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Kenneth Hullett: /* Acknowledgements */

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‎Acknowledgements

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Staffan Björk: /* Relations */

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 == Using the pattern ==
-[[Choke Points]] can be create through designing narrow sections in [[Game Boards]], [[Game Worlds]], or [[Levels]] that solely or together with just a few other [[Choke Points]] provide access between other parts of the [[Game Boards]], [[Game Worlds]], or [[Levels]]. The easiest way to achieve this is through using [[Transport Routes]]. Alternatively, [[Inaccessible Areas]], [[Obstacles]], or [[Environmental Effects]] can be used and [[Environmental Effects]] can make the use of [[Choke Points]] a [[Trade-Offs|Trade-Off]] rather than a requirement. Of course, if several [[Choke Points]] exist between the same areas - which makes them into [[Flanking Routes]] - then players also have a choice whether to use a particular [[Choke Points|Choke Point]] or not. The existence of [[Flanking Routes]] may however make locations stop functioning as [[Choke Points]] if they always offer easier access to other parts of the [[Game Worlds]]. These [[Flanking Routes]] can of course contain their own [[Choke Points]], complicating the relation between the two patterns. In games with [[Vehicles]], [[Choke Points]] (and [[Flanking Routes]]) can be designed so they only apply to vehicular or pedestrian movement. If available, [[Bases]] are likely to be placed in [[Choke Points]] to control access through them.
+[[Choke Points]] can be create through designing narrow sections in [[Game Boards]], [[Game Worlds]], or [[Levels]] that solely or together with just a few other [[Choke Points]] provide access between other parts of the [[Game Boards]], [[Game Worlds]], or [[Levels]]. The easiest way to achieve this is through using [[Laning]] or [[Transport Routes]]. Alternatively, [[Inaccessible Areas]], [[Obstacles]], or [[Environmental Effects]] can be used and [[Environmental Effects]] can make the use of [[Choke Points]] a [[Trade-Offs|Trade-Off]] rather than a requirement. Of course, if several [[Choke Points]] exist between the same areas - which makes them into [[Flanking Routes]] - then players also have a choice whether to use a particular [[Choke Points|Choke Point]] or not. The existence of [[Flanking Routes]] may however make locations stop functioning as [[Choke Points]] if they always offer easier access to other parts of the [[Game Worlds]]. These [[Flanking Routes]] can of course contain their own [[Choke Points]], complicating the relation between the two patterns. In games with [[Vehicles]], [[Choke Points]] (and [[Flanking Routes]]) can be designed so they only apply to vehicular or pedestrian movement. If available, [[Bases]] are likely to be placed in [[Choke Points]] to control access through them.
 [[Galleries]] can specifically create [[Choke Points]] through the narrow passages they contain. [[Installations]] can also create [[Choke Points]], and this is one way of letting players create them during gameplay if they can create the [[Installations]]. [[Destructible Objects]] can offer the same possibility if they create [[Obstacles]] when they are destroyed. The efficiency of [[Choke Points]] to block access can be greatly increased if [[Avatars]] or [[Units]] have [[Zone of Control]] abilities.
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 [[Installations]],
 [[Environmental Effects]],
 [[Obstacles]],
 [[Transport Routes]]

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 == Using the pattern ==
-[[Choke Points]] can be create through designing narrow sections in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]] that solely or together with just a few other [[Choke Points]] provide access between other parts of the [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]]. The easiest way to achieve this is through using [[Transport Routes]]. Alternatively, [[Inaccessible Areas]], [[Obstacles]], or [[Environmental Effects]] can be used and [[Environmental Effects]] can make the use of [[Choke Points]] a [[Trade-Offs|Trade-Off]] rather than a requirement. Of course, if several [[Choke Points]] exist between the same areas - which makes them into [[Flanking Routes]] - then players also have a choice whether to use a particular [[Choke Points|Choke Point]] or not. The existence of [[Flanking Routes]] may however make locations stop functioning as [[Choke Points]] if they always offer easier access to other parts of the [[Game Worlds]]. These [[Flanking Routes]] can of course contain their own [[Choke Points]], complicating the relation between the two patterns. In games with [[Vehicles]], [[Choke Points]] (and [[Flanking Routes]]) can be designed so they only apply to vehicular or pedestrian movement. If available, [[Bases]] are likely to be placed in [[Choke Points]] to control access through them.
+[[Choke Points]] can be create through designing narrow sections in [[Game Boards]], [[Game Worlds]], or [[Levels]] that solely or together with just a few other [[Choke Points]] provide access between other parts of the [[Game Boards]], [[Game Worlds]], or [[Levels]]. The easiest way to achieve this is through using [[Transport Routes]]. Alternatively, [[Inaccessible Areas]], [[Obstacles]], or [[Environmental Effects]] can be used and [[Environmental Effects]] can make the use of [[Choke Points]] a [[Trade-Offs|Trade-Off]] rather than a requirement. Of course, if several [[Choke Points]] exist between the same areas - which makes them into [[Flanking Routes]] - then players also have a choice whether to use a particular [[Choke Points|Choke Point]] or not. The existence of [[Flanking Routes]] may however make locations stop functioning as [[Choke Points]] if they always offer easier access to other parts of the [[Game Worlds]]. These [[Flanking Routes]] can of course contain their own [[Choke Points]], complicating the relation between the two patterns. In games with [[Vehicles]], [[Choke Points]] (and [[Flanking Routes]]) can be designed so they only apply to vehicular or pedestrian movement. If available, [[Bases]] are likely to be placed in [[Choke Points]] to control access through them.
 [[Galleries]] can specifically create [[Choke Points]] through the narrow passages they contain. [[Installations]] can also create [[Choke Points]], and this is one way of letting players create them during gameplay if they can create the [[Installations]]. [[Destructible Objects]] can offer the same possibility if they create [[Obstacles]] when they are destroyed. The efficiency of [[Choke Points]] to block access can be greatly increased if [[Avatars]] or [[Units]] have [[Zone of Control]] abilities.
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 [[Enemies]],
 [[Flanking Routes]],
 [[Game Worlds]],
 [[Guard]],

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 == Using the pattern ==
-[[Choke Points]] can be create through designing narrow sections in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]] that solely or together with just a few other [[Choke Points]] provide access between other parts of the [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]]. Alternatively, [[Inaccessible Areas]], [[Obstacles]], or [[Environmental Effects]] can be used and [[Environmental Effects]] can make the use of [[Choke Points]] a [[Trade-Offs|Trade-Off]] rather than a requirement. Of course, if several [[Choke Points]] exist between the same areas - which makes them into [[Flanking Routes]] - then players also have a choice whether to use a particular [[Choke Points|Choke Point]] or not. The existence of [[Flanking Routes]] may however make locations stop functioning as [[Choke Points]] if they always offer easier access to other parts of the [[Game Worlds]]. These [[Flanking Routes]] can of course contain their own [[Choke Points]], complicating the relation between the two patterns. In games with [[Vehicles]], [[Choke Points]] (and [[Flanking Routes]]) can be designed so they only apply to vehicular or pedestrian movement. If available, [[Bases]] are likely to be placed in [[Choke Points]] to control access through them.
+[[Choke Points]] can be create through designing narrow sections in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]] that solely or together with just a few other [[Choke Points]] provide access between other parts of the [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]]. The easiest way to achieve this is through using [[Transport Routes]]. Alternatively, [[Inaccessible Areas]], [[Obstacles]], or [[Environmental Effects]] can be used and [[Environmental Effects]] can make the use of [[Choke Points]] a [[Trade-Offs|Trade-Off]] rather than a requirement. Of course, if several [[Choke Points]] exist between the same areas - which makes them into [[Flanking Routes]] - then players also have a choice whether to use a particular [[Choke Points|Choke Point]] or not. The existence of [[Flanking Routes]] may however make locations stop functioning as [[Choke Points]] if they always offer easier access to other parts of the [[Game Worlds]]. These [[Flanking Routes]] can of course contain their own [[Choke Points]], complicating the relation between the two patterns. In games with [[Vehicles]], [[Choke Points]] (and [[Flanking Routes]]) can be designed so they only apply to vehicular or pedestrian movement. If available, [[Bases]] are likely to be placed in [[Choke Points]] to control access through them.
 [[Galleries]] can specifically create [[Choke Points]] through the narrow passages they contain. [[Installations]] can also create [[Choke Points]], and this is one way of letting players create them during gameplay if they can create the [[Installations]]. [[Destructible Objects]] can offer the same possibility if they create [[Obstacles]] when they are destroyed. The efficiency of [[Choke Points]] to block access can be greatly increased if [[Avatars]] or [[Units]] have [[Zone of Control]] abilities.
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 [[Installations]],
 [[Environmental Effects]],
-[[Obstacles]]
+[[Obstacles]],
 === Can Be Modulated By ===

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 == Using the pattern ==
-[[Choke Points]] can be create through designing narrow sections in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]] that solely or together with just a few other [[Choke Points]] provide access between other parts of the [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]]. Alternatively, [[Inaccessible Areas]], [[Obstacles]], or [[Environmental Effects]] can be used and [[Environmental Effects]] can make the use of [[Choke Points]] a [[Trade-Offs|Trade-Off]] rather than a requirement. Of course, if several [[Choke Points]] exist between the same areas - which makes them into [[Flanking Routes]] - then players also have a choice whether to use a particular [[Choke Points|Choke Point]] or not. The existence of [[Flanking Routes]] may however make locations stop functioning as [[Choke Points]] if they always offer easier access to other parts of the [[Game Worlds]]. These [[Flanking Routes]] can of course contain their own [[Choke Points]], complicating the relation between the two patterns. In games with [[Vehicles]], [[Choke Points]] (and [[Flanking Routes]]) can be designed so they only apply to vehicular or pedestrian movement.
+[[Choke Points]] can be create through designing narrow sections in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]] that solely or together with just a few other [[Choke Points]] provide access between other parts of the [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]]. Alternatively, [[Inaccessible Areas]], [[Obstacles]], or [[Environmental Effects]] can be used and [[Environmental Effects]] can make the use of [[Choke Points]] a [[Trade-Offs|Trade-Off]] rather than a requirement. Of course, if several [[Choke Points]] exist between the same areas - which makes them into [[Flanking Routes]] - then players also have a choice whether to use a particular [[Choke Points|Choke Point]] or not. The existence of [[Flanking Routes]] may however make locations stop functioning as [[Choke Points]] if they always offer easier access to other parts of the [[Game Worlds]]. These [[Flanking Routes]] can of course contain their own [[Choke Points]], complicating the relation between the two patterns. In games with [[Vehicles]], [[Choke Points]] (and [[Flanking Routes]]) can be designed so they only apply to vehicular or pedestrian movement. If available, [[Bases]] are likely to be placed in [[Choke Points]] to control access through them.
 [[Galleries]] can specifically create [[Choke Points]] through the narrow passages they contain. [[Installations]] can also create [[Choke Points]], and this is one way of letting players create them during gameplay if they can create the [[Installations]]. [[Destructible Objects]] can offer the same possibility if they create [[Obstacles]] when they are destroyed. The efficiency of [[Choke Points]] to block access can be greatly increased if [[Avatars]] or [[Units]] have [[Zone of Control]] abilities.
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 == Consequences ==
-[[Choke Points]] are [[Strategic Locations]] that affect how [[Movement]] can be done in [[Game Worlds]] and [[Levels]], primarily by making [[Traverse]] goals more difficult or by creating
+[[Choke Points]] are [[Strategic Locations]] that affect how [[Movement]] can be done in [[Game Worlds]] and [[Levels]], primarily by making [[Traverse]] goals more difficult or by creating [[Conditional Passageways]] when [[Enemies]] are controlling them or they are blocked by [[Obstacles]]. By doing so they are often the targets of [[Area Control]] goals and this quite naturally leads to [[Eliminate]] goals also. The resulting [[Combat]] against [[Enemies]] is typically easier or harder than "normal" [[Combat]] depending on who controls the [[Choke Points]]. This can lead to [[Repeated Domination]] but can also likely shift the balance of which weapons are most efficient (powerful but short ranged weapons, such as the flamethrower of the ''Pyro'' in [[Team Fortress 2]], is most efficient in [[Choke Points]]).
 [[Conditional Passageways]] when [[Enemies]] are controlling them or they are blocked by [[Obstacles]]. By doing so they are often the targets of [[Area Control]] goals and this quite naturally leads to [[Eliminate]] goals also. The resulting [[Combat]] against [[Enemies]] is typically easier or harder than "normal" [[Combat]] depending on who controls the [[Choke Points]]. This can lead to [[Repeated Domination]] but can also likely shift the balance of which weapons are most efficient (powerful but short ranged weapons, such as the flamethrower of the ''Pyro'' in [[Team Fortress 2]], is most efficient in [[Choke Points]]).
 Besides creating [[Eliminate]] goals, [[Choke Points]] can create [[Guard]] goals and make [[Stealth]] goals more difficult. This is even more the case when [[Choke Points]] create [[Strongholds]] by being the only ways of getting to gameplay areas. In contrast, [[Choke Points]] can make [[Herd]] goals easier since they are fewer ways for the herded elements to escape. Providing several [[Choke Points]] for players to try to get access to is an explicit way of creating a [[Selectable Set of Goals]] (even if games with [[Teams]] can try several at once).
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 === Can Be Modulated By ===
 [[Flanking Routes]],
 [[Zone of Control]]

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 [[Choke Points]] are used in maps for many multiplayer [[:Category:FPS Games|First-Person Shooters]] as they concentrate gameplay activity. [[Counter-Strike]] has [[Choke Points]] a numerous [[Choke Points]], for example the double doors in the ''Dust2'' map and the stairs to the second floor of the safe-house in the ''Italy'' map. For [[Team Fortress 2]], examples include the tunnel in the ''Gold Rush'' map and the blue team's initial exit points in the ''Dustbowl'' map. In [[Battlefield 2]], some areas such as the road across the dam in the ''Kubra Dam'' map may be [[Choke Points]] more for vehicles than pedestrians since those on foot have several alternative routes.
-[[Choke Points]] are also common in [[:Category:Real-Time Strategy Games|Real-Time Strategy Games]] such as the [[Starcraft series|Starcraft]] and [[Warcraft series]]. For [[Starcraft II]], the maps ''Incineration Zone'' and ''Kulas Ravine'' especially make heavy use of [[Choke Points]]. In contrast, tactics exist in [[Defense of the Ancients]] to exploit [[Choke Points]] near "creep" camps to harvest them more efficiently.
+[[Choke Points]] are also common in [[:Category:Real-Time Strategy Games|Real-Time Strategy Games]] such as the [[Starcraft series|Starcraft]] and [[Warcraft series]]. For [[Starcraft II]], the maps ''Incineration Zone'' and ''Kulas Ravine'' especially make heavy use of [[Choke Points]]. In contrast, tactics exist in the [[Defense of the Ancients series]] to exploit [[Choke Points]] near "creep" camps to harvest them more efficiently.
 == Using the pattern ==

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 == Using the pattern ==
-[[Choke Points]] can be create through designing narrow sections in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]] that solely or together with just a few other [[Choke Points]] provide access between other parts of the [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]]. Alternatively, [[Inaccessible Areas]], [[Obstacles]], or [[Environmental Effects]] can be used and [[Environmental Effects]] can make the use of [[Choke Points]] a [[Tradeoffs|Tradeoff]] rather than a requirement. Of course, if several [[Choke Points]] exist between the same areas - which makes them into [[Flanking Routes]] - then players also have a choice whether to use a particular [[Choke Points|Choke Point]] or not. The existence of [[Flanking Routes]] may however make locations stop functioning as [[Choke Points]] if they always offer easier access to other parts of the [[Game Worlds]]. [[Flanking Routes]] may however contain [[Choke Points]] complicating the relation between the two patterns. In games with [[Vehicles]], [[Choke Points]] (and [[Flanking Routes]]) can be designed so they only apply to vehicular or pedestrian movement.
+[[Choke Points]] can be create through designing narrow sections in [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]] that solely or together with just a few other [[Choke Points]] provide access between other parts of the [[Game Worlds]] or [[Levels]]. Alternatively, [[Inaccessible Areas]], [[Obstacles]], or [[Environmental Effects]] can be used and [[Environmental Effects]] can make the use of [[Choke Points]] a [[Trade-Offs|Trade-Off]] rather than a requirement. Of course, if several [[Choke Points]] exist between the same areas - which makes them into [[Flanking Routes]] - then players also have a choice whether to use a particular [[Choke Points|Choke Point]] or not. The existence of [[Flanking Routes]] may however make locations stop functioning as [[Choke Points]] if they always offer easier access to other parts of the [[Game Worlds]]. [[Flanking Routes]] may however contain [[Choke Points]] complicating the relation between the two patterns. In games with [[Vehicles]], [[Choke Points]] (and [[Flanking Routes]]) can be designed so they only apply to vehicular or pedestrian movement.
 [[Galleries]] can specifically create [[Choke Points]] through the narrow passages they contain. [[Installations]] can also create [[Choke Points]], and this is one way of letting players create them during gameplay if they can create the [[Installations]]. [[Destructible Objects]] can offer the same possibility if they create [[Obstacles]] when they are destroyed.
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 [[Strategic Locations]],
 [[Strongholds]],
-[[Tradeoffs]]
+[[Trade-Offs]]
 ==== with [[Enemies]] or [[Obstacles]] ====