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The Formation of Task-Oriented Groups: Exploring Combat Activities in Online Games

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CSE '09: Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering - Volume 04

Pages 122 - 127

https://doi.org/10.1109/CSE.2009.465

Published: 29 August 2009 Publication History

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Advanced communication technologies enable strangers to work together on the same tasks or projects in virtual environments. Understanding the formation of task-oriented groups is an important first step to study the dynamics of team collaboration. In this paper, we investigated group combat activities in Sony’s EverQuest II game to identify the role of player and group attributes on group formation. We found that group formation is highly influenced by players’ common interests on challenging tasks. Players with less combat experience are more likely to participate in group events for difficult tasks and team performance is positively correlated to group size.

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CSE '09: Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering - Volume 04

August 2009

1217 pages

ISBN:9780769538235

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