It's probably a taboo subject because of World War 2, in all honesty.

Aye, I know. :P I just wanted to point out in a rather anecdotal manner that this group of people exists.

Nah. My parents often regaled me with tales of how I was a very anti-social baby and child. Even at the age of 2 I preferred to play on my own. I would actually look away if my parents tried to play with me and move to playing somewhere else. :p

I like to spend most of my free-time alone. A great holiday to me consists of fine food, comfortable surroundings, a good place to lounge and a good book. Even when doing more active activities I prefer them alone.

I like to organise my steam games at the end of each year.

Most sports can be, and have been, viewed that way in the past. But, as you said, countries will never give up the advantage they already have to go to a more even playing field.

Deal breaker right there. Cancelled pre-order and voted 1 star on every site.

Aye. I must concur on it being more playable.

Aye. But, likewise, they can be very similar as I've mostly socialised with people from the mid-north and south-east!

Well, it certainly seems to be quite unusual! Some people have experienced the same thing as me and some haven't ever experienced it or have experienced it to a lesser extent. (All asian noodles, for example.)

Nah, they definitely referred to most noodle-types as ramen. But you are correct in that those are the places I have heard people refer to them as ramen. Could just be they assumed that was the type of noodle due to the circumstances! (Workplace lunch/cheap food when low on cash/easy thing to make when busy working…

Not really! That's why I assumed it was a common thing. I've met Americans who live hundreds of miles apart but share the same quirk.

I was taking a tangent and mentioning that every American I've met refers to any type of noodle as ramen. :p

I wasn't talking about the article but taking a small tangent. Every American I have met refers to noodles of any kind as ramen.

I've generally dealt with and visited areas in the south-east or mid-north of the US. I don't live in the US and never have but every time I've had an American friend mention noodles it has been called ramen!

Because if generalisations didn't generalise then where would we get generals?

Haha. Well, in Britain we tend to call anything noodle-like a noodle. Or noodles.

Strange! Every American I've met has summarily called anything that isn't spaghetti and is a type of noodle by the name of ramen.

Why do Americans call noodles ramen? I've never understood. Isn't ramen a specific dish type that involves only one variant of noodles?

I'd say that those games get by on simple accessibility rather than any merit due to mechanics.