Other people.
Alt: Probably some sort of 'choose your own adventure' thing that was dead popular when I were a lad (I wonder if they still write them?).
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 2 Dec 2010, 14:22, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

The Jackson & Livinstone ones?
They were dead good.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 2 Dec 2010, 14:25, Reply)

Yeap.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 2 Dec 2010, 14:27, Reply)

No they weren't. They were bollocks.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 2 Dec 2010, 15:30, Reply)

I used to read the "Lone Wolf" books
but I would cheat. I never rolled dice to see if I won a battle and I always marked my page just in case I chose the wrong path and died instantly.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 2 Dec 2010, 14:28, Reply)

I shamefully did the same
Did play a couple properly though, but they were frustratingly harsh at times.
"You're at a fork in the road, do you continue North or go East?"
"You head east and are immediately eaten by a gigacunt. You are dead lol."
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 2 Dec 2010, 14:32, Reply)

Ha! The kid I borrowed them from was much cleverer than me
but he played them properly. What was the point? If you die you have to start the book again and when you get to the bit where you died you're going to choose the other option.

Quite franky I think cheating at those books was a sign of intelligence.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 2 Dec 2010, 14:39, Reply)