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No noobs plz! Barriers to entry in World of Warcraft

September 16, 2011by arcticpenguin 2 Comments

“WoW is an inherently social game, yet I wanted to be anti-social because of fear of the consequences of making a mistake. But because of the way the game is structured, I had to be social in order to advance beyond a certain point, so I gave up.”

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