Any demand for WoW stories?

[Sneakingsuspicion]

Topic says it all. I'm a player and a writer but recently I've gotten an itch (and an idea) for writing erotica. I know the World of Warcraft better than I know the real world, practically, so I was thinking of writing something based in that. I just don't know if there'd be much interest for it.

Help?

 

[AmethystRains]

I played WoW on and off for several years (quit after Cataclysm expansion) and I'm sure there are plenty of other closet MMO geeks here too who would love to see something WoW-related. A forbidden affair between a gnome and a tauren? Woot!

 

[GinaTina]

Never played WoW; but I love the fantasy/non-human genre, and many others on this site do as well. Depending on the quality of your work, it'll probably be well-received.

Try it out. What harm could it do?

 

[dangerousflirt]

I'd love to actually have a cyber-affair with a WoW player and write about those stories.. that'd be pretty hot.

 

[lovecraft68]

Topic says it all. I'm a player and a writer but recently I've gotten an itch (and an idea) for writing erotica. I know the World of Warcraft better than I know the real world, practically, so I was thinking of writing something based in that. I just don't know if there'd be much interest for it.

Help?

This type of story would either go into the sci/fi category or maybe the celebrity if there are some well known characters you would be using.

I think it's like anything else. If you write it well enough it will create its own audience. Not to pressure you or anything

 

[mirandavillere]

I posted this teaser for a srp a while ago. it got zero traction, but it could serve as the beginning of a story.

otherwise, i love fantasy erotica, and would definitely read WoW inspired smut

By 2110, the technology to create AI that far outstrips human intelligence has become commonplace. As digital processing has become increasignly similar to human brain functions, the possibilities for upgrading the human mind began to seem endless. First developed for educational purposes, it was quickly adapted by the military to re-program enemy combatants and turn our own soldiers into hyper-elite killing machines, with several lifetimes of experience and knowledge implanted into young men and women's supremely resilient bodies, and then removed at the end of the mission.

Within a few years, it became available to the general public, though at a cost that made it a toy for the super rich. A generation later, however, it had become so commonplace that the entire entertainment industry has been revolutionized, particularly gaming.

Going past traditional virtual reality, the new technology bypasses the sensory organs entirely, interacting immediately with the brain itself, so that gaming happens literally at the speed of thought, and the higher-end games become completely immersive sensory experiences where players become their characters. Naturally, the usual people make the usual objections, that it's destroying our youth, corrupting the fabric of society, and on the other hand, that nobody but nerds with no lives play.

But when World of Warcraft 12 was released, it almost instantly dominated the gaming market. Miri's dorky brother and his dorky friends all were downloading it the instant it was available, and before long, it was nothing but epics, bosses and tournament rankings. She gave him more shit than ever before, until one day, he challenged her to try it.

"You'd probably never want to stop playing if you just tried it, but you're so scared of what your friends will think, you don't dare," he said.

Like most people who thought of themselves as strong-willed and independent, Miri was remarkably easy to manipulate. She took the bait and downloaded the sample version of the game directly into her brain. She didn't suspect that her dorky brother had hacked the sample.

Unlike most people who enter the World of Warcraft for the first time, Miri did not create a character. She simply appeared outside of Northshire Abbey, as herself A moment later, she was knocked to the ground as a newly created Warlock appeared in the exact spot she had been standing. He stared at her for a moment, shocked, and then took the first quest. As he ran into the Abbey to talk to Marshal McBride, he was already submitting a bug report about the teenage girl in her school uniform, hanging around gawking and completely OOC.

The party of max level characters, glowing with high end raiding gear and pvp trophies swaggered over, drawing almost as many stares in the noob zone as Miri did.

"That your sister?" the warrior said to the mage. "She's kinda cute."

Miri looked up at the hyper-muscular giant that swaggered towards her, casually swatting a kobold with a fiery red sword that had to be at least fifteen feet long.

"Wow!" Miri gasped. "That's a big sword!"​

 

[Framboise]

...no pressure from me, either...

This type of story would either go into the sci/fi category or maybe the celebrity if there are some well known characters you would be using.

I think it's like anything else. If you write it well enough it will create its own audience. Not to pressure you or anything

Having never played WoW, I wonder if WoW would have any technologies that could result in stories for Mind Control?

Personally, even if they did, I think it would be like putting a Dollhouse story in NonConsent / Reluctance - it would fit, but the fanboys and fangirls would raise holy hell...

...I agree with lovecraft - established sci/fi franchises should probably go into sci/fi, no matter what other categories they belong in, unless there is a well-known celebrity, like, for instance, Eliza Dushku

 

[Darkniciad]

If it actually mentions WoW, is plainly set in that world, or features any characters from it, the story will have to go in the Celebrities category.

Thought I'd put that out there for anyone who's thinking of writing one.

 

[PoppingTom]

WoW is funny and sexy, I like the characterization of the people. I prefer night elf female and orc male.


But, seriously, Age of Conan is better...

 

[Sneakingsuspicion]

If it actually mentions WoW, is plainly set in that world, or features any characters from it, the story will have to go in the Celebrities category.

Thought I'd put that out there for anyone who's thinking of writing one.

That's weird, every WoW story I've seen is in the sci-fi/fantasy category.

Anyone confirm/deny?

 

[Darkniciad]

That's weird, every WoW story I've seen is in the sci-fi/fantasy category.

Anyone confirm/deny?

It may just be that the moderators don't know enough about it to catch it. We went through this with the Virtual Reality chain ( dropping yourself into a video game ), and had to get a special dispensation to put our stories in the Chain category, attaching the Celebrity disclaimer to the text of each story.

If they're in Sci-Fi/Fantasy, it's an oversight.

 

[Sneakingsuspicion]

It may just be that the moderators don't know enough about it to catch it. We went through this with the Virtual Reality chain ( dropping yourself into a video game ), and had to get a special dispensation to put our stories in the Chain category, attaching the Celebrity disclaimer to the text of each story.

If they're in Sci-Fi/Fantasy, it's an oversight.

Ah, I'm not sure what I'm looking at then.

Anyway, the story isn't about "a player playing World of Warcraft", it's plainly set in it, like fanfiction or whatever else. No major characters are involved, it just takes on the setting (specific locations in the fantasy world, orcs, elves, swords and dragons).

I'm working on it now.

 

[sunandshadow]

I'd be interested in an m/m WoW story, with one character a male gnoll or one of those bloodelf magic addicts. I always thought magic addiction could easily be turned into cum addiction by the logic that a being filled up with magic would have magic in all their bodily fluids.

 

[Darkniciad]

Ah, I'm not sure what I'm looking at then.

Anyway, the story isn't about "a player playing World of Warcraft", it's plainly set in it, like fanfiction or whatever else. No major characters are involved, it just takes on the setting (specific locations in the fantasy world, orcs, elves, swords and dragons).

I'm working on it now.

The specific location would be the only issue. Everything else you mentioned is pretty much base fantasy elements, and WoW is just using them the same as you would be.

Even the specific locations might not be an issue. Fantasy names get used and reused over and over again, and a lot of them would be easy for two people to come up with without ever seeing what they're "copying". There are websites devoted to lists of common words that combine together to make fantasy locations.

Shadow
Elf
Wood

Haven
Dale
Land

Let's see... Shadowhaven. Nah... Shadowdale. Yeah, cool! WHOOPS! Forgotten Realms location! WotC will have goons at my door with broadswords!

You see what I mean.

It all boils down to how much of the original you're using. You almost have to get down to bringing in prominent characters or widgets ( the fabulous sword of Fantoozler! ) of the original work, because most fantasy builds from a base that everybody is using, and barely changes from world to world.

 

[AngelBell]

I do not play WoW and never have but I am a big fan of other MMORPGs and the fantasy genre in general. I would be open to reading some WoW stories. Might be a turn off if the geeked out too much referencing places skills or stats nonplayers wouldn't get but maybe if your audience is hardcore players then they might like that.

I vote go for it

 

[Mordranna_Star]

I am intrigued by this. I myself have been considering writing a story, but related to Galaxy Online 2. ^_^;; I'm not exactly sure what angle I'm going to approach it from, though.

 

[galleri]

I can't wait to see what you come up with, I am a big WoW player. So this grabs my attention!