White Raven = memorable villain of 1.0 which gave a lot of us many frustrations on hard mode, as well as so much joy for finally robbing him of his precious earrings＼(｀0´)／

MMORPGs can be a great form of RPG, but it relies a lot on the group of people you're playing with. I get the feeling the author of the article is just focusing on the NPC and single player experience in a MMORPG leading him to hate, with a burning passion, everything MMORPG related, which in term kinda undermines his credibility on other points.

To sum it up, the tone of the article seemed like an old person reminiscing about the good old days, which is fine, if you can realize that the times are changing and nothing can stand still trapped in time.