No. You are an MMO site, be an MMO site.  

Originally posted by Laughing-man

Diablo 3 has ONLY online content, so everyone who is comparing it to ANY console game or FPS or single player game that happens to have online content, think about that for a second.

ONLY online play

Where do you guys get the idea that Diablo isn't an RPG?  You can call a duck a dog but that doesn't make it a dog...   It is MOST CERTIANLY an RPG.

an MMO?   YES

Is it being played online by a massive number of players?  YES

Is it a persistant world?  NO

Is a presistant world a prerequisite for being an MMO?  NO

 

Its an MMORPG.

Seriously? A game only needs to be online, with a massive player base, to make it an MMO? That's news to me. I mean, by this definition, COD 4 fits your description. There are hundreds of thousands of users in lobbies, who feed into an online game with semi-RPG mechanics. Why not add it to the site as well?

And for the record, persistant worlds are a prerequisite for a game being an MMO. You can disagree all you like, but it's not really up for discussion.

Remove Guild Wars from this site and you can solve this problem!

You can't deny Diablo 2 or 3 and have Guild Wars on here...

They are the same damn game concept.  Lobby and instanced small group content.

Originally posted by Lawlmonster

Originally posted by Laughing-man

Diablo 3 has ONLY online content, so everyone who is comparing it to ANY console game or FPS or single player game that happens to have online content, think about that for a second.

ONLY online play

Where do you guys get the idea that Diablo isn't an RPG?  You can call a duck a dog but that doesn't make it a dog...   It is MOST CERTIANLY an RPG.

an MMO?   YES

Is it being played online by a massive number of players?  YES

Is it a persistant world?  NO

Is a presistant world a prerequisite for being an MMO?  NO

 

Its an MMORPG.

Seriously? A game only needs to be online, with a massive player base, to make it an MMO? That's news to me. I mean, by this definition, COD 4 fits your description. There are hundreds of thousands of users in lobbies, who feed into an online game with semi-RPG mechanics. Why not add it to the site as well?

 

And for the record, persistant worlds are a prerequisite for a game being an MMO. You can disagree all you like, but it's not really up for discussion.

I think that it IS up for discussion as that is pretty much the topic of this entire thread...

CoD isn't an RPG, its a FPS.

Originally posted by lizardbones

Massive - pretty sure it will be
Multiplayer - check
Online - check
RPG - check

It should be added.

This.  In addition it'll lend insight into the RMT and player identification discussions.  We may need to change the acronym of our beloved MMORPGs to maintain some of the tradition.  I think the word persistant, while assumed, has always strangely been missing from the acronym.  PMMORPGs perhaps?  We're now in an age of hybrid themeparks/lobby games.  Had you asked this question in 2004, I bet 90% would have said NO, it shouldn't be included.  Frankly, I don't think Diablo is all that different from the current rendition of WoW.  Not in description anyway.  Easy to see but hard to explain, I guess?  Times have changed.  The purists will perish in their own flames :)  

I honestly think the mmo genre and this site need to start segregating more so I dont have to wade through 1000s of posts for console games with auction houses and f2p garbage ..

Silly question when you already have games like League of Legends and Guild Wars on the list.

I don't know if this has been mentioned above. But have you guys thought about making RPGguru.com or something similar, like you have with FPS and RTS. I honestly love traditional RPGs and co-op rpgs. The problem is no there are no good news sites out there catered to those type of games. I've missed a good 5 years of RPG games because I had no idea they were there. Just a thought. 

D3 added, then Torchlight 2? Also, Torchlight MMORPG will be in the works if not already.

Originally posted by sigreth

I don't know if this has been mentioned above. But have you guys thought about making RPGguru.com or something similar, like you have with FPS and RTS. I honestly love traditional RPGs and co-op rpgs. The problem is no there are no good news sites out there catered to those type of games. I've missed a good 5 years of RPG games because I had no idea they were there. Just a thought. 

 

D3 added, then Torchlight 2? Also, Torchlight MMORPG will be in the works if not already.

Yeah, I mentioned it above but it's nice to see someone else with the same line of thinking. With D3, TES V, Torchlight 2 and a whole host of other great games on the horizon I would think it would be a no-brainer. They could also move some of the more controversial games on this site already over there as well. This would give all us RPG fanatics a new news site and keep this site 'MMO Pure' at the same time. I was really surprised that RPGguru wasn't the first secondary site they launched to be honest. With the RPG fanatics that started and run this site I would think it would have been a given.

Bren

Whether picky people think it's an mmorpg or not, the odds are overwhelming...Ðiablo 3 is going to be a money-maker, why not cash-in, draw more people here to my favorite site...I think it has become an easy decision for you guys! 

I think there should be a RPGguru.com instead to be honest. There are just so many great rpgs out there that you can cover. MMOrpg should stay mmorpg! :)

Originally posted by SaintViktor

I think there should be a RPGguru.com instead to be honest. There are just so many great rpgs out there that you can cover. MMOrpg should stay mmorpg! :)

But is Diablo 3 really an RPG game? The first 2 games were considered "action games" at the time they released becuase they had rather limited RPG features.

I agree that this site should focus on MMORPGs and CORPGs, D3 isn't either.

Originally posted by Nixish

I'm sure it has already been said, but as long as we are looking at the list of mmos we do have, can we delete ones that are six feet under?

Or maybe a seperate list to discuss those inactive/dead mmorpgs.

 

Already exists!

its not an mmo.  Might as well start putting up all the zynga shit too while you're at it.

I'm pretty sure a persistent gameworld plays a big role in defining a MMORPG.

But what the heck, the more the merrier, might even add little genre and sub-genre title cards.

There are likely a lot of players who come to this site that are interested in Diablo 3. Sure, they could get the information and commentary elsewhere, but I like this site and I'm interested in Diablo 3, so I would like to see more coverage and commentary about the game here, personally.

I don't think it's a huge can of worms. Just because you have Diablo 3 on the site doesn't mean that you have to put Borderlands or every other multiplayer RPG on here. It's your choice as the site moderators. Consistency and integrity are very important, but being flexible and willing to go outside of policy for the interest of the site is also important, in my opinion.

I'm sure this has come up many many times in the past and will continue to rear it's head as games cross over and hyridize, "Should we put this game on the site? Its kind of an MMO, but not really." Diablo 3 is kind of a no-brainer in my opinion. It belongs here more than League of Legends, from my perspective and will get a lot attention.

Will D3 have RP servers? D3 is a MMOG. D3 is a RPG(single player)but if blizzard doesnt run RP servers, then imo it shouldnt get the MMORPG tag. To answer the OP question tho, i would have to say YES it should be listed on this site but not as a MMORPG.

i can only hope MMORPG.com grows with the industry/community.

there is nothing MMO about Diablo 3,which is the subject of this very site: MMO's

Diablo 3 has an option to be an online multiplayer game nothing more.Sort of like Call of Duty...should CoD be on this site too?

no,it shouldnt, and neither should Diablo 3

Are we not forgetting Vindictus as being incredably like diablo 3? i mean is this really a thread that needs to happen. what happen in warcraft was applied to all other mmo's what happend in starcraft happend in most stradegy games. what happ...blah blah theres no question it needs to be added because its a giant game and people will want to read about it so its mmorpg.coms choice either 

a: get more hits and ad revenue by keeping people reading about hot online computer games or

b: stick to their roots and suffer for a small minority of fan boys

also rpg=role playing game ...diablo 3 you choose a role either a barbarian, witch,monk...do you really need rpg expalined to you also you get to play with other people in a world or "instance" if you like that better