Life Used to be Better

This is inspired by Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos. I know this is an old game, I know it has been available since 2002, I know you played it and I know I should have played it years back, but I did not. So enough of the smirking already...

This is inspired by the unappreciated peasants, peons, wisps and acolytes in the game. I remember a time when peasants stand idle after they have finished their deforestation, construction, mining, repairs or other duties which peasants do. I remember a time when a peasant can be left standing nearby, doing nothing, or sit around and watch as the critters crawl by, or maybe screw a passing sheep or two when the player is not watching...

But happy days are now over...

With the new improved system, no idle peasant or peon will escaped unnoticed. Whenever a peasant or peon is left idle, the bottom left corner will show a small icon with a number to tell the player how many units are actually just standing around getting a free suntan, taking up the RAM in your computer. Click on it and it will bring the player to the location of the peasants' and peons' inactivity.

Before long, these cogs that are not turning will find unwarranted attention being showered upon them, with instructions from higher powers demanding that new tasks be completed. A finger of light will point the way. Apparently, there is no free lunch in the world, not even for pixelated existences. There will be no one left without work, no one standing around doing nothing, no one not working to justify their continued wellbeing.

In the game, this feature has been used for resource maximization.

From the frequency of the shining fingers I have been seeing, my boss probably has the same thing similar installed on her computer, the only exception is that she is using all ten of her fingers (including thumbs) instead of just one.

Life used to be better...