Maple Again! (Well it's the only digital game I play these days)

Try to find an example of a digital game which truly takes advantage of the traits of the medium, and could not be successfully implemented in a non-digital form. In particular, think about the traits of digital/computer games as listed by Crawford. Describe the game, and identify the core gameplay mechanic. What is it about the core mechanic that makes the game truly a digital game?
Ok time to talk about this kiddy game again... but as kiddy as this game is, it is at its very core a MMORPG. Massive... Multiplayer... Online... these words alone make such genres a near impossiblity to be implemented in a non-digital form (but there's WOW the board game! hmm... ) Let's further explore the game mechanics.

Alright... the game mechanics... jump, attack, pick up items, move, use items. As basic as that... stripped of all the complex multiplayer elements... this is the core basic of any game which involves action. But the game is played with many many players.. all happening at the same time. Imagine transferring all the players' actions online to real life... picture a place where everybody's doing something... how to control this game? Ahh... the computer gives that very medium to put everything in order. A networked game, with all the bits and bytes flying around cyberspace to create this multiplayer experience.

So.. gotta be responsive eh! Only the good old computer can provide that high level of responsiveness to the game. Everything happens real-time in the game. What is interesting to me are the times where the game masters of maple put out special online events. You'll see people from over the world of maple gather at the special event map to play the events. Literally thousands of players are going to that map... imagine the same scene taking place offline. Well... perhaps an event like a marathon, run or similar sports event would offer the similar experience. But lots of manpower and road marshal are needed, while an online counterpart... perhaps just a handful of game administrators to ensure the server is running in order.

Hence in Maple and MMORPGs, many things are going on, there must be some level of automation be carried out to ensure the virtual world is running in place. Hence computer is deifinitely the main moderator here.