Ok, the purpose of this thread is simple... Eventually, as the guild's tag system evolves, more and more requests will come in for fairly unique tags. Rather than constantly cluttering [@Mahz] [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/75056-mahzs-dev-journal/ooc]Dev Journal[/url] with said requests, we figure it would be good to have a single topic where people can request tags, and of course potentially discuss the merits of whether a certain fandom/theme/goblin should get its own tag. [hider=Already Existing Tags] [h3]Writing style[/h3] [b]Current:[/b] Free, casual, advanced [b]Suggested:[/b] High/low free, high/low casual, high/low advanced [h3]Party Size[/h3] [b]Current:[/b] 1x1, Small group, Large group [b]Suggested:[/b] [h3]Recruitment status[/h3] [b]Current:[/b] Apply, Jump-in, Full [b]Suggested:[/b] [hider=Genre] [h3]current:[/h3] Modern Sci-fi Slice of Life School Historical Tabletop Nation Arena Military Romance Fantasy Fandom Anime/Manga Steampunk Apocalyptic Post-apocalyptic [/hider][/hider] Recently proposed by [@Mahz] is the system of having a small set of official guild tags that are fairly static, defining the general category of an RP. These tags would define what level of writing is expected in an RP (Free, casual, Advanced), whether it is a regular RP with single characters, a nation, an arena match, a 1x1, or such, and the general genre of the RP (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Anime, Fandom, etc.) The second system of tags, which would be subordinate to this is will be community-defined. This can be anything from established universes like Star Wars, Mass Effect & DC Comics to the stranger stuff like Jupiter, Birthing and ReverseBirthing (Ask [@Mahz] what that is if you want to know. It was his idea). In essence, whatever the community wants. But to keep the community tag system viable and not bloated with tags that only have 1-2 RPs to them, which would not help a search function much, the tags would be moderated, either through an approval system, or through other means. Ideas for how that is best done are very welcome. Anyways, on to the tags that have been suggested. [hider=Suggested Genre tags] Superhuman Paranormal Mystery Horror Western Psychological Sandbox World-builder Earth Other planet(s) Animalia Vampires [b]Soft sci-fi[/b] - science fiction with only minimal ties to known science. Can include things like time travel, faster-than-light travel and so forth. Doesn't explain how its done, only that this or that fancy-named machine does it. [b]Hard sci-fi[/b] - Science fiction where the science is kept as close as possible to the real thing. ruled by the laws of physics, but generally doesn't show the maths involved. [b]Science Fantasy[/b] - Not quite sci-fi nor quite fantasy. Or both mixed thoroughly. [b]Low Fantasy[/b] - Fantasy with minimal magic involved, often has few or no sentient non-human species. [b]High Fantasy[/b] - The opposite of low fantasy: Magic has major effects, might be very common and there can be many sentient species. [b][u]Era tags:[/u][/b] [indent]Ancient World Medieval Victorian Modern Near future Far future Multiverse Murder [/indent][/hider] [b]Some fandom-specific genres have also been suggested:[/b] Star Wars Marvel comics DC comics Pokemon Elder Scrolls Mass effect Harry Potter There has also been suggested a type of "tonal" tags, to define what sort of story in a certain setting it is. For example, a fantasy RP can be both comedic, grim and epic. [hider=Tonal tags] Light Dark/Grim Dystopian Comedic Epic Drama Tragedy Action Adventure Survival Abstract Experimental [/hider] Players might want to find RPs that do their best to stick to Canon fandom, or perhaps they'd rather avoid messing with Canon or other things like that. The following suggestions cover that. [hider=Originality] Canon Fandom Non-canon Fandom Loosely Inspired Utterly Original[/hider] [hider=Arena]Unpowered Powered High Powered God 2vs2 Tournament Story Practice [/hider] Have any other suggestions? Don't hesitate to post them.