[Zen]

Everyone who likes World of Warcraft are the lowest common denominator? Or just the 90% who like crap which also includes the good 'games'.

Some people also don't like FPS, RTS, or Fantasy or Sci-Fi and it has nothing to do with them liking or not liking crap.

I have friends who I play games with who didn't enjoy Dominions 2, are they suddenly tasteless because they don't enjoy everything Dom2 has to offer?

No. Some of them don't like the pace, some of them can't get past the UI, some of them have issues with graphics, others don't enjoy some of the mechanics of the game. It has nothing to do with how good Dominions 2, but merely their preference.

I think that's why Shrapnel is what it is, the same with Matrix games and Stardock. You have to get lean, mean and approach consumers with a plan to deal with personal preference especially as a working business model.