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Um... that's exactly what I've been saying. You need to look at the D-Mod as a whole.
You just contradicted yourself in like three different ways in one statement. I'm impressed.
First off, no, that is not what you have been saying. What you have been saying is that counting the time to complete a D-mod from start to finish should only count the main story. No one plays RPGs just to play the main story. Because that's what RPGs have always been: side paths, optional quests, collectibles, hidden dungeons, etc. You're trying to remove the average player from the equation, the one who is plays the game casually, from start to finish, going off to do their own thing and eventually wander into the ending. This is what determines game time in every other RPG made ever, played professionally or casually. I don't understand what your problem is with the concept of a ROLE PLAYING GAME, because everything you say is the exact opposite of the core of all RPGs.
Skull, I think we're gonna have to agree to disagree.
More back to the original topic, I made a point earlier that I think everyone glanced past, and I'd just like to restate it, because I feel it's important, and really the heart of this entire discussion:
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.
So, if the author of the D-mod feels their D-mod has enough content to qualify their D-mod as epic, they can list it as an epic. No one else's opinion really matters.
You just contradicted yourself in like three different ways in one statement. I'm impressed.
First off, no, that is not what you have been saying. What you have been saying is that counting the time to complete a D-mod from start to finish should only count the main story. No one plays RPGs just to play the main story. Because that's what RPGs have always been: side paths, optional quests, collectibles, hidden dungeons, etc. You're trying to remove the average player from the equation, the one who is plays the game casually, from start to finish, going off to do their own thing and eventually wander into the ending. This is what determines game time in every other RPG made ever, played professionally or casually. I don't understand what your problem is with the concept of a ROLE PLAYING GAME, because everything you say is the exact opposite of the core of all RPGs.
Skull, I think we're gonna have to agree to disagree.
More back to the original topic, I made a point earlier that I think everyone glanced past, and I'd just like to restate it, because I feel it's important, and really the heart of this entire discussion:
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.
So, if the author of the D-mod feels their D-mod has enough content to qualify their D-mod as epic, they can list it as an epic. No one else's opinion really matters.
