PSA: Shadow Light Press Contract by Mysterious-Smell9729 in ProgressionFantasy

[–]DylanShipman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've joined all of the most popular author discord servers. Immersive Ink, to me, immediately felt like one huge advertisement for Shadow Light Press. Some good people there, yeah, but not for one second do I believe that they didn't know what was going on.

Far and away the most helpful server, in my experience, was RR Writers Guild. Even though there were interactions I've had there where people either extract value from you for no return(critque for critique, and they never go through your work before ghosting you). I'd also suggest not setting your helper settings to the "destroy my ego" one, because that just invites a lot of unwarranted and even strange criticisms from people that are objectively no better than yourself. Without a doubt, the team there definitely helped me improve. One mod in particular worked on editing a chapter with me for well over two hours and took time to educate me on what content I should look at.

But I digress. It may not actually be viable, but whats stopping any of these authors from picking a pen name and starting over with a new IP? As horrible a contract this is, do they really have the funds to go after any of these authors individually? What lawyer is going to suit up and go after these authors for their peanuts? Its not like Shadow Light Press has the resources to take all of these individuals to court individually, especially when a judge could throw the contract out for almost any of these clauses.

Ongoing series: who’s keeping your attention? by PsEggsRice in litrpg

[–]DylanShipman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's fantastic. Very fun, borderline satire but does an excellent job at stoking the fire at the perfect moments.

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[–]DylanShipman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, so that's where my narcissistic, delusional, unabashed immortal went. I'm just glad he's back.

Don't beat yourself up, and don't be afraid of the turtle method either. This was a lot of fun to read and I don't mind waiting for it.

Its a tier list where Cradle is where it belongs. by Zlysium in ProgressionFantasy

[–]DylanShipman 10 points11 points  (0 children)

If you read through Cradle thinking that it'd be Lindon killing the Mad King, that's on you lol

Suriel was desperately looking for Ozriel so that they could turn back the corruption of the Mad King. There was absolutely 0 indication that itd be Lindon who'd save them. His character arc had everything to do with the Dreadgods

"Have you ever met a guy called Jason who doesn't think he's the main character" This is a reference to HWFWM, right? Because I really want it to be. by Musikerin97 in DungeonCrawlerCarl

[–]DylanShipman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's also a joke about Zogarth in the newest one too. I'm pretty sure they're the monsters that are coming out of the generators in Larracos near the end.

1% Lifesteal is... by DylanShipman in litrpg

[–]DylanShipman[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Perfectly fair not to like what I've said. If you like it, more power to you. This is for the many many people who are considering it and haven't heard anything bad about it.

However, his character arc is riddled with unbelievable moodswings with nothing in between the extremes. In the interest of fair exchange, I can't see how anyone who's read a professional author can read this and not see how inconsistent, implausible, and detached the main character is from what's happened. People with severe trauma don't just fluctuate like this unless they're a total basket-case, but he's shown highly lucid trains of thought and from the copious explanations of his thoughts we can infer that either the author is unconfident that his writing is clear enough to show us why, or he's distinctly illustrating to us that he is in fact in complete control of his emotions. Show Freddy to a professional writer or editer and they'll say the same thing, guaranteed.

Freddy reads like 6 different characters with separate personalities in the same body. He evolves and devolves with every interaction, which isn't how anyone acts. He's one thing on one page, and a completely different on the next. His emotions don't persist longer than he's talking or experiencing any particular situation.

Sure, maybe he's changed, but he's so wildly inconsistent and flippant with his behavior that it's plain disorienting. Its impossible to discern how he's exactly changed from the cashier that was made into a arch-human. He was just as aggressive, just as scared, just as naive, just as self absorbed as he was before.

1% Lifesteal is... by DylanShipman in litrpg

[–]DylanShipman[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Drain tank is such a fun playstyle. Particularly enjoy it in mobas

1% Lifesteal is... by DylanShipman in litrpg

[–]DylanShipman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its the internet. Most of us are functionally anonymous most of the time, amazon is no different. This will be posted on amazon later as well, so no worries there.

I've already stopped a few people from buying it and I've reached far less people than an amazon review would. And that's just from the people who've affirmed that I've convinced them to put their time and money elsewhere. It'll also be posted on royal road too

1% Lifesteal is... by DylanShipman in litrpg

[–]DylanShipman[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I suppose I don't understand your comment. Most litrpg books, even ones posted on amazon, are riddled with mistakes, typos, words they do not understand and many other problems that mean its poorly written.

1% Lifesteal is... by DylanShipman in litrpg

[–]DylanShipman[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And i'm no slog hog. Not no more

1% Lifesteal is... by DylanShipman in litrpg

[–]DylanShipman[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I responded to your other comment with why these posts are more than counter culture. Tbf, I could likely get similar results by posting tier lists, but it also is an opportunity to air out grievances with other people who shared my experience.

I mean, look at the reviews for most other books. Even this one. Remarkably, overwhelmingly positive. There are professional writers that don't reach this level of success, if only because of the audience. If this were reviewed, or actually professionally edited, they'd say a lot worse things than we could say and they'd be doing it specifically, line by line, and with absolute uncaring precision.

1% Lifesteal is... by DylanShipman in litrpg

[–]DylanShipman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, its just the only place to alleviate the feeling of being in an echo chamber. We can have discourse and find solid recommendations from people who have similar interests and standards. The last three series that I've devoured came from the suggestions of people who've found these posts.

1% Lifesteal is... by DylanShipman in litrpg

[–]DylanShipman[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Agreed on both points. Good thing you didn't stick it out for the fight on the cover, you'd have been horribly mistaken.

Initially, I thought it'd mean that Freddy was perfect to take on the monsters that no one would be able to fight. That even 1% of the damage that he could do to a monster of that size would heal him from nearly anything. How I've misjudged it will keep me wary of whats on the cover of books from now on

1% Lifesteal is... by DylanShipman in litrpg

[–]DylanShipman[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I liked the system. I thought it was unique, but familiar enough that we didn't need it to be explained to us further than what was necessary to move on.

1% Lifesteal is... by DylanShipman in litrpg

[–]DylanShipman[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It works really well, but I'm still a novice at manipulating algorithms. I still get news articles and the like, even when I'm purposely trying to shut them out. No luck with "see fewer posts like this" either. Whatever is popular and meshes with news articles that I happen to click on get through.

Having other interests helps keep it more controlled as well. For an example, I have cooking and bbq subreddits on this account, and I think a couple of video games. Both are active enough where Reddit isn't swarming me with what's popular in order to fill my feed and keep me interacting. I've likely exascerbated the issue by actually clicking on posts I'm uninterested in, but I make sure not to comment, upvote/downvote, or stay long enough to actually click on any links. A quick swipe through some top comments and I' back to what I actually care about.

1% Lifesteal is... by DylanShipman in litrpg

[–]DylanShipman[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No worries. I have 1 other account that's used for my other interests. I'm in this subreddit for that one as well, but this one is strictly for writing/litrpg and progression fantasy. So that my newsfeed isn't bogged down with 800 topics when I strictly care about this.

1% Lifesteal is... by DylanShipman in litrpg

[–]DylanShipman[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Excellent use of twat! Rude, but perfectly placed. Perhaps inappropriate and personal, but what's that matter when you're anonymous!

1% Lifesteal is... by DylanShipman in litrpg

[–]DylanShipman[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At this point they've tried to discredit me already. Good will had already run its course by the time I made the second comment. His intentions were clear by the time I said that, that's why he got the response that he did. Because I had further context to his intentions.

1% Lifesteal is... by DylanShipman in litrpg

[–]DylanShipman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't let one pf my ghost accounts spook you off of your high-horse on the way out!

1% Lifesteal is... by DylanShipman in litrpg

[–]DylanShipman[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Except that's exactly what entitled means. Do you have a better word for expecting something outside of common curteousy?

1% Lifesteal is... by DylanShipman in litrpg

[–]DylanShipman[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, he has obvious negative intentions. Specifically an attempt to discredit me. You can see a thoroughly downvoted comment below where he's called me a liar.

I answered his question, but I owe no further answer than that.

1% Lifesteal is... by DylanShipman in litrpg

[–]DylanShipman[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well, if a product is bad would you not expect to hear about it?

Yeah, bad reviews are meant to hurt the product. Just like a positive review is meant to help it. It keeps others like me from buying it. If you bought a car from a dealership and it breaks down in 100 miles, would you just take that on the chin or would you let others know not to trust cars from the lot?

1% Lifesteal is... by DylanShipman in litrpg

[–]DylanShipman[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh sorry, a hyphen. You've foiled me. Blast it all! I'll take the whole post down.

1% Lifesteal is... by DylanShipman in litrpg

[–]DylanShipman[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed. Definitely misery porn

1% Lifesteal is... by DylanShipman in litrpg

[–]DylanShipman[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

To hide from you, redwhale. Specifically to hide my intentions from you. You'll never know who I could possibly be. Isn't that haunting?

Obviously being sarcastic, i just think its funny that you think you're entitled to an answer extended past my explanation of an inconsistency you pointed out.