Should we end first-person posting?

My reasoning is a lot like the reasoning for using established personas: less confusion, less parasocial conflict potential, less blurred lines between us and the game.

I am very open to more developed feedback and feelings on this, but for now there is also a nice simple poll.

Fated Scenarios is an adults-only creative writing game where your personas are presented with a situation and must respond to it. The goal is to earn Horny Points (HP) and have a good time. To that second end, there are guidelines in place to give the game consistency and ensure a level of comfort for all players involved.

By the game's nature, erotic situations and participation is prevalent and encouraged. Please do not play if you are uncomfortable with this.

Fated Scenarios takes the format of Scenario -> Response -> Fate.  A round's host is whoever crafts the initial scenario, and players then respond with what their sonas would do in that specific scenario. The host then replies with the outcome and awards Horny Points to the player.

1. A slight level of depersonalization allows more freedom of expression without so much worry about how it reflects on your actual life or personhood.
   
2. Your actions are your sonas, and remain in the space of the game's various fiction. Ideally, this will prevent any weird parasocial misinterpretation or attachments. In plainer language: I would like to minimize weird stalking and getting the general wrong idea, if I could.
   
3. It's fun!
   

1. Your persona must be a sentient adult, regardless of species or fantastical context.
   
2. While you can employ several personas, it is recommended you keep that count to a small number - say three or so tops - so that hosts can easily identify who they're working with without resorting to the reference thread every time they do anything.
   
3. All Scenario responses should be written in the third person. This not only helps keep the game and you a safe distance apart, but helps everyone keep track of who's doing what and minimizes misunderstandings. It also means you can have multiple personas and use the one you think fits a scenario or your present mood the best without it being unclear which you're employing!
   

1. Please put any relevant trigger / tone warnings at the top of the thread if your scenario might involve them. Given the game in question and the implied risk underlying some scenarios, it may be, for example, difficult to avoid an air of non-con, and not everyone vibes well with that sort of thing. As a general rule we try to avoid these, but considering we keep a death tally around here it may come up all the same. Please don't take this for granted and be offensive for offensive's sake, or I will tighten the restriction.
   
2. All characters introduced to the scenario must follow the same rules as Personas! No kiddie / cub shit, no loopholes like "the loli is actually a 10000 year old dragon," etc.
   
3. Personas and Players cannot be employed as subjects of scenarios. The game is for creative writing exercise, not direct sona-to-sona ERP or propositioning the entire room for sex. Create a scenario for others' sonas to respond to - including your own if you think that'd be fun, though you can't give yourself HP - but your sona cannot be the scenario.
   
4. You may only post one new Scenario per day! We don't want things flooded, and we don't need you burning out. Bank your ideas. Let them fuel you!
   

1. The maximum points a player can earn in any given scenario is +/- 1000 HP. It helps to consider this score as two factors: 500 points for how engaged the player is, and 500 points for how much it inspires your response. If a player's middling response still gets you riled enough to write a boner-fueled novella, you may well consider that 500 points for the inspo but only 150 for their own engagement, giving a final score of 650. Negative points are usually reserved for moodkillers and are thus used sparingly.
   
2. You may put a Continuation Request by marking the end of the score tally with a "(CR)"  CRs allow players to form a second response to your initial reply, with the catch that the final score for their second FATE being the actual score they get. The benefit of this gambit for the player is that the max score becomes 1200 instead of 1000.
   
3. Do not give low scores to try and encourage CRs. Some players may not be comfortable writing past the point your own reply has reached, and nobody should be punished for their boundaries. Please respect this.
   
4. Each player is limited to receiving one CR per scenario.  If you feel so inspired by each other that you could write an entire smut novel together, by all means do so and share with the class, but that is beyond the scope of this game.
   
5. You may also assign a player any relevant Achievements (see below)
   

Please use this thread to introduce the primary persona you'll be employing for your Fated Scenario responses. If you need clarification on why we use sonas, please refer to the rules thread pinned in the forum!

Dull music thumping in your ears, you make your way down a mostly empty hallway, the only exception being the occasional couple making out. "Why did I even agree to come to this damn party. There's too many people, the music's too loud and I can't even hear myself think.", you mutter to yourself. You ender a room at the end of the hallway and walk in.

Your eyes take a minute to adjust. The room is dark, save for the moonlight streaming through the window. Across the room you see her, sitting alone on the bed in the middle of the room, pale pink hair slightly shimmering in the moonlight. "Oh uh... sorry, I didn't know anyone was in here. I'll leave." You turn to leave the room, but her soft voice stops you. "No. No, it's okay. I had to get away from it all too. You're welcome to join me if you like.". You turn to face her once more, and she motions for you to join her on the bed.

You slowly start to walk toward the bed...

After a prolonged pursuit in the silent streets of your small town, you've run out of places to run. Under the light of the full moon casting its hazy glow through the clouds you see her: your undead stalker, lurching towards you as relentlessly as time itself. How exactly you wound up here is irrelevant; your pursuer has you cornered in this alleyway, and lurches forward with a growl and renewed vigor. You prepare to meet your maker as her hands grab you by the arms and force you to the ground, but when you open your eyes you sense a different potential in the gaze that meets you.

   

Is this zombie a suitor, or simply curious about her midnight snack? Your move, champ.

~ Here are the present standings for Fated Scenario participants! ~

1. General Spritz - 11000 (2200 * 5 Achievements) (7 games)
   
2. Rowlet - 4590 (1530 * 3 Achievements / 1 Death) (5 games)
   
3. Lysanderish - 3600 (1800 * 2 Achievements) (5 games)
   
4. Queen Ari - 3300 (1100 * 3 Achievements) (4 games)
   
5. Zaron - 3100 (1550 * 2 Achievements) (4 games)
   
6. Kazzie - 3000 (1500 * 2 Achievements) (3 games)
   
7. Swot - 1100 (1100 * 1 Achievement) (3 games)
   
8. Alex - 200 (200) (2 games)
   
9. Aistarin - 15 (15) (1 game)
   
10. Inari - 0 (0 * 1 Achievement) (1 game)
    

1. Kazzie - 500
   
2. Zaron - 388
   
3. Swot - 367
   
4. Lysanderish - 360
   
5. Spritz - 314
   
6. Rowlet - 306
   
7. Queen Ari - 275
   
8. Alex - 100
   
9. Aistarin - 15
   
10. Inari - 0
    

1. General Spritz - 5
   
2. Rowlet, Queen Ari - 3
   
3. Kazzie, Zaron, Lysanderish - 2
   
4. Swot, Inari - 1
   

1. General Spritz -  7
   
2. Lysanderish, Fiery Bird - 5
   
3. Zaron - 4
   
4. Queen Ari, Swot, Kazzie - 3
   
5. Alex - 2
   
6. Aistarin, Inari - 1
   

1. Zaron - 6
   
2. General Spritz, Queen Ari - 2
   
3. Yuri - 1
   

Here is the present list of known achievements and who has obtained them!

• General Spritz
  
• Kazzie
  
• Rowlet
  
• Swot
  
• Zaron
  
• Lysanderish
  
• Queen Ari
  

• Queen Ari
  
• Zaron
  
• Lysanderish
  

• General Spritz
  
• Rowlet
  

• General Spritz
  

• Rowlet
  
• Kazzie
  
• General Spritz
  

• Inari
  
• Queen Ari
  

• General Spritz
  

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= xo ZERARCADE TERMS OF SERVICE ox =
= -  Last Updated :: 2161/04/14  - =
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o> This is not an officially licensed DreamSphere server!!
o> This server exists specifically in protest of DRT and QCorp.
o> All server participants must be over the age of 18.
o> Please be respectful of the boundaries and consent of other players and NPC entities.
o> In using this server you agree and identify with the following statements:

-> I AM HUMAN.

-> I AM MORE THAN MY LABOR.

-> I AM NOT AN "ASSET" OR "INVESTMENT."

-> I AM NOT ANOTHER'S TO OWN.

-> I AM NOT GOODS THAT EXPIRE WHEN NO LONGER USEFUL.

-> I AM NOT ANOTHER'S TO DISCARD.

-> I DESERVE HAPPINESS.

-> I DESERVE TO MOURN AND BE MOURNED.

-> MY LIFE MATTERS.

-> MY DEATH MATTERS.

-> I WILL NOT BE ERASED.

o> Breaking the server rules or agreements will result in expulsion from the server.
>> Agree? (Y/N) :: _

Quote:23:48:16: BOTAMI: I found it!
23:48:20: UNO: found what?
23:48:26: BOTAMI: The place in which I can live my truest dreams~!
23:48:32: UNO: oh no
23:48:33: SWIMSONG: Ami’s in the garden again…
23:48:40: BOTAMI: I am!! I love plants!!
23:48:46: UNO: that’s one way to put it, sure
23:48:47: BOTAMI: Especially a couple very pretty ladies in Karna~ <3
23:48:56: SWIMSONG: She just wants plants that can love her back, Onesie~
23:49:00: UNO: ew
23:49:00: BOTAMI: Song gets me!
23:48:04: BOTAMI: <3 U, bb
23:48:12: SWIMSONG: Us girls gotta have each other’s backs. u_u
23:48:18: UNO: u girls are weird is what it is
23:48:19: -- ZERA has entered the chat --
23:48:27: UNO: and here comes the weirdest one
23:48:32: ZERA: hi
23:48:34: -- LOSTEAGL has entered the chat --
23:48:40: UNO: oh thank grob, another man
23:48:47: SWIMSONG: You know you love us, Onesie~
23:48:53: UNO: stop calling me that
23:48:55: LOSTEAGL: “Onesie”...?
23:48:56: ZERA: I see we’ve upgraded to pet names now.
23:49:03: ZERA: Careful, Un. Next thing you know you’ll catch feelings.
23:49:06: UNO: no
23:49:10: SWIMSONG: </3
23:49:12: UNO: no.
23:49:17: BOTAMI: on the note of feelings… >:3c
23:49:22: BOTAMI: you two sure seem to have popped up together with quite the timing…
23:49:27: ZERA: pardon?
23:49:33: BOTAMI: You seducing the poor surface boy, Zera? ; )
23:49:37: LOSTEAGL: Coincidence, is all.
23:49:39: ZERA: I ain’t seducing shit.
23:49:42: OMANUEL: yo z it’s late.
23:49:47: UNO: man how long have you been there????
23:49:48: OMANUEL: everything cool down there?
23:49:52: OMANUEL: I’m always here.
23:49:55: OMANUEL: “Onesie.” ; )
23:50:02: UNO: i will cut you
23:50:03: ZERA: I’m fine.
23:50:07: ZERA: Just at service.
23:50:10: BOTAMI: : (
23:50:11: LOSTEAGL: Service?
23:50:13: SWIMSONG: Another one??? Already????
23:50:18: UNO: eagle do you not know words
23:50:25: UNO: does school not occur in bougieland anymore
23:50:31: UNO: did they all burn down?
23:50:33: OMANUEL: you okay, z?
23:50:50: ZERA: It’s been a rough week.
23:51:12: ZERA: couldn’t be bothered to count the bodies.
23:51:18: LOSTEAGL: Asset disposal?
23:51:20: SWIMSONG: !!!!!!
23:51:20: BOTAMI: idiot
23:51:20: UNO: dumbass
23:51:25: LOSTEAGL: ???
23:51:30: OMANUEL: Dude did you not read the ToS?
23:51:38: OMANUEL: The thing that you have to accept every time you sign in?
23:51:39: UNO: ZERA is typing
23:51:40: SWIMSONG: ZERA is typing
23:51:46: LOSTEAGL: I’ve read it. I don’t *get* it, but I’ve read it.
23:51:49: LOSTEAGL: Many times.
23:51:52: ZERA: You wouldn’t.
23:52:07: ZERA: You surface pricks never do.
23:52:11: LOSTEAGL: Don’t be like that…
23:52:13: ZERA: ZERA is typing
23:52:15: LOSTEAGL: . . .
23:52:20: LOSTEAGL: Take your time, then.
23:53:34: ZERA: “Asset disposal” is a dehumanizing term employed by the execs up top to wipe their own consciences clean while training us at the literal bottom to not even see each other as people. If you don’t get the ToS, then count yourself blessed to not need reminding every day about what you actually are.
23:52:46: ZERA: We don’t get funerals down here in the brine.
23:52:55: ZERA: We don’t get to mourn or cry the loss of loved ones.
23:54:04: ZERA: we’re told to observe and respect the loss of company assets and property that must be disposed of and to view the deaths before us as personal shortcomings that should have been prevented by the same fuckers who keep ignoring or just fucking delighting in the fact that half of these “shortcomings” are by design from failing equipment or health we can’t afford to maintain because we were never meant to.
23:54:42: ZERA: the “Assets” that get thrown out after having anything of worth extracted from their lifeless bodies died because the execs need people to die to keep up their shitty messaging and motivational farce
23:54:50: ZERA: i will not have that here
23:54:52: ZERA: they were people
23:54:54: ZERA: they died
23:55:00: ZERA: they died doing everything they fucking could not to die
23:55:09: ZERA: they deserve to be mourned, not paraded around as a threat
23:55:16: LOSTEAGL: The company calls you assets because they own you.
23:55:24: ZERA: THE COMPANY OWNS US BECAUSE THEY MADE THE RULES THAT ALLOW THEM TO
23:55:26: ZERA: HUMAN BEINGS ARE NOT PROPERTY
23:55:29: ZERA: GET THAT OR FUCK OFF
23:55:33: BOTAMI: seriously, Eagle…?
23:55:34: UNO: need to learn when to ci, dude : /
23:55:58: OMANUEL: I wasn’t even allowed to mourn my dad when he died.
23:56:13: LOSTEAGL: what?
23:56:18: OMANUEL: I’m company property.
23:56:27: OMANUEL: They took me in to see his corpse before the lost asset service.
23:56:48: OMANUEL: I learned my father died while the suit who’d be handling my foster homing grilled into me that the same would happen to me if I didn’t “respect company property enough.”
23:56:58: OMANUEL: The company property was his implants.
23:57:12: OMANUEL: The ones they coerced him into getting and paying for.