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PhilGoetz comments on Should I play World of Warcraft? - Less Wrong Discussion

12 Post author: PhilGoetz 07 October 2011 04:25AM

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 07 October 2011 01:58:28PM 4 points [-]

Can you elaborate on the difference between liking and wanting?

Comment author: loup-vaillant 07 October 2011 02:14:37PM 10 points [-]

Lukeprog wrote rather extensively about this distinction :

Basically, wanting and liking are quite separate in human minds. It is easy to like something you don't want, and want something you don't like.

Comment author: EphemeralNight 07 October 2011 02:12:06PM -1 points [-]

That sounds like the difference between fun to play and fun to win.