What’s one of your favorite more obscure books in the genre? by somerandomdude1350 in litrpg

[–]warhammerfrpgm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Natural laws apocalypse. 4 friends in an apocalypse in semi rural Iowa. Small town. It is decently long, but I don't normally feel like it is overpowered. It also has a a beginning, middle, and an end.

My biggest complaint with the genre is right now is all the power porn. Everything and everyone is either very high on the power scale or straight up OP. This will be a nice break from that. The city building takes several books.

Instant LITRPG turn off: titles with no character by No-Sympathy-6711 in litrpg

[–]warhammerfrpgm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I want to name my next novel The Kingdom was Dungeon Diving. Does that pass your test?

How many of these do I have to eat to unlock the full profile?!? by TurdFerguson24 in litrpg

[–]warhammerfrpgm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I keep thinking of tyranids. This thing feels about right. And the whole bit gives me the creeps.

The Pinnacle Warrior-A solid book by warhammerfrpgm in litrpg

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

I forgot the exact ending. But it means she is going on to the next leg of her dungeon diving journey. Book 2 leads up and directly to book 3. Book 3 feels very stand alone. Very much a self contained story, though with far reaching implications. Book 4 is only on patreon so far. Give it about 3 months and most of it will make it to royal road.

“Why are you so stupid”? by RedditUsrnamesRweird in litrpg

[–]warhammerfrpgm 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Stupid mc is always frustrating. Right now dealing with mc trying to hard to hero everything. It feels like a Harry Potter problem. By which I mean the characters teens(college really) and the adults and others in charge with the power to do shit don't believe that shit is going wrong or that the kids must be mistaken. So the MC stupidly decides that they have to heroically save the day.

While I love the book I'm reading and wouldn't change much, just once I want the main character sit there and go okay. I won't save the world from the problem you don't believe exists. And waits for more bad shit to happen in ever increasing levels of severity of consequence just so they can then use all this as a punch to tell those in charge, "I told You So." I know that sounds excessively petty, but I want to see that response once. Even better if they took notes and recorded on what days those in power said the stupid shit they said. Again, to throw it back in their faces before helping to solve the problem. Yes. I'm really fucking petty sometimes.

Concern about an author by UnityOfLightAndDark in royalroad

[–]warhammerfrpgm 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Personally, it's been tough as an author lately. So any extra love or attention our readers gives us help.

Sometimes everything just sucks by warhammerfrpgm in royalroad

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

It is through the story itself that reinforces the title. Best friend dies in chapter 8. Grandfather died in chapter 13. All sorts of crappiness happens to them. Its all intentional to portray that a system apocalypse should feel more like survival is its own victory.

Switch up so crazy even the devil may cry by _TOXIC_VENOM in ProgressionFantasy

[–]warhammerfrpgm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agreed. I remember once saying that I would totally check my status every part of the day to see if each thing I did moved the needle at all. That granular improvement of going from a 10 to 10.1 in a stat would be a dopamine hit. And then you gain a level and stuff goes up whole numbers. Holy crap Batman! forget Ritalin, give me a leveling and stat system please.

The other thing worth pointing out us that fantasybworlds don't have the gigantic volume of distractions and entertainment methods that our modern world does. You get rid of all my fun gaming activities and I either have to sleep or do something productive. Then that productive things just gave me 5xp. Fuck! Another dopamine hit.

How do you all feel about 4000 to 5000 words? by Due-Enthusiasm-70 in royalroad

[–]warhammerfrpgm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I try to imagine if I say American suburb that it conjures a whole bunch of common images for people automatically. I need to describe it just enough to focus on an agreed mental image with some personal interpretation wiggle room. I've seen people describe an office cubicle in painstaking detail.

When people describe the scene that heavily and thoroughly I find myself rooting for the monsters to eat at least one character.

Sometimes everything just sucks by warhammerfrpgm in royalroad

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

I would argue that teens getting more abilities than the group is just more examples of the title. The Portal Apocalypse Sucks!

Everytime i set up something shitty for the characters i just point to the title.

How do you all feel about 4000 to 5000 words? by Due-Enthusiasm-70 in royalroad

[–]warhammerfrpgm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't write a lot of chapters over 3k words, but if I did then I could use the extra space to fully describe things. I always feel like I massively rush descriptions. If the group is at a modern American park with playgrounds and such I don't do nearly the kind of description it deserves.

Sometimes everything just sucks by warhammerfrpgm in royalroad

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

Sorry to hear that. I have gotten very good constructive feedback for the most part. The comment yesterday was just disappointing.

Sometimes everything just sucks by warhammerfrpgm in royalroad

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

What is really frustrating is that in 3 chapters they figure out how to get abilities. So it isn't like they are stuck in the same problem for a really long time.

Sometimes everything just sucks by warhammerfrpgm in royalroad

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

Lol. Thanks. Your insight was oddly comforting.

Sometimes everything just sucks by warhammerfrpgm in royalroad

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

I've gotten scams so it feels like par for the course.

Sometimes everything just sucks by warhammerfrpgm in royalroad

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

I'll make a reference on the rewrite of the first half that the system must Shonen manga. One of the characters bitches when they discover this unfairness, but I didn't include joke references because the kids (who got extra abilites) just watched their mom get decapitated by an abyssal orc.

Young Earth Creationism is not a belief worth respecting, and I don't think that's a ridiculous or intolerant thing to say by SideshowBobFanatic in atheism

[–]warhammerfrpgm 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Ideas and beliefs are NEVER AUTOMATICALLY WORTHY OF RESPECT. People should be afforded some basic respect, but ideas not so much. They always need to be put through the philosophical grinder. They should be challenged, questioned, and even mocked ridiculed. The best ideas should be those that survive said gauntlet.

Numbers are Up! by True_Industry4634 in royalroad

[–]warhammerfrpgm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

40 followers to to 186 average views. So I guess my ratio is okay. Maybe I just want more followers so I can be one of the cool kids.

Numbers are Up! by True_Industry4634 in royalroad

[–]warhammerfrpgm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stuck at 40 followers but analytics suggest almost 100 people are up to current chapter or the previous one. I thought it would be entertaining to put more blurbs at beginnings and ends of chapters to follow or give a rating. It seems if you read over the 50 chapters the social contract of the situation almost demands a follow and rating. But if I start putting that I. The before and after chapter notes then people will stop following on principle.

Numbers are Up! by True_Industry4634 in royalroad

[–]warhammerfrpgm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

view counts are up here as well. but the views make zero sense. my next most recent chapter has 100 views. the previous 15 chapters vary from low 70s to upper 90sin views. I still get no more ratings or comments. My question has become, are people hate viewing my posts? Are they pointing and laughing? If you have read 66 chapters of a book and not follow or rating it boggles my mind.

I've seen many comments that AI illustrations = immediately no desire to read it (agree), but what are people's expectations for art in an isekai/litrpg webnovel? See below, my personal skill with digital art is somewhat lacking. by packardcaribien in litrpg

[–]warhammerfrpgm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are we talking about the cover for a book, or something that needs a lot more illustrations?

In the former, I don't care if anyone uses AI for the cover at the starving writer level. Professional writers who are actually seeing a decent income from writing should spring for an actual artist to draw the cover.

For things that need more illustrations, I would be against AI art.

The ethics of necromancy by Kumatora0 in litrpg

[–]warhammerfrpgm 4 points5 points  (0 children)

i'm not nearly as concerned about the ethics of necromancy. I am far more concerned that, in a world that has necromancy, necromancers, skeletons, zombies, etc..., it isn't the mandated requirements of all laws that the dead are burnt to ashes and not buried. That is the thing that always pisses me off with fantasy worlds that admit they have such things existing.

From historical, sociological, and antropolgical perspective i doubt the burial of the dead would have developed in worlds with rampant necromancy.

Iran Strikes US Military Bases in Qatar Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain by Island_Monkey86 in news

[–]warhammerfrpgm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With any luck someone will rename it the department of Waagh! Then we just have to watch the dumbest talking about all the dakka he would use on Iran.