Subverted wishes -- a new observation

[Jay R]

I'm not trying to open up a discussion about how wishes should be treated in games. We all know the many ways they have been treated, and we all know that none of those ways are going to disappear.

I just want to point out a specific example.

Last year, I and many other people were wishing that we had more free time at home.

This is not what we intended.

[Batcathat]

I bet the person who made the wish really liked a certain brand of beer.

[Ninjadeadbeard]

Last year, I and many other people were wishing that we had more free time at home.

This is not what we intended.

Boooo! BOOOOO!

Then again, one of my players did wish we could all learn to use Roll20...

[Kaptin Keen]

Well ...... on the other hand, a lot of us really wished we could do something good for the environment - and that wish panned out just fine. So it's give and take =)

[Eldan]

On the other hand, I wished I didn't have to teach first year students lab safety procedure anymore.

Now I have to teach them lab procedure over the internet, while they are not in the lab.

So yeah, I want my wish back.

[Draconi Redfir]

i wished i could be more productive with my life.

"My everyday life" being labeled as "Extreme measures" is not what i had in mind.

[Quertus]

I can see not having to fight so much traffic on there commute, not having to deal with idiots, or even not having to worry about people starring at their girlfriend when they go out to eat.

[Zhorn]

I wished to come across as more socially confident... now with classes online, most of my peers are acting all nervous and awkward about talking into a computer while people are in the room, while I got over that hangup years back when I got into online gaming... Now I'm the first volunteer in presentations and leading group discussion in almost every class...

These monkey paw wishes are strange

edit: word salad

[Matuka]

It's what you wanted, but it's not how you wanted it to occur. Fairly interesting.

[Draconi Redfir]

it's just like Enzo wishing to be the smartest person in mainframe. the intent was to make him smarter. the result was to make everyone else dumber.