Article on MMOs

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Jue, 11/18/2010 - 17:45
Kymroi
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http://www.nickyee.com/daedalus/archives/pdf/3-2.pdf

I thought this was a good read, you guys should read it
And possibly answer the questions at the end
The questions could really help this game

Jue, 11/18/2010 - 18:41
#1
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Shoebox
It's not a good read, really

I read that whole thing and I'm still astounded that it takes research for people to figure this stuff out.

Jue, 11/18/2010 - 20:53
#2
BehindCurtai
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I'm surprised that I'm one

I'm surprised that I'm one and a half from each column; if I understood what they are saying, most people were dominant in a single column (only about 10% overlap).

So if it's 10% have overlap in two columns, does that mean overlap in all three is 1%?

EDIT: Nope. Very next section indicates that it's not that sort of relationship.

> My earlier attempts to find the Bartle Explorer failed until I tried to look for those two constructs separately. In other words, there is a Discovery subcomponent that revolves around finding and accumulating knowledge that is separate from the Mechanics subcomponent that is interested at unraveling and tinkering with the game mechanics.

And I am Discovery AND Mechanics. Boy, I don't fit the norm.

Mar, 11/23/2010 - 03:09
#3
Shroom
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I don't think you understand why research is done.

>I read that whole thing and I'm still astounded that it takes research for people to figure this stuff out.

I'm pretty sure you missed the point. The research wasn't to figure things out. It was support ideas that had already been formed. Most of the data are things that anyone would suspect, but there were a few surprising results. Anyone could guess that males are more competitive than females, for example, but you can't go around toting that information like it's gospel without numbers to back it up.

I found the article quite interesting.