Current and future writing projects

[Usoki]

I'm a big fan of the almost-identical-but-not-quite rooms, because they're nigh impossible to cheat.

The problem with using any other method- even one with a codeword- is that you cannot win a battle with the browser's back button. There are a finite amount of choices, so you can just hit forward and back until you find the right one. If you're going to skip the effort to make the variable rooms, then you might as well go for the 'if you have...' option. Then you're relying on the reader's honesty, which is what you'd end up doing with codewords anyway. Frankly, I find that codewords are just plain insulting. They insult you by implying that you're untrustworthy, and they insult you by implying that they are an effective barrier.

[End Master]

The only complaint that some might have with the almost identical rooms is the "copy-paste" feel to them. I know someone mentioned this in the last contest we had, but really if the story is going to play out the same way with only minor couple differences there's no reason not to use it. I tend to use this since I usually have planned out "main paths" and certain events usually will still occur more or less the same way depending on your actions.

The "If you have..." approach is probably fine for what you're doing. They did it in Fighting Fantasy books quite a bit. If someone's going to cheat then there really isn't any stopping them.

[donteatpoop]

Currently working on a novel version of When Ninjas Attack. But I want a better name for it and can't come up with a decent title.

It's fun so far and practically writing itself. Only about two chapters into it, but it still feels like progress.

[ChubbyTeletubby]

Attack of the Ninjas

When Ninjas Wack

Ninja Avengas!

When Ninjas Cry

American Ninja

Of Mice and Ninjas

Along Came a Ninja

Ninjas Amoung Us

BattleCry of the Ninjas

Silent Night, Violent Night - A Ninja Story

Betrayal of the Ninjas

Ninja Story

Calm at Sunset, Blood at Dawn - A Ninja Story

Dawn of the Ninjas

Night of the Ninjas

Ninja Night

The Night the Ninjas Came

Ninjas on Elm Streets

Ninja Express

The Rise and Fall of the Ninjas

Ninjas Wear Prada

Diary of a Ninja

To Kill a Ninja

To Die a Ninja

Die Another Ninja

Farewell, My Lovely Ninja

From Nine to Ninja

The Good Ninja

Hail the Conquering Ninja

A Daydream of Ninjas

Song of the Ninja

Half in Shadow, Half in Ninja

That's all I got.

[donteatpoop]

Night of the Ninjas was one that I had considered for a while, but I don't really like it either.

I like Ninjas Among Us, actually. Not entirely sold on it, but it's better than the other options I came up with.

And I meant to say that When Ninjas Attack is a novelized version of The Ninja Epidemic, but I assume you figured that part out.

[ChubbyTeletubby]

Ninja Epidemic was a great title too, ya know. You should pick 5 strong ones and poll everyone.

[donteatpoop]

tonight at work I came up with the beginning ideas on what will surely be a great novel (for when I'm done with ninjas).

A pirate crew is being hunted by some pirate hunters. They are trying to escape but the hunters are gaining on them. Pirates turn to the unkown waters to lose the other ship but the other ship follows. Two days later they are still being followed and running short of supplies. At long last it appears that they will have to do battle at sea

Just as they get in range to arm cannons the lookout calls "land". They head for land, taking a nasty hit from the other guys as they get moving. They fire back as they go, but are mostly focused on sailing. They get a good wind and pick up speed as they head for land for an uncharted isle.

As they near the isle they go around the peninsula seeking somewhere to dock, the land between them and the other ship. They soon find that the island is enormous and eventually come to a small bay where they set anchor and get rowing to shore. When they get to shore they hide in the jungle and prepare to ambush their persuers on the trail.

They wait while a handful of men from the other ship approach, and are about to fire when all of a sudden A MOTHER FUCKING DINOSAUR eats two of the guys.

That's right. Holy shit. Dinosaurs.

I kind of want a catchy name, but I think Pirates and Dinosaurs kind of stands well on it's own.

[mizal]

Pirates and DinosARRRs!

There needs to be a friendly raptor with an eyepatch that drinks all the rum.

[ChubbyTeletubby]

DEP needs to do a book full of short stories.

All of them pertaining to pirates/cowboys/ninjas...or ALL THREE!!!!!!!!!!

MWUHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!

Pirates vs Ninjas!!!!

Who would win? Im gonna go with pirates. They're just swarthier.

I'll shut up now.

[Ryan_DuBois]

Pirates are certainly the coolest. Probably followed by ninjas. I used to like cowboys, but then "Brokeback Mountain" gave them all a bad reputation.

I still think cowboys would win in a fight against either pirates or ninjas, though.

[End Master]

Well of course, they got the benefit of being armed with repeating rifles and revolvers. Probably would lose in hand to hand combat to a pirate though, let alone a ninja.

Didn't they do a Deadliest Warrior episode on the History channel to settle it once and for all?

[Usoki]

No, I think Deadliest Warrior is on Spike TV. Also, half the time they can't even simulate their way out of a wet paper bag.

To me, the age old question of 'pirate vs ninja' comes down to numbers. If it's a one on one fight, the ninja will win with ease. He's a stealth assassin whose entire purpose is to strike down an individual. If it's a team battle, the pirates will win just as handily. Ninjas don't work in groups; pirates do. Each ninja will foul up the other as they try and work solo, while the pirate crew will go through and wipe them all out.

[End Master]

Also known as the "Law of Inverse Ninja Effect"

One hundred ninjas are cannon fodder, while one ninja is death incarnate.

[mizal]

Pirates are certainly the coolest. Probably followed by ninjas. I used to like cowboys, but then "Brokeback Mountain" gave them all a bad reputation.

I still think cowboys would win in a fight against either pirates or ninjas, though.

What about robots? Let's not forget the robots now.

Being from the great state of Texas I have no choice to agree that cowboys would own everything and forever, though.

[Ryan_DuBois]

With robots (as long as they were made well) it's not even a question -- they would whip the shit out of everything that came into their path. On top of being invulnerable to most attacks (because they're made out of metal), every move they made would well-calculated so that they could fight at close to optimum performance.

That's why I never understood why the humans were still alive in the "Terminator" movies; the robots seem to have every advantage thinkable. True, there was that whole noise that shut them down in the last film, but it seems like the robots would have kicked ass way before it was discovered.

For pirates/cowboys/ninjas... the environment would be important too -- ninjas would operate best in the darkness/dense areas, pirates would own any fight on the seas, and cowboys would win in any open stretch of land. But in general, I think if they all just like, went to war, cowboys would win because (yes) they have the most advanced weapons.