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Message: <blockquote data-quote="calronmoonflower" data-source="post: 6704861" data-attributes="member: 6750045">Reductio ad WoWThe boards archived the first version of this so I'm updating and reposting it in it's own thread. If it gets archived this time you won't have to scroll down to find it.Reductio ad WoW Translated to "reduction (or argument) to World of Warcraft".Generally a Reductio ad WoW is both a type of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questionable_cause" target="_blank">questionable cause</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_fallacy" target="_blank">association fallacy</a>.The most common version as is as follows."World of Warcraft (or other MMO) has X or something like X, therefore X must be either 1. contrary to roleplaying, 2. undesirable, 3. and/or bad.This argument is flawed as it uses the mention of World of Warcraft or other MMO to support the claim rather than showing that element X is the cause.After all World of Warcraft and many other MMOs has elves, dwarves, and gnomes. I doubt that anyone will complain that those are elements that are bad for Dungeons and Dragons. Instead each element should be judged on its own merits rather than it existing or being like something in World of Warcraft or other MMOs.Another forum is as follows."Y has element X and World of Warcraft (or other MMO) has X or something like X therefor Y is coping World of Warcraft (or other MMO)." Consider this, a duck has webbed feet, a bill, and lays eggs. So does the platypus. I doubt that anyone will argue that the platypus is coping the duck or vice versa. Such coping is possible cause of the similarities, but more evidence is needed to support it.Other variations of this fallacy using other controversial and/or disliked subjects are possible, including , but not limited to, sci-fi, video games, and anime.</blockquote>

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