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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MoogleEmpMog" data-source="post: 4897816" data-attributes="member: 22882">To me, the most useful definition of an RPG is anything that:a) self-describes as an RPG in its text or promotional materials.b) grew out of the RPG tradition without explicitly declaring itself to be a break from same.c) or is described by representatives of its playerbase as an RPG within the discussion at hand.c) is the most important.  If one person on a thread thinks he's playing an RPG, he's goddamn playing an RPG.  Simple as that.  Anyone who tells him otherwise or attempts to use an exclusionary definition automatically fails to interface with the discussion, because it DOESN'T MATTER IF THE OBJECTOR IS RIGHT.All the objector will ever accomplish is to turn discussion and debate into argument.  Whereas if the objector chose to interface with the person who says he's playing an RPG, both might advance their games or peacefully conclude they would not enjoy playing at the same table or in the same system.</blockquote>