We've all seen them on a forum or know someone like it... Every time a new game comes out they sing it praises and call it "the pinnacle of gaming" or some such thing. Every game is Game of the Year... etc.

Do you typically ignore their remarks about CoD redefining the shooter genre as we know it or respond somehow?

I ignore them, because I don't expect to get a response from them anyway, *fakecoughjackbauerfakecough*.

I don't dislike people who make these claims because they have a different opinion than me, it's just that I rarely see them back their opinion up when they say things like that, so I have no reason to discuss it with them. And I find those opinions dreadfully boring and dull. Even if the game is terrible, I'd be much more interested to talk to some guy about why he thinks some indie game I've never heard of is his game of the year.

This thread will define this generation.

Is the "define this generation" thing a running joke here? I missed something.

It is a reference to a somewhat enthusiastic user on the forum .

I couldn't care less what people like or don't like, it's their opinion. If someone is overly enthusiastic, I find that much more tolerable than the annoying 'connoisseur gamer' who insists every game pre-2000 is a work of art and every game post-2000 is the unwashed and uneducated masses.