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<blockquote data-quote="ThirdWizard" data-source="post: 3663866" data-attributes="member: 12037">By the strictest definition, though, according to original design on the part of what a RAID is, RAID 0 was not included. It was added later as what a RAID did and could be defined as changed over time. Eventually, RAID 0 became a common type of RAID understood by most people who deal with that kind of thing to be a RAID, even though the acronym stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks. No redundancy exists in RAID 0, yet it is still seen as a RAID.That's what's happened to the term RPG over the years. Colloquially, no roleplaying is required for a game to be an RPG, or a Role Playing Game (writing it out for emphasis here, I don't doubt everyone knows what it stands for!). If you ask someone what kind of game Final Fantasy is, people will say its a RPG, despite the lack of roleplaying involved in the game.And, they aren't wrong. Final Fantasy is a line of computer roleplaying games. The term has expanded quite a lot since ye olden days. This is why we now make the distinction into various sub groups. You've got your P&amp;P or Tabletop RPG. You've got your CRPG. You've got your MMORPG. The term has evolved. Heck, Pokemon is an RPG!You keep saying that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. Just doing my part to try and save the internets!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ThirdWizard, post: 3663866, member: 12037"] By the strictest definition, though, according to original design on the part of what a RAID is, RAID 0 was not included. It was added later as what a RAID did and could be defined as changed over time. Eventually, RAID 0 became a common type of RAID understood by most people who deal with that kind of thing to be a RAID, even though the acronym stands for [i]Redundant[/i] Array of Independent Disks. No redundancy exists in RAID 0, yet it is still seen as a RAID. That's what's happened to the term RPG over the years. Colloquially, no roleplaying is required for a game to be an RPG, or a [i]Role Playing[/i] Game (writing it out for emphasis here, I don't doubt everyone knows what it stands for!). If you ask someone what kind of game Final Fantasy is, people will say its a RPG, despite the lack of roleplaying involved in the game. And, they aren't wrong. Final Fantasy is a line of computer roleplaying games. The term has expanded quite a lot since ye olden days. This is why we now make the distinction into various sub groups. You've got your P&P or Tabletop RPG. You've got your CRPG. You've got your MMORPG. The term has evolved. Heck, [i]Pokemon[/i] is an RPG! You keep saying that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. Just doing my part to try and save the internets! [/QUOTE]

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