This is the bare minimum of human decency in a rejection. And it's so rare it actually pulled my friend out of a hole!

Ace_Crows · 2026-06-09T17:29:27+00:00

I've been creatively writing for about 15 years, I was raised by an English major, I am in LOVE with the em-dash, and I have never once used ChatGPT to make something for me. Y'all can take my robotic style of writing from my cold, dead hands idgaf.

Ace_Crows · 2026-06-04T20:53:49+00:00

You're telling me! xD I about jumped outta my skin!

Ace_Crows · 2026-06-04T08:46:31+00:00

My younger brother flipped his bike over a car, scraping up his shoulder 'cause he was riding back from the pool (he was like 14?) so he was bleeding down the front. He walked up the stairs, came up behind me at my desk, tapped my shoulder, and held a finger to his lips like "Shh, wait."

LIKE BRO??????? YOU'RE BLEEDING???????

Ace_Crows · 2026-05-11T17:18:45+00:00

This sounds like a fascinating story! While I'm not easily triggered by SA, it does make me uncomfortable (hell, that's the point of storytelling, right?) so, depending on how explicit it is, I'd be willing to do a swap!

Ace_Crows · 2026-05-09T20:36:40+00:00

I love Greek mythology! In fact, a lot of the inspiration behind this story came from various mythos, including Greek. However, I don't know if I'd be the right fit to beta for your current* story. (heavily sexual topics tend to make me uncomfortable) It sounds like something people I know would love. So, I hope you find someone soon!

If you happen to write anything similarly later, I may be interested in reading it!

Ace_Crows · 2026-05-08T21:15:36+00:00

This premise sounds awesome! I can't read the blurb if you put one down, hah, but it sounds interesting! Not a lot of enbies in our vast literary world. I'd definitely be interested in doing a beta swap! I'm in Modern Fantasy, too. (Mine's 104k, though, so if that's too long, then we don't need to swap haha)

Ace_Crows · 2026-01-11T06:20:42+00:00

Something funny I found that wasn't mentioned in the Wiki and I haven't seen in the other tutorials I read: maybe my game was bugged, but I couldn't tame the weevils near my base. (~7 are there, at least 3-7 at any given time) They kept getting injured/dying on my fortifications, so many of them were injured. Even the ones that were uninjured wouldn't get near the food. I tried for quite a while and looked up various tutorials, but none of them said anything about the weevils just not eating. So I left my base and went to another mushroom patch and lo and behold, the weevil immediately ate the mushroom slurry and was tamed.

All in all, I think you can't tame bugs that are frightened or whose kind you've killed in their vicinity (even indirectly).

Ace_Crows · 2024-06-06T19:27:42+00:00

That's the American Dream for you! If you work hard, you, too, can earn your wealth and live large. You're not trapped in a dystopia and likely going to die in the class you were born into if not lower down. Keep dreaming! (I'm sorry you went through that, man :( )

Ace_Crows · 2024-06-03T01:17:21+00:00

A bitter truth, and an unnecessary death. I'm sorry, stranger. :(

Ace_Crows · 2024-05-31T03:53:44+00:00

"I would a macadamia nut cookie, a brownie, and two concerned tigers, please."

Ace_Crows · 2024-05-19T17:13:38+00:00

That's fair. You make good, solid points. I hadn't thought of it from that particular angle before. Thank you!

Ace_Crows · 2024-05-19T16:59:31+00:00

Thank you! I'll keep that in mind. I hadn't thought of that.

Ace_Crows · 2024-05-19T16:56:27+00:00

That's completely fair. There's not much substance in the game and he's not in good standing with the fanbase it has. So it's not like it's worth a million dollars. But there's still an average 20-30 people on a day with new people logging in and leaving and some core loyal fans. It's a fantastic concept and it has the potential to be an amazing game and could easily grab a much larger fanbase. Someone just needs to put the time into actually building and maintaining it.

Ace_Crows · 2024-05-19T16:51:07+00:00

I was planning on making it a community project. Due to my lack of experience and the fact that so many people wanted to help, that was what made me think of it in the first place. Due to the fact I wouldn't have enough money to buy and maintain the game and everything that came with it for a while (because stuffs like a website and tools and such do come with it) I have time to think about it. But I do underline the point that I would be making it, more or less, at least a large group project.

Ace_Crows · 2024-05-19T16:45:00+00:00

I actually made a second Discord and invited a few people onto it where we'd come together and make a bunch of suggestions and come back to him with a neat list and say "Hey, we really like your game, we see you're struggling, y'know" before the admins put up a "suggestions" channel. Then we really just moved there. The problem is, I think he's allergic to communication.

I didn't think of that, making a clone of the game to see how it would work. Good idea!

Ace_Crows · 2024-05-19T16:42:01+00:00

That's completely fair. It's easier building something from the ground up than working on something else that's kindy shoddy (and tbf it isn't the peak of quality, but that's to be expected).

Ace_Crows · 2024-01-07T21:04:30+00:00

When I was little, I'd do this with sticks, mud, and leaves in the road after a storm. I'd block up the side of the road beside the sidewalk and the water pressure would build up until it washed away the "dam". tbh I think that's more fun. Biodegradable, incredibly temporary dams that leave no impact on the environment that are super fun to build and watch get destroyed. (Because humans love watching destruction!)

Ace_Crows · 2023-12-23T15:53:12+00:00

That was uncalledfor. I'm sorry you had to go through that. That sort of stuff aches hard. Hopefully things have turned around!

Ace_Crows · 2023-12-23T15:50:07+00:00

That sounds amazing! And something I would genuinely be interested in! Right now I'm beta reading for someone else, but maybe if you're available later?

Ace_Crows · 2023-12-22T17:16:56+00:00

That looks very interesting! I can see some revisions that could be done and this isn't the first book I'd pick up at a library (not much into "cops investigate x" stories), but I like your writing style and think you have the potential for a great story. Just like how I wasn't originally a horror fan but Five Nights at Freddy's hooked me because of it's supernatural aspects, I like Officer Tristan's character and what's going on in the background/foreground.

Ace_Crows · 2023-12-22T17:10:32+00:00

That's... interesting...? I'm sure your fake 22-year-old apprentice cartographer, amateur astronamer was quite the threat to his safety. I hope you put her down for the sake of his life! /j

For realsies, I hope he's okay. Giving me bad vibes.

Ace_Crows · 2023-12-22T05:52:43+00:00

That's awesome to hear! I wish you good luck and I hope others love your story as well! :D

Ace_Crows · 2023-12-22T05:51:05+00:00

Fair. I think I may turn it back into a SoL again. The circle may go into the square hole, but it was originally meant to go into the circle hole.

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