If you gave nothing in your description that would have pointed to "noir" how could I have judged it that?
Shrug. You're the one who believes setting and genre are synonymous. That being the case, I don't see what the trouble is - everyone should have known I was basically thinking Brick set in Denver when I said, "Denver, Colorado, present day, with all it's people and political figures."
...either you actually don't understand the difference between SETTING and STORY, in which case you are an irredeemable idiot too stupid to be of any use to us here...
A setting is about possibility and a story is about specifics.
In your case, however, you're throwing out the Amber setting. It contains a wide range possibilities, including PC bakers and candle makers out in a Shadow somewhere. You've rejected all that because that's not what happened in the stories...
When a game dictates player and GM choices on a "meta conscious level" to create or preserve some narrative element, it's what you call a "storygame."
That's what you're doing. You can cuss, foam at the mouth, make whatever kind of personal attacks you like, etc., but it won't change the fact that you're treating Amber like a "storygame."
..or you are continuing to argue out of hatred for me personally and doing it unforgivably in the worst way possible, by making arguments you know are utterly fucking retarded, your desire to annoy overcoming any lingering sense of shame or self-worth you might have in the back of your conscience trying to warn you about how much of a fucking moron you sound like.
You're confused. I don't remotely hate you. The strongest emotion I feel for you is pity, but mostly it's just a general head-shaking apathy over your antics. I've disagreed with you over this issue because, once again, you've made an extreme, stupid argument.
Seanchai