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Reality Show Generator – In Beta!

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And here you go, the Beta of the Reality Show Generator!  My friend Ewen inspired me when he created a Reality Show game, and I figured I’d see what would happen when I tried it.  Plus it gave me a chance to try out some techniques for analyzing data which I covered earlier – short form, very effective, faster, but kinda less exciting than winging it.

It doesn’t cover the huge range of crazy titles you may see as many are individualized, but I think it does a pretty good job.  be sure to leave feedback so I can tweak it!

  • American Charity
  • Aunt Wives
  • Brazilian Teacher Trade
  • Canadian Martial Artists
  • Food Man
  • Genuine Legends of the Secret Service
  • Honest Histories of the Navy
  • Iron Boy
  • King Institute
  • Korean Owls
  • Miami Destruction
  • Mountain Institute
  • Northern Owls
  • Shanghai Cowboys
  • South American Diva
  • Toronto Capture
  • Treatment Boy
  • Trustworthy Legends of the Army
  • Wild West Wife Parents
  • Wrecker
-Steve

Update – Latest Generator!

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Yes, if you’re over at Seventh Sanctum you know I’m working on a Reality Show Generator.  Here’s the latest update.

This one involved me doing more in-depth data analysis before building it.  In many cases (not all) I sort of dive into the generator and build as I analyze.  In this case I stepped back and broke the data down – something I usually only do for generators with more obvious patterns like the Magical Power Generator.

The results were:

  1. The breakdown was revealing.
  2. The breakdown was really boring to do after awhile.
  3. The breakdown worked and let me build the generator very fast.
  4. Once I started building the generator, I could make it “richer” in data, patterns, etc. very quickly.

Short form – doing an early, organized analysis of data for a generator pays off, but it’s not as exciting as doing it by the seat of my pants.  On the other hand, this was less frustrating than the Plot Twist Generator.

So, anyway, if you want a preview of what this generator will do, here’s some results:

  • Best Women Of Vancouver
  • Bizarre Stories of the South American Navy
  • Brazilian Cop
  • Brazilian Teacher
  • British Film
  • Confirmed Records of London
  • Confirmed Women Of New York
  • Fish Killer
  • France’s Next Top Boy
  • Husband Grandparents of France
  • I married a Millionaire: Britain
  • I married a Star
  • Japanese Computer Man
  • Miami Scalpers
  • North American Sister Change
  • Rescue Person
  • Sibling Academy
  • The Next Best Grandfather
  • The Queen of Lawyers
  • True Hunters Of France

– Steve

Seventh Sanctum Update 12/22/2013: New Generator

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Well with the site rewritten, the numbers back, a new year starting, and some time off I decided to write a brand new, in-depth generator to finally solidify the mojo that’s come back.  So I chose something that seemed both easy and popular, the Magical Legend Pony Namer, which seemed simple and fun, and of course played into the most unexpected fandom ever to dominate the internet and the insanely long-lived collector enthusiasm.

Actually it works pretty well, but what was stunning – and indeed obsession-making – is it taught me about language patterns I’d missed.  This is actually going to help out in future generators.  Without boring you (because I could go on) here’s what I learned, mostly thanks to the incredibly extensive online resources I found.

Lesson One.  There’s a continuity between descriptive terms and objects – but it’s not that some objects can also define things (like the word “silver”) but objects at times define objects (the words “Pasta Salad” have an object defining another object).  So there’s a  little more complexity than I realized here, and I think future (and revised) generators will be better for noticing this.

Lesson Two.  Names have a level of formality about the – or a lack.  The level of formality affects how you associate names, words, titles, and concepts and the difference between a formal name and a nickname.  This is reasonably easy to classify, actually.

So I learned something.  I just didn’t expect to.  I’ll now leave you to the names.

– Steven Savage