Over on the thread about the Worldcon panel on WoW, an anonymous poster engaged in a bit of sarcasm:

What?!?!?!?

This makes no sense!

Players apparently want to….. to play a game that’s…. that’s…. ‘fun’…?

They……. like……. combat????

They… don’t like waiting on other players in order to proceed in the game?

They… want to choose who they socialize with and when, rather than have it forced on them?

No no no, this is all wrong! These players must be wrong. Clearly they do not know what they want at all, because they cannot possibly want these things.

Of course, the sarcasm falls slightly flat, because it misses the point of the post, to my mind. But it does raise other questions.

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Here’s a great example: someone who has more than mastered Tetris.

I know it’s hugely long, but you do need to stick with it to get to the double-sized blocks, the invisible segment, and so on.