TheRealRD wrote:So I realize I don't really have a way to prove it (other than writing under the name "Leindurstit", a blatanty obvious reference to my "Food Chain" series), but I was the original creator of "Chris' Turn". I took a long hiatus and was quite frankly devastated when I logged in one day to discover the whole thing was gone. I had spent literally years slowly building and adding to it -- to this day, it's some of my favorite scenes and writing I'm most proud of. I had thought it was gone forever but this amazing community has lifted my spirits.
My deepest and most sincere gratitude to you, Rarrawer. You have given me a gift I don't know how to repay. I feel almost obligated to start work on the requested "reboot" of Chris' Turn in some other (more elegant) program. Twine, Inklewriter, StoryNexus.....I dunno. I'll have to do some research and think about it. Anyway, thank you so fucking much, Rarrawer. This means more to me than you could ever guess.
As a final thought, what did you guys like most about Chris' Turn? If it wasn't obvious, I started writing it when my tastes were vacillating between Vore and Cannibalism, which is why there was a fair amount of both. Is there any interest in one over the other? Was it a good mix? I always try to broaden my appeal but that sometimes carries the risk of diluting the impact and/or alienating one group or another. Feedback would be very much appreciated.
I love you guys. I really do. This thread made my day, my week, my YEAR. Thank you.
--Random Dragon
We love you too.
I've done this because I like your (and others) writing, and hate seeing good content vanish.
It's been ages since I read it, but I think I liked the dragon people and the stuff with preds that are friendly, kind, or gentle to their prey, even if they are still going to eat them.
The best solution I can think of to avoid alienating people is to simply write more stuff, varying the themes between works
If you really want to do something to thank me, writing more stuff, backing up EVERYTHING you write, and making it easy for us to grab copies (.zip with date of last update on mega.co.nz for example) would be much apreciated. (I don't want your stuff to vanish a second time)
Saving interactive stories can be a bit tricky, so if you need some help just PM me about it.
Also you should set up a gallery here to share any of the more linear (not interactive) works you've done.
If you've done anything else on writing.com or elsewhere that you've lost, PM me and I can see if I've got a copy of some of it (I've almost certainly got stuff that was written more than a decade ago).