Choose Your Own Adventure - DISCUSSION THREAD

SmileyPaul

thats me Im getting on it as I type

wavehopper1

It seems that one of the consequences of splitting the thread is that I don't get email notifications of posts on the new story thread - I thought it had gone defunct until I browsed to the forum.

Anyway, looking forward to continuing the new story. Anybody new who wants to jump in and take a hand writing an episode, just post [a message to that effect] in this thread

DakotaYoda

wavehopper1 wrote: »

It seems that one of the consequences of splitting the thread is that I don't get email notifications of posts on the new story thread - I thought it had gone defunct until I browsed to the forum.

Anyway, looking forward to continuing the new story. Anybody new who wants to jump in and take a hand writing an episode, just post [a message to that effect] in this thread

Roger that and thanks for the heads up wavehopper. That was sure an unintended consequence of cleaning things up. We'll look into a way to see if we can keep notifications or move things differently so people can get the update emails.

wavehopper1

I got the email notification for the Story thread!

Great work, ChaseThisLight.

But I'm not going to vote tonight, have to think about it more - tough choices, which I will dwell upon in the office. My main problem - I'm already fond of Psycho James, despite his Daddy issues. Beginning to think I'd last 5 minutes come the apocalypse :D

Mahatma coat

wavehopper1

ChaseTheLight sent me her choices for the next part, but I see that Deise has posted a new paragraph. I've no problem with that but we need a rota to see whose next?

DakotaYoda

Ok. Issue sorted. I deleted deise go deo and phil106's posts from the Story thread and PM'd them and wavehopper1. wavehopper1 will continue on w/ the story outcomes he was given and we'll add deise go deo into the rotation in slot 7, as long as he is ok with that.

I hope that works for everyone and kindly let me know if it causes any issues.

Schedule:

1. DakotaYoda
2. Mahatma coat
3. SUNGOD
4. SmileyPaul
5. chasethislight
6. wavehopper1
7. deise go deo

wavehopper1

That's fine with me. I'll post up tonight.

deise go deo

Sorry about barging in like that, I dident realize there was a rota.:o

wavehopper1

Story is up

Deise - you're most welcome to join, looking forward to your entry. Once you've posted your choice to my part, I'll send you my outcomes by PM. You wait about 2 days before posting the next part.

Well, the guns were a challenge that I met with Google. Personally I've gone clay shooting all of once in my life, which I suspect is more than at least 50% of the Irish population. I doubt a shotgun would be particularly useful, so I made it a rifle, and was careful not to specify the experience of our hero - others can decide on that. Apologies to gun enthusiasts for any errors in the details.

Mahatma coat

I know that at least one other writer here probably has a soft spot for the aul FN-FAL 7.62


However we seem to have a Bolt action remington with a 3 round internal clip


Still tho, Better than a frying Pan :eek:

wavehopper1

Hi Mahatma,

I'm not sure if I should be quibbling with people who take the time to read my incoherent scribblings and make a choice...but...

option C, and SIGNAL James

remember he can see you if you move out into the street

James went to the front bedroom and is shooting out into the street. You went out the back and over the back garden wall into a park. He won't see you unless he leaves where he is and goes to an upstairs room that looks over the back - and if you have stayed put against the wall, he definitely can't see you until you move out into the park.

Plus - that's the gun I intended - saw it mentioned a few times on boards.ie shooting as legally licensed in Ireland - but I'm not at all sure about your carpet pattern

Mahatma coat

Thanks , I Likes ta know these sort a things, and yeah, OK Signalin from somewhere James cant possibly see me Probably wouldnt work:o

deise go deo

Hi Guys, So when I post my part of the story tomorrow evening, I PM the Outcomes to DacotaYoda after they vote right?

phill106

wavehopper1 wrote: »

Hi Mahatma,

I'm not sure if I should be quibbling with people who take the time to read my incoherent scribblings and make a choice...but...



James went to the front bedroom and is shooting out into the street. You went out the back and over the back garden wall into a park. He won't see you unless he leaves where he is and goes to an upstairs room that looks over the back - and if you have stayed put against the wall, he definitely can't see you until you move out into the park.

Plus - that's the gun I intended - saw it mentioned a few times on boards.ie shooting as legally licensed in Ireland - but I'm not at all sure about your carpet pattern

Didn't you break the back patio door with a chair? I think james may have heard that, could even be legging it to the back window to look down to see if there is a zombie horde in the back garden.
Also think you did mention our experience with weapns (not much it seems) as we "take one of the rifles and copy James' actions to load the weapon."

Im loving the story, and please dont take this as a criticism at all, I love everyones bits so far!

DakotaYoda

deise go deo wrote: »

Hi Guys, So when I post my part of the story tomorrow evening, I PM the Outcomes to DacotaYoda after they vote right?

Thats correct deise. Pretty much - after you post your story, and you see that I've voted on your post you can PM me your Outcomes.

deise go deo

Right, thats my part of the story up.:)


I hope its ok.

SUNGOD

great stuff deise go deo that will keep the story ticking along nicely

deise go deo

I think I should clarify one thing, when I said 'Industrial Complex' I meant more along the lines of heavy industry. Think Iron Works rather than IDA park.




The point being that they work constantly, it wont be shut for the weekend.

Mahatma coat

Just gonna post this again in the hope that it sinks in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RGbrEmVrhc

phill106

deise go deo wrote: »

I think I should clarify one thing, when I said 'Industrial Complex' I meant more along the lines of heavy industry. Think Iron Works rather than IDA park.




The point being that they work constantly, it wont be shut for the weekend.

Even better for making fortifications and weapons!
Im making me an anti-zombie suit or armour and some devious weapons!

Mahatma coat

ah but, Do You know the ins and outs of the machinery at our disposal??

I could confidently walk out int my Sawmill and build ya 3 Solid antiZ machines, but in a strange environment with scthuff ya aint familiar with????????????

phill106

Mahatma coat wrote: »

ah but, Do You know the ins and outs of the machinery at our disposal??

I could confidently walk out int my Sawmill and build ya 3 Solid antiZ machines, but in a strange environment with scthuff ya aint familiar with????????????

I dont think I can make an iron man suit, but I would think welders gear and gloves over a few layers of clothes would be a good start! And their mask with the eye protection broken off (assuming that it is tinted/reactive lens)!

Mahatma coat

oh ya can get goggles with Glass lenses and Flip up shade bits, tis all good in the hood

SmileyPaul

lols :P
you ever tried sprinting with a welders mask on? it'll be awkward, floppin all over the gaf, and wreckin your head, you'll wanna get rid of it straight away, it wont protect you from anything but splatter and I don't think we're gonna be pulling a dexter morgan any time soon :P

Mahatma coat

ah I was thinkin of somethin like those Leather hoods with teh built in respirators that ya use for sandblastin or cleanin a chemical tank

SmileyPaul

ah I getcha, bit similar to haz mat hoods? still wouldn't wanna be runnin round in anythin like that :P
wouldn't do any wonders for both your hearing or field of vision

you'd scare most other survivors ****less though :P

Mahatma coat

Y'd be surprised what ya can adapt to, Modern Kevlar armor is about 20Kg heavier than what the crusading knights wore

phill106

http://www.lascentrum.com/en/welding+clothing/

Kevlar baby!

add in this
http://www.lascentrum.com/en/welding+helmets/

and we be rocking!

SmileyPaul

Mahatma coat wrote: »

Y'd be surprised what ya can adapt to, Modern Kevlar armor is about 20Kg heavier than what the crusading knights wore

it wasn't the weight more, the manoueverability, like cycling with a helmet thats too big for you, you're gonna get preoccupied with keepin the thing straight on your head and crash

DakotaYoda

Not bein moddy gang but let's try and keep chat in this thread specific to the CYOA game if we can. Plenty of room to start other threads about gear, etc... Ok so that sounded too mod'ish. Sorry.

We're adding phill106 to the writers team so please treat him kindly. His post is due tomorrow...

1. DakotaYoda
2. Mahatma coat
3. SUNGOD
4. SmileyPaul
5. chasethislight
6. wavehopper1
7. deise go deo
8. phill106

wavehopper1

phill106 wrote: »

Didn't you break the back patio door with a chair? I think james may have heard that, could even be legging it to the back window to look down to see if there is a zombie horde in the back garden.
Also think you did mention our experience with weapns (not much it seems) as we "take one of the rifles and copy James' actions to load the weapon."

Im loving the story, and please dont take this as a criticism at all, I love everyones bits so far!

Shows how much I personally don't know. Suppose our protagonist is actually quite nifty shooting rabbits with, say, a Winchester hunting rifle. But he'd never used the Remington brand. Would he know without watching - how to load it, where the safety catch is etc.?

Or suppose he had experience with a shotgun - would that translate to knowing immediately how to handle a rifle?

I honestly don't know - I was more comfortable when our original hero (first story) was armed with his trusty frying pan

SUNGOD

our hero can easily lose the rifle when its your turn .
remmember you can play god when writing:D

DakotaYoda

Just a note on current post, mine - you left your grocery cart/trolly by the front gate since all was quiet. You DO need to worry about someone taking it, etc..... just a reminder. All votes look good tho.

Question for all:
Is anyone interested in putting together a fake city we could always set our story in or around? It'd be a group effort to decide how big, how many schools, what are main industries, public transportation, parks, police/military presence, etc.

It would allow us to create maps, landmarks, and mash-up Irish and US city ideas a bit so we have a mix of both. Everyone that wants to would get to contribute.

The short version is it would allow us to have a greater level of detail in planning, etc without having to write extra pages of story. And I would also say exact contents of buildings would change w/ each story so we're not too locked in to anything.

Any more idears?

wavehopper1

DakotaYoda wrote: »

Just a note on current post, mine - you left your grocery cart/trolly by the front gate since all was quiet. You DO need to worry about someone taking it, etc..... just a reminder. All votes look good tho.

Question for all:
Is anyone interested in putting together a fake city we could always set our story in or around? It'd be a group effort to decide how big, how many schools, what are main industries, public transportation, parks, police/military presence, etc.

It would allow us to create maps, landmarks, and mash-up Irish and US city ideas a bit so we have a mix of both. Everyone that wants to would get to contribute.

The short version is it would allow us to have a greater level of detail in planning, etc without having to write extra pages of story. And I would also say exact contents of buildings would change w/ each story so we're not too locked in to anything.

Any more idears?

It seems a bit prescriptive to me. I liked the idea of starting it in different locations - we did the city centre, now we're in the suburbs. Logicially the next one would start in a rural area - just to see what differences that makes.

Alternatively, if I happened to be the one starting a story i.e. after the death option, I might be tempted to go a bit crazy and start it on a ferry coming into port...or what about..."zombies on a plane"...:cool:

But I'd dovetail in if people want to go the map way.

deise go deo

Well if you did a costal city, and included some country side and a few small towns around it then most posibilities would be covered, we could have charachters from different stories wandering around the same areas but going for different things, taking different options.

One thing that tends to be left out of the stories is a destination, if this really happened, after the initial shock, people would come up with a plan of what they want to do and where they want to go, rather than just wandering around.

If the stories were in a known location that people could reference, then the third or forth instalment of the story(After the initail shock has passed) could decide a destination and them later parts of the story would be based around the best method and route to get there, as the map would be on hand, people would be able to see what is needed to get from A - B and could start to form their own ideas of the best way.

DakotaYoda

SUNGOD up next for posting I believe? We'll give him a bit of time.

Will give feedback on the above posts when I have some time. Good thoughts mentioned in both.

SUNGOD

sorry lads im a bit behind , mrs sungod just had a little son of sungod so we are a bit preoccupied.
but i should have my chapter up tommorrow, if not i will forward the options on to the next writer.
thanks from daddy sungod:D

DakotaYoda

CONGRATS SUNGOD!!!! No worries at all man - do whatever works out best.

You've got plenty of sleepless nights ahead to look forward to.... so at least ya have that going for ya.

SmileyPaul

"Songod (see what I did there?! :P) it's time for your bed time story!..."

"YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"ehem.... Chapter 2 weapons and combat techniques. Of all the weapons discussed in this book, nothing is more important than your primary firearm. Keep it cleaned, keep it oiled, keep it loaded, keep it close. With a cool head, steady hand, and plenty of ammunition, one human is more than a match for an army of zombies......."

*childs falls asleep*

*wack!*

"wake up! I'm teaching you how to survive dammit!"

:P
Congratulations man! I'm proud

SUNGOD

thanks lads , sorry but i will have to sit this one out i will forward options on to smileypaul

phill106

SUNGOD wrote: »

thanks lads , sorry but i will have to sit this one out i will forward options on to smileypaul

baby and missus wayyy more important atm! Grats on the new arrival, they are a life changer.

SmileyPaul

Ill get this up tonight

ChaseThisLight

SUNGOD wrote: »

sorry lads im a bit behind , mrs sungod just had a little son of sungod so we are a bit preoccupied.
but i should have my chapter up tommorrow, if not i will forward the options on to the next writer.
thanks from daddy sungod:D

Congrats, Sungod!

DakotaYoda

Great story-post SmileyPaul - you did a helluva job in setting up options from here. We don't need to mow down dozens of Z's in order to move the story along... fine work!

phill106

Not sure how it would work, but imagine for the next story that all of the writers were in it. Maybe we start it off at a boardsies zombie meet! Anyway Z day kicks off, we are all together and story commences.
The main difference being that we make choices for ourself like normal, but instead of the other lower voted choices being disregarded, instead it actually happens to those who made the choices!
To prevent having multiple stories going on, the consequences of choosing may have to be more dire, ie 2 you die and one you live choice.
We would get killed off one by one, maybe showing how it affects the rest of the characters (if at all).
Thoughts?

wavehopper1

phill106 wrote: »

Not sure how it would work, but imagine for the next story that all of the writers were in it. Maybe we start it off at a boardsies zombie meet! Anyway Z day kicks off, we are all together and story commences.
The main difference being that we make choices for ourself like normal, but instead of the other lower voted choices being disregarded, instead it actually happens to those who made the choices!
To prevent having multiple stories going on, the consequences of choosing may have to be more dire, ie 2 you die and one you live choice.
We would get killed off one by one, maybe showing how it affects the rest of the characters (if at all).
Thoughts?

Sounds innovative. So the writer is safe, and it's a kind of Big Brother whittling of the rest . Works for me.

deise go deo

wavehopper1 wrote: »

Sounds innovative. So the writer is safe, and it's a kind of Big Brother whittling of the rest . Works for me.

I like it, a last man standing kinda deal.

SmileyPaul

I sent the choices to Chase but they still ahven't posted
this makes me sad, we gonna have to skip to next writer?

ChaseThisLight

Sorry I made you sad.

Got your PM; I'll work on posting tonight.