Wednesday, February 1, 2012  That Great Gig in the Sky  "Nature
just gave up and started again.  We weren't even apes then.  We
were just these smart little rodents hiding in the rocks.  And
when we go, nature will start over.  With the bees, probably.
 Nature knows when to give up, David."  --Stephen Falken,
Wargames  Lately, I’ve been wondering how WoW will end.  Not the
storyline, mind you, but how the game itself will shut down.
(In February, you get some serious brooding done.  Either that
or I’m listening to too much Dar Williams and Pink Floyd these
days.)  How will it look to those of us who have been around for
a while?  Will we know the contraction caused by lost subs when
we see it?  I’m reminded of what it would look like for people
living in the decline of an empire, and whether the citizens
would recognize the decline around them.   I suppose the first
sign would be the lack of activity on the servers themselves. 
Of course, at this stage of an expac it would be difficult to
notice real subscri