[Eagle of Fire]

and I bet we would have gotten at least 80% of the votes saying it was an Action-RPG.

It would be pretty stupid for the 44% of the voters who voted no to vote for Action-RPG, considering their choice.

What I'd expect from such a poll would be a result of about 30-50% in favor of various choices related to RPG (like Action-RPG), which would be the highest amount due to the so widespread belief that it is an RPG game... Largely due to the way the game itself was advertised, as I already pointed out earlier in this thread. Then the rest of the voters would be scattered around the rest of the choices, with a small amount of people voting Rogue-like for the simple reason that most people don't even really know what a Rogue-like is and Action being the second highest.

The thread started originally with Simoneer asking for any other RPG games like Diablo 2. The very next post was Fifth contradicting him and saying it wasn't an RPG.

You are talking about what is now two separate thread. They been split for obvious reasons. If you would have access to the MOD forum, you would be able to see that I requested the split myself... I don't see the point of this argument: there is no need to think that we are doing any kind of harm to the original thread nor to think that the whole issue started from it. IMHO, this issue is around since as long as I know the game exist, which is something between half a year and a year after it's original release... And for all I know, it must have started even earlier than that.

Me and Fifth simply happen to be strong believers of side which strongly believe that Diablo II is not an RPG. It is not the first time that I jump head first in such an argument, and as long as I do not firmly believe that I am wrong then it won't be the last time either.

For me it is really not a matter of arguing. It is a matter of seeking the truth, and what make me think this whole argument or crusade is worthwhile is the fact that so many people (who don't know better) firmly believe that Diablo II is a classic RPG game... And I also believe that those "so many other" are also in vast majority. (*sigh*)

Everyone (besides you and Fifth) said that it was an Action-RPG

We are obliviously not reading the same thread then. Many people voiced their oppinion against the idea that Diablo is an RPG, and many even said exactly what I said, which that Diablo II is in fact a graphical Rogue-like!