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Studying toxic behavior influence and player chat in an online video game

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Joaquim A. M. Neto,

Kazuki M. Yokoyama,

Karin BeckerAuthors Info & Claims

WI '17: Proceedings of the International Conference on Web Intelligence

Pages 26 - 33

https://doi.org/10.1145/3106426.3106452

Published: 23 August 2017 Publication History

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Many online collaborative games, e-sports in particular, heavily rely on teamwork. However, players can act in an antisocial way during the match, creating dissent into the match. This kind of behavior is referred to as toxic. We aim to discover the influence brought by toxic behavior in a popular e-sport, League of Legends, through the study of communication patterns of players during the match. We discovered that different communication patterns exist, and that they are directly related to player performance and level of toxic behavior. We also propose metrics to analyze players' performance and the toxic contamination level, which measures the negative impacts of the toxic behavior. Our analysis contributes to shed light on how players behave in an online game, and opens ways to provide a better ambience on the online video game community.

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WI '17: Proceedings of the International Conference on Web Intelligence

August 2017

1284 pages

ISBN:9781450349512

DOI:10.1145/3106426

Conference Chair:
Amit Sheth
Wright State University GuoROLE@GENERAL CHAIR
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Axel Ngonga
Leipzig University, Germany
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yin Wang
Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
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Elizabeth Chang
The University of New South Wales, Australia
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Dominik Ślęzak
Infobright Inc. & University of Warsaw, Poland
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Bogdan Franczyk
Leipzig University, Germany
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Leipzig University, Germany
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Xiaohui Tao
University of Southern Queensland, Australia

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