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WereKitten said:
Zucas said:
Oh and let's just end this argument now. A decade is defined by the ten digit. Meaning if they are all the same that qualifies a decade. 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, and 09 defines the last decade. This isn't debatable haha. That is how you define a decade and why we use it. It only makes perfect sense... let's not argue with logic.

Not true.

A decade is defined as a span of time of ten consecutive years, look the word up in any dictionary. The bolded is just the most common meaning when further qualifiers are not added to an expression like "the 60's decade". Also, logic has nothing to do with definitions per se, only with how the terms you define are manipulated in relation to one another. As such, a definition can be less useful than another for very down-to-earth reasons (in this case most people means 0-9 when speaking of a decade and the similitude with centuries adds little worth in any common discussion) but not illogic.

OT:

My game of the decade: SotC (HL2, Diablo II, Starcraft)

Game that really shaped the decade in gaming: WoW (GTA, The Sims, WiiSports)

Well no need to straw man what I was saying.  You know very well I was intending to talk about about a decade in the sense of a specific time namely the years our calendars set.  But a decade simply does mean a span of 10 random years in a row.  Straw manning the obvious is just rude.