
by Iithium
Daily updates at 6:10 pm ET MONOLITH was truly one of the greatest games to ever grace the earth. Action, role-play, building, selling, forging, hunting, fighting, stealth, gathering, collecting, if it was an idea, you could pull it off in the game. But, a new thing has taken hold very, very recently. Formerly a small group of friends, close to the original developer of the game, have recently become quite popular online with a large majority of communities over their hundreds, if not thousands, of hours of set story role-plays. Traction and fame, burdened below the sudden view of millions, the group of thirteen became the face of MONOLITH, with their names rising with haste through the leaderboards until only they stood above all. Even updates began to be pushed to further their story before the experience of others, but, miraculously, none minded the bias. It was no mere moment in the spotlight, it was a global phenomenon. Millions gathered with each dropped teaser and episode, more and more swelling hype, until, finally, the day reached that of before the season finale. It was a setup for perhaps two or three more sets of episodes, then the group planned on resting their story. And so, on the final day of update 1.5.063, the thirteen greatest members of the MONOLITH leaderboard logged on for the day, and all was well...all was truly well...until Bram found himself within what should've been nothing more than a game. What was truly going on here, and what fate awaited this long-doomed world haunted by gods and demons, beast and men?
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Rank updated 13 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
Entry forecast updated 13 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
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Readers who find this story follow it at a high rate; there just aren't enough of them. In our cohort data, near-daily posting lifted the odds of reaching 25 followers from ~0% to 17% — more chapters, shoutout swaps and ads buy the eyeballs this conversion deserves.
At this conversion, the Tragedy Rising Stars bar (≈0 new followers/day) costs about 91 views/day — the story currently gets ~44.
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