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FreeRank: implementing independent ranking service for multiplayer online games

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    Ranking is necessary for multiplayer online games to provide players with self-complacence and reference for choosing game counterparts. Most existing ranking solutions are tightly coupled with game applications of client-server architectures. In this paper, a novel scheme named FreeRank is proposed as a ranking service independent to specific architecture and detailed implementation of each individual game application. Based on a certificate-based framework and a reputation-based score-computing algorithm. FreeRank resolves the challenge of cheating prevention. Preliminary analysis and simulation results show that FreeRank is feasible and effective.

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    • (2010)Integrating players, reputation and ranking to manage cheating in MMOGsProceedings of the Fifth International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games10.1145/1822348.1822351(17-24)Online publication date: 19-Jun-2010

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        NetGames '05: Proceedings of 4th ACM SIGCOMM workshop on Network and system support for games
        October 2005
        164 pages
        ISBN:1595931562
        DOI:10.1145/1103599
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