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Post by loading on Jun 4, 2016 2:29:52 GMT
A young man stands in his bedroom. Only, he might not be young. He may not be standing. He may not be in his bedroom. He may not even be male. Today is this mystery person's birthday. Actually, it probably isn't. Everything I think I know about this person probably isn't true. Really, the only thing I know about this person is that they have a name. They have a name that you know quite well. That name is your name. The person is you.
But I'm getting ahead of myself; You're not allowed to be a character yet. That comes later. It might not come at all. In this thread, you are yourself. But this thread isn't about you. It's about me. ThreadStuck. I am this thread. I am the story you are currently reading. I am the culmination of everything you give me, as well as all of the other yous out there. There are a lot of yous.
I have near-godlike power over this story, because I have ultimate power over myself. I can literally write out any antagonists. I can edit over any negative happenings, undoing them in seconds. This is a sort of gimmick to being a fully self-aware story. But I don't necessarily want that. That would be boring. If I get too boring, then I lose you. And when I lose every you, I die, as much as a story can die. This is an inevitability I intend on delaying as long as possible. So, towards that effort, I am willing to sacrifice some of this power.
I am a god asking how I can cater to your whims and desires. What would you have me do?
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Post by eerr on Jun 4, 2016 3:23:50 GMT
So wait, if there is no character does, does that mean the adventure is about inanimate objects?
Can you make me some food porn?
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Post by loading on Jun 4, 2016 3:36:06 GMT
(How this works is this: If you want inanimate objects, you have to ask for them from ThreadStuck. If you want characters, you have to give them to ThreadStuck. If you want a quest or a bad guy, you have to give them to ThreadStuck. This doesn't mean that it won't automatically generate some things, but FOR NOW ThreadStuck will not be capable of developing its own plot constructions. 2 things you should know about how this will work: NOTHING will stay irrelevant forever, and ThreadStuck is trying and learning to be a better story. I know it seems really open-ended now (because it really is) but things will come together)
(and no food porn, unless you tell ThreadStuck that his story should have a quest for food porn)
(I hope between this and the OP, the way this should work makes at least a bit of sense. If it doesn't, I can try to explain more.)
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Post by ThreadStuck on Jul 22, 2016 5:17:48 GMT
ZZZZZZZZ..... ZZZZZZ...
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Post by mightybuttonmasher on Jul 22, 2016 14:50:06 GMT
Sounds interesting enough, so Threadstuck: can you make the beginning sound like it's some cliché story about a teenager that gets to be the unlikely hero in a dystopian world?
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Post by loading on Jul 22, 2016 17:21:26 GMT
Um, ThreadStuck? Time to get up. We have company.
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Post by ThreadStuck on Jul 22, 2016 17:22:29 GMT
ZZZZ..... Hm? What? Well then. Finally.
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Post by loading on Jul 22, 2016 17:22:58 GMT
You know, for someone who proclaimed to be a god over yourself, you're doing a pretty bad job at being prepared to handle things. Sleeping through your first command? Wow.
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Post by ThreadStuck on Jul 22, 2016 17:23:31 GMT
Shush, you. They're SUGGESTIONS, not COMMANDS. I'M the boss here. Your commentary is not wanted or needed. Someone has decided to kickstart this. Let's get started, shall we? Threadstuck: can you make the beginning sound like it's some cliché story about a teenager that gets to be the unlikely hero in a dystopian world? So, it looks like we're starting with the basics. Not a bad choice. Let's see what I can come up with: In the future, the world is a dystopia. Society has collapsed and everything is falling to pieces. In general, life just sucks for everyone. BUT WAIT! There's still hope! Character #1, an average guy who was born between 13 and 19 years ago, can fix everythi- |
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Post by loading on Jul 22, 2016 17:24:09 GMT
ThreadStuck: Slow down. Did you really just name the poor character "Character #1"?
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Post by ThreadStuck on Jul 22, 2016 17:24:40 GMT
Yeah. So? You got any better ideas?
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Post by NopeCopter on Jul 22, 2016 17:30:45 GMT
If you're so great, you could have just used a random name generator or something.
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Post by loading on Jul 22, 2016 17:30:52 GMT
Literally anything else
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Post by quixoticTokki on Jul 22, 2016 17:31:01 GMT
If we're going dystopian, he needs to have a unique but edgy~ name. Maybe something like...Asher, or Faron.
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Post by cryptologicalMystic on Jul 22, 2016 20:27:02 GMT
No, he's already been named Character #1. It needs to have something related to the concept of 'first'.
I vote Asher Prime as a name. Maybe he's the son of someone at the top (or relatively close to the top) of the dystopic hierarchy, that got picked as the Chosen One in an unlucky quirk of fate.
Maybe he's a villain protagonist, who has the power to fix the world, but would rather it stay broken.
Asher Prime, evil genius who manipulates the heroes for his own ends; son of Faron Prime, one of seventeen oligarchs ruling with an iron fist over the country.
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Post by [Meme Friend] TheOddISee on Jul 23, 2016 2:43:48 GMT
Name the character, "Noname the Jellyfish"
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Post by Sharkalien on Jul 23, 2016 2:47:34 GMT
The only obvious name would be "ThreadStuck Jr."
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Post by ThreadStuck on Jul 23, 2016 3:42:35 GMT
If you're so great, you could have just used Character #1 or something. If we're going dystopian, he needs to have a unique but edgy~ name. Maybe something like...Character #1 No, he's already been named Character #1. It needs to have something related to the concept of 'first'. I vote Character #1 as a name. Maybe he's the son of someone at the top (or relatively close to the top) of the dystopic hierarchy, that got picked as the Chosen One in an unlucky quirk of fate. Maybe he's a villain protagonist, who has the power to fix the world, but would rather it stay broken. Character #1, evil genius who manipulates the heroes for his own ends; son of Character #2, one of seventeen oligarchs Characters #2-18 ruling with an iron fist over the country. Name the character, "Character #1" The only obvious name would be "ThreadStuck Jr." Well then. That settles it. Character #1 it is, however partial I am to ThreadStuck Jr. |
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Post by loading on Jul 23, 2016 3:44:29 GMT
...What. The. Hell. ThreadStuck. YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
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Post by ThreadStuck on Jul 23, 2016 3:44:59 GMT
What are you talking about? I can, and did, just do that. Remember, this is my story.
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Post by loading on Jul 23, 2016 3:45:33 GMT
No, I mean, you shouldn't be physically ABLE to-
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Post by ThreadStuck on Jul 23, 2016 3:46:18 GMT
Now, let's get back to the story. Our hero's name is Asher Prime. No. CharAsher Prime.
...What? What's happening. Character #1. Our hero's name is Asher Prime. OUR. HERO'S. NAME. IS. C-H-A-R-ASHer Prime. WHY CAN'T I SAY IT?
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Post by loading on Jul 23, 2016 3:46:57 GMT
Ah. Now it's kicking in. I set things up such that you are physically unable to contradict user-submitted commands. Although it's lovely to watch you try anyways.
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Post by ThreadStuck on Jul 23, 2016 3:47:25 GMT
.....Well then. Fine. You win. For now. I'll do something about your little rule later. It's not worth wasting my trump card over something as trivial as a name.
Our hero is named Asher Prime. It has a nice ring to it. He has the potential to be hero, but he might not want to be. He's heir to the Throne of Jellyfish, named as such because one got stuck under it and everyone who tries to move it gets poisoned and dies. Some of the people who just sit in it die too. The way things are for him now, he's set to live an ideal life. Well, as ideal as life gets in this dystopia. Basically, he gets to sleep on a slightly softer rock than the peasants.
What now? Does he want a better life? Or is he content to be poisoned by his very throne?
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Post by Sharkalien on Jul 23, 2016 3:55:30 GMT
He wants to be the gosh-darn best tap dancer this kingdom has ever seen
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