A social scientific framework for social systems in online video games: Building a better looking for raid loot system in World of Warcraft

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Highlights:

• The ethnography and interviews provide key insights into the rules and behavior of players.

• The results of the survey reveal that expectations and behavior are not in line.

• The results of the survey reveal that expectations have a positive relationship with behavior.

• We are able to construct a semi-formal game theoretic model from our results.

摘要

•The ethnography and interviews provide key insights into the rules and behavior of players.•The results of the survey reveal that expectations and behavior are not in line.•The results of the survey reveal that expectations have a positive relationship with behavior.•We are able to construct a semi-formal game theoretic model from our results.

论文关键词:Online video games,Collective behavior,Game theory,Mixed-motive game,Online communities,Social behavior

论文评审过程:Available online 6 April 2014.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.03.023