Does anyone else think the complexity of the markup is an explanation declining editorship?

Do you love it because of the fact that you know how powerful it is given that you've learned it, or do you love it because you think the "design" of the markup itself is beautiful? I actually admit to finding the devious ins and outs of Mediawiki syntax fun, myself. But I think that's because I'm so neck-deep in using it after all these years. Noobs definitely don't feel this way upon first encountering the syntax -- they think their browser threw up.