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<blockquote data-quote="riprock" data-source="post: 2983717" data-attributes="member: 42506">I think Gygax is one of those rare, lucky souls who can break the conventional way of doing things and get it right.&nbsp; Such folks were often captains of industry during the Industrial Revolution.&nbsp; They were just extremely self-confident, to the point where they seemed highly adversarial.Some day, I might ask him about this.&nbsp; He reminds me of some of my students -- the highly independent ones who go into business.Years ago ... back around 1990 or 1995 or so, online RP gaming was done in MUDs.&nbsp; I enjoyed that thoroughly for a while.&nbsp; Old-school MUDding can be a great tension-buster.However, text-based games stimulated my imagination at the time.&nbsp; WoW seems to require very little.&nbsp; I don't know, I might try it if I get real-life friends who are willing to go to Internet cafes with me and sit next to me.&nbsp; All the servers close to me are in Chinese or Japanese characters.&nbsp; I would need a human translator sitting next to me if I intended to understand anything non-trivial.I went to an Internet cafe alone.&nbsp; After pestering the staff, I managed to play a little Counterstrike and some single-player Warcraft.&nbsp; All the instructions were in some incomprehensible language.&nbsp; I could have done a lot more with a fluent translator sitting next to me...Internet cafes can be very sociable, but I wouldn't play WoW from home.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="riprock, post: 2983717, member: 42506"] I think Gygax is one of those rare, lucky souls who can break the conventional way of doing things and get it right. Such folks were often captains of industry during the Industrial Revolution. They were just extremely self-confident, to the point where they seemed highly adversarial. Some day, I might ask him about this. He reminds me of some of my students -- the highly independent ones who go into business. Years ago ... back around 1990 or 1995 or so, online RP gaming was done in MUDs. I enjoyed that thoroughly for a while. Old-school MUDding can be a great tension-buster. However, text-based games stimulated my imagination at the time. WoW seems to require very little. I don't know, I might try it if I get real-life friends who are willing to go to Internet cafes with me and sit next to me. All the servers close to me are in Chinese or Japanese characters. I would need a human translator sitting next to me if I intended to understand anything non-trivial. I went to an Internet cafe alone. After pestering the staff, I managed to play a little Counterstrike and some single-player Warcraft. All the instructions were in some incomprehensible language. I could have done a lot more with a fluent translator sitting next to me... Internet cafes can be very sociable, but I wouldn't play WoW from home. [/QUOTE]

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