Since World of Warcraft’s release, “twinks” have been a problem. For those familiar enough with gay culture to be scandalised, I promise that’s the actual MMORPG lingo. A twink in an MMO is a low-level character you pour a bunch of effort (and typically money) into, giving them absurdly powerful gear—proportionately, at least. Etymology lessons will come later.

It’s usually used to dunk on people in PvP. The twinks I know would grab an alt character, level them to 19, kit them out, and run rampant. This happened so often during my time with Vanilla WoW that I still get a fight or flight response when I see anyone with those freaking goggles on. If you know, you know.

Nowadays, though, some gamers are twinking for good. They can do so due to WoW’s expansion structure&md…