Communication in Massively-Multiplayer Online Games

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Communication in Massively-Multiplayer Online Games

Communication conflicts

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Different types of MMOG-s

Important operations

Common things

Game X

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Experimental platform

Studying groups, teams, organizations

Testing ground for human studies

Studying social dynamics

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Cooperation and communication in MMOG-s

Sharing property, items, user accounts

Trust between players results positive group performance

Geographic separated players

Use of email,chat, videoconferencing

Work together to achieve goals

Guilds as workplace organizations

What are MMOG-s

Gameplay

Attacks between coalitions

Coalitions

Conflicts

Cooperation

Relationships cognitively comparable to real world

Relations and communication evolve with game progress