PvP - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 18:51, 3 August 2015

2015-08-03T18:51:06Z

Staffan Björk at 19:36, 31 July 2015

2015-07-31T19:36:18Z

Staffan Björk at 19:35, 31 July 2015

2015-07-31T19:35:34Z

Staffan Björk at 19:23, 31 July 2015

2015-07-31T19:23:14Z

Staffan Björk at 19:19, 31 July 2015

2015-07-31T19:19:04Z

Staffan Björk at 19:10, 31 July 2015

2015-07-31T19:10:28Z

Staffan Björk: /* Using the pattern */

2015-07-31T19:04:06Z

‎Using the pattern

Staffan Björk: /* with Balancing Effects, Drafting, Evolving Rule Sets, Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment, Handicap Systems, Orthogonal Differentiation, Self-Facilitated Games, Symmetry, or Team Development */

2015-07-31T19:03:56Z

‎with Balancing Effects, Drafting, Evolving Rule Sets, Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment, Handicap Systems, Orthogonal Differentiation, Self-Facilitated Games, Symmetry, or Team Development

Staffan Björk at 18:54, 31 July 2015

2015-07-31T18:54:32Z

Staffan Björk: /* Can Instantiate */

2015-07-31T18:53:04Z

‎Can Instantiate

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 == Consequences ==
-While the specific actions that create [[PvP]] gameplay can have [[Tension]], the pattern itself can also be assumed to create [[Tension]] since it pits players against each other.
+While the specific actions that create [[PvP]] gameplay can have [[Tension]], the pattern itself can also be assumed to create [[Tension]] since it pits players against each other. Since meeting better players allows new challenges, games with [[PvP]] can typically provide [[Further Player Improvement Potential]] as long as some for of skills are needed - i.e. gameplay depends on [[Performance Uncertainty]] of all involved players - and players can easily find opponents with better skill levels.
 == Relations ==
 === Can Instantiate ===
 [[Tension]]
 ==== with [[Teams]] ====

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 [[TvT]]
-==== with [[Balancing Effects]], [[Drafting]], [[Evolving Rule Sets]], [[Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment]], [[Handicap Systems]], [[Killcams]], [[Orthogonal Differentiation]], [[Sanctioned Cheating]], [[Self-Facilitated Games]], [[Symmetry]], or [[Team Development]] ====
+==== with [[Balancing Effects]], [[Drafting]], [[Evolving Rule Sets]], [[Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment]], [[Handicap Systems]], [[Killcams]], [[Orthogonal Differentiation]], [[Self-Facilitated Games]], [[Symmetry]], or [[Team Development]] ====
 [[Player Balance]]

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 The concept of [[PvP]] began being used to differentiate different types of [[Combat]] in [[Massively Multiplayer Online Games]]. For obvious reasons, [[PvP]] is an option for [[Multiplayer Games]] rather than [[Single-Player Games]]. It requires players to be in some type of confrontation or [[Conflicts]] against each other where [[Combat]] is the typically case. However, one could argue games with [[Races]] or where players have the option of [[Betrayal]] could be a form of [[PvP]]. In its use in [[Massively Multiplayer Online Games]], [[PvP]] has connotations of providing [[Optional Goals]] and causing [[Player Killing]]. In some games, the gameplay structure avoids promoting [[PvP]] until later phases, e.g [[Extermination]]. However, from the description of this pattern these effects depend on the underlying patterns that determine the actual gameplay activities that create the pattern. [[Tiebreakers]] may be required to determine winners of [[Overcome]] goals unless [[Tied Results]] are to be possible. If gameplay can continue without some players, this may make the players [[Always Vulnerable]].
-The use of [[PvP]] in any game opens up for considering using [[Player Balance]] to equalize the playing field if the players are expected to have different levels of [[Gameplay Mastery]]. Patterns that can work for [[Player Balance]] in games with [[PvP]] include [[Balancing Effects]], [[Drafting]], [[Evolving Rule Sets]], [[Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment]], [[Handicap Systems]], [[Killcams]],[[Orthogonal Differentiation]], [[Sanctioned Cheating]], [[Self-Facilitated Games]], [[Symmetry]], and [[Team Development]] (although only small errors in design may make [[Orthogonal Differentiation]] and [[Team Development]] work against it instead).
+The use of [[PvP]] in any game opens up for considering using [[Player Balance]] to equalize the playing field if the players are expected to have different levels of [[Gameplay Mastery]]. Patterns that can work for [[Player Balance]] in games with [[PvP]] include [[Balancing Effects]], [[Drafting]], [[Evolving Rule Sets]], [[Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment]], [[Handicap Systems]], [[Killcams]],[[Orthogonal Differentiation]], [[Sanctioned Cheating]], [[Self-Facilitated Games]], [[Symmetry]], and [[Team Development]] (although only small errors in design may make [[Orthogonal Differentiation]] and [[Team Development]] work against it instead). Games with [[PvP]] gameplay that have [[Sanctioned Cheating]] often require players to engage in [[Bluffing]] and [[Roleplaying]] to succeed with the [[Stealth]] goals of not letting other players notice what they are doing. This can cause [[Tension]] both for those trying to hide something and to those (perhaps wrongfully) believing this is taking place.
 [[PvP]] and [[PvE]] can co-exist in games although most games have gameplay tilted more toward one or the other. In fact, for their everyday usage it has been argued that [[PvP]] requires [[PvE]] as a contrast<ref name="bartle"/>. Even so, games designed primarily for one or the other can in most cases be modulated by the other. [[Defense of the Ancients]] and [[The Republic of Rome]] are examples of games with mainly [[PvP]] gameplay but with some [[PvE]] aspects.
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 ==== with [[Balancing Effects]], [[Drafting]], [[Evolving Rule Sets]], [[Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment]], [[Handicap Systems]], [[Killcams]], [[Orthogonal Differentiation]], [[Sanctioned Cheating]], [[Self-Facilitated Games]], [[Symmetry]], or [[Team Development]] ====
 [[Player Balance]]
 === Can Modulate ===

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 [[TvT]]
-==== with [[Balancing Effects]], [[Drafting]], [[Evolving Rule Sets]], [[Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment]], [[Handicap Systems]], [[Killcams]], [[Orthogonal Differentiation]], [[Sanctioned Cheating]], [[Self-Facilitated Games]], [[Symmetry]], or  [[Team Development]] ====
+==== with [[Balancing Effects]], [[Drafting]], [[Evolving Rule Sets]], [[Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment]], [[Handicap Systems]], [[Killcams]], [[Orthogonal Differentiation]], [[Sanctioned Cheating]], [[Self-Facilitated Games]], [[Symmetry]], or [[Team Development]] ====
 [[Player Balance]]
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 === Can Be Modulated By ===
 [[Always Vulnerable]],
 [[Beat the Leader]],
 [[Player Balance]],
 [[PvE]],
 [[Teams]],
 [[Tiebreakers]]

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 The concept of [[PvP]] began being used to differentiate different types of [[Combat]] in [[Massively Multiplayer Online Games]]. For obvious reasons, [[PvP]] is an option for [[Multiplayer Games]] rather than [[Single-Player Games]]. It requires players to be in some type of confrontation or [[Conflicts]] against each other where [[Combat]] is the typically case. However, one could argue games with [[Races]] or where players have the option of [[Betrayal]] could be a form of [[PvP]]. In its use in [[Massively Multiplayer Online Games]], [[PvP]] has connotations of providing [[Optional Goals]] and causing [[Player Killing]]. In some games, the gameplay structure avoids promoting [[PvP]] until later phases, e.g [[Extermination]]. However, from the description of this pattern these effects depend on the underlying patterns that determine the actual gameplay activities that create the pattern. [[Tiebreakers]] may be required to determine winners of [[Overcome]] goals unless [[Tied Results]] are to be possible. If gameplay can continue without some players, this may make the players [[Always Vulnerable]].
-The use of [[PvP]] in any game opens up for considering using [[Player Balance]] to equalize the playing field if the players are expected to have different levels of [[Gameplay Mastery]]. Patterns that can work for [[Player Balance]] in games with [[PvP]] include [[Balancing Effects]], [[Drafting]], [[Evolving Rule Sets]], [[Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment]], [[Handicap Systems]], [[Killcams]],[[Orthogonal Differentiation]], [[Self-Facilitated Games]], [[Symmetry]], and [[Team Development]] (although only small errors in design may make [[Orthogonal Differentiation]] and [[Team Development]] work against it instead).
+The use of [[PvP]] in any game opens up for considering using [[Player Balance]] to equalize the playing field if the players are expected to have different levels of [[Gameplay Mastery]]. Patterns that can work for [[Player Balance]] in games with [[PvP]] include [[Balancing Effects]], [[Drafting]], [[Evolving Rule Sets]], [[Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment]], [[Handicap Systems]], [[Killcams]],[[Orthogonal Differentiation]], [[Sanctioned Cheating]], [[Self-Facilitated Games]], [[Symmetry]], and [[Team Development]] (although only small errors in design may make [[Orthogonal Differentiation]] and [[Team Development]] work against it instead).
 [[PvP]] and [[PvE]] can co-exist in games although most games have gameplay tilted more toward one or the other. In fact, for their everyday usage it has been argued that [[PvP]] requires [[PvE]] as a contrast<ref name="bartle"/>. Even so, games designed primarily for one or the other can in most cases be modulated by the other. [[Defense of the Ancients]] and [[The Republic of Rome]] are examples of games with mainly [[PvP]] gameplay but with some [[PvE]] aspects.
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 [[TvT]]
-==== with [[Balancing Effects]], [[Drafting]], [[Evolving Rule Sets]], [[Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment]], [[Handicap Systems]], [[Killcams]], [[Orthogonal Differentiation]], [[Self-Facilitated Games]], [[Symmetry]], or  [[Team Development]] ====
+==== with [[Balancing Effects]], [[Drafting]], [[Evolving Rule Sets]], [[Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment]], [[Handicap Systems]], [[Killcams]], [[Orthogonal Differentiation]], [[Sanctioned Cheating]], [[Self-Facilitated Games]], [[Symmetry]], or  [[Team Development]] ====
 [[Player Balance]]

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 == Using the pattern ==
-The concept of [[PvP]] began being used to differentiate different types of [[Combat]] in [[Massively Multiplayer Online Games]]. For obvious reasons, [[PvP]] is an option for [[Multiplayer Games]] rather than [[Single-Player Games]]. It requires players to be in some type of confrontation or [[Conflicts]] against each other where [[Combat]] is the typically case. However, one could argue games with [[Races]] or where players have the option of [[Betrayal]] could be a form of [[PvP]]. In its use in [[Massively Multiplayer Online Games]], [[PvP]] has connotations of providing [[Optional Goals]] and causing [[Player Killing]]. In some games, the gameplay structure avoids promoting [[PvP]] until later phases, e.g [[Extermination]]. However, from the description of this pattern these effects depend on the underlying patterns that determine the actual gameplay activities that create the pattern. The use of [[PvP]] in any game opens up for considering using [[Player Balance]] to equalize the playing field if the players are expected to have different levels of [[Gameplay Mastery]]. Patterns that can work for [[Player Balance]] in games with [[PvP]] include [[Balancing Effects]], [[Drafting]], [[Evolving Rule Sets]], [[Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment]], [[Handicap Systems]], [[Orthogonal Differentiation]], [[Self-Facilitated Games]], [[Symmetry]], and [[Team Development]] (although only small errors in design may make [[Orthogonal Differentiation]] and [[Team Development]] work against it instead).
+The concept of [[PvP]] began being used to differentiate different types of [[Combat]] in [[Massively Multiplayer Online Games]]. For obvious reasons, [[PvP]] is an option for [[Multiplayer Games]] rather than [[Single-Player Games]]. It requires players to be in some type of confrontation or [[Conflicts]] against each other where [[Combat]] is the typically case. However, one could argue games with [[Races]] or where players have the option of [[Betrayal]] could be a form of [[PvP]]. In its use in [[Massively Multiplayer Online Games]], [[PvP]] has connotations of providing [[Optional Goals]] and causing [[Player Killing]]. In some games, the gameplay structure avoids promoting [[PvP]] until later phases, e.g [[Extermination]]. However, from the description of this pattern these effects depend on the underlying patterns that determine the actual gameplay activities that create the pattern. The use of [[PvP]] in any game opens up for considering using [[Player Balance]] to equalize the playing field if the players are expected to have different levels of [[Gameplay Mastery]]. Patterns that can work for [[Player Balance]] in games with [[PvP]] include [[Balancing Effects]], [[Drafting]], [[Evolving Rule Sets]], [[Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment]], [[Handicap Systems]], [[Killcams]],[[Orthogonal Differentiation]], [[Self-Facilitated Games]], [[Symmetry]], and [[Team Development]] (although only small errors in design may make [[Orthogonal Differentiation]] and [[Team Development]] work against it instead).
 [[PvP]] and [[PvE]] can co-exist in games although most games have gameplay tilted more toward one or the other. In fact, for their everyday usage it has been argued that [[PvP]] requires [[PvE]] as a contrast<ref name="bartle"/>. Even so, games designed primarily for one or the other can in most cases be modulated by the other. [[Defense of the Ancients]] and [[The Republic of Rome]] are examples of games with mainly [[PvP]] gameplay but with some [[PvE]] aspects.