There’s a common phrase bleated on the TOR forums from time to time: “Let TOR be TOR!”
It’s repeated, mantra-like, as if we’re part of some kind of hippie commune, most often when someone says they’d like TOR to feature a mechanic from {insert name of a popular, or sometimes not so popular, MMO here}.
Fair enough, at face value. But I find myself asking, more and more. “So what is TOR?”
I mean, if people are repeating this mantra-like phrase, what does it actually mean?
With the lack of information provided, TOR could prove to be something that a large proportion of us don’t want to play… it could feature game mechanics that send people home in disgust… it could be anything. Quite literally.
So why do people have this zeal to shout, “Let TOR be TOR!” when we’ve hardly scratched the surface on what TOR is?
There’s an expression, be careful what you wish for because it might come true, and I think people should consider it, next time they join the group chanting of, “Let TOR be TOR!” I mean, do you really know what you’re blindly supporting?