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=== Examples ===

==== Anti-Examples ====
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== Using the pattern ==
[[Friend Lists]] are organizational tools that help players find their friends and information about them in [[Multiplayer Games]]. As such, they depend on a certain amount of infrastructure in the form of [[Meta Servers]]. Practical design considerations that need to be taken when designing [[Friend Lists]] include how people should be able to find each other, how friendships are suggested and confirmed, and if different levels of friendship can be indicated. 

The use of [[Friend Lists]] is typically to provide specialized versions of services that exist for all players but restricted them so they only apply to one's friends. Examples include only talking with one's friends on [[Chat Channels]] or [[Communication Channels]], being able to find information more easily about one's friends on [[Global High Score Lists]] or [[Public Player Statistics]], and easily setting up games with one's friends in [[Game Lobbies]]. 

[[Friend Lists]] can be populated using [[Extra-Game Information]] from [[Friend Lists]] outside the game, for example [[Friend Lists]] on social media platforms such as Facebook. 

=== Interface Aspects ===
[[Friend Lists]] is a [[:Category:Interface Patterns|Interface Pattern]]

== Consequences ==
[[Friend Lists]] help games have [[Social Adaptability]] in that they have a larger [[Freedom of Choice]] in selecting what type of gameplay experience they will have (based on the assumption that they know how their friends play). This can let players increase their chances of having [[Togetherness]] through playing with others that they already have [[Mutual Experiences]] with. They are also possible to create new [[Mutual Experiences]] since they already have established relationships with those they are playing with and can easily contact each other after the game instance. 

Quite naturally, [[Friend Lists]] work against anonymity in games. This means that [[Enforced Player Anonymity]], [[Player Anonymity]], and [[Possibility of Anonymity]] are all problematic to use together with [[Friend Lists]]. As a consequence of this, [[Friend Lists]] also make it more difficult for players to have [[Actor Detachment]].

== Relations ==
=== Can Instantiate ===
[[Freedom of Choice]], 
[[Mutual Experiences]], 
[[Social Adaptability]], 
[[Togetherness]]

=== Can Modulate ===
[[Chat Channels]], 
[[Communication Channels]], 
[[Game Lobbies]], 
[[Global High Score Lists]], 
[[Meta Servers]], 
[[Multiplayer Games]], 
[[Public Player Statistics]]

=== Can Be Instantiated By ===
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=== Can Be Modulated By ===
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=== Possible Closure Effects ===
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=== Potentially Conflicting With ===
[[Actor Detachment]], 
[[Enforced Player Anonymity]], 
[[Player Anonymity]], 
[[Possibility of Anonymity]]

== History ==
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== References ==
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== Acknowledgements ==
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