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Geek Culture / [LOCKED] Never-Ending Story

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Avan Madisen
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Posted: 13th Feb 2005 06:29
I've decided to (try to) start my own game here, this could either work very well or it'll be an outright disaster, I can't see any middle ground here!

The game is called "The Never Ending Story", the idea is that each person posts a short addition to an on-going story, simple. I'd be amazed if this hasn't been done before, but heck! Here're the rules (these may change as I get responses):

1) After you make a contribution you must wait for someone else to post an addition to the story before you can add to it again. In other words, no multiple posts!
2) No post may add more then 3 sensible sentances to the story. You don't have to add three, you can add two if you wish.
3) No branching out with substories, that will just over complicate things.
4) No swearing or adult content (even censored), violent content should be kept to a minimum of detail. This is mainly due the fact this is a public forum, the mods have enough of a job with this forum already, don't make it worse for them here!
5) Try to keep things sensible, for instance don't bring in some cybernetically inhanced human armed to the teeth unless it's likely to happen.
6) No copyrighted material, use your own imagination goddammit!

I realise that asking the people of this forum to be 'sensible' may be asking too much, but I can only hope to be proved wrong.

Anyway, since I'm starting this game I may as well make the beginning of the story:

Three days of wading through sandstorms had left everyone exhausted; food and water were running low, not to mention morale.
They had found their way to a large cliff face and made camp in the mouth of a cave with the hope they may find some water deep within.
It wasn't long after nightfall when someone spotted a moving object in the distance; sand creatures of the night are often dangerous.

I don't suffer from insanity:

I enjoy every minute of it!
Neofish
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Posted: 13th Feb 2005 06:41
I'm not going to post a story addition but a rule suggestion (cos im lsightly drunnk ). I think it should be one sentence, max of two. And a limit on words, I can do an essay in one sentence (wouldn't be readbale but heh)

Mr Pointless
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Posted: 14th Feb 2005 02:49
Ignoring the fact that the already has been a Never Ending Story game (based on the film):

Alarm bells rang as that someone noticed that the object was getting closer at an abnormal speed, disappeared, then... Aiieee! A huge serpent-like creature burst from the ground sending many airbourne, that someone couldn't remember much after blacking out, waking only to find that he/she/it was now alone.

And BTW, this has been done before (sort of) by me, just not in this forum.

"My gods, Detritus, that's not a crossbow, that's a national emergency." - Sam Vimes from "The Fifth Elephant".
Flindiana Jones
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Posted: 14th Feb 2005 05:43
ummm...that sentence made NO sense... please revise.

"The best part of traveling is meeting new people."
Attributed to Ghenis Khan.
Mr Pointless
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Posted: 14th Feb 2005 05:46
WHAT sentence? Please POINT to or QUOTE the sentence!

"My gods, Detritus, that's not a crossbow, that's a national emergency." - Sam Vimes from "The Fifth Elephant".
Ian T
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Posted: 14th Feb 2005 06:14
I'm pointing to it right now.

It is a perilous occupation for TGC to post anything by way of a promise, as the words get etched in indestructable marble for all time.
-Lee Bamber
Mr Pointless
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Posted: 14th Feb 2005 06:16
Oh, ha ha ha.

OK, just qoute it, please.

"My gods, Detritus, that's not a crossbow, that's a national emergency." - Sam Vimes from "The Fifth Elephant".
CattleRustler
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Posted: 14th Feb 2005 06:22
get on with it or ye be locked...

Ian T
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Posted: 14th Feb 2005 06:29
He's talking about:

Quote: "A huge serpent-like creature burst from the ground sending many airbourne, that someone couldn't remember much after blacking out, waking only to find that he/she/it was now alone."


Incorrect sentance structure. It makes no sense at all. Like you're splicing the first and second half from two completely different sentances.

It is a perilous occupation for TGC to post anything by way of a promise, as the words get etched in indestructable marble for all time.
-Lee Bamber
Dazzag
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Posted: 14th Feb 2005 07:06
Yes it has been done in this forum, if I remember rightly. Never seems to work. Also what style are you writing? Is it alright to go into comedy for example?

Anyhows...

From the darkness Muad'Dib could hear the cries from the surviving members of the advance party. He had lived after the worm. Only the spice could save them now.

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Cheers

I am 99% probably lying in bed right now... so don't blame me for crappy typing
Major Payn
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Posted: 14th Feb 2005 07:14
The serpant creature was gone now, I had no idea what it had been, but that was no concern to me now. A sharp pain rattled through my body, I looked at my leg and realized that I had been bitten by the creature. I was hurt, but it was not enough to keep me down, I got up and exited the cave.

Guns arn't the problem, people are the problem, shoot all the people and guns arn't a problem anymore.
Neofish
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Posted: 14th Feb 2005 07:24
oh god the temptation to put amusing things is funny


I shielded my eyes from the deep red, rising sun. It cascaded over the fields ahead of me and warmed my now cold blood. I put my unhurt leg forward and began to hobble forward in search of aid at the nearby village.

That'll do

Mx5 kris
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Posted: 14th Feb 2005 07:39
As the moon shone I saw something. A carrier from an alien race was landing, I had to find a to find Alpha Base. I knew that if Alpha Base was not warned, then we would all die.....then pondered what race that alien was.........

I hate useless programs, and people who say things like "oh, it is going great but will take tell 2007 to get it done, but I thought i'd post."
Dazzag
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Posted: 14th Feb 2005 07:41 Edited at: 14th Feb 2005 07:42
Dude, when were we doing the 3rd person thing?

Anyhows, does anyone remember the old email about the english class where they did this sort of thing as an exercise between 2 people (paragraph each going back and fore). The girl tries a paragraph of romantic stuff, which the bloke turns into a sci-fi epic. Something like "Laura knew she had lost the love of her life when David had left her for the military. Sobbing into her love letters.... etc etc", then "Captain Dave 'Ace' Flyboyz looked at the pictures of his ex-bint Laura. What a stupid cow she had been. Still a terrific rack, and went like the clappers. Enough of that nonsense he decided as he fired up his Raptor 9 assault fighter, and launched into space ready to fight the Zargons!". Heh, and goes on to argue like hell between each other. She even kills Dave off, realising she will never love again, then he follows up with the entire earch being anhialated 2 secs later from a Zargon attack because bleeding hearts like her had cut the defence budget and the Zargons had attacked etc etc. Top stuff.

In that respect...

After what seemed like days, I surrendered to the sand. Then I realised that even the great Muad'Dib had to bow to someone. And then I ate my other leg because I was starving, and it was longer than the other one...

Cheers

I am 99% probably lying in bed right now... so don't blame me for crappy typing
Neofish
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Posted: 14th Feb 2005 08:03
Quote: "As the moon shone I saw something. A carrier from an alien race was landing, I had to find a to find Alpha Base. I knew that if Alpha Base was not warned, then we would all die.....then pondered what race that alien was........."

go ruin it then!

Major Payn
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Posted: 14th Feb 2005 08:15
Just then, a UFO landed before me, at first I thought I was dreaming, but it became all to real once the heat of the silver metallic craft hit me. A moment later, I was inside the craft, laying in a room of light, I had no recolection of ever entering the craft, but I was inside, I felt afraid.

Guns arn't the problem, people are the problem, shoot all the people and guns arn't a problem anymore.
CattleRustler
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Posted: 14th Feb 2005 09:55
...then a mod came along and locked the whole thread, the end.

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