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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 4840595" data-attributes="member: 58197">WoW undeniably evolved from tabletop gaming, as did most MMOs; but to claim that WoW is &quot;simply&quot; tabletop brought to the computer screen is absurd. The modern MMO is very much its own beast, designed for its own medium.Anyway, this has nothing to do with what Corinth was saying. His statement was that WoW was, for the &quot;common gamer,&quot; a better choice than tabletop for what that gamer wants. I would replace &quot;common&quot; with &quot;casual,&quot; but otherwise I agree: WoW is easier to learn, more fast-paced, has prettier visuals, and requires much less in the way of real-world logistics (finding people to play with face-to-face, finding someone willing to put in the time to run the game, scheduling a time to play every week). It's also more consistent. Tabletop play is a joy with a good DM, but with a bad DM it's abysmal, whereas the MMO always delivers.WoW was built to draw in casual gamers, and it does that brilliantly. D&amp;D was built by and for people already steeped in wargaming culture, and for all the edition changes, it is still heavily loaded with the legacy of that culture. For those of us who love it, it provides an experience no MMO can match, but there's a substantial investment both up front and ongoing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 4840595, member: 58197"] WoW undeniably evolved from tabletop gaming, as did most MMOs; but to claim that WoW is "simply" tabletop brought to the computer screen is absurd. The modern MMO is very much its own beast, designed for its own medium. Anyway, this has nothing to do with what Corinth was saying. His statement was that WoW was, for the "common gamer," a better choice than tabletop for what that gamer wants. I would replace "common" with "casual," but otherwise I agree: WoW is easier to learn, more fast-paced, has prettier visuals, and requires [I]much[/I] less in the way of real-world logistics (finding people to play with face-to-face, finding someone willing to put in the time to run the game, scheduling a time to play every week). It's also more consistent. Tabletop play is a joy with a good DM, but with a bad DM it's abysmal, whereas the MMO always delivers. WoW was built to draw in casual gamers, and it does that brilliantly. D&D was built by and for people already steeped in wargaming culture, and for all the edition changes, it is still heavily loaded with the legacy of that culture. For those of us who love it, it provides an experience no MMO can match, but there's a substantial investment both up front and ongoing. [/QUOTE]

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