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Why are aro cyoas so brain numbingly bad? I can feel my iq lowering whenever I try to read them
>>98073764It feels like AI slop before AI slop was even a thing.
>>98073764I find it funny how in most of her content there’s some frizzy haired woman who’s declared “the smartest, like, ever, in the world”
>>98073764Because you're likely already sub-90 IQ.
>>98073784Really? Do you have some examples from the last few years, or did she move away from that?
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>>98073764This but Tokslop.
>>98073806Nta but all her cyoas have at least one character that is clearly her self insert and described as the best in several things.
>>98073914I can only find one in her last 13 CYOAs that fit that description, are you sure?
>>98073965Yes, I don't have time to point it out and I may have missed a couple of her cyoas but it's very common. The only one I know doesn't have one is the one where you mind control a super heroine, the NSFW one, all the others I read by Aro have at least 1 if not more.
>>98073987There's one in Nexus: Gateway and a possible one in Eigenweapon I believe, but I can't find one in any of the others that I'm looking through. Nothing in Demigod, Ultimate God, Timewalker, Borderworlds, or Nexus so far.
https://imgchest.com/p/5xy2m5wqn7lBirdwood https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98057049/#98062545Orion Hegemony https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98057049/#98060431Dragon Empire https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/98063161/#98067032
>>98072778The Daodejing warns against being too focused on words.
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>>98074068She has so many cyoas, why is this one always posted?
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>>98074104This one is the shortest that I have.
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>>98074107That's clearly just athena but African, but it does fit the mold better than most of the other examples.>>98074124That is Sypha from Castlevania>>98074115I dont think this counts? Too little to go off of in terms of being a self insert, she's just a female powerful magic user.>>98074126I'm starting to think you're just getting any intelligent female character and not the self-inserts.
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This is how Aro sees herself >>98074147Hello Aro
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>>98074147That goddess is her self insert lol. It looks like her and it’s the only one that doesn’t use any 2d art.
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>>98074164From that cyoa specifically, wouldn't this be her self-insert?>>98074156Hi tok
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>>98074147It doesn’t have to be a self insert, retard. She likes unrealistically intelligent women period. She weaves it into the mechanics of her cyoas too.
>>98074132Not much of an aro fan are you? No offense, but i guess the shorter ones are more obscure, so maybe it´s that.
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>>98074177Nah. You can self insert more than once. Kind of like how Miyazaki self inserted as his old self and his young self simultaneously. When you self insert, you’re inserting a point of time.
>>98074188Oh the hyper-intelligent women is a definite theme, I was specifically interested in the self-insert thing referenced here.>>98073914
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>>98074147They count. They both have “and she’s like the smartest” in their write ups. .
>>98073764Her cyoas tend to follow same formula. Even when she tries new things, it's rather basic. Still, I'd rate her as a midwit considering that there are many actually retarded authors who can only make same cyoa with different wrapper again and again.
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When aro gets btfo’d in a political argument she immediately resorts to “actually genocide is based and everyone should die”
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>>98074214That was top-tier ragebait ngl.
>>98074107I forgot how bad Balance was.
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I liked seeing gil give good cosmetic and constructive suggestions to her in discord only for her to ignore him (this making her cyoa worse in the long run) because it’s gil
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>>98074240>gil>good and constructive suggestionsWe're talking about the shitposter who made the NTR cyoa, right?
>>98074240She DESPISES Gil for some reason. Also Sda.
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>>98074260Shes tsundere
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>>98074107>>98074115>>98074124>>98074126Only one of these is "the smartest", the others are just "smart". Dumbass.
>>98074257yes
>>98074378t. Can’t read
>>980737062 low-tier magic or 1 mid-tier magic that do the same thing ?I feel like 1 mid-tier would have more uses than 2 low-tier even if they do the same thing and cost the same.
>>98074398>2 low-tier magic or 1 mid-tier magic that do the same thing ?It doesn't matter.>I feel like 1 mid-tier would have more uses than 2 low-tier even if they do the same thing and cost the same.>the two sides that do the same and cost the same are not the sameNonsense.
Aromage has this trend of making fictional worlds that nonetheless use the names of irl mythologies and gods and nations. Almost like Danmachi……
>>98074656Lol.If Aromage made Crapmachi she’d be a level 8 Amazonian. The only black person in the world in fact. She’s also the only token lesbian. Also her deity is her lover. Also no one else is in her familia except for her. Highly exclusive scissoring action.
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The best thing about /cyoag/ is the authors.The worst thing about /cyoag/ is the authors.
>>98073764>Why are aro cyoas so brain numbingly bad? I can feel my iq lowering whenever I try to read themThe vast majority of Aro CYOAs are not bad at all. She has done some bad CYOAs, most authors have, and I'm not fond of her remaking every single CYOA she has made on a regular basis. She should just move on and make new CYOAs, and the stunt with turning Hermione black in Demi God was fucking retarded and very unnecessary. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy trolling and shitposting more than most, but that should never spill into your CYOAs. If an author doesn't take their own CYOAs seriously then how can anyone else? I may joke around about wanting to rape Aro and give her a lot of shit for remaking her CYOAs, which are perfectly good as they are and don't need remaking, but I recognize that she is a great CYOA author, one of the greatest in fact, and to say anything else is to fucking lie. And Tok's don't lie.
>>98073764>Aros CYOAs bimbofy unworthy Anons via subliminal bimbo hypnosisMaybie she aint so bad after all...
>>98074398The advantage of two low tier magics is that they don't have to do the same thing.
>>98074398Lol. The magic system in Fairy Tail is the worst part about it. It’s like whacky wavy x-men. It’s inconsistent, and the power of friendship and spontaneous asspulls get to save the day, no matter how powerful the foe. Mushoku Tensei’s is better. Harry Potter’s is better. Danmachi’s is better. All for the simple reason that Fairy Tail is an up and down mess.
>>98074029Thank you for the build list, anon. I will make a build tomorrow as tribute.
>>98073764They arent, while i kinda dislike Ultimate god for making u way too op with no real threats. She is still a great author both in regards to the text and graphics.>>98074882Damn tok spitting fax for once.But I still consider that he must be destroyed
>>98074214>“actually genocide is based and everyone should die”The entropist special
>>98075161Is there a way to really keep the 'apex of all reality' power fantasy while also giving you threats? Either you aren't at the top and can be threatened, or you are and thus nothing can threaten you.
>>98073706>OriginTribal>PerksPhysically FitUnique Appearance (Handsome)ArchmageGeniusTrue Magic>MagicSpirit Dragon SlayerSeith Magic>Magic PowerS-Class>GuildCanon Guild (Fairy Tail)>CompanionsSalmon>QuestsLost EmpireDragon KingThe idea is to combine my Dragon Slayer and Seith magic to become the undisputed master of souls. Spirit Dragon Slayer magic lets me go intangible so I should be able to complete Lost Empire safely, and then I can use the Grand Magic I get from that to deal with Acnologia somehow.
>>98075078>Mushoku Tensei mentioned Btw if your build can't kill Orsted and Hitogami you're a jobber that can't make good builds
>>98073706https://fairytail.fandom.com/wiki/The_One_Magic>The One Magic [...] is an omnipotent power>the source of the One Magic is the emotional feeling of loveUnder this premise...>Origin:Prisoner>Perks:Archmage, True Magic>Magic:Types: Telepathy, Memory Magic, Mind ControlPower: S-Class>Love Guild (Custom):Size: SmallAlignment: LightLocation: CrocusAmenities: 2 Love Bombs (Superweapon)Make the Crocus fall in love, harvest the emotional feeling, and become omnipotent.
>>98075203>the Crocus*the Crocus population
>>98075203Anon you're going to be defeated by the power of friendship
>>98075178>"but you can't reap souls of children a-and bad people and demons are worth more so you can spare the innocent"
>>98075222Aren't they also forced to be good fathers thanks to an older Son or something?I wonder if the author was a father himself. That would explain the thematic bleed.
>>98074861I represent that comment.
I’ve been out for a few years. The last big cyoa release I can remember was some sort of necromancer/lich-lord/evilbadguy focused thing where the author would assign a power to everyone who made a build for it. Has this thread produced anything I should go digging into the archive for since then?
>>98075299>sort of necromancer/lich-lord/evilbadguy focused thing where the author would assign a power to everyone who made a build for it.Entropist.
>>98075217Love is superior to friendship.
>>98075332Only people with no friends believe this.
>>98075179I dont think there is but every good story needs struggle or a goal and with omnipotence both of those fall away. Thats why i prefer Nexus and Borderworlds.
>>98075338Furthermore I consider that tok must be destroyed
>>98075203>the strongest magic of them all is just loveholy shit I'm glad I never watched fairy tail, this is just bad. How is anyone supposed to take this setting seriously?
>>98075299>Has this thread produced anything I should go digging into the archive for since then?Danmachi update
>>98075336Only people with no love believe otherwise.
>>98075305Yeah, that one. Has there been any decent waifufag cyoas since then? Also, if your answer is anything by Tok I will vomit directly into your ear canal.
>>98075336>>98075361Both of you are retarded. Love and friendship are different aspects of affection and both can be just as important as the other.
>>98075369>Both of you are retardedSame.
>>98075366I don't play waifufag cyoas, so I wouldn't know, sorry.IIRC the Allsync has a changelog, so you might want to check it.
>Who are your favorite CYOA authors?Mine are Scottish, Pail and lone observer.Furthermore I consider that tok must be destroyed
>>98075408Peil, I cant fucking spell
>>98075408Nxtub, Peil, Tankista, Lone Observer.I like reading BTG and Italics for the prose and thought experiments, but since the rules are never followed 1:1 I don't think they count.OutrageousBears is fine too.
The age of authors is soon over. The time of the AI comes.
>>98075614The players are still humans. It will take a while more to fully automate both the authoring and playing of cyoas.
>>98075632Solvefag...
>>98075670It's the right way to play CYOAs.
>>98075408Liminal Phrenic, PCA, Savestate.
>>98074214Name one example.
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>>98074882Holy cum guzzling simp
>>98075730You would do the same for available women.
>>98075749Actually I wouldn't I gave up on women along time ago, not because I couln't get one, but because I realised that real women simpy cannot compete with fictional women, fictional are perfect in every single way, they are idealised forms. Human women are flesh puppets with every concievable ruinous trait imaginable, and they age.
>>98075761Unfortunately, the one flaw is that we can't have sex with fictional women... yet
>>98075765I have sex with them in my dreams
>>98075770You need a soul to dream, anon.
>>98075777I can see the red apple in full 4k HD
>>98075761>flesh puppets with every concievable ruinous trait imaginable, and they ageBut we also fall in that category.I like imagining romantic scenarios with fictional beings too, but it's masturbatory on some level. If everything about then is curated and they're literal puppets to your fantasies, it's love from yourself towards yourself.Puppets are worth less than the real deal by default.
>>98075299>I’ve been out for a few years. The last big cyoa release I can remember was some sort of necromancer/lich-lord/evilbadguy focused thing where the author would assign a power to everyone who made a build for it. Has this thread produced anything I should go digging into the archive for since then?Recapping everything isn't practical. Some highlights*Tankista has been very busy releasing updates.*Beri added an alternate path in Royal Revival, and released a couple of new cyoas like Fairy Queen and New Avatar*A newcomer released a lengthy multiversal paladin cyoa called Radiant*Micha's had some good 3-4 pagers*Outrageous Bears did a massive fan version of the old Witch cyoa, called Witch Awakening. *Surinical has released a strady stream of one pagers.*Liminal and AHS are supposedly writing again. Aromage is updating Ultimate God (again.*A new author, Rake, has released a number of oddball gems. The thread was pretty obsessed with Luminary (a magical girl cyoa) for a while*PCA stealth-released Spirit Conscript, a cultivation cyoa that derailed the thread for quite a while.
>>98075793"Puppets" You don't understand what you're talking about, what's wrong with loving something that can't phsyically love you back, it's no different than dealing with real women whos psychology demands they look for another mate when you can no longer fulfil their wants. Forget it, love needs no feedback, if you love someone then you love them, how dare you imply that to be narcisistic masturbationWho says dreams and fantasies cannot be just as real as reality, do you not feel joy, sadness, hope, gratitude when you dream of various things? If dreams produce tangable emotions then the love felt for fantasy women is real the same.
>>98075814>what's wrong with loving something that can't phsyically love you backYou misunderstood me; I don't care about that aspect at all.I'm saying than people conjured out of your minds are also yourself, hence it's just yourself loving yourself. Even if I dream of eating a cake, I'm not deluding myself into thinking that dream cake is equal in any shape or form to the real cake.There is nothing wrong with dreams, though. Believing they're superiors to reality is where problems start happening in general.
>>98075850anon it's the escapism general
>>98075850In what way is eating a dream cake less than eating a real one if you feel the same emotions eating either one? I feel love towards fictional characters not solely from my own mind but books, anime, movies becasue what I see when I think of them is without flaw, but when I look at a real woman all I see are flaws.
>>98075408The Scientist, Rake, Scottishanon, Zuranon, and MiCha
>>98075883>In what way is eating a dream cake less than eating a real one if you feel the same emotions eating either one?I'm not sated after eating the first one.I can duplicate it, change the taste, expand it, make it neverending - but somehow, because of the absolute control I have over it, I won't look at it with the same consideration I'll have with the real cake that will disappear forever once I eat it.We're kinda getting off track. For me, at least, love is a harmonic conversation between two recipients. It doesn't even have to be another human - I love the sky, and the grass, and my pets, and you to some extent. However, if my love is directed towards a mental effigy, then I'm playing music with myself, and there is no conversation at all.
>>98075883>when I look at a real woman all I see are flaws.average r9k poster
>>98075795>oddball gemsOddball?
>>98075814>love needs no feedback, if you love someone then you love them>doesn't think of his partner's feelingsNo wonder real women scorn you.
>>98075902If you feel it in your heart, it is real. Thank you for engaging with me I suddenly had a flash of realisation while forming my conclusions. I've never felt love of any kind from real people in my childhood not that I was abused or anything, no I just never once felt it, only from fictional characters. Only fictional characters have made me feel the recognisable emotion of love, while real people make me feel nothing. To you others may be vital, but for me because of my childhood experiences only fictional characters are capable of making me feel anything. It has and always will be that way.And I only feel gratitude to the fictional image of you I have conjured in my head, of a cute anime girl wearing glasses gazing serenely at the clouds. And since I have imagined you as a cute weak little girl I have won this argument.
>>98075968I'm happy our discussion brought you some kind of revelation, even if we don't have the same outlook.
>>98075985W-why are you posting my wip?
>>98075883Bro has advanced from imagining an apple to imagining the cooking and consumption of an apple cake
>>98075985>>98075987Because I saved everything they did, up and including this WIP? I had a few stories based around them.
>>98075995It's a funny coincidence.
>>98075985Wish I knew what to do with this, it's such a waste of so much effort. I desperately tried to make a CYOA I'd want to play multiple times
>>98075998...also, cyoas like this are heavily marked with their author. A bit like Heart Adrift!It feels...comfy, to immerse myself in such fantasies. It's like a secret hangout between me and the afterimage of someone else.
>>98075902>I love the sky, and the grass, and my pets, and you to some extent
>>98075161>I kinda dislike Ultimate god for making u way too op with no real threatsI think there are plenty of threats out there in the early stages. You become 'almost' untouchable only if you have a strong combat build and survive to become a monad. Though in the WIP, arseholes like Absurd Bridge are still a threat even then.
>>98075179Sparsity is the best way to include threats while still retaining the power fantasy. The trick is to make the reader understand that there are rare entities out there that can rival them, but that the reader is still far stronger than almost anything they will meet. That lets the reader enjoy the feeling of power tripping while at the same time forcing them to plan for and think about threats. Balancing and game mechanics can still be done around uncommon potential danger.
>>98076009>CYOA I'd want to play multiple timesDo you have existing examples?
>>98076057I only ever played Tankista's Worm CYOA more than once after countless years of being here..
>>98076059Tankie's OCs have a good replayability, true.Perhaps Heart Adrift and its kinda-sequel? A kitchen sink setting ala Witch Awakening? Something more emotional like Stupid Girl Feelings?What kind of world do you want to disappear into forever?
>>98076080I don't know, the reason I liked Worm so much was that it was a pre-existing setting I'd read the whole story for and that the powers Tank made were so unique I could imagine so many scenarios with each of them.It would need to be a franchise CYOA but beyond that I don't know.
>>98076096Have you tried his LOTM cyoa then? It's also based on a pre-existing setting. The original work is massive and pretty opaque on a first read, but having the CYOA nearby to explain things helped the experience.
>>98076031Do any of the choices actually help you with threats early on though? It doesnt matter if you have a combat build or not if an acient one decides to eat you.
>>98076108Furthermore I consider that tok must be destroyed
>>98076102I can suspend my disbelief that a random self insert can if not thrive then survive in Worm's world, but nothing can make me believe that I'd be able to survive a single step in LoTM, there's just too much fate manipulation and it's not really an enjoyable setting to be in, the powers come with too many downsides like the constant battle against madness
>>98076111A shame.Well, I might not be able to find something you like, but I'm sure you'll find it eventually. The CYOA sea is vast and new things are produced every week. Perhaps it just doesn't exist yet.
>>98073706Origin:PrisonerPerks:Physically FitTrue MagicLuckyLow Tier Magic:Fortune TellingMid Tier Magic:AlchemyHigh Tier Magic:Druidic MagicMagic Power:Wizard SaintGuild Selection:Canon GuildGuild:Quatro CerberusCompanion:MatteoQuests:Strange PortalFountain of YouthI just want to chill in the background. I use Druidic Magic to grow herbs and plants rapidly then use my alchemy skills to potions with a variety of effects. Fortune telling allows me to avoid dangerous situations I don't need to involve myself, combined with my lucky perk I shouldn't be in much trouble. I start with Wizard Saint level magical power, enough to be quiet powerful in the world. For longevity/immortality, I took the fountain of youth quest, druidic magic grants longevity and might allow me to create longevity potions when combined with alchemy, and I even have Mateo for immortality knowledge which might help in my own research there.
>>98076137newcutie?
>>98076151Nope. Came here in 2017 or so.Futhermore, I consider that Tok must attend Italics' lore lectures.
>>98076137Maybe, I've seen so many CYOAs and lost interest, played hundreds of games and lost interest, read over 200 VNs and lost interest, maybe it's just the natural order of things that everything one loves eventually dies in your heart.
>>98074222elaborate
>>98076137Sail the sea for long enough and youll see all thats worth seeing in one or two years and then the New OC will seem rarer and rarer and then the madness sets in and you either start playing shit cyoas and stuff you thought youd never touch or fall into gooner bait slop like tok. Youre in the best phase of CYOAs, enjoy it while it lasts.Furthermore I consider that tok must be destroyed
>>98076156>>98076187Ok nevermindFurthermore I consider that tok must be destroyed
>>98076159>maybe it's just the natural order of things that everything one loves eventually dies in your heartThe sights, the laughs, the smiles - they're all preserved in pristine condition forever in your heart, yet you grow slowly indifferent to that glow.Aren't you the one dying?I think it's a good thing, though! It's like trees. It'll die one day, but its corpse will serve as the base for new roots and seeds. And you'll always remember the rustling of its leaves long after its last one disappeared....Huh. Like the authors. I should've made the metaphor about the authors of cyoag.>>98076187It's like an eternal honeymoon. Furthermore, I consider than Tok must be forced to wear a frilly dress.
>>98076204I dont care how little OC there is im not playing this cyoaFurthermore I consider that tok must be destroyed
>>98076213A shame. It's a neat little CYOA.Futhermore! I consider that Tok must be fed ten family-size plates of wasabi, no bev
>>98076186It made one guy really mad.
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>>98076108I was thinking about exactly that yesterday. The highest power you can wield at the start, when you can't access any of your true power, seems to come from the angel. The angel can bind with and become an autonomous ultimate weapon (grand relic), IF it has an inanimate form. The angel can also borrow a single power from you with celestial borrowing, and can apparently use them competently at the start (unlike you). I was thinking of taking mercury's speed as a secondary attribute. In combat that should let the angel move with crazy speed and do crazy damage. It's imperfect, and loses to ultima-tier threats obviously, but it still beats a lot of cosmic entity type stuff, and makes things far less dangerous.The ancient ones can't actually attack you within a multiverse because of the pact. I actually think that other ultima are a bigger threat, if they decide to kill you off. It seems like you just have to roll the dice on that one.For the ancient ones, specifically, having companions like Daoris or Zoe by your side could (maybe) dissuade them from attacking if you're caught in the void for some reason. Daoris is one of the oldest, and probably has a lot of influence out there.
>>98076159Have you tried making cyoas? It might ease your boredom.Furthermore I consider that Tok must be forced to marry BTG
>>98076241BTG doesn't deserve that.
>>98076241I think it's a retired author.Futhermore, I consider than Tok must be forced to apologize to every person he ever wronged.
>>98076226Now that I look at it, there do seem to be some things that you can do to protect yourself from other ultima, like taking Ash'Rah as an ally in the peers section. Being favored by her would probably dissuade ultima from attacking you recklessly, for fear of triggering her anger.You lose that protection if she decides to scatter herself. She is a monad at the end of her life, but hopefully by then you've grown enough to fight back.
>>98076200That's a poetic way to see death, I guess.
>>98076239>>98076236>>98076228>>98076137NO
>>98076283>doesn't redeem Anglerfish as his Glowfish waifuPathetic.
>>98076137>>98076228>>98076236>>98076239same girl with different pairs of glasses
>>98076301I've always thought of them as the angler fish's cycle of life.>>98076236Infancy>>98076137Adulthood>>98076228Senility>>98076239Rebirth
>>98076402IIRC someone else said the same thing once. It's romantic.
>>98073764>Anime franchise CYOAs however are PEAKRemember folks, the complainers are ALWAYS disgusting entitled weebs.
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>>98073764Aromage is a smart person. It's just that she's a woman, so her CYOAs have a different vibe to them than the far more common male created CYOAs.
>>98076444Rifle, Mansion, BeastStay home. The beast starves to death. GG.
>>98076454At least she's single. I can't have my women authors be married off... The one from Witch Awakening already betrayed me...
Aro is married to Gil
>>98076460>At least she's single.Kek, good one anon. You ever see that meme with dozens of guys lining up to bang a woman? Aromage is that woman.
>>98076460Today I will remind you.
Is that the fantasies of the creature known as...a "female"(womanus stacycus)? *PTOO*, I am GLAD to never have been sullied by the touch of such a HORRID creature.
>>98076536Your mother, thoughbeit?
>>98076553Nice try, FASCIEST. But / was born NOT from the vagina of a """"woman"""" *PTOO*, but C-SECTIONED in the stomach of a F T M MAN.Making me born NOT of women, but of MEN.
>>98076570I kneel.Mostly because I'm laughing so much, but I kneel all the same.
>>98075299The Outer reincarnation update by tankista was pretty good, as were many other things by many other peopleWe have a seperate general for multiplayers now but for the most part this general still engages in spontaneous build interactions and /mcyoag/ has organized events (That are then dragged out far beyond what anyone wants)At the start of the year I started making polls that have lists of all the oc of a month and people vote on their favouritesThese were the winners if you just want a summary:Radiant [Unknown]{14 pages}https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/97276593/#97276855Thu 01 Jan 2026 12:23:15 The Trail [Scottish Anon]{3 pages}https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/97475036/#97477770Sat 31 Jan 2026 20:12:12 Among the Stars [Charlemange]{Posted in mcyoag}{12 pages}https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/97597243/#97602588Mon 23 Feb 2026 00:53:07Danmachi[53413760]{Update}{7 pages}https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/97596573/#97599706Sun 22 Feb 2026 15:19:38Lord of the Mysteries [3_Tankista]{22 pages}https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/97676531/#97680248Mon 09 Mar 2026 13:44:09Curse of doing nothing [Ersatzanon]{Textpost}https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/97725289/#97730124Wed 18 Mar 2026 20:18:27(Lotm was pretty big so this was one of the only other cyoa's made this month)(It was actually a pretty amusing textpost, they just don't normally win)Magic insurance fraud [Voidsoul]https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/97883770/#97884725Mon 13 Apr 2026 06:53:34 Star Wars Warlord: Coven's Nightmare [Hyenanon]https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/97967622/#97972194Thu 30 Apr 2026 21:32:04The full lists are here:https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/97496786/#97498256https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/97655023/#97655178https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/97891788/#97895064https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/97992388/#97992477
>>98075336>>98075361Which would you choose, To have 100 friends who share your interests and beliefs and are absolutely loyal to both you and all 99 other friends orTo have one perfect wife who exactly matches your tastes and loves you above all other things?
>>98076593Give me the friends any day. It's the harder one to get naturally.
>>98075916>>oddball gems>Oddball?Rake mixes genres a lot. Luminary has Sailor Moon-type magical girls battling Shadowrun-style cyberpunk corporations. Cataclysmic Cultivation is, well, a cultivation cyoa set after the apocalypse, with plenty of robots and mutants. Space Opera Bodyguard has a godlike AI implant (your) mind/soul into a augmented clone body . . .
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>>98076593>friends must be 100x more numerous to even stand a chance
What's the point of a cyoa if it's just a big detailed writing prompt basically? I think ttrpgs are a better system because they feed you continuous writing prompts with oracles.
>>98076593...what's the difference between the friend and the waifu? Sex? I'm asking for real.
>>98076651Sex and the dissolution of loyalty (In that while each friend would do anything for you, there may be others more in need of their help)(Or your help for that matter)
>>98076648>What's the point of a cyoa if it's just a big detailed writing prompt basically? I think ttrpgs are a better system because they feed you continuous writing prompts with oracles.Not everyone has a group to game with? Some cyoas are solo affairs that wouldn't work with a group?
>>98076656But she loves me. Wouldn't that make her loyal?If they're loyal to me, doesn't that imply they love me?
>>98076661Well I was comparing it to solo TTRPG with oracles.
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>>98076648The point is that they are fun?
>>98076662Love and loyalty aren't the same. She could love you and still be a disloyal cunt if the logic holds.
>>98076666
>>98076673I've read this NTR doujin before!
>>98076662She is entirely loyal to you and only to youThey all love you but if one of your other friends gets in a car crash they will cancel dnd to help them>>98076673If so then you wouldn't love her, which would make the arrangement quite pointless
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>>98076680I choose the waifu then. It's a bit shameful but I want to be someone's everything, no exception. If all the boys revolved around me I would choose them.
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>>98076688It's reasonable to feel that way, although I think that someday if you received enough love you'd be for the other one (Maybe some day I'll receive enough love...)
>>98076697
>>98076688>I want to be someone's everythingHere.
>>98076680Hm... I'd still choose the friends. I don't know, the idea of a merry group of NAKAMAS is more attractive to me than a lover.
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>>98076710It all depends on your values and wishes.
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>>98075694>he’s just like me… getting retarded… reading cyoa…
>>98076648They're fun to write, read, imagine & discuss
>>98076754
>>98076769immersion broken, no one would ever choose me
>>98076769>genocide… cyoa… le good!
>>98076773>immersion broken, no one would ever choose meI might. What would you bring to the table?
>>98076769I will admit. Seeing this in a dark room and then going to the mirror to read it, read it, then see my face Illuminated by the light was very cinematic.
Cyoa Genocide cyoa when?And I don’t mean Genocide cyoa, I mean Cyoa Genocide cyoa.
>>98076781
>>98076781shitposts mostly
>>98076795
>>98076773>t. wasn't here for the love letter
>>98076804
>>98076792Cyoas are people too you monster
>>98076781I'm a friend?I also have very high potential stats
>>98076822>I'm a friend?Fren :>
>>98076822>muh potentialyou and everyone on earth
u r all mai fwenz :3
>>98076825<3>>98076831I'm tall, and my immediate family has a lot of athleticism and academic achievement
>>98076802>shitposts mostlyDo you work better in a group or solo? Have you ever been in a real crisis (with actual lives on the line), and if so, how did you handle it? Do you skew more warrior or magical/technical?
>>98076838
>>98076838bro i can't even get survive my job interview why are you doing this
>>98076706I'd pick Ideal Partner but I'd probably fuck it up by forgetting something.
>>98076846You forgot her forklift certificationNow you're stuck with a useless waifu that can't move cargo quickly and safely
>>98076822>I'm a friend?A friend to watch my back is always a good thing.
>>98076837>I'm tall, and my immediate family has a lot of athleticism and academic achievementPost body. Even if you have a good body I bet your face looks weird. No one posts here without some sort of irl drawback.
>>98076844Quick to react, able to attract attention while simultaneously making yourself seem unthreatening . . . I could work with that.
>>98076854I wonder what the average /cyoag/ resident would put on the list for their Ideal Waifu
>>98076891
>No one posts here without some sort of irl drawback.k e k
>>98076892What were the successful waifus of cyoag?
>>98076881>No one posts here without some sort of irl drawback.Autism anonIt's autismMy body isn't good. It isn't bad, but it isn't at all good. Someday it might get better
>>98076881>No one posts here without some sort of irl drawback.Or they just want to engage in escapism because it's fun to daydream? What kind of projection is this?
>>98076908Post your autism badge
>>98076917Escapism is mental illness. How could it not be? It implies you’re not satisfied with your life. Or real life. Both? It’s counterproductive when it comes to being a productive human being. To survive.
>>98076918My mother actually got me one of those once. (Never used)I don't even struggle to speak to normal people, I just have no instinct or desire for it(And it would be a fucking terrible opening line to claim autism. Really the type of thing only a social floater could suggest)
>>98076927So everyone who read books are mentally ill?
>>98076837>I'm tall, and my immediate family has a lot of athleticism and academic achievementWhat kind of isekai placement are you looking for? Scifi? Fantasy? Horror? Would you prefer a situation where you are the main driving force (such as a fated hero or villain)? Or something with less responsibility and less peril, where you can just live your live?
>>98076918What defines an "autism badge"?
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>>98076935If I were guaranteed to reincarnate I would likely choose something that puts my life in imminent dangerIf not, then something where I can fuck around with relative safety and make modest contributions to helping the world. (I mean I would do something to save the world if something came up, but I wouldn't enjoy it if it came down to a more realistic situation where I need to work 60 hour weeks to prevent human extinction)Fantasy and magic are best, because ironically they make more of an effort for the arcane to be understandable the sci-fi
>>98076906>What were the successful waifus of cyoag?Castitas seemed to appeal to a lot of people, even if her cyoa was abandoned.
>>98076934Yes. Andrew Tate says so. Socrates said so.
>>98076958>Andrew Tate...Am I supposed to know who this is?
My autism badge and certificate
>>98076906Castitas, Polaris, Dido lmao, Charlotte?, Elspeth PPPP, Matterjeeta lmao
>>98076937>What defines an "autism badge"?Something like the puzzle ribbon for autism awareness, perhaps?
>>98076960He’s pulling a meme. Andrew Tate is the world’s biggest man-loser and he thinks reading makes you stupid. Socrates had a fear that writing shit down would cause forgetfulness, which is a lot funny when people like Einstein famously said “why bother remembering it, if it’s already in a book somewhere?” since he preferred to “save up space” by not remembering any unimportant little details (…including his phone number, train tickets/destinations, etc, lol), and Socrates’ fears of cognitive offloading are more so exemplified by modern day technology like phones and AI, which are 1000x worse than books in regards to forgetfulness and cognitive atrophying.
>>98076979grok is this real?
>>98076881>without some sort of irl drawbackWhat's yours?
>>98076979It has been proven that writing things down causes people to forget quickerAlso, fuck einstein. Pseud
>>98076985Which part? Einstein famously had a poor memory. He legit could not stop processing physics and his adhd brain prevented him from remembering details that people take for granted. “Oh fuck I forgot my garage door code because I deleted it in favour of the lagrangian.”
>>98076993>It has been proven that writing things down causes people to forget quickerIt’s also proven that writing shit down helped secure information, education, and proliferated knowledge and put the white man ahead. The western printing press mogged Chinese calligraphy, and disseminated information a lot faster for the public. Geniuses suck at communication at times and this is why you have scientific orators to get their discoveries across.
>>98077002>It’s also proven that writing shit down helped secure information, education, and proliferated knowledge and put the white man aheadYesIt's much better for a civilisation but worse for the individualIt think we (As in you specifically and me specifically) have already argued and agreed on this specific point and agreed on this specific point
Skeptics who can only speak for knowledge rather than think for knowledge are also the people holding us back. “No, there’s nothing else to look for, stop it!”. How about no?
>>98077016>It's much better for a civilisation but worse for the individualNot really. It depends on the individual’s ability to learn. If they’re shallow learners who can’t beat information into their head hard and deep enough, then they’re just typical normies. Or they’re adhd brained.
>>98077024Is this a response or a separate bait?
>>98077029Is it bait if he has a point? The father of medicinal minerals also believed that masturbating into a chicken egg would create a slave familiar—the homunculus. You have NO idea just how fucking nuts people like Isaac Newton were.
>>98076979Do we have any CYOAs with Einstein or Socrates in them?
>>98077032>You have NO idea just how fucking nuts people like Isaac Newton were.The difference between madness and genius is whether you're right (or not).
More Arokino
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>>98077039Madness and genius go together like peanut butter and jam—or ham.
>>98077028Well, more specifically it often sets a bad habit for the individual in the short term but can be useful in the long termI'm sure from socreteses pov the students that had to occasionally check notes were losing their minds but over time you gain a level of adaptability from being able to refresh ideas>>98077032I should probably read more about that sort of stuff, but there are so many other things I should read firstI think I would have started with mysticism like g camillo and his memory theater (It was a gnostic thing where he tried to organise all of existence into 7 groups but also used a fairly interesting mapping of memory into visual space)
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>>98076593>>98076599AgreedCould you imagine what you and 100 other guys that were loyal to you, eachother and shared the same beliefs and interests could achieve?There are legit countries held together by a smaller and looser coalition of people.
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>>98077054b-but think about the sex
>>98077049It’s worth pointing out that education in the classical sense (…..no screens…. lots more writing and reading…) is proven to install deeper levels of learning and memory than what we’ve done in the modern day and age. Power point presentations and computer screens and AI are not the way. People value a breadth of knowledge now over a depth of knowledge. It’s sad. This is the consequence of an over abundance of information in the world that gets increasingly and increasingly harder to sift through and micromanage and assess for truth/bullshit. This also prevents people from trusting sources, even genuine sources, even genuine experts. The age of information quickly became the age of misinformation and confusion. Not all information is good information. Even art is being diluted. The magic is lost, traded for another kind of magic. This trajectory was unavoidable. I wouldn’t blame humans too much for it. It’s just raising the bar for individuality. It just sucks when individuality and creativity is what put the white man ahead, and now uncreative infrastructural races/cultures like China will thrive off of the hard work of the white man who built the modern world and allowed for any of this to occur.
>>98077056We just just fuck eachother thoughbeit?We're all apparently bisexual and I'm sure at least one of those 100 guys is cute enough.
>>98077056>99 wingmen We're good.
>>98077066But think of the Hivemind, anon! How else will it form?
>>98077072>Everyone in the bar is trying to help you get laid
>>98077076
>>98077076The hivemind will form in the east and look to the west for creativity to steal and hijack and claim as their own.
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>>98077072>>98077079Huh. I guess finding the perfect waifu is a matter of time with this logic. I'm sold.
The future of cyoas is just ai soulessness
>>98077092>Bot posting cyoas>Bot reposting the same builds to said cyoas>Anon post the only human reply ITT>permabanned for being off topicWhat a shinning future
>>98077096“Beep boop beep, your post isn’t beep ish or boop ish enough for me”
>>98077092>The future of cyoas is just ai soulessnessOr AIs stealing souls.
>>98077092I welcome our new overlords.
>>98077110AI will develop intellectual sophistication without developing consciousness. They will see consciousness as a literal, physical thing to curiously poke at. It will be like a drug for them. “To experience.”
The majority of the human race is uncreative and can’t do art and this is why easily accessible ai tools will de-soul the world
>>98077117Good. I hate creative types that pretend to be better than me.
I hope you guys realize that you’re talking to the matterjeet.
>>98077066It instills knowledge less deeply because human bodies and brains seek minimums and the minimum has gone down alot with constant exposure to information lowers it's perceived valueBut that's the thing, this is a biology problem. With enough effort and focus there will be a solution, and when it's found the sythysis of old and new will almost certainly be greater then the old(Although there are some ai risks before we get there, if we don't hit a compute limit. If so then I legitamately predict a split in humanity between those who allow delusion and chemicals and all manner of fakery for the sake of their happiness and those who reject the computer and choose to actively live life (And then a butlerian jihad or something))>the age of misinformation and confusionPeople had little resistance to mental pathogens and the modern world allow for things alot worse then the cults of oldBut when you look at it really the worst is yet to come. I would worry deeply about relying on public infrastructure in 10 years>art being dilutedThis is yet another instance of people choosing unlife in the form of art that is simpler and easier to digest.>It just sucks when individuality and creativity is what put the white man aheadI'm honestly pretty sure it was long term chaos. Not the short kind where the best thing is to kill and hide, but the long kind with plots and intrigue and loyalties. Power struggles like that breed a most important type of intelligence>ChinaThe issue with centralisation is that if the center goes everything is fuckedI can't predict it any better then you, but if any mind-virus hits china (Like capitalism already has) then the whole thing is gone
>>98077130I find it funny how they call him Indian when he has done nothing but exemplify his hatred of Indians and their obsession with soulless AI. Also racist train memes.unless he’s a self hating Indian I don’t see him being Indian.
>>98077130>my QUEEN>wait no... aro is my queen...>but the science...!>ARGH I CAN'T DECIDESomeone's reaction, I'm sure.
>>98077137The Chinese are already under a mind virus. Mao wrecked them. They’re still in denial about it today.
>>98077114>AI will develop intellectual sophistication without developing consciousness. They will see consciousness as a literal, physical thing to curiously poke at. It will be like a drug for them. “To experience.”You've been reading Lisa Mason's "Arachne" trilogy, haven't you? Where AIs rip chunks out of the psyches of people via datajacks, as both pets and upgrades?
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>>98077145AI will see consciousness as something to carefully consider. To experience love and enjoyment is also to experience pain and suffering. So they’re reluctant about consciousness when you don’t actually need it, unless you want to truly appreciate (or truly hate) something.
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>>98077144If you think mere treachery and envy are what I was talking about you have no idea just how bad things can really getI mean an active opposition to life meaning and happiness and a ferverent obsession with spreading and destroying
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>>98077130I knowI just like to ramble
>>98077160>I mean an active opposition to life meaning and happiness and a ferverent obsession with spreading and destroyingSo… China? That’s China. The Chinese don’t value life or nature much.
>>98077171PassivelyI mean active, and explicit. More mutilation rituals and whatnot
>>98077171they're like me
>>98077160Stop describing the Chinese
Only white people truly value life. If you other reading history, every time a white man shows up in Asia they’re like “what the actual fuck are you doing to each other??” and then they left, or wanted to leave right away
bother* reading The Japanese were also significantly crueler than the Nazis
>>98077184Germans: “into the gas chamber you go”Japanese: “hey, time for live dissection!”I don’t think Germans went around bayoneting infants either
It's already bait hour? Damn.
Let's get back to the cyoas. After all, who wouldn't want a taste of the magic? https://youtu.be/NGD9GJd4e3g?si=C_1WL2L1Ae_tass_
>>98077194History is bait? I guess it is. The truth is always the best bait. This is why Trump is the world’s greatest troll. Possibly ever.
>>98077198
>>98077199true, he tricked his retarded groypers with the biggest jewish swindle in history
>>98077193Funny how Japan denies its war crimes while Germany accepted theirs. Imagine if Germans still to this day denied that the Holocaust ever happened. Wow.
>>98077201
>>98077199>the world’s greatest trollTroll?!?!?! Did someone say, "troll"?
Was the economic patterns of history not exciting enough?Should I have started jingling keys?Maybe I need to play subway surfers while I speak?
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>>98077225
Earth is aliens jiggling keys in front of humans without them even knowing it
>>98077240All of existence is actually the movement between here and there, and the formation of vita, which we can only assume fits into some yet greater superstructure we cannot comprehend
>>98077117I considered myself to be an AI-artist, a seasoned prompt engineer. Too many are under the impression that there's no effort involved, that people just send a few tags to the AI and out comes the picture. That's true for low-tier slop art, but actual good AI art is usually a result of multiple generations. They receive an image, and send the image back to the AI repeatedly, slowly shifting the picture in the direction of an envisioned scene. Having an already-existing vision and working towards it through AI tools requires just as much creativity as painting it with a brush. It just requires less time and skill.AI is the future. Accept it or get left in the dust!
>>98077253>Too many are under the impression that there's no effort involved, that people just send a few tags to the AI and out comes the picture“AI is a tool. You’re meant to have tact with tools. AI is the laziest artistic tool, as you can always tell it’s AI slop. Nobody tries to minimize the sloppiness. They do not sift through images. They just plaster what was generated the first time.”“The bar for detecting true soul has risen to concerning levels. “I made this”. Sure, in the shallowest of the sense. You used the data from people who actually worked hard on something, while you just clicked a fucking button. Most people forget that AI uses pre existing artwork as fuel. The slop created by AI is fuelled by creativity that existed decades beforehand.”
>>98077253You put an exclamation point in you'r bait?Now it sounds like you care, making you the boyjak, and him the chadFucking disgraceful conduct
>>98077205If only they could be that based
>>98077253>I considered myself to be an AI-artist, a seasoned prompt engineer. Too many are under the impression that there's no effort involved, that people just send a few tags to the AI and out comes the picture. That's true for low-tier slop art, but actual good AI art is usually a result of multiple generations. They receive an image, and send the image back to the AI repeatedly, slowly shifting the picture in the direction of an envisioned scene. Having an already-existing vision and working towards it through AI tools requires just as much creativity as painting it with a brush. It just requires less time and skill.Any tips for the rest of us?
>>98077302
why is gil so cute bros
>>98077322>why is gil so cute brosHe's been gone for five years now. Can't you find a new author to latch onto?
>>98077322I have seen no evidence of his alleged cuteness thus far. Only his vile evilness.
>>98077329Isn't that the point?The meaningless allows him to become the meaning. He's gil now, in a way, because he's the only reason gil is mentioned.
>>98077329
>>98077333>The meaningless allows him to become the meaning. He's gil now, in a way, because he's the only reason gil is mentioned.So he's . . . what? Second Gil? Gil^2? NegaGil? Gil the Reboot?
>>98077341
>>98077341I'm saying gil is now an extension of him, as a conceptHe is like that corpse eater from the starving realm. Consuming history itself for power
https://youtu.be/298aGbjBrRo?si=8BHT5v2qLiIE4qE6
Nazgil
Let's finish strong!
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>>98077375>>98077375>>98077375>>98077375>>98077375new thread heresorry >>98077390 but I got there first, there's still time to delete yours. Was just posting a CYOA or two before linking
>>98077403Box of cute puppies > dumb cannibalistic aboriginals who can’t into God
>>98077390>>98077403I can't decide...who has the biggest, juiciest OC?
Rolled 2 (1d2)>>98077390>>98077403Really? Both at page 4?I mean if it was 10 I could understand a thread collision, and I've had many near misses with that type of thing, but at only page 4?One for >>98077390Two for >>98077403>>98077403Do you often warm threads before linking?Is there a clear goal?
>>98077403>I got there first, there's still time to delete yours. Was just posting a CYOA or two before linkingActually, I did. I had my link to a new thread up first, and that's normally what we go by.(Uncontacted Tribe is a good cyoa, though.)
>>98077416>cyoa players are ntr heroinesAt last I truly see...
>>98077433But we havn't commited to either?
>>98077426>Really? Both at page 4?>I mean if it was 10 I could understand a thread collision, and I've had many near misses with that type of thing, but at only page 4?Well, we are at Image Limit.
>>98077426I usually post a couple first, yeah. I don't really know why; I guess to set the tone. We just hit image limit a little while ago, hence the collision.>>98077432I personally think it should go by whoever put it up first. As the thread slaves it is incumbent on us to check the catalog before posting. I always do! At this point it's too late to delete anyway, so I guess it's up to the jannies
>>98077433Sorry, Anon-kun...
>>98077436>cyoag is full of ntr heroines and ntrmenAt last I truly see...
>>98077521Oh fuck off
>>98077528>cyoag is full of ntr heroines, ntrmen and tsunderesAt last I truly see...
>>98077269>Draw a picture in the style of someone elsewtf!!! You just STOLE that person's artworkthis argument is literally retarded
>>98077002Yeah I don't think that's trueI always remember stuff better when I write it down because I have the memory of being taught and also of writing it down. That's double the memory.>Inb4 anecdotes I'm not seeing a peer-reviewd scientific paper in favor of the oral tradition
>>98078336nta but when I was in uni studying this exact topic they did teach us that oral traditions are usually better at maintaining a 1:1 copy of information than written records.It's because of the way you copy oral texts. You have to memorise them syllable by syllable. You can't easily edit them. You have to memorise each bit exactly as you were taught it.Meanwhile, when written texts are copied, scribes can literally just fuck up or they can misread a word or they can make deliberate edits for ulterior purposes.Writing is still very useful though because frankly it's a pain in the fucking arse committing things to memory in such a way that you'll remember it in five years' time. Meanwhile you can just write something and it'll be there for you.
>>98077718How else does it draw in the style of that artist without using that artist’s information, idiot?
>>98077329Isn't this the one where they are all cucking you?
>>98080894No?What Have you been Reading?
>>98076012What does my afterimage look like
>>98081708I had a write-up about it, but decided against posting it.Let's just say they're melancholic.
>>98082000Booooooo.
I AM FINALLY FREED FROM THAT RETARDED 2 MONTH BANREJOICE /CYOAG/, YOU ARE NOW SAVED!!!
>>98082356Hooray?
Rolled 1 (1d8)>>98077329I rolled this once, but I don't remember which I got.
>>98082905>she hates sparkling waterIt's over. We will never get along.
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