"A day in the life" stories Arkive

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zasvid · #1 Post by **zasvid** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 1:39 pm

I made little searching and gathered links to all "A day in the life" stories into this post, so it will be easier to access and read them all if you want, because they're quite different from other things in the spoilers forum and good readin'. I apologise if I missed any story's thread, tell me and I'll add to the list.
***ToME Wiki has much more convenient archive for DiTL's. It would be nice to at least archivise finished DiTL's there.
DitL listed here that are on the wiki are marked with ***.

Stories (in order of the first post's date, from the most ancient):
***Maylith's very first story of Slappy the Monk
Half-ogre Warrior by overtrix
Hobbit Ranger by Circon
Dunadan Mage by Master Nightfall
Spectral Necromancer by cajela
***Troll Warrior by Neil
Human Bard by Arioch_Arioch
Yeek Bard by Carciofus
Hobbit Possessor by Mayfair
Slappy the Monk by Maylith, again
Yeek Bard by Elliott
Yeek Bard by Elliott, again
Dunadan Paladin by Quixote
Maia Thaumaturgist by Actius
{Dale}Wood-Elf Archer by furiosity
Maia Swordmaster by gralves
{Annals of Ea}Dragon Paladin by Nerdanel
Yeek Sorceror by Garzhad
{Annals of Ea}Another Dragon Paladin by Nerdanel
Yeek Hermit Sorceror by Zizzo
Ent Paladin by jschultz
Rohir Priest of Manwe by Atarlost
Maia Rogue by Serin
Yeek Swordmaster by zasvid
Beorning Warper by Zizzo
{Annals of Ea}Dragon Sorceror by Nerdanel
Yeek Hermit Bard by Elliott
Hobbit Trapper by Wastrel
Yeek Hermit Sorceror by Yottle
Loremaster in village idiot's body by Catwalk
Hobbit Alchemist by Serin
{Theme} Dragon Monk by feathin
***{Mindcraft}Dark Elven Mindcrafter by Ravenred
{Theme} Dark Elven Mage by darkgod
Wood Elf Archer by Marmot
Half-Ogre Thaumaturgist by Elliot
Beorning Warper, part 2 by Zizzo
Elf Sorceror by christopher

Serin · #2 Post by **Serin** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 2:05 pm

great list!!!
one thing that I would like to see however, if at all possible is what char's do these travel logs have to deal with?
that's all!

Ulf · #3 Post by **Ulf** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 3:54 pm

How's about a new forum for the things?

Serin · #4 Post by **Serin** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 3:57 pm

Ulf wrote:How's about a new forum for the things?

people don't seem to like new forums, what zasvid is doing is great!

(personal experience when I suggested a new forum for something, I forget what it was for.)

Maylith · #5 Post by **Maylith** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 5:53 pm

I like.

Suggestion: If we can't have a separate forum for these (which idea I still prefer), maybe this thread could be made sticky so it can easily be found?

Also, I would sort the links by age so that new ones can be more readily identified... maybe that's not necessary, I don't know.

Wolfe · #6 Post by **Wolfe** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 5:58 pm

I don't know about useful, but I've certainly bookmarked this thread. DitL stories are always pretty entertaining, especially Mayliths

And yeah, I personally wouldn't mind seeing a board for these. It'd keep them all nicely together.

zasvid · #7 Post by **zasvid** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 6:06 pm

IMO it's a good idea to make it sticky... however, I remember that Neil doesn't like sticky threads, so I'd wait for his opinion

So, to mods: make it sticky if you like, or say you don't mind it (and I'll make it sticky) or say you mind sticking it.

As for sorting by time - I thought about it when creating but couldn't think of right criteria - 1.whether to sort by date of first post or last post? 2.And do you want it sorted with the newest at the top or the bottom?

(duh, multiple polls in one thread (however only one 'proper' and I can't edit it

that's not nifty. but, it doesn't matter that much) ... kinda my own mini-forum, isn't it?

)

Neil · #8 Post by **Neil** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 6:37 pm

I suggest that instead of doing this thread, that future threads of that kind be recommended to have a certain tagline in the subject. That way one can easily search for those threads without having the work of maintaining this list.

People could even go back and add the tagline to previous threads of that type.

Quixote · #9 Post by **Quixote** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 9:00 am

Great having these together.

Only problem is that I have to read all the stories now so it's going to cut into my playing time.

Oh well - I think that's a good problem to have.

furiosity · #10 Post by **furiosity** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 2:54 pm

I love Day in the Life stories, they inspired me to try many new race/class combos, and to do my own story too.

I would love to see them in a forum of their own, I think if they were in a forum they'd inspire more people to share their own.

These are excellent reading for beginners, somewhat experienced players (like me) and veteran players alike, I think, as there's always a strategy another person will think of that might not have occurred to you and may save your life.

So this list is definitely very useful - there are a few stories there that I have not seen yet *goes off to read them*

Maylith · #11 Post by **Maylith** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 3:02 pm

But Neil, then we'd have to create a sticky thread to tell everyone what the tagline is!

zasvid wrote:As for sorting by time - I thought about it when creating but couldn't think of right criteria - 1.whether to sort by date of first post or last post? 2.And do you want it sorted with the newest at the top or the bottom?

Hmmm.

1. Sort by date of first post. Recently updated threads will pop up to the top of the forum on their own.

2. I can see it either way.

zasvid · #12 Post by **zasvid** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 3:53 pm

Sorting done (wasn't THAT hard, actually

). I guess that older threads shall go first, as the new threads usually pop up higher in the forum by themselves.

As for Neil's idea -> it is somewhat unintuitive. I believe it could be made to work, but maintaining this thread isn't taking much time and effort after all (and now, when it's shaped, it only would take updating the list with newly popping up stories). OTOH, this state would stay as long as I am willing to work on it (and to visit these forums at all) and Neil's method would guarantee the continuity of story-gathering. (and separate forum would solve all problems except from 'this forum has two pages of subforums and tons of misplaced threads'). Duh, every solution has its drawbacks.

Serin · #13 Post by **Serin** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 4:39 pm

zasvid wrote:Sorting done (wasn't THAT hard, actually ). I guess that older threads shall go first, as the new threads usually pop up higher in the forum by themselves.

Oooh your good!

Neil · #14 Post by **Neil** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 5:02 pm

"Intuition?"

Aphael · #15 Post by **Aphael** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 5:08 pm

Apart from lovely idea of having separate forum fo DitLs, I just thought that having new "Shortcuts" forum or sticky thread would be extremely nice. Following zasvid's idea by other volunteers may result in several new topics that will quickly sunk down, will be forgotten and hard to find.

Idea of new "shortcuts" forum would result in very quick and very efective way of searching. Try to search for, f.e., "God quest" and results will flood you, while only few of them are really helpfull. And those few, if gathered by some good soul, could be put in "Shourtcuts" forum.

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