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2021-06-13T13:21:26Z

RobKohr: /* This is getting annoying; the site was down for 2 days straight... */

Older discussions (including those started before 2019) have been moved to one of the archives listed below:
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== 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that the main page could use some cleaning up and reorganization; it is super long and filled with material that is outdated.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in ages or have been practically abandoned and the quick reference for page length and story status is also somewhat outdated.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)

It happened again. Really thought the site was dead for reals this time.

--[[User:PostWriter|PostWriter]] 22:31 13 June 2021 (UTC)

: Sorry, I was away camping and didn't get the notification that the site was down --[[User:RobKohr|RobKohr]]

User talk:Platypus

2020-09-22T14:34:53Z

RobKohr: /* Rule clarification from RobKohr */ new section

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== Archives ==

@Platypus... I was about to leave you a message about something else when I noticed that you have a tendency to archive discussions on this page approximately once per year at around this time. Your conversation tab was getting pretty big and cluttered here, so I created a 7th archive to stuff everything into and placed all the conversations that already haven't been archived into there. Also created an 8th archive for you to use in the future! Hope it helps! --[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 21:19, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

'''Additional note:''' You might also want to ask everyone to put their signature and date whenever they post, and to create a new section whenever they are starting a new topic or discussion with you (commenting on a different discussion can be done under a previous section). It will help keep things organized here, and since you are the only active admin, it is essential. --[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 21:26, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

== Adult Section and Organization ==

Hey Platypus, I've been working on creating categories to help organize stuff better. Could you do me a favor and change the Adult Section's category from System Pages to [[:Category:Story Ratings]]? That way its classified in with the other Story Rating categories. This was what I was meaning to ask you about before I got side tracked.
--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 21:25, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

== Re: [[Main Page (2019)]] ==

Hey Platypus, I just finished the initial rough draft for the new Main Page (linked in the heading title). The idea is to clean it up a bit and provide a bit more structure by cutting out the links and tables that show off the stories and move them to their own pages. At the same time, I put in spaces and placeholders for additional information that new users would need to know and understand before actively starting or editing pages here. What do you think? Any suggestions? Feel free to edit and add onto it, as while I started the darn thing, I dunno that I can finish it. I am not that good with advanced formatting. Put your feedback on the discussion page, as it will be easier for me to find.
--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 07:55, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

Hey Platypus, I just finished setting up the necessary sub-pages for the new main page design. Still probably needs some work, but right now, its functional (apart from the lack of content in the Etiquette section -- I need to talk with you and others about what should go in that spot). Could you do me a favor and look it over when you have the time to do so? If everything is good, I'll transfer the contents of the page to the main page as soon as I get a green light from you, otherwise I will continue to update the rough draft page according to what you deem needs to be improved.
--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 22:37, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Alright, I updated the new Main Page draft. Re-added in the sample stories, but it should look a bit nicer. Updated some of the story tag templates with different colors, and added the {{Abandoned}} tag template. Also included notes on what the {{Private}}, {{Public}}, {{DNE}}, and {{Abandoned}} tags mean under the Etiquette section. May need to work on the wording a bit.

What do you think so far? Is there anything else that you think needs to be changed or improved upon before I update the main page?
--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 18:32, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Since you like the current version and you didn't note anything that needs to be changed, I'll go ahead and transfer the changes to the Main Page.
--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 21:23, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

== Re: Clarification on the Rules ==

I finally got around to adding the rules to the [[Main Page (2019)]], and although the rules are fairly simple in nature, they could use some clarification and/or some rewording for newer people.
Rule 1 in particular could use some clarification, as from what I've been able to tell, there are still plenty of remnants of under-age sex in the various adult stories that I've come across (including Rampage).

Since I am familar with the context of the creation of Rule 1 (it came about in part because of rampant stories involving pedophillia, and to a lesser extent because of the rampant use of underage sex in general), it is worth noting that the actual definition of Pedophillia is defined as a '''having a sexual attraction for ''prepubescent'' minors''', which is generally legally interpreted as minors being 13 years of age or younger... though that is not strictl''Italic text''y speaking accurate either. Do note that it is ''not'' a general term for being attracted or having sex with a minor in general. Technically, there are at least 3 different terms that describe having sex or being attracted to a minor: Pedophillia (Attraction to prepubescent minors), Hebephilia (Attraction to pubescent minors in early adolescence, typically between the ages of 11 & 14), and Ephebophilia (attraction to adolescences between the ages of around 15 to 19). Further more, the age of sexual consent varies from state to state and country to country, going as low as the age of 14.

''Side Note:'' While I am not saying the rule ''should'' be changed, but I feel like it would be beneficial to state things a bit more clearly on exactly where the line is drawn... especially considering that there are still several stories on the wiki that portray underage sex, and that change regarding it could be beneficial if implemented with caution and prudence. The wording of a rule should reflect the actual enforcement that comes along with it, and prudence should be factored in as well. With regards to rule 1, it is worth asking if an outright ban is appropriate verses a soft ban where you judge the severity of the situation on a case by case basis.Not to mention the cases where a character's exact age isn't stated but is implied. A line does need to be drawn somewhere, and while I do think the current line is a good place, I also realize that it is somewhat restrictive in what stories you can tell. Sometimes a story calls for a character to be underage in order for it to work properly, and in such instances what then? Teenage protagonists and victims are a common trope, that while it should be used sparingly, it should still be used at times when it is appropriate and necessary.

Reaffirmation: I do find pedophillia and manipulation of minors for sexual purposes to be abhorrent in thought and practice, and when it comes to stories, I draw the line at incredibly graphic descriptions of child abuse, having sex with prepubescent children, and other such issues. A good rule of thumb for me is If the characters involved they are 15 or older, I can tolerate it, but I intellectually disapprove and find it somewhat distasteful; 13 or younger is despicable and I will turn away and/or report; and if its incredibly violent and graphic above and beyond the usual stuff, I will also report, etc.

Bottom line: I could use clarification regarding Rule 1, for the purposes of updating the Main Page.

--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 09:32, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

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Thank you for your quick response, Platypus. Most of what you said is basically stuff I already guessed at, but the way you put it was as straight forward and as clear as it could be presented. When looking at the rule itself, as well as the context surrounding it, I must say that there is still some serious potential for confusion. That means that we are still left with the problem of interpretation and enforcement of Robkohr's request as well as his intent. Fortunately, interpretation of literature is one of my strengths (I am majoring in English after all, and interpreting and understanding texts is a big part of what I've been taught), so I can give some possible insight into this.

First off, I must reiterate that the confusion stems from the use of the term "Pedophillia" being used interchangeably with the term "underage sex" when the two are not actually the same thing. Pedophellia is a form of underage sex, but not all underage sex is necessarily Pedophillia. Legally speaking (at least in the US) when talking about underage sex, Pedophillia is associated with having sex with someone who is ''13 years or younger.'' IE, Pedophillia within that context is dealing with a ''specific form'' of having sex with a minor.

Second, Robkohr's is currently (or at least was), as far as I can tell, the systemop for the '''entire editthis.info service''' and NOT specifically the admin/systemop for this specific wiki. To reinforce this point, he specifically said "'''I don't monitor the content on the site'''" when he initially brought it up. IE, its not usually his job to monitor and deal with the concerns and day to day issues of a specific wiki. He only got involved because someone specifically told him about it, AND after doing some research came to the conclusion that allowing such content was in a '''legally grey area at best''' that could cause problems for the hosting website as a whole. If he says something or makes a request, it falls to the wiki admins (IE. you) to interpret and enforce them on each of the wikis. Effectively, '''RobKohr is the regional manager, while you are the store manager'''. In other words, the specific rules and policy of the wiki are effectively under your area of authority... meaning that you can interpret, enforce, and change the rules and policies (at least within reasonable confines). If new information is presented on the situation, then logically speaking, you have the power to adjust the policy of the wiki to reflect the new information.

Third and most importantly, when looking at the wording and content of Robkohr's original mandate, it becomes clear that his initial and primary intent was to deal specifically with pedophillia (due to the fact that he specifically filtered a story that was expressly about a person deliberately having rampant sex with 10-year-olds). Based on the contextual evidence that he put a filter in over the story that he censored, we can ''reasonably conclude that at least some of the contents of that story is where he initially drew the line at''. So that means that there is a hard line ban on content that approaches that level of explicitness in the area of underage sex. Since pedophillia is expressly defined as being attracted to prepubescent (IE children who haven't begun the biological process of becoming sexually mature yet; the upper cutoff point for still being prepubescent is age 13), that means that the hard ban on underage sex is '''at a bare minimum''' restricting the '''explicit portrayal of sex with dealing with children who are 13 years old or younger'''. Such has to be his intent, judging by the context.

The problem is, of course, when he says "'''If''' you find any content '''explicitly related''' to sex with a minor, '''please''' remove it ''or edit'' it." Note the points that I emphasized. He phrased it as a conditional request, and didn't clarify. He didn't say what to edit it to, didn't define what he meant when he said "explicitly related" meant, and didn't clarify if he was referring to underage sex as being under the age of consent, under the age where they would have certainly started puberty, and so forth. Is he talking about underage sex in general (which is what it is assumed to mean, and thus that became the current interpretation enforced by Rule 1)? If so, are cases of consensual sex between two minors allowed? These are just some of the questions that you should be asking us and yourself platypus.

He gave a request and you are tasked with interpreting and enforcing it since he didn't specify (thats your perogative, especially since it is fairly apparent that he's not exactly reliable when it comes to trying to contact him). You can gleen from the context of his earlier sentences that he was probably targeting some specific aspects of the story, but that isn't quite certain. In other words, what I am saying is that as the acting admin, YOU need to refine and clarify the meaning of rule 1. Heck you can even relax its restrictions if you want to. There's plenty of wiggle room for it.

Perhaps this should be brought up for further discussion in the General Discussion? But regardless of what you decide, I will uphold those rules, and see to it that the updated main page clearly has those specifications lined out.

--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 20:07, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

== Misnamed Page ==

Hey Platypus, I accidentally created a page with the wrong name. Could you delete it? The page [[Popular]] was supposed to be called Popular Stories.

== Collaboration on [[Tales of Illnora]]? ==

Hey Platypus,

I was wondering if you would be willing to collaborate with me (and anyone else who wants to) on a a new mega-story I started a few days ago. Right now my mind is a bit of a mess on where I want to take the various potential plot threads, how to structure the pages I've written already, the rules for public editing, and so forth.

Are you up for it? I haven't heard back from you.
--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 16:37, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

== Thanks for the tip. ==

Sorry for the trouble. Any further advice you would give to a new poster? I don't anticipate I'll be posting much, but I'd like to avoid stepping on toes when I do. --[[User:TheWatcher|TheWatcher]] 07:15, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

== Also... ==

Figured you might want to be alerted to the fact that [[User:Durzan|Durzan]] is posting explicit anal sex with a minor, as in a '''fifth-grader'''. [[TSRM- Take Bayley's shorts off?]] for reference. I was under the impression that underage sex was strictly forbidden on this site? [[Main_Page_(2019)#The_Rules|This]] is what gives me the impression. I've saved a couple snapshots of pages, in case there's an attempt to delete them after the fact. --[[User:TheWatcher|TheWatcher]] 18:07, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

==...On [[Three Sisters: Remastered]]==

Hey plat, thanks for reminding me about this.

The story itself was written before the underage sex ban was put into effect, and was abandoned completely when the author went AWOL three years ago. The original author had noticed that the original had a bunch of broken links and decided to take the opportunity to start over, leading to the second version of the story. However, he never finished transferring over the pages he had already finished, and since the story was private, nobody else had added any new content.

I was not adding any new content to the story, but going through and copying and pasting the missing routes from the original into the remastered version, consolidating a few pages, that sort of thing. I was NOT adding or writing any new content. I was planning and am still planning to go through one by one and update them to fit current standards and try to remove the underage sex by upping the age as you suggested.

On the surface, there seems to be a fairly easy to superficially adjust the story so that it works as the only place where Bayley's age/school year is mentioned is in the opening page (AFAIK), which is where it says she's a 5th grader. I've been pondering how to make the changes on the title page for the characters that need to be aged up without seriously messing up continuity errors in the story like what happened in Rampage and Smutty Sex Romp, but haven't yet come up with any decent solutions. However, upon looking closer, I realized that even with doing an artificial age bump, Bayley's character would still look and act like a 5th grader in all subsequent pages. I dunno about you, but if a character is stated to be 18 in the opening pages and was acting like a 5th grader... wouldn't that make me think that it was a flimsy edit or excuse to hide underage sex? That seems like a morally gray area that the rules of the site do not address one way or another.

If it breaks the rules, then I would have to go through every single page and significantly alter the story, which wasn't my original intent (remember I am just consolidating information, and making grammar/clarification edits, not adding anything new).

Any idea's on a solution for the greater issue?

In the mean-time, I'll gladly up the ages on the MC's sisters in the original post and anywhere else in the story I can find that explicitly makes reference to their age.

--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 19:28, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

== Abandoned and Adopted Stories ==

Hey Plat,

Just kinda wondering, what can be done about the many stories that have been abandoned? I know I added to and reworked the status tags for stories when I was working on the Main Page revamp a few months back, but there are a lot of stories that are uncategorized according to the newer system, and there is probably more we can do.

With the {{Abandoned}} tag, my intent was that a story with the abandoned tag (and thus hasn't been worked on by the primary author) is up for being "adopted" by another more active user.

To reflect this, I recently created and added the new {{Adopted}} tag to the main page. The idea (which I pulled from CHYOA) 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. This is to ensure that all abandoned stories have a chance of being worked on and actively maintained. Of course, if the original author returns and starts working on it again, then the adopted author should respect the original author's wishes.

My reason for doing this is that there are many private stories (or public stories that see little activity), that only had one author working on them, and then all of a sudden, the user just stops coming. Those stories just sit there, with no love.

Another thought that I had as a possibility, is that abandoned stories could be edited by anyone, regardless of its original status.

What is your thoughts on this matter?

I ask this, because I've sort of already adopted [[Three Sisters: Remastered]], and I just don't wanna step on any toes.

--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 15:31, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

== Contacting Other Users ==

Hey Plat,

I've been trying to contact [[User:Tapdancingfish]] (who hasn't been active in two years) but I've had little luck so far. Any leads or ideas on how to go about it? Already tried his skype, and that doesn't work; don't know his/her email address (besides, he/she has already forgotten the password once, so not sure it would be effective anyway).
--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 15:52, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

== Apologies for grammar infractions ==

Thanks for the input on the pages I submitted. I've fixed a few capitalization mistakes and a missing period. Don't know why I didn't see those earlier. I don't intend on being a heavy contributor, but I would like to expand on a few neglected branches of the Rampage and SSR stories. If I do add more pages I'll be sure to check and double-check grammar before posting.

--[[User:Levinyurius|Levinyurius]] 18:28 24 June 2019 (UTC)

== Issues with External Images==

@Platypus Hey Platypus. Sorry for making your front page look ugly with my text, but I was wondering if you could help me out with something. In my story, [[Camp Skylight]], I tried to insert an image several times. I've done everything that the advanced guide said. When I want to insert an external link that should immediately display a picture on the page, I keep getting reCaptchas which I can't get away from. When I complete a reCaptcha to prove I'm human and not a spammer or a bot, it says that I've done it right. But when I want to save changes to a page with the external link on it, the process of reCaptchas keep repeating itself and thus I can't insert external links, as well as images. Am I doing something wrong, or is this an error from the site itself? --[[User:Axagon|Axagon]] 19:32, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Created a new subsection to prevent this from cluttering, blocking the quick link, or not getting spotted.
--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 23:45, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for your answer in my discussion, Platypus. I tried something else regarding this issue, and I think that the solution lies with the site you use for uploading your image. Beforehand, I used Imgur to implement pictures in my story. That just wouldn't work, so I used an alternative, TinyPic. This time it worked! --[[User:Axagon|Axagon]] 21:44, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

== [[Life of a 13 year old]] probably needs to be dealt with... ==

While browsing through the recent changes page, I noticed that a new user, [[User:Bigboi1216]], was creating and editing pages for that story, which if I recall correctly is a story that completely revolves around underage sex. Naturally that is against the site rules. Since he is a new user who seems enthusiastic about adding to certain stories, I figured that he may not have neccesarily seen the rules on the front page and gave him a friendly heads up about the no underage sex rule, and let him know that the particular story he was working on is old and bloated and has practically been rendered off limits till it can be effectively dealt with. With that being said, It might be worth talking to him about this yourself.

As far as the story itself goes, it should probably be dealt with in some form or fashion. If it were a small story with only a few pages dealing with it, and an ambiguous title, then I'd have taken care of it myself. But there's 400 pages I'd have to go through and there's a rather blatantant title I don't have the power to change... so not sure if thats something I have the ability to reasonably deal with. I suspect this is the reason why this story hasn't been dealt with and instead given a DNE tag is because of this, and the fact that it has long been listed on the front page.

As a temporary and preliminary measure, I've removed the story off the front page, but that won't prevent others from coming and editing or adding to the story if they know how and where to look. Any ideas? Or should we just let sleeping dogs lie (not necessarily the best choice given how a new user just started adding to a DNE story that currently violates website rules).

--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 01:25, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

== How did you apply for staff? ==

I'm wondering how to apply for a position in CYOS staff.

Not really sure if you are the person to ask about this, or even if this is how its supposed to be done on here, but you are the only active one still regularly on here, and I have to start somewhere. Plus, I figured you could use some help... so letting you know I'm up for the responsibility wouldn't hurt. Not seeing anyone else applying, so I'd figure I would at least give a tentative offer.

I do have experience as both a forum moderator and as a chat moderator on Crunchyroll, plus there's the whole rework of the front page that I did earlier in the year.

--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 23:45, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

Update on applying for staff as well as getting you some deputies: I managed to find RobKohr's talk page on the main site. He seems like he was at least somewhat active over there within the past month or so, as he responded to a relatively recent comment over there.

I went ahead and posted a request that he consider adding new admins for CYOS to help you out, and then offered to serve in a staff position if he found me trustworthy. Also put in a few good words for you and Bunni.

With any luck, Rob will see the message and respond. Even if Rob doesn't see fit to promote me, hopefully he will promote a few other trustworthy people to help you out who are just as active as I am, if not more.

P.S. Would you be willing to vouch for me?

--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 09:59, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

== [[Family Ties]] is another story that revolves around underage sex... and has lots of pages ==

Read through a few of the 400 some-odd pages of this story clearly revealed that this story hinges upon underage sex. In one route that I followed, I found that the 9-year-old daughter actively seeks to seduce the dad (Who's the POV character for the route). Later on in that same branch, you find out that the 16 year old first born tried to seduce the dad also when she was younger... and turned to sexually "playing" with the 9-year-old when her advances were rebuffed.

Its a damn shame that this story breaks the wiki rules, because the story itself seems well written and organized. I can tell that the author put a lot of thought and effort into this story, and as an author, I wince at the thought of seeing all that effort go to waste. But, rules are rules, so something needs to be done about it.

Since this is the second big story I've come across that revolves around underage sex, it might be a good idea for us to keep a list of these stories. They are too big for us to manually change to follow the rules, and even if we did so, the entire premise of these stories would have to be rewritten anyway. Probably would be best to make a running list of these types of stories and/or create a new category/index to dump them in while we figure out how to deal with them. If/when a story and its pages gets completely deleted or edited, we can take the story off said list.

Of course, if there's a mass deletion option, that easily solves the problem of cleaning up irredeemable stories, but my best guess is that should only be used as a last resort.

--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 05:36, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

== Banned story index ==

A banned story index wouldn't be a bad idea, though it would have to be restricted if we wish to avoid people flocking to it or deliberately creating stories in said index.
--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 07:38, 17 August 2019 (UTC)

== Re: Main Page Edits, Disclaimer & Protections ==

Hey Plat, I actually kinda liked the edits that [[User:Tarash‎]] made, though he probably should've asked first before editing it. I do think the changes that the version without the columns in the disclaimer honestly looks the best and that the main page should have the website introduction from that older version reapplied. Heck, I'd have done it myself earlier if it occurred to me AND if I figured out how to do it without making it look horrible.

I do agree with [[User:CheapKit]]'s admonition and blocking for essentially reverting your revert (At least that's what it looks like under recent changes) and including disclaimers. If any disclaimers are added, it needs to be carefully thought out by the admins.

As far as protections on the Main Page goes, I do agree with protecting it, as since it is often the first thing people see when they come to the site, it will be the first target for vandals and trolls. However, the protection does present a problem, as it hinders my abilities to edit out mistakes, make some minor tweaking, and generally see what works and doesn't work. Perhaps only allowing trusted users to edit the main page would be a good compromise? Or if there isn't an easy way to set that up (without help from RobKohr), then maybe we could make a [[Template:MainPage]] for it so that we can edit the Main Page behind the scenes, yet still have it be protected on the main page.
--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 16:39, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

== Have you considered turning Rampage into a twine game? ==

Hey Plat,

Just out of curiosity, have you considered turning Rampage into a twine game? Just a thought that I had. You'd also be able to keep the story as wholesome or as sick and twisted as you'd like.
--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 17:38, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

== Possible spam? ==
Hi Platypus,

I've got a strange message asking me to help contribute to an article. Nothing strange about the message itself, but rather what I found afterwards. I've looked at the article and it seems to be a biographical article about a person, rather than a story. Except, I've just googled the person. I found countless articles on many other Wiki sites about this person, all with contradicting and oftentimes provably false information on them. It's very odd, and I don't know why anyone would do this, but I thought you should know.

The article in question is [[Mother Nature]], and the user is [[User:MotherN8ture]]. --[[User:Incubus|Incubus]] 16:57, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
:@[[User talk:Incubus]] No, I am writing my page because I am an author. I write stories and novels. My novels will be written as articles here soon. --[[User:MotherN8ture|MotherN8ture]] 17:16, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

== Site downage and what to do about it ==

Hey Plat,

Any idea what caused the recent 2-day downing of the website?

I know we can't really do much to prevent it here, as we don't run the site as a whole, but... maybe we could find another provider? I'm kinda tired of the lack of maintenance and active support we are receiving from RobKohr, and thinking its probably time to figure out how to go about either creating a new independent wiki or figuring out how to archive and transfer the stuff from here to a different farm with newer features and less jankiness. And on the plus side, starting from scratch would allow you and I would to come up with the rules.

Keep in mind, this is just me spitballing here; I'm not exactly sure how much effort it would be or how much it'd cost. But something needs to be done, and RobKohr probably isn't around to do it.

--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 15:22, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

Would a host transfer be possible without RobKohr's help? Do you have access to the CYOS archives? Could you conceivably download it?

I think I found a wikifarm that's free, more up to date, and most importantly, might be willing to host a site such as this. Its hard to say for sure though.

miraheze.org

--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 03:07, 24 October 2019 (UTC)

== Renaming pages? ==
Hello, I was wondering how I would go about renaming or moving a page?
--[[User:Vanill4L0ver|Vanill4L0ver]] 11:03, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

I was thinking of increasing the ages of Miranda and Josh in the story Hot and Horny by a year and renaming the pages accordingly.
--[[User:Vanill4L0ver|Vanill4L0ver]] 10:43, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

== Thanks and Apologies ==
Hello! This isn't really a complaint or flag, so I wasn't even sure if I should say something, but I wanted to thank you for making some edits to pages I've posted. I'm still somewhat new to the site, but I'm happy to make the adjustments, and I'm sorry to make you go through that work!

I'll be careful not to make errors like that again. (If this isn't really the place for a message like this, feel free to take it down! Just maybe let me know so I know not to do it again.)
--[[User:Knliqur|Knliqur]] 9:34 PM, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

== Site Downage -- Part 2 ==

Hey Plat,

Just got a message from Friedman (the site owner of CHYOA). He has heard how the site has been having bandwith and hosting problems for a while now, and suspects that sooner or later editthis.info will go offline for good. As such, he wanted me to introduce you to him so that the two of you could talk it over and figure out how he could help with these issues. His first thought was to offer to host the site himself if you are up for it. I did tell him that you don't have access to the server archives and that RobKohr is notoriously hard to contact, but hey... you got an offer!

I'd talk to him on CHYOA if I were you (Didn't you once create an account there to point out that someone tried to plagiarize your work?), maybe the two of you can figure something out. If nothing else, transferring some of the stories over to CHYOA would definitely be on the table (though it'd be long and tedious).

--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 04:33, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

I sent a message to your old CHYOA account. If you can't find your login password, but can remember the email linked for it, it shouldn't be hard to reset your password. If you end up unable to do so, I can always speak with Friedman about it, as he and I talk fairly regularly on moderation (I got recruited as a mod back in November).

Since you have been thinking about transferring, did you have any luck getting access to the archives?

--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 00:04, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

:Not to stick my nose too far in here, but did you ever end up contacting Friedman, Platypus? I'm wondering whether a move is imminent or if the topic has been dropped again. I was wanting to start organizing and scrubbing other works we might like to move, but what that organization and scrubbing looks like could be very different depending on Friedman's terms. I left a couple messages with Durzan too (some more than a month ago) but it seems like he hasn't been active here lately.

:I can see why you haven't decided to pick up and move yourself, though. Looking through potential WikiFarms, I haven't yet found one as laissez-faire as editthis.info.

:--[[User talk:Pickles|Pickles]] 22:00, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

== Ya happy now you little fucking weasel? ==

There,

I CatEgorIzEd my pages,
Which I was GOING to do, after i'd finished what I was writing currently,
have you no patience?
For fucks sake,

Why're you so critical on people categorizing their pages so instantly?
Chill the fuck out dude.

Also stop editing my talk page with your pathetic sPecIaL little messages,
let me write smut in piece damn you!

Sincerely: Some one who you DON'T fuck with.

Or you will regret it.

== Alternative home for Smutty? ==

Do you have Smutty Sex Romp up on a different site, P? If not, have you considered relocating? [[User:Anedwcan|Anedwcan]] 13:13, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

-

I looked a little further into that Miraheze wikifarm Durzan recommended; seems like they might actually allow a site like this. The most similar (to CYOS) existing site I found was Star Wars Erotica Wiki (swew.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page) (EDIT: and it's not so similar as I thought; it links to a separate CYOA style star wars erotica wiki, and I confused the two, but it's still a decent example of a markedly adult site hosted on the Miraheze platform). And a few years ago someone made a request for a Yiff wiki that was approved, so I can't see them turning down a CYOS style site (you can see the discussion about the Yiff wiki here-> meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Meta:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Archive_2#Not_Safe_for_Work_Content_Policy.3F).

Main NSFW content rules seem to be that

1. Everything has to be legal in Netherlands, U.S., and U.K., (so rule 1 still stands, since underage sex stories are a legally grey area at best) and

2. No pornographic images of real people (drawings and 3D renders seem to be fine)

It's possible I've missed something else important in the Content Policy, so you might want to have a look at it for yourself (meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Content_Policy). Additionally, Miraheze is free and ad-free.

Regarding the transfer of stories, the 'import' function would almost definitely be available to Bureaucrats (MediaWiki permission defaults even let Admins use it). So moving Smutty Sex Romp and Rampage would be very possible, if time consuming (as only small xml files can be imported using 'import,' around 100 pages in size). I'll make another set of Smutty Sex Romp xml files suitable for transferring this way soon. I'd be happy to help you import them if you'd like.

I know you said you weren't considering relocating right now, but maybe some of this will be useful in the future. Seems like RobKohr has no plan to fix the issues any time soon (editthis.info/wiki/User_talk:RobKohr#Not_dead).

If you don't mind my asking, why are you so hesitant to relocate?

--[[User:Pickles|Pickles]] ([[User talk:Pickles|Talk]]) 17:34, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

:Oh, that makes sense. You were working on it quite a bit earlier this year though. I figured you'd stopped because of how ungodly slow the website has become, and I hadn't considered that you might have lost interest.

:So far as my understanding goes, you'd still have plenty of ability to keep litter out on the other farm. If you create a new wiki on Miraheze, you'll have the Bureaucrat user rights. And it would be ''your'' wiki: you could write up the rules any way you wanted to, with even more power to enforce them. If you were to switch over, you would not have to worry about any loss of content moderating authority.

:And trying it out has almost no risk. It's possible that they won't allow smut on their servers, and the worst case where they decide not to host the wiki, nothing really changes. We're just stuck on editthis, with one more possibilty ticked off the list.

:Of course there is no real urgency as far as moving is concerned, but it would be great to read and edit Smutty (and any other stories that would be moved over) on a website that works. I'll stop buzzing in your ear about it, but please give Miraheze some consideration and let me know if you change your mind.

:--[[User:Pickles|Pickles]] ([[User talk:Pickles|Talk]]) 02:22, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

== Am I doing this right? ==

I probably should have done a little more lurking before contributing to your story. Smutty Sex Romp is a wonderful work, and I wanted (want) to help add to it. Anyway, I might have jumped the gun a little. I made an account and added a few contributions before realizing Smutty Sex Romp was your work, and that you have perhaps higher standards than I can meet right now (knowing very little about creative writing, formatting a wiki, and whatnot). The first place I contributed was in your story, when I should've started in the sandbox.

I got a little carried away. Not that seven pages is insane, but I figured I should stop here and make sure what I've added is okay. It's easier to delete or fix seven pages than seventy (especially with the dial-up speed this site is running at). And since it's your story it's a-okay with me if you decide to delete all of my additions, no questions asked. I like what you've got going here, and I don't want to throw ants in your cereal.

--[[User:Pickles|Pickles]] 06:00, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

:Hello again! I was looking through the '''[[:Category:Pages Requiring Attention|Pages Requiring Attention]]''', and all of them had a 'This database did not find the text of a page..." error message. I figured you'd deleted or moved them, but for whatever reason the category stuck. I blanked [[Paladin/Caladbolg18|this one]] to see if that would remove the category stamp. Of course it did, but now the page doesn't have a category (which I've heard annoys you). I think I want you to delete [[Paladin/Caladbolg18]] for me, if it's not too much trouble. Is it normal that moved/deleted pages keep categories like this, or is this something else?

:I've been wondering about those [[Special:SpecialPages|maintenance reports]] as well. I don't want you to go out of your way if the answer is complicated, but do they work at all? The [[Special:UncategorizedPages|uncategorized pages]] and [[Special:DeadendPages|deadend pages]] reports would be handy if they actually updated.

:Also, do you have a category for delete requests? I'm sorry if this isn't the place to ask for them.

:In any case, thanks for helping me out! --[[User:Pickles|Pickles]] 17:39, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

P.S. Thanks for getting back to me so quickly on my last message! I'm glad I've got your seal of approval.
P.P.S. Is it just me or is the site loading faster today?

== Found an ad ==

[[User:Netconnekt|Netconnekt]]'s user page is an ad. I saw you deleted the dubaitours thing, so I figure this sort of account is not allowed.
--[[User:Pickles|Pickles]] 01:09, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

[[User:Reviewruk|Reviewruk]]'s user page is ''also'' an ad (and a fishy service if you ask me). I wonder if we're on some list of good wikis to advertise on. Interestingly enough, another company has made an account but not posted a link (yet). [[User:Lwayservice|Lwayservice]] is a net dev company (akin to Netconnekt), but they didn't create any pages.
--[[User:Pickles|Pickles]] 03:41, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

[[User:Woodframe|Woodframe]]'s new page [[User talk:Woodframe]] is an ad. First paragraph is so deeply introspective that I almost didn't realise it was an ad. --[[User:Pickles|Pickles]] 18:01, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

== Smutty Sex Romp XML ==

I made an XML dump of every page in Smutty Sex Romp, if you'd want it. You might've already dumped it all yourself, but here's my attempt:

drive.google.com/drive/folders/11_utRYXuREM2XQ6wkN-J7MsXud7ZIZUx?usp=sharing

I was having trouble with the dump generator ("XML crawler") that Durzan couldn't get working, so I have been trying to dump the site with the [[Special:Export|Export]] tool. Not much success so far, since the pedo ban has wrecked the [[Special:AllPages|AllPages]] catalogue. Might just have to move everything one story at at time when the time comes.

And I have no clue how XML dumps are usually organized, so this one is alphabetical. Ideally, an updated version should be made at moving time (unless that time is very soon, which is doubtful). This one is more a proof of concept.

Anywho, hope it helps! --[[User:Pickles|Pickles]] 01:39, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

:I made one for Rampage today, which was significantly easier. Again, I'm sorry if this is redundant and you've already made recent dumps, but here's today's:

:drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cluXE4NwpDXxjlYdvMRVOY74i64bgCEH?usp=sharing

:I noticed though that the page numbers aren't consistent. At all. I remember seeing a significantly higher page count yesterday than I'm seeing today, and I was able to dump more pages from the category than listed (front page says 4,232 articles in Rampage, but I pulled around 4,900 [I refreshed it, and now 4,231, but there's nothing about it on the recent changes page]). Weird bug I guess. Lots of those around here.

:--[[User:Pickles|Pickles]] 19:19, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

(cross posted from Pickles discussion) Just going to note that I have grabbed the XML, and confirmed that they DO load into a fresh wiki. There are some things that need cleanup, (some of the category: pages) but otherwise, it works. I DID have to make some changes to the settings. Specifically ini_set('memory_limit', '2048M'); and set_time_limit(6000); were required to let the largest pages load. --[[User:deefdragon|deefdragon]] 23:57, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

== Need a few pages renamed ==

I was doing a little up-aging in Smutty Sex Romp, and a few titles need changing. It's all 'preteen' stuff, so just changing that word to 'teen' instead should suffice. Though I wonder about the use of 'come' as a noun (in the first item on the list). I always thought of 'cum' as semen, and 'come' as orgasm or ejaculation. Anyway, I'll make sure everything links together after you've changed the names. And no rush by the way; you might want to wait until the site loads a little faster before renaming the articles.
<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">
#[[Go over to the come-covered preteen]]
#[[Go over to the preteen and the pony]]
#[[I want to pin your daughter down and make you watch me pound her preteen body until she's crying]]
#[[Hose_the_preteen_with_sperm]]
#[[Let_the_preteen_lead_you_to_safety]]
#[[Swim_back_to_shore_to_find_the_preteen]]
</div>

You've done a really great job scrubbing underage content so far. Seems like most of the stuff I found by searching the XML had already been corrected by you. It's a shame that we have to censor so much though. Hopefully in the future lawmakers will draw a line between fiction and action so we won't have to worry about the legal consequences of something as silly as a number on a screen.

Thank you! --[[User:Pickles|Pickles]] 20:21, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

== Main Pages Stories ==

Hello there!

I moved my story - The Interstellar Desire - to the Up and Coming section as you said. It will obviously take a long time to finish, but at what point or number of pages is it allowed to go on the main page? It would really help clarify.

It would be much appreciated! --[[User:TheFreddyFazbear54|TheFreddyFazbear54]] 12:06, 29th July 2020 (UTC)

== I swear that wasn't a power move or anything ==

I had [[User:Nakedboy]]'s (incomplete and user) pages open at the same time you did! I just took so long writing them that you beat me to the chase. It didn't warn me about a page conflict when I posted a comment on his page, so I had no clue you'd already handled it until I went to save the incomplete page. I didn't even know there was a warning for edit conflicts (probably isn't utilized much lately).

You're really on the ball today Platypus! --[[User:Pickles|Pickles]] ([[User talk:Pickles|Talk]]) 00:42, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
:It's hard to imagine a CYOS so busy that people were tripping over each other trying to edit the same pages. It was a good problem to have looking back, yeah? Although I'm sure a dispute between you and Yihman about something like that probably wouldn't have gone well.
:--[[User:Pickles|Pickles]] ([[User talk:Pickles|Talk]]) 19:30, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

== Young woman vs. girl ==

I was correcting excess spacing on the page [[Follow the pigtailed teen to the bathroom]] and noticed that all references to "girl" have been changed to "young woman". I understand that all content involving minors had to be removed from the site, which is why all the preteen references were changed to teen, but is it also necessary to remove "girl"? "Girl" is often used in reference to legal female adults and as long as the character is established as a legal adult, it shouldn't be rule-breaking to call her a "girl". IMO, "girl" flows better and seems more suited to the story - "young woman" sounds too formal - but I'll change it back to "young woman" and won't alter anything else if absolutely necessary. [[User:AgentVincent|AgentVincent]] 19:42, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

== Rule clarification from RobKohr ==

Hi Platypus,

It looks like there was a little bit of debate as far as what would be pedophilia. To play it safe, I would say anything that strongly or explicitly suggests under 18. This is a USA based site, and though there are lots of hairs that can be split over what constitutes pedophilia, I am going with what the typical mass media news outlet would interpret as such as that is also what can get this site negative press that can lead to dns and hosting shut downs, and possible legal ramifications.

Words like "teen" and "girl" and other ambiguous terms should be ok, but look at the context and keep in mind the pragmatic concerns above rather than strictly saying one word or another is allowed/disallowed. "The girl who just turned a teen took his..." would be an example of a start that would technically be ok based on the words, but the context and meaning would be what I want to avoid for the good of this site.

I have a strong belief in the freedom of speech, and that includes smuttiness, but a lot of speech will be lost if this ever gets labeled as a pedo site.

Regarding the state of the site, the site funding is now more break even and it is nice to not be running it at a loss anymore. I am currently working on moving it to a new server with an upgraded OS/Apache/Php and a new reverse proxy of nginx which all put together will hopefully make things much faster. I also dropped cloudfront as it seems to cause more harm than good, and was blocking tor users and users from other nations. As such, the site is currently running under http rather than https, but once the upgrade is finished we will be back under https.

There was someone that said you were stretched thin and needed more admins. If that is actually true, and there is anyone that you would like to promote, feel free to let me know on [http://editthis.info/wiki/User:RobKohr]

Pull out to spurt splooge all over her ass

2020-02-11T09:26:58Z

RobKohr:

You like this girl's ass, but her boyfriend looks like he wants to kill you. So you give her rump a few more good pumps then pop your dick out and let your splooge spurt out all over her heinie.

"You piece of shit!" Doug shouts, his face turning beet red.

"Ooh, that felt good...," the girl moans.

You tuck your dick back into your pants and hurry out while Doug is still trying to get out from under her. You slip out and make as though you are running away, but quickly you

* [[Knock on the 3rd door]]
* [[Knock on the 4th door]]
* Go back to [[Visit the clothing department]]
* [[Smutty_Sex_Romp|Head back to your apartment]]

{{SexRompStatus|Location=''[[The Clothing Department]]''|Health=Horny|MP=0|Level=1}}
[[Category: Smutty Sex Romp]]

Pull out to spurt splooge all over her ass

2020-02-11T09:25:15Z

RobKohr:

You like this girl's ass, but her boyfriend looks like he wants to kill you. So you give her rump a few more good pumps then pop your dick out and let your splooge spurt out all over her heinie.

"You piece of shit!" Doug shouts, his face turning beet red.

"Ooh, that felt good...," the girl moans.

You tuck your dick back into your pants and hurry out while Doug is still trying to get out from under her. You slip out and make as though you are running away, but quickly you

* [[Knock on the 3rd door]]
* [[Knock on the 4th door]]
* Go back to [[Visit the clothing department]]

{{SexRompStatus|Location=''[[The Clothing Department]]''|Health=Horny|MP=0|Level=1}}
[[Category: Smutty Sex Romp]]

Start thrusting between her smooth breasts, making the best of the situation

2020-02-11T09:11:55Z

RobKohr: Created page with 'As it is obvious you cannot pull out without losing your testicals in the process, you slide your dick deep between her breast, thrusting over and over again. The eyes of the sna…'

As it is obvious you cannot pull out without losing your testicals in the process, you slide your dick deep between her breast, thrusting over and over again. The eyes of the snake snapped onto your dick begin to glow as you are start to cum, but the ring around your balls prevents you from cumming.

You are screaming in ecstasy as you keep orgasming again and again, but without a drop coming out.

Suddenly she reaches under your balls and unlocks them, and a wave of cum releases into the snakes mouth and you watch it grow and grow. You collapse on the floor as she unlatches it from your dick. Covered in sweat, you struggle to stand back up.

Do you:

*Get the hell out of there and [[Go trolling at the mall]]
*[[Ask her what that full cum filled snake will be used for]]

{{SexRompStatus|Location=''[[The Relic Store]]''|Health=Horny|MP=0|Level=1}}
[[Category: Smutty Sex Romp]]

Struggle to break free of her pyramid breast trap

2020-02-11T08:59:49Z

RobKohr: Created page with 'She laughs as you try to pull out, your balls being squeezed even tighter by the trap. "There is no escape for you! You will pay for that vase with every drop of cum in you." B…'

She laughs as you try to pull out, your balls being squeezed even tighter by the trap.

"There is no escape for you! You will pay for that vase with every drop of cum in you." Behind her back she pulls out a snake shaped vessel that she snaps onto the head of your throbbing dick.

"You will fill this, and I will use your essence to make my special love potion that drives people crazy."

Do you:

*[[Start thrusting between her smooth breasts, making the best of the situation]]
*[[Continue to struggle to break free of her pyramids]]

*[[Question whether there is some sort of trick to these questions before answering]]
{{SexRompStatus|Location=''[[The Relic Store]]''|Health=Horny|MP=0|Level=1}}
[[Category: Smutty Sex Romp]]

Ask for an ancient Egyptian titty-fuck from the blonde

2020-02-11T08:53:52Z

RobKohr:

The girl ducks down, and then pops up from behind the counter wearing a Pharaoh's mask and adorned with gold, with the exception of her breasts which are lifted up and squeezed together by a glowing framework that creates a deep tight channel between her huge breasts and two semi-circles of metal near the opening. She douses your cock with some herb scented oils and plunges your dick between her breasts before you can even react to it. With a click, you can feel the circles locked around your balls.

"Oh, looks like you got trapped in the pyramids and you will have to stay there forever."

Do you:
*[[Struggle to break free of here pyramid breast trap]]
*[[Say "why have you trapped my cock between your pyramid breasts"]]
*[[Start thrusting between her smooth breasts, making the best of the situation]]

{{SexRompStatus|Location=''[[The Relic Store]]''|Health=Horny|MP=0|Level=1}}
[[Category: Smutty Sex Romp]]

Ask for an ancient Egyptian titty-fuck from the blonde

2020-02-11T08:53:39Z

RobKohr:

The girl ducks down, and then pops up from behind the counter wearing a Pharaoh's mask and adorned with gold, with the exception of her breasts which are lifted up and squeezed together by a glowing framework that creates a deep tight channel between her huge breasts and two semi-circles of metal near the opening. She douses your cock with some herb scented oils and plunges your dick between her breasts before you can even react to it. With a click, you can feel the circles locked around your balls.

"Oh, looks like you got trapped in the pyramids and you will have to stay there forever."

Do you:
*[[Struggle to break free of here pyramid breast trap]]
*[[Say "why have you trapped my cock between your pyramid breasts"]]
*[[Start thrusting between her smooth breasts, making the best of the situation]]

*[[Question whether there is some sort of trick to these questions before answering]]
{{SexRompStatus|Location=''[[The Relic Store]]''|Health=Horny|MP=0|Level=1}}
[[Category: Smutty Sex Romp]]

Ask for an ancient Egyptian titty-fuck from the blonde

2020-02-11T08:52:03Z

RobKohr:

The girl ducks down, and then pops up from behind the counter wearing a Pharaoh's mask and adorned with gold, with the exception of her breasts which are lifted up and squeezed together by a glowing framework that creates a deep tight channel between her huge breasts and two semi-circles of metal near the opening. She douses your cock with some herb scented oils and plunges your dick between her breasts before you can even react to it. With a click, you can feel the circles locked around your balls.

"Oh, looks like you got trapped in the pyramids and you will have to stay there forever."

Do you:
*[[Struggle to break free]]
*[[Say "wait what is going on here"]]
*[[Start thrusting between her smooth breasts, making the best of the situation]]

*[[Question whether there is some sort of trick to these questions before answering]]
{{SexRompStatus|Location=''[[The Relic Store]]''|Health=Horny|MP=0|Level=1}}
[[Category: Smutty Sex Romp]]

Ask for an ancient Egyptian titty-fuck from the blonde

2020-02-11T08:51:17Z

RobKohr: Created page with 'The girl ducks down, and then pops up from behind the counter wearing a Pharaoh's mask and adorned with gold, with the exception of her breasts which are lifted up and squeezed …'

The girl ducks down, and then pops up from behind the counter wearing a Pharaoh's mask and adorned with gold, with the exception of her breasts which are lifted up and squeezed together by a glowing framework that creates a deep tight channel between her huge breasts and two semi-circles of metal near the opening. She douses your cock with some herb scented oils and plunges your dick between her breasts before you can even react to it. With a click, you can feel the circles locked around your balls.

"Oh, looks like you got trapped in the pyramids and you will have to stay there forever.

Do you:
*[[Say "wait what is going on here"]]
*[[Start thrusting between her smooth breasts, making the best of the situation]]
*[Struggle to break free]]
*[[Question whether there is some sort of trick to these questions before answering]]
{{SexRompStatus|Location=''[[The Relic Store]]''|Health=Horny|MP=0|Level=1}}
[[Category: Smutty Sex Romp]]

Category:Smutty Sex Romp Locations

2020-02-11T08:26:30Z

RobKohr:

The many places you might visit during the course of [[Smutty Sex Romp]]. Good starting points include:

*[[Your Apartment]] (starts level 1)
*[[The Library]], [[The Park|the Park]], or [[The Gym|the Gym]] (starts level 2)
*[[The Dance Studio]] (starts level 3)
*[[The Carnival]] (starts level 4) (alternatively [[The Shoe Store|the Shoe Store]], [[Jogging Path|the Jogging Path]], or [[The Lingerie Shop|the Lingerie Shop]])
*[[The Costume Shop]] (starts level 5)

[[Category: Smutty Sex Romp|*]]

==New locations of significant size (at least 30 sub pages) that are less than 6 months old==
This story has grown so large that it is likely a reader will never encounter some new and interesting parts of the story. Dates are based on the creation time of the entry point to the location.

{| class="wikitable"
! Date of entry point creation
! Location
|-
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Smutty Sex Romp

2020-02-11T08:25:28Z

RobKohr:

Smutty Sex Romp

2020-02-11T08:18:10Z

RobKohr:

You wake up and glance at the alarm clock: it's 9 AM, and you just woke up with a hard-on.

Do you:
*[[Put on some clothes and head for the Red Light District]]
*[[Go trolling at the mall]]
*[[Find your little black book and see who makes house calls]]
*[[Visit a local hotel that you hear has hot maids in tight outfits]]
*[[Change your mind and go for a walk]]

Or, if your preferences are different...
*[[Go Downtown to go boy-watching]]

Or...
*[[Hard on? Wait a minute, I'm a woman]]

{{SexRompStatus|Location=''[[Your Apartment]]''|Health=Horny|MP=0|Level=1}}

Optional: Jump To [[:Category:Smutty_Sex_Romp_Locations|a location in the story]]

==New sections of significant size (at least 30 sub pages) that are less than 6 months old==
This story has grown so large that it is likely a reader will never encounter some new and interesting parts of the story. A "section" is a location change or major story-shift for the character. Dates are based on the creation time of the entry point to the section.

{| class="wikitable"
! Date of entry point creation
! Link
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[[Category: Smutty Sex Romp| Smutty Sex Romp]]

User talk:Bunni

2015-09-30T18:04:52Z

RobKohr:

Hello! You can call me Bunni.

I'm a long time visitor of CYOS and an avid reader. Feel free to talk to me via this talk page or shoot me a email. I promise I don't bite (:

Contact: sbunni7@gmail.com

Thanks for being a helpful user on the site. I just upgraded you to admin. --[[User:RobKohr|RobKohr]] 18:04, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

Pedo romp

2015-09-25T20:10:23Z

RobKohr: testing filter of Prohibited content

Prohibited content
Well, you're a pedophile—or paedophile, however you want to spell it—but you must please take the pedo survey first!

Are you
*[[A straight pedophile?]]
*[[A homosexual pedophile?]]
*[[A bisexual pedophile?]]
[[Category:Pedo romp]]

Talk:Main Page

2015-09-25T20:02:46Z

RobKohr: /* Removed pedo stories */

Older discussions started before 2010 have been moved to an [[Talk:Main Page/Archive1|archive page]].

==Removed pedo stories==
I created a filter for the story pedo__romp (with only 1 underscore, but used 2 underscores to get through my own filter). After a little research this content would be considered illegal as obscene even though it was only in text form.
[http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca11/13-14350/13-14350-2015-03-12.html Reference]
I don't monitor the content on the site, but this was pointed out to me by a user. If you find any content explicitly related to sex with a minor, please remove it or edit it. --[[User:RobKohr|RobKohr]] 20:00, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

== An Idea For A Perfect Game Of Thrones Story ==
Hello dear users of C.Y.O.A, I know how our precious site works and I would like to announce you that I am about to write a big and great story, in the Universe of A Song Of Ice And Fire book series. Anyone who would like to help me in this story, please contact me via Skype (sarp.kaya12) or [[User talk:Potato King|edit my talk page]].

== Why are there no cows in the story Furry World? ==
-- Jasper --

I hope I can find some friends and even get help with my story. Looking forward.

Edit: Check it Out! [[An Interactive Game Of Thrones Story]]

-- [[User:Potato King|Potato King]] , 05.08.2015, 15:03 (GMT+2)

== How to start my own ==
I'm new and I have no idea how to start my own story.

==HELP==
Could some people please help me write *[[time machine]]

==Rules?==
Hi, I'm fairly new here. I'm wondering, is there anything that is not allowed in stories/on site? I just don't want my stuff deleted. -Creat0r

==Just some trouble==

Hi there, I've been writing a C.Y.O.A. and I'm having the problem that I've set three options on my first page; Male, Female and Other. These redirect to different C.Y.O.A.s and it is rather irritating that when I try to chose the male option to advance it comes up with a selection of emo guys that I can use, from a different Catagory. Any help would be appreciated as I will not be able to advance in my writings until it is fixed.

Thank you in advance
--Xuan Tian Shang Ti

Xuan, I had that same problem on my new CYAO. This happens because someone else is already using this as a category name, so it will keep redirecting to their story. It helps to use your story's name in front of the choices or to put a specific phrasingthat noone has used yet.
For instance say your story is Smurfs in Ireland and you want to give people the choice of being a male or female. You could put Smurfs In Ireland: Male, or I want to be a male smurf
Hope this helps for anyone else with the same problem.

==Main Page Stories==

What constitutes a story being on the main page? It seems like people just throw theirs on there. [[User:Theotherguy|Theotherguy]] 07:10, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

We're trying to only include a small, representative sampling on the Main Page. Yes, some people are throwing theirs on there, but those stories are being thrown back off when they're spotted. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 11:25, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

By my understanding, the story has to be of a quality that it can be 'considered' for a feature, not necessarily featured, but close or at the level. By the way, great to see someone took the initiative and did this, the site really needed some tidying. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 13 September 2012

Maybe we should make specific guidelines? Must be this many pages, this quality of writing, etc. etc. [[User:Theotherguy|Theotherguy]] 23:14, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Well I would suggest at least having the minimum amount of pages be set to 50, besides the 'Quizzes and Challenges' Section. I'm not sure about the quality of writing, as long as it is understandable and entertaining. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] September 14 2012

== Main Page and Its Length ==

I'm sure most of you here have noticed this already, but I'd like to just point out. The Main Page is ever growing in it's length. That's great news! That means more adventures, but it comes at a price. The overall size of the page. I thought I'd do a little experiment and see how long it would take me to scroll down from the top to the very bottom. It took me more than 10 seconds. That is a ridiculously long time. Only fine for social media sites such as Facebook.

What I'm suggesting is that we need to find a way to successfully organize the Main Page to which the size of it is significantly less, while not having it link off into other pages. Such as replacing the sections with say Collapsible Tables [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Collapsing], so then you can choose which sections you want to look at, perhaps even placing sub tables on top of that.

Heyoeveryone 12:02, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

It's certainly worth looking into. But bear in mind that newbies constantly screw up even the limited formatting currently on the Main Page. Any further complications to the coding will mean even more intense monitoring and reverting. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 15:56, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Ahh, true. I barely know coding myself, but new people constantly make stories, and sooner or later, mistakes will be made, and those beloved tables will be disfigured. It is possible though, and if someone were able just to implement this idea, it will do wonders for this site. I don't go on often, but when I do, I always notice how long the Main Page is.

So, '''IF''' anyone is willing to do this, then by all means, go ahead, it will do wonders for the site, I suggest you ask Platypus though.

--Heyoeveryone 06:05, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

== YouTube Idea ==

I have been a fan of this site for a while. I am an experienced actor and had the idea of adapting some of these stories to YouTube. Essentially, it would be an audiobook of the story where you click a link at the end of the video to make your choice (leading you to the next part of the story). I would like to try it with a shorter story first. If you have a short, well written CYOA story and are interested in sharing your story on YouTube, please let me know your username, the name of the story, and that I have your permission to record it and put it on YouTube (right below this post) . I would also be happy to hear any input on this idea.
-AlexCW

I know a lot about doing that kind of thing, it would be really great if it was animated or something like that. If you need any help working with Youtube CYOAs I can certainly help. I can also do (some) animation if you want. -Creat0r

I think this would be awesome! Guys I don't know how long this thread was posted but I would like to continue it. You know in the you adventure stories or something like that you flip to a page to continue? Well, maybe it should be one or two long videos that you pause at choices and the choices have the time you skip to. I might make a video like this on my YouTube! Awesome idea.
- [[KateFleet]] [[ YouTube : FleetGaming ]]

== Family-Friendly Section, Not Family-Friendly ==

I recently noticed that about 10 new stories were made, and each of them looked like they should be in the 10+ section. How is stealing a car family friendly? Or discouraging school? Seriously, If I see one more story like that being made, it's going straight to PG-13.
Note: I am 11 years old, and I don't even think that those stories are appropriate for my age!--[[User:903860|The Adenster]] 01:05, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Adenster, family-friendly is generally a relative term. While I dont know the particular stories you speak of, discouraging school or stealing a car CAN be used in a family setting IE. one character has a Huckleberry Finn-ish tendency to skip school and the car can be used as a life lesson piece. Terms like Family-Friendly vary greatly from person to person and are entirely dependent on perception. For example some people believe in spanking their children whilst others dont. One side would consider it "Family-Friendly" whilst the other group would not. Generally if things such as car-stealing or such occur it can be acceptable if put in perspective and used in the context of the story. --[[User:BFEL|BFEL]] 12:13, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

== New Category ==
I just had a really great idea, maybe a new category can be made for just new stories, called Not Rated Yet, or whatever. Then, where the story is placed can be decided by somebody, so that sections like "Family-Friendly" are not so populated with stories that aren't appropriate.--[[User:903860|The Adenster]] 01:23, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Your points are well taken, and this new group of writers is not writing family friendly material, but I'm somewhat averse to creating a Not Yet Rated section for ''somebody'' to rate, because there's only one sysop active on this site. My time is limited and I like to get in a little bit of time to work on my own writing. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 03:02, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

I myself would be interested in assisting with this, Platypus. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 03:28, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, maybe ratings could be incoporated into reviews. That way unrated stories can move and get a review simultaneously.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 10:52, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

== About story page links ==
I'm kind of a perfectionist and it just hurts my eyes to see the story page links not formatted properly. It's either because people are too lazy or just not well enough informed on how to create proper links. Most pages have something like this:
* <nowiki>[[Story Name-Page Name]]</nowiki> = [[Story Name-Page Name]]
* <nowiki>[[Story Name/Page Name]]</nowiki> = [[Story Name/Page Name]]
* <nowiki>[[Story Name: Page Name]]</nowiki> = [[Story Name: Page Name]]
And so on. What I'd like to see is this:
* <nowiki>[[Story Name/Page Name|Display Name]]</nowiki> = [[Story Name/Page Name|Display Name]]
* <nowiki>[[Story Name/Character: Page Name|Display Name]]</nowiki> = [[Story Name/Character: Page Name|Display Name]]
The '''Display Name''' field makes the link show as that to the user, while still linking to the '''Story Name/Page Name''' page. This kind of naming makes the story pages look a lot better while still keeping the pages properly sorted out. I think this is explained on the main page, but it seems a bit unclear. Maybe it could be improved? --[[User:Dreama|Dreama]] 16:00, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

It is discussed in the [[Tutorial]], but sometimes it seems as if some of the people who want to write here aren't capable of reading.

Mostly, I like to see consistency within any given story. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 21:16, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Is there a way to get the Category page to display just the page names? In my story, I use the <nowiki>[[Story Name/Page Name|Page Name]]</nowiki> idiom, but the category page shows every page with the story prefix and they are all grouped under the same header. --[[User:Shiine|Shiine]] 8:50, 5 July 2010

I don't know a way of changing the way the page names are displayed on the Category page, but if you categorize each individual page as <nowiki>[[Category:Story Name|Page Name]] </nowiki>, then the Category page will aphabetize based on whatever you tell it the Page Name is, regardless of what the page name displays as. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 19:10, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

I added a section to [[Tutorial/sleep|the tutorial]] about using the sort key in the category field. --[[User:Shiine|Shiine]] 23:40, 10 Aug 2010

== problems with the search bar ==

Hello, I just want to say that there seems to be a problem with the search, whenever I type a requist in it comes back with no results, I tried using the report a bug feature but the appears to be broken. --[[User:Tricrotic|Tricrotic]] 11:57, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, the search bar only works when you type in the exact title of a story. Granted, there is a place where you search for pages that begin with _______, that should be the automatic search engine. I don't know much about programming, but it really shouldn't be too hard to move a program that's already been created, just to a different, more accessible place. - veri_disquo (2014)

==New Story==

If you guys remember me from way back, I used to use this site a lot, then suddenly stopped. Well, I'm back (again), and I've started a new story titled [[Cell]]. I look forward to the reviews of this CYOA story, as it goes through the process of Evolution.--[[User:blablob|blablob]]

Are you still working on it? --[[user:blamblegam]]

==Questions==
Are the stories in here copyrighted in anyway? If I want to feature one on a website, can do I need permission of the author or is it public material?

The stories here aren't copyrighted. But it might be polite to mention your intentions to the author beforehand. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 22:53, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

If the story is in the Pit, can you edit the story to be in a different category? Because, for this story that I have been editing, I wish to change the maturity since its hard to keep track of every link you put. The Lost City of Atlantice is the story i had been working on for a bit and some of the tags that were created aren't really in the category. Plus, some of my ideas fit into other categories. What should I do? --[[User:sayrppoetry/sayrppoetry]]

If you retrieve a story from the Pit, feel free to up its maturity level as needed. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 22:51, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

== Status functionality? ==

The tutorial mentions status functionality as if you are able to use variables, but there was no information on how to perform operations on variables (You know, add, subtract, that sort of thing.) I looked for an article on the issue but didn't find any. Is this functionality available?

No. You can not perform operations on the variables. You have to do any adding and subtracting manually on the next page, and if you want options where you have different values for the variables, you have to create multiple paths. --[[User:Rawar|Rawar]] 19:27, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

BTW: I was wanting to experiment with status stuff, so I ended up creating a template page for the [[sandbox]]. Since you can't delete pages, and this might be useful, I replaced it with a basic status bar and left it in the sandbox. I hope others find it useful. --[[User:Shiine|Shiine]] 04:27, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

== New here, and want to know a few things about editting. ==

I joined today and want to know if it is okay for me to go through stories fixing some grammar mistakes and spelling. (not that I a grammar freak or saying I am perfect myself.) Some stories i looked at had a dozen mistakes a page and that is just bad for the site. See [[DUDE WHERES MY CAR]], I fixed the main page, leaving in the repitive sentence structure because I was unsure if I should change that. The next pages I looked at were equally plagued. Is there a way to catergorize stories as "being a pain to read because of mistakes"? I did not mean chnaging content, simplly fixing sloppy mistakes. To be sure, I am not planning on reading every story on here to be an English jainitor. I just wondered whose job these things were, Thanks. ~[[User:RandyRift|RandyRift]]

I’m not an admin or anything but…

There is no real problem or rule against editing pages, especially grammar correction. If you want to fix stories then that’s alright. Hell, even adding new stuff to the story is fine in most cases.
The problem with this site is that there are some users who create crappy stories with five pages that have no real plot or proper grammar. People work on their story for a day then leave resulting in many poor stories with no real purpose. So if you want to fix stories then go for it.

--[[User:Fletcher Peninsula|Fletcher Peninsula]]

Unfortunately, there are far too many ungrammatical writers out there for me to repair all the things they post. I am the only active sysop here, and I don't object to anyone trying fix grammar around the site. We were recently invaded by a Canadian school whose students wanted the thrill of posting on the web despite the fact that many of them had a poor grasp of English. Their teacher's help made many things worse, not better. But since they seem to have left, many of their stories are going to be getting moved to the Pit of Abandonned Stories soon. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 01:21, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

I have another question, why is it that on the category page, (for my story) when I am logged in I see 90 pages, but when not logged in I see 78? (the page lists only that many.) ~[[User:RandyRift|RR]] 3 April 2010

== Pictures and Copyrights ==
I'm not very familiar with finding out what kind of copyrights some picture has on the web and what pictures are free to be posted here, for example, and what pictures may be freely copied and even uploaded here to be displayed. So far I've only been directly linking to pictures on Wikipedia (in very rare occasions anyway), but that's very limited. Anyone know better? --[[User:Dreama|Dreama]] 22:56, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

The safest thing is to upload your own pictures to photobucket or something. However, there are several free stock photo and picture sites out there. My favorite is http://www.sxc.hu/ . However, make sure you read the licenses for the photos before using them or linking to them! --[[User:Rawar|Rawar]] 00:42, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

There's thousands of free stock photos on [http://www.dreamstime.com/free-photos Dreamstime.com]. Just resize them to a width of 800 for web use. -- [[User:ImmortalDreams|ImmortalDreams]]

== A portrait of an American Girl Named Myra. ==

If you like the story idea, please help create a scenario for Myra. Remember, do not edit or add onto anyone else's scenario. Create a small one of your own. It doesn't have to be deep! Thank you for contributing!

She ought to wear a funky fruit hat. She's 12, was living with her mother in Maine, dad's a deadbeat, moves to Oklahoma for no apparent reason, uncovers alien conspiracy there. Turns out her mother's been replaced by an evil space automaton. She must team up with her drunken embarassment of a father to rescue her from a Dick Dastardly-esque villain who brought the aliens here with a magical voodoo portal, and then find a way to close said portal. Along the way, she learns important lessons regarding metaphysical idealism and beef Wellington. --[[User:Nalanhata|Nalanhata]], June 18

== Moving a page ==

Is there a way to move pages? I've looking over a story with terrible spelling problems and [[Tour_the_town|this page]] links to [[A little Tatoo paurlor]] which should be fixed. -- [[User:TheRick|TheRick]] 05:26, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

The page-moving function had to be disabled due to malicious vandals. However, what you can do is copy the text in the mis-named page, blank that page, edit the page with the mis-named link, and paste the text onto a new page with the correctly spelled name. Then I'll delete the blanked page. I'm the only one who can do deletions. And I do appreciate anyone who actually wants to do some work tidying up the place. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 11:56, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

== Old Geezer ==

I'm still having problems with editing Lady Helsing as it says Permission error" when l try to
edit it.

First of all make sure you are logged in... next... if you have been on a single page writing for too long it will automatically log you out so right click copy anything you have if you need to re-log in --[[User:Mezzo|Mezzo]] 17:12, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

== Tags? ==
What are the tags supposed to do? Because the ones that are for this one are 'porn or death'. --[[User:Heyoeveryone]]

== Severe lag of site? ==

Anybody else getting loadtimes of upwards of 5 minutes (multiple refreshes included) for even the shortest of pages?

If so, I think I know why. Remember, this is only a guess (although it's one with backup). I noticed my browser (Chrome) seems to hang on loading the info from TagNimbus, so I tried to visit the TagNimbus site. It seems to be down or dead, and a look at www.IsUp.me told me the whole site seemed to be down for others, too.

If it's down, any chance of getting in touch with the owner to restore it? Otherwise, if TagNimbus is finall- I mean unfortunately dead, can we just remove the thing anyways? It didn't seem to change anything and was abused to tag pages with irrelevant tags...

But hey, this is all the rambling of one author who just hopes to get the site working so he can get back to writing the gore story he was in the middle of... --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 06:27, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

==Hello==

Hello. Just wanted to say this site looks really cool and interesting, I really look forward to helping stories along or even starting some once I get the hang of it.

I should know though, are there any particular rules or anything that aren't immediately obvious or that are mentioned? And where should I start? Any advice for a newbie would be very appreciated. The site is a little unnecessarily complicated.

Heyo whoever you are! Best thing you should start on is probably continuing on stories that have been started, but after 10 pages, the author has quit. If you really want to begin a new story, i suggest planning it before you actually type it all out. In your plan you should have: the main storyline, the seperate endings, and of course the characters who are going to be in the story.
-- [[User:Heyoeveryone]] 3 September 2011

You should try mind mapping. It's a great way to make branching plot lines. -- [[User:ImmortalDreams|ImmortalDreams]]

It's bad to add to the number of all the carcasses you can see on the Main Page. Save those, or if you prefer, get the more severely rotting ones that we lumped in the Pit to decompose. Unfortunately, stories are hard to get rid of, so save them from non-authorship before it's too late. It also makes it easier, since you'd agree with the storyline from the beginning, whereas others end up left behind because there's a lock on the whole thing. For Example, everything might lead to a standstill after everything directs to a page. The rest of the plot is a mystery and starts rotting. Simply because the author him/her self doesn't know how it ends.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 14:58, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

== Template Appearance Problem ==

The templates for my story [[War Pigs]] are coming out all wrong in IE 9, but they look fine in Firefox. Can anybody explain why? It would be greatly appreciated. --[[User:AgentVincent|AgentVincent]] 03:55, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

The problem is probably that it's IE9. IE9 enjoys shitting all over everything nice looking on the internet. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 15:47, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

== The whole "Anon" thing. ==

Anyone else amused by this? Three brief little "attacks" (if you even want to call them that) with an empty threat? I dunno, I guess it just struck me as pathetic and funny. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 06:26, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Yea a real dumbass, but thank God he didn´t write any pages, those would have been real '''attacks''' on the site! :)

[[User:Fletcher Peninsula|Fletcher Peninsula]]

== Pictures ==

I noticed that there was an embedded image button. Being a photo editor, such as myself, I jumped at the idea of adding a picture where they could be used. Unfortunately it says that file adding is disabled. I looked through the General Discussion and i realize that you have had "attacks" in the past but is there a chance that they could be re-added?

--[[User:Aegisofawakening|Aegisofawakening]] 01:58, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Actually, file adding was disabled due to server-size limitations, not due to attacks. But images can still be displayed on pages, even if the file itself cannot become part of this site. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 04:09, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

== Thanks! ==

I'd just like to say thank you so much!!! Why? Well, a few years back i wrote a few tales ([[Girlngirl High]], [[All Alone]] and [[Teehee!]]). I thought, no way were these stories would ever become hits, all of them are less than 100 pages! And i never finished any of them. So i decided to quit the site for 2 years. Today, i decided to go on and look at my stories, see how they've turned out.

I looked down to find out that '''every story i've made has gotten over 1000 views on the first page, with the most being 20 000!!!''' I was just amazed at how my stories were this popular. So i'd just like to say THANK YOU!! I've given the job of continuing the stories to my friend [[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]]. He's a very good friend of mine and he said he'd love to take over. So once again, thank you so much for your support throughout these past 2 years. Also thanks to those people who added pages onto my stories. If you'd like to work on these stories, just ask Heyo for permission and he should promptly allow you.

Am i coming back? Nah. Well maybe. --[[User:Unkowhero23]]

Actually, you don't need my permission. Just make sure that you don't have many grammatical and spelling errors, and that the pages aren't just one or two sentences. Those are terrible, and with the load times of the site sometimes, you want something more than just that.

--[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 5th September, 2011

== Spam ==

What's with all the random advertisements lately? It's actually more of a nuisance than those Anon people a little while back. Is this site really such a big deal that people need to go around and post all these ads? - [[User:Jamesparker|Jamesparker]], September 23, 2011

Ad's? Where? Link them here. It's best if you name and shame them, and so that their account will be quickly deleted off the site. And I guess it is such a big deal. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 9 October 2011

== Mature, Adult, Bad Taste ==

A suggestion, if you will. Maybe the mature, adult and bad taste story listings should be collectively put on a sub-page separate from the main page? On reflection, maybe only the Adult and Bad Taste ones. Those wishing to see those stories wouldn't have any trouble finding them by following the link (from the main page), and it'd render the main page free of offensive language and titles. Everybody wins? What'd'y'all think? [[User:JackalRobot|JackalRobot]] 21:12, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

I have been giving the idea consideration, especially as some people would prefer not to be exposed to even the titles of some of the Adult stories. And it would help reduce the sheer size of the Main Page. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 00:41, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

Despite my own story preferences, I agree. I always thought it odd (and not a little family-unfriendly) to give almost equal weight to kiddie stories as well as possibly very kinky adult stuff. As long as you can always go directly to any given page (through a browser bookmark perhaps) I actually suggest adult stories are kept behind a disclaimer screen of some sort.
[[User:Anedwcan|Anedwcan]] 19:48, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Also, it can broaden the areas for the Adult Stories and free the titles. Then there could be another sub-group for the mild content.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 14:52, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

That is a great idea you have there, and it would be nice to see this happen. However there is a huge flaw I see in this. Recent Changes would still show everything be it a kids story about a kitten, or an adult story about bestiality.--[[User:Yihman1|Yihman1]] 07:04, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

I have a "Mature" (R rated) story I am writing. I am considering adding a storyline in which the character gets raped offscreen. Is that too intense for "Mature"? Should I post the beginning of the storyline, and the page that links to it, here to be vetted? --[[User:LaedyRose|LaedyRose]]

I don't think an offscreen rape would necessarily need to be put in the Adult section. At least the Mature section, certainly. It depends on how much detail you put in. You might want to put a warning at the beginning of the storyline, simply because rape is a special kind of evil and will break (or make) the story for some readers. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 01:34, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

== Feedback For My Stories ==

Hi! I'm new here, and I'm starting my first story, [[Transformers: War Between Two Worlds]]. I wasn't sure if it should go in the Family Friendly Section or the PG13 Section, so I put it in Family Friendly. If you have any feedback, read what I have so far and post it here. This story will take me a while, but as soon as I'm done, I'll get started on another one. Also, would anyone like to team up with me on a story? I'm guessing most of you will think I'm crazy, but it's good to check. TEAMWORK RULES! I'm not that smart when it comes to wiki editing, so if there's a place where this page would better fit, then please tell me here.

Feedback:

New Ideas (for my future stories):

Edit Requests (If you would like permission to edit one of my stories, put your username here):

-[[User:AwesomeSauce2233475]]

Sorry about putting my page in the wrong place, Platypus. How do you reach the user page?

== Finding A Story ==

Hi everyone.

Just a quickie.

1) Is there a story that focuses on something like a haunted house/mansion/what-have-you somewhere? I've skimmed the titles but nothing popped out at me and I've been reading here and there but even though most stories seem to only be like 5-10 pages the sheer number of them means I haven't had a chance to check them all and was hoping someone who'd been around longer knew of one and could point me in the right direction?

-- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt. Devonin]]

: I don't know of such a story, but this brings up an issue I've been meaning to: it's awfully hard for someone to find anything they might be looking for, if they haven't seen it already. I'm wondering if the allowance of short synopses has been discussed before, or perhaps if we might create categories like [[:Category:Stories that feature supernatural characters|stories that feature supernatural characters]] or [[:Category:Stories that take place in haunted houses|stories that take place in haunted houses]].

: --[[User:KC Riley|KC Riley]] 03:39, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Well, [[Madman's Mansion]] isn't haunted but its the best one I know of that involves a proper what-have-you-somewhere and decent story length and grammar and punctustion and so on.

--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 14:49, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Also, how about this: when you enter the main page, there is a link to each level of the stories, then, you can continue on into sub-groups of Ghost, Sci-Fi, Quest, Tragedy, or something like that.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 13:55, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

== How to know people are watching? ==

I'm new here, and recently finished a short story.

But how do I tell if anyone is seeing it? Is there a place on this website to get feedback on the stories?

Thanks

You can see at the bottom of each page how many times the page has been accessed. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 07:16, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Platypus, is this still true? I have looked at my page, and do not see a number for how many times it has been accessed. Or was this removed? --[[User:DirtyMeStoryTime|Dirty Me]] 12:20, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

Yes, unfortunately, this isn't currently active. It was always nice to know how often a page has been accessed. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 15:38, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

== Something wrong? ==

Hi, I'm new here. Saw this site and thought it was pretty interesting, and gave it a try. It's fun and I'm currently working on a story. However, I'm getting a feeling I am doing something wrong with creating stories and editing them. If I am doing anything wrong so far, which I am sure I am, please tell me, okays?

-Bluedragon

So far, so good. I see nothing wrong with what you're doing. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 14:25, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

== A page making/organizing resource ==

First of all, I don't want to sound like a spammer or advertiser, but since I can code, I thought I'd make a resource for everyone who's interested.
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I've noticed when making games on here, that it's difficult to keep track of all your pages, and it's still hard to make them even with a mind map. So I made a rather unconventional, very small piece of software using Game Maker. Despite its not too standard interface. It provides an easy and efficient way to organize your pages. You can type and paste your page content into it and then automatically generate the pages in the correct format for this site.
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I in no way claim that I have ownership rights to the site. I only want to provide a resource for its users in order to make the creating process easier.
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The file is only 2.3MB.
Here's the download link(vs1) - [http://www.4shared.com/file/g5M6PSP2/CYOA_-_Page_Organizer.html]
--[[User:ImmortalDreams|ImmortalDreams]]
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'''New Features:'''
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Made page recognition easier by showing the link names instead of the page names for the disabled parallel fields of each choice.
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Added a ''Clear'' button to the description area.
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Added a feature where the active field is always highlighted.
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Added tab key support for faster navigation between fields.
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'''Bug Fixes:'''
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All of the proper link names show up in the generated code files. Before, all link names had been choice1's.
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The disabled child name(now link) fields no longer show a value of 0 when going to one page and back again.
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New download link(vs1.1) - [http://www.4shared.com/file/KF270foj/CYOA_-_Page_Organizer11.html]
--[[User:ImmortalDreams|ImmortalDreams]]

== Interaction ==

How can I communicate with other users of this site, so that we can conspire and work together. I am currently working on a story that is just to much for one person to handle, but I don't understand how I can talk with "helpers". I just don't get it!-- [[User: Cyclops|Cyclops]]

You can click on a user's name to view their profile page, then click on the "discussion" tab to see their talk page. If you post something on their talk page, they'll see an alert at the top of their screen. Hopefully, they'll click the alert, go to their talk page, and then write something back on your page. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 23:06, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

i think that there needs to be a few changes to this site. A chatroom. It would be very easy to find one online and embed it in a page. Also I believe there should be category pages where all the sci fi pages are in one place with links to it. Maybe on the mainpage, instead of links to very story, have links to the category listing. Finally I believe there should be something to let us rate pages (as in 4 out of 5 stars).
-[[User:Gartonia|Gartonia]]

The interaction between users does seem unusual (profile page->discussion...) There can be a better way surely?
Also, clicking on a user's name is not easy. For one, the pages don't have a author's link. Also, the person who wrote the last page in a story might be different from the author of the current page.
A link to the profile of the creator should be there on each page so one can easily click on it...
-[[User:BenchWarmer|BenchWarmer]]

A link to the profile of the creator ''is'' there on each page. Just click the History tab. There's a link to the profile page and to the discussion page of every user who's edited the page. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 19:43, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

== Salutations. ==

Hello, I am one of the new guys here. I just wanted to know if there are any rules that I must adhere to on this site. I mainly made an account just so that I was able to continue on a story that I saw on this website. Well anyway, If you can notify me, please do, Thank You.

== Salutations. ==

Hello, I am one of the new guys here. I just wanted to know if there are any rules that I must adhere to on this site. I mainly made an account just so that I was able to continue on a story that I saw on this website. Well anyway, If you can notify me, please do, Thank You.

== Linking to existing pages ==

How does one link back to an existing page, in effect creating a loop?

The same way you create a link to a new page: By enclosing the name of the page in square brackets. For example: <nowiki> [[Main Page]] </nowiki> links you to [[Main Page]].--[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 21:49, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

== Featured Story - A Dead Thing? ==

We're 8 days from the 8 month anniversary of the last time the Featured Story section was last updated. Who was last in charge of updating that? --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 07:24, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

The idea was proposed by [[User: Occono|Occono]], last seen in 2009. I said then that I had no objections to such a feature, but no intention of participating in it. Anyone volunteering? --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 18:19, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

As I understood it, anyone could edit the featured story section, no one in particular was responsible for keeping it reguarly updated. That being said, 8 months is an alarmingly long time. If we´re looking for a story right now to put on there "Megan" (which is already nominated) could do. Although that one might be a bit to... bloody disturbing, to be put there. Another one might be Battle Royal, which has a lot of pages. (Wait, did I just recomend Battle Royal over something else beacuse it was so bloody disturbing? Scary thought!).

Overall though, personally I´d want to put a quality story on the featured page. And the simply fact is that there arn´t enough quality storys on this site to maintain a one or two months switch around in my opinion. Also, personally, I´d also not like to see adulth storys be put there, which decresses the story-pool significantly.

--[[User:Fletcher Peninsula|Fletcher Peninsula]]

Woah, seriously? 8 months? That is amazing. Nevertheless it's a great thing that someone actually bothered to change it. It may be my story, but from 2012 onwards, I was surprised that [[Remember]] was still featured. Congratulations to TheElderOnes. It's been a long time coming, and now you've finally gotten the story featured. Nice.

--[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 30/06/2012

== Compressing the main page ==

I started compressing the main page into smaller sortable tables. I just finished the family friendly section, feel free to take over for me if you would like to do the next sections

The goal for all of these tables is to keep the list around 10 items, and then have a more stories page for each section. The simpest way to do this is to choose all stories that have 50+ pages. If that leads to too many stories, then make it 100+...

If a story is well written, and more than 50 pages, it should trump a story with more pages.

Also, please bring the adult section back to the home page with the top items from it. That is the most active section of the site, and it generates a lot of traffic from google.

--[[User:RobKohr|RobKohr]] 12:19, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

== Separate Wiki for Adult Content ==

I don't really like that adult stores are so easily accessible for people that come here looking for non-adult material, such as that they'll pop up as random pages, or can be seen in "Recent Changes". Is there any interest in branching Adult content off in to a separate Wiki, and maybe including a link the "Adult Section" in the side-bar? --[[User:Holvard|Holvard]] 19:56, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Unfortunately, the majority of the traffic here is looking for the Adult Content. Removing it or trying to bury it in some way would most likely kill off the non-adult content. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 20:16, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

How extreme is the majority? As far as I can tell, this is the only active site to make free interactive adult stories, so if there's that much interest I may try to make my own. --[[User:Holvard|Holvard]] 20:56, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Would it take a lot of work to put the adult content behind a disclaimer screen? As long as one had to go through the main page to access the adult site, it might actually ''increase'' traffic to the non-adult content, because people would feel better about, for instance, recommending it to children. People might feel more comfortable with the site in general if they felt sure that reasonable precautions were being taken. --[[User:LaedyRose|LaedyRose]] 9 April 2012

It could work through account settings, and then it being disabled by default, and the option for parental controls. Maybe even an option (that would have to be enabled through account settings) so that only one account could be tied to that IP, and these settings, after being enabled, could be disabled via a parental control password that is set up with the account, that could be different than the account's login password.
[[User:UZ9|UZ9]] 21:52, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

== Issues With the Site ==
I've noticed that Create Your Own Adventure pages tend to load slowly, and the last week or so, accessing the site at all has been touch and go. Is there any particular reason for this? Is there anything you or we can do about it, or do we just need to be patient? --[[User:LaedyRose|LaedyRose]] 9 April 2012

== Lag of site and page load limits ==
Is there a problem? When I first started contributing to this site it could sometimes be very slow, but I put that down to traffic at certain times of the day. In the morning in GMT (when the Americas are asleep!) it was usually pretty good. Now, though, I find it's terribly slow whenever I use it, often taking upwards of thirty seconds to a minute to load a single page. What's more, not infrequently it doesn't load the page at all and I instead get a "Uncached page load rate limit reached -> 3 per second;" message. After a couple of those (even if I've only been on the site for ~5 minutes and loaded three or four pages) I get a request to complete a Captcha: "Page loads per hour hit - limit 60. Reset limit by filling in this captcha:"

It seems that it's trying to load pages multiple times when I access them? That might explain why it's being so slow, too.

*There is indeed a problem: link spammers. RobKohr has had to deliberately slow down site responsiveness and include that captcha in the hopes of frustrating the spambots so maybe they'll go away and leave us alone. The messages you're seeing aren't because ''you're'' trying to load more than 3 pages per second. It's because the bots are trying to load far, far more pages than that per second. Do I like this solution? Not really. It's frustrating. Can anyone else think of a better one? --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 14:14, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

**You guys could require to creat a acc that is activaded by admin/mod to view the content, the login page should always come if a cookie isnt existing and the page itself could be a blank site with minmal text and a field to look in.

***You wouldn't even need to create an account to ''view'' the content (that would be counter-intuitive, since you want people to see it) but just to ''edit'' it. I know that's probably far from ideal because the whole point is the Wiki is free for everyone, but at the same time if it's being incredibly slow because of spambots then maybe it's a necessary step?

: Is there some reason that the normal solutions (for MediaWiki, let's say the Phalanx extension) can't be applied here? Spam is a rather indiscriminate reality of the Internet that sites are usually protected against without crippling themselves and hoping spambots will get frustrated and go away. They won't, but the users will. --[[User:KC Riley|KC Riley]] 13:06, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

== Linking pictures problems and other errors ==

Hello. In my various writing I try to place links to pictures to enhance the story experience. I've been doing this for months and months but lately the site has been completely blocking my ability to place links. The first time I try to post a page with a link it will force me to type in two words to verify that I'm human. After I type in the correct words it will attempt to post the page again but instead I will get this message: "You can only submit one page with a link in it per 20 minute period". Because of the human verification process I am completely unable to post links. I am fine with only posting one link per twenty minutes but the site has negated any way of posting links as the verification process eats up my one post per twenty minutes. As someone who uses the site often this is a major inconvenience.

Furthermore, if the human verification process doesn't stop my attempts at posting a link all the million of other error messages will. Errors such as site load limits or pages per hour or some such. These errors are never correct and seemingly random. I can stomach these messages and plod forward but they are a complete hindrance when it comes to posting links.

Please give me some assistance in this regard, I do not want to lose the function of placing links in my stories.

I have noticed this annoying tendency too. I tried to create a link to the CC-BY legal language, which is what I license my writing using, and find that, since I get the captcha thing, it blocks the link completely by telling me I can only do one external link per 20 minutes. So, it must say 1 time when I first submit, 1 time when I captcha and submit, meaning I can never do anything external. Like, say, link the CC-BY legal language for people to easily read the copyright terms, or provide a picture of an outfit I am thinking of, or whatever. Instead, I need to put a half link in so people can copy and paste, but not go to by directly clicking. Not sure how to get around this -.- --[[User:DirtyMeStoryTime|Dirty Me]] 04:45, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

== Hiya! Are people still active? ==

Hey guys. I'm Bloody and I just joined the site. I've noticed the discussion board is a little old, and just wanted to see if others were still active. Guess I just need a little reassurance that I'm not the only one. lol -Bloody

== Page loads per second hit - limit 2 ==

Has anyone else been getting this message a lot lately? [[User:AgentVincent|AgentVincent]] 21:32, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

Yes. I have. But I wait about 2 seconds and hit the "reload page" button, and it works. -- [[User:Teejay|Teejay]]

That page loads hit per second is extremely annoying. I'm a fast reader, and on short pages, it sometimes pops up. It does so constantly when I'm just trying to get back to pages inside of a story I want to edit or add more to. I also really dislike that "Page hits per hour" message. What's the point of having it? Maybe the site can do away with that? -- [[User:Sophos8|Sophos8]]

I don't like it either, but "throttling" the site is one of the techniques that RobKohr is using to frustrate the spam-bots that were filling the site with crap. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 20:21, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

It is driving me insane. I can't enjoy this site when everytime i click on another page i get this annoying message. I spend more time reading that than actual story.
And i just got it when i tried to add here....

lol, you should try checking through stories to see if they should be moved to the pit. I see that message so often it isn't funny D: --[[User:DirtyMeStoryTime|Dirty Me]] 14:00, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

its annoying as hell it would be nice if it was raised to 4

How does one "frustrate" a bot? If anything it will cause people actually interested in this site to turn away. There has to be a better way to do this.

== Image linking ==

Every time I try to link an image, it gives me:
"You can only submit one page with a link in it per 20 minute period."
This happens regardless of whether i add via hyperlinking or as a text url itself.

Any help would be very much appreciated.
My only other option for this is to upload images to this site, but I'm not sure if I can or not. But the editing tools does support adding images during editing so...
--[[User:Aelvir|Aelvir]] 15:33, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

== Chat Concept ==

Recently created, and in need of a public announcement. Feel free to use this link and open in separate tabs to keep it alive:<br> '''editthischat.chatango.com'''<br>
--[[User:Completionist|Completionist]] 22:24, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

== Mermaid games? ==

Can someone please make a adult section mermaid choose sex game or direct me to one... Thanks.

And i want it to be that you cant change into legs and are cught by fishermen.

Also make the girl mermaid choose a blonde girl.

And its set in a medieval world thats advanced on slavery and cross breeding and has mutant bugs.

Thanks.

==New here==

So I'm working on a story called [[Three sisters]] in the adult section. I'm just wondering if anyone is enjoying it as of yet, its still a WIP and there is still loads of work to be done with it. Anyway let me know if there are things you would like to see in it, or anything else.

-[[User:Tapdancingfish|Tapdancingfish]] 23:39, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

==I have questions==
Ive just joined but having been writting up my own story for months, i want to know if its possible to keep my story hidden from public until im ready for them to read it? Also is there anyway for me to revert unwanted edits by other users (to be honest i dont want any users editing my work unless its to fix grammar)?
[[User:Blitzbear93|Blitzbear93]] 14:01, 14 September 2014 (UTC)Blitzbear93
:Hi,
:I suggest that you create a wiki to write your story, then you blank the page in the last edit. Nobody can read it when opening your wiki, but you can easily retrieve your own story in the revision history page (clicking on the previous archived version). You cannot really prevent any user from editing, but whether it happens, you have the right to make reverts, too, so you can check your work periodically if you are worried about that. You may mention at the beginning of the story the following sentence :
:''Please do not change or add pages (unless you correct my orthography, which you are welcome to do). Thank you.''
:Good luck. -- [[User:Girl Mamtha|Girl Mamtha]] 20:10, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

== Linking to outside sites ==

So, I've been trying for over two hours to upload the first page of my my story. However, submissions with outside links can only be submitted once every 20 minutes, a common sense policy I have no issues with. My problem comes when the first submission attempt loads the page again with a captcha to prove I'm not a spam bot. Entering the captcha, I discover that triggering the Captcha counts as a story submission and makes me wait 20 minutes before I can actually submit it. Annoying, but okay. I wait the 20 minutes, hit submit, and discover that my login has timed out. I log in again to discover that being informed that I timed out COUNTS AS A GODDAMN STORY SUBMISSION. I went around this loop AGAIN, keeping track of the time in an attempt to not have to repeat it, with no more success. It should not be this hard to link to a goddamn discussion/writers collaboration thread on another website.

Oh, and hitting submit and being told you have to wait ALSO counts, so if you misjudge by one minute, you have to wait EVEN MORE.

EDIT: After another 40 minutes of trying, I have given up and removed the link. This Kraken shall be wrestled another day.

== Is this websites community still active? ==

A few years back I used to frequently use this website a lot, I never had an account though.
Now I want to contribute stories and etc.
But I'm worried the hay day of this website is over.
How active is this community?

Tapdancingfish- 2/19/2015
I'm still around and a few others, dunno how active the site is as I don't see updates very often.

== New here! Started a story! "My Worlds" ==

I'm new here so I don't know if the site is still very active.
If yes then help if you want with my story, My Worlds.
I suck at grammar so help with that too.

==Still seeing if people are around==
Site seemed dead for awhile but you never know if people are lurking around out there. If you are give a shout out, if not, well then you can't read this.

-[[User:Noseknows|Noseknows]] 8:31, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

Oh man, this site was much busier back in the day. I really hope the website's community bounces back again, it'd probably motivate me to write once more and finish Remember. If not, i'll just return to checking in every few months.

-[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 16:17, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
: Seems there is great interest in reviving this site, or one that is similar, but perhaps at a site that is better maintained? If enough project participants were interested, you could request CYOS.wiki at Wiki.wiki (that's the URL) and have it hosted there for free. You could either start from scratch or migrate over any content of interest. -[[User:JOR|JOR]] 21:06, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Talk:Main Page

2015-09-25T20:00:42Z

RobKohr: /* Removed pedo stories */

Older discussions started before 2010 have been moved to an [[Talk:Main Page/Archive1|archive page]].

==Removed pedo stories==
I created a filter for the story pedo__romp (with only 1 underscore, but used 2 underscores to get through my own filter). After a little research this content would be considered illegal as obscene even though it was only in text form.

I don't monitor the content on the site, but this was pointed out to me by a user. If you find any content explicitly related to sex with a minor, please remove it or edit it. --[[User:RobKohr|RobKohr]] 20:00, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

== An Idea For A Perfect Game Of Thrones Story ==
Hello dear users of C.Y.O.A, I know how our precious site works and I would like to announce you that I am about to write a big and great story, in the Universe of A Song Of Ice And Fire book series. Anyone who would like to help me in this story, please contact me via Skype (sarp.kaya12) or [[User talk:Potato King|edit my talk page]].

== Why are there no cows in the story Furry World? ==
-- Jasper --

I hope I can find some friends and even get help with my story. Looking forward.

Edit: Check it Out! [[An Interactive Game Of Thrones Story]]

-- [[User:Potato King|Potato King]] , 05.08.2015, 15:03 (GMT+2)

== How to start my own ==
I'm new and I have no idea how to start my own story.

==HELP==
Could some people please help me write *[[time machine]]

==Rules?==
Hi, I'm fairly new here. I'm wondering, is there anything that is not allowed in stories/on site? I just don't want my stuff deleted. -Creat0r

==Just some trouble==

Hi there, I've been writing a C.Y.O.A. and I'm having the problem that I've set three options on my first page; Male, Female and Other. These redirect to different C.Y.O.A.s and it is rather irritating that when I try to chose the male option to advance it comes up with a selection of emo guys that I can use, from a different Catagory. Any help would be appreciated as I will not be able to advance in my writings until it is fixed.

Thank you in advance
--Xuan Tian Shang Ti

Xuan, I had that same problem on my new CYAO. This happens because someone else is already using this as a category name, so it will keep redirecting to their story. It helps to use your story's name in front of the choices or to put a specific phrasingthat noone has used yet.
For instance say your story is Smurfs in Ireland and you want to give people the choice of being a male or female. You could put Smurfs In Ireland: Male, or I want to be a male smurf
Hope this helps for anyone else with the same problem.

==Main Page Stories==

What constitutes a story being on the main page? It seems like people just throw theirs on there. [[User:Theotherguy|Theotherguy]] 07:10, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

We're trying to only include a small, representative sampling on the Main Page. Yes, some people are throwing theirs on there, but those stories are being thrown back off when they're spotted. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 11:25, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

By my understanding, the story has to be of a quality that it can be 'considered' for a feature, not necessarily featured, but close or at the level. By the way, great to see someone took the initiative and did this, the site really needed some tidying. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 13 September 2012

Maybe we should make specific guidelines? Must be this many pages, this quality of writing, etc. etc. [[User:Theotherguy|Theotherguy]] 23:14, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Well I would suggest at least having the minimum amount of pages be set to 50, besides the 'Quizzes and Challenges' Section. I'm not sure about the quality of writing, as long as it is understandable and entertaining. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] September 14 2012

== Main Page and Its Length ==

I'm sure most of you here have noticed this already, but I'd like to just point out. The Main Page is ever growing in it's length. That's great news! That means more adventures, but it comes at a price. The overall size of the page. I thought I'd do a little experiment and see how long it would take me to scroll down from the top to the very bottom. It took me more than 10 seconds. That is a ridiculously long time. Only fine for social media sites such as Facebook.

What I'm suggesting is that we need to find a way to successfully organize the Main Page to which the size of it is significantly less, while not having it link off into other pages. Such as replacing the sections with say Collapsible Tables [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Collapsing], so then you can choose which sections you want to look at, perhaps even placing sub tables on top of that.

Heyoeveryone 12:02, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

It's certainly worth looking into. But bear in mind that newbies constantly screw up even the limited formatting currently on the Main Page. Any further complications to the coding will mean even more intense monitoring and reverting. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 15:56, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Ahh, true. I barely know coding myself, but new people constantly make stories, and sooner or later, mistakes will be made, and those beloved tables will be disfigured. It is possible though, and if someone were able just to implement this idea, it will do wonders for this site. I don't go on often, but when I do, I always notice how long the Main Page is.

So, '''IF''' anyone is willing to do this, then by all means, go ahead, it will do wonders for the site, I suggest you ask Platypus though.

--Heyoeveryone 06:05, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

== YouTube Idea ==

I have been a fan of this site for a while. I am an experienced actor and had the idea of adapting some of these stories to YouTube. Essentially, it would be an audiobook of the story where you click a link at the end of the video to make your choice (leading you to the next part of the story). I would like to try it with a shorter story first. If you have a short, well written CYOA story and are interested in sharing your story on YouTube, please let me know your username, the name of the story, and that I have your permission to record it and put it on YouTube (right below this post) . I would also be happy to hear any input on this idea.
-AlexCW

I know a lot about doing that kind of thing, it would be really great if it was animated or something like that. If you need any help working with Youtube CYOAs I can certainly help. I can also do (some) animation if you want. -Creat0r

I think this would be awesome! Guys I don't know how long this thread was posted but I would like to continue it. You know in the you adventure stories or something like that you flip to a page to continue? Well, maybe it should be one or two long videos that you pause at choices and the choices have the time you skip to. I might make a video like this on my YouTube! Awesome idea.
- [[KateFleet]] [[ YouTube : FleetGaming ]]

== Family-Friendly Section, Not Family-Friendly ==

I recently noticed that about 10 new stories were made, and each of them looked like they should be in the 10+ section. How is stealing a car family friendly? Or discouraging school? Seriously, If I see one more story like that being made, it's going straight to PG-13.
Note: I am 11 years old, and I don't even think that those stories are appropriate for my age!--[[User:903860|The Adenster]] 01:05, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Adenster, family-friendly is generally a relative term. While I dont know the particular stories you speak of, discouraging school or stealing a car CAN be used in a family setting IE. one character has a Huckleberry Finn-ish tendency to skip school and the car can be used as a life lesson piece. Terms like Family-Friendly vary greatly from person to person and are entirely dependent on perception. For example some people believe in spanking their children whilst others dont. One side would consider it "Family-Friendly" whilst the other group would not. Generally if things such as car-stealing or such occur it can be acceptable if put in perspective and used in the context of the story. --[[User:BFEL|BFEL]] 12:13, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

== New Category ==
I just had a really great idea, maybe a new category can be made for just new stories, called Not Rated Yet, or whatever. Then, where the story is placed can be decided by somebody, so that sections like "Family-Friendly" are not so populated with stories that aren't appropriate.--[[User:903860|The Adenster]] 01:23, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Your points are well taken, and this new group of writers is not writing family friendly material, but I'm somewhat averse to creating a Not Yet Rated section for ''somebody'' to rate, because there's only one sysop active on this site. My time is limited and I like to get in a little bit of time to work on my own writing. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 03:02, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

I myself would be interested in assisting with this, Platypus. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 03:28, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, maybe ratings could be incoporated into reviews. That way unrated stories can move and get a review simultaneously.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 10:52, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

== About story page links ==
I'm kind of a perfectionist and it just hurts my eyes to see the story page links not formatted properly. It's either because people are too lazy or just not well enough informed on how to create proper links. Most pages have something like this:
* <nowiki>[[Story Name-Page Name]]</nowiki> = [[Story Name-Page Name]]
* <nowiki>[[Story Name/Page Name]]</nowiki> = [[Story Name/Page Name]]
* <nowiki>[[Story Name: Page Name]]</nowiki> = [[Story Name: Page Name]]
And so on. What I'd like to see is this:
* <nowiki>[[Story Name/Page Name|Display Name]]</nowiki> = [[Story Name/Page Name|Display Name]]
* <nowiki>[[Story Name/Character: Page Name|Display Name]]</nowiki> = [[Story Name/Character: Page Name|Display Name]]
The '''Display Name''' field makes the link show as that to the user, while still linking to the '''Story Name/Page Name''' page. This kind of naming makes the story pages look a lot better while still keeping the pages properly sorted out. I think this is explained on the main page, but it seems a bit unclear. Maybe it could be improved? --[[User:Dreama|Dreama]] 16:00, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

It is discussed in the [[Tutorial]], but sometimes it seems as if some of the people who want to write here aren't capable of reading.

Mostly, I like to see consistency within any given story. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 21:16, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Is there a way to get the Category page to display just the page names? In my story, I use the <nowiki>[[Story Name/Page Name|Page Name]]</nowiki> idiom, but the category page shows every page with the story prefix and they are all grouped under the same header. --[[User:Shiine|Shiine]] 8:50, 5 July 2010

I don't know a way of changing the way the page names are displayed on the Category page, but if you categorize each individual page as <nowiki>[[Category:Story Name|Page Name]] </nowiki>, then the Category page will aphabetize based on whatever you tell it the Page Name is, regardless of what the page name displays as. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 19:10, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

I added a section to [[Tutorial/sleep|the tutorial]] about using the sort key in the category field. --[[User:Shiine|Shiine]] 23:40, 10 Aug 2010

== problems with the search bar ==

Hello, I just want to say that there seems to be a problem with the search, whenever I type a requist in it comes back with no results, I tried using the report a bug feature but the appears to be broken. --[[User:Tricrotic|Tricrotic]] 11:57, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, the search bar only works when you type in the exact title of a story. Granted, there is a place where you search for pages that begin with _______, that should be the automatic search engine. I don't know much about programming, but it really shouldn't be too hard to move a program that's already been created, just to a different, more accessible place. - veri_disquo (2014)

==New Story==

If you guys remember me from way back, I used to use this site a lot, then suddenly stopped. Well, I'm back (again), and I've started a new story titled [[Cell]]. I look forward to the reviews of this CYOA story, as it goes through the process of Evolution.--[[User:blablob|blablob]]

Are you still working on it? --[[user:blamblegam]]

==Questions==
Are the stories in here copyrighted in anyway? If I want to feature one on a website, can do I need permission of the author or is it public material?

The stories here aren't copyrighted. But it might be polite to mention your intentions to the author beforehand. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 22:53, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

If the story is in the Pit, can you edit the story to be in a different category? Because, for this story that I have been editing, I wish to change the maturity since its hard to keep track of every link you put. The Lost City of Atlantice is the story i had been working on for a bit and some of the tags that were created aren't really in the category. Plus, some of my ideas fit into other categories. What should I do? --[[User:sayrppoetry/sayrppoetry]]

If you retrieve a story from the Pit, feel free to up its maturity level as needed. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 22:51, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

== Status functionality? ==

The tutorial mentions status functionality as if you are able to use variables, but there was no information on how to perform operations on variables (You know, add, subtract, that sort of thing.) I looked for an article on the issue but didn't find any. Is this functionality available?

No. You can not perform operations on the variables. You have to do any adding and subtracting manually on the next page, and if you want options where you have different values for the variables, you have to create multiple paths. --[[User:Rawar|Rawar]] 19:27, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

BTW: I was wanting to experiment with status stuff, so I ended up creating a template page for the [[sandbox]]. Since you can't delete pages, and this might be useful, I replaced it with a basic status bar and left it in the sandbox. I hope others find it useful. --[[User:Shiine|Shiine]] 04:27, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

== New here, and want to know a few things about editting. ==

I joined today and want to know if it is okay for me to go through stories fixing some grammar mistakes and spelling. (not that I a grammar freak or saying I am perfect myself.) Some stories i looked at had a dozen mistakes a page and that is just bad for the site. See [[DUDE WHERES MY CAR]], I fixed the main page, leaving in the repitive sentence structure because I was unsure if I should change that. The next pages I looked at were equally plagued. Is there a way to catergorize stories as "being a pain to read because of mistakes"? I did not mean chnaging content, simplly fixing sloppy mistakes. To be sure, I am not planning on reading every story on here to be an English jainitor. I just wondered whose job these things were, Thanks. ~[[User:RandyRift|RandyRift]]

I’m not an admin or anything but…

There is no real problem or rule against editing pages, especially grammar correction. If you want to fix stories then that’s alright. Hell, even adding new stuff to the story is fine in most cases.
The problem with this site is that there are some users who create crappy stories with five pages that have no real plot or proper grammar. People work on their story for a day then leave resulting in many poor stories with no real purpose. So if you want to fix stories then go for it.

--[[User:Fletcher Peninsula|Fletcher Peninsula]]

Unfortunately, there are far too many ungrammatical writers out there for me to repair all the things they post. I am the only active sysop here, and I don't object to anyone trying fix grammar around the site. We were recently invaded by a Canadian school whose students wanted the thrill of posting on the web despite the fact that many of them had a poor grasp of English. Their teacher's help made many things worse, not better. But since they seem to have left, many of their stories are going to be getting moved to the Pit of Abandonned Stories soon. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 01:21, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

I have another question, why is it that on the category page, (for my story) when I am logged in I see 90 pages, but when not logged in I see 78? (the page lists only that many.) ~[[User:RandyRift|RR]] 3 April 2010

== Pictures and Copyrights ==
I'm not very familiar with finding out what kind of copyrights some picture has on the web and what pictures are free to be posted here, for example, and what pictures may be freely copied and even uploaded here to be displayed. So far I've only been directly linking to pictures on Wikipedia (in very rare occasions anyway), but that's very limited. Anyone know better? --[[User:Dreama|Dreama]] 22:56, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

The safest thing is to upload your own pictures to photobucket or something. However, there are several free stock photo and picture sites out there. My favorite is http://www.sxc.hu/ . However, make sure you read the licenses for the photos before using them or linking to them! --[[User:Rawar|Rawar]] 00:42, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

There's thousands of free stock photos on [http://www.dreamstime.com/free-photos Dreamstime.com]. Just resize them to a width of 800 for web use. -- [[User:ImmortalDreams|ImmortalDreams]]

== A portrait of an American Girl Named Myra. ==

If you like the story idea, please help create a scenario for Myra. Remember, do not edit or add onto anyone else's scenario. Create a small one of your own. It doesn't have to be deep! Thank you for contributing!

She ought to wear a funky fruit hat. She's 12, was living with her mother in Maine, dad's a deadbeat, moves to Oklahoma for no apparent reason, uncovers alien conspiracy there. Turns out her mother's been replaced by an evil space automaton. She must team up with her drunken embarassment of a father to rescue her from a Dick Dastardly-esque villain who brought the aliens here with a magical voodoo portal, and then find a way to close said portal. Along the way, she learns important lessons regarding metaphysical idealism and beef Wellington. --[[User:Nalanhata|Nalanhata]], June 18

== Moving a page ==

Is there a way to move pages? I've looking over a story with terrible spelling problems and [[Tour_the_town|this page]] links to [[A little Tatoo paurlor]] which should be fixed. -- [[User:TheRick|TheRick]] 05:26, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

The page-moving function had to be disabled due to malicious vandals. However, what you can do is copy the text in the mis-named page, blank that page, edit the page with the mis-named link, and paste the text onto a new page with the correctly spelled name. Then I'll delete the blanked page. I'm the only one who can do deletions. And I do appreciate anyone who actually wants to do some work tidying up the place. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 11:56, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

== Old Geezer ==

I'm still having problems with editing Lady Helsing as it says Permission error" when l try to
edit it.

First of all make sure you are logged in... next... if you have been on a single page writing for too long it will automatically log you out so right click copy anything you have if you need to re-log in --[[User:Mezzo|Mezzo]] 17:12, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

== Tags? ==
What are the tags supposed to do? Because the ones that are for this one are 'porn or death'. --[[User:Heyoeveryone]]

== Severe lag of site? ==

Anybody else getting loadtimes of upwards of 5 minutes (multiple refreshes included) for even the shortest of pages?

If so, I think I know why. Remember, this is only a guess (although it's one with backup). I noticed my browser (Chrome) seems to hang on loading the info from TagNimbus, so I tried to visit the TagNimbus site. It seems to be down or dead, and a look at www.IsUp.me told me the whole site seemed to be down for others, too.

If it's down, any chance of getting in touch with the owner to restore it? Otherwise, if TagNimbus is finall- I mean unfortunately dead, can we just remove the thing anyways? It didn't seem to change anything and was abused to tag pages with irrelevant tags...

But hey, this is all the rambling of one author who just hopes to get the site working so he can get back to writing the gore story he was in the middle of... --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 06:27, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

==Hello==

Hello. Just wanted to say this site looks really cool and interesting, I really look forward to helping stories along or even starting some once I get the hang of it.

I should know though, are there any particular rules or anything that aren't immediately obvious or that are mentioned? And where should I start? Any advice for a newbie would be very appreciated. The site is a little unnecessarily complicated.

Heyo whoever you are! Best thing you should start on is probably continuing on stories that have been started, but after 10 pages, the author has quit. If you really want to begin a new story, i suggest planning it before you actually type it all out. In your plan you should have: the main storyline, the seperate endings, and of course the characters who are going to be in the story.
-- [[User:Heyoeveryone]] 3 September 2011

You should try mind mapping. It's a great way to make branching plot lines. -- [[User:ImmortalDreams|ImmortalDreams]]

It's bad to add to the number of all the carcasses you can see on the Main Page. Save those, or if you prefer, get the more severely rotting ones that we lumped in the Pit to decompose. Unfortunately, stories are hard to get rid of, so save them from non-authorship before it's too late. It also makes it easier, since you'd agree with the storyline from the beginning, whereas others end up left behind because there's a lock on the whole thing. For Example, everything might lead to a standstill after everything directs to a page. The rest of the plot is a mystery and starts rotting. Simply because the author him/her self doesn't know how it ends.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 14:58, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

== Template Appearance Problem ==

The templates for my story [[War Pigs]] are coming out all wrong in IE 9, but they look fine in Firefox. Can anybody explain why? It would be greatly appreciated. --[[User:AgentVincent|AgentVincent]] 03:55, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

The problem is probably that it's IE9. IE9 enjoys shitting all over everything nice looking on the internet. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 15:47, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

== The whole "Anon" thing. ==

Anyone else amused by this? Three brief little "attacks" (if you even want to call them that) with an empty threat? I dunno, I guess it just struck me as pathetic and funny. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 06:26, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Yea a real dumbass, but thank God he didn´t write any pages, those would have been real '''attacks''' on the site! :)

[[User:Fletcher Peninsula|Fletcher Peninsula]]

== Pictures ==

I noticed that there was an embedded image button. Being a photo editor, such as myself, I jumped at the idea of adding a picture where they could be used. Unfortunately it says that file adding is disabled. I looked through the General Discussion and i realize that you have had "attacks" in the past but is there a chance that they could be re-added?

--[[User:Aegisofawakening|Aegisofawakening]] 01:58, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Actually, file adding was disabled due to server-size limitations, not due to attacks. But images can still be displayed on pages, even if the file itself cannot become part of this site. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 04:09, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

== Thanks! ==

I'd just like to say thank you so much!!! Why? Well, a few years back i wrote a few tales ([[Girlngirl High]], [[All Alone]] and [[Teehee!]]). I thought, no way were these stories would ever become hits, all of them are less than 100 pages! And i never finished any of them. So i decided to quit the site for 2 years. Today, i decided to go on and look at my stories, see how they've turned out.

I looked down to find out that '''every story i've made has gotten over 1000 views on the first page, with the most being 20 000!!!''' I was just amazed at how my stories were this popular. So i'd just like to say THANK YOU!! I've given the job of continuing the stories to my friend [[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]]. He's a very good friend of mine and he said he'd love to take over. So once again, thank you so much for your support throughout these past 2 years. Also thanks to those people who added pages onto my stories. If you'd like to work on these stories, just ask Heyo for permission and he should promptly allow you.

Am i coming back? Nah. Well maybe. --[[User:Unkowhero23]]

Actually, you don't need my permission. Just make sure that you don't have many grammatical and spelling errors, and that the pages aren't just one or two sentences. Those are terrible, and with the load times of the site sometimes, you want something more than just that.

--[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 5th September, 2011

== Spam ==

What's with all the random advertisements lately? It's actually more of a nuisance than those Anon people a little while back. Is this site really such a big deal that people need to go around and post all these ads? - [[User:Jamesparker|Jamesparker]], September 23, 2011

Ad's? Where? Link them here. It's best if you name and shame them, and so that their account will be quickly deleted off the site. And I guess it is such a big deal. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 9 October 2011

== Mature, Adult, Bad Taste ==

A suggestion, if you will. Maybe the mature, adult and bad taste story listings should be collectively put on a sub-page separate from the main page? On reflection, maybe only the Adult and Bad Taste ones. Those wishing to see those stories wouldn't have any trouble finding them by following the link (from the main page), and it'd render the main page free of offensive language and titles. Everybody wins? What'd'y'all think? [[User:JackalRobot|JackalRobot]] 21:12, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

I have been giving the idea consideration, especially as some people would prefer not to be exposed to even the titles of some of the Adult stories. And it would help reduce the sheer size of the Main Page. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 00:41, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

Despite my own story preferences, I agree. I always thought it odd (and not a little family-unfriendly) to give almost equal weight to kiddie stories as well as possibly very kinky adult stuff. As long as you can always go directly to any given page (through a browser bookmark perhaps) I actually suggest adult stories are kept behind a disclaimer screen of some sort.
[[User:Anedwcan|Anedwcan]] 19:48, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Also, it can broaden the areas for the Adult Stories and free the titles. Then there could be another sub-group for the mild content.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 14:52, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

That is a great idea you have there, and it would be nice to see this happen. However there is a huge flaw I see in this. Recent Changes would still show everything be it a kids story about a kitten, or an adult story about bestiality.--[[User:Yihman1|Yihman1]] 07:04, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

I have a "Mature" (R rated) story I am writing. I am considering adding a storyline in which the character gets raped offscreen. Is that too intense for "Mature"? Should I post the beginning of the storyline, and the page that links to it, here to be vetted? --[[User:LaedyRose|LaedyRose]]

I don't think an offscreen rape would necessarily need to be put in the Adult section. At least the Mature section, certainly. It depends on how much detail you put in. You might want to put a warning at the beginning of the storyline, simply because rape is a special kind of evil and will break (or make) the story for some readers. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 01:34, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

== Feedback For My Stories ==

Hi! I'm new here, and I'm starting my first story, [[Transformers: War Between Two Worlds]]. I wasn't sure if it should go in the Family Friendly Section or the PG13 Section, so I put it in Family Friendly. If you have any feedback, read what I have so far and post it here. This story will take me a while, but as soon as I'm done, I'll get started on another one. Also, would anyone like to team up with me on a story? I'm guessing most of you will think I'm crazy, but it's good to check. TEAMWORK RULES! I'm not that smart when it comes to wiki editing, so if there's a place where this page would better fit, then please tell me here.

Feedback:

New Ideas (for my future stories):

Edit Requests (If you would like permission to edit one of my stories, put your username here):

-[[User:AwesomeSauce2233475]]

Sorry about putting my page in the wrong place, Platypus. How do you reach the user page?

== Finding A Story ==

Hi everyone.

Just a quickie.

1) Is there a story that focuses on something like a haunted house/mansion/what-have-you somewhere? I've skimmed the titles but nothing popped out at me and I've been reading here and there but even though most stories seem to only be like 5-10 pages the sheer number of them means I haven't had a chance to check them all and was hoping someone who'd been around longer knew of one and could point me in the right direction?

-- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt. Devonin]]

: I don't know of such a story, but this brings up an issue I've been meaning to: it's awfully hard for someone to find anything they might be looking for, if they haven't seen it already. I'm wondering if the allowance of short synopses has been discussed before, or perhaps if we might create categories like [[:Category:Stories that feature supernatural characters|stories that feature supernatural characters]] or [[:Category:Stories that take place in haunted houses|stories that take place in haunted houses]].

: --[[User:KC Riley|KC Riley]] 03:39, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Well, [[Madman's Mansion]] isn't haunted but its the best one I know of that involves a proper what-have-you-somewhere and decent story length and grammar and punctustion and so on.

--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 14:49, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Also, how about this: when you enter the main page, there is a link to each level of the stories, then, you can continue on into sub-groups of Ghost, Sci-Fi, Quest, Tragedy, or something like that.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 13:55, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

== How to know people are watching? ==

I'm new here, and recently finished a short story.

But how do I tell if anyone is seeing it? Is there a place on this website to get feedback on the stories?

Thanks

You can see at the bottom of each page how many times the page has been accessed. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 07:16, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Platypus, is this still true? I have looked at my page, and do not see a number for how many times it has been accessed. Or was this removed? --[[User:DirtyMeStoryTime|Dirty Me]] 12:20, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

Yes, unfortunately, this isn't currently active. It was always nice to know how often a page has been accessed. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 15:38, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

== Something wrong? ==

Hi, I'm new here. Saw this site and thought it was pretty interesting, and gave it a try. It's fun and I'm currently working on a story. However, I'm getting a feeling I am doing something wrong with creating stories and editing them. If I am doing anything wrong so far, which I am sure I am, please tell me, okays?

-Bluedragon

So far, so good. I see nothing wrong with what you're doing. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 14:25, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

== A page making/organizing resource ==

First of all, I don't want to sound like a spammer or advertiser, but since I can code, I thought I'd make a resource for everyone who's interested.
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I've noticed when making games on here, that it's difficult to keep track of all your pages, and it's still hard to make them even with a mind map. So I made a rather unconventional, very small piece of software using Game Maker. Despite its not too standard interface. It provides an easy and efficient way to organize your pages. You can type and paste your page content into it and then automatically generate the pages in the correct format for this site.
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I in no way claim that I have ownership rights to the site. I only want to provide a resource for its users in order to make the creating process easier.
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The file is only 2.3MB.
Here's the download link(vs1) - [http://www.4shared.com/file/g5M6PSP2/CYOA_-_Page_Organizer.html]
--[[User:ImmortalDreams|ImmortalDreams]]
<br>
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'''New Features:'''
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Made page recognition easier by showing the link names instead of the page names for the disabled parallel fields of each choice.
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Added a ''Clear'' button to the description area.
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Added a feature where the active field is always highlighted.
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Added tab key support for faster navigation between fields.
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'''Bug Fixes:'''
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All of the proper link names show up in the generated code files. Before, all link names had been choice1's.
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The disabled child name(now link) fields no longer show a value of 0 when going to one page and back again.
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New download link(vs1.1) - [http://www.4shared.com/file/KF270foj/CYOA_-_Page_Organizer11.html]
--[[User:ImmortalDreams|ImmortalDreams]]

== Interaction ==

How can I communicate with other users of this site, so that we can conspire and work together. I am currently working on a story that is just to much for one person to handle, but I don't understand how I can talk with "helpers". I just don't get it!-- [[User: Cyclops|Cyclops]]

You can click on a user's name to view their profile page, then click on the "discussion" tab to see their talk page. If you post something on their talk page, they'll see an alert at the top of their screen. Hopefully, they'll click the alert, go to their talk page, and then write something back on your page. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 23:06, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

i think that there needs to be a few changes to this site. A chatroom. It would be very easy to find one online and embed it in a page. Also I believe there should be category pages where all the sci fi pages are in one place with links to it. Maybe on the mainpage, instead of links to very story, have links to the category listing. Finally I believe there should be something to let us rate pages (as in 4 out of 5 stars).
-[[User:Gartonia|Gartonia]]

The interaction between users does seem unusual (profile page->discussion...) There can be a better way surely?
Also, clicking on a user's name is not easy. For one, the pages don't have a author's link. Also, the person who wrote the last page in a story might be different from the author of the current page.
A link to the profile of the creator should be there on each page so one can easily click on it...
-[[User:BenchWarmer|BenchWarmer]]

A link to the profile of the creator ''is'' there on each page. Just click the History tab. There's a link to the profile page and to the discussion page of every user who's edited the page. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 19:43, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

== Salutations. ==

Hello, I am one of the new guys here. I just wanted to know if there are any rules that I must adhere to on this site. I mainly made an account just so that I was able to continue on a story that I saw on this website. Well anyway, If you can notify me, please do, Thank You.

== Salutations. ==

Hello, I am one of the new guys here. I just wanted to know if there are any rules that I must adhere to on this site. I mainly made an account just so that I was able to continue on a story that I saw on this website. Well anyway, If you can notify me, please do, Thank You.

== Linking to existing pages ==

How does one link back to an existing page, in effect creating a loop?

The same way you create a link to a new page: By enclosing the name of the page in square brackets. For example: <nowiki> [[Main Page]] </nowiki> links you to [[Main Page]].--[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 21:49, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

== Featured Story - A Dead Thing? ==

We're 8 days from the 8 month anniversary of the last time the Featured Story section was last updated. Who was last in charge of updating that? --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 07:24, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

The idea was proposed by [[User: Occono|Occono]], last seen in 2009. I said then that I had no objections to such a feature, but no intention of participating in it. Anyone volunteering? --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 18:19, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

As I understood it, anyone could edit the featured story section, no one in particular was responsible for keeping it reguarly updated. That being said, 8 months is an alarmingly long time. If we´re looking for a story right now to put on there "Megan" (which is already nominated) could do. Although that one might be a bit to... bloody disturbing, to be put there. Another one might be Battle Royal, which has a lot of pages. (Wait, did I just recomend Battle Royal over something else beacuse it was so bloody disturbing? Scary thought!).

Overall though, personally I´d want to put a quality story on the featured page. And the simply fact is that there arn´t enough quality storys on this site to maintain a one or two months switch around in my opinion. Also, personally, I´d also not like to see adulth storys be put there, which decresses the story-pool significantly.

--[[User:Fletcher Peninsula|Fletcher Peninsula]]

Woah, seriously? 8 months? That is amazing. Nevertheless it's a great thing that someone actually bothered to change it. It may be my story, but from 2012 onwards, I was surprised that [[Remember]] was still featured. Congratulations to TheElderOnes. It's been a long time coming, and now you've finally gotten the story featured. Nice.

--[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 30/06/2012

== Compressing the main page ==

I started compressing the main page into smaller sortable tables. I just finished the family friendly section, feel free to take over for me if you would like to do the next sections

The goal for all of these tables is to keep the list around 10 items, and then have a more stories page for each section. The simpest way to do this is to choose all stories that have 50+ pages. If that leads to too many stories, then make it 100+...

If a story is well written, and more than 50 pages, it should trump a story with more pages.

Also, please bring the adult section back to the home page with the top items from it. That is the most active section of the site, and it generates a lot of traffic from google.

--[[User:RobKohr|RobKohr]] 12:19, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

== Separate Wiki for Adult Content ==

I don't really like that adult stores are so easily accessible for people that come here looking for non-adult material, such as that they'll pop up as random pages, or can be seen in "Recent Changes". Is there any interest in branching Adult content off in to a separate Wiki, and maybe including a link the "Adult Section" in the side-bar? --[[User:Holvard|Holvard]] 19:56, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Unfortunately, the majority of the traffic here is looking for the Adult Content. Removing it or trying to bury it in some way would most likely kill off the non-adult content. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 20:16, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

How extreme is the majority? As far as I can tell, this is the only active site to make free interactive adult stories, so if there's that much interest I may try to make my own. --[[User:Holvard|Holvard]] 20:56, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Would it take a lot of work to put the adult content behind a disclaimer screen? As long as one had to go through the main page to access the adult site, it might actually ''increase'' traffic to the non-adult content, because people would feel better about, for instance, recommending it to children. People might feel more comfortable with the site in general if they felt sure that reasonable precautions were being taken. --[[User:LaedyRose|LaedyRose]] 9 April 2012

It could work through account settings, and then it being disabled by default, and the option for parental controls. Maybe even an option (that would have to be enabled through account settings) so that only one account could be tied to that IP, and these settings, after being enabled, could be disabled via a parental control password that is set up with the account, that could be different than the account's login password.
[[User:UZ9|UZ9]] 21:52, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

== Issues With the Site ==
I've noticed that Create Your Own Adventure pages tend to load slowly, and the last week or so, accessing the site at all has been touch and go. Is there any particular reason for this? Is there anything you or we can do about it, or do we just need to be patient? --[[User:LaedyRose|LaedyRose]] 9 April 2012

== Lag of site and page load limits ==
Is there a problem? When I first started contributing to this site it could sometimes be very slow, but I put that down to traffic at certain times of the day. In the morning in GMT (when the Americas are asleep!) it was usually pretty good. Now, though, I find it's terribly slow whenever I use it, often taking upwards of thirty seconds to a minute to load a single page. What's more, not infrequently it doesn't load the page at all and I instead get a "Uncached page load rate limit reached -> 3 per second;" message. After a couple of those (even if I've only been on the site for ~5 minutes and loaded three or four pages) I get a request to complete a Captcha: "Page loads per hour hit - limit 60. Reset limit by filling in this captcha:"

It seems that it's trying to load pages multiple times when I access them? That might explain why it's being so slow, too.

*There is indeed a problem: link spammers. RobKohr has had to deliberately slow down site responsiveness and include that captcha in the hopes of frustrating the spambots so maybe they'll go away and leave us alone. The messages you're seeing aren't because ''you're'' trying to load more than 3 pages per second. It's because the bots are trying to load far, far more pages than that per second. Do I like this solution? Not really. It's frustrating. Can anyone else think of a better one? --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 14:14, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

**You guys could require to creat a acc that is activaded by admin/mod to view the content, the login page should always come if a cookie isnt existing and the page itself could be a blank site with minmal text and a field to look in.

***You wouldn't even need to create an account to ''view'' the content (that would be counter-intuitive, since you want people to see it) but just to ''edit'' it. I know that's probably far from ideal because the whole point is the Wiki is free for everyone, but at the same time if it's being incredibly slow because of spambots then maybe it's a necessary step?

: Is there some reason that the normal solutions (for MediaWiki, let's say the Phalanx extension) can't be applied here? Spam is a rather indiscriminate reality of the Internet that sites are usually protected against without crippling themselves and hoping spambots will get frustrated and go away. They won't, but the users will. --[[User:KC Riley|KC Riley]] 13:06, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

== Linking pictures problems and other errors ==

Hello. In my various writing I try to place links to pictures to enhance the story experience. I've been doing this for months and months but lately the site has been completely blocking my ability to place links. The first time I try to post a page with a link it will force me to type in two words to verify that I'm human. After I type in the correct words it will attempt to post the page again but instead I will get this message: "You can only submit one page with a link in it per 20 minute period". Because of the human verification process I am completely unable to post links. I am fine with only posting one link per twenty minutes but the site has negated any way of posting links as the verification process eats up my one post per twenty minutes. As someone who uses the site often this is a major inconvenience.

Furthermore, if the human verification process doesn't stop my attempts at posting a link all the million of other error messages will. Errors such as site load limits or pages per hour or some such. These errors are never correct and seemingly random. I can stomach these messages and plod forward but they are a complete hindrance when it comes to posting links.

Please give me some assistance in this regard, I do not want to lose the function of placing links in my stories.

I have noticed this annoying tendency too. I tried to create a link to the CC-BY legal language, which is what I license my writing using, and find that, since I get the captcha thing, it blocks the link completely by telling me I can only do one external link per 20 minutes. So, it must say 1 time when I first submit, 1 time when I captcha and submit, meaning I can never do anything external. Like, say, link the CC-BY legal language for people to easily read the copyright terms, or provide a picture of an outfit I am thinking of, or whatever. Instead, I need to put a half link in so people can copy and paste, but not go to by directly clicking. Not sure how to get around this -.- --[[User:DirtyMeStoryTime|Dirty Me]] 04:45, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

== Hiya! Are people still active? ==

Hey guys. I'm Bloody and I just joined the site. I've noticed the discussion board is a little old, and just wanted to see if others were still active. Guess I just need a little reassurance that I'm not the only one. lol -Bloody

== Page loads per second hit - limit 2 ==

Has anyone else been getting this message a lot lately? [[User:AgentVincent|AgentVincent]] 21:32, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

Yes. I have. But I wait about 2 seconds and hit the "reload page" button, and it works. -- [[User:Teejay|Teejay]]

That page loads hit per second is extremely annoying. I'm a fast reader, and on short pages, it sometimes pops up. It does so constantly when I'm just trying to get back to pages inside of a story I want to edit or add more to. I also really dislike that "Page hits per hour" message. What's the point of having it? Maybe the site can do away with that? -- [[User:Sophos8|Sophos8]]

I don't like it either, but "throttling" the site is one of the techniques that RobKohr is using to frustrate the spam-bots that were filling the site with crap. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 20:21, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

It is driving me insane. I can't enjoy this site when everytime i click on another page i get this annoying message. I spend more time reading that than actual story.
And i just got it when i tried to add here....

lol, you should try checking through stories to see if they should be moved to the pit. I see that message so often it isn't funny D: --[[User:DirtyMeStoryTime|Dirty Me]] 14:00, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

its annoying as hell it would be nice if it was raised to 4

How does one "frustrate" a bot? If anything it will cause people actually interested in this site to turn away. There has to be a better way to do this.

== Image linking ==

Every time I try to link an image, it gives me:
"You can only submit one page with a link in it per 20 minute period."
This happens regardless of whether i add via hyperlinking or as a text url itself.

Any help would be very much appreciated.
My only other option for this is to upload images to this site, but I'm not sure if I can or not. But the editing tools does support adding images during editing so...
--[[User:Aelvir|Aelvir]] 15:33, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

== Chat Concept ==

Recently created, and in need of a public announcement. Feel free to use this link and open in separate tabs to keep it alive:<br> '''editthischat.chatango.com'''<br>
--[[User:Completionist|Completionist]] 22:24, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

== Mermaid games? ==

Can someone please make a adult section mermaid choose sex game or direct me to one... Thanks.

And i want it to be that you cant change into legs and are cught by fishermen.

Also make the girl mermaid choose a blonde girl.

And its set in a medieval world thats advanced on slavery and cross breeding and has mutant bugs.

Thanks.

==New here==

So I'm working on a story called [[Three sisters]] in the adult section. I'm just wondering if anyone is enjoying it as of yet, its still a WIP and there is still loads of work to be done with it. Anyway let me know if there are things you would like to see in it, or anything else.

-[[User:Tapdancingfish|Tapdancingfish]] 23:39, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

==I have questions==
Ive just joined but having been writting up my own story for months, i want to know if its possible to keep my story hidden from public until im ready for them to read it? Also is there anyway for me to revert unwanted edits by other users (to be honest i dont want any users editing my work unless its to fix grammar)?
[[User:Blitzbear93|Blitzbear93]] 14:01, 14 September 2014 (UTC)Blitzbear93
:Hi,
:I suggest that you create a wiki to write your story, then you blank the page in the last edit. Nobody can read it when opening your wiki, but you can easily retrieve your own story in the revision history page (clicking on the previous archived version). You cannot really prevent any user from editing, but whether it happens, you have the right to make reverts, too, so you can check your work periodically if you are worried about that. You may mention at the beginning of the story the following sentence :
:''Please do not change or add pages (unless you correct my orthography, which you are welcome to do). Thank you.''
:Good luck. -- [[User:Girl Mamtha|Girl Mamtha]] 20:10, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

== Linking to outside sites ==

So, I've been trying for over two hours to upload the first page of my my story. However, submissions with outside links can only be submitted once every 20 minutes, a common sense policy I have no issues with. My problem comes when the first submission attempt loads the page again with a captcha to prove I'm not a spam bot. Entering the captcha, I discover that triggering the Captcha counts as a story submission and makes me wait 20 minutes before I can actually submit it. Annoying, but okay. I wait the 20 minutes, hit submit, and discover that my login has timed out. I log in again to discover that being informed that I timed out COUNTS AS A GODDAMN STORY SUBMISSION. I went around this loop AGAIN, keeping track of the time in an attempt to not have to repeat it, with no more success. It should not be this hard to link to a goddamn discussion/writers collaboration thread on another website.

Oh, and hitting submit and being told you have to wait ALSO counts, so if you misjudge by one minute, you have to wait EVEN MORE.

EDIT: After another 40 minutes of trying, I have given up and removed the link. This Kraken shall be wrestled another day.

== Is this websites community still active? ==

A few years back I used to frequently use this website a lot, I never had an account though.
Now I want to contribute stories and etc.
But I'm worried the hay day of this website is over.
How active is this community?

Tapdancingfish- 2/19/2015
I'm still around and a few others, dunno how active the site is as I don't see updates very often.

== New here! Started a story! "My Worlds" ==

I'm new here so I don't know if the site is still very active.
If yes then help if you want with my story, My Worlds.
I suck at grammar so help with that too.

==Still seeing if people are around==
Site seemed dead for awhile but you never know if people are lurking around out there. If you are give a shout out, if not, well then you can't read this.

-[[User:Noseknows|Noseknows]] 8:31, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

Oh man, this site was much busier back in the day. I really hope the website's community bounces back again, it'd probably motivate me to write once more and finish Remember. If not, i'll just return to checking in every few months.

-[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 16:17, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
: Seems there is great interest in reviving this site, or one that is similar, but perhaps at a site that is better maintained? If enough project participants were interested, you could request CYOS.wiki at Wiki.wiki (that's the URL) and have it hosted there for free. You could either start from scratch or migrate over any content of interest. -[[User:JOR|JOR]] 21:06, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Talk:Main Page

2015-09-25T20:00:14Z

RobKohr: /* Removed pedo stories */

Older discussions started before 2010 have been moved to an [[Talk:Main Page/Archive1|archive page]].

==Removed pedo stories==
I created a filter for the story pedo__romp (with only 1 underscore, but used 2 underscores to get through my own filter). After a little research this content would be considered illegal as obscene even though it was only in text form.

I don't monitor the content on the site, but this was pointed out to me by a user. If you find any content explicitly related to sex with a minor, please remove it or edit it.

== An Idea For A Perfect Game Of Thrones Story ==
Hello dear users of C.Y.O.A, I know how our precious site works and I would like to announce you that I am about to write a big and great story, in the Universe of A Song Of Ice And Fire book series. Anyone who would like to help me in this story, please contact me via Skype (sarp.kaya12) or [[User talk:Potato King|edit my talk page]].

== Why are there no cows in the story Furry World? ==
-- Jasper --

I hope I can find some friends and even get help with my story. Looking forward.

Edit: Check it Out! [[An Interactive Game Of Thrones Story]]

-- [[User:Potato King|Potato King]] , 05.08.2015, 15:03 (GMT+2)

== How to start my own ==
I'm new and I have no idea how to start my own story.

==HELP==
Could some people please help me write *[[time machine]]

==Rules?==
Hi, I'm fairly new here. I'm wondering, is there anything that is not allowed in stories/on site? I just don't want my stuff deleted. -Creat0r

==Just some trouble==

Hi there, I've been writing a C.Y.O.A. and I'm having the problem that I've set three options on my first page; Male, Female and Other. These redirect to different C.Y.O.A.s and it is rather irritating that when I try to chose the male option to advance it comes up with a selection of emo guys that I can use, from a different Catagory. Any help would be appreciated as I will not be able to advance in my writings until it is fixed.

Thank you in advance
--Xuan Tian Shang Ti

Xuan, I had that same problem on my new CYAO. This happens because someone else is already using this as a category name, so it will keep redirecting to their story. It helps to use your story's name in front of the choices or to put a specific phrasingthat noone has used yet.
For instance say your story is Smurfs in Ireland and you want to give people the choice of being a male or female. You could put Smurfs In Ireland: Male, or I want to be a male smurf
Hope this helps for anyone else with the same problem.

==Main Page Stories==

What constitutes a story being on the main page? It seems like people just throw theirs on there. [[User:Theotherguy|Theotherguy]] 07:10, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

We're trying to only include a small, representative sampling on the Main Page. Yes, some people are throwing theirs on there, but those stories are being thrown back off when they're spotted. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 11:25, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

By my understanding, the story has to be of a quality that it can be 'considered' for a feature, not necessarily featured, but close or at the level. By the way, great to see someone took the initiative and did this, the site really needed some tidying. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 13 September 2012

Maybe we should make specific guidelines? Must be this many pages, this quality of writing, etc. etc. [[User:Theotherguy|Theotherguy]] 23:14, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Well I would suggest at least having the minimum amount of pages be set to 50, besides the 'Quizzes and Challenges' Section. I'm not sure about the quality of writing, as long as it is understandable and entertaining. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] September 14 2012

== Main Page and Its Length ==

I'm sure most of you here have noticed this already, but I'd like to just point out. The Main Page is ever growing in it's length. That's great news! That means more adventures, but it comes at a price. The overall size of the page. I thought I'd do a little experiment and see how long it would take me to scroll down from the top to the very bottom. It took me more than 10 seconds. That is a ridiculously long time. Only fine for social media sites such as Facebook.

What I'm suggesting is that we need to find a way to successfully organize the Main Page to which the size of it is significantly less, while not having it link off into other pages. Such as replacing the sections with say Collapsible Tables [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Collapsing], so then you can choose which sections you want to look at, perhaps even placing sub tables on top of that.

Heyoeveryone 12:02, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

It's certainly worth looking into. But bear in mind that newbies constantly screw up even the limited formatting currently on the Main Page. Any further complications to the coding will mean even more intense monitoring and reverting. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 15:56, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Ahh, true. I barely know coding myself, but new people constantly make stories, and sooner or later, mistakes will be made, and those beloved tables will be disfigured. It is possible though, and if someone were able just to implement this idea, it will do wonders for this site. I don't go on often, but when I do, I always notice how long the Main Page is.

So, '''IF''' anyone is willing to do this, then by all means, go ahead, it will do wonders for the site, I suggest you ask Platypus though.

--Heyoeveryone 06:05, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

== YouTube Idea ==

I have been a fan of this site for a while. I am an experienced actor and had the idea of adapting some of these stories to YouTube. Essentially, it would be an audiobook of the story where you click a link at the end of the video to make your choice (leading you to the next part of the story). I would like to try it with a shorter story first. If you have a short, well written CYOA story and are interested in sharing your story on YouTube, please let me know your username, the name of the story, and that I have your permission to record it and put it on YouTube (right below this post) . I would also be happy to hear any input on this idea.
-AlexCW

I know a lot about doing that kind of thing, it would be really great if it was animated or something like that. If you need any help working with Youtube CYOAs I can certainly help. I can also do (some) animation if you want. -Creat0r

I think this would be awesome! Guys I don't know how long this thread was posted but I would like to continue it. You know in the you adventure stories or something like that you flip to a page to continue? Well, maybe it should be one or two long videos that you pause at choices and the choices have the time you skip to. I might make a video like this on my YouTube! Awesome idea.
- [[KateFleet]] [[ YouTube : FleetGaming ]]

== Family-Friendly Section, Not Family-Friendly ==

I recently noticed that about 10 new stories were made, and each of them looked like they should be in the 10+ section. How is stealing a car family friendly? Or discouraging school? Seriously, If I see one more story like that being made, it's going straight to PG-13.
Note: I am 11 years old, and I don't even think that those stories are appropriate for my age!--[[User:903860|The Adenster]] 01:05, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Adenster, family-friendly is generally a relative term. While I dont know the particular stories you speak of, discouraging school or stealing a car CAN be used in a family setting IE. one character has a Huckleberry Finn-ish tendency to skip school and the car can be used as a life lesson piece. Terms like Family-Friendly vary greatly from person to person and are entirely dependent on perception. For example some people believe in spanking their children whilst others dont. One side would consider it "Family-Friendly" whilst the other group would not. Generally if things such as car-stealing or such occur it can be acceptable if put in perspective and used in the context of the story. --[[User:BFEL|BFEL]] 12:13, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

== New Category ==
I just had a really great idea, maybe a new category can be made for just new stories, called Not Rated Yet, or whatever. Then, where the story is placed can be decided by somebody, so that sections like "Family-Friendly" are not so populated with stories that aren't appropriate.--[[User:903860|The Adenster]] 01:23, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Your points are well taken, and this new group of writers is not writing family friendly material, but I'm somewhat averse to creating a Not Yet Rated section for ''somebody'' to rate, because there's only one sysop active on this site. My time is limited and I like to get in a little bit of time to work on my own writing. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 03:02, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

I myself would be interested in assisting with this, Platypus. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 03:28, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, maybe ratings could be incoporated into reviews. That way unrated stories can move and get a review simultaneously.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 10:52, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

== About story page links ==
I'm kind of a perfectionist and it just hurts my eyes to see the story page links not formatted properly. It's either because people are too lazy or just not well enough informed on how to create proper links. Most pages have something like this:
* <nowiki>[[Story Name-Page Name]]</nowiki> = [[Story Name-Page Name]]
* <nowiki>[[Story Name/Page Name]]</nowiki> = [[Story Name/Page Name]]
* <nowiki>[[Story Name: Page Name]]</nowiki> = [[Story Name: Page Name]]
And so on. What I'd like to see is this:
* <nowiki>[[Story Name/Page Name|Display Name]]</nowiki> = [[Story Name/Page Name|Display Name]]
* <nowiki>[[Story Name/Character: Page Name|Display Name]]</nowiki> = [[Story Name/Character: Page Name|Display Name]]
The '''Display Name''' field makes the link show as that to the user, while still linking to the '''Story Name/Page Name''' page. This kind of naming makes the story pages look a lot better while still keeping the pages properly sorted out. I think this is explained on the main page, but it seems a bit unclear. Maybe it could be improved? --[[User:Dreama|Dreama]] 16:00, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

It is discussed in the [[Tutorial]], but sometimes it seems as if some of the people who want to write here aren't capable of reading.

Mostly, I like to see consistency within any given story. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 21:16, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Is there a way to get the Category page to display just the page names? In my story, I use the <nowiki>[[Story Name/Page Name|Page Name]]</nowiki> idiom, but the category page shows every page with the story prefix and they are all grouped under the same header. --[[User:Shiine|Shiine]] 8:50, 5 July 2010

I don't know a way of changing the way the page names are displayed on the Category page, but if you categorize each individual page as <nowiki>[[Category:Story Name|Page Name]] </nowiki>, then the Category page will aphabetize based on whatever you tell it the Page Name is, regardless of what the page name displays as. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 19:10, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

I added a section to [[Tutorial/sleep|the tutorial]] about using the sort key in the category field. --[[User:Shiine|Shiine]] 23:40, 10 Aug 2010

== problems with the search bar ==

Hello, I just want to say that there seems to be a problem with the search, whenever I type a requist in it comes back with no results, I tried using the report a bug feature but the appears to be broken. --[[User:Tricrotic|Tricrotic]] 11:57, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, the search bar only works when you type in the exact title of a story. Granted, there is a place where you search for pages that begin with _______, that should be the automatic search engine. I don't know much about programming, but it really shouldn't be too hard to move a program that's already been created, just to a different, more accessible place. - veri_disquo (2014)

==New Story==

If you guys remember me from way back, I used to use this site a lot, then suddenly stopped. Well, I'm back (again), and I've started a new story titled [[Cell]]. I look forward to the reviews of this CYOA story, as it goes through the process of Evolution.--[[User:blablob|blablob]]

Are you still working on it? --[[user:blamblegam]]

==Questions==
Are the stories in here copyrighted in anyway? If I want to feature one on a website, can do I need permission of the author or is it public material?

The stories here aren't copyrighted. But it might be polite to mention your intentions to the author beforehand. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 22:53, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

If the story is in the Pit, can you edit the story to be in a different category? Because, for this story that I have been editing, I wish to change the maturity since its hard to keep track of every link you put. The Lost City of Atlantice is the story i had been working on for a bit and some of the tags that were created aren't really in the category. Plus, some of my ideas fit into other categories. What should I do? --[[User:sayrppoetry/sayrppoetry]]

If you retrieve a story from the Pit, feel free to up its maturity level as needed. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 22:51, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

== Status functionality? ==

The tutorial mentions status functionality as if you are able to use variables, but there was no information on how to perform operations on variables (You know, add, subtract, that sort of thing.) I looked for an article on the issue but didn't find any. Is this functionality available?

No. You can not perform operations on the variables. You have to do any adding and subtracting manually on the next page, and if you want options where you have different values for the variables, you have to create multiple paths. --[[User:Rawar|Rawar]] 19:27, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

BTW: I was wanting to experiment with status stuff, so I ended up creating a template page for the [[sandbox]]. Since you can't delete pages, and this might be useful, I replaced it with a basic status bar and left it in the sandbox. I hope others find it useful. --[[User:Shiine|Shiine]] 04:27, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

== New here, and want to know a few things about editting. ==

I joined today and want to know if it is okay for me to go through stories fixing some grammar mistakes and spelling. (not that I a grammar freak or saying I am perfect myself.) Some stories i looked at had a dozen mistakes a page and that is just bad for the site. See [[DUDE WHERES MY CAR]], I fixed the main page, leaving in the repitive sentence structure because I was unsure if I should change that. The next pages I looked at were equally plagued. Is there a way to catergorize stories as "being a pain to read because of mistakes"? I did not mean chnaging content, simplly fixing sloppy mistakes. To be sure, I am not planning on reading every story on here to be an English jainitor. I just wondered whose job these things were, Thanks. ~[[User:RandyRift|RandyRift]]

I’m not an admin or anything but…

There is no real problem or rule against editing pages, especially grammar correction. If you want to fix stories then that’s alright. Hell, even adding new stuff to the story is fine in most cases.
The problem with this site is that there are some users who create crappy stories with five pages that have no real plot or proper grammar. People work on their story for a day then leave resulting in many poor stories with no real purpose. So if you want to fix stories then go for it.

--[[User:Fletcher Peninsula|Fletcher Peninsula]]

Unfortunately, there are far too many ungrammatical writers out there for me to repair all the things they post. I am the only active sysop here, and I don't object to anyone trying fix grammar around the site. We were recently invaded by a Canadian school whose students wanted the thrill of posting on the web despite the fact that many of them had a poor grasp of English. Their teacher's help made many things worse, not better. But since they seem to have left, many of their stories are going to be getting moved to the Pit of Abandonned Stories soon. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 01:21, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

I have another question, why is it that on the category page, (for my story) when I am logged in I see 90 pages, but when not logged in I see 78? (the page lists only that many.) ~[[User:RandyRift|RR]] 3 April 2010

== Pictures and Copyrights ==
I'm not very familiar with finding out what kind of copyrights some picture has on the web and what pictures are free to be posted here, for example, and what pictures may be freely copied and even uploaded here to be displayed. So far I've only been directly linking to pictures on Wikipedia (in very rare occasions anyway), but that's very limited. Anyone know better? --[[User:Dreama|Dreama]] 22:56, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

The safest thing is to upload your own pictures to photobucket or something. However, there are several free stock photo and picture sites out there. My favorite is http://www.sxc.hu/ . However, make sure you read the licenses for the photos before using them or linking to them! --[[User:Rawar|Rawar]] 00:42, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

There's thousands of free stock photos on [http://www.dreamstime.com/free-photos Dreamstime.com]. Just resize them to a width of 800 for web use. -- [[User:ImmortalDreams|ImmortalDreams]]

== A portrait of an American Girl Named Myra. ==

If you like the story idea, please help create a scenario for Myra. Remember, do not edit or add onto anyone else's scenario. Create a small one of your own. It doesn't have to be deep! Thank you for contributing!

She ought to wear a funky fruit hat. She's 12, was living with her mother in Maine, dad's a deadbeat, moves to Oklahoma for no apparent reason, uncovers alien conspiracy there. Turns out her mother's been replaced by an evil space automaton. She must team up with her drunken embarassment of a father to rescue her from a Dick Dastardly-esque villain who brought the aliens here with a magical voodoo portal, and then find a way to close said portal. Along the way, she learns important lessons regarding metaphysical idealism and beef Wellington. --[[User:Nalanhata|Nalanhata]], June 18

== Moving a page ==

Is there a way to move pages? I've looking over a story with terrible spelling problems and [[Tour_the_town|this page]] links to [[A little Tatoo paurlor]] which should be fixed. -- [[User:TheRick|TheRick]] 05:26, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

The page-moving function had to be disabled due to malicious vandals. However, what you can do is copy the text in the mis-named page, blank that page, edit the page with the mis-named link, and paste the text onto a new page with the correctly spelled name. Then I'll delete the blanked page. I'm the only one who can do deletions. And I do appreciate anyone who actually wants to do some work tidying up the place. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 11:56, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

== Old Geezer ==

I'm still having problems with editing Lady Helsing as it says Permission error" when l try to
edit it.

First of all make sure you are logged in... next... if you have been on a single page writing for too long it will automatically log you out so right click copy anything you have if you need to re-log in --[[User:Mezzo|Mezzo]] 17:12, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

== Tags? ==
What are the tags supposed to do? Because the ones that are for this one are 'porn or death'. --[[User:Heyoeveryone]]

== Severe lag of site? ==

Anybody else getting loadtimes of upwards of 5 minutes (multiple refreshes included) for even the shortest of pages?

If so, I think I know why. Remember, this is only a guess (although it's one with backup). I noticed my browser (Chrome) seems to hang on loading the info from TagNimbus, so I tried to visit the TagNimbus site. It seems to be down or dead, and a look at www.IsUp.me told me the whole site seemed to be down for others, too.

If it's down, any chance of getting in touch with the owner to restore it? Otherwise, if TagNimbus is finall- I mean unfortunately dead, can we just remove the thing anyways? It didn't seem to change anything and was abused to tag pages with irrelevant tags...

But hey, this is all the rambling of one author who just hopes to get the site working so he can get back to writing the gore story he was in the middle of... --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 06:27, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

==Hello==

Hello. Just wanted to say this site looks really cool and interesting, I really look forward to helping stories along or even starting some once I get the hang of it.

I should know though, are there any particular rules or anything that aren't immediately obvious or that are mentioned? And where should I start? Any advice for a newbie would be very appreciated. The site is a little unnecessarily complicated.

Heyo whoever you are! Best thing you should start on is probably continuing on stories that have been started, but after 10 pages, the author has quit. If you really want to begin a new story, i suggest planning it before you actually type it all out. In your plan you should have: the main storyline, the seperate endings, and of course the characters who are going to be in the story.
-- [[User:Heyoeveryone]] 3 September 2011

You should try mind mapping. It's a great way to make branching plot lines. -- [[User:ImmortalDreams|ImmortalDreams]]

It's bad to add to the number of all the carcasses you can see on the Main Page. Save those, or if you prefer, get the more severely rotting ones that we lumped in the Pit to decompose. Unfortunately, stories are hard to get rid of, so save them from non-authorship before it's too late. It also makes it easier, since you'd agree with the storyline from the beginning, whereas others end up left behind because there's a lock on the whole thing. For Example, everything might lead to a standstill after everything directs to a page. The rest of the plot is a mystery and starts rotting. Simply because the author him/her self doesn't know how it ends.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 14:58, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

== Template Appearance Problem ==

The templates for my story [[War Pigs]] are coming out all wrong in IE 9, but they look fine in Firefox. Can anybody explain why? It would be greatly appreciated. --[[User:AgentVincent|AgentVincent]] 03:55, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

The problem is probably that it's IE9. IE9 enjoys shitting all over everything nice looking on the internet. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 15:47, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

== The whole "Anon" thing. ==

Anyone else amused by this? Three brief little "attacks" (if you even want to call them that) with an empty threat? I dunno, I guess it just struck me as pathetic and funny. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 06:26, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Yea a real dumbass, but thank God he didn´t write any pages, those would have been real '''attacks''' on the site! :)

[[User:Fletcher Peninsula|Fletcher Peninsula]]

== Pictures ==

I noticed that there was an embedded image button. Being a photo editor, such as myself, I jumped at the idea of adding a picture where they could be used. Unfortunately it says that file adding is disabled. I looked through the General Discussion and i realize that you have had "attacks" in the past but is there a chance that they could be re-added?

--[[User:Aegisofawakening|Aegisofawakening]] 01:58, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Actually, file adding was disabled due to server-size limitations, not due to attacks. But images can still be displayed on pages, even if the file itself cannot become part of this site. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 04:09, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

== Thanks! ==

I'd just like to say thank you so much!!! Why? Well, a few years back i wrote a few tales ([[Girlngirl High]], [[All Alone]] and [[Teehee!]]). I thought, no way were these stories would ever become hits, all of them are less than 100 pages! And i never finished any of them. So i decided to quit the site for 2 years. Today, i decided to go on and look at my stories, see how they've turned out.

I looked down to find out that '''every story i've made has gotten over 1000 views on the first page, with the most being 20 000!!!''' I was just amazed at how my stories were this popular. So i'd just like to say THANK YOU!! I've given the job of continuing the stories to my friend [[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]]. He's a very good friend of mine and he said he'd love to take over. So once again, thank you so much for your support throughout these past 2 years. Also thanks to those people who added pages onto my stories. If you'd like to work on these stories, just ask Heyo for permission and he should promptly allow you.

Am i coming back? Nah. Well maybe. --[[User:Unkowhero23]]

Actually, you don't need my permission. Just make sure that you don't have many grammatical and spelling errors, and that the pages aren't just one or two sentences. Those are terrible, and with the load times of the site sometimes, you want something more than just that.

--[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 5th September, 2011

== Spam ==

What's with all the random advertisements lately? It's actually more of a nuisance than those Anon people a little while back. Is this site really such a big deal that people need to go around and post all these ads? - [[User:Jamesparker|Jamesparker]], September 23, 2011

Ad's? Where? Link them here. It's best if you name and shame them, and so that their account will be quickly deleted off the site. And I guess it is such a big deal. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 9 October 2011

== Mature, Adult, Bad Taste ==

A suggestion, if you will. Maybe the mature, adult and bad taste story listings should be collectively put on a sub-page separate from the main page? On reflection, maybe only the Adult and Bad Taste ones. Those wishing to see those stories wouldn't have any trouble finding them by following the link (from the main page), and it'd render the main page free of offensive language and titles. Everybody wins? What'd'y'all think? [[User:JackalRobot|JackalRobot]] 21:12, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

I have been giving the idea consideration, especially as some people would prefer not to be exposed to even the titles of some of the Adult stories. And it would help reduce the sheer size of the Main Page. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 00:41, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

Despite my own story preferences, I agree. I always thought it odd (and not a little family-unfriendly) to give almost equal weight to kiddie stories as well as possibly very kinky adult stuff. As long as you can always go directly to any given page (through a browser bookmark perhaps) I actually suggest adult stories are kept behind a disclaimer screen of some sort.
[[User:Anedwcan|Anedwcan]] 19:48, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Also, it can broaden the areas for the Adult Stories and free the titles. Then there could be another sub-group for the mild content.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 14:52, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

That is a great idea you have there, and it would be nice to see this happen. However there is a huge flaw I see in this. Recent Changes would still show everything be it a kids story about a kitten, or an adult story about bestiality.--[[User:Yihman1|Yihman1]] 07:04, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

I have a "Mature" (R rated) story I am writing. I am considering adding a storyline in which the character gets raped offscreen. Is that too intense for "Mature"? Should I post the beginning of the storyline, and the page that links to it, here to be vetted? --[[User:LaedyRose|LaedyRose]]

I don't think an offscreen rape would necessarily need to be put in the Adult section. At least the Mature section, certainly. It depends on how much detail you put in. You might want to put a warning at the beginning of the storyline, simply because rape is a special kind of evil and will break (or make) the story for some readers. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 01:34, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

== Feedback For My Stories ==

Hi! I'm new here, and I'm starting my first story, [[Transformers: War Between Two Worlds]]. I wasn't sure if it should go in the Family Friendly Section or the PG13 Section, so I put it in Family Friendly. If you have any feedback, read what I have so far and post it here. This story will take me a while, but as soon as I'm done, I'll get started on another one. Also, would anyone like to team up with me on a story? I'm guessing most of you will think I'm crazy, but it's good to check. TEAMWORK RULES! I'm not that smart when it comes to wiki editing, so if there's a place where this page would better fit, then please tell me here.

Feedback:

New Ideas (for my future stories):

Edit Requests (If you would like permission to edit one of my stories, put your username here):

-[[User:AwesomeSauce2233475]]

Sorry about putting my page in the wrong place, Platypus. How do you reach the user page?

== Finding A Story ==

Hi everyone.

Just a quickie.

1) Is there a story that focuses on something like a haunted house/mansion/what-have-you somewhere? I've skimmed the titles but nothing popped out at me and I've been reading here and there but even though most stories seem to only be like 5-10 pages the sheer number of them means I haven't had a chance to check them all and was hoping someone who'd been around longer knew of one and could point me in the right direction?

-- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt. Devonin]]

: I don't know of such a story, but this brings up an issue I've been meaning to: it's awfully hard for someone to find anything they might be looking for, if they haven't seen it already. I'm wondering if the allowance of short synopses has been discussed before, or perhaps if we might create categories like [[:Category:Stories that feature supernatural characters|stories that feature supernatural characters]] or [[:Category:Stories that take place in haunted houses|stories that take place in haunted houses]].

: --[[User:KC Riley|KC Riley]] 03:39, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Well, [[Madman's Mansion]] isn't haunted but its the best one I know of that involves a proper what-have-you-somewhere and decent story length and grammar and punctustion and so on.

--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 14:49, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Also, how about this: when you enter the main page, there is a link to each level of the stories, then, you can continue on into sub-groups of Ghost, Sci-Fi, Quest, Tragedy, or something like that.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 13:55, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

== How to know people are watching? ==

I'm new here, and recently finished a short story.

But how do I tell if anyone is seeing it? Is there a place on this website to get feedback on the stories?

Thanks

You can see at the bottom of each page how many times the page has been accessed. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 07:16, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Platypus, is this still true? I have looked at my page, and do not see a number for how many times it has been accessed. Or was this removed? --[[User:DirtyMeStoryTime|Dirty Me]] 12:20, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

Yes, unfortunately, this isn't currently active. It was always nice to know how often a page has been accessed. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 15:38, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

== Something wrong? ==

Hi, I'm new here. Saw this site and thought it was pretty interesting, and gave it a try. It's fun and I'm currently working on a story. However, I'm getting a feeling I am doing something wrong with creating stories and editing them. If I am doing anything wrong so far, which I am sure I am, please tell me, okays?

-Bluedragon

So far, so good. I see nothing wrong with what you're doing. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 14:25, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

== A page making/organizing resource ==

First of all, I don't want to sound like a spammer or advertiser, but since I can code, I thought I'd make a resource for everyone who's interested.
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I've noticed when making games on here, that it's difficult to keep track of all your pages, and it's still hard to make them even with a mind map. So I made a rather unconventional, very small piece of software using Game Maker. Despite its not too standard interface. It provides an easy and efficient way to organize your pages. You can type and paste your page content into it and then automatically generate the pages in the correct format for this site.
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I in no way claim that I have ownership rights to the site. I only want to provide a resource for its users in order to make the creating process easier.
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The file is only 2.3MB.
Here's the download link(vs1) - [http://www.4shared.com/file/g5M6PSP2/CYOA_-_Page_Organizer.html]
--[[User:ImmortalDreams|ImmortalDreams]]
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'''New Features:'''
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Made page recognition easier by showing the link names instead of the page names for the disabled parallel fields of each choice.
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Added a ''Clear'' button to the description area.
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Added a feature where the active field is always highlighted.
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Added tab key support for faster navigation between fields.
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'''Bug Fixes:'''
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All of the proper link names show up in the generated code files. Before, all link names had been choice1's.
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The disabled child name(now link) fields no longer show a value of 0 when going to one page and back again.
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New download link(vs1.1) - [http://www.4shared.com/file/KF270foj/CYOA_-_Page_Organizer11.html]
--[[User:ImmortalDreams|ImmortalDreams]]

== Interaction ==

How can I communicate with other users of this site, so that we can conspire and work together. I am currently working on a story that is just to much for one person to handle, but I don't understand how I can talk with "helpers". I just don't get it!-- [[User: Cyclops|Cyclops]]

You can click on a user's name to view their profile page, then click on the "discussion" tab to see their talk page. If you post something on their talk page, they'll see an alert at the top of their screen. Hopefully, they'll click the alert, go to their talk page, and then write something back on your page. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 23:06, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

i think that there needs to be a few changes to this site. A chatroom. It would be very easy to find one online and embed it in a page. Also I believe there should be category pages where all the sci fi pages are in one place with links to it. Maybe on the mainpage, instead of links to very story, have links to the category listing. Finally I believe there should be something to let us rate pages (as in 4 out of 5 stars).
-[[User:Gartonia|Gartonia]]

The interaction between users does seem unusual (profile page->discussion...) There can be a better way surely?
Also, clicking on a user's name is not easy. For one, the pages don't have a author's link. Also, the person who wrote the last page in a story might be different from the author of the current page.
A link to the profile of the creator should be there on each page so one can easily click on it...
-[[User:BenchWarmer|BenchWarmer]]

A link to the profile of the creator ''is'' there on each page. Just click the History tab. There's a link to the profile page and to the discussion page of every user who's edited the page. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 19:43, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

== Salutations. ==

Hello, I am one of the new guys here. I just wanted to know if there are any rules that I must adhere to on this site. I mainly made an account just so that I was able to continue on a story that I saw on this website. Well anyway, If you can notify me, please do, Thank You.

== Salutations. ==

Hello, I am one of the new guys here. I just wanted to know if there are any rules that I must adhere to on this site. I mainly made an account just so that I was able to continue on a story that I saw on this website. Well anyway, If you can notify me, please do, Thank You.

== Linking to existing pages ==

How does one link back to an existing page, in effect creating a loop?

The same way you create a link to a new page: By enclosing the name of the page in square brackets. For example: <nowiki> [[Main Page]] </nowiki> links you to [[Main Page]].--[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 21:49, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

== Featured Story - A Dead Thing? ==

We're 8 days from the 8 month anniversary of the last time the Featured Story section was last updated. Who was last in charge of updating that? --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 07:24, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

The idea was proposed by [[User: Occono|Occono]], last seen in 2009. I said then that I had no objections to such a feature, but no intention of participating in it. Anyone volunteering? --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 18:19, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

As I understood it, anyone could edit the featured story section, no one in particular was responsible for keeping it reguarly updated. That being said, 8 months is an alarmingly long time. If we´re looking for a story right now to put on there "Megan" (which is already nominated) could do. Although that one might be a bit to... bloody disturbing, to be put there. Another one might be Battle Royal, which has a lot of pages. (Wait, did I just recomend Battle Royal over something else beacuse it was so bloody disturbing? Scary thought!).

Overall though, personally I´d want to put a quality story on the featured page. And the simply fact is that there arn´t enough quality storys on this site to maintain a one or two months switch around in my opinion. Also, personally, I´d also not like to see adulth storys be put there, which decresses the story-pool significantly.

--[[User:Fletcher Peninsula|Fletcher Peninsula]]

Woah, seriously? 8 months? That is amazing. Nevertheless it's a great thing that someone actually bothered to change it. It may be my story, but from 2012 onwards, I was surprised that [[Remember]] was still featured. Congratulations to TheElderOnes. It's been a long time coming, and now you've finally gotten the story featured. Nice.

--[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 30/06/2012

== Compressing the main page ==

I started compressing the main page into smaller sortable tables. I just finished the family friendly section, feel free to take over for me if you would like to do the next sections

The goal for all of these tables is to keep the list around 10 items, and then have a more stories page for each section. The simpest way to do this is to choose all stories that have 50+ pages. If that leads to too many stories, then make it 100+...

If a story is well written, and more than 50 pages, it should trump a story with more pages.

Also, please bring the adult section back to the home page with the top items from it. That is the most active section of the site, and it generates a lot of traffic from google.

--[[User:RobKohr|RobKohr]] 12:19, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

== Separate Wiki for Adult Content ==

I don't really like that adult stores are so easily accessible for people that come here looking for non-adult material, such as that they'll pop up as random pages, or can be seen in "Recent Changes". Is there any interest in branching Adult content off in to a separate Wiki, and maybe including a link the "Adult Section" in the side-bar? --[[User:Holvard|Holvard]] 19:56, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Unfortunately, the majority of the traffic here is looking for the Adult Content. Removing it or trying to bury it in some way would most likely kill off the non-adult content. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 20:16, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

How extreme is the majority? As far as I can tell, this is the only active site to make free interactive adult stories, so if there's that much interest I may try to make my own. --[[User:Holvard|Holvard]] 20:56, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Would it take a lot of work to put the adult content behind a disclaimer screen? As long as one had to go through the main page to access the adult site, it might actually ''increase'' traffic to the non-adult content, because people would feel better about, for instance, recommending it to children. People might feel more comfortable with the site in general if they felt sure that reasonable precautions were being taken. --[[User:LaedyRose|LaedyRose]] 9 April 2012

It could work through account settings, and then it being disabled by default, and the option for parental controls. Maybe even an option (that would have to be enabled through account settings) so that only one account could be tied to that IP, and these settings, after being enabled, could be disabled via a parental control password that is set up with the account, that could be different than the account's login password.
[[User:UZ9|UZ9]] 21:52, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

== Issues With the Site ==
I've noticed that Create Your Own Adventure pages tend to load slowly, and the last week or so, accessing the site at all has been touch and go. Is there any particular reason for this? Is there anything you or we can do about it, or do we just need to be patient? --[[User:LaedyRose|LaedyRose]] 9 April 2012

== Lag of site and page load limits ==
Is there a problem? When I first started contributing to this site it could sometimes be very slow, but I put that down to traffic at certain times of the day. In the morning in GMT (when the Americas are asleep!) it was usually pretty good. Now, though, I find it's terribly slow whenever I use it, often taking upwards of thirty seconds to a minute to load a single page. What's more, not infrequently it doesn't load the page at all and I instead get a "Uncached page load rate limit reached -> 3 per second;" message. After a couple of those (even if I've only been on the site for ~5 minutes and loaded three or four pages) I get a request to complete a Captcha: "Page loads per hour hit - limit 60. Reset limit by filling in this captcha:"

It seems that it's trying to load pages multiple times when I access them? That might explain why it's being so slow, too.

*There is indeed a problem: link spammers. RobKohr has had to deliberately slow down site responsiveness and include that captcha in the hopes of frustrating the spambots so maybe they'll go away and leave us alone. The messages you're seeing aren't because ''you're'' trying to load more than 3 pages per second. It's because the bots are trying to load far, far more pages than that per second. Do I like this solution? Not really. It's frustrating. Can anyone else think of a better one? --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 14:14, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

**You guys could require to creat a acc that is activaded by admin/mod to view the content, the login page should always come if a cookie isnt existing and the page itself could be a blank site with minmal text and a field to look in.

***You wouldn't even need to create an account to ''view'' the content (that would be counter-intuitive, since you want people to see it) but just to ''edit'' it. I know that's probably far from ideal because the whole point is the Wiki is free for everyone, but at the same time if it's being incredibly slow because of spambots then maybe it's a necessary step?

: Is there some reason that the normal solutions (for MediaWiki, let's say the Phalanx extension) can't be applied here? Spam is a rather indiscriminate reality of the Internet that sites are usually protected against without crippling themselves and hoping spambots will get frustrated and go away. They won't, but the users will. --[[User:KC Riley|KC Riley]] 13:06, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

== Linking pictures problems and other errors ==

Hello. In my various writing I try to place links to pictures to enhance the story experience. I've been doing this for months and months but lately the site has been completely blocking my ability to place links. The first time I try to post a page with a link it will force me to type in two words to verify that I'm human. After I type in the correct words it will attempt to post the page again but instead I will get this message: "You can only submit one page with a link in it per 20 minute period". Because of the human verification process I am completely unable to post links. I am fine with only posting one link per twenty minutes but the site has negated any way of posting links as the verification process eats up my one post per twenty minutes. As someone who uses the site often this is a major inconvenience.

Furthermore, if the human verification process doesn't stop my attempts at posting a link all the million of other error messages will. Errors such as site load limits or pages per hour or some such. These errors are never correct and seemingly random. I can stomach these messages and plod forward but they are a complete hindrance when it comes to posting links.

Please give me some assistance in this regard, I do not want to lose the function of placing links in my stories.

I have noticed this annoying tendency too. I tried to create a link to the CC-BY legal language, which is what I license my writing using, and find that, since I get the captcha thing, it blocks the link completely by telling me I can only do one external link per 20 minutes. So, it must say 1 time when I first submit, 1 time when I captcha and submit, meaning I can never do anything external. Like, say, link the CC-BY legal language for people to easily read the copyright terms, or provide a picture of an outfit I am thinking of, or whatever. Instead, I need to put a half link in so people can copy and paste, but not go to by directly clicking. Not sure how to get around this -.- --[[User:DirtyMeStoryTime|Dirty Me]] 04:45, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

== Hiya! Are people still active? ==

Hey guys. I'm Bloody and I just joined the site. I've noticed the discussion board is a little old, and just wanted to see if others were still active. Guess I just need a little reassurance that I'm not the only one. lol -Bloody

== Page loads per second hit - limit 2 ==

Has anyone else been getting this message a lot lately? [[User:AgentVincent|AgentVincent]] 21:32, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

Yes. I have. But I wait about 2 seconds and hit the "reload page" button, and it works. -- [[User:Teejay|Teejay]]

That page loads hit per second is extremely annoying. I'm a fast reader, and on short pages, it sometimes pops up. It does so constantly when I'm just trying to get back to pages inside of a story I want to edit or add more to. I also really dislike that "Page hits per hour" message. What's the point of having it? Maybe the site can do away with that? -- [[User:Sophos8|Sophos8]]

I don't like it either, but "throttling" the site is one of the techniques that RobKohr is using to frustrate the spam-bots that were filling the site with crap. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 20:21, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

It is driving me insane. I can't enjoy this site when everytime i click on another page i get this annoying message. I spend more time reading that than actual story.
And i just got it when i tried to add here....

lol, you should try checking through stories to see if they should be moved to the pit. I see that message so often it isn't funny D: --[[User:DirtyMeStoryTime|Dirty Me]] 14:00, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

its annoying as hell it would be nice if it was raised to 4

How does one "frustrate" a bot? If anything it will cause people actually interested in this site to turn away. There has to be a better way to do this.

== Image linking ==

Every time I try to link an image, it gives me:
"You can only submit one page with a link in it per 20 minute period."
This happens regardless of whether i add via hyperlinking or as a text url itself.

Any help would be very much appreciated.
My only other option for this is to upload images to this site, but I'm not sure if I can or not. But the editing tools does support adding images during editing so...
--[[User:Aelvir|Aelvir]] 15:33, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

== Chat Concept ==

Recently created, and in need of a public announcement. Feel free to use this link and open in separate tabs to keep it alive:<br> '''editthischat.chatango.com'''<br>
--[[User:Completionist|Completionist]] 22:24, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

== Mermaid games? ==

Can someone please make a adult section mermaid choose sex game or direct me to one... Thanks.

And i want it to be that you cant change into legs and are cught by fishermen.

Also make the girl mermaid choose a blonde girl.

And its set in a medieval world thats advanced on slavery and cross breeding and has mutant bugs.

Thanks.

==New here==

So I'm working on a story called [[Three sisters]] in the adult section. I'm just wondering if anyone is enjoying it as of yet, its still a WIP and there is still loads of work to be done with it. Anyway let me know if there are things you would like to see in it, or anything else.

-[[User:Tapdancingfish|Tapdancingfish]] 23:39, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

==I have questions==
Ive just joined but having been writting up my own story for months, i want to know if its possible to keep my story hidden from public until im ready for them to read it? Also is there anyway for me to revert unwanted edits by other users (to be honest i dont want any users editing my work unless its to fix grammar)?
[[User:Blitzbear93|Blitzbear93]] 14:01, 14 September 2014 (UTC)Blitzbear93
:Hi,
:I suggest that you create a wiki to write your story, then you blank the page in the last edit. Nobody can read it when opening your wiki, but you can easily retrieve your own story in the revision history page (clicking on the previous archived version). You cannot really prevent any user from editing, but whether it happens, you have the right to make reverts, too, so you can check your work periodically if you are worried about that. You may mention at the beginning of the story the following sentence :
:''Please do not change or add pages (unless you correct my orthography, which you are welcome to do). Thank you.''
:Good luck. -- [[User:Girl Mamtha|Girl Mamtha]] 20:10, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

== Linking to outside sites ==

So, I've been trying for over two hours to upload the first page of my my story. However, submissions with outside links can only be submitted once every 20 minutes, a common sense policy I have no issues with. My problem comes when the first submission attempt loads the page again with a captcha to prove I'm not a spam bot. Entering the captcha, I discover that triggering the Captcha counts as a story submission and makes me wait 20 minutes before I can actually submit it. Annoying, but okay. I wait the 20 minutes, hit submit, and discover that my login has timed out. I log in again to discover that being informed that I timed out COUNTS AS A GODDAMN STORY SUBMISSION. I went around this loop AGAIN, keeping track of the time in an attempt to not have to repeat it, with no more success. It should not be this hard to link to a goddamn discussion/writers collaboration thread on another website.

Oh, and hitting submit and being told you have to wait ALSO counts, so if you misjudge by one minute, you have to wait EVEN MORE.

EDIT: After another 40 minutes of trying, I have given up and removed the link. This Kraken shall be wrestled another day.

== Is this websites community still active? ==

A few years back I used to frequently use this website a lot, I never had an account though.
Now I want to contribute stories and etc.
But I'm worried the hay day of this website is over.
How active is this community?

Tapdancingfish- 2/19/2015
I'm still around and a few others, dunno how active the site is as I don't see updates very often.

== New here! Started a story! "My Worlds" ==

I'm new here so I don't know if the site is still very active.
If yes then help if you want with my story, My Worlds.
I suck at grammar so help with that too.

==Still seeing if people are around==
Site seemed dead for awhile but you never know if people are lurking around out there. If you are give a shout out, if not, well then you can't read this.

-[[User:Noseknows|Noseknows]] 8:31, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

Oh man, this site was much busier back in the day. I really hope the website's community bounces back again, it'd probably motivate me to write once more and finish Remember. If not, i'll just return to checking in every few months.

-[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 16:17, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
: Seems there is great interest in reviving this site, or one that is similar, but perhaps at a site that is better maintained? If enough project participants were interested, you could request CYOS.wiki at Wiki.wiki (that's the URL) and have it hosted there for free. You could either start from scratch or migrate over any content of interest. -[[User:JOR|JOR]] 21:06, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Talk:Main Page

2015-09-25T19:59:24Z

RobKohr:

Older discussions started before 2010 have been moved to an [[Talk:Main Page/Archive1|archive page]].

==Removed pedo stories==
I created a filter for the story pedo__romp (with only 1 underscore). After a little research this content would be considered illegal as obscene even though it was only in text form. [http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca11/13-14350/13-14350-2015-03-12.html Reference]

I don't monitor the content on the site, but this was pointed out to me by a user. If you find any content explicitly related to sex with a minor, please remove it or edit it.

== An Idea For A Perfect Game Of Thrones Story ==
Hello dear users of C.Y.O.A, I know how our precious site works and I would like to announce you that I am about to write a big and great story, in the Universe of A Song Of Ice And Fire book series. Anyone who would like to help me in this story, please contact me via Skype (sarp.kaya12) or [[User talk:Potato King|edit my talk page]].

== Why are there no cows in the story Furry World? ==
-- Jasper --

I hope I can find some friends and even get help with my story. Looking forward.

Edit: Check it Out! [[An Interactive Game Of Thrones Story]]

-- [[User:Potato King|Potato King]] , 05.08.2015, 15:03 (GMT+2)

== How to start my own ==
I'm new and I have no idea how to start my own story.

==HELP==
Could some people please help me write *[[time machine]]

==Rules?==
Hi, I'm fairly new here. I'm wondering, is there anything that is not allowed in stories/on site? I just don't want my stuff deleted. -Creat0r

==Just some trouble==

Hi there, I've been writing a C.Y.O.A. and I'm having the problem that I've set three options on my first page; Male, Female and Other. These redirect to different C.Y.O.A.s and it is rather irritating that when I try to chose the male option to advance it comes up with a selection of emo guys that I can use, from a different Catagory. Any help would be appreciated as I will not be able to advance in my writings until it is fixed.

Thank you in advance
--Xuan Tian Shang Ti

Xuan, I had that same problem on my new CYAO. This happens because someone else is already using this as a category name, so it will keep redirecting to their story. It helps to use your story's name in front of the choices or to put a specific phrasingthat noone has used yet.
For instance say your story is Smurfs in Ireland and you want to give people the choice of being a male or female. You could put Smurfs In Ireland: Male, or I want to be a male smurf
Hope this helps for anyone else with the same problem.

==Main Page Stories==

What constitutes a story being on the main page? It seems like people just throw theirs on there. [[User:Theotherguy|Theotherguy]] 07:10, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

We're trying to only include a small, representative sampling on the Main Page. Yes, some people are throwing theirs on there, but those stories are being thrown back off when they're spotted. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 11:25, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

By my understanding, the story has to be of a quality that it can be 'considered' for a feature, not necessarily featured, but close or at the level. By the way, great to see someone took the initiative and did this, the site really needed some tidying. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 13 September 2012

Maybe we should make specific guidelines? Must be this many pages, this quality of writing, etc. etc. [[User:Theotherguy|Theotherguy]] 23:14, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Well I would suggest at least having the minimum amount of pages be set to 50, besides the 'Quizzes and Challenges' Section. I'm not sure about the quality of writing, as long as it is understandable and entertaining. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] September 14 2012

== Main Page and Its Length ==

I'm sure most of you here have noticed this already, but I'd like to just point out. The Main Page is ever growing in it's length. That's great news! That means more adventures, but it comes at a price. The overall size of the page. I thought I'd do a little experiment and see how long it would take me to scroll down from the top to the very bottom. It took me more than 10 seconds. That is a ridiculously long time. Only fine for social media sites such as Facebook.

What I'm suggesting is that we need to find a way to successfully organize the Main Page to which the size of it is significantly less, while not having it link off into other pages. Such as replacing the sections with say Collapsible Tables [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Collapsing], so then you can choose which sections you want to look at, perhaps even placing sub tables on top of that.

Heyoeveryone 12:02, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

It's certainly worth looking into. But bear in mind that newbies constantly screw up even the limited formatting currently on the Main Page. Any further complications to the coding will mean even more intense monitoring and reverting. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 15:56, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Ahh, true. I barely know coding myself, but new people constantly make stories, and sooner or later, mistakes will be made, and those beloved tables will be disfigured. It is possible though, and if someone were able just to implement this idea, it will do wonders for this site. I don't go on often, but when I do, I always notice how long the Main Page is.

So, '''IF''' anyone is willing to do this, then by all means, go ahead, it will do wonders for the site, I suggest you ask Platypus though.

--Heyoeveryone 06:05, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

== YouTube Idea ==

I have been a fan of this site for a while. I am an experienced actor and had the idea of adapting some of these stories to YouTube. Essentially, it would be an audiobook of the story where you click a link at the end of the video to make your choice (leading you to the next part of the story). I would like to try it with a shorter story first. If you have a short, well written CYOA story and are interested in sharing your story on YouTube, please let me know your username, the name of the story, and that I have your permission to record it and put it on YouTube (right below this post) . I would also be happy to hear any input on this idea.
-AlexCW

I know a lot about doing that kind of thing, it would be really great if it was animated or something like that. If you need any help working with Youtube CYOAs I can certainly help. I can also do (some) animation if you want. -Creat0r

I think this would be awesome! Guys I don't know how long this thread was posted but I would like to continue it. You know in the you adventure stories or something like that you flip to a page to continue? Well, maybe it should be one or two long videos that you pause at choices and the choices have the time you skip to. I might make a video like this on my YouTube! Awesome idea.
- [[KateFleet]] [[ YouTube : FleetGaming ]]

== Family-Friendly Section, Not Family-Friendly ==

I recently noticed that about 10 new stories were made, and each of them looked like they should be in the 10+ section. How is stealing a car family friendly? Or discouraging school? Seriously, If I see one more story like that being made, it's going straight to PG-13.
Note: I am 11 years old, and I don't even think that those stories are appropriate for my age!--[[User:903860|The Adenster]] 01:05, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Adenster, family-friendly is generally a relative term. While I dont know the particular stories you speak of, discouraging school or stealing a car CAN be used in a family setting IE. one character has a Huckleberry Finn-ish tendency to skip school and the car can be used as a life lesson piece. Terms like Family-Friendly vary greatly from person to person and are entirely dependent on perception. For example some people believe in spanking their children whilst others dont. One side would consider it "Family-Friendly" whilst the other group would not. Generally if things such as car-stealing or such occur it can be acceptable if put in perspective and used in the context of the story. --[[User:BFEL|BFEL]] 12:13, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

== New Category ==
I just had a really great idea, maybe a new category can be made for just new stories, called Not Rated Yet, or whatever. Then, where the story is placed can be decided by somebody, so that sections like "Family-Friendly" are not so populated with stories that aren't appropriate.--[[User:903860|The Adenster]] 01:23, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Your points are well taken, and this new group of writers is not writing family friendly material, but I'm somewhat averse to creating a Not Yet Rated section for ''somebody'' to rate, because there's only one sysop active on this site. My time is limited and I like to get in a little bit of time to work on my own writing. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 03:02, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

I myself would be interested in assisting with this, Platypus. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 03:28, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, maybe ratings could be incoporated into reviews. That way unrated stories can move and get a review simultaneously.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 10:52, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

== About story page links ==
I'm kind of a perfectionist and it just hurts my eyes to see the story page links not formatted properly. It's either because people are too lazy or just not well enough informed on how to create proper links. Most pages have something like this:
* <nowiki>[[Story Name-Page Name]]</nowiki> = [[Story Name-Page Name]]
* <nowiki>[[Story Name/Page Name]]</nowiki> = [[Story Name/Page Name]]
* <nowiki>[[Story Name: Page Name]]</nowiki> = [[Story Name: Page Name]]
And so on. What I'd like to see is this:
* <nowiki>[[Story Name/Page Name|Display Name]]</nowiki> = [[Story Name/Page Name|Display Name]]
* <nowiki>[[Story Name/Character: Page Name|Display Name]]</nowiki> = [[Story Name/Character: Page Name|Display Name]]
The '''Display Name''' field makes the link show as that to the user, while still linking to the '''Story Name/Page Name''' page. This kind of naming makes the story pages look a lot better while still keeping the pages properly sorted out. I think this is explained on the main page, but it seems a bit unclear. Maybe it could be improved? --[[User:Dreama|Dreama]] 16:00, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

It is discussed in the [[Tutorial]], but sometimes it seems as if some of the people who want to write here aren't capable of reading.

Mostly, I like to see consistency within any given story. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 21:16, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Is there a way to get the Category page to display just the page names? In my story, I use the <nowiki>[[Story Name/Page Name|Page Name]]</nowiki> idiom, but the category page shows every page with the story prefix and they are all grouped under the same header. --[[User:Shiine|Shiine]] 8:50, 5 July 2010

I don't know a way of changing the way the page names are displayed on the Category page, but if you categorize each individual page as <nowiki>[[Category:Story Name|Page Name]] </nowiki>, then the Category page will aphabetize based on whatever you tell it the Page Name is, regardless of what the page name displays as. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 19:10, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

I added a section to [[Tutorial/sleep|the tutorial]] about using the sort key in the category field. --[[User:Shiine|Shiine]] 23:40, 10 Aug 2010

== problems with the search bar ==

Hello, I just want to say that there seems to be a problem with the search, whenever I type a requist in it comes back with no results, I tried using the report a bug feature but the appears to be broken. --[[User:Tricrotic|Tricrotic]] 11:57, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, the search bar only works when you type in the exact title of a story. Granted, there is a place where you search for pages that begin with _______, that should be the automatic search engine. I don't know much about programming, but it really shouldn't be too hard to move a program that's already been created, just to a different, more accessible place. - veri_disquo (2014)

==New Story==

If you guys remember me from way back, I used to use this site a lot, then suddenly stopped. Well, I'm back (again), and I've started a new story titled [[Cell]]. I look forward to the reviews of this CYOA story, as it goes through the process of Evolution.--[[User:blablob|blablob]]

Are you still working on it? --[[user:blamblegam]]

==Questions==
Are the stories in here copyrighted in anyway? If I want to feature one on a website, can do I need permission of the author or is it public material?

The stories here aren't copyrighted. But it might be polite to mention your intentions to the author beforehand. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 22:53, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

If the story is in the Pit, can you edit the story to be in a different category? Because, for this story that I have been editing, I wish to change the maturity since its hard to keep track of every link you put. The Lost City of Atlantice is the story i had been working on for a bit and some of the tags that were created aren't really in the category. Plus, some of my ideas fit into other categories. What should I do? --[[User:sayrppoetry/sayrppoetry]]

If you retrieve a story from the Pit, feel free to up its maturity level as needed. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 22:51, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

== Status functionality? ==

The tutorial mentions status functionality as if you are able to use variables, but there was no information on how to perform operations on variables (You know, add, subtract, that sort of thing.) I looked for an article on the issue but didn't find any. Is this functionality available?

No. You can not perform operations on the variables. You have to do any adding and subtracting manually on the next page, and if you want options where you have different values for the variables, you have to create multiple paths. --[[User:Rawar|Rawar]] 19:27, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

BTW: I was wanting to experiment with status stuff, so I ended up creating a template page for the [[sandbox]]. Since you can't delete pages, and this might be useful, I replaced it with a basic status bar and left it in the sandbox. I hope others find it useful. --[[User:Shiine|Shiine]] 04:27, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

== New here, and want to know a few things about editting. ==

I joined today and want to know if it is okay for me to go through stories fixing some grammar mistakes and spelling. (not that I a grammar freak or saying I am perfect myself.) Some stories i looked at had a dozen mistakes a page and that is just bad for the site. See [[DUDE WHERES MY CAR]], I fixed the main page, leaving in the repitive sentence structure because I was unsure if I should change that. The next pages I looked at were equally plagued. Is there a way to catergorize stories as "being a pain to read because of mistakes"? I did not mean chnaging content, simplly fixing sloppy mistakes. To be sure, I am not planning on reading every story on here to be an English jainitor. I just wondered whose job these things were, Thanks. ~[[User:RandyRift|RandyRift]]

I’m not an admin or anything but…

There is no real problem or rule against editing pages, especially grammar correction. If you want to fix stories then that’s alright. Hell, even adding new stuff to the story is fine in most cases.
The problem with this site is that there are some users who create crappy stories with five pages that have no real plot or proper grammar. People work on their story for a day then leave resulting in many poor stories with no real purpose. So if you want to fix stories then go for it.

--[[User:Fletcher Peninsula|Fletcher Peninsula]]

Unfortunately, there are far too many ungrammatical writers out there for me to repair all the things they post. I am the only active sysop here, and I don't object to anyone trying fix grammar around the site. We were recently invaded by a Canadian school whose students wanted the thrill of posting on the web despite the fact that many of them had a poor grasp of English. Their teacher's help made many things worse, not better. But since they seem to have left, many of their stories are going to be getting moved to the Pit of Abandonned Stories soon. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 01:21, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

I have another question, why is it that on the category page, (for my story) when I am logged in I see 90 pages, but when not logged in I see 78? (the page lists only that many.) ~[[User:RandyRift|RR]] 3 April 2010

== Pictures and Copyrights ==
I'm not very familiar with finding out what kind of copyrights some picture has on the web and what pictures are free to be posted here, for example, and what pictures may be freely copied and even uploaded here to be displayed. So far I've only been directly linking to pictures on Wikipedia (in very rare occasions anyway), but that's very limited. Anyone know better? --[[User:Dreama|Dreama]] 22:56, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

The safest thing is to upload your own pictures to photobucket or something. However, there are several free stock photo and picture sites out there. My favorite is http://www.sxc.hu/ . However, make sure you read the licenses for the photos before using them or linking to them! --[[User:Rawar|Rawar]] 00:42, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

There's thousands of free stock photos on [http://www.dreamstime.com/free-photos Dreamstime.com]. Just resize them to a width of 800 for web use. -- [[User:ImmortalDreams|ImmortalDreams]]

== A portrait of an American Girl Named Myra. ==

If you like the story idea, please help create a scenario for Myra. Remember, do not edit or add onto anyone else's scenario. Create a small one of your own. It doesn't have to be deep! Thank you for contributing!

She ought to wear a funky fruit hat. She's 12, was living with her mother in Maine, dad's a deadbeat, moves to Oklahoma for no apparent reason, uncovers alien conspiracy there. Turns out her mother's been replaced by an evil space automaton. She must team up with her drunken embarassment of a father to rescue her from a Dick Dastardly-esque villain who brought the aliens here with a magical voodoo portal, and then find a way to close said portal. Along the way, she learns important lessons regarding metaphysical idealism and beef Wellington. --[[User:Nalanhata|Nalanhata]], June 18

== Moving a page ==

Is there a way to move pages? I've looking over a story with terrible spelling problems and [[Tour_the_town|this page]] links to [[A little Tatoo paurlor]] which should be fixed. -- [[User:TheRick|TheRick]] 05:26, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

The page-moving function had to be disabled due to malicious vandals. However, what you can do is copy the text in the mis-named page, blank that page, edit the page with the mis-named link, and paste the text onto a new page with the correctly spelled name. Then I'll delete the blanked page. I'm the only one who can do deletions. And I do appreciate anyone who actually wants to do some work tidying up the place. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 11:56, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

== Old Geezer ==

I'm still having problems with editing Lady Helsing as it says Permission error" when l try to
edit it.

First of all make sure you are logged in... next... if you have been on a single page writing for too long it will automatically log you out so right click copy anything you have if you need to re-log in --[[User:Mezzo|Mezzo]] 17:12, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

== Tags? ==
What are the tags supposed to do? Because the ones that are for this one are 'porn or death'. --[[User:Heyoeveryone]]

== Severe lag of site? ==

Anybody else getting loadtimes of upwards of 5 minutes (multiple refreshes included) for even the shortest of pages?

If so, I think I know why. Remember, this is only a guess (although it's one with backup). I noticed my browser (Chrome) seems to hang on loading the info from TagNimbus, so I tried to visit the TagNimbus site. It seems to be down or dead, and a look at www.IsUp.me told me the whole site seemed to be down for others, too.

If it's down, any chance of getting in touch with the owner to restore it? Otherwise, if TagNimbus is finall- I mean unfortunately dead, can we just remove the thing anyways? It didn't seem to change anything and was abused to tag pages with irrelevant tags...

But hey, this is all the rambling of one author who just hopes to get the site working so he can get back to writing the gore story he was in the middle of... --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 06:27, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

==Hello==

Hello. Just wanted to say this site looks really cool and interesting, I really look forward to helping stories along or even starting some once I get the hang of it.

I should know though, are there any particular rules or anything that aren't immediately obvious or that are mentioned? And where should I start? Any advice for a newbie would be very appreciated. The site is a little unnecessarily complicated.

Heyo whoever you are! Best thing you should start on is probably continuing on stories that have been started, but after 10 pages, the author has quit. If you really want to begin a new story, i suggest planning it before you actually type it all out. In your plan you should have: the main storyline, the seperate endings, and of course the characters who are going to be in the story.
-- [[User:Heyoeveryone]] 3 September 2011

You should try mind mapping. It's a great way to make branching plot lines. -- [[User:ImmortalDreams|ImmortalDreams]]

It's bad to add to the number of all the carcasses you can see on the Main Page. Save those, or if you prefer, get the more severely rotting ones that we lumped in the Pit to decompose. Unfortunately, stories are hard to get rid of, so save them from non-authorship before it's too late. It also makes it easier, since you'd agree with the storyline from the beginning, whereas others end up left behind because there's a lock on the whole thing. For Example, everything might lead to a standstill after everything directs to a page. The rest of the plot is a mystery and starts rotting. Simply because the author him/her self doesn't know how it ends.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 14:58, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

== Template Appearance Problem ==

The templates for my story [[War Pigs]] are coming out all wrong in IE 9, but they look fine in Firefox. Can anybody explain why? It would be greatly appreciated. --[[User:AgentVincent|AgentVincent]] 03:55, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

The problem is probably that it's IE9. IE9 enjoys shitting all over everything nice looking on the internet. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 15:47, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

== The whole "Anon" thing. ==

Anyone else amused by this? Three brief little "attacks" (if you even want to call them that) with an empty threat? I dunno, I guess it just struck me as pathetic and funny. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 06:26, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Yea a real dumbass, but thank God he didn´t write any pages, those would have been real '''attacks''' on the site! :)

[[User:Fletcher Peninsula|Fletcher Peninsula]]

== Pictures ==

I noticed that there was an embedded image button. Being a photo editor, such as myself, I jumped at the idea of adding a picture where they could be used. Unfortunately it says that file adding is disabled. I looked through the General Discussion and i realize that you have had "attacks" in the past but is there a chance that they could be re-added?

--[[User:Aegisofawakening|Aegisofawakening]] 01:58, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Actually, file adding was disabled due to server-size limitations, not due to attacks. But images can still be displayed on pages, even if the file itself cannot become part of this site. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 04:09, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

== Thanks! ==

I'd just like to say thank you so much!!! Why? Well, a few years back i wrote a few tales ([[Girlngirl High]], [[All Alone]] and [[Teehee!]]). I thought, no way were these stories would ever become hits, all of them are less than 100 pages! And i never finished any of them. So i decided to quit the site for 2 years. Today, i decided to go on and look at my stories, see how they've turned out.

I looked down to find out that '''every story i've made has gotten over 1000 views on the first page, with the most being 20 000!!!''' I was just amazed at how my stories were this popular. So i'd just like to say THANK YOU!! I've given the job of continuing the stories to my friend [[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]]. He's a very good friend of mine and he said he'd love to take over. So once again, thank you so much for your support throughout these past 2 years. Also thanks to those people who added pages onto my stories. If you'd like to work on these stories, just ask Heyo for permission and he should promptly allow you.

Am i coming back? Nah. Well maybe. --[[User:Unkowhero23]]

Actually, you don't need my permission. Just make sure that you don't have many grammatical and spelling errors, and that the pages aren't just one or two sentences. Those are terrible, and with the load times of the site sometimes, you want something more than just that.

--[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 5th September, 2011

== Spam ==

What's with all the random advertisements lately? It's actually more of a nuisance than those Anon people a little while back. Is this site really such a big deal that people need to go around and post all these ads? - [[User:Jamesparker|Jamesparker]], September 23, 2011

Ad's? Where? Link them here. It's best if you name and shame them, and so that their account will be quickly deleted off the site. And I guess it is such a big deal. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 9 October 2011

== Mature, Adult, Bad Taste ==

A suggestion, if you will. Maybe the mature, adult and bad taste story listings should be collectively put on a sub-page separate from the main page? On reflection, maybe only the Adult and Bad Taste ones. Those wishing to see those stories wouldn't have any trouble finding them by following the link (from the main page), and it'd render the main page free of offensive language and titles. Everybody wins? What'd'y'all think? [[User:JackalRobot|JackalRobot]] 21:12, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

I have been giving the idea consideration, especially as some people would prefer not to be exposed to even the titles of some of the Adult stories. And it would help reduce the sheer size of the Main Page. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 00:41, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

Despite my own story preferences, I agree. I always thought it odd (and not a little family-unfriendly) to give almost equal weight to kiddie stories as well as possibly very kinky adult stuff. As long as you can always go directly to any given page (through a browser bookmark perhaps) I actually suggest adult stories are kept behind a disclaimer screen of some sort.
[[User:Anedwcan|Anedwcan]] 19:48, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Also, it can broaden the areas for the Adult Stories and free the titles. Then there could be another sub-group for the mild content.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 14:52, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

That is a great idea you have there, and it would be nice to see this happen. However there is a huge flaw I see in this. Recent Changes would still show everything be it a kids story about a kitten, or an adult story about bestiality.--[[User:Yihman1|Yihman1]] 07:04, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

I have a "Mature" (R rated) story I am writing. I am considering adding a storyline in which the character gets raped offscreen. Is that too intense for "Mature"? Should I post the beginning of the storyline, and the page that links to it, here to be vetted? --[[User:LaedyRose|LaedyRose]]

I don't think an offscreen rape would necessarily need to be put in the Adult section. At least the Mature section, certainly. It depends on how much detail you put in. You might want to put a warning at the beginning of the storyline, simply because rape is a special kind of evil and will break (or make) the story for some readers. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 01:34, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

== Feedback For My Stories ==

Hi! I'm new here, and I'm starting my first story, [[Transformers: War Between Two Worlds]]. I wasn't sure if it should go in the Family Friendly Section or the PG13 Section, so I put it in Family Friendly. If you have any feedback, read what I have so far and post it here. This story will take me a while, but as soon as I'm done, I'll get started on another one. Also, would anyone like to team up with me on a story? I'm guessing most of you will think I'm crazy, but it's good to check. TEAMWORK RULES! I'm not that smart when it comes to wiki editing, so if there's a place where this page would better fit, then please tell me here.

Feedback:

New Ideas (for my future stories):

Edit Requests (If you would like permission to edit one of my stories, put your username here):

-[[User:AwesomeSauce2233475]]

Sorry about putting my page in the wrong place, Platypus. How do you reach the user page?

== Finding A Story ==

Hi everyone.

Just a quickie.

1) Is there a story that focuses on something like a haunted house/mansion/what-have-you somewhere? I've skimmed the titles but nothing popped out at me and I've been reading here and there but even though most stories seem to only be like 5-10 pages the sheer number of them means I haven't had a chance to check them all and was hoping someone who'd been around longer knew of one and could point me in the right direction?

-- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt. Devonin]]

: I don't know of such a story, but this brings up an issue I've been meaning to: it's awfully hard for someone to find anything they might be looking for, if they haven't seen it already. I'm wondering if the allowance of short synopses has been discussed before, or perhaps if we might create categories like [[:Category:Stories that feature supernatural characters|stories that feature supernatural characters]] or [[:Category:Stories that take place in haunted houses|stories that take place in haunted houses]].

: --[[User:KC Riley|KC Riley]] 03:39, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Well, [[Madman's Mansion]] isn't haunted but its the best one I know of that involves a proper what-have-you-somewhere and decent story length and grammar and punctustion and so on.

--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 14:49, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Also, how about this: when you enter the main page, there is a link to each level of the stories, then, you can continue on into sub-groups of Ghost, Sci-Fi, Quest, Tragedy, or something like that.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 13:55, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

== How to know people are watching? ==

I'm new here, and recently finished a short story.

But how do I tell if anyone is seeing it? Is there a place on this website to get feedback on the stories?

Thanks

You can see at the bottom of each page how many times the page has been accessed. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 07:16, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Platypus, is this still true? I have looked at my page, and do not see a number for how many times it has been accessed. Or was this removed? --[[User:DirtyMeStoryTime|Dirty Me]] 12:20, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

Yes, unfortunately, this isn't currently active. It was always nice to know how often a page has been accessed. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 15:38, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

== Something wrong? ==

Hi, I'm new here. Saw this site and thought it was pretty interesting, and gave it a try. It's fun and I'm currently working on a story. However, I'm getting a feeling I am doing something wrong with creating stories and editing them. If I am doing anything wrong so far, which I am sure I am, please tell me, okays?

-Bluedragon

So far, so good. I see nothing wrong with what you're doing. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 14:25, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

== A page making/organizing resource ==

First of all, I don't want to sound like a spammer or advertiser, but since I can code, I thought I'd make a resource for everyone who's interested.
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I've noticed when making games on here, that it's difficult to keep track of all your pages, and it's still hard to make them even with a mind map. So I made a rather unconventional, very small piece of software using Game Maker. Despite its not too standard interface. It provides an easy and efficient way to organize your pages. You can type and paste your page content into it and then automatically generate the pages in the correct format for this site.
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I in no way claim that I have ownership rights to the site. I only want to provide a resource for its users in order to make the creating process easier.
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The file is only 2.3MB.
Here's the download link(vs1) - [http://www.4shared.com/file/g5M6PSP2/CYOA_-_Page_Organizer.html]
--[[User:ImmortalDreams|ImmortalDreams]]
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'''New Features:'''
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Made page recognition easier by showing the link names instead of the page names for the disabled parallel fields of each choice.
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Added a ''Clear'' button to the description area.
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Added a feature where the active field is always highlighted.
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Added tab key support for faster navigation between fields.
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'''Bug Fixes:'''
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All of the proper link names show up in the generated code files. Before, all link names had been choice1's.
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The disabled child name(now link) fields no longer show a value of 0 when going to one page and back again.
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New download link(vs1.1) - [http://www.4shared.com/file/KF270foj/CYOA_-_Page_Organizer11.html]
--[[User:ImmortalDreams|ImmortalDreams]]

== Interaction ==

How can I communicate with other users of this site, so that we can conspire and work together. I am currently working on a story that is just to much for one person to handle, but I don't understand how I can talk with "helpers". I just don't get it!-- [[User: Cyclops|Cyclops]]

You can click on a user's name to view their profile page, then click on the "discussion" tab to see their talk page. If you post something on their talk page, they'll see an alert at the top of their screen. Hopefully, they'll click the alert, go to their talk page, and then write something back on your page. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 23:06, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

i think that there needs to be a few changes to this site. A chatroom. It would be very easy to find one online and embed it in a page. Also I believe there should be category pages where all the sci fi pages are in one place with links to it. Maybe on the mainpage, instead of links to very story, have links to the category listing. Finally I believe there should be something to let us rate pages (as in 4 out of 5 stars).
-[[User:Gartonia|Gartonia]]

The interaction between users does seem unusual (profile page->discussion...) There can be a better way surely?
Also, clicking on a user's name is not easy. For one, the pages don't have a author's link. Also, the person who wrote the last page in a story might be different from the author of the current page.
A link to the profile of the creator should be there on each page so one can easily click on it...
-[[User:BenchWarmer|BenchWarmer]]

A link to the profile of the creator ''is'' there on each page. Just click the History tab. There's a link to the profile page and to the discussion page of every user who's edited the page. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 19:43, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

== Salutations. ==

Hello, I am one of the new guys here. I just wanted to know if there are any rules that I must adhere to on this site. I mainly made an account just so that I was able to continue on a story that I saw on this website. Well anyway, If you can notify me, please do, Thank You.

== Salutations. ==

Hello, I am one of the new guys here. I just wanted to know if there are any rules that I must adhere to on this site. I mainly made an account just so that I was able to continue on a story that I saw on this website. Well anyway, If you can notify me, please do, Thank You.

== Linking to existing pages ==

How does one link back to an existing page, in effect creating a loop?

The same way you create a link to a new page: By enclosing the name of the page in square brackets. For example: <nowiki> [[Main Page]] </nowiki> links you to [[Main Page]].--[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 21:49, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

== Featured Story - A Dead Thing? ==

We're 8 days from the 8 month anniversary of the last time the Featured Story section was last updated. Who was last in charge of updating that? --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 07:24, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

The idea was proposed by [[User: Occono|Occono]], last seen in 2009. I said then that I had no objections to such a feature, but no intention of participating in it. Anyone volunteering? --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 18:19, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

As I understood it, anyone could edit the featured story section, no one in particular was responsible for keeping it reguarly updated. That being said, 8 months is an alarmingly long time. If we´re looking for a story right now to put on there "Megan" (which is already nominated) could do. Although that one might be a bit to... bloody disturbing, to be put there. Another one might be Battle Royal, which has a lot of pages. (Wait, did I just recomend Battle Royal over something else beacuse it was so bloody disturbing? Scary thought!).

Overall though, personally I´d want to put a quality story on the featured page. And the simply fact is that there arn´t enough quality storys on this site to maintain a one or two months switch around in my opinion. Also, personally, I´d also not like to see adulth storys be put there, which decresses the story-pool significantly.

--[[User:Fletcher Peninsula|Fletcher Peninsula]]

Woah, seriously? 8 months? That is amazing. Nevertheless it's a great thing that someone actually bothered to change it. It may be my story, but from 2012 onwards, I was surprised that [[Remember]] was still featured. Congratulations to TheElderOnes. It's been a long time coming, and now you've finally gotten the story featured. Nice.

--[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 30/06/2012

== Compressing the main page ==

I started compressing the main page into smaller sortable tables. I just finished the family friendly section, feel free to take over for me if you would like to do the next sections

The goal for all of these tables is to keep the list around 10 items, and then have a more stories page for each section. The simpest way to do this is to choose all stories that have 50+ pages. If that leads to too many stories, then make it 100+...

If a story is well written, and more than 50 pages, it should trump a story with more pages.

Also, please bring the adult section back to the home page with the top items from it. That is the most active section of the site, and it generates a lot of traffic from google.

--[[User:RobKohr|RobKohr]] 12:19, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

== Separate Wiki for Adult Content ==

I don't really like that adult stores are so easily accessible for people that come here looking for non-adult material, such as that they'll pop up as random pages, or can be seen in "Recent Changes". Is there any interest in branching Adult content off in to a separate Wiki, and maybe including a link the "Adult Section" in the side-bar? --[[User:Holvard|Holvard]] 19:56, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Unfortunately, the majority of the traffic here is looking for the Adult Content. Removing it or trying to bury it in some way would most likely kill off the non-adult content. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 20:16, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

How extreme is the majority? As far as I can tell, this is the only active site to make free interactive adult stories, so if there's that much interest I may try to make my own. --[[User:Holvard|Holvard]] 20:56, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Would it take a lot of work to put the adult content behind a disclaimer screen? As long as one had to go through the main page to access the adult site, it might actually ''increase'' traffic to the non-adult content, because people would feel better about, for instance, recommending it to children. People might feel more comfortable with the site in general if they felt sure that reasonable precautions were being taken. --[[User:LaedyRose|LaedyRose]] 9 April 2012

It could work through account settings, and then it being disabled by default, and the option for parental controls. Maybe even an option (that would have to be enabled through account settings) so that only one account could be tied to that IP, and these settings, after being enabled, could be disabled via a parental control password that is set up with the account, that could be different than the account's login password.
[[User:UZ9|UZ9]] 21:52, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

== Issues With the Site ==
I've noticed that Create Your Own Adventure pages tend to load slowly, and the last week or so, accessing the site at all has been touch and go. Is there any particular reason for this? Is there anything you or we can do about it, or do we just need to be patient? --[[User:LaedyRose|LaedyRose]] 9 April 2012

== Lag of site and page load limits ==
Is there a problem? When I first started contributing to this site it could sometimes be very slow, but I put that down to traffic at certain times of the day. In the morning in GMT (when the Americas are asleep!) it was usually pretty good. Now, though, I find it's terribly slow whenever I use it, often taking upwards of thirty seconds to a minute to load a single page. What's more, not infrequently it doesn't load the page at all and I instead get a "Uncached page load rate limit reached -> 3 per second;" message. After a couple of those (even if I've only been on the site for ~5 minutes and loaded three or four pages) I get a request to complete a Captcha: "Page loads per hour hit - limit 60. Reset limit by filling in this captcha:"

It seems that it's trying to load pages multiple times when I access them? That might explain why it's being so slow, too.

*There is indeed a problem: link spammers. RobKohr has had to deliberately slow down site responsiveness and include that captcha in the hopes of frustrating the spambots so maybe they'll go away and leave us alone. The messages you're seeing aren't because ''you're'' trying to load more than 3 pages per second. It's because the bots are trying to load far, far more pages than that per second. Do I like this solution? Not really. It's frustrating. Can anyone else think of a better one? --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 14:14, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

**You guys could require to creat a acc that is activaded by admin/mod to view the content, the login page should always come if a cookie isnt existing and the page itself could be a blank site with minmal text and a field to look in.

***You wouldn't even need to create an account to ''view'' the content (that would be counter-intuitive, since you want people to see it) but just to ''edit'' it. I know that's probably far from ideal because the whole point is the Wiki is free for everyone, but at the same time if it's being incredibly slow because of spambots then maybe it's a necessary step?

: Is there some reason that the normal solutions (for MediaWiki, let's say the Phalanx extension) can't be applied here? Spam is a rather indiscriminate reality of the Internet that sites are usually protected against without crippling themselves and hoping spambots will get frustrated and go away. They won't, but the users will. --[[User:KC Riley|KC Riley]] 13:06, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

== Linking pictures problems and other errors ==

Hello. In my various writing I try to place links to pictures to enhance the story experience. I've been doing this for months and months but lately the site has been completely blocking my ability to place links. The first time I try to post a page with a link it will force me to type in two words to verify that I'm human. After I type in the correct words it will attempt to post the page again but instead I will get this message: "You can only submit one page with a link in it per 20 minute period". Because of the human verification process I am completely unable to post links. I am fine with only posting one link per twenty minutes but the site has negated any way of posting links as the verification process eats up my one post per twenty minutes. As someone who uses the site often this is a major inconvenience.

Furthermore, if the human verification process doesn't stop my attempts at posting a link all the million of other error messages will. Errors such as site load limits or pages per hour or some such. These errors are never correct and seemingly random. I can stomach these messages and plod forward but they are a complete hindrance when it comes to posting links.

Please give me some assistance in this regard, I do not want to lose the function of placing links in my stories.

I have noticed this annoying tendency too. I tried to create a link to the CC-BY legal language, which is what I license my writing using, and find that, since I get the captcha thing, it blocks the link completely by telling me I can only do one external link per 20 minutes. So, it must say 1 time when I first submit, 1 time when I captcha and submit, meaning I can never do anything external. Like, say, link the CC-BY legal language for people to easily read the copyright terms, or provide a picture of an outfit I am thinking of, or whatever. Instead, I need to put a half link in so people can copy and paste, but not go to by directly clicking. Not sure how to get around this -.- --[[User:DirtyMeStoryTime|Dirty Me]] 04:45, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

== Hiya! Are people still active? ==

Hey guys. I'm Bloody and I just joined the site. I've noticed the discussion board is a little old, and just wanted to see if others were still active. Guess I just need a little reassurance that I'm not the only one. lol -Bloody

== Page loads per second hit - limit 2 ==

Has anyone else been getting this message a lot lately? [[User:AgentVincent|AgentVincent]] 21:32, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

Yes. I have. But I wait about 2 seconds and hit the "reload page" button, and it works. -- [[User:Teejay|Teejay]]

That page loads hit per second is extremely annoying. I'm a fast reader, and on short pages, it sometimes pops up. It does so constantly when I'm just trying to get back to pages inside of a story I want to edit or add more to. I also really dislike that "Page hits per hour" message. What's the point of having it? Maybe the site can do away with that? -- [[User:Sophos8|Sophos8]]

I don't like it either, but "throttling" the site is one of the techniques that RobKohr is using to frustrate the spam-bots that were filling the site with crap. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 20:21, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

It is driving me insane. I can't enjoy this site when everytime i click on another page i get this annoying message. I spend more time reading that than actual story.
And i just got it when i tried to add here....

lol, you should try checking through stories to see if they should be moved to the pit. I see that message so often it isn't funny D: --[[User:DirtyMeStoryTime|Dirty Me]] 14:00, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

its annoying as hell it would be nice if it was raised to 4

How does one "frustrate" a bot? If anything it will cause people actually interested in this site to turn away. There has to be a better way to do this.

== Image linking ==

Every time I try to link an image, it gives me:
"You can only submit one page with a link in it per 20 minute period."
This happens regardless of whether i add via hyperlinking or as a text url itself.

Any help would be very much appreciated.
My only other option for this is to upload images to this site, but I'm not sure if I can or not. But the editing tools does support adding images during editing so...
--[[User:Aelvir|Aelvir]] 15:33, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

== Chat Concept ==

Recently created, and in need of a public announcement. Feel free to use this link and open in separate tabs to keep it alive:<br> '''editthischat.chatango.com'''<br>
--[[User:Completionist|Completionist]] 22:24, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

== Mermaid games? ==

Can someone please make a adult section mermaid choose sex game or direct me to one... Thanks.

And i want it to be that you cant change into legs and are cught by fishermen.

Also make the girl mermaid choose a blonde girl.

And its set in a medieval world thats advanced on slavery and cross breeding and has mutant bugs.

Thanks.

==New here==

So I'm working on a story called [[Three sisters]] in the adult section. I'm just wondering if anyone is enjoying it as of yet, its still a WIP and there is still loads of work to be done with it. Anyway let me know if there are things you would like to see in it, or anything else.

-[[User:Tapdancingfish|Tapdancingfish]] 23:39, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

==I have questions==
Ive just joined but having been writting up my own story for months, i want to know if its possible to keep my story hidden from public until im ready for them to read it? Also is there anyway for me to revert unwanted edits by other users (to be honest i dont want any users editing my work unless its to fix grammar)?
[[User:Blitzbear93|Blitzbear93]] 14:01, 14 September 2014 (UTC)Blitzbear93
:Hi,
:I suggest that you create a wiki to write your story, then you blank the page in the last edit. Nobody can read it when opening your wiki, but you can easily retrieve your own story in the revision history page (clicking on the previous archived version). You cannot really prevent any user from editing, but whether it happens, you have the right to make reverts, too, so you can check your work periodically if you are worried about that. You may mention at the beginning of the story the following sentence :
:''Please do not change or add pages (unless you correct my orthography, which you are welcome to do). Thank you.''
:Good luck. -- [[User:Girl Mamtha|Girl Mamtha]] 20:10, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

== Linking to outside sites ==

So, I've been trying for over two hours to upload the first page of my my story. However, submissions with outside links can only be submitted once every 20 minutes, a common sense policy I have no issues with. My problem comes when the first submission attempt loads the page again with a captcha to prove I'm not a spam bot. Entering the captcha, I discover that triggering the Captcha counts as a story submission and makes me wait 20 minutes before I can actually submit it. Annoying, but okay. I wait the 20 minutes, hit submit, and discover that my login has timed out. I log in again to discover that being informed that I timed out COUNTS AS A GODDAMN STORY SUBMISSION. I went around this loop AGAIN, keeping track of the time in an attempt to not have to repeat it, with no more success. It should not be this hard to link to a goddamn discussion/writers collaboration thread on another website.

Oh, and hitting submit and being told you have to wait ALSO counts, so if you misjudge by one minute, you have to wait EVEN MORE.

EDIT: After another 40 minutes of trying, I have given up and removed the link. This Kraken shall be wrestled another day.

== Is this websites community still active? ==

A few years back I used to frequently use this website a lot, I never had an account though.
Now I want to contribute stories and etc.
But I'm worried the hay day of this website is over.
How active is this community?

Tapdancingfish- 2/19/2015
I'm still around and a few others, dunno how active the site is as I don't see updates very often.

== New here! Started a story! "My Worlds" ==

I'm new here so I don't know if the site is still very active.
If yes then help if you want with my story, My Worlds.
I suck at grammar so help with that too.

==Still seeing if people are around==
Site seemed dead for awhile but you never know if people are lurking around out there. If you are give a shout out, if not, well then you can't read this.

-[[User:Noseknows|Noseknows]] 8:31, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

Oh man, this site was much busier back in the day. I really hope the website's community bounces back again, it'd probably motivate me to write once more and finish Remember. If not, i'll just return to checking in every few months.

-[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 16:17, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
: Seems there is great interest in reviving this site, or one that is similar, but perhaps at a site that is better maintained? If enough project participants were interested, you could request CYOS.wiki at Wiki.wiki (that's the URL) and have it hosted there for free. You could either start from scratch or migrate over any content of interest. -[[User:JOR|JOR]] 21:06, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

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2015-09-25T19:52:24Z

RobKohr:

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<h1>Create Your Own Story</h1>


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== Introduction ==

<b>Create Your Own Story</b> is a wiki that contains stories where the reader assumes the role of the main character. In each page you decide 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 you get to 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 stories that have no choices, your story will be deleted as such stories are not appropriate.

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

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.

[[How to Edit]]

[[Idea Pitches]]

*Hint: If you don't care enough about your writing to attempt to use proper grammar or spelling, chances are people won't care to read it. If grammar isn't your strong suit, you may want to look over some [[Grammatical Tips]].

If you want to practice editing, you should do so on the [[Sandbox]].
<br><b>P.S. To those looking for the adult stories, they are at the bottom of the page, past the warning, as to prevent any incidental stumblings into adult content and to keep the site reasonably appropriate for all ages.</b>
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==Got an Idea for a Story?==
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 down or ask [[User Talk:BloodshedPrince|BloodshedPrince]]. Don't let that little spark fade, share it with the world! </div>




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==To Do List==
*Go through and fix or remove status indicators from pages.
**Some are not needed in stories and were copied and pasted from the template.
**Some are missing the level and MP from the line of code.
*Remove off-topic pages.
*Correct capitalization and spelling mistakes.
*Add a basic, or main, timeline of background events during the period that the character is making choices in - those events are usually out of the character's control. This will help add consistency.
*Pages with major spelling, grammar or other problems, but not problems that render the page spam and a candidate for deletion, should be categorized in the Pages Requiring Attention Category to get other editors to help fix it up. If a page is not yet complete, add it to Category:Pages Under Construction so people know the editor is still working on it and it does not need to have someone improve it.
*Story Endings should be categorized with Category:Endings.
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== [[Story Reviews]] ==
Look here for reviews of existing stories or to add your own reviews. This is still new though, so don't expect your favourite story to be reviewed just yet. Try to stick to constructive criticism only. Deliberate insults or flaming will be deleted.

If you have any questions concerning this section, or you want a certain story to be reviewed and you can't bothered to do it yourself, don't be afraid and ask [[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]].
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==Family-Friendly Stories==
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<b>FOR ALL AGES:</b>
Suitable for anyone with Basic Reading Level skills. Please keep these G-PG.
<br>Please remove any other content that exceeds this.


[[Another Story Of Another Random Person]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Another Story Of Another Random Person}} Pages

[[Goosebumps in Horrorland]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Goosebumps in Horrorland}} Pages

[[Harry Potter| Harry Potter And the Adventure Chosen by You]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Harry Potter}} Pages

[[Kalew]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Kalew}} Pages

[[Madman's Mansion]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Madman's Mansion}} Pages || <b> style="color:green;"> Public </b>

[[Percy Jackson]]: The Adventures of a Demigod || {{PAGESINCAT:Percy Jackson}} Pages

[[The Kitty in the Window]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Kitty in the Window}} Pages

[[Visiting the Zoo]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Visiting the Zoo}} Pages

<br><h3>[[All Family-Friendly Stories]]</h3>
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==PG-13 Stories==
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<p><b>FOR 10+:</b> For more advanced readers. Please keep these G - PG-13.
<br>Please remove any content that exceeds this. </p>
<br>
[[Avast!]] A Pirate Story || {{PAGESINCAT:Avast!}} Pages || <b style="color:red;"> Contact me Before Editing

[[Crusader (an action-adventure fantasy)|Crusader]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Paladin}} Pages

[[Paladin (Crusader 2)|Crusader 2: Paladin]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Paladin}} Pages

[[DARKNESS]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Darkness}} Pages

[[Dead Kid]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Dead Kid}} Pages

[[Fantasy Quest]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Fantasy Quest}} Pages

[[Hunting again for Red October|Hunting Again for Red October]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Hunting Again For Red October}} Pages

[[Subject 413]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Subject 413}} Pages || <b style="color:green;"> Public </b>

[[Superdickery|Superdickery Superman Adventure]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Superdickery}} Pages

[[The many rooms|The Many Rooms]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The many rooms}} Pages

[[Transylvanian terror|Transylvanian Terror]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Transylvanian Terror}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Quest of the magician|Quest of the Magician]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Quest of the Magician}} Pages

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==Quizzes and Challenges==
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<p><b>Not actually stories, but a chance to test your knowledge (or your luck):</b></p>
<br>

[[A Quizzy Show]] || {{PAGESINCAT:A Quizzy Show}} Pages

[[Digimon Quizo'!]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Digimon Quizo'!}} Pages

[[Quiz Show]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Quiz Show}} Pages

[[Rock, Paper, Scissors]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Rock, Paper, Scissors}} Pages

[[Rock, Paper, Scissors 2]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Rock, Paper, Scissors 2}} Pages

[[The Rock Paper Scissors game|The Rock Paper Scissors Game]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The Rock Paper Scissors game}} Pages

[[The Ultimate MMA quiz game!|The Ultimate MMA Quiz Game!]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The Ultimate MMA quiz game!}} Pages

[[The video game quiz|The Video Game Quiz]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The video game quiz}} Pages

[[The video game quiz 2|The Video Game Quiz 2]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The video game quiz 2}} Pages

[[Trivia Time]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Trivia Time}} Pages

[[Video Games]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Video Games}} Pages

[[Video Game Trivia I]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Video Game Trivia I}} Pages

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==Mature Stories==
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<p><b>Content normally found in R-rated movies,
<br>no explicit sexual content or sadistic violence:</b></p>
<br>
[[Agent Black]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Agent Black}} Pages || <b style="color:green;"> Public </b>

[[Another Pointless Story|Another Pointless Story: The Ultimate Showdown]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Another Pointless Story}} Pages

[[A random story|A Random Story]] || {{PAGESINCAT:A random story}} Pages

[[A Random Story About Random Stuff]] || {{PAGESINCAT:A Random Story About Random Stuff}} Pages

[[Battle Royale]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Battle Royale}} Pages || <b style="color:green;"> Public </b>

[[Dragon Ball Z:Quest]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Dragon Ball Z: Quest}} Pages || <b style="color:red;">Please Do not Edit </b>

[[Luigi and Mario Stories]] || 11 Stories || {{PAGESINCAT:Luigi and Mario Stories}} Pages

<b>[[Remember]]</b> || {{PAGESINCAT:Remember}} Pages || <b style="color:orange;"><--Previously Featured!'''</b> <b style="color:red;">Do Not Edit Without Permission</b>

[[Resident evil|Resident Evil]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Resident evil}} Pages || <b style="color:red;">Do NOT edit!.</b>

[[Short And Random Stories]] || 25 Stories || {{PAGESINCAT:Short And Random}} Pages

[[Spongebob's Day Off]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Spongebob's Day Off}} Pages

[[The Giant Building With A Million Rooms]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The Giant Building With A Million Rooms}} Pages

[[Warhammer: Sartosa, City of Pirates]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Warhammer: Sartosa, City of Pirates}} Pages

[[war in Europe| War in Europe]] || {{PAGESINCAT:war in Europe}} Pages

<br><h3>[[All Mature Stories]]</h3>

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===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 and themes it belongs to.
*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.
*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.





== Useful Links ==

<h4>[[Pit of Abandoned Stories]]</h4>
*Stories of less than ten pages that haven't been worked on by anyone in some time will be dropped into the Pit. Feel free to retrieve stories from the Pit and put them back on the appropriate story-type page if you get inspired and add to one.

<h4>Help</h4>
*[[Tutorial]]

<h4>Meta-Games</h4>
*[[CYOS Drinking Game]] (Teen/Adult, though you can play with soda if you're under the minimum age for drinking alcohol.)
*[[You Know You Play Too Many CYOSs When|You Know You Play Too Many CYOSs When...]]




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<b style="color:white;">PAST THIS LINE HAS ADULT THEMES AND MILD LANGUAGE,
<br>IF THOSE KIND OF THINGS OFFEND YOU DO NOT PASS THIS LINE</b>
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<h1> Adult Stories </h1>

<h3 style="color:red;">18+ Only. Do not read these stories if you are underage or if you are offended by adult material.</h3>
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[[Birthday Bottom Boy's Blackout Bar-night]] (Gay) || {{PAGESINCAT:Birthday Bottom Boy's Blackout Bar-night}} Pages || <b style="color:red;">Do Not Edit</b>

[[Blackmailed]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Blackmail}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[College Girls]] || {{PAGESINCAT:College Girls}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[The Devils Daughter|The Devil's Daughter]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The Devil's Daughter}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Down The Rabbit Hole]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Down the Rabbit Hole}} Pages || (Hail Eris!) <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[The End of the World]] || 506 || <b style="color:pink;">Complete</b>

[[Furry World]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Furry World}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Girl Scout Cookies]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Girl Scout Cookies}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Girl Scout Camp]] (the sequel) || {{PAGESINCAT:Girl Scout Camp}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[High School]] || {{PAGESINCAT:High School}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Hot and Horny]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Hot and Horny}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public, please edit!</b>

[[+Infinity]] || {{PAGESINCAT:+Infinity}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[The life of a medieval princess|The Life of a Medieval Princess]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The life of a medieval princess}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public - but please read the [[Princess Editor's Guide]].</b>

[[Life of a 13 year old|Life of a 13 Year Old]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Life of a 13 year old}} Pages || <b style="color:red;">Do Not Edit, Update Nov, 30, 2014</b>

[[Ongoing Story]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Ongoing Story}} Pages

[[Oops! You're Naked!]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Oops! You're Naked!}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Pi Pi Pi]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Pi Pi Pi}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Rampage]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Rampage}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public-but any contributions with poor grammar will be immediately deleted</b>

[[Smutty Sex Romp]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Smutty Sex Romp}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b> <b style="color:red;">-For experienced writers with a firm grasp of grammar and spelling only. Any contributions with poor grammar will be immediately deleted</b>

[[Star Wars: The Complete Erotic Saga]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Star Wars: The Complete Erotic Saga}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[The Story of Jack Foster]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The Story of Jack Foster}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[University Daze]] || {{PAGESINCAT:University Daze}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Vampire Weekend]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Vampire Weekend}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Yes, Yes, Yes, Your Honor]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Yes, Yes, Yes, Your Honor}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b> <b style="color:pink;">Complete</b>

<br><h3>[[All Adult Stories]]</h3>

A bisexual pedophile?

2015-09-25T19:44:46Z

RobKohr:

Well your're a little bit of both, cool! So before I give you a dick, whats your gender?

Are you:
*[[A male bisexual pedo]]
*[[A female bisexual pedo]]
*[[....A hermaphrodite pedo? O_o]]
[[Category:Pedo romp]]

A bisexual pedophile?

2015-09-25T19:44:28Z

RobKohr:

Well your're a little bit of both, cool! So before I give you a dick, whats your gender?

Are you:
*[[A male bisexual pedo]]
*[[A female bisexual pedo]]
*[[....A hermaphrodite pedo? O_o]]

Main Page

2014-09-18T19:04:21Z

RobKohr: I think we will just stay with create your own story

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<h5>Hey people, remember to vote for your favorite story in the [[Featured Story Vote|featured section]]! || <b style="color:red;">For those who are new: Please read the rules!</b></h5>
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<h1>Create Your Own Story</h1>


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== Introduction ==

<b>Create Your Own Story</b> is a wiki that contains stories where the reader assumes the role of the main character. In each page you decide 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 you get to 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 stories that have no choices, your story will be deleted as such stories are not appropriate.

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

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.

[[How to Edit]]

[[Idea Pitches]]

*Hint: If you don't care enough about your writing to attempt to use proper grammar or spelling, chances are people won't care to read it. If grammar isn't your strong suit, you may want to look over some [[Grammatical Tips]].

If you want to practice editing, you should do so on the [[Sandbox]].
<br><b>P.S. To those looking for the adult stories, they are at the bottom of the page, past the warning, as to prevent any incidental stumblings into adult content and to keep the site reasonably appropriate for all ages.</b>
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==Got an Idea for a Story?==
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 down or ask [[User Talk:BloodshedPrince|BloodshedPrince]]. Don't let that little spark fade, share it with the world! </div>




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==To Do List==
*Go through and fix or remove status indicators from pages.
**Some are not needed in stories and were copied and pasted from the template.
**Some are missing the level and MP from the line of code.
*Remove off-topic pages.
*Correct capitalization and spelling mistakes.
*Add a basic, or main, timeline of background events during the period that the character is making choices in - those events are usually out of the character's control. This will help add consistency.
*Pages with major spelling, grammar or other problems, but not problems that render the page spam and a candidate for deletion, should be categorized in the Pages Requiring Attention Category to get other editors to help fix it up. If a page is not yet complete, add it to Category:Pages Under Construction so people know the editor is still working on it and it does not need to have someone improve it.
*Story Endings should be categorized with Category:Endings.
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== [[Story Reviews]] ==
Look here for reviews of existing stories or to add your own reviews. This is still new though, so don't expect your favourite story to be reviewed just yet. Try to stick to constructive criticism only. Deliberate insults or flaming will be deleted.

If you have any questions concerning this section, or you want a certain story to be reviewed and you can't bothered to do it yourself, don't be afraid and ask [[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]].
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==Family-Friendly Stories==
<div class="regText" style="text-align:left; padding:10px;">
<b>FOR ALL AGES:</b>
Suitable for anyone with Basic Reading Level skills. Please keep these G-PG.
<br>Please remove any other content that exceeds this.


[[Another Story Of Another Random Person]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Another Story Of Another Random Person}} Pages

[[Goosebumps in Horrorland]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Goosebumps in Horrorland}} Pages

[[Harry Potter| Harry Potter And the Adventure Chosen by You]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Harry Potter}} Pages

[[Kalew]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Kalew}} Pages

[[Madman's Mansion]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Madman's Mansion}} Pages || <b style="color:green;"> Public </b>

[[Percy Jackson]]: The Adventures of a Demigod || {{PAGESINCAT:Percy Jackson}} Pages

[[The Kitty in the Window]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Kitty in the Window}} Pages

[[Visiting the Zoo]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Visiting the Zoo}} Pages

<br><h3>[[All Family-Friendly Stories]]</h3>
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<p><b>FOR 10+:</b> For more advanced readers. Please keep these G - PG-13.
<br>Please remove any content that exceeds this. </p>
<br>
[[Avast!]] A Pirate Story || {{PAGESINCAT:Avast!}} Pages || <b style="color:red;"> Contact me Before Editing </b>

[[Crusader (an action-adventure fantasy)|Crusader]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Paladin}} Pages

[[Paladin (Crusader 2)|Crusader 2: Paladin]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Paladin}} Pages

[[DARKNESS]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Darkness}} Pages

[[Dead Kid]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Dead Kid}} Pages

[[Fantasy Quest]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Fantasy Quest}} Pages

[[Hunting again for Red October|Hunting Again for Red October]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Hunting Again For Red October}} Pages

[[Subject 413]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Subject 413}} Pages || <b style="color:green;"> Public </b>

[[Superdickery|Superdickery Superman Adventure]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Superdickery}} Pages

[[The many rooms|The Many Rooms]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The many rooms}} Pages

[[Transylvanian terror|Transylvanian Terror]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Transylvanian Terror}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Quest of the magician|Quest of the Magician]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Quest of the Magician}} Pages

<br><h3>[[All PG-13 Stories]]</h3>
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==Quizzes and Challenges==
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<p><b>Not actually stories, but a chance to test your knowledge (or your luck):</b></p>
<br>

[[A Quizzy Show]] || {{PAGESINCAT:A Quizzy Show}} Pages

[[Digimon Quizo'!]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Digimon Quizo'!}} Pages

[[Quiz Show]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Quiz Show}} Pages

[[Rock, Paper, Scissors]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Rock, Paper, Scissors}} Pages

[[Rock, Paper, Scissors 2]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Rock, Paper, Scissors 2}} Pages

[[The Rock Paper Scissors game|The Rock Paper Scissors Game]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The Rock Paper Scissors game}} Pages

[[The Ultimate MMA quiz game!|The Ultimate MMA Quiz Game!]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The Ultimate MMA quiz game!}} Pages

[[The video game quiz|The Video Game Quiz]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The video game quiz}} Pages

[[The video game quiz 2|The Video Game Quiz 2]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The video game quiz 2}} Pages

[[Trivia Time]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Trivia Time}} Pages

[[Video Games]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Video Games}} Pages

[[Video Game Trivia I]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Video Game Trivia I}} Pages

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==Mature Stories==
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<p><b>Content normally found in R-rated movies,
<br>no explicit sexual content or sadistic violence:</b></p>
<br>
[[Agent Black]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Agent Black}} Pages || <b style="color:green;"> Public </b>

[[Another Pointless Story|Another Pointless Story: The Ultimate Showdown]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Another Pointless Story}} Pages

[[A random story|A Random Story]] || {{PAGESINCAT:A random story}} Pages

[[A Random Story About Random Stuff]] || {{PAGESINCAT:A Random Story About Random Stuff}} Pages

[[Battle Royale]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Battle Royale}} Pages || <b style="color:green;"> Public </b>

[[Dragon Ball Z:Quest]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Dragon Ball Z: Quest}} Pages || <b style="color:red;">Please Do not Edit </b>

[[Luigi and Mario Stories]] || 11 Stories || {{PAGESINCAT:Luigi and Mario Stories}} Pages

<b>[[Remember]]</b> || {{PAGESINCAT:Remember}} Pages || <b style="color:orange;"><--Previously Featured!'''</b> <b style="color:red;">Do Not Edit Without Permission</b>

[[Resident evil|Resident Evil]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Resident evil}} Pages || <b style="color:red;">Do NOT edit!.</b>

[[Short And Random Stories]] || 25 Stories || {{PAGESINCAT:Short And Random}} Pages

[[Spongebob's Day Off]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Spongebob's Day Off}} Pages

[[The Giant Building With A Million Rooms]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The Giant Building With A Million Rooms}} Pages

[[Thought Of Me]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Thought Of Me}} Pages

[[Warhammer: Sartosa, City of Pirates]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Warhammer: Sartosa, City of Pirates}} Pages

[[war in Europe| War in Europe]] || {{PAGESINCAT:war in Europe}} Pages

<br><h3>[[All Mature Stories]]</h3>

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===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 and themes it belongs to.
*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.
*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.





== Useful Links ==

<h4>[[Pit of Abandoned Stories]]</h4>
*Stories of less than ten pages that haven't been worked on by anyone in some time will be dropped into the Pit. Feel free to retrieve stories from the Pit and put them back on the appropriate story-type page if you get inspired and add to one.

<h4>Help</h4>
*[[Tutorial]]

<h4>Meta-Games</h4>
*[[CYOS Drinking Game]] (Teen/Adult, though you can play with soda if you're under the minimum age for drinking alcohol.)
*[[You Know You Play Too Many CYOSs When|You Know You Play Too Many CYOSs When...]]




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<b style="color:white;">PAST THIS LINE HAS ADULT THEMES AND MILD LANGUAGE,
<br>IF THOSE KIND OF THINGS OFFEND YOU DO NOT PASS THIS LINE</b>
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<h3 style="color:red;">18+ Only. Do not read these stories if you are underage or if you are offended by adult material.</h3>
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[[Birthday Bottom Boy's Blackout Bar-night]] (Gay) || {{PAGESINCAT:Birthday Bottom Boy's Blackout Bar-night}} Pages || <b style="color:red;">Do Not Edit</b>

[[Blackmailed]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Blackmail}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[College Girls]] || {{PAGESINCAT:College Girls}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[The Devils Daughter|The Devil's Daughter]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The Devil's Daughter}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Down The Rabbit Hole]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Down the Rabbit Hole}} Pages || (Hail Eris!) <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Furry World]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Furry World}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Girl Scout Cookies]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Girl Scout Cookies}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Girl Scout Camp]] (the sequel) || {{PAGESINCAT:Girl Scout Camp}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[High School]] || {{PAGESINCAT:High School}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Hot and Horny]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Hot and Horny}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public, please edit!</b>

[[+Infinity]] || {{PAGESINCAT:+Infinity}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[The life of a medieval princess|The Life of a Medieval Princess]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The life of a medieval princess}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public - but please read the [[Princess Editor's Guide]].</b>

[[Life of a 13 year old|Life of a 13 Year Old]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Life of a 13 year old}} Pages || <b style="color:red;">Do Not Edit, Update Jan, 25, 2014</b>

[[Ongoing Story]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Ongoing Story}} Pages

[[Oops! You're Naked!]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Oops! You're Naked!}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Pedo romp|Pedo Romp]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Pedo romp}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Pi Pi Pi]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Pi Pi Pi}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Rampage]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Rampage}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public-but any contributions with poor grammar will be immediately deleted</b>

[[Smutty Sex Romp]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Smutty Sex Romp}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b> <b style="color:red;">-For experienced writers with a firm grasp of grammar and spelling only. Any contributions with poor grammar will be immediately deleted</b>

[[Star Wars: The Complete Erotic Saga]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Star Wars: The Complete Erotic Saga}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[The Story of Jack Foster]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The Story of Jack Foster}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[University Daze]] || {{PAGESINCAT:University Daze}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Vampire Weekend]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Vampire Weekend}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Yes, Yes, Yes, Your Honor]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Yes, Yes, Yes, Your Honor}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b> <b style="color:pink;">Complete</b>

<b>[[All Adult Stories]]</b>

Create Your Own Story:About

2014-09-18T17:52:44Z

RobKohr:

Create your own story is a wiki that contains stories where the reader assumes the role of the main character. In each page you choose 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 you get to write in your own adventure for the hero.

Suggest a new name for the wiki

2014-08-17T19:44:51Z

RobKohr:

How about ''Multi-Path Adventures''? ''Multiple-Choice Adventures''? --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 14:13, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

Is there a problem with the current name? We could do something like pick your own fate. I think we just need to make sure it shows that the stories have options (Sorry, I know, stating the obvious xD)

These are the synonyms I have found for Choose: Pick, select

These are the synonyms I have found for Adventure: Experience, escapade, expedition, quest, episode

Sorry, I come up with horrible names. One reason I don't like naming people in my stories... --[[User:DirtyMeStoryTime|Dirty Me]] 02:09, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
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I think ''Multiple-Choice Adventures'' sounds like an excellent replacement, as it conveys the site's content nicely. The only other name I could think of would be: ''Multiple-Choice Stories''. --[[User:ArthurKung|ArthurKung]] 11:30, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

Select a quest?

And another vote just to keep the current name

Main Page

2014-08-14T03:35:54Z

RobKohr:

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<h5>Do to trademark issues, this wiki has been renamed "Create Your Own Story". Please remove or change any instances of "Choose Your Own Adventure" or "Create Your Own Adventure" to this new name. I don't care too much for the name "Create Your Own Story" but I needed something quick. Feel free to [[suggest a new name for the wiki]]</h5>
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<h5>Hey people, remember to vote for your favorite story in the [[Featured Story Vote|featured section]]! || <b style="color:red;">For those who are new: Please read the rules!</b></h5>
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<h1>Create Your Own Story</h1>


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== Introduction ==

<b>Create Your Own Story</b> is a wiki that contains stories where the reader assumes the role of the main character. In each page you decide 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 you get to 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 differenc choices. If you decide to post stories that have no choices, your story will be deleted as such stories are not appropriate.

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

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.

[[How to Edit]]

[[Idea Pitches]]

*Hint: If you don't care enough about your writing to attempt to use proper grammar or spelling, chances are people won't care to read it. If grammar isn't your strong suit, you may want to look over some [[Grammatical Tips]].

If you want to practice editing, you should do so on the [[Sandbox]].
<br><b>P.S. To those looking for the adult stories, they are at the bottom of the page, past the warning, as to prevent any incidental stumblings into adult content and to keep the site reasonably appropriate for all ages.</b>
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==Got an Idea for a Story?==
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 down or ask [[User Talk:BloodshedPrince|BloodshedPrince]]. Don't let that little spark fade, share it with the world! </div>




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==Rules==
*<b>New Users</b>, please read: [[How to Edit]] and the [[Basic page format]] in the [[Tutorial]].
*Categorize every story page you create. <b>If you don't, after three warnings, you may be banned from the site completely.</b>
*People have a tendency to create branches where the character dies. To prevent the story from being just a tree with all dead ends,
        each page where you kill the player's character, you must create at least 2 pages (with content) where s/he can go on.
*Please stick to the theme and setting of the story, and discuss ideas for major changes on the discussion pages. Although creativity is encouraged, radical plot changes and inconsistencies will ruin the flow.
*If something is off topic, remove it.
*Try to capitalize and spell your words correctly.
*<b>ADD OPTIONS AND NOT JUST TEXT!</b> Complete pages include options so the story can continue (unless the page is an ending). Incomplete pages will be edited or deleted.

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<h3>Featured Story: Vote For Your Favorite Story [[Featured Story Vote|Here]] || 0 Pages || No need for a description. || || [[Featured_CYOA_Nominations|Nominated Stories]]</h3>
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==To Do List==
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*Go through and fix or remove status indicators from pages.
**Some are not needed in stories and were copied and pasted from the template.
**Some are missing the level and MP from the line of code.
*Remove off-topic pages.
*Correct capitalization and spelling mistakes.
*Add a basic, or main, timeline of background events during the period that the character is making choices in - those events are usually out of the character's control. This will help add consistency.
*Pages with major spelling, grammar or other problems, but not problems that render the page spam and a candidate for deletion, should be categorized in the Pages Requiring Attention Category to get other editors to help fix it up. If a page is not yet complete, add it to Category:Pages Under Construction so people know the editor is still working on it and it does not need to have someone improve it.
*Story Endings should be categorized with Category:Endings.
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== [[Story Reviews]] ==
Look here for reviews of existing stories or to add your own reviews. This is still new though, so don't expect your favourite story to be reviewed just yet. Try to stick to constructive criticism only. Deliberate insults or flaming will be deleted.

If you have any questions concerning this section, or you want a certain story to be reviewed and you can't bothered to do it yourself, don't be afraid and ask [[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]].
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==Family-Friendly Stories==
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<b>FOR ALL AGES:</b>
Suitable for anyone with Basic Reading Level skills. Please keep these G-PG.
<br>Please remove any other content that exceeds this.


[[Another Story Of Another Random Person]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Another Story Of Another Random Person}} Pages

[[Goosebumps in Horrorland]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Goosebumps in Horrorland}} Pages

[[Harry Potter| Harry Potter And the Adventure Chosen by You]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Harry Potter}} Pages

[[Kalew]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Kalew}} Pages

[[Madman's Mansion]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Madman's Mansion}} Pages || <b style="color:green;"> Public </b>

[[Percy Jackson]]: The Adventures of a Demigod || {{PAGESINCAT:Percy Jackson}} Pages

[[The Kitty in the Window]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Kitty in the Window}} Pages

[[Visiting the Zoo]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Visiting the Zoo}} Pages

<br><h3>[[All Family-Friendly Stories]]</h3>
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==PG-13 Stories==
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<p><b>FOR 10+:</b> For more advanced readers. Please keep these G - PG-13.
<br>Please remove any content that exceeds this. </p>
<br>
[[Avast!]] A Pirate Story || {{PAGESINCAT:Avast!}} Pages || <b style="color:red;"> Contact me Before Editing </b>

[[Crusader (an action-adventure fantasy)|Crusader]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Paladin}} Pages

[[Paladin (Crusader 2)|Crusader 2: Paladin]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Paladin}} Pages

[[DARKNESS]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Darkness}} Pages

[[Dead Kid]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Dead Kid}} Pages

[[Fantasy Quest]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Fantasy Quest}} Pages

[[Hunting again for Red October|Hunting Again for Red October]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Hunting Again For Red October}} Pages

[[Subject 413]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Subject 413}} Pages || <b style="color:green;"> Public </b>

[[Superdickery|Superdickery Superman Adventure]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Superdickery}} Pages

[[The many rooms|The Many Rooms]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The many rooms}} Pages

[[Transylvanian terror|Transylvanian Terror]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Transylvanian Terror}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Quest of the magician|Quest of the Magician]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Quest of the Magician}} Pages

<br><h3>[[All PG-13 Stories]]</h3>
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==Quizzes and Challenges==
<div class="regText" style="text-align:left; padding:10px;">
<p><b>Not actually stories, but a chance to test your knowledge (or your luck):</b></p>
<br>

[[A Quizzy Show]] || {{PAGESINCAT:A Quizzy Show}} Pages

[[Digimon Quizo'!]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Digimon Quizo'!}} Pages

[[Quiz Show]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Quiz Show}} Pages

[[Rock, Paper, Scissors]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Rock, Paper, Scissors}} Pages

[[Rock, Paper, Scissors 2]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Rock, Paper, Scissors 2}} Pages

[[The Rock Paper Scissors game|The Rock Paper Scissors Game]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The Rock Paper Scissors game}} Pages

[[The Ultimate MMA quiz game!|The Ultimate MMA Quiz Game!]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The Ultimate MMA quiz game!}} Pages

[[The video game quiz|The Video Game Quiz]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The video game quiz}} Pages

[[The video game quiz 2|The Video Game Quiz 2]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The video game quiz 2}} Pages

[[Trivia Time]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Trivia Time}} Pages

[[Video Games]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Video Games}} Pages

[[Video Game Trivia I]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Video Game Trivia I}} Pages

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==Mature Stories==
<div class="regText" style="text-align:left; padding:10px;">
<p><b>Content normally found in R-rated movies,
<br>no explicit sexual content or sadistic violence:</b></p>
<br>
[[Agent Black]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Agent Black}} Pages || <b style="color:green;"> Public </b>

[[Another Pointless Story|Another Pointless Story: The Ultimate Showdown]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Another Pointless Story}} Pages

[[A random story|A Random Story]] || {{PAGESINCAT:A random story}} Pages

[[A Random Story About Random Stuff]] || {{PAGESINCAT:A Random Story About Random Stuff}} Pages

[[Battle Royale]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Battle Royale}} Pages || <b style="color:green;"> Public </b>

[[Dragon Ball Z:Quest]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Dragon Ball Z: Quest}} Pages || <b style="color:red;">Please Do not Edit </b>

[[Luigi and Mario Stories]] || 11 Stories || {{PAGESINCAT:Luigi and Mario Stories}} Pages

<b>[[Remember]]</b> || {{PAGESINCAT:Remember}} Pages || <b style="color:orange;"><--Previously Featured!'''</b> <b style="color:red;">Do Not Edit Without Permission</b>

[[Resident evil|Resident Evil]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Resident evil}} Pages || <b style="color:red;">Do NOT edit!.</b>

[[Short And Random Stories]] || 25 Stories || {{PAGESINCAT:Short And Random}} Pages

[[Spongebob's Day Off]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Spongebob's Day Off}} Pages

[[The Giant Building With A Million Rooms]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The Giant Building With A Million Rooms}} Pages

[[Thought Of Me]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Thought Of Me}} Pages

[[Warhammer: Sartosa, City of Pirates]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Warhammer: Sartosa, City of Pirates}} Pages

[[war in Europe| War in Europe]] || {{PAGESINCAT:war in Europe}} Pages

<br><h3>[[All Mature Stories]]</h3>

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===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 and themes it belongs to.
*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.
*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.





== Useful Links ==

<h4>[[Pit of Abandoned Stories]]</h4>
*Stories of less than ten pages that haven't been worked on by anyone in some time will be dropped into the Pit. Feel free to retrieve stories from the Pit and put them back on the appropriate story-type page if you get inspired and add to one.

<h4>Help</h4>
*[[Tutorial]]

<h4>Meta-Games</h4>
*[[CYOA Drinking Game]] (Teen/Adult, though you can play with soda if you're under the minimum age for drinking alcohol.)
*[[You Know You Play Too Many CYOAs When|You Know You Play Too Many CYOAs When...]]




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<br>
<br>
<b style="color:white;">PAST THIS LINE HAS ADULT THEMES AND MILD LANGUAGE,
<br>IF THOSE KIND OF THINGS OFFEND YOU DO NOT PASS THIS LINE</b>
</div>




<h1> Adult Stories </h1>

<h3 style="color:red;">18+ Only. Do not read these stories if you are underage or if you are offended by adult material.</h3>
<br>
[[Birthday Bottom Boy's Blackout Bar-night]] (Gay) || {{PAGESINCAT:Birthday Bottom Boy's Blackout Bar-night}} Pages || <b style="color:red;">Do Not Edit</b>

[[Blackmailed]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Blackmail}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[College Girls]] || {{PAGESINCAT:College Girls}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[The Devils Daughter|The Devil's Daughter]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The Devil's Daughter}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Down The Rabbit Hole]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Down the Rabbit Hole}} Pages || (Hail Eris!) <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Furry World]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Furry World}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Girl Scout Cookies]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Girl Scout Cookies}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Girl Scout Camp]] (the sequel) || {{PAGESINCAT:Girl Scout Camp}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[High School]] || {{PAGESINCAT:High School}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Hot and Horny]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Hot and Horny}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public, please edit!</b>

[[+Infinity]] || {{PAGESINCAT:+Infinity}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[The life of a medieval princess|The Life of a Medieval Princess]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The life of a medieval princess}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public - but please read the [[Princess Editor's Guide]].</b>

[[Life of a 13 year old|Life of a 13 Year Old]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Life of a 13 year old}} Pages || <b style="color:red;">Do Not Edit, Update Jan, 25, 2014</b>

[[Ongoing Story]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Ongoing Story}} Pages

[[Oops! You're Naked!]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Oops! You're Naked!}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Pedo romp|Pedo Romp]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Pedo romp}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Pi Pi Pi]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Pi Pi Pi}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Rampage]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Rampage}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public-but any contributions with poor grammar will be immediately deleted</b>

[[Smutty Sex Romp]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Smutty Sex Romp}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b> <b style="color:red;">-For experienced writers with a firm grasp of grammar and spelling only. Any contributions with poor grammar will be immediately deleted</b>

[[Star Wars: The Complete Erotic Saga]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Star Wars: The Complete Erotic Saga}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[The Story of Jack Foster]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The Story of Jack Foster}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[University Daze]] || {{PAGESINCAT:University Daze}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Vampire Weekend]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Vampire Weekend}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Yes, Yes, Yes, Your Honor]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Yes, Yes, Yes, Your Honor}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b> <b style="color:pink;">Complete</b>

<b>[[All Adult Stories]]</b>

Main Page

2014-08-14T03:30:15Z

RobKohr:

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<h5>Do to trademark issues, this wiki has been renamed "Create Your Own Story". Please remove or change any instances of "Choose Your Own Adventure" or "Create Your Own Adventure" to this new name.</h5>
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<h5>Hey people, remember to vote for your favorite story in the [[Featured Story Vote|featured section]]! || <b style="color:red;">For those who are new: Please read the rules!</b></h5>
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<h1>Create Your Own Story</h1>


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== Introduction ==

<b>Create Your Own Story</b> is a wiki that contains stories where the reader assumes the role of the main character. In each page you decide 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 you get to 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 differenc choices. If you decide to post stories that have no choices, your story will be deleted as such stories are not appropriate.

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

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.

[[How to Edit]]

[[Idea Pitches]]

*Hint: If you don't care enough about your writing to attempt to use proper grammar or spelling, chances are people won't care to read it. If grammar isn't your strong suit, you may want to look over some [[Grammatical Tips]].

If you want to practice editing, you should do so on the [[Sandbox]].
<br><b>P.S. To those looking for the adult stories, they are at the bottom of the page, past the warning, as to prevent any incidental stumblings into adult content and to keep the site reasonably appropriate for all ages.</b>
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==Got an Idea for a Story?==
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 down or ask [[User Talk:BloodshedPrince|BloodshedPrince]]. Don't let that little spark fade, share it with the world! </div>




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==Rules==
*<b>New Users</b>, please read: [[How to Edit]] and the [[Basic page format]] in the [[Tutorial]].
*Categorize every story page you create. <b>If you don't, after three warnings, you may be banned from the site completely.</b>
*People have a tendency to create branches where the character dies. To prevent the story from being just a tree with all dead ends,
        each page where you kill the player's character, you must create at least 2 pages (with content) where s/he can go on.
*Please stick to the theme and setting of the story, and discuss ideas for major changes on the discussion pages. Although creativity is encouraged, radical plot changes and inconsistencies will ruin the flow.
*If something is off topic, remove it.
*Try to capitalize and spell your words correctly.
*<b>ADD OPTIONS AND NOT JUST TEXT!</b> Complete pages include options so the story can continue (unless the page is an ending). Incomplete pages will be edited or deleted.

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<h3>Featured Story: Vote For Your Favorite Story [[Featured Story Vote|Here]] || 0 Pages || No need for a description. || || [[Featured_CYOA_Nominations|Nominated Stories]]</h3>
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==To Do List==
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*Go through and fix or remove status indicators from pages.
**Some are not needed in stories and were copied and pasted from the template.
**Some are missing the level and MP from the line of code.
*Remove off-topic pages.
*Correct capitalization and spelling mistakes.
*Add a basic, or main, timeline of background events during the period that the character is making choices in - those events are usually out of the character's control. This will help add consistency.
*Pages with major spelling, grammar or other problems, but not problems that render the page spam and a candidate for deletion, should be categorized in the Pages Requiring Attention Category to get other editors to help fix it up. If a page is not yet complete, add it to Category:Pages Under Construction so people know the editor is still working on it and it does not need to have someone improve it.
*Story Endings should be categorized with Category:Endings.
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== [[Story Reviews]] ==
Look here for reviews of existing stories or to add your own reviews. This is still new though, so don't expect your favourite story to be reviewed just yet. Try to stick to constructive criticism only. Deliberate insults or flaming will be deleted.

If you have any questions concerning this section, or you want a certain story to be reviewed and you can't bothered to do it yourself, don't be afraid and ask [[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]].
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==Family-Friendly Stories==
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<b>FOR ALL AGES:</b>
Suitable for anyone with Basic Reading Level skills. Please keep these G-PG.
<br>Please remove any other content that exceeds this.


[[Another Story Of Another Random Person]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Another Story Of Another Random Person}} Pages

[[Goosebumps in Horrorland]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Goosebumps in Horrorland}} Pages

[[Harry Potter| Harry Potter And the Adventure Chosen by You]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Harry Potter}} Pages

[[Kalew]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Kalew}} Pages

[[Madman's Mansion]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Madman's Mansion}} Pages || <b style="color:green;"> Public </b>

[[Percy Jackson]]: The Adventures of a Demigod || {{PAGESINCAT:Percy Jackson}} Pages

[[The Kitty in the Window]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Kitty in the Window}} Pages

[[Visiting the Zoo]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Visiting the Zoo}} Pages

<br><h3>[[All Family-Friendly Stories]]</h3>
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==PG-13 Stories==
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<p><b>FOR 10+:</b> For more advanced readers. Please keep these G - PG-13.
<br>Please remove any content that exceeds this. </p>
<br>
[[Avast!]] A Pirate Story || {{PAGESINCAT:Avast!}} Pages || <b style="color:red;"> Contact me Before Editing </b>

[[Crusader (an action-adventure fantasy)|Crusader]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Paladin}} Pages

[[Paladin (Crusader 2)|Crusader 2: Paladin]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Paladin}} Pages

[[DARKNESS]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Darkness}} Pages

[[Dead Kid]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Dead Kid}} Pages

[[Fantasy Quest]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Fantasy Quest}} Pages

[[Hunting again for Red October|Hunting Again for Red October]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Hunting Again For Red October}} Pages

[[Subject 413]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Subject 413}} Pages || <b style="color:green;"> Public </b>

[[Superdickery|Superdickery Superman Adventure]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Superdickery}} Pages

[[The many rooms|The Many Rooms]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The many rooms}} Pages

[[Transylvanian terror|Transylvanian Terror]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Transylvanian Terror}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Quest of the magician|Quest of the Magician]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Quest of the Magician}} Pages

<br><h3>[[All PG-13 Stories]]</h3>
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==Quizzes and Challenges==
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<p><b>Not actually stories, but a chance to test your knowledge (or your luck):</b></p>
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[[A Quizzy Show]] || {{PAGESINCAT:A Quizzy Show}} Pages

[[Digimon Quizo'!]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Digimon Quizo'!}} Pages

[[Quiz Show]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Quiz Show}} Pages

[[Rock, Paper, Scissors]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Rock, Paper, Scissors}} Pages

[[Rock, Paper, Scissors 2]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Rock, Paper, Scissors 2}} Pages

[[The Rock Paper Scissors game|The Rock Paper Scissors Game]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The Rock Paper Scissors game}} Pages

[[The Ultimate MMA quiz game!|The Ultimate MMA Quiz Game!]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The Ultimate MMA quiz game!}} Pages

[[The video game quiz|The Video Game Quiz]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The video game quiz}} Pages

[[The video game quiz 2|The Video Game Quiz 2]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The video game quiz 2}} Pages

[[Trivia Time]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Trivia Time}} Pages

[[Video Games]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Video Games}} Pages

[[Video Game Trivia I]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Video Game Trivia I}} Pages

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==Mature Stories==
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<p><b>Content normally found in R-rated movies,
<br>no explicit sexual content or sadistic violence:</b></p>
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[[Agent Black]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Agent Black}} Pages || <b style="color:green;"> Public </b>

[[Another Pointless Story|Another Pointless Story: The Ultimate Showdown]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Another Pointless Story}} Pages

[[A random story|A Random Story]] || {{PAGESINCAT:A random story}} Pages

[[A Random Story About Random Stuff]] || {{PAGESINCAT:A Random Story About Random Stuff}} Pages

[[Battle Royale]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Battle Royale}} Pages || <b style="color:green;"> Public </b>

[[Dragon Ball Z:Quest]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Dragon Ball Z: Quest}} Pages || <b style="color:red;">Please Do not Edit </b>

[[Luigi and Mario Stories]] || 11 Stories || {{PAGESINCAT:Luigi and Mario Stories}} Pages

<b>[[Remember]]</b> || {{PAGESINCAT:Remember}} Pages || <b style="color:orange;"><--Previously Featured!'''</b> <b style="color:red;">Do Not Edit Without Permission</b>

[[Resident evil|Resident Evil]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Resident evil}} Pages || <b style="color:red;">Do NOT edit!.</b>

[[Short And Random Stories]] || 25 Stories || {{PAGESINCAT:Short And Random}} Pages

[[Spongebob's Day Off]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Spongebob's Day Off}} Pages

[[The Giant Building With A Million Rooms]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The Giant Building With A Million Rooms}} Pages

[[Thought Of Me]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Thought Of Me}} Pages

[[Warhammer: Sartosa, City of Pirates]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Warhammer: Sartosa, City of Pirates}} Pages

[[war in Europe| War in Europe]] || {{PAGESINCAT:war in Europe}} Pages

<br><h3>[[All Mature Stories]]</h3>

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===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 and themes it belongs to.
*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.
*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.





== Useful Links ==

<h4>[[Pit of Abandoned Stories]]</h4>
*Stories of less than ten pages that haven't been worked on by anyone in some time will be dropped into the Pit. Feel free to retrieve stories from the Pit and put them back on the appropriate story-type page if you get inspired and add to one.

<h4>Help</h4>
*[[Tutorial]]

<h4>Meta-Games</h4>
*[[CYOA Drinking Game]] (Teen/Adult, though you can play with soda if you're under the minimum age for drinking alcohol.)
*[[You Know You Play Too Many CYOAs When|You Know You Play Too Many CYOAs When...]]




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<b style="color:white;">PAST THIS LINE HAS ADULT THEMES AND MILD LANGUAGE,
<br>IF THOSE KIND OF THINGS OFFEND YOU DO NOT PASS THIS LINE</b>
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<h1> Adult Stories </h1>

<h3 style="color:red;">18+ Only. Do not read these stories if you are underage or if you are offended by adult material.</h3>
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[[Birthday Bottom Boy's Blackout Bar-night]] (Gay) || {{PAGESINCAT:Birthday Bottom Boy's Blackout Bar-night}} Pages || <b style="color:red;">Do Not Edit</b>

[[Blackmailed]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Blackmail}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[College Girls]] || {{PAGESINCAT:College Girls}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[The Devils Daughter|The Devil's Daughter]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The Devil's Daughter}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Down The Rabbit Hole]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Down the Rabbit Hole}} Pages || (Hail Eris!) <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Furry World]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Furry World}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Girl Scout Cookies]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Girl Scout Cookies}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Girl Scout Camp]] (the sequel) || {{PAGESINCAT:Girl Scout Camp}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[High School]] || {{PAGESINCAT:High School}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Hot and Horny]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Hot and Horny}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public, please edit!</b>

[[+Infinity]] || {{PAGESINCAT:+Infinity}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[The life of a medieval princess|The Life of a Medieval Princess]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The life of a medieval princess}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public - but please read the [[Princess Editor's Guide]].</b>

[[Life of a 13 year old|Life of a 13 Year Old]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Life of a 13 year old}} Pages || <b style="color:red;">Do Not Edit, Update Jan, 25, 2014</b>

[[Ongoing Story]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Ongoing Story}} Pages

[[Oops! You're Naked!]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Oops! You're Naked!}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Pedo romp|Pedo Romp]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Pedo romp}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Pi Pi Pi]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Pi Pi Pi}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Rampage]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Rampage}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public-but any contributions with poor grammar will be immediately deleted</b>

[[Smutty Sex Romp]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Smutty Sex Romp}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b> <b style="color:red;">-For experienced writers with a firm grasp of grammar and spelling only. Any contributions with poor grammar will be immediately deleted</b>

[[Star Wars: The Complete Erotic Saga]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Star Wars: The Complete Erotic Saga}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[The Story of Jack Foster]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The Story of Jack Foster}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[University Daze]] || {{PAGESINCAT:University Daze}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Vampire Weekend]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Vampire Weekend}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Yes, Yes, Yes, Your Honor]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Yes, Yes, Yes, Your Honor}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b> <b style="color:pink;">Complete</b>

<b>[[All Adult Stories]]</b>

Main Page

2014-08-05T12:29:00Z

RobKohr: /* Introduction */

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<h5>Hey people, remember to vote for your favorite story in the [[Featured Story Vote|featured section]]! || <b style="color:red;">For those who are new: Please read the rules!</b></h5>
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<h1>Create Your Own Adventure</h1>


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== Introduction ==

<b>Create Your Own Adventure</b> is a wiki that contains stories where the reader assumes the role of the main character. In each page you decide 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 you get to write in your own adventure for the character.

Please note that this site is specifically for Create Your Own Adventure stories. If you decide to post stories that have no choices, your story will be deleted as such stories are not appropriate.

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

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.

[[How to Edit]]

[[Idea Pitches]]

*Hint: If you don't care enough about your writing to attempt to use proper grammar or spelling, chances are people won't care to read it. If grammar isn't your strong suit, you may want to look over some [[Grammatical Tips]].

If you want to practice editing, you should do so on the [[Sandbox]].
<br><b>P.S. To those looking for the adult stories, they are at the bottom of the page, past the warning, as to prevent any incidental stumblings into adult content and to keep the site reasonably appropriate for all ages.</b>
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==Got an Idea for a Story?==
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 down or ask [[User Talk:BloodshedPrince|BloodshedPrince]]. Don't let that little spark fade, share it with the world! </div>




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==Rules==
*<b>New Users</b>, please read: [[How to Edit]] and the [[Basic page format]] in the [[Tutorial]].
*Categorize every story page you create. <b>If you don't, after three warnings, you may be banned from the site completely.</b>
*People have a tendency to create branches where the character dies. To prevent the story from being just a tree with all dead ends,
        each page where you kill the player's character, you must create at least 2 pages (with content) where s/he can go on.
*Please stick to the theme and setting of the story, and discuss ideas for major changes on the discussion pages. Although creativity is encouraged, radical plot changes and inconsistencies will ruin the flow.
*If something is off topic, remove it.
*Try to capitalize and spell your words correctly.
*<b>ADD OPTIONS AND NOT JUST TEXT!</b> Complete pages include options so the story can continue (unless the page is an ending). Incomplete pages will be edited or deleted.

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<h3>Featured Story: Vote For Your Favorite Story [[Featured Story Vote|Here]] || 0 Pages || No need for a description. || || [[Featured_CYOA_Nominations|Nominated Stories]]</h3>
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==To Do List==
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*Go through and fix or remove status indicators from pages.
**Some are not needed in stories and were copied and pasted from the template.
**Some are missing the level and MP from the line of code.
*Remove off-topic pages.
*Correct capitalization and spelling mistakes.
*Add a basic, or main, timeline of background events during the period that the character is making choices in - those events are usually out of the character's control. This will help add consistency.
*Pages with major spelling, grammar or other problems, but not problems that render the page spam and a candidate for deletion, should be categorized in the Pages Requiring Attention Category to get other editors to help fix it up. If a page is not yet complete, add it to Category:Pages Under Construction so people know the editor is still working on it and it does not need to have someone improve it.
*Story Endings should be categorized with Category:Endings.
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== [[Story Reviews]] ==
Look here for reviews of existing stories or to add your own reviews. This is still new though, so don't expect your favourite story to be reviewed just yet. Try to stick to constructive criticism only. Deliberate insults or flaming will be deleted.

If you have any questions concerning this section, or you want a certain story to be reviewed and you can't bothered to do it yourself, don't be afraid and ask [[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]].
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==Family-Friendly Stories==
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<b>FOR ALL AGES:</b>
Suitable for anyone with Basic Reading Level skills. Please keep these G-PG.
<br>Please remove any other content that exceeds this.


[[Another Story Of Another Random Person]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Another Story Of Another Random Person}} Pages

[[Goosebumps in Horrorland]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Goosebumps in Horrorland}} Pages

[[Harry Potter| Harry Potter And the Adventure Chosen by You]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Harry Potter}} Pages

[[Kalew]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Kalew}} Pages

[[Madman's Mansion]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Madman's Mansion}} Pages || <b style="color:green;"> Public </b>

[[Percy Jackson]]: The Adventures of a Demigod || {{PAGESINCAT:Percy Jackson}} Pages

[[The Kitty in the Window]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Kitty in the Window}} Pages

[[Visiting the Zoo]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Visiting the Zoo}} Pages

<br><h3>[[All Family-Friendly Stories]]</h3>
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==PG-13 Stories==
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<p><b>FOR 10+:</b> For more advanced readers. Please keep these G - PG-13.
<br>Please remove any content that exceeds this. </p>
<br>
[[Avast!]] A Pirate Story || {{PAGESINCAT:Avast!}} Pages || <b style="color:red;"> Contact me Before Editing </b>

[[Crusader (an action-adventure fantasy)|Crusader]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Paladin}} Pages

[[Paladin (Crusader 2)|Crusader 2: Paladin]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Paladin}} Pages

[[DARKNESS]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Darkness}} Pages

[[Dead Kid]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Dead Kid}} Pages

[[Fantasy Quest]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Fantasy Quest}} Pages

[[Hunting again for Red October|Hunting Again for Red October]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Hunting Again For Red October}} Pages

[[Subject 413]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Subject 413}} Pages || <b style="color:green;"> Public </b>

[[Superdickery|Superdickery Superman Adventure]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Superdickery}} Pages

[[The many rooms|The Many Rooms]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The many rooms}} Pages

[[Transylvanian terror|Transylvanian Terror]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Transylvanian Terror}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Quest of the magician|Quest of the Magician]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Quest of the Magician}} Pages

<br><h3>[[All PG-13 Stories]]</h3>
</div>
</td>
</tr>





<tr>
<td style="border:3px black solid; margin:0px; vertical-align:top;">

==Quizzes and Challenges==
<div class="regText" style="text-align:left; padding:10px;">
<p><b>Not actually stories, but a chance to test your knowledge (or your luck):</b></p>
<br>

[[A Quizzy Show]] || {{PAGESINCAT:A Quizzy Show}} Pages

[[Digimon Quizo'!]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Digimon Quizo'!}} Pages

[[Quiz Show]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Quiz Show}} Pages

[[Rock, Paper, Scissors]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Rock, Paper, Scissors}} Pages

[[Rock, Paper, Scissors 2]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Rock, Paper, Scissors 2}} Pages

[[The Rock Paper Scissors game|The Rock Paper Scissors Game]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The Rock Paper Scissors game}} Pages

[[The Ultimate MMA quiz game!|The Ultimate MMA Quiz Game!]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The Ultimate MMA quiz game!}} Pages

[[The video game quiz|The Video Game Quiz]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The video game quiz}} Pages

[[The video game quiz 2|The Video Game Quiz 2]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The video game quiz 2}} Pages

[[Trivia Time]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Trivia Time}} Pages

[[Video Games]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Video Games}} Pages

[[Video Game Trivia I]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Video Game Trivia I}} Pages

</div>
</td>





<td style="border:3px black solid; margin:0px; vertical-align:top;">
==Mature Stories==
<div class="regText" style="text-align:left; padding:10px;">
<p><b>Content normally found in R-rated movies,
<br>no explicit sexual content or sadistic violence:</b></p>
<br>
[[Agent Black]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Agent Black}} Pages || <b style="color:green;"> Public </b>

[[Another Pointless Story|Another Pointless Story: The Ultimate Showdown]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Another Pointless Story}} Pages

[[A random story|A Random Story]] || {{PAGESINCAT:A random story}} Pages

[[A Random Story About Random Stuff]] || {{PAGESINCAT:A Random Story About Random Stuff}} Pages

[[Battle Royale]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Battle Royale}} Pages || <b style="color:green;"> Public </b>

[[Dragon Ball Z:Quest]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Dragon Ball Z: Quest}} Pages || <b style="color:red;">Please Do not Edit </b>

[[Luigi and Mario Stories]] || 11 Stories || {{PAGESINCAT:Luigi and Mario Stories}} Pages

<b>[[Remember]]</b> || {{PAGESINCAT:Remember}} Pages || <b style="color:orange;"><--Previously Featured!'''</b> <b style="color:red;">Do Not Edit Without Permission</b>

[[Resident evil|Resident Evil]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Resident evil}} Pages || <b style="color:red;">Do NOT edit!.</b>

[[Short And Random Stories]] || 25 Stories || {{PAGESINCAT:Short And Random}} Pages

[[Spongebob's Day Off]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Spongebob's Day Off}} Pages

[[The Giant Building With A Million Rooms]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The Giant Building With A Million Rooms}} Pages

[[Thought Of Me]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Thought Of Me}} Pages

[[Warhammer: Sartosa, City of Pirates]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Warhammer: Sartosa, City of Pirates}} Pages

[[war in Europe| War in Europe]] || {{PAGESINCAT:war in Europe}} Pages

<br><h3>[[All Mature Stories]]</h3>

</div>
</td>



</tr>
</table> 

</div> 



===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 and themes it belongs to.
*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.
*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.





== Useful Links ==

<h4>[[Pit of Abandoned Stories]]</h4>
*Stories of less than ten pages that haven't been worked on by anyone in some time will be dropped into the Pit. Feel free to retrieve stories from the Pit and put them back on the appropriate story-type page if you get inspired and add to one.

<h4>Help</h4>
*[[Tutorial]]

<h4>Meta-Games</h4>
*[[CYOA Drinking Game]] (Teen/Adult, though you can play with soda if you're under the minimum age for drinking alcohol.)
*[[You Know You Play Too Many CYOAs When|You Know You Play Too Many CYOAs When...]]




<div style="width:auto; height:400px; background-color:black; text-align:center;">
<br>
<br>
<b style="color:white;">PAST THIS LINE HAS ADULT THEMES AND MILD LANGUAGE,
<br>IF THOSE KIND OF THINGS OFFEND YOU DO NOT PASS THIS LINE</b>
</div>




<h1> Adult Stories </h1>

<h3 style="color:red;">18+ Only. Do not read these stories if you are underage or if you are offended by adult material.</h3>
<br>
[[Birthday Bottom Boy's Blackout Bar-night]] (Gay) || {{PAGESINCAT:Birthday Bottom Boy's Blackout Bar-night}} Pages || <b style="color:red;">Do Not Edit</b>

[[Blackmailed]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Blackmail}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[College Girls]] || {{PAGESINCAT:College Girls}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[The Devils Daughter|The Devil's Daughter]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The Devil's Daughter}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Down The Rabbit Hole]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Down the Rabbit Hole}} Pages || (Hail Eris!) <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Furry World]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Furry World}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Girl Scout Cookies]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Girl Scout Cookies}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Girl Scout Camp]] (the sequel) || {{PAGESINCAT:Girl Scout Camp}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[High School]] || {{PAGESINCAT:High School}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Hot and Horny]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Hot and Horny}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public, please edit!</b>

[[+Infinity]] || {{PAGESINCAT:+Infinity}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[The life of a medieval princess|The Life of a Medieval Princess]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The life of a medieval princess}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public - but please read the [[Princess Editor's Guide]].</b>

[[Life of a 13 year old|Life of a 13 Year Old]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Life of a 13 year old}} Pages || <b style="color:red;">Do Not Edit, Update Jan, 25, 2014</b>

[[Ongoing Story]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Ongoing Story}} Pages

[[Oops! You're Naked!]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Oops! You're Naked!}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Pedo romp|Pedo Romp]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Pedo romp}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Pi Pi Pi]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Pi Pi Pi}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Rampage]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Rampage}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public-but any contributions with poor grammar will be immediately deleted</b>

[[Smutty Sex Romp]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Smutty Sex Romp}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b> <b style="color:red;">-For experienced writers with a firm grasp of grammar and spelling only. Any contributions with poor grammar will be immediately deleted</b>

[[Star Wars: The Complete Erotic Saga]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Star Wars: The Complete Erotic Saga}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[The Story of Jack Foster]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The Story of Jack Foster}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[University Daze]] || {{PAGESINCAT:University Daze}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Vampire Weekend]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Vampire Weekend}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b>

[[Yes, Yes, Yes, Your Honor]] || {{PAGESINCAT:Yes, Yes, Yes, Your Honor}} Pages || <b style="color:green;">Public</b> <b style="color:pink;">Complete</b>

<b>[[All Adult Stories]]</b>

Test7

2013-05-27T23:37:23Z

RobKohr: Created page with 'test8'

[[test8]]

Test6

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RobKohr: Created page with 'test7'

[[test7]]

Test5

2013-05-27T23:32:01Z

RobKohr:

[[test6]]

Test5

2013-05-27T23:29:20Z

RobKohr: Created page with 'test6'

test6

Test4

2013-05-27T23:29:04Z

RobKohr: Created page with 'test5'

[[test5]]

Test3

2013-05-27T23:27:26Z

RobKohr: Created page with 'test4'

[[test4]]

Tist2

2013-05-27T23:27:05Z

RobKohr: Created page with 'test3'

[[test3]]

Tist

2013-05-27T23:26:45Z

RobKohr: Created page with 'tist2'

[[tist2]]

The number between 12 and 14

2013-05-26T15:46:50Z

RobKohr: Created page with 'http://jjjj.com is a link too fourteen'

http://jjjj.com is a link too

[[fourteen]]

Twelve

2013-05-26T15:46:20Z

RobKohr: Created page with 'Looking good the number between 12 and 14 would be here. and another link http://dog.com'

Looking good [[the number between 12 and 14]] would be here. and another link http://dog.com

Ten

2013-05-26T15:45:33Z

RobKohr:

ok and [[11]]
... that was taken how about [[twelve]]

Ten

2013-05-26T15:45:01Z

RobKohr: Created page with 'ok and 11'

ok and [[11]]

Nine

2013-05-26T15:44:39Z

RobKohr: Created page with 'http://asdf.com now ten'

http://asdf.com

now [[ten]]

Eight

2013-05-26T15:44:13Z

RobKohr: Created page with 'http://yahoo.com Testing a little external link nine'

[[http://yahoo.com]]

Testing a little external link

[[nine]]

Seventh

2013-05-26T15:43:41Z

RobKohr: Created page with 'eight is great'

[[eight]] is great

Fifth

2013-05-26T15:43:18Z

RobKohr:

lets do page number [[six]]... ops that was taken how about a [[seventh]]

Fifth

2013-05-26T15:42:44Z

RobKohr: Created page with 'lets do page number six'

lets do page number [[six]]

Fourth

2013-05-26T15:42:21Z

RobKohr: Created page with 'and a fifth'

and a [[fifth]]

A third

2013-05-26T15:41:55Z

RobKohr: Created page with 'ok now a fourth'

ok now a
[[fourth]]

If the throttling is causing problems for users

2013-05-26T15:30:27Z

RobKohr: Created page with 'This is the second page... Lets try a third'

This is the second page...

Lets try [[a third]]

TestTest

2013-05-26T15:29:37Z

RobKohr:

Just going through and testing to see ....
[[If the throttling is causing problems for users]]

TestTest

2013-05-26T15:28:59Z

RobKohr: Created page with 'Just going through and testing to see ....'

Just going through and testing to see ....

Main Page

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__NOTOC__
== Create Your Own Adventure ==
{{Introduction}}

{| class="wikitable" style="border:1px solid #aaaaaa"
|- style="background:#dddddd; font-weight:bold"
! [[Featured_CYOA_Nominations|Featured Story]]
! [[Story Reviews]]
|-
| {{Feature Section}}
| {{Story Review Section}}
|}

==Family-Friendly Stories==
'''FOR ALL AGES:'''
Suitable for anyone with Basic Reading Level skills. Please keep these G-PG. Please remove any other content that exceeds this.


{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|-
! Story !! Number Of Pages !! Note
|-
| [[Another Story Of Another Random Person]] || 93
|-
| [[Goosebumps in Horrorland]] || 75
|-
| [[Harry Potter]] And the Adventure Chosen by You || 200
|-
| [[Kalew]] || 65
|-
| [[Madman's Mansion]] || 50 ||open to public, work on it)
|-
|[[Penguins (just click "Three times a day")]] || 59|| Edit well.
|-
|[[Percy Jackson]]: The adventures of a demigod || 50
|-
|[[Visiting the Zoo]] || 130
|}

'''[[All Family-Friendly Stories]]'''

==PG13 Stories==
'''FOR 10+:''' For more advanced readers. Please keep these G - PG-13. Please remove any content that exceeds this.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|-
! Story !! Number Of Pages !! Note
|-
|[[Avast!]] A Pirate Story || 180+ || WIP, contact me before editing
|-
|[[DARKNESS]]|| 100+
|-
|[[Crusader (an action-adventure fantasy)]] || 337
|-
|[[Paladin (Crusader 2)|Crusader 2: Paladin]] || 375+ || [[User:I Lion Heart I|I Lion Heart I]] currently editing
|-
|[[Dead Kid]] || 100+
|-
|[[Hunting again for Red October]] || 100+
|-
|[[Subject 413]] || 100+ || w.i.p, NOW OPEN TO ADDITIONS
|-
|[[Fantasy Quest]] || 110+
|-
|[[Superdickery|Superdickery Superman Adventure]] || 150
|-
|[[Transylvanian terror]]||150+ ||(<font color="green">Public</font>)
|-
|[[The many rooms]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The many rooms}}
|-
|[[Quest of the magician]] || 200+
|-
|}

'''[[All PG-13 Stories]]'''

==Quizzes and Challenges==
'''Not actually stories, but a chance to test your knowledge (or your luck):'''

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|-
! Story !! Number Of Pages !! Note
|-
|[[Digimon Quizo'!]] || 35+
|-
|[[The Price Is Right]]|| ||(edit if you know how the show goes)
|-
|[[Quiz Show]] || 20+
|-
|[[A Quizzy Show]]||10
|-
|[[Rock, Paper, Scissors]] || 25
|-
|[[Rock, Paper, Scissors 2]] || 110+
|-
|[[The Rock Paper Scissors game]] || 25+
|-
|[[Trivia Time]]||15+
|-
|[[The Ultimate MMA quiz game!]] || 65+
|-
|[[The video game quiz]] || 30+
|-
|[[The video game quiz 2]] || 65+
|-
|[[Video Game Trivia I]]||10+
|-
|[[Video Games]]|| ||(Finished, pretty lame, but it's my first.)
|-
|}

==Mature Stories==
'''Content normally found in R-rated movies, no explicit sexual content or sadistic violence:'''

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|-
! Story !! Number Of Pages !! Note
|-
|[[Agent Black]]||70 ||(New Story. Now public)
|-
|[[Another Pointless Story]] (The Ultimate Showdown)|| 101+
|-
|[[Battle Royale]] || 200+ || Public Story, Help Work On It!
|-
|[[ Dragon Ball Z:Quest]]|| 70+ ||Under Construction. Pls Do not Edit)
|-
|[[The Giant Building With A Million Rooms]] ||175+
|-
|[[Luigi and Mario Stories]]||175+ ||(11 stories)
|-
|[[A random story]]||333+
|-
|[[A Random Story About Random Stuff]]||100+
|-
|'''[[Remember]]''' ||80+ ||(<font color="red">Do Not Edit Without Permission</font>) (<font color="Orange">'''<--Previously Featured!'''</font>)
|-
|[[Resident evil]] || 53 || Do NOT edit!.
|-
|[[Short And Random Stories]]||250+ ||(25 stories)
|-
|[[Spongebob's Day Off]]||90+
|-
|[[Thought Of Me]]||200+
|-
|[[ war in Europe ]]|| 100+
|-
|[[Warhammer: Sartosa, City of Pirates]] || 150+ || in progress)
|-
|}
'''[[All Mature Stories]]'''

==Adult Stories==
18+ Only. Do not read these stories if you are underage or if you are offended by adult material.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|-
! Story !! Number Of Pages !! Note
|-
|[[+Infinity]] || 300 ||(<font color="green">Public</font>)
|-
|[[Birthday Bottom Boy's Blackout Bar-night]](Gay)||{{PAGESINCAT:Birthday Bottom Boy's Blackout Bar-night}}||(<font color="red">Do Not Edit</font>)
|-
|[[Blackmailed]]||250+||(<font color="green">Public</font>)
|-
|[[College Girls]]||200+||(<font color="green">Public</font>)
|-
|[[The Devils Daughter|The Devil's Daughter]] || {{PAGESINCAT:The Devil's Daughter}}||(<font color="green">Public</font>)
|-
|[[Down The Rabbit Hole]]||345 ||(Hail Eris!) (<font color="green">Public</font>)
|-
|[[Furry World]]||230+|| (<font color="green">Public</font>)
|-
|[[Girl Scout Cookies]]||{{PAGESINCAT:Girl Scout Cookies}}|| (<font color="green">Public</font>)
|-
|[[Girl Scout Camp]] (the sequel)||{{PAGESINCAT:Girl Scout Camp}}|| (<font color="green">Public</font>)
|-
|[[High School]]||500+||(<font color="green">Public</font>)
|-
|[[The life of a medieval princess]]|| 350+|| (<font color="green">Public - but please read the [[Princess Editor's Guide]]. Mainly focused around the story with an erotic background and occasional sexual encounters. Might contain extreme violence and mutilation if you(or someone else) screws up during a fight.</font>)
|-
|[[Ongoing Story]] || 551 || (<font color="red">Some paths finished, others are work in Progress</font>)
|-
|[[Oops! You're Naked!]] || 175 || (<font color="green">Public</font>)
|-
|[[Pedo romp]]||250+ || (<font color="green">Public</font>)
|-
|[[Pi Pi Pi]]|| 290+ || (<font color="green">Public</font>)
|-
|[[Rampage]]||{{PAGESINCAT:Rampage}} || (<font color="green">Public-but any contributions with poor grammar will be immediately deleted</font>)
|-
|[[Smutty Sex Romp]]|| {{PAGESINCAT:Smutty Sex Romp}}|| (<font color="green">Public-For experienced writers with a firm grasp of grammar and spelling only. Any contributions with poor grammar will be immediately deleted</font>)
|-
|[[Star Wars: The Complete Erotic Saga]]||{{PAGESINCAT:Star Wars: The Complete Erotic Saga}}|| (<font color="green">Public</font>)
|-
|[[The Story of Jack Foster]]||300 || (<font color="green">Public</font>)
|-
|[[University Days]] || 0 || (<font color="red">W.I.P Do Not Edit</font>)
|-
|[[University Daze]]|| 600+|| (<font color="green">Public</font>)
|-
|[[Vampire Weekend]]|| 340 || (<font color="green">Public</font>)
|-
|[[Yes, Yes, Yes, Your Honor]] || 250+ || (<font color="green">Public</font>) (<font color="green">Complete</font>)
|-
|}

'''[[All Adult Stories]]'''

==[[Pit of Abandoned Stories]]==
Stories of less than ten pages that haven't been worked on by anyone in some time will be dropped into the Pit. Feel free to retrieve stories from the Pit and put them back here on the Main Page if you get inspired and add to one.

==Creating a Story==
If you have an idea for a story, you might like to try [[Idea Pitches|pitching your idea to other users]] and seeing how interested people might be in playing your story, what you could do to make playing your story fun, and who might be interested in collaborating with you to write it. Once you have done that, you can create it by entering your desired name for the Story into the search box and clicking '''Go'''. If the name has not already been taken, click <font color="red">this exact title</font> to start the story.<br><br>There are three general types of story. The first is the branching-plot story, which require the reader to make choices but are otherwise like a regular novel. The second type is the role-playing game adventure, which combines the branching-plot novel with simple role-playing rules such as attack points and monster battles. The third type is the trivia quiz, where the player must answer questions as if they were on a game show.

==Instructions==
===Starting Template===
'''Copy and paste this for new pages:'''
<pre><nowiki>
Page text here

Do you:
*[[Adventure/Option 1]]
*[[Adventure/Option 2]]
*[[Adventure/Option 3]]
{{Status|Equipment=''Equipment''|Health=#|MP=#|Level=#}}
[[Category: name of story you're working on]]
</nowiki>
</pre>

The next to the last line here is the ''status indicator''. The status indicator shown here is the ''basic'' status indicator. Different stories use different status indicators, and some use none at all. Look at the edit screen for the page you're starting from and copy that status indicator to the new page you're adding. Modify as necessary.

Every page should have the category at the bottom. This keeps track of all the pages in the story. You can copy the category line from the previous page to the one you're working on. The category, obviously, is ''never'' 'name of story you're working on'. You type in the actual name of the story.

For additional help in wiki syntax, click [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing here]

===To edit a page===
Just click the edit tab on the top of the page

===To add an option===
<nowiki>[[Adventure name/New option name]]</nowiki>

Options that appear <font color="red">red</font> on the page have no content. Click the link, paste in the above template, and then add your own content.

To avoid accidentally crossing with other users' stories, it may be best to create pages with more than just an option name, like [[Unicorns]] or [[Open your eyes]]. Instead, when you create a new page, call it [[You have to slay The Dragon/_Page 1]] or [[YOUR CRAZY/Give up]]. You can have the link name be whatever you want though, like this:
<nowiki>[[You have to slay The Dragon|Enter The Dragon's Lair]]</nowiki> will appear as [[You have to slay The Dragon|Enter The Dragon's Lair]] on the page.

This is for fun!

===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 and themes it belongs to.
*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>. Example:
*<nowiki>This is an example of how to break up paragraphs on a page.<br><br>This is the same example.</nowiki> will show as:
This is an example of how to break up paragraphs on a page.<br><br>This is the same example.
*Don't inject crude humor into a story that's intended to be played straight.
*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.

==Rules==
People have a tendency to create branches where the character dies. To prevent the story from being just a tree with all dead ends:
*For each page where you kill the player's character, you must create at least 2 pages (with content) where s/he can go on.
*Please stick to the theme and setting of the story, and discuss ideas for major changes on the discussion pages. Although creativity is encouraged, radical plot changes and inconsistencies will ruin the flow.
*If something is off topic, remove it.
*Try to capitalize and spell your words correctly.
*'''ADD OPTIONS AND NOT JUST TEXT!''' Complete pages include options so the story can continue (unless the page is an ending). Incomplete pages will be edited or deleted.
==To Do List==
*Go through and fix or remove status indicators from pages.
**Some are not needed in stories and were copied and pasted from the template.
**Some are missing the level and MP from the line of code.
*Remove off-topic pages.
*Correct capitalization and spelling mistakes.
*Add a basic, or main, timeline of background events during the period that the character is making choices in - those events are usually out of the character's control. This will help add consistency.
*Pages with major spelling, grammar or other problems, but not problems that render the page spam and a candidate for deletion, should be categorized in the Pages Requiring Attention Category to get other editors to help fix it up. If a page is not yet complete, add it to Category:Pages Under Construction so people know the editor is still working on it and it does not need to have someone improve it.
*Story Endings should be categorized with Category:Endings.

==Meta-Games==
*[[CYOA Drinking Game]] (Teen/Adult, though you can play with soda if you're under the minimum age for drinking alcohol.)
*[[You Know You Play Too Many CYOAs When|You Know You Play Too Many CYOAs When...]]

[[Category: System Pages]]