I don't think I've ever see a headline that so completely contradicted the tone of an article. Thanks, anonymous Slate editor, for completely missing the point.

Point taken. Still, whatever. The headline got me to read the article and the article was great. Also, the headline is just being honest. That's the starting point for 99% of Americans: "hey, check out the dweebs." But by linking their struggle to mine (I hate my job too) and talking about what the game means to these guys, it quickly took them beyond dweebhood and made me (and others too, I'd guess) respect them and stop to wonder whether these LARPers are onto something here. Loved it, and I'm definitely going to check out the documentary.