Player Anonymity - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 10:21, 13 July 2015

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Staffan Björk at 12:53, 7 September 2014

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Staffan Björk at 12:53, 7 September 2014

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Staffan Björk at 12:52, 7 September 2014

2014-09-07T12:52:04Z

Staffan Björk: /* Can Instantiate */

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Staffan Björk: /* Can Instantiate */

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Staffan Björk at 12:26, 7 September 2014

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Staffan Björk at 12:21, 7 September 2014

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Staffan Björk at 12:18, 7 September 2014

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Staffan Björk at 08:07, 7 September 2014

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 == Using the pattern ==
-A primary design decision regarding [[Player Anonymity]] is if players should have a say in this. Providing players with a [[Possibility of Anonymity]] puts this power in players hand but for some types of gameplay anonymity may be required for the design to work and in these case [[Enforced Player Anonymity]] may be motivated (e.g. the [[ESP Game]]). Patterns that directly can help in designing [[Player Anonymity]] include [[Anonymous Actions]] and [[Mediated Gameplay]].
+A primary design decision regarding [[Player Anonymity]] is if players should have a say in this. Providing players with a [[Possibility of Anonymity]] puts this power in players hand but for some types of gameplay anonymity may be required for the design to work and in these case [[Enforced Player Anonymity]] may be motivated (e.g. the [[ESP Game]]). Patterns that directly can help in designing [[Player Anonymity]] include [[Anonymous Actions]] and [[Mediated Gameplay]]. [[Friend Lists]] works against the pattern since the central idea of that pattern is to help players identify each other.
 Combining [[Player Anonymity]] with [[Unmediated Social Interaction]] poses significant design challenges without at least limiting the [[Social Interaction]] in some way. [[Social Roles]] are more difficult to have in games with [[Player Anonymity]], but [[Functional Roles]] provides one avenue for overcoming this through basing the roles on gameplay functionality.
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 === Potentially Conflicting With ===
 [[Social Roles]],
 [[Unmediated Social Interaction]]

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 ''The case where the identity of a player of a game is not known to other players.''
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 === Examples ===
-Most online games let players create accounts with user names that have no connection to there real world identities. This lets players of games such as the [[Counter-Strike series]], the [[Battlefield series]], the [[Left 4 Dead series]], [[Kingdoms]], [[Ultima Online]], and [[World of Warcraft]] have rich interactions with each other without knowing who the others are outside the game.
+Most online games let players create accounts with user names that have no connection to their real world identities. This lets players of games such as the [[Counter-Strike series]], the [[Battlefield series]], the [[Left 4 Dead series]], [[Kingdoms]], [[Ultima Online]], and [[World of Warcraft]] have rich interactions with each other without knowing who the others are outside the game.
 The [[ESP Game]] relies on players not being able to communicate with each other to force them into finding as good as possible one word descriptions of images. For this reason, the game enforces [[Player Anonymity]] on the players.
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 == Consequences ==
-[[Player Anonymity]] can help (other) players have [[Actor Detachment]] since it is difficult to connect real world characteristics of the players with what happens in the game. However, [[Social Interaction]] between players can become more harsh since the sense of social responsibility and wish to present a socially acceptable presence may be lessened.
+[[Player Anonymity]] can help (other) players have [[Actor Detachment]] since it is difficult to connect real world characteristics of the players with what happens in the game. However, [[Social Interaction]] between players can become harsher since the sense of social responsibility and wish to present a socially acceptable presence may be lessened.
 == Relations ==

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 === Examples ===
-The [[ESP Game]] uses players' input to tag picture with descriptive words. In order for players not to be able to ''game'' the system by communicating through other channels and simply coordinating their input, the game matches players so they are unlikely to be in the same larger geographical areas - or through letting players to together with replays of other players' actions.
+The [[ESP Game]] relies on players not being able to communicate with each other to force them into finding as good as possible one word descriptions of images. For this reason, the game enforces [[Player Anonymity]] on the players.
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-Aiming at a young audience, [[Disney's Toontown Online]] has restrictions on what names can be chosen and what words can be used in the in-game chat system.
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-Most online games let players create accounts with user names that have no connection to there real world identities. This lets players of
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-Players of online games such as the [[Battlefield series]] or the [[Left 4 Dead series]] can choose what names they want to be identified by, and by not chatting or using voice communications they can keep other players from knowing who they are. The characters created by players of computer-mediated roleplaying games such [[Kingdoms]], [[Ultima Online]], and [[World of Warcraft]] can protect identities in the same fashion, but the effort of maintaining the same alter ego for prolonged period of times usually means that long-time players show their normal selves.
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 == Using the pattern ==
-A primary design decision regarding [[Player Anonymity]] is if players should have a say in this. Providing players with a [[Possibility of Anonymity]] puts this power in players hand but for some types of gameplay (e.g. [[]]) anonymity may be required for the design to work and in these case [[Enforced Player Anonymity]] may be motivated.
+A primary design decision regarding [[Player Anonymity]] is if players should have a say in this. Providing players with a [[Possibility of Anonymity]] puts this power in players hand but for some types of gameplay anonymity may be required for the design to work and in these case [[Enforced Player Anonymity]] may be motivated (e.g. the [[ESP Game]]). Patterns that directly can help in designing [[Player Anonymity]] include [[Anonymous Actions]] and [[Mediated Gameplay]].
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+Combining [[Player Anonymity]] with [[Unmediated Social Interaction]] poses significant design challenges without at least limiting the [[Social Interaction]] in some way. [[Social Roles]] are more difficult to have in games with [[Player Anonymity]], but [[Functional Roles]] provides one avenue for overcoming this through basing the roles on gameplay functionality.
-[[Anonymous Actions]],
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-[[Social Roles]],
-[[Unmediated Social Interaction]]
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-=== Narration Aspects ===
 == Consequences ==
 [[Player Anonymity]] can help (other) players have [[Actor Detachment]] since it is difficult to connect real world characteristics of the players with what happens in the game. However, [[Social Interaction]] between players can become more harsh since the sense of social responsibility and wish to present a socially acceptable presence may be lessened.
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 [[Anonymous Actions]],
 [[Enforced Player Anonymity]],
 [[Possibility of Anonymity]]

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 == Consequences ==
 === Can Instantiate ===
-[[Player Anonymity]] can help (other) players have [[Actor Detachment]] since it is difficult to connect real world characteristics of the players with what happens in the game. However, [[Social Interaction]] between players can become more harsh since the sense of social responsibility and wish to present a socially acceptable presences may be lessened.
+[[Player Anonymity]] can help (other) players have [[Actor Detachment]] since it is difficult to connect real world characteristics of the players with what happens in the game. However, [[Social Interaction]] between players can become more harsh since the sense of social responsibility and wish to present a socially acceptable presence may be lessened.
 == Relations ==

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-''The one-sentence "definition" that should be in italics.''
+''The case where the identity of a player of a game is not known to other players.''
 This pattern is a still a stub.
 === Examples ===