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Poster Information

TitlePlayer Productivity: Experiential Knowledge in a game modification forum
Presenter(s)Chad O'Neil
SessionConference Reception, Game Exhibition, and Poster Session
TimeThursday, October 9, 6:00p-8:00p
LocationEast Lansing Technology Innovation Center
FormatPoster Presentation
DescriptionThis poster focuses on player discussion in a game modification forum. The modification, ORA2 is a player-developed extension to World of Warcraft. In the analysis of verbal data from the forum I explore the relationship between discussion of in game experience and modification development. In the poster I outline this relationship and possible connections to and extension of T. L. Taylor's critique of game developer conceptions of players. My initial findings seem to indicate that conceptions of players (as unskilled / unknowledgeable and/or rational and selfish actors) are also present in this particular forum even though it is player created and organized.
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