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[Scaryfun]

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[guardsman]

Some of the ideas suggested so far appear interesting. IMHO, I'd prefer seperate sites for seperate genres - It makes it easier to browse for games in general, especially if you do not have one particular title in mind but are searching for one that falls under a particular genre.

I think the introduction of tags (Or attributes) would be great for searching purposes though there may be one complication - Since some games might fall under more than one genre (e.g. - [Adventure][Strategy]), a game that is tagged with both "[Adventure]" and "[Strategy]" could be listed in the result set of the AL search engine or in the purposed RL search engine, depending upon which "owner" site the game is listed under. I am not sure how the sites are set up - Does each site have its own DB with its own tables (Pros: Faster searching, since fewer records to search within a particular genre. Cons: More [hassle] seperate DBs to back up/worry about corruption.) or do all of the different sites access one large centralized DB with its tables (Pros: Ease of maintenance, since only one DB to back up/worry about corruption. Cons: Slower search times [Even with indexes on], since more records to filter through and possible greater danger of corruption, since larger tables [record count and index count])? If the latter is the case, then there should not be a problem with games that span multiple genres - The result set yielded from a search from any site would contain links to the game under the genre site where it is listed. If the former is the case, then we may have a paradox - Where would an Adventure/Strategy game appear - In the result set of AL's search engine or the result set of RL's search engine? - If that particular game is listed under AL, it would appear in the result set when you did a search under AL's search engine but it would not appear under RL's search engine even though the game may be tagged with "[Strategy]" since the record for that game is in the AL's DB but not in RL's DB (If the former is the case).

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My vision of LW presumed single DB, but it is not something I hold on to: with some efforts, unified search can still be made available for all kingdoms of LW.

Using advanced search you can create any list and with [ ] Random (number) checkbox and field added, only several matching entries will be displayed.

If you haven't noticed, 'the paradox' is what we have right now.

[Scaryfun]

It's a single database. The searches are done on separately created temp files with only each site's records, so we can do an overall search instead. Each game has 6 categories than can be entered which we use to indicate the type of game or genre. We can list these as attributes in each game entry if we want, since they are already entered in database for the lists used in 3D Shooter Legends A-Z Index. We're also planning on adding them for adventure games as well. Having abbreviated tags on search list would make things too cluttered though.

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[Molitor]

[Scaryfun]

After talking with a several people, I've reconsidered making Roleplay Legends a separate site. If we were to add other genres like Strategy then it would be tedious for visitors to visit each site. Having all genres under one site with drop-down menus for each would eliminate redundant code like having separate searches and indices.
This will take some time in coming though, so in the meantime we can just create a sub-category under Adventure Legends so that it will list Roleplay games in the year pages separately as well as in the index.

[Delacroix]

So we're going the Underdogs way, only better organized. It's actually for the better.

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[myloch]

Sports would be the best addon, but it includes a hella lot more games than racing or roleplay alone. And honestly I know very few sites, probably no others, that update main page news so frequently and add so much new game profile pages mostly every day

Nah, I don't collect so many soccer games, I prefer basket, golf and rally titles

My favourite type are usually arcade action games, puzzle games and fighting.