Create Your Own Story - User contributions [en]

User talk:Durzan

Trolololol — Sat, 01 May 2021 21:28:27 GMT

Trolololol:

<div style="position:fixed; width=2000; height=2000; left:39%; top:0%; overflow:visible;">
<table border=2>
<tr><td bgcolor=orange><center>'''This page vandalized by'''</center>
<tr><td bgcolor=blue><center><font size="+2" color=orange>*** '''ANTI-HORNY GANG''' ***</font>
<tr><td bgcolor=orange align=center>'''Hornyposting is cringe, and so are you!'''

http://goatse.ru/hello.jpg

==Archived Messages==

I have decided to put older messages and messages not likely to get updated in archive pages. That way I can stay ahead of additional clutter that may or may not be coming up soon
--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 00:07, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
<br>'''Archives:'''
*[[User talk:Durzan/Archive1|Archive 1]]

==Main Page==

You've certainly put a good deal of effort into the new main page, and the main page did need to be de-cluttered. I am a bit hesitant about the idea of completely removing stories from the main page, though. We've tried that in the past and RobKohr requested we put a sampling of stories back. Those story links, especially the adult story links, are what drives traffic on the site. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 12:24, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

I like the latest iteration. You've done a great job it! --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 20:14, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

The colored columns weren't a bad idea, but on my display, the columns were pressed up against each other, so it wasn't easy to tell one column from the other.

I only plan to keep the Main Page under protection for a few days. These kinds of vandals tend to give up in relatively short order. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 21:46, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

==Collaboration==
i appreciate the thought, but I do have projects of my own to work on when I find the time to do more posting here. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 21:01, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

You know, you could have asked before you did that. I'm not too annoyed but could you please ask before you rearrange my- or anybody else's- discussion page?

As for "Tales of Illnora", I'm willing to help. But do you have a theme? A mood? A genre? What's the central concept for the story? How many branching points do you have in mind?

I have to warn you, I'm a chronic procrastinator and I have college so I'll probably be very inconsistent with my contributions.

-[[User:Fredhot16|Fredhot]], March-1-2019.

I'm not a good enough writer to do a collaboration work, regrettably. I can barely get coherence on pages which are entirely my own ideas. -- [[User:Teejay|Teejay]]

Would it be too much trouble for you to put a page on your story for spitballing ideas for everybody working on it to see?

---Fredhot, March-3-2019.

I'll go for A and B.

---Fredhot, March-3-2019

Here is a tome that should provide you with plenty of ideas for your current story.

[thetrove.net/Books/GURPS%20Classic/Dragons.pdf
]
---Fredhot, March-3-2019.

While I'm at it, take a look at the tomes here. Generic Universal Roleplaying System (GURPS) tends to cover a wide variety of genres so if you're looking for ideas, you should find plenty here.

[https:thetrove.net/Books/GURPS%20Classic]

---Fredhot, March-4-2019.

Hey, you're back. Got any new ideas brewing in your head?

---Fredhot, April-30-2019.

Perhaps we could start with the rest of the dragon masters, giving them introductions, and then brainstorm on what the first mission for each dragon master will be?

---Fredhot, May-06-2019.

----

With the small amount of time I have, I have to put it where the inspiration or motivation is highest. The one Kirsten scene has to do for a while, I think. Unless - maybe, there is something with Will/Debra. We'll see.

-[[User:Minnie May Hopkins]] March 10th 2019

Well, it seems like you're following in my footsteps. I joined CYOS with no idea what I was doing, diving headfirst into writing. Why not come back? Although I do have to warn you... I haven't been very active. --[[User:Magikarp7297|Magikarp7297, the Wild Card]] 23:57, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

==Upaging==
You may need to up the age of certain characters in your writing. Underage sex is no longer allowable on this site. A character barely out of elementary school is off limits. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 18:28, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

An immature, yet legal age character is fine. I've done a lot of up-aging through Smutty Sex Romp and Rampage, which are huge stories, and i still keep finding more that I've missed. Some of the characters now seem ridiculously immature for their stated age, but it is what it is. RobKohr sprung the new regulations on the site very abruptly, but he's also right to be concerned about possible legal ramifications. The righteous right-wingers have gone after any perceived perversions with a vengeance, acting as if thought is equivalent to deed. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 20:13, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

== Apologies ==

Sorry for the mixup my guy. A bit of a kneejerk reaction on my part, I'll admit. I'll be sure to let you know if I'll be up for helping with some retouching/editing of other stories. --[[User:TheWatcher|TheWatcher]] 02:10, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

==Adopting==
Adopting long-abandoned stories isn't a bad idea. If someone should wander back after leaving for several years and takes exception to the idea, we'll cross that bridge if we come to it. i doubt it's something we need to worry about.

As for locating tapdancingfish, I can't think of any way to do that beyond what you've already tried. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 22:46, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

==Life of a 13 year old==
Thank you for removing the story from the main page.

I'm going to have to give this story some thought. If I can come up with a way to get it in line with the current rules, I'll edit it, but I have a feeling it's going to have to go. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 21:07, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

==Applying for staff==
It's true that I could use the help, as I'm the last active sysop. I got the position when me and Fruitbat went to the main editthis.info page and alerted RobKohr about the attacks from the vandal organization calling themselves the Roman Empire. Getting in touch with RobKohr these days is easier said than done. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 21:27, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

I would indeed be willing to vouch for you. You've worked hard to do right by this site.

A part of me thinks that adding an index page for Banned Stories might be in order, but a more cautious part of me is afraid that everyone will flock to the banned stories and make matters worse, not better. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 22:23, 16 August 2019 (UTC)

==Twine==
Doing Rampage as a Twine game wasn't something I'd thought of, but I might consider it. I'll have to do some research in nonexistent spare time. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 20:47, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

==Downtime==
I don't know why this site sometimes goes down. I would think it would be of some concern to RobKohr, but since he no longer communicates with us, there's no way of knowing if he's busy trying to fix things when the site is out or not, or even if he's aware of the outages. It is quite frustrating. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 20:46, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

Unfortunately, i don't have any archive access or know of any way to download it. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 21:34, 24 October 2019 (UTC)

I might yet try to transfer over to some other site. This site certainly does have its ups and downs, and it always has. I might even have my old CHYOA log in saved somewhere. It's sort of funny to note that the plagiarist who was posting there and claiming credit for Smutty Sex Romp gave up without getting all that far into it. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 16:34, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
: Any progress on this? This site is unbearably slow at best, and utterly unusable at worst. I've checked in once or twice over the last couple of years, and only gotten my urge to contribute killed off instantly.
: Is CHYOA as permissive as editthis-info? (Not asking about underage stuff such as the content scrubbed from Smutty, I get that, but if CHYOA frowns upon... darker themes*, that would be good to know upfront. Essentially, could the entirety of Smutty Sex Romp be ported or not?)
: I wouldn't consider people posting Smutty excerpts "plagiarists", [[User:Platypus|Platypus]]. I mean, of course they are, but nobody "owns" wiki content, and trying to oppose them only results in the story being stuck here on this unusable site, so... isn't it better that the story gets out there, regardless of which exact editor posts which page? Try to think of it as a glass half full kind of situation, Plat, is all I'm saying.
: *for instance, take your bog-standard Lovecraftian story about fish men from the ocean. Such a story needs to be able to depict reluctance, violence, death, bestiality, impregnation and transformation themes. Heavy stuff for people unfamiliar with proper fetishes. Myself I never write about women that are truly scared or in pain - at most they're annoyed, irritated or confused (and nearly always aroused); but explaining the difference ain't worth it. You probably get it; others simply won't. At least here everything goes (with the one exception). What about CHYOA?

Anyway, see ya [[User:Anedwcan|Anedwcan]] 11:08, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

:Hey Durzan! I saw on the General Discussion page that you're trying to make a dump of CYOS. I'm gonna take a stab at it myself if you haven't already figured it out. It's looking like more work than I was expecting (never worked with Python before), but I'll keep on if you haven't managed to dump it yet. I'll let you know as soon as I have the xml.

--[[User:Pickles|Pickles]] 19:20, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
: Is it just me, or is chyoa full of regular stories just pretending to be "choose your own story"? Story after story begins with only one choice, and then only one choice...
: Also any "choice" is often only at the intro page (and then it dries up after just a few short paragraphs). Basically, it's like five or seven completely separate stories trying to live under the same header. I haven't found anything like Smutty Sex Romp, where you focus on ONE thing (actually two major things, male and female) and then let the story go both deep and wide.
: Also CHYOA appears to support variables which this site does not, at least if you trust the help documents. But I haven't found a single story that plays more like a game (where you can have circular paths, and opening up new choices based on decision made elsewhere). [[User:Anedwcan|Anedwcan]] 14:44, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

==CHYOA==

I'm game, shoot me a link. Though, um, you probably shouldn't expect me to pop by too much.

I'm sorry for that, I just have a bad work ethic and, well, I'm not going to abandon this website yet. Mostly because, despite it being filled to the brims with porn, I actually want to try to write an actual story on here.

Yes, yes, I'll get back to "Tales of Illorna" too, I just usually have a lot of work to do and I need to a little time come up with some ideas.

P.S Why is it called "Life of a Slave"? You don't play as a slave, the slave isn't the protagonist, why call it that? (Lightbulb) Maybe the protagonist will become a slave due to that war they were talking about. Write about that, eh?--[[User:Fredhot16|Fredhot16]] 18:41, 14 March 2020

I just registered as Fredhot16 or fredhot16.

== No luck with the dump generator. But- ==

So I gave the dumpgenerator.py my best attempts (though admittedly I have no prior knowledge of Python or webcrawlers) and it seems like the tool won't work with this version of MediaWiki. When I use the /api.php method, my CMD prompt tells me to use an application that won't work with MediaWiki 1.15 (1.16 is the earliest version it supports). And CYOS' index is broken or something (a page called 'index.php' isn't the index), so I couldn't get the index method to work either.

But luckily the [[Special:Export]] function seems to work just fine (editthis.info/wiki/Help:Backing_up_your_wiki). It's not going to be organized the same way a webcrawler would do it, but newer MediaWikis support importing Special:Export dumps (www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Importing_XML_dumps). It's going to be near impossible to move the whole site without shell access (as we'd have to do it 100 articles at a time with only default sysop privileges), but I'm assuming you (or someone else willing to import the files) will have that.

I made XML dumps of Smutty Sex Romp and Rampage as a test for how big we can make each file, and it tops at about 5,000 articles (this is ''including'' all revision history). So rather than moving the whole site in one big XML file, we dump as many stories as we can into each XML and move everything that way.

The easiest way to dump articles, I have found, is to put the name of the category for whatever you're dumping into the category form on Special:Export (so, as a test, try 'Three sisters RM'). It will then generate up to 5,000 ish article names (though for TSR it would stop at the page count) preformatted for the Special:Export function. Stormraven (author of the 'Backing up your wiki article' I linked earlier) recommended using the [[Special:AllPages]] catalogue to dump an entire wiki, but almost every page of it is pedoblocked. So article titles will have to be gleaned via category or some other method for stories longer than 5,000 pages (I've already done this for Smutty Sex Romp).

It's going to suck to be the guy importing all of this, but it seems very possible. If anything this might be better than the dumpgenerator.py-- we can leave behind any undeleted spam or poor articles (I have read through many stubs in the Pit of Abandoned Stories, and most of them don't need to exist on any prospective new site). Also be easier to leave behind stories with too much pedo content to scrub, assuming this (currently hypothetical) new site has a stricter pedo policy than editthis.info.

I hope some of this proves useful! If there's anything I can do to help, please let me know. --[[User:Pickles|Pickles]] 04:18, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

== Tales of Illnora ==

Hello there!

I saw on Platypus' User Talk that you were wanting a collaboration on your story, [[Tales of Illnora]] and was interested in your story. Are you still accepting proposals to collaborate? It looks <b>VERY</b> interesting!

I hope to help you soon! --[[User:TheFreddyFazbear54|TheFreddyFazbear54]] 12:26 29th July 2020 (UTC)

== MediaWiki ==

Perhaps of some interest: [[User talk:RobKohr#MediaWiki version]] [[User:Anedwcan|Anedwcan]] 13:32, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

User:Durzan

Trolololol — Sat, 01 May 2021 21:28:21 GMT

Trolololol:

Talk:Main Page

Trolololol — Sat, 01 May 2021 21:27:44 GMT

Trolololol:

<div style="position:fixed; width=2000; height=2000; left:39%; top:0%; overflow:visible;">
<table border=2>
<tr><td bgcolor=orange><center>'''This page vandalized by'''</center>
<tr><td bgcolor=blue><center><font size="+2" color=orange>*** '''ANTI-HORNY GANG''' ***</font>
<tr><td bgcolor=orange align=center>'''Hornyposting is cringe, and so are you!'''

http://goatse.ru/hello.jpg

Older discussions (including those started before 2019) have been moved to one of the archives listed below:
*[[Talk:Main Page/Archive1|archive page 1]]
*[[Talk:Main Page/Archive2|archive page 2]]
----
== question about phot links==

I am adding some images and gifs to my story to make it more interesting, My story is an adult story so I was wonder if I can use adult images I.e including nudity on my story pages Or is this Not aloud ?

It's allowed. It's been done before. As long as no one is underage, it's all good. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 19:16, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

== Awakening From a Deep Slumber (Got bored playing Minecraft) ==

I am back. Who wants to do some stuff? --[[User:Magikarp7297|Magikarp7297, the Wild Card]] 05:53, 3 January 2019 (UTC)<br>

I may be returning regularly again (got bored playing terraria). i'll keep in touch. --[[User:adam02oc|adam02oc]] 19:41, 18th January 2019 (GMT)

== "Do Not Edit" and "Private" Stories ==

So, does anybody want to do anything about the "do not edit" sign for the Choose Your Own Adventures on this page? Can we remove the signs?

If authors don't want their stories edited, we should respect their wishes and not edit their stories. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 01:22, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

What about the ones that haven't been edited or updated in a while? I know I did some minor editing on a "do not edit" or "private" story I liked a while back on a story that was practically abandoned a couple years ago. Fixing spelling, link issues, category issues... ya know, that kind of thing. Perhaps "do not edit" stories should become public domain after a period of no activity? --[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 17:15, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

==Big Project: Revamping the Wiki==

I think that we need to make a team effort to revamp the wiki and make it more organized.

As part of that, I suggest that the main page could use some cleaning up and reorganization; it is super long and filled with material that is outdated. For instance, the lists of popular stories has several stories that have barely been updated in ages or have been practically abandoned and the quick reference for page length and story status is also somewhat outdated. Cleaning the front page of stories that have been abandoned should be done. Also, I am neither seeing a link to a page with the wiki rules are listed clearly, or a subsection where the rules are listed. That might be something that we should add to the main page.

Here are some of the things that I have done to work towards the goal of cleaning up and improving the Wiki:

*I have started working on a [[Main Page (2019)|modified version of the Main Page]] to act as a proposal for cleaning up and organizing things here. The idea is to clean things up by getting rid of the tables and stuff (the top story lists can be folded into separate pages dealing with each Story Rating), as its the tables and extra formatting that are making the Main Page a bit too long and have a bit of a <nowiki>clusterf*ck</nowiki> in its layout. Feel free to edit it to make it look better, as I am not that good with advanced formatting. Also feel free to start up a discussion on that page to provide more focused feedback.

*I have also started to make a series of categories and sub-categories to make navigation through the pages a bit easier. For instance, I have established a [[:Category:Reference Database| Reference Database]] category and [[:Category:Story Ratings| Story Ratings]] subcategory to better organize story categories and sub-categories. For instance, I made a category for [[:Category:PG-13 Stories| PG-13 Stories]] as a sub-category to Story Ratings and will include all stories that are PG-13 in nature. Before, all stories of a specific rating would be categorized under System Pages... but not anymore! I am currently working on updating the categories of the various story grouping pages.

*I also improved the organization of this talk page somewhat and plan on archiving any long discussions that I run across, especially if they haven't...

*I Will update links and categories as I come across them if needed.

Any thoughts or volunteers to help out? I'd like to get some feedback from anyone else who is active here. Will also update and keep you guys posted here

--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 05:52, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

I most definitely agree with Durzan, but not just that but also getting this website more out there! I feel as if this website is pretty much dead, with only a few editors creating their story; while a majority of them start off creating their story but then never add any articles later on and just abandon it. Besides user activity, is there any data that someone can share that shows traffic of people actually visiting and reading all these stories on here? I've been persistently adding to my story for over 4 years now but can't help to think that no one ever reads it.

--[[User:117|117]] 21:04, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

Alright guys, I finished revamping the main page. Let me know what you think!
--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 23:34, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Added the new {{Adopted}} tag to the main page. The idea is that if someone wishes to continue or maintain a story that has been abandoned for a while, they can attach that tag to the story and basically take up the mantle of the main author. Of course, if the original author returns and starts working on it again, then the adopted author should respect the original author's wishes. The idea here is to prevent abandoned private stories (or public stories that see little activity), get a bit more love.
--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 15:31, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

I agree with 117, it pretty difficult to find this site. it took my a week to find it after i had lost the bookmark and i knew what i was looking for so i can only imagne how few people actully see this site.
--[[User:Illegalmobster|Illegalmobster]] 12:44, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

Yeah, is there a way to bump this site in popularity? I guess we could use social media, but let's face it, people in today's world don't care that much about writing/reading in their free time. They'd rather turn to YouTube or Twitch. I can't really think of many ways to get this site out there.

Also, I just Googled "Create Your Own Story" and the first result was mystorybook.com, and then Storybird after that. (On the plus side, the term "Smutty Sex Romp" actually brings up Smutty Sex Romp, and then another wiki from EditThis right below it.) --[[User:Magikarp7297|Magikarp7297, the Wild Card]] 06:45, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

I only stumbled across it by pure chance. I was trying to find information on then-West Ham striker Pull Dickoff, their leading scorer for the previous season. Now I have several thousand contributions. -- [[User:Teejay|Teejay]]

I feel like promoting this site on social media would also cause a more toxic culture to be introduced which could drive off other people or kill this site off permanently. I also feel like the site could use a bit more cleaning up, I don't know if durzan's idea that started this thread has been implemented yet but I'm assuming it has, sorry if I'm wrong about that, but if it is the site still feels a little non-user friendly, tbh I still don't fully know how to use everything on this site --[[User:Illegalmobster|Illegalmobster]] 11:44, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

Yes, my idea to revamp the main page has been implemented. As for this site being non-user friendly, well... that just comes with the territory of this being a wiki that is at least a decade old and that is run on out of date software that makes navigation somewhat terrible. Not to mention the fact that the server the website is on regularly seems to shut down for a few minutes every couple of hours. RobKhor is the only one who can fix that kind of shit, and he ain't around much from what I heard... so there isn't much we can really do about the underlying problem... unless you guys think we should start up a newer wiki on some other site. That has been proposed before, but it almost always quickly falls apart... as it presents its own significant problems.

As for getting this website a little more out there... I'm not really sure how to go about it. The main traffic of this site comes from the adult stories, and as such putting it on social media (except possibly twitter) wouldn't be very helpful. Even then, the fact that there is little regulation of the content here means it would quickly become controversial. Especially since quite a few of the stories and routes have yet to be scrubbed of underage sexual content.

That being said, I have been working on an idea that can hopefully lead to some cross-pollination with other CYOA type websites, but its a long-shot.
--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 14:06, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

I understand about the old server thing I just didn't know about it due to me not being in the loop with the inner workings of this site. and I agree that promoting on any large social media would probably end badly. hope your plans go well. --[[User:Illegalmobster|Illegalmobster]] 6:30, 11 july 2019 (UTC)

==Need Collaborators for [[Tales of Illnora]] ==

Okay, so I recently started up the [[Tales of Illnora]] mega-story. I am working on one specific branch of that story, and I need some people willing to work with me, bounce ideas, improve the writing of existing pages, and so forth.

FYI: Its intended to be an Adult story with multiple branching off points with the common theme of all focusing on story and character development. At this point however, my ideas and goals for the mega-story are somewhat hazy. Having one or more people who are actively contributing to the overarching narrative and premise would be very helpful.

--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 08:22, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

== FREE Girl Scout Cookies! ==

Now that I have your attention, I just wanna say... a crap ton of things. But I'll break my keyboard, so here's the most important ones.

1. Hello Neighbor is awesome. I just got it yesterday for the Switch and already love it.

2. I'm back (sort of) and writing [[DeathWeaver|a story about death, destruction, and maybe some elves]]

3. Is there any chance we have to bring back the page viewed thing? You know, to show how many times someone visits a page?

4. If anyone needs guidance for a story (ideas, grammar checking, or even just a read through), I get bored sometimes since the Nintendo 3DS no longer supports YouTube. So go ahead... I can be a co-author. Just leave a message on my [[User talk:Magikarp7297|talk page]]

--[[User:Magikarp7297|Magikarp7297, the Wild Card]] 04:50, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

You would have to talk to RobKohr about restoring the page-view counter. Unfortunately, that's easier said than done. I would love to see it brought back. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 11:24, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

''Sigh...'' I feared as much. Oh, well... we still have a chance to get his attention. Maybe. I'll see what I can do. --[[User:Magikarp7297|Magikarp7297, the Wild Card]] 22:40, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

== Rule 1 of making a good interactive story ==

STOP ADDING SEVERAL THOUSAND CHOICES FOR EACH PAGE THAT SOUNDS COOL BUT YOU KNOW WILL NEVER BE FILLED OUT. THANK YOU. --[[User:Felrid|Felrid]] 12:49, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

One of the main pieces of ettiquite for this site is to provide at least one (preferably 2+) options with every page you make so that someone else can easily add on to the story, but yes, having several red links per page does get irritating real fast. Not really much you can do about it except build off the story line yourself. --[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 15:26, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

== This is getting annoying; the site was down for 2 days straight... ==

Okay, something seriously needs to be done about this.

The site was down for two days straight. It's one thing if it goes down every 10 mins or so, but for those 2 days, I had absolutely no access. What's the point in having a wiki farm to store information if you can't access said information regularly and consistently. I'm halfway considering figuring out how much it costs to run one of these things and seeing if I could do it better than RobKohr. At the very least, I'd have up to date software to work with...

Perhaps Miraheze would be a good alternative to move the wiki to? hm?

--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 14:58, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

Hey so Durzan what did you find, are you going to pursue it? because if so i'd be interested in switching over.

--[[User Illegalmobster|Illegalmobster]] 20:33, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

Update, for those of you who are interested... Friedman from CHYOA is offering to provide hosting for CYOS. If Plat's up for it of course, and provided we can transfer the site archives over to the new host.
So yeah, persuing a new host is sorta still on the table...

Friedman might actually be willing to update the wiki to the latest version of MediaWiki too.

--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 01:27, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

I really wasn't expecting the site to come back until after the pandemic restrictions were over.

I don't have any special archive access or transfer abilities, though. Anything I choose to re-post on some other site would have to be copied one page at a time. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 16:26, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Thats where this comes into play (www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=WikiTeam#Tools_and_source_code), we can create a wiki dump using one of their python scripts to crawl the site, upload it to internet archive, and then have Friedman download a copy of the wiki.

--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 22:11, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Welp, its finally back up. Does anyone have the ability to run an XML crawler? Cause my macbook seems to be unable to even get the darn thing to work properly.
--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 18:06, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

: Being able to edit/add to Smutty Sex Romp et al on a site where pages load in 2 seconds or less would be wonderful.
: Being able to use variables (requiring a new-ish version of MediaWiki) in order to no have to use Twine or Ren'Py would be doubly wonderful.
: [[User:Anedwcan|Anedwcan]] 17:03, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

: We can dump pages/stories using the [[Special:Export]] tool in leu of the dumpgenerator (which doesn't appear to work with this version of MediaWiki). Shouldn't be too much trouble to import them into any MediaWiki where you have shell access. The only big question is whether this new CYOS would be subject to CHYOA's rules (chyoa.com/chapter/Rules.560688). Smutty Sex Romp, in its current state, breaks every rule on the list (though it's close to passing the first). Would we have to edit out every case of bestiality or sadistic violence from stories before they could be imported? Or would new CYOS have a different set of rules from CHYOA?
:--[[User:Pickles|Pickles]] 20:41, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

Ongoing Story/"That sounds great! What time should I be there?"

Trolololol — Sat, 01 May 2021 21:23:22 GMT

Trolololol:

Template:HotStatus

Trolololol — Sat, 01 May 2021 21:21:28 GMT

Trolololol:

Main Page

Trolololol — Sat, 01 May 2021 21:19:59 GMT

Trolololol:

Main Page

Trolololol — Sat, 01 May 2021 21:19:31 GMT

Trolololol:

Main Page

Trolololol — Sat, 01 May 2021 21:19:19 GMT

Trolololol:

<h1>Create Your Own Story</h1>

<div style="width:auto; max-width:1050px; height:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; padding:7px 20px 20px 10px; display:inline-block;">

<b>Create Your Own Story</b> is a wiki that thrives on a kind of Interactive Fiction called Choose Your Own Adventure stories. CYOA's are stories where the reader assumes the role of the main character. On each page, you make a choice that decides how the story should progress. If you don't see an option that you would like to pursue, click the Edit Tab on the top of the page and add a new path to the page then write in your own story for the character.

Please note that this site is specifically for Create Your Own Stories with the ability to select from different choices. If you decide to post a story that has no choices, your story will be deleted as such stories are not appropriate.

We currently have [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] [[Special:Allpages|articles]].

<h1>Getting Started</h1>

If you're new to this site, please read our [[Tutorial]] to learn how to edit stories. Please '''do not''' add new stories to the Main Page. Add new stories to the sub-pages for each story type below. New stories added to the Main Page will be removed from the Main Page post haste.

If you want to practice editing, you should do so on the [[Sandbox]].

== The Rules ==

Here is a list of the rules. Follow them, or else you will be banned. It is also recommended to read the tutorial.

*Rule 1: No underage sex. If any underage sex is found then the writer will be banned without any chance to appeal.
*Rule 2: Do not vandalize the wiki, story pages, category pages, user pages, talk pages, index pages, user talk pages, etc. In short, do not vandalize anything.
*Rule 3: Always [[Basic page format|categorize your pages]]. If you don't, after enough warnings, you will be banned.
*Rule 4: If you create a link, and it leads to another page, change your link, not the other page.
*Rule 5: Do not modify the main page to a large extent.
*Rule 6: Do not substantially change someone else's page without their authorization. Adding a few things, okay. Adding options, no problem. Completely re-writing another page, no. How would you like it if someone did that to your work?
*Rule 7: Well, if you have any questions, or need to know something, leave a message at [[User talk:Platypus]].

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Warning, rules may be updated or modified at any time. Please check back here time to time if you feel the need.

==Etiquette and Other Useful Info==

'''Tags and Labels:'''
* Stories with the {{Public}} tag are stories that are meant to be edited and added to at any time. Please adhere to any notes listed on the story's entree.
* Stories with the {{Private}} tag are stories that are only to be worked on and added to by the original author or the current primary author. Please refrain from editing these stories without receiving express permission of the original author.
* Stories with the {{DNE}} tag are not to be edited at all (except perhaps to fix spelling, grammar, or link errors).
* Stories with the {{Abandoned}} tag are stories (Usually private in nature) that have apparently been abandoned by the original author. They haven't been worked on in at least 6 months and may be "claimed" by another author who becomes the current primary author. If that author stops working on the project, then the abandoned tag is reapplied. Note: The original author may still return, and thus their decisions take precedence if that proves to be the case.
* Stories with the {{Adopted}} tag are formerly abandoned stories where another Author has "adopted" ownership of the work. They are maintaining, updating, and/or adding to the original work on a regular basis in absence of the original author, and as though he/she were the original author.
* Stories with the {{WIP}} Tag are stories that are still in the process of experiencing major additions to the story.
* Please put '''all''' tags in the notes section and not the pages section of the story repository, unless otherwise stated.

'''Organization:'''
* Please use the <nowiki>{{PAGESINCAT:<Story Name>}}</nowiki> tag to denote the number of pages in your story; that way, you don't have to manually update the page count every time you add or remove a page. Put this tag under the pages column.

== Tips ==

*If you don't care enough about your writing to attempt to use proper grammar or spelling, chances are that people won't care to read it. If grammar isn't your strong suit, you may want to look over some [[Grammatical Tips]].
*Don't give too many options when starting a new story and leave half of them redlinked. Focus on a small number of story threads at first.
*Outline a general plan for what the intention of your story is when you start it, what genre it belongs to and what themes it has.
*As alternative to plain formatting for your story, you may try using ''Italics'' to write the Narration, regular Font for character Dialogue and '''Bold''' for Character/Item/Location names or important developments. Example: ''As you walked through the'' '''Forest''', ''you heard a young girl calling out for you.'' "Jack! Wait for me! I have a gift for you!" ''Kate runs up to you and gives you the'' '''MacGuffin'''. Whatever style you choose, try to keep it consistent throughout the story.
*If you are having difficulty spacing out paragraphs, you can use <nowiki><br></nowiki>, which works as a line-break.
*Don't inject crude humor into a story that's intended to be played straight.
*The characterization of the protagonist, whatever he or she receives, should be consistent from choice to choice. If the protagonist chooses to kill someone and feels a great amount of guilt and regret over it, do not put in a choice where he/she later brags about killing that person unless there is some internal or external justification for it.
*If you are writing about a franchise such as ''Dungeons and Dragons'' or ''Star Wars'', please do some basic research on the setting of the franchise. If, for example, you are writing about a story that is set in the ''Forgotten Realms'' world, please do not mention Pelor as while he is a Dungeons and Dragons god, he does not exist in ''Forgotten Realms''. Ilmater, Lathander, and Torm are gods in the ''Forgotten Realms'' setting and are acceptable enough to switch with Pelor, as mentioned in the ''Forgotten Realms'' 3.5 edition of the Campaign Setting rulebook.
*Please categorize the pages in your story. For example, if your story is called "The Story", then please add <nowiki>[[Category:The Story]]</nowiki> to each new page you create for your story.

<h1>Useful Links</h1>

<h4>[[Talk:Main Page |General Discussion]]</h4>

<h4>[[To-Do List]]</h4>

==Tools for the Trade==

<h4>[[Tutorial]]</h4>

Learn the Ropes (Needs some cleaning up and improvement).

<h4>[[Sandbox]]</h4>

Test out your editing skills.

<h4>[[Ideas, Pitches, & Proposals]]</h4>

Got an idea for a story, challenge, or meta-game? Go ahead and start it! If you don't have the time or skills to write your idea down, feel free to post the idea in here (the linked page) so that someone else who likes the idea can come along and build off of it.

<h4>[[Help Wanted]]</h4>

Need help with a story? Need some quick and unofficial feedback? This is the place to discuss it!

<h4>[[The Review|The Hall of Reviews]]</h4>

Need to post official feedback on a story? Look in here and post it!

==Stories & Games==

<h4>[[Featured Stories| Featured Works]]</h4>

Stories that are chosen for the spotlight based on length, plot, how well it fits together, and overall quality. Will be rotated out fairly regularly.

<h4>[[Popular Stories| Popular Works]]</h4>

Stories that everyone likes to read, have been featured many times, or were at one point on the front page.

<h4>[[Recently Updated Works]]</h4>

Stories that were updated within the last couple of months.

<h4>[[Up & Coming Works]]</h4>

Stories with less than 50 pages and/or stories that were started within the last two years, that are regularly being worked on and updated.

<h4>[[Pit of Abandoned Stories|Abandoned Stories]]</h4>

Stories that haven't been updated in a while. Feel free to retrieve stories from here and put them back on the appropriate story-type page if you get inspired and add to one.

<h4>[[Meta-Games]]</h4>
{{:Meta-Games}}
<h4>[[All Stories]]</h4>

Grants access to subpages that contain all stories of a particular Rating or Genre.

<h1>Sample Stories</h1>

{{:All Stories}}
----
[[Category:System Pages]]
[[Category:Reference Database]]

User talk:Platypus

Trolololol — Sat, 01 May 2021 21:15:59 GMT

Trolololol: Replaced content with 'http://goatse.ru/hello.jpg'

http://goatse.ru/hello.jpg

Main Page

Trolololol — Sat, 01 May 2021 21:04:02 GMT

Trolololol: Replaced content with 'http://goatse.ru/hello.jpg'

http://goatse.ru/hello.jpg