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>QM Question: If you allow write-ins, what are the best and worst you've ever gotten that received votes? How often do you get write-ins better than your actual options? If you don't allow write-ins, why not? Would you ever consider it?
>Player Question: How much do you take in-quest discussion into your vote? Do you just show up and vote? What would get you to engage with quests more if you don't already?
>General Question: How would you get more voters to engage with quests other than just voting? Have you ever done an in-quest event for your players? If so, what?
>Lurker Question: There is no question, vote.
>Miscellaneous Question: Any big plans for the last part of the year? Get anything big done over the summer?
Anonymous
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>>6331871 I was also awaiting the second thread
Kektus !!XncvlGp7Hp5
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After a small unexpected hiatus, The Caretaker quest is back!
Thanks to everyone who voted last time and continue to play, its thanks to you that we can keep this going!
Now!
Amazingly, you managed to cross the...lake?...unharmed and intact, maybe your girlfriend might have some trauma, but besides that she is intact. However...something else is down there with you and it looks like it just crawled out of the lake!
What will you do?! vote now to find out!
>>6317377 >>6317377 >>6317377 Anonymous
Hmmm, how does this make you feel
BananasQM !!4PI2iWoB3fd
>>6335788 This technology has clearly existed for quite some time.
Anonymous
>>6335788 Damn dude, bots? Posting things online? Man that's crazy. Never heard of that one before.
Souvarine !!0SjCHgFRX0+
>>6335788 >>6332159 >AI LLM induced PSYCHOSIS? You want instead the meta manipulation behavioural conditioning technology that orchestrates the human desire to command an AI LLM agent chatbot to reply with "retard"
How to combine this agentic AI technology with pic related???
I do wonder if all the /pol gore threads and Indian train videos are the ongoing continuation of that 1975 Thomas Narut psychological training programme, hehe
background here
https://www.nytimes.com/1975/07/07/archives/navy-denies-charge-it-trains-assassins.html https://exploringrealhistory.blogspot.com/2019/11/part-5-operation-mind-controla-school.html?m=1 >The best killers, according to Narut, were men whom psychologists would classify as "passive-aggressive" personalities. These were people with strong drives that were usually kept under tight control. Such types were usually calm, but from time to time would exhibit outbursts of temper during which they could literally kill without remorse. Narut said that through psychological testing, he and his colleagues were looking for more such men, for further conditioning. >Among the tests used by the navy to determine violent natures was the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, which is used widely by educators and businessmen to determine psychological qualities of students and employees. The tests consist of hundreds of questions designed to measure such personality traits as hostility, depression, and psychopathy. >According to Narut, the men selected by the tests, or by evidence of past violence, were taken for programming to the navy's neuropsychiatric laboratory in San Diego, California, or to the Naples medical center which employed Dr. Narut. >Audio-visual desensitization was the major technique used in programming the assassins. Psychological indoctrination completed the programming by instilling the desired prejudicial attitudes. >As the films progressed in gruesomeness, the reactions of the candidate were measured by sensing devices.(...) >The last phase of conditioning, Narut said, was to indoctrinate the candidates to think of their potential enemies as inferior forms of life. By this stage, the candidates would have already been selected for assignment to particular countries. They would be shown films and given lectures which portrayed the customs and cultural habits of the foreign countries in a biased fashion. The people of those countries would be portrayed as enemies of the United States and were always spoken of in demeaning terms. They were often presented as if they were "less than human." Their customs were ridiculed, and local leaders were presented as evil demagogues, even if they were legitimate political figures (...) Souvarine !!0SjCHgFRX0+
>>6335788 >>6335789 >>6335790 >>6335821 as already mentioned, the achieved intent and level of technological sophistication here probably does not surpass the 1964 MIT ELIZA chatbot scripted conversation response threshold
Spending USD 100 billion on datacentres for the purpose of agentic AI to automate calling people retard seems a bit excessive
Sunseeker !!g+0C1bc8zbo
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>>6335558 >Silver Knight Quest 7 - time's running out Roughly two hours left for discussing about your soul and what to do with it, before new update and then voting properly commences. If someone wants to add to the arguing now is the time.
>>6335551 >>6335551 >>6335551 Sunseeker !!g+0C1bc8zbo
>>6335558 ># # # Silver Knight Quest - 07/27 # # # The BIG vote!
After 7 threads and 350K words, so many silly adventures and so much tragedy and betrayal, time comes to decide what to do with your own destiny, and the destiny of the world.
It is time to decide the end of this Quest, your own allegiances, and your doom.
Will you, as a puppet, dance on the tune Ansàrra has decided for you until its very end? Or will you rip your own threads off and stand on your own feet?
Time to cast your vote.
This is the single most important vote of the Quest, so be careful.
Sunseeker !!g+0C1bc8zbo
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>>6335894 links below because I am obviously retarded until the very end...
>>6335887 >>6335887 >>6335887 Anonymous
>>6335824 Hey Souvarine, guess what's back? I only tag you because you were the last comment in the orevious thread almost 4 years ago.
>>6334587 Souvarine !!0SjCHgFRX0+
>>6335975 >WASTELAND ROYALE has returned...! I saw this, the art is really amazing!
But I have one small complaint, despite a lot of tantalising background references, we have not seen any illustrations of the GUNCUBINES, I would very much like to see a visual reference for these tactical gun concubines tee hee hee
BananasQM !!4PI2iWoB3fd
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Since some players said they couldn't see it giving the OP image; here's the obligatory shillpost.
>>6332502 Concrete Stratosphere 3
LucasFarts !!2p0hJ22mvEQ
It's the new game within a game within a quest that everyone's playing!
Get your exclusive pre-release copy here:
>>6336109 >>6336109 >>6336109 Anonymous
lets say you ask for a 1d100 roll and someone rolls a 1d1000 or 1d200, what would you do? It seems to me that if its divisible in way to make it a #/100 you should just take it.
Anonymous
>>6336118 are you using ai to generate these image or 3d models?
Anonymous
>>6336138 Damn, old people actually can't recognise LLMs at first sight, it's actually over.
Anonymous
>>6336137 I hunt them down and remove a single hair follicle from their head. That'll teach them to make a minor mistake.
Anonymous
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>>6336137 I'd divide it or not count it, but be consistent with which I do.
LucasFarts !!2p0hJ22mvEQ
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>>6336138 Backgrounds are AI, characters are AI, and then I use photoshop to layer them together. I made some text macros to automatically render the text effects for speech bubbles, etc.
Souvarine !!0SjCHgFRX0+
>>6336139 >CANNOT TELL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAN AND MACHINE >>6336139 >intermittent 4chan issues I think since the massive cloudflare outage 4chan has been having issues with the captchas; you can see this for many other users if you search /g on the various archives
https://desuarchive.org/g/search/text/range%20ban/ Maybe it is related to AI Agents abuse such as
>>6335788 leading to mass temporarily IP range blocking
>>6333124 Souvarine !!0SjCHgFRX0+
>>6336240 >>6326030 >ONGOING 4CHAN IP RANGE BLOCK ISSUES I disabled and then re-enabled uBlock Origin it seemed to fix the captcha range block issue
also, BananasQM, your drop in playercount is possibly due to legions of anons being temporarily range blocked since the massive Cloudflare outage chaos
>>6335975 >>6336023 A long while back on the qtg I mentioned an obscure psp game series I played called Rengoku II Stairway To Heaven which featured an ability to biomechanically mount weapons to your limbs and chest and head, you could have a SKULL CANNON or BOSOM ROCKETS lol and I think some anon (maybe RQM?) also mentioned some Japanese? graphic novel with a protagonist that had a revolver or gun attached to their head
Maybe the GUNCUBINES should have SKULL GUNS or smoking gunmetal FACE MUZZLES this would be very hot. Anyway here is a less drastic visual inspiration of the HAUTE COUTURE GUN CONCUBINE, as imagined by John Galliano for Christian Dior Winter Collection 1999
Souvarine !!0SjCHgFRX0+
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oh, are you referring to
>>6335233 My dungeonmaster ruling on this is if you roll a 1d1000 for a 1d100 roll, you AUTO WIN all the rpgs, all of them
I guess you could also take (result modulo 100 = 5), or just left shift / right shift first 2 digits. So the pic related result of 105 is either 10 or 05
>>6336144 >remove a single hair follicle from their head...? aarrgghh my shameful bdsm head shaving fetish has been activated. BALD WOMEN
MayorQM !3dh.ODUrXI
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>>6336311 >>6336311 >>6336311 The NRA might not be Craig’s friend, but his fellow aquarists certainly are. Only one signature away now.
Anonymous
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>>6336241 >I think some anon (maybe RQM?) also mentioned some Japanese? graphic novel with a protagonist that had a revolver or gun attached to their head Ah, yes, No Guns Life. I should rewatch that sometime.
Anonymous
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>>6335097 1. I think there should be a few characters that we're at least able to from a really solid rapport with, but as a stealthy character most of the adventuring should be solo with a handful of others that can move with us. I feel corny saying it after making the MGS joke at character creation but something like the Support Teams from it could allow additional dialogue and allow more explaining without having to make Zuzo more talkative.
2.A bit silly but I would like to see parts of the CD-I Zelda games used again. The lands of Koridai and Gamelon would be cool to see again with a more serious and polished take.
3.Fighting through warzones/enemy strongholds/etc would be really fun, playing a Shadow of Morodor-esque quest of running around making havoc around the enemy camp and castle fights would make an interesting quest. However the dungeons are a very strong part of the LoZ identity, and currently I'm really liking how the Shadow Temple is going. I wouldn't mind flip flopping between the two types.
schiz
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Devil and Instructress has been updated.
The historical fantasy becomes fantastical and horrifying.
>>6336332 >>6336332 >>6336332 Sunseeker !!g+0C1bc8zbo
>>6335894 Voting call for Silver Knight Quest!
We are having an intriguing turnout in the thread.
>Reminder we have 24 hours left for voting on the most important choice of the Quest: following Ansàrra's strings or ripping them off and making a contract with the Stilladìa. Reminder that the number and type of votes will be relevant in the next updates so even if see a certain situation developing cast your vote because it will still be important!
Vote here:
>>6335890 >>6335890 >>6335890 do your duty and win an Erufu maid anon...
subjected to stock availability # # # # # #
Also, I wouldn't mind mastering a short Pokémon quest after this. I wonder if that might be interesting to anons?
Anonymous
>>6336373 >I wonder if that might be interesting to anons? I'd certainly check it out. Any idea what it would be about, outside of involving Pokemon?
Anonymous
>>6336373 my knowledge of pokemon is vague but definitely interested
I know none of the newer ones, only the og pokemons and gardevoir Anonymous
>>6336383 Probably yuri jinxXlapris slop
Anonymous
>>6336418 Um, ackshully, Jynx (not Jinx) belongs to the Human-Like Egg Group while Lapras (not Lapris) belongs to the Monster and Water 1 Egg Groups. As such, they are not sexually compatible, even if they were not both females.
Furthermore, such experiments would be HIGHLY inadvisable since, while Lapras is no longer endangered thanks to captive breeding efforts, it is still not yet ranked Least Concern by the WPF (World Pokemon Foundation) and there remains a risk of the recent genetic bottleneck causing inbreeding depression if Lapras are removed from the wild breeding population, as sometimes happens when irresponsible Breeders try to pass along certain Egg Moves.
MaxwelllAllwell !!NakmY3MDEp8
MaxwelllAllwell !!NakmY3MDEp8 ID:Z0kPSl1p Sat 22 Nov 2025 20:01:21 No. 6336436 Report >>6336432 What.
>>6336373 In any case, I'm not entirely sure how even would a Genwunner quest go about, I'll admit that time certainly has made later generations far more important to the series identity than anything Kanto's done since then.
Anonymous
>>6336436 Pokemon Conservation is no laughing matter, anon.
lol i dunno, Sojourner was being catty about quests with lesbians in them and this seemed like a fun bit to roll with Kektus !!XncvlGp7Hp5
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The caretaker quest could use a tie breaker, if anyone could give it a quick vote, that would be much appreciated!
>>6317377 >>6317377 >>6317377 MaxwelllAllwell !!NakmY3MDEp8
MaxwelllAllwell !!NakmY3MDEp8 ID:Uj8P3hr/ Sat 22 Nov 2025 20:29:13 No. 6336443 Report >>6336437 Is there some Lesbian Epidemic I missed while being on Akun? I'd gladly change it around if still possible Anonymous
>>6336432 ah, so its a forbidden fruit angle, everyone loves those.
>In a world where... TRUE LOVE is forbidden >flash cut to a human with a WPF logo >"Im sorry lapris but you MUST mate with a lapris male to save the species..." >A smug chudmeme faced lapris male looks smugly at the camera >will true love... have a chance to bloom? >upbeat remixed version of 90s pokemon theme song plays >Jinx appears on the screen and gives a wink to lapris >the world told them they couldn't, but this summer these two pokegirls are breaking all the rules! >montage of lapris and jinx love growing while the chud lapris and the WPF human keep trying to break them up and failing Anonymous
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>>6336443 I think it's a meme derived from the fact that:
>most QMs and players are straight men >when given the choice, many straight men will choose a female romance option and as a result
>many FeMCs end up feeling like poorly or inauthentically written fetish avatars >>6336498 Kek, alright, that's pretty amusing.
Sunseeker !!g+0C1bc8zbo
>>6336373 ># # # Silver Knight Quest #7/28 # # # The vote has been cast.
The Stilladìa departs, and you are left alone with the consequences of your actions.
Until Carnaval breaks through the wall, that is.
You might have a few words to share with her... and what are your friends doing here? You did tell them to stay safe!
It might be time for a scolding, it certainly is time for voting.
>>6336383 a murder mystery involving Pallet Town.
oh, and it looks like you are all out of pokémon so you are stuck inside the town with no way to defend yourself from wild creatures AND the Dr. Oak's murderer is among you.
dinner party is gonna be awkward.
>>6336399 thanks anon. kudos for megastarmie
>>6336436 >2025 >Kanto is forgotten... unironically you hit the nail on the head: Pokémon as a franchise has no surefire way of entrenching itself with the new generations.
>>6336498 kino
Anonymous
>>6337182 Sunseeker is it too soon for someone to ask you what you had hoped for the outcome of the vote to be? I am sure you would have been satisfied with either, ultimately, it's the essence of collaborative storytelling and I'm sure you wouldn't extend an option that you find narratively dull or empty or whatever... But, if you were a player in your quest, what would you have hoped for?
Sunseeker !!g+0C1bc8zbo
>>6337255 if it were up to me I would have gone with the Stilladìa's option. If only because I had a lot of cool scenes in mind that I won't get to write now, kek
but overall I am happy with anons making an informed choice. and as I said in the qst, perhaps this says more about Ansàrra as a character than about me as a qm.
praise Her sun.
Anonymous
>>6335313 >>6335317 >tf is just me all the originals under hunters fans are gone.....
Anonymous
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>>6337556 I've got mails and discord. I'll rally the furry 30 cm - 5 meter vertical jumping cat-spider enthusiast in due time.
Anonymous
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>>6334117 Isn't that the one where the QM pulled a rocks-fall-everyone-dies and ruined the entire civ with a great flood? Why would you like that?
Anonymous
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>>6337182 >Pokemon murder mystery with feral mons outside like a zombie horde I'm listening
>>6337463 >Stilladi preference Me too, Seeker. Just didn't seem right for the moment and the character, to me. I look forward to seeing where you with this route, though!
Kektus !!XncvlGp7Hp5
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You made it! you swam across the...lake? and somehow didnt drown in the middle of its absolute darkness, you made it to the shore on the other side...but something came out of the lake along with you.
Is your will strong enough to escape its grasp or will you have no other choice but to endure the punishment?
Vote and roll to find out in the latest update for The Caretaker Quest!
>>6317377 >>6317377 >>6317377 Anonymous
Bentus !!Qha6gSiTo+r
>>6313224 Still alive. Extended illness and holidays plus job woes. Will be back soon. Sorry 'bout the delays.
Anonymous
Anonymous
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>>6344815 Thanks, anon. I didn't notice.