FrogReaver
As long as i get to be the frog
Apart from numerous RPGs that are exceptions to this, which have been mentioned previously in this thread. So we return to "ambiguous."
Hmmm... I just created a game where no roleplaying is required. I'm going to label it as an RPG. I guess that means that RPG's don't require roleplaying afterall since now we can cite one where Roleplaying is not required
The point is that the act of a person or company defining something as a roleplaying game has nothing to do with whether or not it is one, nor whether the mechanics it adopts are mechanics conducive to roleplaying or whether those mechanics would best be classified some other that.
In short - saying there's a roleplaying game where X is done is insufficient to show that X is a roleplaying mechanic or that the game in question is a roleplaying game..