Yet another forum game

[Squid Empire]

Seeing as the make your own cnc faction thread fizzled out pretty fast, I had another idea to fill the void. I've got the itch to write some fiction anyway - does anyone else?

What I was thinking would be a sort of 'choose your own adventure' story but with anyone on the forums choosing the directions to go in. I was thinking that after each 'chapter' - which would be a reply to the thread - everyone will be able to suggest the direction of the story. What do you think? How should it work?

I also put a big poll up there to pick like themes or directions overall, and hopefully it'll also show the interest levels.

 

 

*I don't know much about C&C 1 but would give it a try

**I'm not willing to write anything about RA1, RA3, TW or TT because I don't know enough about any of them. Someone else might be interested though so don't not vote for them because of that.

[AZ-Stalker]

Just voted. Neat idea actually! Lets see what everyone else jots down.

[Squid Empire]

I forgot to have an option to have it NOT c&c themed, d'oh!

[Squid Empire]

So what we've got about now (judging from the votes) is:

 

An open ended story where I'll pick the direction from suggestions/votes. It would be set in the future and the main elements would be military in an alternative history with advanced technology and possibly colonialism and discovery. It would be overwhelmingly character focused, from the (first-person) perspective of a regular person aligned with the world's 'good guys'.

 

If it's going to be C&C related (assume yes at this point) it will be set in Tiberian Sun's universe.

 

I'm going to leave the poll open one more day, so get voting!

[AZ-Stalker]

Whatever poll results tie out, Squid can decide on our behalf if he's leading the game, right?

[NaokiP]

I love CYOA forum stories, let's do this. Personally, I'd actually prefer if it weren't C&C based, but if it is, I'll take RA1 or TD-era. WW2 to contemporary is where I'm feeling most comfortable with something like this. And have the main characters as "important people" that have some control over events and forces but still aren't quite at the top. How about it?

[Squid Empire]

Okay, here's the updated plan:

 

An open ended story where I'll pick the direction from suggestions/votes. It will be set in the future, and will feature alternative history, military conflicts, advanced technology and terrorism / civil unrest. It may also feature colonialism / discovery and space travel. It would be character and setting focused told from the third person perspective of important 'bad guys', or possibly from the (first-person) perspective of regular 'good guys'. It would be set in the Tiberian Sun universe.

 

 

 

I've added an option to have it original rather then C&C themed in the poll so if you'd like you can delete your vote and cast again. Because of this I'm going to leave the poll open one more day (again, I know). Looks like there's some real interest in this, I'm getting excited!

[Einstein]

This is one of those things that personally, I really have to be in the mood to participate in. However, I love to read them! I'm really looking forward to seeing where this goes, as there's already plenty of interest and thought material here.

[Squid Empire]

Fair enough, I understand that you have to be 'feeling it' - it just so happens that I'm often in those sort of moods >.>

[AZ-Stalker]

it just so happens that I'm often in those sort of moods >.>

I love your enthusiasm. Gets me all pumped up at times to see your creative drive take action.

[Squid Empire]

All right, I'm calling the voting done. Nothing has changed since the last tally, so I will officially begin writing the first chapter... now!

I'm going to open a new thread and will try to keep the chapter relatively short so people don't have to spend hours reading each instalment.