Emotes - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 10:47, 25 July 2014

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Staffan Björk: /* Using the pattern */

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‎Using the pattern

Staffan Björk at 10:43, 25 July 2014

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Staffan Björk at 10:38, 25 July 2014

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Staffan Björk at 10:36, 25 July 2014

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Staffan Björk: /* Diegetic Aspects */

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‎Diegetic Aspects

Staffan Björk at 10:21, 25 July 2014

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Staffan Björk at 09:45, 25 July 2014

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Staffan Björk at 09:26, 25 July 2014

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Staffan Björk at 21:30, 21 July 2014

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 ''Commands that allow players to display purely emotional actions for their characters.''

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 Two basic forms of [[Emotes]] exist: ''freeform'' and ''specific''. The first lets players type any kind of action to be presented to others while the other provides a list of specific actions that can be performed. The two can be combined but this makes most sense in [[:Category:Massively Multiplayer Online Games|Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games]] where [[Avatars]] can then enact these actions, this however requires creating specific animations and sounds for each allowed action.
-Freeform [[Emotes]] can be used to trick other players if they are truly freeform. For this reason, [[Emotes]] may be limited in some form. An example of this is prefixing all [[Emotes]] with the player's [[Handles|Handle]] so that emoting "is looking happy." while playing as a [[Characters|Character]] with the name (and [[Handle]]) Rollo will let other players' see "Rollo is looking happy."
+Freeform [[Emotes]] can be used to trick other players if they are truly freeform. For this reason, [[Emotes]] may be limited in some form. An example of this is prefixing all [[Emotes]] with the player's [[Handles|Handle]] so that emoting "is looking happy." while playing as a [[Characters|Character]] with the name (and [[Handles|Handle]]) "Rollo" will let other players' see "Rollo is looking happy."
 Allowing the use of [[Mules]] in a game lets players automate the execution of [[Emotes]].

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 Two basic forms of [[Emotes]] exist: ''freeform'' and ''specific''. The first lets players type any kind of action to be presented to others while the other provides a list of specific actions that can be performed. The two can be combined but this makes most sense in [[:Category:Massively Multiplayer Online Games|Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games]] where [[Avatars]] can then enact these actions, this however requires creating specific animations and sounds for each allowed action.
 Allowing the use of [[Mules]] in a game lets players automate the execution of [[Emotes]].
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 === Can Be Modulated By ===
 [[Mules]]

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 == Consequences ==
 [[Emotes]] is a way of modifying [[Chat Channels]]. They provide players with the possibility of [[Creative Control]] - especially the freeform version - regarding their [[Enactment]] of [[Characters]], and by extension let them show that they are [[Roleplaying]]. When used with [[Avatars]], it can help create [[Emotional Attachment]] to these.
 == Relations ==
 === Can Instantiate ===
 [[Creative Control]],
 [[Enactment]],
-[[Roleplaying]]
+[[Roleplaying]],
 ==== with [[Avatars]] ====

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 == Consequences ==
-[[Emotes]] are a way of modifying [[Communication Channels]]. They provide players with the possibility of [[Creative Control]] - especially the freeform version - regarding their [[Enactment]] of [[Characters]], and by extension let them show that they are [[Roleplaying]]. When used with [[Avatars]], it can help create [[Emotional Attachment]] to these.
+[[Emotes]] is a way of modifying [[Chat Channels]]. They provide players with the possibility of [[Creative Control]] - especially the freeform version - regarding their [[Enactment]] of [[Characters]], and by extension let them show that they are [[Roleplaying]]. When used with [[Avatars]], it can help create [[Emotional Attachment]] to these.
 == Relations ==
 [[Enactment]]
 === Can Instantiate ===
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 [[Characters]],
 [[Command Line Systems]],
-[[Communication Channels]],
+[[Chat Channels]],
 [[Illocutionary Interfaces]]

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 === Diegetic Aspects ===
 Freeform [[Emotes]] risks breaking [[Diegetic Consistency|Diegetic]] and [[Thematic Consistency]] as players can insert anything they wish into the game world.
 === Interface Aspects ===

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 ''Commands that allow players to display purely emotional actions for their characters.''
-This pattern is a still a stub.
+Games lets player affect the game state through actions. However, in some games players want to be able to do other actions which while they do not affect the game state let them express emotions of their characters. [[Emotes]] provides this possibility to players by letting them type what they want their characters to do in a command line prompt, and this is then presented to all other players that are nearby.
 Wikipedia has an entry for [[Emotes]]<ref name="wiki"/>.
 === Examples ===
 [[Emotes]] are used in [[:Category:Massively Multiplayer Online Games|MUDs]] and [[:Category:Massively Multiplayer Online Games|Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games]]. In [[MUD2]] they are evoked through the command "act" while [[DragonMud] uses ":", [[Kingdoms]] and [[BatMUD]] both simply have the command "emote". For example, typing “: jumps around.” when playing as the PC named Bilbo would give nearby players the message “Bilbo jumps around.” Having graphical representations, [[Emotes]] in [[:Category:Massively Multiplayer Online Games|Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games]] are sometimes augmented with specific non-gameplay actions that avatars can enact; For example, [[World of Warcraft]] lets players write freeform [[Emotes]] by typing “/e” in the chat window but also allows players' avatars to perform dances if “/dance” is entered into the console window.
 == Using the pattern ==
-[[Emotes]] is an option for [[Command Line Systems]] and [[Illocutionary Interfaces]] to help players provide purely emotional expressions for their [[Characters]], i.e. [[Emotes]] provide actions for players that do not affect the game state. Two basic forms of [[Emotes]] exist: ''freeform'' and ''specific''. The first lets players type any kind of action to be presented to others while the other provides a list of actions
+[[Emotes]] is an option for [[Command Line Systems]] and [[Illocutionary Interfaces]] to help players provide purely emotional expressions for their [[Characters]], i.e. [[Emotes]] provide actions for players that do not affect the game state. This means that they are not necessary for games with [[Unmediated Social Interaction]].
-They can also be used to modify how [[Avatars]] but this requires creating specific animations and sounds for each action
+Allowing the use of [[Mules]] in a game lets players automate the execution of [[Emotes]].
 === Diegetic Aspects ===
 Freeform [[Emotes]] risks breaking [[Diegetic Consistency|Diegetic]] and [[Thematic Consistency]] as players can insert anything they wish into the game world.
 === Interface Aspects ===
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 [[Diegetic Consistency]]
 [[Thematic Consistency]]
 === Can Instantiate ===
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 === Can Be Modulated By ===
+[[Mules]]
 === Possible Closure Effects ===

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 This pattern is a still a stub.
-=== Examples ===
+Wikipedia has an entry for [[Emotes]]<ref name="wiki"/>.
-==== Anti-Examples ====
+=== Examples ===
-optional
 == Using the pattern ==
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 == References ==
+<references>
 == Acknowledgements ==
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