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I'm glad you enjoyed it but it looks boring as hell. Where's the struggle to overcome? Where's the consequence for freeing the strongest, most manipulative, p
by jstarfish 3y ago
I'm glad you enjoyed it but it looks boring as hell.
Where's the struggle to overcome?
Where's the consequence for freeing the strongest, most manipulative, psychic creature in the universe despite warnings from the experts who created/studied the damn thing? He could crush your mind in an instant, but you're special enough that he instead submits without a fight? Isn't he supposed to be dummy-thicc Alpha or something?
Every choice you make is the Right one. You always win and nothing ever really goes wrong for you.
This isn't a game, it's an ego-stroking experience.
- gs17 3y agoI imagine there's a lot more "short stories where things go well for the self-insert protagonist who is very special" out there than "short stories where the self-insert protagonist makes obviously dumb decisions and dies instantly" in the dataset. Maybe they need to finetune on CYOA books edited to look like roleplay, with random choices taken so there's a lot of literal dead ends. Or maybe it could handle DnD-style where it asks for checks with actual random dice rolls thrown in occasionally. Trying this with ChatGPT (it needed to be told to require checks multiple times) almost worked, but it still really leans toward success. E.g. attacking a goblin camp with the worst tactics imaginable did allow for "failure", but not actual failure. Decide to dance aggressively towards them and roll a 1 on performance? They laugh instead of filling you full of arrows. It's pretty funny but definitely removes all tension.