I get the feeling that any good, truly "massive" MMO eventually has to deal with stuff like this beyond a technical level, beyond a gameplay balance level, and

I get the feeling that any good, truly "massive" MMO eventually has to deal with stuff like this beyond a technical level, beyond a gameplay balance level, and straight into social ramifications. As a younger guy than these players, this story reminded me of the Disk of returning and Thordur's black hole from RuneScape.