Post by Veta on Jul 14, 2009 20:42:13 GMT -5
CYOA stands for create your own adventure, or answer as some believe, which is an interactive story in which the author posts a story and readers vote at the end. This is a way for people to express their creative prowess without being hindered by waiting for others in RPGs.
An example of a typical CYOA post would be such:
As he walked the halls of Willamette, Frank made sure he kept a watchful eye out for anymore zombies that might want to bite into him. Skirting the few lone zombies of Paradise Plaza, Frank stumbles upon a baseball bat.
Gripping the bat in his hand, Frank thinks to himself, "Just what I need." He swings the bat to get a feel for it before testing it on a zombie. He swings for the fences, decapitating the zombie with one homerun swing. As he gets ready to depart the plaza, Frank hears a scream.
Looking back, he sees a young woman in a black dress cornered by three zombies. "Help!" She screams to Frank, who wonders what he might do.
A) Try to save the young woman
B) Leave her
C) Watch the zombies do what they are best at
Health: Fine
Inventory: Baseball bat
Entourage: Nobody
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask an administrator or moderator, they'll answer any problems you might run into. Or just look at the CYOAs in the CYOA Cooperate forum to get a feel for them.
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RPGs stand for Role Playing Game. This is a topic that requires, or rather, encourages the involvement of many other people. It is Role Playing in a sense, that you act as a character in a given situation, with other people.
It goes in order, that one person posts, then another, then the first person have the option to post again or allow somebody else to do so. Here, we create a goal, a plot, but characters do not necessary have to follow them, and they could make their own plot if agreeable to be played by the others.
For example.
The helicopter flew in, watching over the skies as Frank, photojournalist extraordinaire, scanned the very streets for any story... Or even any sign of life. The helicopter flew across, and Frank looked over to what seemed to be a riot.
"Hey, Ed, can you take me over to that helipad on the mall?" Frank asked. Ed grunted, and took the helicopter right for the helipad. However, as he did so, two National Guard helicopter showed up, ordering Frank's helicopter out of restricted airspace.
Frank had no choice but to leap, just as Ed hovered above the roof. Frank took a great jump, protecting his camera. He landed on the roof without any serious damage, and turned to look in dispair as his helicopter were chased away.
However, he did notice a Latino man nearby.
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(Someone who controls Carlito will then post. Then Frank, or anyone else.)
"Well, well. I thought they'll send in more of you." Carlito said, as he took a stride around Frank. He had expected that there would be more than just one person reporting about this outbreak.
(And so on.)
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask an administrator or moderator, they'll answer any problems you might run into. Or just look at the RPGs in the RPG forum to get a feel for them.
An example of a typical CYOA post would be such:
As he walked the halls of Willamette, Frank made sure he kept a watchful eye out for anymore zombies that might want to bite into him. Skirting the few lone zombies of Paradise Plaza, Frank stumbles upon a baseball bat.
Gripping the bat in his hand, Frank thinks to himself, "Just what I need." He swings the bat to get a feel for it before testing it on a zombie. He swings for the fences, decapitating the zombie with one homerun swing. As he gets ready to depart the plaza, Frank hears a scream.
Looking back, he sees a young woman in a black dress cornered by three zombies. "Help!" She screams to Frank, who wonders what he might do.
A) Try to save the young woman
B) Leave her
C) Watch the zombies do what they are best at
Health: Fine
Inventory: Baseball bat
Entourage: Nobody
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask an administrator or moderator, they'll answer any problems you might run into. Or just look at the CYOAs in the CYOA Cooperate forum to get a feel for them.
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RPGs stand for Role Playing Game. This is a topic that requires, or rather, encourages the involvement of many other people. It is Role Playing in a sense, that you act as a character in a given situation, with other people.
It goes in order, that one person posts, then another, then the first person have the option to post again or allow somebody else to do so. Here, we create a goal, a plot, but characters do not necessary have to follow them, and they could make their own plot if agreeable to be played by the others.
For example.
The helicopter flew in, watching over the skies as Frank, photojournalist extraordinaire, scanned the very streets for any story... Or even any sign of life. The helicopter flew across, and Frank looked over to what seemed to be a riot.
"Hey, Ed, can you take me over to that helipad on the mall?" Frank asked. Ed grunted, and took the helicopter right for the helipad. However, as he did so, two National Guard helicopter showed up, ordering Frank's helicopter out of restricted airspace.
Frank had no choice but to leap, just as Ed hovered above the roof. Frank took a great jump, protecting his camera. He landed on the roof without any serious damage, and turned to look in dispair as his helicopter were chased away.
However, he did notice a Latino man nearby.
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(Someone who controls Carlito will then post. Then Frank, or anyone else.)
"Well, well. I thought they'll send in more of you." Carlito said, as he took a stride around Frank. He had expected that there would be more than just one person reporting about this outbreak.
(And so on.)
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask an administrator or moderator, they'll answer any problems you might run into. Or just look at the RPGs in the RPG forum to get a feel for them.