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This was originally suggested in Rose's thread. What about a drama tag?

Modern would work just fine.

Or watever.

But what if it involves time travel?

Then put it in Romance if we play as the Wife?

Or put it in Sci-Fi if it concerns Morlocks and Weena...

Drama doesn't have to involve Romance at all.

Certainly no harm in it. 

I've always thought Serious+Geared for extremists qualified as drama....

Geared for extremists makes it sound like the story is for people into weird fetishes.

Why did they even put that there? What does it really mean?

It is for stories that are pushing the limits towards that infamous and mythical 8 maturity rating. (Three guesses to who has the most stories with that tag and the first two don't count.)

I think the first suggestion was a "hardcore" tag which I thought was a better name if only because "geared for extremists" is a little cumbersome.

We should also have a 'mind-bending' tag, for those story games that are more than screen-width deep.

I did mention that the story was more drama than anything, but in terms of setting, it'd be easier to have a "Historical" tag. I think generally if people are making a historical game, they put it in Edutainment, but I don't really think I should do that since the story's not meant to be educational 

We have a historical tag XD

Oh yeah. Am thinking of categories. 

Wait... Is Negative asking for a Drama category or tag? :P

A Drama category wouldn't really work since every story uses drama at some level.

A Drama tag would work but I don't see a really big need for it.

I do support such a category though. But historical games fit in either.

Yeah! A Drama tag, for murder mysteries and soap opera style stories and things!

Nice suggestion Briar Rose, and nice resuggestion Negative.

What exactly would constitute drama in a story?

Emotional conflict occuring.

I get the feeling that this will basically be a tag for highly rated stories.

Because you think most stories have emotional conflict or because you think people will misuse the tag?

I think most highly rated stories have emotional conflict.

Really? As much as I like Endmaster's work, I really wouldn't classify any of it as drama, with the exception of maybe Death Song.

I guess that's true. Hmmmm, maybe that is a good tag.

I believe the difference between simply having some drama and being tagged as a drama story is that you don't just have "emotional conflict" but you rely on it as a driving force in your plot and for the fleshing out of your story. Just like if something funny happens in an action film or if a couple hooks up, it's not necessarily branded a comedy or romance.