The Dink Network

A D-mod being listed as a Romp/Quest/Epic is really at the discretion of the author, and the person who approves the submission of the D-mod. When I first submitted Dink and the Bonca, I had it as a romp, but the admin who was looking it over to approve it back then (Christiaan) suggested it should be a quest, and I was slightly humbled by that. DatB was not much more than an hour of content, but I think he felt that it had the feel of a short quest, and I didn't disagree. So it became a short Quest. If the author of the D-mod feels their D-mod fits the criteria of an Epic, it's really up to them, since there are no set in stone standards that defines exactly what is required to make it Epic.

My opinion, however, is that there are rough guidelines that should be followed to some extent to qualify it as an Epic. "A large adventure that is about the size of the original game, or larger" is a great place to start. This can either be in play time (Over 3 hours), map size (at least 50-60% of the 768 map screens), a substantial amount of quests that can be completed, or all of the above. But again, these are my opinion of rough guidelines, and again are really at the authors discretion.

As for Malachi the Jerk, to me it fit plenty of criteria to be listed as an Epic. It had the play time, and even with the smaller map, it used it well. What's more important, is that it felt epic while playing it. Maybe that's a guideline that should be followed. If it feels epic, it can be called an epic.