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Originally Posted by TheIrateTurk
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It's like you getting angry with George RR Martin because he killed your favourite character. Completely pointless.
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I think I may be assuming people know about game theory, which is my bad.
Video games have mechanics that apply game theory to steer players in the directions the developers want.
Sleeper is using game theory to steer players in the direction of waking it. This is why Sleeper was awoken on the vast majority of Everquest servers that have a healthy population (servers like Red don't count).
In reality you are designed to awaken the Sleeper, it isn't really a "choice". That is why it isn't different from a developer setting a random timer. It is designed to happen, and it does.
Video games are mostly an exercise in giving players the illusion of choice.
EDIT: Removing the story analogy to remove possible confusions. I just want to focus on the game theory aspect.