Then whats the problem, shagnak and many others have highlighted that a lot of people over there where asked "For any genre of your choice, what is the game that defines that genre for you?", how are they morons for saying what they like?
I've never played dune 2000, so if you asked me what RTS was the most defining game in the genre for me, i would say the original CnC, first RTS i played, i liked the explosions, the shitty acting and the cool tanks (at the time), sweet mother of mercy, ive just gone and described something that could be an FPS, "I M TEH STOOPID!!!!"
SOME of the comments might be a bit ignorant, but most of them are just people listing out what they love about a specific game and why they think it defines the genre, how are they stupid for that, ive already mentioned my distaste for roguelikes, am i justified in calling every man and woman that enjoyed that type of game a retard?
Personally, i dont think so, what ever gets it up for ya is how i feel about that, if they enjoy that sort of game what right do i have to go and shit on them.
"How is your reading comprehension? One more time, this is not about what's your or someone else's favourite RPG. Can we finally move beyond that point, please?"
Umm, but i thought it was, i thought that this was all about why you think someone is a moron becuase of "what's your or someone else's favourite RPG." , they say something you dont like, therefore they are morons, if thats not the point, fuck it, my apologies, i misrad what you were trying to say.
So, what are you trying to say?
How are these people(that are only replying to a question about what RPG in their opinion is the most Genre-defining) morons?
Is it their choices?
Or is it the features that they liked the most about the game they chose?
EDIT:
Vault Dweller said:
Don't forget a few things though. The question is not "name a decent RPG" and the issue here is not whether the BG games are good RPGs or not.
First, BG may be a fine game but it's not something that defines the genre. Second, don't look at what games the morons vote for, look at why.
Ahh, so its why they chose a particular game, so if i think a game is great, and i also (due to my lack of experiance with more games within the genre), see it as genre defining and i dont make a 10000 word review listing its pros and cons im a moron......ok
Maybe, just maybe, they were trying to say what they liked without going into too much detail, if i listed off a number of reasons why i like a particular game it probably wouldnt be that far away from what those lads are saying.
(Edit, and sorry for missing that, i hate giving such a lame excuse but its 4:16 in the morning here and i cant get too sleep, i missed that post in my first glance through the thread and that explains why you think they are morons clearly, i still disagreem but i understand why you thought i fucked up with my last post, its just that going by your first post i thought you were calling them morons because BG isnt a "True" CRPG.)