Since now I have an account here, I would like to ask: just why you guys do this list every year?
Wouldn't it make more sense to just do a "Best of the Year" voting and a place where you can see the results from every year? What's the point in every year rechecking the entire history of RPGs? I.e., last year PS:T was the #1 WRPG. Now it is #3. So what? (Expect for the horrible decline, of course.)
If anything, you're just replacing old games for new ones. Especially since there's nothing to compensate for popularity. Sure, Mass Effect is popular as hell, but how many gave it 3 points? Is it really fucking awesome, or just a game that everyone played and enjoyed?
I know I'm biased, being the guy who did the past RPG Codex votings, but I know how much trouble it is to do these... I really don't get the point of it.
Also, Arcanum was #5 at the Codex Top RPG list... yet sits at #130 on NeoGAF's 2013 poll. Shame on you all. :-(
GAF has 100k+ members and a lot of turnover. Many GAF members are actually pretty casual gamers (in the old sense of the word, not the new Wii/smartphone gamer definition) and don't have much exposure to titles outside of the blockbuster AAA games. These threads are supposed to act as an inspiration or guide to discovering new things to play. Gamers newer to the genre are going to get more use out of it than veterans of course, but even established gamers could do with a reminder of certain titles occasionally. Years old threads get buried and are never seen by new members. Hence the refresh. That said, this is the first list in 2 years, and I have no idea if anyone has interest in picking up where I left off in future years.