM, and if your players were having fun then that's what matters. I, personally, find that type of writing and/or content to be lower than trash, so I can't derive much fun from it.

One could argue that everything here is shitposting, and one could argue ">any quest being good", but the fact at the end of the day is that there are quite a few people here who do enjoy quests, do enjoy various examples of amateur writing, and do have legitimate things to say regarding events going on in the things they play, or criticism of other writers.

You fall into none of those categories, as once again, your entire existence is a living shitpost; up to, and including, your quest.

On the days you are not here, nothing of value was lost. On the days you are here, you seem to find it amusing to actively detract from any on going topic or discussion. We used to actually have reviewanons around giving serious and well thought out critiques, interesting analysis of what QMs were doing, trying to do, failing to do, and points as to how they could get improve or where they needed to improve. While that quality naturally rose and fell depending on who was doing it (Cosmic sucked at reviewing things), it was ultimately you and a few others who took the practice and burned it to the ground by trying to make a point and filled it with half-assed snark and flat attempts at humor, riddled with cynicism and spite.

/qst/ was never the most healthy or active of boards, and the questing community changed quite a bit since we came over from /tg/, but these are the traits and qualities I personally feel the worst about when I look at what we became, and you are inexplicably possessed or guilty of engaging in all of them.

>>910778
Calm down

>>910778
Anon, I . . .

>>910778
>someone actually took the time to make this
Do me next. Roast me anon.

>>910732
>>910778
This.Also your constant dropping/restarting of quests is mildly tiresome to say the least

>>910778
wew

>>910778
Got any one else to roast anon?

>>910693
Small benign or black humor spread into benevolent traits in how they interact with the world as small actions, or hobby-like pleasures and focuses interrupted by personal problems, (too physically jittery to pour a drink and joking about it, other general self-deprecating humor)
Looking up jokes paramedics and doctors share is probably a good research avenue. Soldiers of all eras too. There's a fuckton of material there to draw characters from.

Or just the generally go-to humanizing things, (talking about their pasts, any family or outlier relationships significant to them, becoming emotionally invested in something habitual by way of anger/paranoia/regret; negative things that give people strong feelings of attachment, kinds of movies they like if any at all, same for sports, whatever personal taboos they have or things that disgust them if any, physical ticks nervous and otherwise) and so on.

Human feeling characters don't reveal themselves all at once, but they act consistent with a past and personality that can be fitted together over a long period of interaction, but even so don't be bashful with more direct characterization where it fits those sorts of people. Although often considered negative, what people lie about for bad, good, or just negligent reasons and even from fear can communicate someone's priorities on a selfless-selfish scale, and many other things too.

Also, ensure that alcohol is a part of your setting in some way, or at least some equivalent. It's good insurance for fiat and revelation.

>>910778
You're pretty good.

>>910778
You could've just said "because you're an asshole and a rampant shitposter".

>tips on humanizing characters in a dark world

I'd say look at the Mad Max films. All the characters inhabit a world where survival is always in question but they little flashes of human warmth. My advice is don't be afraid to show the characters as vulnerable. Give them daydreams. Give them little things that they're fond of. Have them get excited over finding a scrap of colored cloth.

The best thing you can do is to give them something to care about. Max had his dog in 2. Wes had his son. Furiosa had the brides. The old mother had plants.

>>910709
Because you're the saddest kind of comedian. You think people are laughing with you when they're really laughing at you, and that's when they aren't just bored of you.

>>906578
>Are you an emotive writer?
I'm kind of robotic about my writing. That's how I am as a person though, I'm not super emotion intense, I tend to be more reserved. That doesn't mean I can't write interesting shit though.
>What's more autistic: number sperg or fetish sperg?
fetish sperg. Number sperg tends to be very up front about it, fetish sperg ALWAYS tries to slip it in slowly over time.

>>910709
To make you feel a bit better let me explain why I like ya. Most QMs are straight laced, but you royally don't give a fuck. You also deal with some truly autistic readers.

>>910778
That's a big essay
(4u)

>>910901

QM goes to quest thread general. Says he's depressed. Says quest life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening board where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. An anon says, "Treatment is simple. Great shitposter TrickQM is in the thread tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up." QM bursts into tears. Says, "But anon...I am TrickQM."

>>910709
I know you asked for answers from people who dislike you but I have to say I like you in the way you irritate other people. It warms my guts raw to know your existence is a genuine thorn to a not insignificant amount of people. Legit.

You are to me, in essence, a traditional jew pretending your homeland is here, perfect just the way you are. The vast majority of posts you make are shitposts, but without you this thread would have 30ish less posts and even less discussion. Like large intestine bacteria, you're a necessary but very gross part to the culture that is /qst/. Whenever your low-effort shitposts trigger some autist it's comforting to sit back and enjoy the reactions.

You remind me of a younger EGO when he hated fanfiction quests and wasn't experiencing off-and-on homelessness. Except you don't go out of your way to actually hate quests, just strike the nerve of quest-liking autists. It's great.

>>910709
lol

>>910693
A casual acceptance that the character is a terrible human being/events are entirely unreasonably grim.

Lightly making really harsh decisions like murder death kill, but doing so for logical reasons.

Have you read NBQ?

You could also depict characters doing insanely benign hobbies in their offtime. Knitting, cooking, reading trashy novels.

>>910778
Goddamn, man.
>>910709
It's probably the hair. You should do something with your hair.

>>910778
hey now, that may be giving Trick too much credit. It's not like reviewanons were common BEFORE he came by.

>>910709
Because you're the lesser shitposting son of greater sires, and it smacks of being desperate for attention.

Oh yeah and if anyone does want their quest seriously reviewed, I'll totally do that. Granted I don't have a ton of time on my hands and it's first come first serve.

You'll be getting the opinions of a college sophomore English major who has published a total of 0 books, 0 stories, and 1 poem that he just ripped off E.E. Cummings with. if that makes you feel any better.

>>911240
That's a dangerous request anon.

Some of us are sluts for feedback.

>>911242
I run a quest on here, and I write shit in real life that I actually pester publishers about. If anyone is a slut for feedback here, it is I.

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>>911246
My brother.

Then if you're offering and not averse to slightly more than 100 threads of material, I'm always taking feedback on Dungeon Life Quest.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Dungeon%20Life%20Quest

>>911253

Since I'm short on time, I'm going to read your first thread and your latest thread and try and get a feel for your writing from that.

If it intrigues me enough, I'll give it a proper read.

>>911256
Oooof. Aight, I won't question the methodology but I will warn you that my latest threat is during a bit of a funk on my end.

>>911257
ayy, no problem, I know how it is. I'm pretty forgiving of shit like grammar and spelling and I understand quests are some of the absolute hardest things to pace.

>>911164
NBQ?

Does that stand for Nerv Bridge Simulator, or am I wrong?

>>911257
Well, instead of reading the latest thread, I just read the first two since I happened to REALLY like it.

After these first two threads, I have a decent picture of this world and a very good understanding of the characters. You do a really good job of making everyone's voice distinct and their own. Some of the imagery you use can get a bit confusing, but after a second read through of it, I can always get what's going on.

As for your writing style itself, you do the thing that all Quest writers do where you pad out descriptions unnecessarily with words like 'actually', 'definitely', and 'suddenly'. Whenever you use a word with 'ly' in it, make sure to write the sentence without it and see if it still communicates the thing you want it to communicate. If it does, leave the word out. Questing doesn't lend itself well to proofreading though so I understand.

Conceptually, I'm completely hooked and for questing, that's your most important thing, your bread and butter. Stylistically, I barely noticed you were in the second person (awkward second-person narration might be the most common problem with quests style-wise) and that is exactly what you want. Your narration is generally unobtrusive and minimal. You put a few jokes within the narration itself which I used to be really against until I actually started writing quests and realized it is an excellent way to draw in an audience and create a community around your quest. You're at least funny when you do it and you manage to not break me from the narrative too abruptly.

From these two threads I've read, I'd say you're in a very good position, especially considering you've recently passed thread 100. Definitely gonna catch up with the quest and continue following it from there.

>>911299
Excellent! Thanks for giving me a chance, my friend; I'll keep an eye out for further feedback, or you can find me during one of my live threads. The quest is currently on hold while I'm running [b]Scarred By Thorns Quest[/b] but it should pick up again here Soon(tm).

>>911299
>tfw running quest that you'd love to be reviewed
>tfw know it'll stand up to zero scrutiny

life sucks

>>911298
Northern Beasts Quest

>>911305
You'd be surprised what you're already doing well and how easy it can be to fix certain things.

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If anyone wants to check Acid Girl Quest #2 it's right over here

>>902915

I never know if anyone knows what's going on in my quests.

>>911309
Hey, are you okay with doing private reviews? I've got a quest that's finished and I could use the insight for my next project. If you've got e-mail, Steam, Discord, Skype, whathaveyou, that'll be fine.

Does anyone have a guide to how to use special text on /qst/? Like italics and color? Thanks in advance.

>>911357
the sticky is the closest "guide" we have. Otherwise, it's using a similar format to html....tag....things, dunno what you call them.

>>911357
Isn't it in the sticky?

>>911357
It only works in a thread you make, from the same device you made it with, regardless of your server.

>>906578
>What's more autistic: number sperg or fetish sperg?
Number Sperg, but I can see why it happens a lot. Metagaming and min-maxing can suck the fun out of a quest for everbody involved.

>>911299
What's wrong with 2nd person narration ?

>>908493
When are you gonna remember Saiyan Swordsman Quest exists and run it again?
I wanna fight the familiar looking guy and the bald midget.

>>911455
Nothing. It's just difficult for some people to parse because it is an unusual writing style that is only useful in virtual light novels and questing. Most schools don't even teach it until you get into collegiate courses of writing.

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>>911299
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=galaxy%20in%20chains

Would be nice to know where I can improve!
All of the criticisms will be my silly grammar mistakes

>>911325
Yeah sure! I'm bumly on discord
>>911501
On it. Also, grammar is a shitty thing to critique and on a collegiate level, most teachers don't even bother.

>character gets justifiably angry at the prospect of an 'open' relationship AKA 'let me fuck all the waifus'
>shitstorm ensues
>QM clarifies that she wasn't thinking rationally and poly da best
>she later apologizes and agrees to bring in more bitches
>MC is only 13 years old
Fucking hell, Dick Quest really is a terrible shitshow.

>>911668
You mind looking at shit on Akun?
http://anonkun.com/stories/the-life-of-a-magister/4MSaynzzQeWdiaAkf/home

>>911673
I'm not sure what you expected from a chuckles quest and his playerbase

>>911501
Gave you a quick read. You've got one big, basic problem and that's showing vs telling. Rather than showing something to prove a character is ruthless or evil, you often just say, "This character is ruthless and evil."

Now, when it comes to the actual MC, you're actually pretty good at showing their emotions through actions rather than just saying them, so good job there. Just try and give events that display another character's feelings or traits rather than just telling someone them.

You could also do more to describe the initial setting. Give some imagery of what this area looks like to our MC. You do a bit, I just want more.

Oh and try and give your characters more distinct voices. If you have trouble with this, just think of like 3 signature phrases the character will repeat, and 2 ways they'll slur their normal speech and that will suffice for now.

Otherwise, some nice action descriptions, a fun concept, and decent writing style.

>>911704
I've got class in a bit, so I'll get to this later.

>>911712
I had no idea what I was letting myself in for. It's horrible on several levels.

>1) Everyone Is Sexualized.
Our 13 year old hero has to fight pussy off with a stick, and all of them are older because even the QM seems to balk at the idea of fucking 12 year olds. The 11 year old can make jokes about being a prostitute though, because that's funny and original. Generally when children are this sexually active, it's because they were abused at an earlier age. Maybe the cast were, it'd certainly explain a few things.

>2) Everyone Is Sexualized.
You know what? I'm not fucking done with this point.

Everyone is all wised up on sex stuff, like they took a night course in it (or like they were being written and played by a bunch of 30 year old virgin neckbeards). They go on about 'polyamory' and 'open relationships' and lewd massages with all the authenticity and charm of a harry potter fanfic where everyone is suddenly a goth balls deep in BDSM subculture and eager to lecture about their new lifestyle choices.

Except Harley for some reason, who is actually a decent character.

>3) Teenage Angst
Means awkward boners basically 100% of the time (with the internal commentary of a lecherous old man) and growing pains - like trying to decide if you want to be a wizard or a shaolin monk.

>4) Pacing
Yeah, I know. What did I expect? Things have to move fast, or else you wouldn't be able to cram the waifus in fast enough.

We go from starting out as a vigilante to Justice League tier shit before Dick even gets to do any real busts. Actual Batman villains barely get a peep into the story, although it's clear the QM knows a lot about the universe and there's some obscure references in there too.

Which creates a problem because;
>5) There's No Emotional Weight
Everything moves too fast for tragedy to have any effect.

We jump from riots and murder in Arkham to silly hockey players and harem building in no time whatsoever. Jason Todd actually murders Batman's half brother and they're over it before the chapter even really starts. Barbara gets badly injured, and the worst thing that happens is some relationship drama (which turns into the harem concession that prompted this rant).

There's more, but fuck it, I'm done.

>>911732
Yeah I stopped reading at the harem confession thing. It was just getting too retarded. I just wanted a decent Robin quest, but instead it's Justice League HaremPro 9000 along with doormat Batman.

It was my fault for expecting anything out of Chuckles and his playerbase though. Fool me twice, shame on me, etc.

>>907138
I go to sup tg archives and see whats most upvoted

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HAREM IS SHIT AND ANYBODY WHO LIKES HAREM IS SHIIIIIIIIIIIT.

>>911813
It has it's place sometimes. Historical fiction with concubines and what not and some fantasy settings for examples.

But usually it's just shoehorned into where it doesn't belong to make the players feel good about themselves or something.

>>911668
>on a collegiate level, most teachers don't even bother
Unless it's incomprehensible you're right, I wouldn't ding a QM too badly for the odd grammar mistake or typo. Timed extemporaneous writing is fucking hard as shit.

But sorry to tell you something of a nasty secret, we DO critique grammar at the "collegiate level". It's more a question of how much time we have to do it, particularly for those of us who get paid for a certain number of hours to grade. At US institutions that often means there's a threshold to what constitutes poor enough grammar to comment on, which varies from reader to reader and from department to department. At UK institutions the norm is that you just end up doing twice as much work as you get paid for, because extensive comments are an expectation.

>>911823
>usually it's just shoehorned into where it doesn't belong
Have you been in Earthbender quest? The early threads had people trying to make up a warrior harem with the Avatar included. Thankfully the QM for that quest isn't completely retarded. It takes a bad QM and a worse playerbase to allow that kind of ill-fitting shit to pass.

>>909238
It's like some sort of /tg/ prophecy. When we all beome less sinful and learn to love each other in a less faggy way than you'd expect, Crusty will be cured and return to write smut.

>>911835
I don't like Sominus but I will give credit where credit is due and say he does a damn good job of shutting that shit down and gives pretty severe consequences if you try anyways.

>>911838
>When we all beome less sinful
Where do you think we are?

>>911839
I'm almost certain he killed our airbender buddy because we joked about getting his boi-pussy. I enjoy his quests though when we aren't getting samefagged into shit choices.

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>>911823
My biggest problem is not with the harem itself, but what the writers do with it. I'M GUILTY OF IT MYSELF, HAHA, HAREMS HA but a lot of harems in quests are there to fulfill some kind of romance checklist for the sake of having one, at the expense of character development.

...Then again, I write more shitty romance than anything, so I'm just a hypocrite.

>>911825
If it's grammatically incorrect, but if it either sounds alright when read aloud or is just a single tense error, then I usually don't mind. Writing spontaneous updates are hard. It takes me an hour to write like 2500 characters worth of words.

>>911838
>learn to love each other
Good one!

>>911840
I mean, obviously it'll never happen. That's why i's a prophecy about sin.

>QM Questions:
Are you an emotive writer?
[I try to dance along that line. On the one hand, I want my writing to describe and communicate the scene to the audience while avoiding telling THEM how to feel or how the MC should feel. However, I think some emotive language (or at least some notes on the MC's thoughts and feelings) can streamline some scenes and help my readers feel more immersed.]

[It's one of the many things I need to work on. c'est la vie.]

>>911844
>I enjoy his quests though
I have no idea how you can, but to each their own.

>we aren't getting samefagged into shit choices.
How do you know it was samefagged? 1 Post by this ID all over the place? Did everyone vote for some dumb write in or something?

>>911859
>I have no idea how you can, but to each their own.
I really like the content he's chosen and I don't think he's too bad of a writer. As you said, to each their own
>How do you know it was samefagged?
I honestly don't but I honestly can't think of a reason why choosing not to dodge acid spit won out besides that.
I should have been there instead of sleeping.

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What's going on in this thread, /qst/?

>>911877
[Discussion about Somnius and Chuckles. The usual.]

>>911866
>but I honestly can't think of a reason why choosing not to dodge acid spit won out besides that.

I've been in the Human quest that was on /tg/ back in the day. For a good while a good portion of the options chosen was
>Charge
>Charge
>Charge
His playerbase isn't the smartest (no offense) so I can easily see them trying something like that.

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>>911882
Sounds like some shit.

I have no idea who either of those guys are but oh well.

>>911885
Well we were already dodging and weaving through the shit if memory serves me. For some reason they just decided to not do that after a point. The guy was a scrub we could have handled easy. The fact that it was in a tournament preliminary match just makes it sting even more. Now it's pre-Kami Piccolo running the show while we get Otherworld gains.

>>911889
[They're both QMs that have been running since 2013? 2014? About two to three years ago...]

>>911885
That was legit my first quest I started from the beginning. Goddamn I nearly quit so many times because of a bunch of anon's being stupid. In the end, though, I just quit because Somnius is bad at writing anything that isn't action.

>>911922
Well...looking back the stuff in between fights certainly isn't his strong suit. He's visibly getting better though. I actually give a shit about a good amount of the characters he's writing now so there's that. Yamcha getting gibbed actually made me a little sad.

[I used to always mix up Somas and Somnius in my mind. Damn people with similar names.]

>>911945
Why are you putting brackets around everything?

>>911948
Bad habit that sticks around.

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>>911951
How do you make that a habit?

Soma ever said anything about his side quests continuing? CNQ and LQ?

>>911784
I can't say I'm that butthurt about the Barbara romance going poorly, because it was never interesting.

She was introduced and was a cock tease, which was fun. Then you got dozens of chapters of 'Movie Night' which was the dullest and most rehashed bland shit imaginable. There was no spark between the two characters whatsoever. They basically wound up in a relationship because they were kind of the same age, but not really.

>>911966
Ivy and Raven are just as one note, but people hype them up just the same.

Harley and maybe Zats are the only two that actually some form of chemistry imo.

Doesn't matter anyways, Chuckles is going to make that quest into DC Waifu Pokemon. Gotta catch them all.

>>911963
CNQ is dead forever and LQ is in a "when I feel like it" hiatus.

>>909567

I did it. A Quest about being a character in a harem anime. A quest that requires the least amount of effort right now.

>>909592
>>909599

>>911983
Harley is easily the best character.

So of course her screentime is minimal.

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>>911983
I will never understand /tg/s, most likely /qst/, and apparently Akun's obsession with Ivy and Raven
Raven especially

>>912136
Teen Titans was airing when they were in the middle of puberty.

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Evil Sorceress Quest is back!

>>912260
>>912260

>>912136
Legs

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>>912455

>>912136
I mean, Raven has this cool backstory in the show from what I remember and gets a lot of nice character growth throughout it.

As for Ivy, idk she doesn't wear a lot of clothes I guess and has some lesbian tendencies which is super fetishized here.

I am continuing Fair of Dusklight on Akun, we're close to the end of chapter 1.

https://anonkun.com/stories/fair-of-dusklight/FJxy496a43Zuecpq3

>>911673
Hahahaha.

Yeah, I figured it was going that route.

Fuck Dick Quest and FUCK WHITE PEOPLE!

Is their any tripfag more cancerous then Sleepy?

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>>912833
Take your pick.

>>912847
>wrenloft
I look fondly upon those days.

>>912018
Harley is not the best character because that thing in Chuckle's Quest is not Harley.

I'm sorry but cucking all of Harley's entire character to make her easier to waifu is retarded.

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>>912827
>>912827
>>912827

Hey, I also run quests sometimes. Come check out Jedi Knight Quest if you guys have some time.

>>912847
Oh damn didn't know that hungarian LARPfag has that many posts.

Also haven't seen wrenloft or indonesian gentleman in long time.

>>911314
Hi I'm here hi.

I'm not like, %100 sure what 'harem' means in this context, like a literal harem or just an MC that fucks a lot of people. I try to give my players free reign , and that tends to lead to them fucking a lot of people.

>>913029
I think I saw indo......a few months ago?

>>913095
>MC that fucks a lot of people

See I think that's quite honestly a much better way to handle 'wanna fuck a bunch of women' needs of an audience.

Like with Dick Quest. You can easily have Dick just, y'know, go through various relationships throughout his life instead of needing to have his girlfriend be a cuck.

>>913188
No folly in poly©, dog. You're just monotonous cause monogamous©.

>>913291
Yeah except that culture never gets properly represented.

Its literally "ooga booga these women are mine!"

>>913316
Oh on dick quest? Yeah, but I mean, lower your expectations on that one.

>>913515
Nah i just wont read it

>>913291
Name one successful polygamous culture.
Never mind, I'll do it for you. Most of them to varying degrees prior to the foundation of Christianity and for more than a thousand years afterwards.
Alright, now name one successful polyandrous society.
There are none.
Tibetans don't count because they're not successful by any stretch of the imagination.

>>913695
Wait how do you define "success" like are bush people in Africa successful since they don't die in the Sahara or do they have to like advance and shit?

>>913695
>successful polyandrous society
Define successful. You mean in terms of a civilization, or just not getting wiped out?

>>913718
>>913721
I would define a successful culture as one which goes on to dominate and subsume other cultures. If it merely exist in perpetuity then it is at best unremarkable. A failed culture is one which no longer exist.

>>913695
>name one successful polyandrous society
The Ancient Atlantians were into Polyandry, trust me. I'm a certified expert.

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>>912144
Ah

>>912423
Butts > Legs

Do not disagree

>>912793
Things is players in general fail to understand that a character does not need to be fucking another to make them happy

As does a writer

And from what I can tell the players seem to be sailing that ship. I don't know I'm further slowed in my reading of it since I keep looking at chat and seeing stupid shit in the chat like elaborate plans to break up with their current waifu or cuck themselves(?) or turn her Bi or some stupid shit

Also pheromones / magic musk


Literally everybody stop doing this. Please.

>>913095
Harem in the sense that everybody or just one dude has multiple relationships

They are universally shit

>>913808
Butts are part of legs. What do you think the glutes even do?

>>913808
>turn her Bi

I love this one.

Uh shit, um, you can fuck her too so why dont you just, y'know, spontaneously develop a love for vajayjay. C'mon!

>Tfw your boyfriend forces you to lick pussy

>>913865
"S-She was always hot" She tells herself.

>>913879
Y-y-y-yeah I w-w-want to e-e-eat this girl out. I love vagina I swear!

God, why do questers want their love interests to be the female versions of Anthony Burch.

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>>906578
I was urged that this would be the place to post that the next session of Speedster Quest is live here >>914005

Old thread here >>902519

>>913897
I hope one day there will be a quest with a harem where the girls go out and fuck other guys on the occasion as well.

It'd fun to see the players react to that if it was unexpected.

>>914240
The amount of salt would be glorious.

>>914240
>>914260
They'd lose their minds.

I'd pay money to see that level of salt.

>>914240
The Raiders has that happen regularly.

In fact, the MC was horrified at the idea of people being monogamous and in love.

>>914240
See that's the thing.

"I want an open relationship!"

No you fucking don't. Imagine if Barbara started sucking on fucking batdick while Dick was busy plowing Poison Ivy.

Or getting a quickie from Speedy.

Like come the fuck on.

>>914303

Good on XS for actually going full hog on that trippy alien cultural perspective on sexual relationship shit.

>>914319
That's why I want it to happen, specially to Chuckle's players. It might give perspective.

...Nah they'd just get salty and bitch without learning a goddamn thing.

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>>912847
>Almost 13,000 posts on /tg/

What have I been doing with my life.

Thinking about making a quest where hurting someones feelings is the same as physically hurting them.

It's not really any kind of statement either, I just feel like it could have some legitimately funny situations.

Combat is making fun of people, find a good way to tell your friend that he's dressed like a complete tool without putting him in the hospital.

I'm hesitant to do it though as I don't really know where I'd take it.

>>914532
Well back then you usually had 3 quests on rotation almost every week.

Shit adds up.

>>913808
>Butts > Legs

>Ferrari > Cars

This is how you sound like

>>914714
I mean, yeah though.

Nobody gets hype over the idea of cars in general.

They like "sports cars" or "monster trucks" or something.

>>913029
>>913120
Sup fellas?
Mostly lurking and suggesting instead of running because of what Vox calls 'gainful employment'.
Also currently getting my bricked harddrive with my skirmish/quest notes innit data recovered. Hopefully 2017 will be a good year for starting quests and skirmishes because BOY DO I HAVE SEVERAL IDEAS

Anyone who thinks starting a quest on anonkun is a good alternative to /qst/ should watch the faggotry happening in the chat and votes in this new quest.

http://anonkun.com/stories/heroquest-dc-universe/vPxABKC8nDd9x8xq3

I finally managed to do that thing where you end on a cliff-hanger and leave all the players wanting more and I'm proud of myself.

>>914826
>DC Universe
Well there's your problem.

>>914539
>Constantly objectify our waifu
>She literally turns into an object

>>914842
Would it work the other way?

>>914842
Where were you when you punched your waifu into a venetian door?

Yo guys, I got a new idea for a quest that I think will be fun.

It takes place in the Bronx during the early 70s.

And you play a kid in one of the many forgotten neighborhoods where gangs have come to rule.

except

SURPRISE

people have super powers

You don't though. At first at least.

I'm being really historical in my portrayal of South Bronx and using mostly actual pictures from that time for the art.

I'll also take some influence from the movie Warriors, since that was fun and I can see it working.

I've still got a lot of work to do on it, but what do you guys think so far?

>>914871
I'd play it.
Could use those neat pictures of people from that-wait, never mind. 70s. But yeah, I'd still play it. Don't know much about Bronx in the 70s but I like capeshit and gang violence.

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>>914878
Watch Rubble Kings if you want a good picture of the Bronx during the 70s. Or just google "South Bronx, 1970s" and watch this shit

>>914871
>SURPRISE
not really. I mean, who would honestly be surprised?

>You don't though. At first at least.
ehhhhhhh. You think "mystery" or "hook", I think "we're going to be in the dark for so long and the payoff will not be worth it" or "it's just going to be another 'underdog' power fantasy"

>I'm being really historical
sounds neat

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>>914891
There's not really an "in the dark" thing. You just eventually have the chance to get a power if your character wants it.

'underdog power fantasy' might become a problem although considering how I'm going to be presenting super-powered individuals, I think it'll feel almost survival-horror when you're fighting them (if you decide to fight them that is)

>>914871
I'd play it. Makes me think of Static Shock.

Train car murder mystery quest? Yes? No?
It would be a one-shot.

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>>914973
I'm stealing some stuff from it but it's gonna have a lot less focus on powers and Monster of the Week villains.

A lot more focus on gangs, survival, character growth, and protecting your own (depending on how you play it of course)

I'll start up in about two weeks once finals end.

>>914989
cool

>>914989
>>914973
>>914856
>>914729
>>913735
>>914272
Fuck off, attention whores.

>>914999
>This guy never punched their waifu so hard she turned into a venetian door

Come to think of it, that could be the premise of a quest. You're a guy with a superpower - only that superpower is hitting people so hard they turn into furniture and household appliances. Which path will you tread? The superhero, the supervillain, or the home depot manager?

>>915020
>>914999
I think you mean names

Dude, when you're a QM who advertises their quest here, there's pretty much no point in dropping the trip. Especially when people can see your post ID here anyway.

Question for QMs:
How do you write your combat?
I'm thinking of running a quest soon in a military setting, and I think it might be pretty combat heavy. I'm finding it difficult to both write in the amount of combat that a war would have AND make every piece of combat engaging and move the plot forward.

>>915038
FYI: post IDs in /qst/ is the same only in one thread. So if you check my ID here and my suggestion in Thug Quest >>915055 for example, they're different.

>>914999
whorin til mornin

>>915056
I'm aware.

That's why you'll sometimes see me drop my trip here, because I was in another thread participating in a quest and didn't need it.

Does it bother you when QMs use artwork of existing characters to help explain what their character looks like? It takes me out of the quest a little when a QM does that

>>915039
Actually, for an individual soldier, a war is mostly a lot of menial work, training or simply waiting. You don't have to make the quest about combat. Play on a contrast of slow-moving slice of life and fast-paced, chaotic and confusing action.

>>915071
For me was only jarring once when a man's picture was used for a woman character. Other than that, it's all ok.

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Would someone mind looking over my quest here
>>900280
and pointing out the stupid shit I did? It's my first time running a quest and I want to learn from my mistakes.

Thanks

>>914999
>you can get lots of people in your quest if you advertise and you write well
>STOP TRYING TO GET PEOPLE INTO YOUR QUESTS!!!!!
Make up your fucking mind.

>>915233
Shitposting with your trip on in Cutie G is not the same thing as advertising your quest.

>>915297
Yes it is.

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>>915142
Do you have an email? It doesn't look like I got much to read so I can send you a quick review fast.

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Mechagirl Pit Fighter is back!

>>915293

Ryukuza Quest starts.

>>915346

Ammy-chan!

>>915039
>>915128
That, and some people say that the worst part of combat is just the waiting.

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Gang Quest is running.

Come join us try and take over 80's LA as the leader of the Cossack Biker Gang.

>>909692

>>915130
Are you talking about what Moloch fucking did?

That cheating bastard.

Pro-tip: If you make a character a reverse trap you have to use female character art. That's the rule.

why doesnt /qst/ have a [yellow]?

>>915706
Because there's no good reason to have yellow text, ever, in any context.

>>915341
I'll just post a throwaway email address.
[email protected]

>>915718
no

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Starship Idols is alive and well.

>>915956

>>915706
Green is bad enough, but yellow wouldn't be legible on any background except black (which would make blue and red horrifying).

Evil Sorceress Quest #2 is live!

>>916014
>>916014
>>916014

Former /tg/ quest regular here. I haven´t been on /qst/ in months, so I have a few questions.

Is the Exalted Quest with Maka still running? If yes, when and where?

Same question for Urban Oni. Don´t know if that one ever went on here though.

And do youg uys have some superhero quests to recommend?

I always wanted to start my own, but I´ll think I read first again.

>>916077
>Is the Exalted Quest with Maka still running? If yes, when and where?

>Same question for Urban Oni. Don´t know if that one ever went on here though.

You know these two could easily be answered if you took the time to look.

>And do youg uys have some superhero quests to recommend?
I can't vouch for anything personally but a Speedster quest just started not too long ago.

>>916077
The survivor of AtlantaAsia's tournament is basically a superhero. Check suptg archives for /tg/, it's fairly recent.

>>916077
>Is the Exalted Quest with Maka still running? If yes, when and where?
Yes, it's coming back Monday.

Old threads still get put up on suptg if you missed any.

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>>902915

Things are getting weird on Acid Girl Quest #2

>>916100
>>916108
Ah. So, it´s still suptg? I´ll check there then. Thank you.

I´ll check the speedster and atlanta ones out then.

>>916111
Monday? I´ll probably won´t make it, but I´ll try to be here then. Thanks.

Modern Necromancy Quest: Redux is running! Roll well and save a reformed goth necromancer chick from being eaten by a not!zombie
>>909378
>>909378
>>909378

STARWARS: A Galaxy in Chains

Up and running for the night, feel free to join us!
>>916618
>>916618
>>916618

>>916077

There's Alchemical Blade Quest I wrote which is about Exalted Modern respectively.

Would there be any interest in a quest where you play as one of four predefined street mages, set in a modern time period?

>>915020
>Which path will you tread?
I feel like unless you can turn them back, any path you take is going to be an evil one.

>>917586
>Not turning villains into furniture and donating them to Goodwill

>>917586
>He doesn't think petty criminals deserve to turned into foot stools for all eternity

How well have detective/murder mystery quests worked? I was thinking of running one someday.

I had the idea that I'd rather people find my quest on their own because they're looking for something like it and want to read it, so I refused to post it or ask anything about it because I figured that anybody who wanted to find it would already be looking in the catalog, and not in general discussion.

I'm not too sure about that anymore though, so I'd like to know on a scale of misguided naivete to outright retardation where that kind of thinking puts me so I can just say fuck it and do what everybody does anyways.

>>917654
misguided naivete, on /tg/ that would have probably worked, but on /qst/ it's hard enough to get players, you don't need to go about giving yourself more obstacles.

>>917629
They haven't.

Admittedly, though, not many people have tried. The one thing just about everyone agrees on is that you need some sort of mechanic to bring clues and so on to the attention of your players - whether that's a character, some sort of supernatural power, etc.

>>917713
>you need some sort of mechanic to bring clues and so on to the attention of your players - whether that's a character, some sort of supernatural power, etc.

Sounds perfect for a Ace Attorney or a Ghost Trick style quest.

>>917654
I dunno man, I don't think posting here got me any new voters.

>>917654
>The first few lines visible in the catalog are "this quest is set in...." or "Hi, I'm a new QM and this is my first quest and whoops I took so long writing this that you can't see any of the actual quest in the catalog"
retardation

>They aren't
either naivete or extremely bold/confident. Orrrrr a fanfic quest, because you only needed the title, really.

>>916124
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=Solar%20Quest
The suptg link now that I'm home.

>>917458
Yes

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>>917654
>>917838

Dumping a link in QTG does close to nothing. After all, why would it do anything? Do YOU look at the links that get posted in these threads?

If you want to use QTG to get players, you need to actually engage with what semblance of a community it has, preferably long before you've even started your quest. Show your ideas around, show why you think they're good, let people give you feedback and input, let them leave a mark on the unborn quest. Actually respond respectfully to them, build up some hype, and THEN tell people exactly when you're going to start this quest (and not the same fucking day you first posted, you want to give it some time so an amount of potentially interested players actually become aware that a thing is going to happen). If you do all that successfully, and preferably over several days, if you actually catch the attention of people around here, THEN you have a chance to actually gain players from QTG. Unless you did all of the above with your trip on, of course. Then you're just a tripfag and only other tripfags actually pay attention to them.

Next part is actually giving your quest a good and interesting start that makes people want to stay, instead of the bare-bones drippings of hollowed out, char-gen infested, unedited verbal vomit that usually passes for an opening around here. This one might require you to actually put in some effort. You probably won't like that and quit. Most do.

Good luck, anon.

>>918777
>>917654
Alternatively, just run on Akun and shoehorn in smut into whatever idea you had before. Done.

>>911838
>>909238
>>909274
Crusty will return the day we purge druidfags and accept that phasing is the only true t3 option

Anyone know what happened to Guide? Mercs was a fun quest

>>918866
Or just string them along for 25 chapters

It's what I'm probably going to do
Mainly because I have pacing insecurties

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Here's a pitch /qtg/: Fighting War of the Worlds Martians in WW2 warships, building a multinational flotilla while trying to counter and outstrip the Martians' increasingly sophisticated attempts at naval combat. Working title Thunderchild Quest. Aiming for somewhat pulpy but more often 'plausible' alt-history feel.

I'm already neck deep in prepping for it but I'm interested in what you lot think of the above elevator pitch.

>>919024
Sounds like a decent enough premise.

Are you going to include wunderwaffe / post-WWII projects like the early jets? How about paper warships? Basically, I want to know how much you plan to cater to military nerds. Planefag's quests proved there's a lot of them out there.

Be warned that your players will probably try to immediately seize and reverse engineer Martian technology, but that'll ruin the tone of what you're trying to achieve.