This is a really great post. A big fat +1 from me.

For all of the skills I've developed in this game, I still die a lot and do silly things.

Like, really silly things.

Like, "how could anyone possibly be that dumb?"

There's a lot of pressure on players to do more than clear -- they have to perform well, regardless of how much practice they have. But it's all designed to hide people's weaknesses, just as the game is designed to trick you into dying.

It's all a lie.

Blue mage will never lie to you.

One of us...