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I think the rankings should be more like titles, so instead of saying Rommel, the Dramatist it should say Dramatist Rommel or The Dramatist Rommel.

Also, it would be good to add some customisation in the account editor, like saying Rommel, the _______ Dramatist.

Lastly, it would be good if the "by" line on storygames had the title as well. For example: WWII grand strategy, by the _____ Dramatist Rommel.

Please consider these ideas.

Rommmeellll Are you stupid?  I dont want to start this whole thing up again but seriously how do you think Alex designed this site?  By comparing it to CYOA's.  How can you possibly be against comparing it to CYOA's... IT IS A CYOA CREATING SITE.

Seriously man sometimes its ok to accept your ideas suck...

Text adventure games are created on a computer and revolve around game elements. CYOAs are written on books and are based mainly around story. Look at most of the games on the site; Wal*Mart is epic, but is obviously based on gameplay. Finals Week is a contest for a grade, WWII GS is based around high-scores, SIEGE and 8 goals, 28 rolls are just pure games and books cant use music or video. Most dont use graphics. Therefore, these storygames are text adventure games, not CYOAs. Also, this is not an idea, this is an inference.

The majority of these games are more similar to old DOS text-based games than CYOAs. Video, Music, Graphics, in-built variables and a concentration on gameplay make these storygames text adventure games.

CYOA (Lone Wolf), based on story

Text adventure game (Warriors and Wizards) based and biased on gameplay

These two different things are very different.

Is Pokemon or Final Fantasy? If they were text-based, they would still be text-based RPGs, not CYOAs.

you have not read my arguement:

Are Pokemon or Final Fantasy? If they were text-based, they would still be text-based RPGs, not CYOAs.

Also, Dungeon Hack games are text-based, but they are definately not CYOAs