People should stop comparing Roblox to Minecraft and vice versa

Rather than being a decorum-obsessed jerk, I'll allow Pro's intended purpose for this debate as its new resolution. The ammended stances for Pro and Con now read:Pro: The gameplays of Roblox and Minecraft should no longer be compared with one another.Con: A mandatory call to terminate discussions concerning the similarities and differences between the gameplays of Roblox and Minecraft is unreasonable.Rebuttals: Descriptive ComparisonPro states: "If you made a comparison of Roblox towards Minecraft via gameplay, the closest thing you'd get is: 'He placed a brick as if he were playing Minecraft', but in every other situation I can't see any resemblances that you could make to Minecraft as a descriptive comparison."This fails to argue why such comparisons should not be made between Roblox and Minecraft, as many are made between entities who differ between each other, as explained in Round 1. Should I not compare the gameplay of Mario Kart 64 with that of San Francisco Rush 2049? Should I not compare the gameplay of Age of Empires II HD with that of League of Legends? Contrary to Pro's assertion that, except the one he provided, additional comparisons cannot be made, Roblox and Minecraft are, indeed, more similar than in their sharing of a simple gaming mechanic of placing a brick.Both Minecraft and Roblox are, at a foundational or vanilla (original) level, expandable sandbox games wherein users interact with and manipulate a three-dimensional world through the lens of a three-dimensional character controlled via keyboard and mouse input. Both Roblox and Minecraft allow users to create a virtual world with which users can communicate, compete with, or otherwise interact with other users and the world itself.Although one can make the case that the intended purposes for each game differs from one another, in that Minecraft's is to reach an expected end and is otherwise ambiguous whereas Roblox's is to serve in indie game development within it, knowledgeable users have demonstrated that indie game development within Minecraft is not only possible, but a popular use of the game.A user by the name of Sethbling is famous for his use of command blocks (programmable blocks in Minecraft wherein commands can be executed) in creating a series of single-player and multiplayer pvp (player versus player) games, such as Death Swap [1] and Pizza Speef [2]. Additionally, users can install mods and server management software such as Bukkit to allow for the creation of more innovative pvp games such as Paintball [3] and a reenactment of a Hunger Games match [4], and host them on servers capable of holding two-hundred players or more. As it is with Roblox, Minecraft can even be used for commercial use, now allowing users to monetize servers by charging other users to access servers and their features, asking for donations, and providing in-game advertizing or sponsorship opportunities [5].Evidently, to suggest that Minecraft and Roblox are similar in only a very limited sense is simply not true, as both systems feature very similar styles of gameplay and are used for very similar purposes.Rebuttal: Preferential ComparisonPro states: "First of all, Preferential: http://dictionary.reference.com......If you preferred Roblox over Minecraft, its like saying I prefer apples over steak, if the two things have nothing to do with eachother other then the plate (Or PC in this matter), then what's the point of arguing over it?"Already addressed. Reasonable debates concerning Roblox and Minecraft can be made, as they are similar in more ways than the console they run on.Rebuttal: Hard Data that May Make the Debate Objective"While I see your point, there's a few flaws. For example you can't compare sales because Minecraft sells the game but Roblox is free (And Builders Club is a different story).And just in my overall opinion, I don't like seeing the two compared and they should be treated as what they are.While Roblox is free without the privileges of a Builder's Club premium account whereas Minecraft is a paid game, the same principle holds when using other hard data. Download statistics and the number of daily players can be compared between the two, just as it was in a forbes article comparing League of Legends with the paid games Call of Duty: Modern Warefare 3 and World of Warcraft in 2012 [6].Thus far, there really is no reason to cease debates concerning the gameplays of Roblox and Minecraft, although I will leave space in Round 3 for Pro to address my rebuttals.Thanks, by the way!Sources:[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] https://mojang.com...[6] http://www.forbes.com...