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Jan 13 2011, 6:10 pm

Keywords: byond, dragon, fangames, fantasy, final, new, rpg, site, warrior

Dpheonix7

It seems the new Byond site has misslabled Dragon Warrior: Shadows of Erdrick. The game is almost complete. It is not a rip as the original developer handed the source directly to me and still oversees changes being made to the game. This tag system seems odd as how it is being set up.
War of the Magi is just set as a fangame right now. It would be nice to avoid tags for this game as it is not ready and other tags may fit it when the time comes.

Jan 13 2011, 6:11 pm
Charliehorse	incomplete/fan game you should read the submission guide-lines.

Jan 13 2011, 6:12 pm
Mikau	War of the Magi technically is a fangame right now, a fangame of Final Fantasy 6 being that it's name is even a direct derivative of a part of the history of the game, the part called "The War of the Magi"

Jan 13 2011, 6:13 pm
Signako	Dragon Warrior: Shadows of Edrick is still a fan game.

Jan 13 2011, 6:13 pm
Tom	Fangames are ok. If it is mislabeled, just resubmit it through the hub editor.

Jan 13 2011, 6:15 pm
Dpheonix7	I have seen other fangames with other tags such as fantasy, rpg. I dont mind the fangame tag, but it would be nice to have it shown as what kind of game it is.

Jan 13 2011, 6:15 pm
Dpheonix7	Shadows of Erdrick is not incomplete. It has been a very finished game for years now. The fangame part does not effect my new project. It is incomplete and a fangame and can be shown on the site. Shadows of Erdrick can not be found and a complete game and is hosted.

Jan 13 2011, 6:19 pm
Tom	You can resubmit it so we can re-review (if that is unclear or not working, let us know). A lot of games were automatically categorized as "incomplete" due to some heuristics. It should give a reason in the message.

Jan 13 2011, 6:21 pm
Mikau	Shadows of Erdrick has an extremely terrible hub page. It looks like a 7 year old attacked it with a black and red crayon, one in each hand. Then an 8 year old came along with the blue crayon and said "I FIX IT" and scribbled a little. Unlike mom, BYOND won't put it up on the fridge for you. =P

Jan 13 2011, 6:24 pm
Dpheonix7	Well can't fix the hub page or resubmit the game as I have forgotten the password for the key: 8bitdream. Hub aside, Shadows of Erdrick has had a long run on byond. We have a player base that goes back to the days of Silk Wizard's DWO. It is a shame to see the game just vanish over things that could be helped.

Jan 13 2011, 6:32 pm
Tom	The entry was initially surpressed because the description was "shouty". Probably should be updated if possible, but I agree this game shouldn't have bee labeled as such and I've relisted it. We're going to be lenient early on and impose stricter standards as time goes on.

Jan 13 2011, 6:39 pm
Dpheonix7	Ok, by luck I found the password and I have done some cleaning up on the hub. There was so much unneeded and outdated info there. Thanks for your help Tom. Anything regarding War of the Magi can wait till a public hosting version of the game is ready.