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OT!book 2 idea (or how to revive the OT!book)

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should the OT!book 2 idea be implemented?

Yes
10
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No
2
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Total votes: 12
Patatitta
1,380 posts
Joined February 2020
Topic Starter
Patatitta
Currently, the OT!book is in a state where it will most likely die soon if we don't take any drastic action. The story has gotten too messy, and a lot of the writers show disinterest. We've thought the best idea to revitalize the book is to revamp it in it's entirely, making it easier for new writers to join in and also to make the writing/reading experience better

One of the ideas we're considering is to start a brand new book. Let's call it OT!book 2. But this time, instead of everyone submiting a new chapter to a existing story. We will just first create a world. After that, anyone at any time can create and submit stories to this world, creating an anthology of stories. Every author could have their own little book inside the world.

example
OT!book 2

Mikey's cool epic story: chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
patatitta's short story
Corne's story, chapter 1, 2

(instead of having 1 single book and narrative, we have a lot of books in the same world)

Another of the changes we're considering are:

-Removing the requirement of making a new character if you want to join
-Make all the characters close in power level
-characters from the OT!book CAN be used as long as they meet the other criteria and are introduced as if the OT!book 1 did not exist

what do you guys think?, should we implement this idea or follow a different one?, we're looking for feedback so please tell us

(This post was made by corne2plum3, DM for mutual, and patatitta)

edit: typo
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DM FOR MUTUAL
613 posts
Joined March 2021
DM FOR MUTUAL
Please if you got any other ideas please share, the more discussion the better.

A few other big ideas we discussed:
1. Not doing anything
2. Ending the OT book 1, and then doing a direct continuation with the OT book 2 after some cleaning up/changing how things work
3. Basically doing this but specifically in the world of the OT book, so like a pseudo sequel

The above idea was patattita's idea and he was super into it

Also very good chance that patatitta is hosting in the case of his idea being what we go with

And for those wondering "when is the OT book over", uhh good chance it's now I guess?
Karmine
1,033 posts
Joined November 2015
Karmine
I've never been into the OT book (only read a tiny portion back when it started) but this seems like a good idea.
Having a world where different things happen and only following the stories we're interested in would be much easier to read than a whole book with inconsistent chapters.
That could also encourage people to try writing stuff without taking the risk of damaging other people's work.
In the end it could lead to diverse stories that are more or less linked to each other, kinda like Greek mythology and that's pretty cool.
Karmine
1,033 posts
Joined November 2015
Karmine

DM FOR MUTUAL wrote:

Please if you got any other ideas please share, the more discussion the better.

A few other big ideas we discussed:
1. Not doing anything
2. Ending the OT book 1, and then doing a direct continuation with the OT book 2 after some cleaning up/changing how things work
3. Basically doing this but specifically in the world of the OT book, so like a pseudo sequel

The above idea was patattita's idea and he was super into it

Also very good chance that patatitta is hosting in the case of his idea being what we go with

And for those wondering "when is the OT book over", uhh good chance it's now I guess?
I'd say having it take place in an entirely different world would be best as it would make it easier for people who haven't read the OT!Book 1 to get into it, same for people who may not like it.
They could be entirely disjointed and both could keep going at the same time.
Ymir
1,948 posts
Joined June 2020
Ymir
Yeah I haven't touched the OT book because of how long it is.
I think after a certain amount of stories are added, it should finish.
keremaru
228 posts
Joined November 2017
keremaru
I feel really bad for how OT!Book ended up, since it was my idea to incorporate a magic school with an apocalypse setting simply because I had a dream of being in school again when I first suggested the idea. I wanna take a stab at the project after it's done, but at that point I don't know if doing so would make people feel cheated out of their efforts, since there is a LOT of self-insert content (hell, Momo is literally my OT insert) that branches off tons of narratives. I think the main gripe with that is because every narrative shares the same camera, it's difficult (if not nigh impossible) to make sure each story has room to breathe while not also suffocating the main plot.
In short, sorry for introducing such a deceptively convoluted concept to what should've been a simple story.
Patatitta
1,380 posts
Joined February 2020
Topic Starter
Patatitta

keremaru wrote:

I feel really bad for how OT!Book ended up, since it was my idea to incorporate a magic school with an apocalypse setting simply because I had a dream of being in school again when I first suggested the idea. I wanna take a stab at the project after it's done, but at that point I don't know if doing so would make people feel cheated out of their efforts, since there is a LOT of self-insert content (hell, Momo is literally my OT insert) that branches off tons of narratives. I think the main gripe with that is because every narrative shares the same camera, it's difficult (if not nigh impossible) to make sure each story has room to breathe while not also suffocating the main plot.
In short, sorry for introducing such a deceptively convoluted concept to what should've been a simple story.
I really don't think the setting was what killed the book. It was just poor handling of the editing, we allowed too much and the story just became incomprehensible

+ If this idea comes through (which so far, it seems like it will), I will make another poll asking what setting will the new book be, and I plan adding "same setting as ot!book 1" as an option
sametdze
360 posts
Joined July 2021
sametdze
this is literally the best idea ever

but i also think you guys really shouldn't call this OTbook 2 (if you guys were planning on calling it OTbook 2) because it's probably gonna cause confusion. i think you guys should call this project, "The OT!Library". why? well if there's a bunch of little stories packed into one book, that's kind of like a virtual library. and, OT!Library sounds cool. But if you don't agree with OT!Library, I have a couple of other names for this (but they're all pretty basic)

another thing i should suggest is a chapter limit. maybe 10 or 5 chapters per story. a couple things i'd like to add as well.
first, when you write a story, you have to finish it.
eg
and then john went to bed. the end ✅ THIS IS FOLLOWING THAT RULE
and then, john went to bed. however, john did something..❌ THIS IS NOT FOLLOWING THAT RULE. story cuts off, and finishes there. the author would have to write another story to continue it. no good!


yeah so those are my suggestions
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Kobold84
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1,546 posts
Joined September 2013
Kobold84
OT Book 2 sounds the best, because I'm too lazy to read the first!
Corne2Plum3
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1,876 posts
Joined November 2019
Corne2Plum3

keremaru wrote:

I feel really bad for how OT!Book ended up, since it was my idea to incorporate a magic school with an apocalypse setting simply because I had a dream of being in school again when I first suggested the idea. I wanna take a stab at the project after it's done, but at that point I don't know if doing so would make people feel cheated out of their efforts, since there is a LOT of self-insert content (hell, Momo is literally my OT insert) that branches off tons of narratives. I think the main gripe with that is because every narrative shares the same camera, it's difficult (if not nigh impossible) to make sure each story has room to breathe while not also suffocating the main plot.
In short, sorry for introducing such a deceptively convoluted concept to what should've been a simple story.
You can reimplement it in the new book, it went chaotic when god like entities were introduced, the robotics clubs able to do military stuff, etc.
z0z
521 posts
Joined February 2018
z0z
what stops you from just splitting the chapters the same way for the original book?

also it's probably a given but multiple authors should be able to collaborate on the same story
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Farfocele
1,105 posts
Joined April 2020
Farfocele
Hell, I might even consider this!
Manishh
2,095 posts
Joined October 2020
Manishh
I doubt OT! book is dead because of its story. I think the reason is simple as no one is interested in writing story now.
OT!Book at first was a new concept, thats why it boom
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Patatitta
1,380 posts
Joined February 2020
Topic Starter
Patatitta

z0z wrote:

what stops you from just splitting the chapters the same way for the original book?

also it's probably a given but multiple authors should be able to collaborate on the same story
it's not possible to really split in the main book since a lot of plots have merged and the power-scaling makes it hard to care about a lot of the plotlines

also you will be able to collaborate with people under this version


btw due to the overwhelming support I will make another thread discussing the title and the setting whenever I get off cooldown
Karmine
1,033 posts
Joined November 2015
Karmine

sametdze wrote:

this is literally the best idea ever

but i also think you guys really shouldn't call this OTbook 2 (if you guys were planning on calling it OTbook 2) because it's probably gonna cause confusion. i think you guys should call this project, "The OT!Library". why? well if there's a bunch of little stories packed into one book, that's kind of like a virtual library. and, OT!Library sounds cool. But if you don't agree with OT!Library, I have a couple of other names for this (but they're all pretty basic)

another thing i should suggest is a chapter limit. maybe 10 or 5 chapters per story. a couple things i'd like to add as well.
first, when you write a story, you have to finish it.
eg
and then john went to bed. the end ✅ THIS IS FOLLOWING THAT RULE
and then, john went to bed. however, john did something..❌ THIS IS NOT FOLLOWING THAT RULE. story cuts off, and finishes there. the author would have to write another story to continue it. no good!


yeah so those are my suggestions
There's already a library, but like an actual library stories there are totally disjointed : community/forums/posts/8800986
Aside from that I agree it would need another name.
Also having an end to your story is writing 101, much easier to do when writing on your own (or 2-3 peeps) than with however many people wrote in the OT!Book.
anaxii
15,192 posts
Joined December 2022
anaxii

Manishh wrote:

I doubt OT! book is dead because of its story. I think the reason is simple as no one is interested in writing story now.
OT!Book at first was a new concept, thats why it boom
OT!Book exploded because it allowed people not necessarily in the forum to write their own story as they saw fit and readers mostly familiar with the forum to read these chapters, but it has become very disjointed over time on both sides. it's not only dead because no one is interested in writing stories, but also because it's very easy to get lost in the chapters because every time there's a new plot twist and a new character introduced, which means that the overwhelming majority people are not interested in reading these stories.

a good story has recurring characters who don't appear in a single chapter and disappear out of nowhere. sometimes we don't even know what the characters look like or what they do for the story. it wasn't a problem at first because it was still a new concept, but now that's what's going to be its downfall.
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