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Customization for games: lessons from variants of texas hold'em

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CHI EA '11: CHI '11 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1979742.1979889

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System designers who build customization into games ought to consider how players think about adjustments. The distinctiveness of gaming contexts suggests that closer inspection of customization in games is warranted and will inform the design of customizable game systems. Presented here is an analysis of 82 collected reports about variations to the rules of the poker game Texas Hold'em. A theory of "necessity" in rule adoption is developed and the systematic perspective of rule-changing in games is discussed.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2145204.2145290

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Customization for games: lessons from variants of texas hold'em
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DOI:10.1145/1979742

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