Forum: Lost Stories

I could narrow it down but the results only show a limited amount and i don't know how to manipulate the result.

As in, ranked by length so at the very least the results would show stories that are from the longest to the shortest.

Is there a way to re-arrange the results of a search?

For example, i may want to read long stories, so it would be good if the number 1-10 of my search results were from stories with most chapters to less.

Sometimes it takes awhile to find what you want if you're not a premium member. Try adjusting your selected tags based on tags in the ones you do find. That can narrow it down fairly quick.

If you do a search through say Google you do get far more than you would get using a SOL search even if you are not a Premier member.

I have just done a search on "doover" stories (which is my 'thing'). SOL Search gave me 10 out of the claimed 91 available to Premier members. A Google search found 76 doover stories on SOL

As for other sites use the same search technique (see entries by BlinkReader and myself on the thread 'Looking for a new story to read')but change the site address

I have just done a search on "doover" stories (which is my 'thing'). SOL Search gave me 10 out of the claimed 91 available to Premier members. A Google search found 76 doover stories on SOL

google is likely finding stories that mention doover in the text or description where the category search strictly looks at the story tags, so google will potentially find mistagged stories.

google is likely finding stories that mention doover in the text or description where the category search strictly looks at the story tags, so google will potentially find mistagged stories.

The header on the first of 8 pages is https://storiesonline.net/stories/bytag/doover and all the headers etc look exactly like genuine SOL pages. As for stories being mis-tagged, have a go at the authors.

Over and above the tag search it also includes individual stories (which could have a doover tag - I didn't check). Whatever, I hope the concept helps jhncanson in his/her search.

If you are looking at stories with goals, but without the mc perspective, try "A New Past" by Charlie Foxtrot.
I would also consider "The Grim Reaper" and "A Fresh Start" by rlfj to be those with goals.
Try a few by Ernest Bywater as well. They generally have a strong and focused main character.

He could use it on sports, for example if you were empathic, you'd feel people around you without looking, that would be great on team sports such as basketball,football,etc.

That depends. Begin able to sense other peoples emotions, doesn't necessarily mean you can locate them spatially by their emotions alone. As far as team sports go, for anything above high school athletics, you are going to have a lot of background noise from the emotions of the spectators. Large crowds are not necessarily a great place for a telepath or empath to be, particularly if they are still learning to control their powers.

Trying to use such powers for team sports, particularly for one of the ones popular with spectators could be like going to a rock concert and then trying to locate a friend by the sound of his voice. Doesn't work so well.

And that's where the fun begins, he could hone his ability by starting small.

Not every game is a stadium packed full of people.

Plus, we all have emotions, instinctive. For example in basketball, a guy targetting you to try to steal behind your back would always give off an intent.

i've read alot of high-fantasy novels and most of them always discuss killing intent.

try to steal behind your back would always give off an intent.

Perhaps, but everyone on the court has some sort of intent. picking out one intent when you can relax and concentrate it one thing. keeping track of 9 different intents all moving around you while you also have to concentrate on visual input to keep track of the ball while moving yourself is something else.

I would expect something like that to take years of dedicated training before it would provide a significant advantage over a normal player.

If you are looking for something other than mind-control sex-slaves to do with telepathy / empathy, I would suggest, negotiation, psychiatry, law enforcement.

Yea, it would take time but then again, you can just easily pick out the strongest intent that is targetting you.

Basketball is man to man, i'm not a player myself so correct me if im wrong, you can't leave or take your eyes off on the one you are guarding against when its youre time to defend.

Basketball is man to man, i'm not a player myself so correct me if im wrong, you can't leave or take your eyes off on the one you are guarding against when its youre time to defend.

Actually no. A lot of college and pro teams use zone defense. The defenders are defending an area not a specific opponent.

That's telekinesis you're describing.
Telepathy would be him reading the thoughts of his teammates and those of the opposing team. Knowing what they are going to do would be a major advantage.

Knowing what they are going to do would be a major advantage.

Yes, but doing that in the middle of a physically taxing game in front of a huge crowd of emotionally charged people would be very difficult for any telepath without a lot of experience and control.

Yes, but doing that in the middle of a physically taxing game in front of a huge crowd of emotionally charged people would be very difficult for any telepath without a lot of experience and control.

Here's an idea. The telepath is a player who was injured and develops the telepathy. He can no longer play due to the injury, but instead sits on the side and reads the minds of the opposing team and 'feeds' instructions to his former teammates.

re's an idea. The telepath is a player who was injured and develops the telepathy. He can no longer play due to the injury, but instead sits on the side and reads the minds of the opposing team and 'feeds' instructions to his former teammates.

You still have to get past the issue of an inexperience telepath trying to pick out thoughts from specific people in a crowded space with a huge amount of background noise.

To get an idea of what it would be like, go to a crowded dance club and try to eavesdrop on one particular conversation 10 feet away.

You still have to get past the issue of an inexperience telepath trying to pick out thoughts from specific people in a crowded space with a huge amount of background noise.

So he screws up and actually ends up helping the opposing team. That would provide added motivation to get experience.

To get an idea of what it would be like, go to a crowded dance club and try to eavesdrop on one particular conversation 10 feet away.

I frequently work in bars and I know that, even when they are not crowded, it is hard to hear someone right next to you.

I frequently work in bars and I know that, even when they are not crowded, it is hard to hear someone right next to you.

So what makes you expect a telepath surrounded by hundreds of people all thinking about more or less the same thing to be able to listen to one brain 50 to 100 feet away?

So what makes you expect a telepath surrounded by hundreds of people all thinking about more or less the same thing to be able to listen to one brain 50 to 100 feet away?

Umm, TV shows?

Actually, I didn't really expect a novice to be able to do it. Maybe someone with a lot more experience could come close. Ever notice in shows how when people suddenly get amazing abilities, they are practically experts at using them? The only show I can think of that the new hero was totally lost was 'The Greatest American Hero'.

Ever notice in shows how when people suddenly get amazing abilities, they are practically experts at using them?

Yes, and it generally annoys me, however, not all powers would be complex to use.

Some powers are passive (invulnerability/self healing), others require little skill to use (super strength). Some powers should require a great deal of skill to use effectively (flight, even birds have to learn how to fly).

However some powers like telepathy might be nearly passive in effort required under some circumstances and extremely difficult in others. The most common conception of basic telepathy is that it works a lot like hearing except you are hearing thoughts rather than sounds. In this conception hearing any one persons thoughts should be easy if you are close together and alone. On the other hand, picking out one person in a crowded space would be like trying to listen on one person at a distance in a noisy room.

The only show I can think of that the new hero was totally lost was 'The Greatest American Hero'

Loved that show. "The magic jammies"

Showing the struggle to learn to use your powers probably wouldn't work well in a TV format. Marvel comics on the other hand deal with that all the time, particularly with Spider Man and X-Men and it's spin offs.