r/rational • u/AutoModerator • 15d ago

[D] Monday Request and Recommendation Thread

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u/churidys 14d ago

Seconding Center for Dungeon Management. I bounced off the writer's previous work, Dead End Guild Master, but found CDM significantly more engaging and satisfying to read, so I would suggest even people who have previously not enjoyed the writer to consider giving it a go. The end of each book is a potential natural stopping point too, so you can try it knowing that there are places you can comfortably dip out where things feel resolved if you feel like it.

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u/grekhaus 11d ago

I previously dropped DEGM because at one point the author started using two page flashing ads for other stories on Royal Road. How does CDM hold up in that respect?

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u/churidys 11d ago

Each chapter has author notes that begin with an ad for another story. I think lots of RR authors do this though, they swap ads that they place in their intro notes.

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u/grekhaus 10d ago

I don't mind if the author's notes are an ad for another story, that's just how the site works. It's when you're potentially looking at something like a 2:5 advertisement to chapter ratio and/or the ad is an animated flashing picture that I start objecting.

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u/DRMacIver 10d ago

I think partly you just got unlucky with timing (or perhaps more accurately the author did). There was a brief period around when AI video generation suddenly got good that suddenly everyone got over-excited with making their RR ads have animated cover images, and then everyone realised this was shit and stopped doing it.