"Alone together?": exploring the social dynamics of massively multiplayer online games Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:707684, abstract = {Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs) routinely attract millions of players but little empirical data is available to assess their players' social experiences. In this paper, we use longitudinal data collected directly from the game to examine play and grouping patterns in one of the largest MMOGs: World of Warcraft. Our observations show that the prevalence and extent of social activities in MMOGs might have been previously over-estimated, and that gaming communities face important challenges affecting their cohesion and eventual longevity. We discuss the implications of our findings for the design of future games and other online social spaces.}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Ducheneaut, Nicolas and Yee, Nicholas and Nickell, Eric and Moore, Robert J.}, booktitle = {CHI '06: Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human Factors in computing systems}, citeulike-article-id = {707684}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1124772.1124834}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1124772.1124834%3C}, doi = {10.1145/1124772.1124834%3C}, isbn = {1-59593-372-7}, keywords = {activity, communities, dynamics, games, massively, metrics, multiplayer, online, social}, location = {Montr\'{e}al, Qu\'{e}bec, Canada}, pages = {407--416}, posted-at = {2007-12-29 03:34:35}, priority = {0}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {"Alone together?": exploring the social dynamics of massively multiplayer online games}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1124772.1124834%3C}, year = {2006} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:707684 L3 - citeulike-article-id:707684 N2 - Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs) routinely attract millions of players but little empirical data is available to assess their players’ social experiences. In this paper, we use longitudinal data collected directly from the game to examine play and grouping patterns in one of the largest MMOGs: World of Warcraft. Our observations show that the prevalence and extent of social activities in MMOGs might have been previously over-estimated, and that gaming communities face important challenges affecting their cohesion and eventual longevity. We discuss the implications of our findings for the design of future games and other online social spaces. CY - Montr\'{e}al, Qu\'{e}bec, Canada SN - 1-59593-372-7 AD - New York, NY, USA EP - 416 TI - "Alone together?": exploring the social dynamics of massively multiplayer online games PB - ACM T2 - CHI '06: Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human Factors in computing systems SP - 407 KW - activity KW - communities KW - dynamics KW - games KW - massively KW - metrics KW - multiplayer KW - online KW - social AU - Ducheneaut, Nicolas AU - Yee, Nicholas AU - Nickell, Eric AU - Moore, Robert PY - 2006/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1124772.1124834%3C ER -