Vaudevillain

Dylan isyour average nerd. Heworks downtown for anarchitecture firm during the day and enjoys all manner ofgames and media inhis spare time. But while Dylan likes all forms ofsci-fi and fantasy, hereally likes the genre ofsuperheroes.

Sowhen anindie company releases avirtual reality MMO where players choose toplay asheroes orvillains, Dylan immediately buys intoit. Hehas aspecific type ofcharacter hereally enjoys watching, something that always makes his inner child laugh indelight. The Saturday morning cartoon villain.

Yes, those inept, bungling, yet highly dangerous villains found insomany ofDylan’s cartoons asachild. Heloves how they always come upwith strange ways toconquer the world and how they get thwarted every weekend. Heremembered laughing atevery silly antic, every cliched shout of«Curses! Foiled again!» Heloves itsomuch hedecides totake this idea into the MMO.

But tograb aplayerbase, the company has announced apromotion that players with ahigh enough reputation can get contacted tobecome permanent raid bosses inthe game. Those chosen will bepaid asifemployees ofthe company. Serious players all hoping tolive the dream ofplaying videogames all day rush topurchase copies ofWorld ofSupers!

What will happen when Dylan, someone playing the game for fun, clashes with these overly serious players?