Gain Ownership - Revision history

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Staffan Björk: /* Narration Aspects */

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‎Narration Aspects

Staffan Björk at 09:45, 1 December 2022

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Staffan Björk at 07:49, 20 May 2022

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Staffan Björk at 10:08, 13 May 2022

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Staffan Björk at 10:05, 13 May 2022

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Staffan Björk at 09:56, 13 May 2022

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Staffan Björk at 09:51, 13 May 2022

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Staffan Björk at 09:50, 13 May 2022

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Staffan Björk at 09:41, 13 May 2022

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 [[Bidding]],
 [[Game Element Trading]],
 [[Red Herrings]],
 [[Renewable Resources]],

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 === Narration Aspects ===
-[[Gain Ownership]] provide opportunities for designing [[Quests]] as well as providing [[Narration Structures]].
+[[Gain Ownership]] provide opportunities for designing [[Quests]] as well as providing [[Narration Structures]]. While [[Narration Structures]] can be built from the pattern, [[Narration Structures]] can also provide information and motivation for [[Gain Ownership]] goals.
 == Consequences ==

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 While increasing players' [[Score|Scores]] can be the main motivation for [[Gain Ownership]] goals, they can also be used to provide a supporting reason for the goals when short-term consequences of success main more strongly affect players' behavior. This can include negatively affecting players' [[Score|Scores]] as a way to make [[Gain Ownership]] goals less attractive or to provide a dilemma for players. Another way to increase the importance of [[Gain Ownership]] goals is to connect voluntary or mandatory [[Betting]] to the outcome.
 === Narration Aspects ===
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 [[Indirect Control]],
 [[Internal Rivalry]],
 [[MacGuffins]],
 [[Overcome]],

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 While increasing players' [[Score|Scores]] can be the main motivation for [[Gain Ownership]] goals, they can also be used to provide a supporting reason for the goals when short-term consequences of success main more strongly affect players' behavior. This can include negatively affecting players' [[Score|Scores]] as a way to make [[Gain Ownership]] goals less attractive or to provide a dilemma for players. Another way to increase the importance of [[Gain Ownership]] goals is to connect voluntary or mandatory [[Betting]] to the outcome.
 == Consequences ==
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 [[Gain Information]],
 [[King of the Hill]],
 [[Quests]],
 [[Stealth]],

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 The presence of [[Gain Ownership]] goals typically give rise to [[Conflict]] and [[Tension]]. This is especially true if other players have the ownership and, in these cases [[Emotional Engrossment]] is also likely. If the contests object or area can be hidden, current owners may take on [[Conceal]] goals to hinder ownership changing hands. [[Gain Ownership]] goals also can provide player-chosen [[Betting]] goals or be the basis for system-specified [[Betting]] goals.
-Successes with [[Gain Ownership]] goals give rise to [[Transfer of Control]] events whenever there exists an identifiable previous owner. Other typical effects can be [[Expansion]], fulfillment of a [[Collection]], or the completion of a [[Quests|Quest]]. When the ownership of an object or area give access to new information, e.g., texts in a book, this can support the completion of [[Gain Information]] goals.
+Successes with [[Gain Ownership]] goals give rise to [[Transfer of Control]] events whenever there exists an identifiable previous owner. Other typical effects can be [[Expansion]], fulfillment of a [[Collections]], or the completion of a [[Quests|Quest]]. When the ownership of an object or area give access to new information, e.g., texts in a book, this can support the completion of [[Gain Information]] goals.
 == Relations ==
 === Can Instantiate ===
 [[Betting]],
-[[Collection]],
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 [[Conceal]],
 [[Configuration]],

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 Control of [[Territories]] can be the reason of [[Gain Ownership]] goals when linked with goals related to [[Area Control]], [[Eliminate]], [[Investments]], or [[Transfer of Control]]. Another reason, related to controlling [[Territories]], occurs when the ownership is tied to [[Area Control]] and controlling an area means the fulfillment of reaching a [[Check Points|Check Point]] - the [[Team Fortress series]] provides an example of this through that the starting bases for the attacking side moves as that side gains control over specific parts of a map. Another related example is games where players compete on being the [[King of the Hill]]; having this position typically requires succeeding on a [[Gain Ownership]] goal.
-A reason for [[Gain Ownership]] goals which doesn't need to be linked to [[Conflict]] is that of gaining access to [[Clues]] in games with [[Predetermined Story Structures]] where the development of the story relies on getting said [[Clues]]. More abstract reasons - which can be tied to [[Conflict]] or not - include gaining access to [[Controllers]], completing [[Sets]], holding [[Strategic Locations]], or first gaining control of an object so that it can then be what is transported as part of a [[Delivery]] goal. Games with [[Indirect Control]] have built-in opportunities of [[Gain Ownership]] goals in that (at least some) ownership in the game is weakly enforced by game rules and thereby open up for players to compete regarding the control.
+A reason for [[Gain Ownership]] goals which doesn't need to be linked to [[Conflict]] is that of gaining access to [[Clues]] in games with [[Predetermined Story Structures]] where the development of the story relies on getting said [[Clues]]. More abstract reasons - which can be tied to [[Conflict]] or not - include gaining access to [[Controllers]], completing [[Sets]], holding [[Strategic Locations]], or first gaining control of an object so that it can then be what is transported as part of a [[Deliver]] goal. Games with [[Indirect Control]] have built-in opportunities of [[Gain Ownership]] goals in that (at least some) ownership in the game is weakly enforced by game rules and thereby open up for players to compete regarding the control.
 Examples of the specific targets of [[Gain Ownership]] goals include [[Area Control]], [[Bases]], [[Conditional Passageways]], [[Equipment]], [[Game Items]], [[MacGuffins]], [[Pick-Ups]], [[Props]], [[Resource Locations]], [[Tools]], [[Transferable Items]], [[Units]], and [[Vehicles]]. Which of these are suitable for specific games depend both on the theme and specific gameplay structure but also on which of the reasons discussed above give the motivation for the [[Gain Ownership]] goals.
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 [[Configuration]],
 [[Conflict]],
-[[Delivery]],
+[[Deliver]],
 [[Emotional Engrossment]],
 [[Expansion]],

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 [[Category:Needs references]]
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+''The goal to gain the ownership of a game element.''
-''The goal to gain the ownership of a game element..''
 [[Gain Ownership]] is the goal of controlling a game element, either by possessing it or by controlling the use of it. The ownership may be a reason in itself (as for example controlling space in [[Go]] or controlling Flag points in [[Battlefield 1942]]), may be a requirement for completing a higher-Level goal, or may simply make it easier to complete various types of actions or goals.
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 == Using the pattern ==
-A classic example of [[Gain Ownership]] goals is capturing an opponent pieces, i.e. the use of [[Capture]] together with [[Transfer of Control]] or achieving a certain [[Configuration]]. [[Chess]] and [[Go]] are examples of this. This example of [[Gain Ownership]] does not provide players with direct improvements to their game state but indirectly does this through weakening the opponent (but the placement or movement of pieces to perform the [[Capture]] can be lead in a direct improvement in the positioning of a player's pieces). Tied to these examples are the case if [[Gain Ownership]] gives continued control of those pieces or rather removes the pieces from gameplay through [[Game Element Removal]]. For [[Chess]] it can be argued that one doesn't actually gain control of captured pieces while in [[Go]] they only function as [[Victory Points|Victory Point]] tokens. Whether to describe a specific game system as having [[Gain Ownership]], [[Game Element Removal]], or [[Game Ownership]] that immediately causes [[Game Element Removal]] may depend on theme, narration, or rule wording.
+A classic example of [[Gain Ownership]] goals is capturing an opponent's pieces, i.e., the use of [[Capture]] together with [[Transfer of Control]] or achieving a certain [[Configuration]]. [[Chess]] and [[Go]] are examples of this. This example of [[Gain Ownership]] does not provide players with direct improvements to their game state but indirectly does this through weakening the opponent (but the placement or movement of pieces to perform the [[Capture]] can be lead in a direct improvement in the positioning of a player's pieces). Tied to these examples are the case if [[Gain Ownership]] gives continued control of those pieces or rather removes the pieces from gameplay through [[Game Element Removal]]. For [[Chess]] it can be argued that one doesn't actually gain control of captured pieces while in [[Go]] they only function as [[Victory Points|Victory Point]] tokens. Whether to describe a specific game system as having [[Gain Ownership]], [[Game Element Removal]], or [[Game Ownership]] that immediately causes [[Game Element Removal]] may depend on theme, narration, or rule wording.
 In contrast, a potential reason for [[Gain Ownership]] goals can be that they provide simply increase players' [[Score]], [[Improved Abilities]] through [[Controllers]], [[Equipment]], [[Sets]], [[Tools]], or [[Vehicles]] (alternatively [[Gain Competence]] or [[New Abilities]] in the case of [[Tools]]). [[:Category:FPS Games|FPS Games]] such as the [[Quake series]], the [[Unreal Tournament series]], and the [[Wolfenstein series]] are examples of this through the [[Weapons]], [[Ammunition]], and [[Armor]] that can be picked up by players during gameplay.
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 Control of [[Territories]] can be the reason of [[Gain Ownership]] goals when linked with goals related to [[Area Control]], [[Eliminate]], [[Investments]], or [[Transfer of Control]]. Another reason, related to controlling [[Territories]], occurs when the ownership is tied to [[Area Control]] and controlling an area means the fulfillment of reaching a [[Check Points|Check Point]] - the [[Team Fortress series]] provides an example of this through that the starting bases for the attacking side moves as that side gains control over specific parts of a map. Another related example is games where players compete on being the [[King of the Hill]]; having this position typically requires succeeding on a [[Gain Ownership]] goal.
-A reason for [[Gain Ownership]] goals which doesn't need to be linked to [[Conflict]] is that of gaining access to [[Clues]] in games with [[Predetermined Story Structures]] where the development of the story relies on getting said [[Clues]]. More abstract reasons - which can be tied to [[Conflict]] or not - include gaining access to [[Controllers]], completting [[Sets]], holding [[Strategic Locations]], or first gaining control of an object so that it can then be what is transported as part of a [[Delivery]] goal. Games with [[Indirect Control]] have built-in opportunities of [[Gain Ownership]] goals in that (at least some) ownership in the game is weakly enforced by game rules and thereby open up for players to compete regarding the control.
+A reason for [[Gain Ownership]] goals which doesn't need to be linked to [[Conflict]] is that of gaining access to [[Clues]] in games with [[Predetermined Story Structures]] where the development of the story relies on getting said [[Clues]]. More abstract reasons - which can be tied to [[Conflict]] or not - include gaining access to [[Controllers]], completing [[Sets]], holding [[Strategic Locations]], or first gaining control of an object so that it can then be what is transported as part of a [[Delivery]] goal. Games with [[Indirect Control]] have built-in opportunities of [[Gain Ownership]] goals in that (at least some) ownership in the game is weakly enforced by game rules and thereby open up for players to compete regarding the control.
 Examples of the specific targets of [[Gain Ownership]] goals include [[Area Control]], [[Bases]], [[Conditional Passageways]], [[Equipment]], [[Game Items]], [[MacGuffins]], [[Pick-Ups]], [[Props]], [[Resource Locations]], [[Tools]], [[Transferable Items]], [[Units]], and [[Vehicles]]. Which of these are suitable for specific games depend both on the theme and specific gameplay structure but also on which of the reasons discussed above give the motivation for the [[Gain Ownership]] goals.
-Ways of enabling players to achieve [[Gain Ownership]] goals include [[Connection]], [[Contact]], [[Enclosure]], [[Overcome]], and winning [[Betting]] activities. [[Gain Information]] can also support the success of [[Gain Ownership]] by revealing the location of the target for the goal - either by making it easier or more efficient to do (if the [[Gain Ownership]] goal could found by other means) or by making the [[Gain Information]] a necessary requirement. The latter can for example suit games with [[Predetermined Story Structures]] where finding a [[Clues|Clue]] triggers events that automatically lead to the player to [[Gain Ownership]] over something. Related to what makes it possible for players to achieve [[Gain Ownership]] goals is what makes it difficult. Knowledge about something's existence or location is one reason, but others include that they are already owned by [[Enemies]], [[Factions]], [[Units]], or other players that oppose the goal. [[Internal Rivalry]] allows these options to apply to players' own [[Factions]] or [[Teams]] with the dilemmas that this causes. While the use of [[Enemies]], [[Factions]], or [[Units]] provides an aspect of [[Conflict]] to the [[Gain Ownership]] goals this may be avoidable through letting successful [[Stealth]] goals enable the ownership goals. This may be an additional way of succeeding with a [[Gain Ownership]] goal or the only way possible in which case the [[Enemies]], etc., are rendered to a more thematic or supportive role. [[Trading]] and [[Bidding]] support other ways of enabling [[Gain Ownership]] while avoiding or lessening conflict; [[Game Element Trading]] supports this for targets of [[Gain Ownership]] where ownership outside gameplay is important.
+Ways of enabling players to achieve [[Gain Ownership]] goals include [[Connection]], [[Contact]], [[Enclosure]], [[Overcome]], and winning [[Betting]] activities. [[Gain Information]] can also support the success of [[Gain Ownership]] by revealing the location of the target for the goal - either by making it easier or more efficient to do (if the [[Gain Ownership]] goal could be found by other means) or by making the [[Gain Information]] a necessary requirement. The latter can for example suit games with [[Predetermined Story Structures]] where finding a [[Clues|Clue]] triggers events that automatically lead to the player to [[Gain Ownership]] over something. Related to what makes it possible for players to achieve [[Gain Ownership]] goals is what makes it difficult. Knowledge about something's existence or location is one reason, but others include that they are already owned by [[Enemies]], [[Factions]], [[Units]], or other players that oppose the goal. [[Internal Rivalry]] allows these options to apply to players' own [[Factions]] or [[Teams]] with the dilemmas that this causes. While the use of [[Enemies]], [[Factions]], or [[Units]] provides an aspect of [[Conflict]] to the [[Gain Ownership]] goals this may be avoidable through letting successful [[Stealth]] goals enable the ownership goals. This may be an additional way of succeeding with a [[Gain Ownership]] goal or the only way possible in which case the [[Enemies]], etc., are rendered to a more thematic or supportive role. [[Trading]] and [[Bidding]] support other ways of enabling [[Gain Ownership]] while avoiding or lessening conflict; [[Game Element Trading]] supports this for targets of [[Gain Ownership]] where ownership outside gameplay is important.
-[[Gain Ownership]] goals can be modified through providing many different types or game objects or game areas to fulfill the one and same [[Gain Ownership]] goal, or by providing many identical copies of the same game object or game area. The existence of [[Renewable Resources]] or [[Resource Generators]] related to [[Gain Ownership]] objectives can make these easier in the sense that it strongly implies that there will exist many identical copies. [[Red Herrings]] can be seen as a variant of this since they seem to be things that fulfill the goal but actually don't. If only the [[Red Herrings]] are known to players this can prolong the time it takes to succeed the goal or make it generally more difficult.
+[[Gain Ownership]] goals can be modified through providing many different types or game objects or game areas to fulfill the one and same [[Gain Ownership]] goal, or by providing many identical copies of the same game object or game area. The existence of [[Renewable Resources]] or [[Resource Generators]] related to [[Gain Ownership]] objectives can make these easier in the sense that it strongly implies that there will exist many identical copies. [[Red Herrings]] can be seen as a variant of this since they seem to be things that fulfill the goal but actually don't. If only the [[Red Herrings]] are known to players, this can prolong the time it takes to succeed the goal or make it generally more difficult.
 While increasing players' [[Score|Scores]] can be the main motivation for [[Gain Ownership]] goals, they can also be used to provide a supporting reason for the goals when short-term consequences of success main more strongly affect players' behavior. This can include negatively affecting players' [[Score|Scores]] as a way to make [[Gain Ownership]] goals less attractive or to provide a dilemma for players. Another way to increase the importance of [[Gain Ownership]] goals is to connect voluntary or mandatory [[Betting]] to the outcome.
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 Quite naturally, the presence of [[Gain Ownership]] goals in a game affect [[Ownership]] in that game and games with [[Resource Management]] are affected by [[Gain Ownership]] goals directly or indirectly connected to [[Resources]] (gaining control of [[Resource Locations]] is an example of an indirect connection).
-The presence of [[Gain Ownership]] goals typically give rise to [[Conflict]] and [[Tension]]. This is especially true if other players have the ownership and in these cases [[Emotional Engrossment]] is also likely. If the contests object or area can be hidden, current owners may take on [[Conceal]] goals to hinder ownership changing hands. [[Gain Ownership]] goals also can provide player-chosen [[Betting]] goals or be the basis for system-specified [[Betting]] goals.
+The presence of [[Gain Ownership]] goals typically give rise to [[Conflict]] and [[Tension]]. This is especially true if other players have the ownership and, in these cases [[Emotional Engrossment]] is also likely. If the contests object or area can be hidden, current owners may take on [[Conceal]] goals to hinder ownership changing hands. [[Gain Ownership]] goals also can provide player-chosen [[Betting]] goals or be the basis for system-specified [[Betting]] goals.
-Successes with [[Gain Ownership]] goals give rise to [[Transfer of Control]] events whenever there exists an identifiable previous owner. Other typical effects can be [[Expansion]], fulfillment of a [[Collection]], or the completion of a [[Quests|Quest]]. When the ownership of an object or area give access to new information, e.g. texts in a book, this can support the completion of [[Gain Information]] goals.
+Successes with [[Gain Ownership]] goals give rise to [[Transfer of Control]] events whenever there exists an identifiable previous owner. Other typical effects can be [[Expansion]], fulfillment of a [[Collection]], or the completion of a [[Quests|Quest]]. When the ownership of an object or area give access to new information, e.g., texts in a book, this can support the completion of [[Gain Information]] goals.
 == Relations ==

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 === Examples ===
-[[Chess]] and [[Go]] are ancient examples of [[Gain Ownership]] goals to take opponent pieces. [[Othello]] (also called [[Reversi]]) has a similar goal in that one wants to have ownership of a majority of the game pieces, but in this game every turn in the game requires a change in ownership so the [[Gain Ownership]] goal becomes one of identifying which [[Gain Ownership]] goal is the best to succeed with.
+[[Chess]] and [[Go]] are ancient examples of [[Gain Ownership]] goals to take opponent pieces. [[Othello]] (also called [[Reversi]]) has a similar goal in that one wants to have ownership of a majority of the game pieces, but in this game every turn in the game requires a change in ownership so the [[Gain Ownership]] goal becomes one of identifying which [[Gain Ownership]] goal is the best to succeed with. [[Chess]] and [[Go]] can be argued to be weak examples of [[Gain Ownership]] in that players' cannot make any use of captured pieces - [[Go]] can make a somewhat stronger claim in that captured pieces represent points for the final scoring of a game instance.
 [[:Category:FPS Games|FPS Games]] such as the [[Quake series]] and the [[Left 4 Dead series]] connect [[Gain Ownership]] goals to the weapons, ammunition, and power-ups that exist in these games. Team-based variants of the genres, e.g. the [[Battlefield series]] and the [[Team Fortress series]], tie [[Gain Ownership]] goals controlling specific areas of the game. [[:Category:Real-Time Strategy Games|RTS Games]] such as the [[Starcraft series]] and [[Category:Multiplayer Online Battle Arena Games||MOBA games]] such as the [[Defense of the Ancients series]] also provide goals related to controlling locations in the games - either to have control over resources or more directly provide points needs to win a game.
 == Using the pattern ==
-A classic example of [[Gain Ownership]] goals is capturing an opponent pieces, i.e. the use of [[Capture]] together with [[Transfer of Control]] or achieving a certain [[Configuration]]. [[Chess]] and [[Go]] are examples of this. This example of [[Gain Ownership]] does not provide players with direct improvements to their game state but indirectly does this through weakening the opponent (but the placement or movement of pieces to perform the [[Capture]] can be lead in a direct improvement in the positioning of a player's pieces). In contrast, a potential reason for [[Gain Ownership]] goals can be that they provide simply increase players' [[Score]], [[Improved Abilities]] through [[Controllers]], [[Equipment]], [[Sets]], [[Tools]], or [[Vehicles]] (alternatively [[Gain Competence]] or [[New Abilities]] in the case of [[Tools]]). [[:Category:FPS Games|FPS Games]] such as the [[Quake series]], the [[Unreal Tournament series]], and the [[Wolfenstein series]] are examples of this through the [[Weapons]], [[Ammunition]], and [[Armor]] that can be picked up by players during gameplay.
+A classic example of [[Gain Ownership]] goals is capturing an opponent pieces, i.e. the use of [[Capture]] together with [[Transfer of Control]] or achieving a certain [[Configuration]]. [[Chess]] and [[Go]] are examples of this. This example of [[Gain Ownership]] does not provide players with direct improvements to their game state but indirectly does this through weakening the opponent (but the placement or movement of pieces to perform the [[Capture]] can be lead in a direct improvement in the positioning of a player's pieces). Tied to these examples are the case if [[Gain Ownership]] gives continued control of those pieces or rather removes the pieces from gameplay through [[Game Element Removal]]. For [[Chess]] it can be argued that one doesn't actually gain control of captured pieces while in [[Go]] they only function as [[Victory Points|Victory Point]] tokens. Whether to describe a specific game system as having [[Gain Ownership]], [[Game Element Removal]], or [[Game Ownership]] that immediately causes [[Game Element Removal]] may depend on theme, narration, or rule wording.
 Control of [[Territories]] can be the reason of [[Gain Ownership]] goals when linked with goals related to [[Area Control]], [[Eliminate]], [[Investments]], or [[Transfer of Control]]. Another reason, related to controlling [[Territories]], occurs when the ownership is tied to [[Area Control]] and controlling an area means the fulfillment of reaching a [[Check Points|Check Point]] - the [[Team Fortress series]] provides an example of this through that the starting bases for the attacking side moves as that side gains control over specific parts of a map. Another related example is games where players compete on being the [[King of the Hill]]; having this position typically requires succeeding on a [[Gain Ownership]] goal.
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 === Can Be Modulated By ===
 [[Enclosure]],
 == Consequences ==
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 [[Enclosure]],
 [[Game Element Trading]],
 [[Red Herrings]],
 [[Renewable Resources]],
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 === Potentially Conflicting With ===
+[[Game Element Removal]]
 == History ==