>>564448
>QM Question
How does it seem the moving of the board has affected the player-base you once had?

>Player Question
Do you prefer QM's that take an Avg of dice rolls or the highest out of 1,3,5 rolls?

>Bonus Question
What is the best quest you've taken part in so far?

>>564453
>>What is the best quest you've taken part in so far?
That's between Audit, Not So Glorious, and Esper's HOMO Quest. Good stuff!

>>564453
>Player Question
Highest of 3 is just what I'm used to so I prefer it.
>Bonus Question
The only current quests that I personally enjoy are Lamplighter Quest, Northern Beasts Quest, and Broken Sky Online.
I'm not surprised but it's still depressing that a sword art online fanfic quest gets more players than BSO

>>564453

>Player Question
Do you prefer QM's that take an Avg of dice rolls or the highest out of 1,3,5 rolls?

It depends on how I'm feeling and if I like the quest itself. Sometimes I like one, sometimes I like the other. other times I love percentile rolls and occasionally no rolls at all.


>Bonus Question
What is the best quest you've taken part in so far?

Left Beyond still holds that title for me. It had the best mix of strategy, a massive world carved out of the source material by the qm that felt dynamic, Interesting mechanics, and the right amount of "do as you will it's your consequences." Heck, the players, as few of us as there were, had a lot of fun Scheming how to advance the MC's goals. God I miss spirit.

>>564453
>QM Question

My threads here started slow, but picked up after a couple of days, as most of my players followed me here

TTQ

>>564453
1. Since I haven't even started QMing, this certainly presents a huge obstacle. Doesn't even matter if I'm a good writer.

2.Best out of 3 rolls mostly because I'm too used to it. (Personally going to experiment with different dice systems in the future)

3. House Malory Quest. One notable moment was when a few of us suggested making the most expensive arrow in the setting.

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Whats the official longest run time for a single thread/ quest

A part of me wants to go on to 12 hours and the other part wants to experience the sweet release of death

>>564536
It's not worth losing those hours of sleep and sanity.

But it could be fun to see who lasts longer: The QM or the Audience?

>>564536
Wanna try it BB?

>>564453
>QM Question
I came over here when the board first started, and my playerbase followed pretty quickly. It was slow at first, but it's evened out over time.

>Player Question
Can't speak about avg rolls as a player, but I tried running with it in Blood Moon. The rolls were, well... average. No spectacular successes or failures. Very safe, which ultimately made it kind of boring. But then I'm terrible at this, so I was probably doing something wrong.

>Bonus
I stopped taking part in other quests after accidentally posting a story post in someone else's thread, so I can't say.

>>564536
My record is 11. You can do it.

>>564536
Shhhh... Spartan-II Quest awaits

>>564453
>PQ
I feel that BO3 is probably the most balanced

>BQ
My favorite quest is probably Dark Gate Academy with Quest Beyond The Gate coming in at a close 2nd

>>564536
I went 13 once

I believe Humble Storyteller once went 18 hours on /co/

>>564536
Single thread or single session?
I don't know for single thread but I know Azure Earth clocked down a whole weekend with just over 42 hours of running HQR.

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>>564573
>11
Got that done just now

>>>564600
>13
Oh god

>18
KILLLLLL MMMMEEEEEEEE

>>564650
Single thread

>42 hours
Straight?
Jesus titty fucking christ end my life

>>564650
>Single thread or single session?
I mean yeah both any whatever jut kill me

>>564654
Straight. It went multiple threads as the weekend /tg/ traffic wouldn't permit a bump limit thread to last the whole session.

Also, pretty sure AE was on dangerous levels of caffeine at the time.

>>564665
One off from Satan, Damn and that sounds truly fucking amazing. Any Anon's stick through it all?

>>564671
Some said they did, for what that's worth. I died after the thirty hour mark.

>>564448
If anyone wants to try their luck in captaining a junk battleship, go here! JUNKER BATTLESHIPS SKIRMISH!
>>561094
System is WIP and thread's more of a test run, but feel free to jump in! If you don't want to deal with the hassle of making an entire ship, jump in a cannon part as a gunner, or take to the skies as a pilot!

I'm thinking of starting a civ game soon-ish. Would anyone happen to have anything civ-specific, or should I just read the pastebins in the OP?

>>564650
>>564665
Holy shit. Just... holy shit. 11 hours was pushing it a bit for me, but 42? AE should clearly be disqualified from the record books, as it's clearly not human.

But then no one specified longest human run time...

>>564691
To be fair the posts were of highly questionable quality by the end of it. I would not personally recommend any QM attempting such a session out of a misplaced sense of duty or determination.

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I'm tapping out

Coffee is filth and all but one of my players tapped out

That nigga got balls

>>564755
> Coffee is filth

You fucking what mate?

>>564755
>>564970
Aww shit son you done incurred the wrath of the Coffee Lich. Now even in your dreams, you will be awake!

>>564536
I /think/ whoever it was that ran Mahou Shonen Quest went 24 hours once.

now let us never speak of that quest again.

>>564993
Dude why...
Bit gary stu-ish but it was fun.

>>564650
Kaleun beat AE's record at some point with Loli STALKER.
I think it ended up around the 50 hour mark, it's been a while so I don't remember exactly.

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>>564453

>How does it seem the moving of the board has affected the player-base you once had?

I know I still have many of the same players, as I am sure to link new threads on twitter and discord, but the biggest thing /qst/ seems to differ on is speed. At least, for my quest; I already attract a very small audience. Even on /tg/ I tended to get an average of 20 to 25 unique IDs per thread, and it's mostly the same here, and even then it's often the cast that one or two (sometimes three) could be the same person from multiple IDs.

I recently made a very scientific chart with lots of scientific evidence to demonstrate the ideal player base for my thread, pictured here. It's very scientific.

The way I figure it, you need to A) be up to playing in quests, B) be okay with fanfic quests and C) like or at least be casually interested (or at the very least inoffended by) Mortal Kombat.

Factoring in that /qst/ is a slower board than /tg/ with likely less people coming and thus fewer casual crossposters, it doesn't add up to a very large audience I admit, but I love them all the same.

>>564755
What are you a casul?

Now go and don't come back unless you are capable of surviving solely on the nutriton from a pot of coffee!

Filthy pleb

>>564453
> Player question
Highest of #. I just don't see the appeal of an average.

> bonus question
I can't remember the name, but there was a series of quests with all-powerful magic, where the success of the magic hinged on a 1d2 roll (originally 1d100, but it was still 50/50 so it got simplified), and almost all posters' wishes were included. The latest couple of threads I read got bogged down a little by a couple players being way too sadistic and thus messing with the tone of the quests, but in general they were a lot of fun.

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New Thread of Dark Gate Academy. Today: Husbandos Edition.
>>565061
>>565061
>>565061

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Used to run a couple of quests on /tg/, and now I'm testing the waters. What days would be best to run a quest about goblins in the deadly cutthroat world of professional go-kart racing?

And I mean deadly - if the MC dies, that's the end of the quest.

>>565097
Friday and Saturday are the best days to run. Wednesdays and Thursdays are slowest.

>>564687
What sorta civs you looking for?

Clearly the solution to all our membership problems is to write lewd Worm crossover quests to draw the Spacebattles crowd with the promise of something they can't get on their main website.

:^)

>>564453
>Player Question
Average system is flawed imo because the average, by definition, is mostly going to come out as a mediocre number that is neither great nor very bad. High rolls are exciting. Low rolls are excitig. 10s on a d20 all the time would be meh. I don't especially like the best of X system either because it usually means only hardcore lurkers get to roll, but I think it's the lesser of two evils.

>Bonus Question
Lamplighter Quest. That's right, I'm *that* new.

How do you guys name shit? Naming shit is hard.

>>565097
10/10 would play gobo-kart

>>565097
I would read that fuck out of that.

>>564453

>QM Question
My thread ended right when the migration/exile happened, so I'll have to see what happens when I run again.

QTG I have a problem.

I want to QM again.

But the only compelling reason I have to QM is to cause suffering.

I just want to create somethings or someones that are precious to other people and then destroy them.

Help?

>>565364
Do it. Embrace the suffering and become a 'healing type' writer

>>565364

The only quest I've seen that came close to pulling that off was Robot Decomissioner and it came from how bleak the world was and how likable a lot of the condemned were (The ex-idol programmed to be clumsy in particular).

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>>564453
>How does it seem the moving of the board has affected the player-base you once had?
I'm about 25% the majority sure my /tg/ playerbase died

>Do you prefer QM's that take an Avg of dice rolls or the highest out of 1,3,5 rolls?
Avg is a hassle imo

>What is the best quest you've taken part in so far?
Mine ;^]
Unironically BQ
Shadow Quest even though I only got there at the last 15 or so threads
Joker Quest Fite me

>>565364
Read Blood Moon. The ending was terrible, and the quest itself wasn't great. But there were a few pretty good SUFFERING moments in there.

>>565247
It's quite easy once you grow the necessary brain cells to draw parallels and to know when you should deviate from the source.

Humans hardly ever have any original ideas as everything we know is absorbed from others.

Most QMs simply know how to steal shit in a way to make it their own.

Flip open a history book, any religious text or anything that has interesting stories in them.
(Mythology is your best friend if you know how to use it)

Once you have drawn inspiration seek out anything that closely resembles it and alter it in a subtle manner so people won't immediately see what you copied.
And when they find out about it they'll feel fulfilled for figuring out the hidden meaning behind your shit and they'll admire you a little for being deep and shit.

tl;dr:
>Don't be creative, be smart and take shortcuts

Magical Girl For Hire Quest will be resuming in about a half hour. New thread is being made!

In other news hiroyuki is posting shit in /qa/ if anyone wants to whine at him about the /qst/ situation if they feel up to it.

>>565508
That was very helpful, thank you anon. I will practice doing exactly that. What kind of fertilizer do you recommend for growing brain cells though?

>>565364
Wound me, I will love you for it. I don't participate in quests to experience a typical feel-good life, I can do that outside.

>>565565
Any work of Hirohiko Araki is a good start.

If he's style is too flamboyant or as I prefer to call it "fabulous" then try something more classic.

Regular literature is a very good way of finding inspiration and expanding your vocabulary.
Just make sure you find something that'd interest you and don't shy away from screen plays. There's some very good shit in there.

Oh and read popular and/or successful quests in the archives.
Learn from the mistakes of others and follow their examples.
You can git gud that way fast.
And ffs READ THE PASTEBINS!

I also highly encourage you start brewing your coffee out of energy drink instead of water to get your system used to caffeine.

>>565597
I did! Well, most of them. I haven't gotten into the technical stuff like dice and system design and refining prose yet. I suppose I should go do that now.

>start brewing your coffee out of energy drink instead of water to get your system used to caffeine.
This is probably the greatest advice anyone will ever give me. Thanks again for being so helpful

>>565610
But seriously, don't do that!

I tried it once and I was taken to a hospital

>>565610
I'd suggest whiskey if you can stomach it. It helps let the juices flow and relaxes you after a hard day at work. I can quit anytime, I just don't want too and Coffee + energy drink = heart attack mate. Don't.

>see dark gate academy cited several times as an example of a good /qst/ original quest
>finally check it out today
What is wrong with you people? You're just messing with me right?

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>>565723
T-thanks, you too...

>>565820
Sorry to be so blunt but it's just a high school drama anime with occasional shallow combat thrown in.

>>565833
It's cool, I have no real pretences of quality.

Though DGA has rarely been touted as a good /qst/ original, just a successful one.

>>564448
"LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Ishmael pulls a full on Rocky in The final showdown of The End Of Evangelion.

If you want to join in for this movie crashing quest with Ishmael, the thread is in here: >>555791

>>565833

WrestleQuest was better.

>>564453
>What is the best quest you've taken part in so far?

Homeless Mutant Quest.

>>565097
Will the MC's rival be not-Goblin Slayer?

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I'm about to run episode 8 of my quest. It seems to be going pretty well so far so I just wanna encourage everyone to check it out.

You play as Purps an amnesiac starborn, thus far you have killed a midget rebel, had a dance off with a foxman, went undercover with your new friend to find who mugged your new boss, had a weird dream and fought a crazy cannibal priest.

Archive:
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=Starborn
Twatter:
@StarbornQ
Char Sheet:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1csg7vC-Yz10aAqk9ZwdCNv24obLGTtM5p6bKkPq1Pgc/edit#heading=h.74gk3dg6mvjp

Does anyone else have an avenue to contact Hiroyuki on? So far, I have Facebook and twitter.

>>566225
You can't message the mongol on twitter last I heard

>>566230
>Quit crying about the gulag! Just inhale the gas and your hobby will be dead shortly.

>>566233
No, but someone had an idea in which you ask him to message you. I've also contacted him on FB, but I think I'm not the only one.

>>566225
>>566225
from what i heard you couldn't contact him sense none of that is info we have and even then he'd probally just block you.

>>566250
His facebook and twitter is indeed real, you can look him up right now. I think I'm going to have better luck with his facebook, but we'll see.

>>566326
I have, Vikitor also stabbed me when I was reading Spartan-quest last night.

>>566352
>someone disagrees with me
>must be a troll
Where do you get off being this delusional and whiny? Fuck off to /qa/.

>>566452
Point me to a /worthwhile/ quest that died from player inactivity. Go ahead, I'll wait.

>>566464

BioArmor Quest.

>>566452
>no, you!
Except it's not full of dead quests. You ever actually bothered to play some of them? Have you even look at the numbers right below the picture?

Get your head out of your ass. Quests is a niche thing, boo hoo.

>>566478
It had plenty of activity, just look at the archives. It died because Cosmic disappeared.

>>566493
My definition of "Worthwhile":
>Well-written characters with unique personalities
>A setting that is either original or a unique take on the subject matter it is based on
>Mechanics that work within the parameters of the quest itself
>a consistent QM

There you go, Besy.

>>566478
I played the heck out of BioArmor. The QM just kind of disappeared.

>>566493
>new QMs make shit quests
Congratulations, you figured it out. There's no way people see a new board and try their hand at questing!
You're right, this is some crazy conspiracy to kill it all! Great job anon. Now, how about you share some of that incredible knowledge with the folks over at /qa/?

SAO Quest starting now

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>>566517
>My definition of "Worthwhile":
>>Well-written characters with unique personalities
>>A setting that is either original or a unique take on the subject matter it is based on
>>Mechanics that work within the parameters of the quest itself
>>a consistent QM


M-Me?

>>566535

Link dat sheeit muthafukah.

>>566542
I do quite enjoy your quests.

>>566549
>>566559

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Hey guys, Starship Idols is running tomorrow yaaaaaaay

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>>566557

>>566590
like the movie and books Starship troopers?

>>566598
If only you knew how gun attachments worked Mal, and could stomach coffee. Love the quest as well.

>>566517

That's not good for you. Just worthwhile? Jeez...

>>566607
Both. Though it's mostly book styled MI and bugs, with the movie setting a bit of the tone (along with the 80s anime)

In short, it's a bit of everything.

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http://anonkun.com/stories/exalted-age/4P7nzMogBzBPFjd4R/merchants-elves-and-quillbacks-oh-my/QTxN5saigzeoRrKvM

Live now


>>566607
>If only you knew how gun attachments worked Mal,
I know how they work. Just didn't want to give you too many advantages.

Yes I know.

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>>566640
To be fair, my standards aren't actually that high. I just gave a slightly more objective list since Besy was getting so butthurt.

Really I'll play just about any quest if it's fun.

>>566681
I don't post in /qtg/ much, but I wanted to say that I'm keeping my eye on this one.

Sorry for the newfag question, but how does the Bump work on /qst/?

Is there a specific length of inactivity? Number of posts before bump limit is reached? Length of time a thread can exist?

>>566704
Read the sticky

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>>566697

>>566669
Expect me then, I fucking loved Starship troopers 1 and the book itself.

>>566681
We're Spartans and should be weaponized to our fullest extent. There is no such thing as too many advantages. Then tell me how the bullet is fired.

Quick, how do you use the formatting options?

>>566794
Read the sticky

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>>566794

>>566811
Is it like {red}Test{/red} with square brace instead of curly? Basically bbcode format?

>>566816
Thanks.

>>566777
Something something trigger something-something firing pins

>>566794
>italics
[i]
[/i]
>Bold
[b]
[/b]

Think its the same for colors

[color="red"] Test [/color]

>>566820
You need to be the Thread maker for it to work though from what I understand.

>>566821
You are a terrible person and my /k/ommando screams in pain.

>>566837
>You need to be the Thread maker for it to work though from what I understand.

Not that anon, but okay.

Thank you, though.

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>>566837
>You are a terrible person and my /k/ommando screams in pain.

>>566692
So which ones have you participated lately? (Just asking)

>>566898
>The Last Grease Monkey
>Starship Idols
>Spartan Quest
>UnDead Quest
>Shipgirl Commander
>Hitmaid
>Pilot Quest
>Peter Titmouse

And probably some others I can't remember off the top of my head.

>>565220
Want to do a fantasy civ. I've read plenty, but it all seems pretty arbitrary to me.

>>566974

RIP UnDead Quest.

>>567010
Yeah. That was too bad.

Ahoy! feels like forever since I posted in one of these.

>>566833
DDQ 117 is up. If anyone is interested in a quest a hundred seventeen threads in.

>>564443
quack i guess?

So we're not getting an end to Joker Quest ever?

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>>567377
I hope we do

Alchemical Blade Quest is now back up and running for most of the day!

>>563570

As a heads up, when does the migration to a new general usually happen? 1000 or so posts?

>>564536

13 hours once.

>>566992
Arbitrary how?

If you're looking for an official system you're out of luck, but there are a few general rules that seem popular, depending on what you want to do.

What are some of the civs you've read?

>>566974
Good taste.

>>567426
Well damn. That must take some serious dedication.

Quick question for QMs: How do you prepare for a session?

Can you be too pandering with waifus?

>>564483

I don't know how I overlooked your comment, but thanks for the shout out! (and for participating from the beginning.)

>>567897
Never

>>567897
Yes but if your quest is all ABOUT the waifus then no.

Btw mod, I know your here GG. I needed the laugh.

>>566464
>>551466
I thought it was worthwhile at any rate.

>>567966
In all seriousness, what is funny about this?

Who has he new discord invite?

>>567696

Well at the time is was -37C or so outside and there was exactly jack shit to do, so I thought "Why the hell not"

>>568278
It shows a Janitor is here and if I remember correctly they can contact a mod. Or its the mod himself deleting things. This implies they are either 1. Dodging the questions/concerns of us, 2. The entire chain of command is fucking broken and nobody knows whats going on, or finally 3. Somebody really fucking hates the guy who is questioning this.

>>568291
I wish i fucking knew. Old one was out-dated by 48 hours.

>>568307
Didn't you start this thread?

>>568363
Yes but I'm sadly not in the discord. I only caught it after it had expired. I'm not a fan of 'joining' discords on 4chan.

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woah whats goin on in here

Fuck I just noticed that all the shitty shonen anime fanfic quests are here now.

>>568291
>>568307
https://discord.gg/fucuR
Try this one.

>>564453
>Player
average is terrible. I'm alright with a system that doesn't use Best of, just don't use averages.

>Bonus
that is some tough shit right there. I'm tied between MHQ, Deniable, and Northern Beasts, with EEQ, SGQ and BSO as runner ups.

>>568607
>expecting anyone to know all those abbreviations

>>568625
A couple are currently running, and the rest are done by the same QMs who did the full name ones, so you'd find out eventually.

I'm not really in the "encouraging playerbase growth" mood right now

>>566464
Laughing Dog?

>>568607
>>568625
>>expecting anyone to know all those abbreviations
Let me try.

Maverick Hunter?
Deniable Assets
Northern Beasts
Extranatural Enforcer?
Not sure
Broken Sky Online

>>567725
Music, Halo 5, and showers

>>568307
Wait what I miss

>Player
Best-of makes for some high tension, but it's up to the QM to make sure it's not entirely artificial. Avg can seem wishy-washy, but some QMs make doing okay interesting. Both workn and depend on writer and tone.

>Bonus
I'm enjoying Lamplighter and Flower in the Snow currently. Short test and that hijacked test thread show a little promise too.

Anyone remember Sexual Encounter Quest, back on /tg?

>>568728
>Wait what I miss
http://archived.moe/qst/thread/564448/
Just the average slew of deleted posts.

>>568747
I remember. Are you... going to run a sequel/redux?

>>568788
If only I were so worldly and clever. That was a good quest. I could try?

I tried to do oddball quest on the nature of language and consciousness. Was hard to keep up with tg, but maybe qst will be more forgiving.

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The best way to deal with waifu/husbandu wars is...

>A. Don't worry about it. Ignore it.
>B. Craft clear cut options and let player votes sort it out.
>C. Plainly state that no romance will happen in the quest.
>D. Allow for schizophrenic options where the MC bounces between love interests and pisses everyone off.
>E. Allow for harem if players vote well for it.
>F. Write in.

>>568810
>an oddball quest on the nature of language and consciousness
Now I'm intrigued.

>>568821
So were a few other people. It wasn't an easy quest to jump into, since figuring out how things even worked was the whole point. Difficult for me to think at that level too. I'd like to see it through someday.

>>568818
Never E. Never ever ever

A mix between a and b

>>565407
>Devil girl with a southern accent

>Possibly the best thing Loeb has ever created

>Martian Manhunter's waifu

>Has like two appearances outside Emperor Joker and then dies

>>565723
I've learned the hard way that outside a few exceptions (Northern Beasts for instance) quests that get a lot of attention tend to suck.

Never forget Velo got triple digit IPs.

If you want good quests aim for the stuff no one talks about.

>>565820
>>565833
>>565847
What is it about? One of those magical school deals?

>>566464
>>566478
>BioArmor Dead

Come on guys, it had plenty of activity. I'm just at a busy point in my life right now my thesis project involves the creation of a science fiction anthology I'm trying to get published.... It's probably going to go up tomorrow along with Sibella Quest.

The correct answer would be Baron Bizarre Quest. In my opinion it had my best ideas, best writing, and best themes of all my quests and it died because I couldn't get even a single anon to roll a third dice. I'm still salty, but I swear I'm bringing it and Cape World back as soon as I wrap up one of my quests

>>566750
>Posts best lantern

You're alright Maleficar.

>>566777
>Liked the movie and the book

I'm that way as well. You just have to understand they're entirely different in terms of tone and theme.

>>568929
You could go with the hard opposite of C.
State that there will be no romance in the quest unless players pursue it heavily. Whether the majority want it or not, people will achieve a heightened level of argument when they must choose between romance and anything else good the quest has to offer.

It can backfire, but where's the fun in QMing without risks?

>>567725
>He thinks QMs actually prepare

But seriously. I just relax and get my head in the game before a session.
Usually this involves music, the type of which will usually depend on what tone I believe the coming thread will take.

I say usually, because I can't stop listening to The Dear Hunter's Act V right now.

>>568818
Make it natural. The players thoughts are the QMC's thoughts. If they're conflicted about waifus, then the character should be conflicted as well.

Then either lead it up to a vote that makes the players choose, let them have both/all, or end the quest without ever giving the romance closure.

Or just do what I did and make all of their votes meaningless in the end...

I don't know why people put up with me

>>568945
It really didn't help that the guy who made the movie decided to read a fucking summary because he found the book 'dull' and 'boring' I thoroughly enjoy it.

2,3 are eh for squeals. Where is the archive by chance? And also where in the time line does it take place?

>>568818
Definitely D, go for the Joker Quest approach.

>>568818
I went with B. They had a few threads to think about things and then they had to pick.

>>568818
>F. Write in.
Already have a designated love interest. I originally intended her to just be a companion, helping out with the quest, but things happen.

>>564453
>>QM Question
My quest's still on hold when it happened, it depends on how many new readers decide to arrive and grit their teeth when it resumes.

>>Player Question
Depends on the mechanics used, but personally I prefer best rolls because "higher numbers = good".

>>Bonus Question
Shoot, I've focused so much on my own quest that I've barely took time to participate in the others'.

>>568945
To be fair, Northern Beasts isn't as popular as it should be considering its quality. Although I believe that's less due to people just ignoring it and more the timezone issues.

>>568945
>Sibella tomorrow.

Well shit, now my mental schedule is all out of whack.

>>564453

>QM question
I launched my Prologue on /tg/ then had the enforcement from /qst/ happen after, so I think I lost a few of them, even from the small number it originally had. Still I don't mind small crowds. I'm almost like Cestree in a sense where I do it mainly for the love of writing.

>Player Question
For single die rolls, best out of three is usually a good average. For dicepools such as 3d6, I usually find best of one good enough as the dice pool already helps eliminate randomness a bit.

>Bonus Question
Death Among the Stars Quest, its like a civ but also a quest at the same time. Knowing my luck it probably died now, but Hired Magical Girl Quest is still fun to read though.

>>569457
You aren't the only one. Believe me. These grey haired doctors aren't used to fax let alone the internet so I keep having to come up to the university to talk to them. Thank god for coffee.

Are there any ongoing drawquests going on or in the making right now? I always liked those.

>>569520
Audit Quest by the same of HQR.
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=Audit%20Quest

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>>569520
Whirlpool Quest is currently on break. Will resume in 7 days...or much sooner.

>>569480
Well, I'll contribute as I can throughout the day.

Good thing my phone has the recent advantages/disadvantages list.

>>569520
Short test is on pause, but cool.

>>564443

test post

checking if hiro push wrong button

>>568713
the Not Sure one is Sleeping Gods, all the others are correct.

hiro is in this thread right now:

>>>/qa/667528

If you guys want to raise your concerns now's probably the time to do it

>>564453
>Player Question
Depends on the tone of the quest. Best of x is good for when the MC is a hero average for more down-to-earth.

>Bonus Question
Valen Quest

>What is it about? One of those magical school deals?

Pretty much. A school where super-powered students fight off demons. The MC is a delinquent transfer student without powers. It's mainly slice-of-life shenanigans with a huge cast and with a shonen action backdrop.

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>>564448

QM - It hasn't yet, but the more piranhas in the pond, I expect the more are going to bite me.

Player - I'd say averagers try to account for all the random variables in the world, so I respect them from a statistic-looking point of view.

Bonus - Undoubtedly Not So Glorious quest. I need to catch up on thread 2 and 3.

Shilling for Guns, Germs and Zero, an off-the-rails Familiar of Zero quest: >>569907

>>569905
I made a post.
>i helped!
Well, we'll see.

>>569905
Thanks for the tip, hopefully hiro takes some notice of what's going on here.

>>564453
>Player Question
>Do you prefer QM's that take an Avg of dice rolls or the highest out of 1,3,5 rolls?
Average. Sure, drama has is values, and is probably more entertaining, but I just like things going at a steady pace.

>Bonus Question
>What is the best quest you've taken part in so far?
After the movement to /qtg/? Magical girl for hire, definitely. Back in the /tg/ days? Hive Queen Quest, no contest.

>>569905
It's extraordinary Bizarre how many people refuse to believe a mod could be a fuckface and defend them

>>569905
>/mlp/ banner got shitposted by barneyfag
>Autists say that it was "the majority" that voted for it
>Hiro saying we should make our own rules and the he would help make those the official rules/features once we got a good agreement going
God damn this is a shitshow of "discussion"

>>569993
Gee, it's almost like he doesn't know or care what we're talking about.

>>569994
He's Japanese, he thinks moderators are nice salarymen who would go out of their way to give good customer service.

Meanwhile I wonder who got the lucky digits. >>569999

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>>569994
>>569993
>/jp/ thread for doing just that gets deleted

Like a train wreck kn slow motion

Given what Hiro is saying, I have a feeling that there might have been some kind of mod who acted as a proactive community manager over at 2ch. Cause it sounds like he's expecting what the users say to actually influence the site as a given.

>>569995
This board is so slow that the next two digits are right after yours.

>>569999
...Damn.

>>569999
Could somebody screencap this? I'd like to bring this up whenever the /qst/s speed comes up in conversation.

>>570008
Would you use it to argue it's slow, or not as slow as people would like to think?

>>570010
Which do you think?

So we gonna get aNother /qst/ fixes thread so when it inevitably gets deleted we can show the Tibetan?

So anyone have any idea when/if Crusty Jones is gonna come back? Please don't tell me my sweet sweet HMQ is dead

>>570043
Crusty is the reason QMs should all have a will, with included details such as twitter pass/QM trip, to inform their players should the QM meet the curse's final destination.

I need anime quest ideas give them to me guys

>>570050
Battle maids.

>>570050
Cyberpunk battle maids

>>570050
Monstergirl battle maids.

>>570050
one man armies

>>570111
>One maid armies
ftfy

>>570050
one maid armies

>>570050
Maid cafe manager

>>570050
Stuck in a fantasy world story to ride that flavor of the month coattails.

>>570052
>>570082
>>570105
>>570116
>>570119
>>570122
All this bad taste

Make /qst/ a better place
Hiro is watching
>>570135

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>>570050
>>570129
Okay. How about...

1990's
JAPANESE
STREET RACING

Rolled 77 (1d100)

>>564448
Ahem...
Roll to seduce

>>570206
>The quest thread blushes and bites it lip, as it slowly and seductively walks toward you

>>570206
>>570233
Anons, please.
Every moment you spend here could be used to aid in fixing our situation.

See >>570171

>>570129
>not expecting this from a board that loves something like Dark Gate

All these anime quests in the catalog should have tipped you off.

>>570246
>Implying I don't already have it up in a different tab
I bet you've never even played two or more quests at once.

>>570252
I did actually.
a year ago
I miss those quests

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>>570172

I'm in. Have it be a mix of Mountain driving to bring in the Initial D crowd, be technical about the cars and mods to crossover into Wngan Midnight territory, Get a Q.T. 3.14 as the MC to have some Over-Rev appeal and you're golden IMO.

>>566180
I don't know what that is, so no.

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Would anyone be up for playing some dungeons and dragons? First quest starts with AD&D rules and works up to 5e.

What kind of world should it take place in? What races do you want to see? I'm thinking a very Conan-esque swords and sorcery setting. Sorcerers always get their powers by dealing with dark daemons, there are lots of ruins of decadent empires mirroring the current ruling empire, every man is buff and every woman hot, etc.

>>570306
Tiefling or
Half-dragon

>>570172
With maids.

>>564453
>What is the best quest you've taken part in so far?
House Harrock

What are some quests you want to run, but probably never will? Here's one of mine:
Mutant kids having trying to have a good time in cyberpunkland.
I just never mustered up the balls to run it.

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>>564453
>dice rolls

As long as the rules of rolling are consistent within the quest, I'm fine with either.

>best quest
I've got fond memories of Millicent Fauxley's escapades in Hogwarts. Salem Institute was neat too. I'm a sucker for HP stuff.

>>564453
>What is the best quest you've taken part in so far?

Crusader quest, aside from the rape scene that shit was fucking cash

>>570306
>What kind of world should it take place in?

One you've already created and filled with characters of your making, at least some of which are involved in the plot hook that you're going to present in the first post and then immediately let the players start working towards while simultaneously exploring the world and characters you've created.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>564448
I want to make a quest for the first time, so I'm just going to test something here.

>>564536
Riz used to run for around 20 consecutive hours back when Valen started up. It dropped down a bit after that, but these days its pretty normal to see them keeping a session going for 12-15 hours a day, at least twice a week.

>>570473
The different pantheons are warring, using their paladins as pawns.
Just the idea of multiple gods for one domain is making things complicated for me. Seas and crops are one thing, I can localize those, but how am I supposed to address the existence of three sun gods who all have the same job? Then there's coming up with a lot of characters in a way that isn't bloated. Maybe someday. Maybe.

>>570171
This.

>>570976
Say they're overseeing different aspects of the sun (like one is stoking the flame while other drags it through the sky), but aren't averse to doing the whole job alone if it means more worshippers.

SAO Quest Part 4 startin now!
>>571040

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Starship Idols in a half hour.

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>tfw really want to do a sequel to a quest you made that people liked but you have no time to do it

Fuck, I really want to do a continuation of /qst/-tan quest someday. I'm thinking about having /pol/-tan be the main character rather then /qst/-tan, and basing the quest around a point-and-click adventure game then the JRPG style I had for the first quest.

>>571618
>Tfw you agree with the picture
>Tfw you now really desire that quest.

>>565364
I just finished a quest of pain, suffering, and the only proper end guaranteed the MC a personally bad end.

The players thanked me for it. THANKED ME.

>>565247
I used to run with the first roll no matter what, or with dice pools that used the first X rolls no matter what. Now i'm trying to come up with an alternative that uses both the highest and the lowest roll. Like, risky actions will fuck up the MC on a low roll even if there's also a really high roll, or some unrelated bad thing will happen if there's a high roll and a low roll. Maybe some actions will be so risky that a vote for them that includes the lowest possible roll will hijack the vote and cause that choice to happen.

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>>570270
You seriously don't know who Goblin Slayer is?

>>571618
I can smell the rage big brother /tg/ has for /pol/ right now.

Kick his ass. Do it, the emporah demands it.

>>571741
>>571618
How ironic that it is /tg/ getting /pol/tard stupidity thrust upon him.

>>571752
Well if /tg/ won't step up somebody has too. Who better then /pol/ I mean, would you prefer Robots?

>>571740
Humans would not make good kart jockeys. That's all dead weight.

>>570247
>Bitch about anime quests
>/tg/ had 2 naruto, 2 dragonball quests running when quests were still allowed there

>>564453
>>Player Question
I guess averages can be fun if the dice range is large, like the d100 system Black Company had going on

>>Bonus Question
Persona 2129
WHEN WILL YOU COME BACK THORN

>>571807
>Black Company
Wait, forgot the QM switched to a best of 3 system. My bad.

Alchemical Blade Quest will be starting up again in an hour!

>>571752
It's extremely ironic, but I'm not going to assume we think it is for the same reasons.

>>571807
I'm flattered you think so, but in retrospect P2129 was a hotbed of badly implemented mechanics smothering a somewhat alright plot.

As for your other question probably about in two weeks.

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http://anonkun.com/stories/exalted-age/4P7nzMogBzBPFjd4R/merchants-elves-and-quillbacks-oh-my/QTxN5saigzeoRrKvM

Live once again

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>>571936
>probably about in two weeks
AW HELL YEAH

Me loving P2129 stems more from how I feet about playing it, enjoying the sessions and the discussion and the fanfics and the like. It may not be the highest quality quest in all of questing history, but damn if it wasn't fun

>>571741
>>571752
/pol/ are better roleplayers, they do it all the time

>>572034
Sadly, you're probably right. I think most of them have been roleplaying as shitposters for years

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>>564443
running quest again

>>572061
They commonly roleplay as;
>Nazis
>not Nazis
>CTR shills
>JIDF shills
>black magicians
>deranged fucking cultists
At least I think they're roleplaying.

>>572125
They stay in character really well, I wonder what their secret is?

>>572152
They get paid to do it.

HEY GUYS
Hiromoot has requested commentary on the current state of /tg/.

If you want to make a request or statement about current moderation on /tg/ now's your chance.

>>>/tg/49349154

>>572156
>They're all secretly jews

IT ALL MAKES SENSE

>>572178
SHUT IT DOWN

>>572194
>>572178
>Tfw you forgot it was /qst/ you were on and not /pol/ for a moment.

http://www.strawpoll.me/11227013

For your amusement.

>>572242
>originally posting it on /tg/ and then linking it here
seems legit

>>572242
Why no maybe?

Alchemical Blade Quest is up and running again!

>>563570

>>572289
The original maker assumed people with no opinion would post in it.

>>572249
More voters, wider area, more opinions. I also posted it in the /qa/ thread - iIm an equal opportunity bitch.

Go away myrm, no one likes you

>>568945
>If you want good quests aim for the stuff no one talks about.

This is oddly true something I also noticed. I swear half the reason those quests are so good is because the participants keep it quiet so as to help prevent shitty players.

Good luck finding someone to give a recommendation. Personally I find the best way to go about it is to look for the long running quests or QM's who aren't talked about but are still able to keep kicking anyway.

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>>569479
I certainly hope DAtS isn't dead. I've put too much work into it to be killed off by some wacky mod that listened to a handful of shitposting anti-questers

>>572484
Well depends on if your gonna face QM curse Graves, or run it again.


Also, do we archive QTG's?

>>572502
>do we archive QTG's?
Nope, never

>>572504
Ah good, thanks mate.

>>572484

Exactly what I wanted to hear.

Just take your time sorting out things in your life and if you do run here, just remember its much slower.

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So if one were to run a quest, does anyone have any general advice on the subject? And second to that, if one were to use it in a non-fandom universe, what would one recommend that they do about it to make sure that all participants know enough to participate without overwhelming them with twenty posts of information all in one go?

>>572536
>Useful links: http://pastebin.com/u5xPbk6w

>>572536
Place the MC in a situation where they don't need to know about the setting, or where the MC knows about as much as the players. The same tactic is often used in films or shows, where the MC is ignorant of the larger setting and learns more with the viewers, or in this case, players.

Over time, slowly reveal more of your setting through the story as it unfolds, and avoid large info-dumps as much as possible.

>>572517
>just remember its much slower.
Yeah I remember how glacial it was when participating in QuestDrones Cyberpunk Detective Quest.

Honestly I think /qst/'s speed would benefit me if/when I bring back Ghoul Quest (even though it's thoroughly hated by a lot of my players)

>>572576
Only when it means less space litch adventures.

>Chargen kills quests. Usually. Hide it or remove it until you git gud.
What's chargen?

>>572640
Character generation.

Do you even /tg/?

>>572640
Character Generation.

>>572640
Character generation.

Never do character generation. Always start your quest with a character already made and ready to go, that way you attract players interested in that character concept. Chargen only pits would-be players with different character ideas in mind against each other and more often than not drive most of them away.

Think of it this way. A committee of random strangers is asked to assemble a wardrobe for a person without being told what time period, culture, or location the person they are picking an outfit for lives in.

>>572651
Nope. That's why I ask questions.

>>572665
Hm. Not how I usually go, but I guess I'll have to get used to it.

>>572640
That's where you say "Hey guys, I have this wonderful story planned and you're going to love it!

But first, write this character sheet for me. You want to have a story, right? Well, I can't write a story if you don't give me your character sheet. You and those fifty other people, of course. What do you mean you expected me to have one for you? You thought you were going to just have *fun*?"

>>572665

I think if your quest is skilled enough, voting on something like a class such as Fighter/Wizard/Rogue is fine at least.

>>572665
I think its fine to generate stats (if the game uses stats) and a bit of backstory in a Mass Effect style 'choose your background' vein, but it does tend towards the players making a diplomancer.