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Fan Area => The Hydlaa Plaza => Topic started by: TiagoTiago on April 26, 2006, 02:23:09 am

Title: not sure, but i think this might be of interestfor the devs
Post by: TiagoTiago on April 26, 2006, 02:23:09 am

http://www.freeinfosociety.com/pdfs/computers/socialsideofgaming.pdf
it is an study on the social behavior of player of mmorpg, and how the game itself influences it.

Title: Re: not sure, but i think this might be of interestfor the devs
Post by: zanzibar on April 26, 2006, 02:28:29 am

I don't suppose you could give a list of the main points and findings?

Title: Re: not sure, but i think this might be of interestfor the devs
Post by: Karyuu on April 26, 2006, 04:42:53 am

Not related to PlaneShift itself, so moved to Hydlaa Plaza.

*bookmarks and saves for a later read* ^^

Title: Re: not sure, but i think this might be of interestfor the devs
Post by: AryHann on April 26, 2006, 07:22:11 am

Due to the studies I did at university for my dissertation and some exams before that, I have read plenty of material about this kind of subject. For example, these kind of theories have been used to develop "educational" VR tools that should avoid the phenomena of "idleness".

I think it is really interesting also to look into the MUDs behaviour.
If somebody is interested I can recommend the "Bartle Test" (this is the theory behind it http://www.mud.co.uk/richard/wpm.htm, but I can't find a link to the test) that will help you define what kind of player are you and I would recommend "The Psychology of the Internet" of Patricia Wallace, maybe a bit old in his content more MUd orientated than MMORPG, but still really interesting.

Thanks for posting such material. I think it is really interesting, however I didn't have the time to read it carefully, but I just scanned it.