Because the old thread has been lost to time, I decided to bring this pretty alright concept back to life.
Basically, you make the event above your post have a good outcome or bad outcome, alternating between the two. This is tough for me to explain, so something like:
1: Fortunately, you survive a car crash.
2: Unfortunately, you lost your dominant arm.
3: Fortunately, you purchased a mechanical replacement so you can truly become
Götz von Berlichingen.4: Unfortunately, being Götz von Berlichingen makes you an enemy of the Holy Roman Empire.
5: Fortunately, you can tell them to lick your ass.
6: Unfortunately, they actually do.
You see where I'm going here. I'm gonna start with a neutral sentence, you can make it unfortunate or fortunate, you decide.
You receive a mysterious letter in the mail.