Social Roles - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 07:03, 8 April 2022

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Staffan Björk at 08:13, 9 August 2015

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Staffan Björk at 08:29, 8 August 2015

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Staffan Björk at 11:29, 1 November 2014

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Staffan Björk at 17:45, 17 July 2014

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Staffan Björk: /* Using the pattern */

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‎Using the pattern

Staffan Björk: /* Using the pattern */

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‎Using the pattern

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 * Dominators – players trying to influence other players to perform specific actions for the player’s own in-game benefits. [[Guilting]] and the possibility of appointing [[Scapegoats]] can support this as does opportunities for [[Traitors]] to set up [[Betrayal|Betrayals]]. Dominators may also arise from games that have [[Bluffing]] or [[Conspiring]]. [[Indirectly Aggressive Actions]] may also work since dominators can be uses them to influence players without directly confronting them; [[Bidding]] is an example of this and can make players into low intensity dominators while [[Cartel Formation]] a somewhat more direct one. Dominators can also help others in [[Trading]] by pretending to be negotiators. Two other patterns that fit both negotiators and dominators are [[Secret Alliances]] and [[Temporary Alliances]].
 * Exhibitionists – players performing actions in the game to gain the other players’ attention or simply [[Bragging]] about previous actions. [[Social Rewards]] and [[Ranking Systems]] can provide exhibitionists with material to brag about. [[Tiered Participation]] can let those that want to have extra attention placed on them receive this and as can the act of [[Betrayal]]. The possibility of [[Enactment]] or [[Gameplay Mastery]] can let exhibitionists show off in any gameplay activity that supports these.
 === Diegetic Aspects ===
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 === Can Modulate ===
+[[Cooperation]]
 === Can Be Instantiated By ===

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 * Helpers – players actively helping other players perform actions in the game. An explicit need for helpers can be achieved through using [[Helplessness]] but [[Cooperation]] and [[Coordination]] can do so without necessarily limiting other players. [[Team Combos]] can let players help each other while [[Coaches]] is a more passive way of allowing players to be helpers.
 * Violators – players trying to affect other players’ gameplay against their will through explicit actions. [[Conflicts]] between players and [[Directly Aggressive Actions]] are obvious ways of letting players be violators but [[Stealing]] and [[Ninja Looting]] can have less impact on the other players' possibilities to continue playing.
-* Dominators – players trying to influence other players to perform specific actions for the player’s own in-game benefits. [[Guilting]] and the possibility of appointing [[Scapegoats]] can support this as does opportunities for [[Traitors]] to set up [[Betrayal|Betrayals]]. Dominators may also arise from games that have [[Bluffing]] or [[Conspiring]]. [[Indirectly Aggressive Actions]] may also work since dominators can be uses them to influence players without directly confronting them; [[Auctions]] and [[Bidding]] are examples of this and can make players into low intensity dominators while [[Cartel Formation]] a somewhat more direct one. Dominators can also help others in [[Trading]] by pretending to be negotiators. Two other patterns that fit both negotiators and dominators are [[Secret Alliances]] and [[Temporary Alliances]].
+* Dominators – players trying to influence other players to perform specific actions for the player’s own in-game benefits. [[Guilting]] and the possibility of appointing [[Scapegoats]] can support this as does opportunities for [[Traitors]] to set up [[Betrayal|Betrayals]]. Dominators may also arise from games that have [[Bluffing]] or [[Conspiring]]. [[Indirectly Aggressive Actions]] may also work since dominators can be uses them to influence players without directly confronting them; [[Bidding]] is an example of this and can make players into low intensity dominators while [[Cartel Formation]] a somewhat more direct one. Dominators can also help others in [[Trading]] by pretending to be negotiators. Two other patterns that fit both negotiators and dominators are [[Secret Alliances]] and [[Temporary Alliances]].
 * Exhibitionists – players performing actions in the game to gain the other players’ attention or simply [[Bragging]] about previous actions. [[Social Rewards]] and [[Ranking Systems]] can provide exhibitionists with material to brag about. [[Tiered Participation]] can let those that want to have extra attention placed on them receive this and as can the act of [[Betrayal]]. The possibility of [[Enactment]] or [[Gameplay Mastery]] can let exhibitionists show off in any gameplay activity that supports these.
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 === Can Be Instantiated By ===
 [[Alliances]],
 [[Betrayal]],
 [[Bidding]],

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 [[Category:Player Patterns]]
 [[Category:Subjective Patterns]]
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 There are some potentially negative aspects of [[Social Roles]]. Besides the ones associated with typically "negative" roles, e.g. banned, some roles may have less to do during gameplay, causing [[Downtime]], unless the frequency of the importance of these are especially promoted. Further, [[Social Roles]] are likely to let players known more about each other making [[Actor Detachment]] problematic.
-Players' wish to discuss [[Social Roles]] and the subjects they relate to can increase the level of [[Non-Diegetic Communication]] in a game.
+Players' wish to discuss [[Social Roles]] and the subjects they relate to can increase the level of [[Non-Diegetic Communication]] in a game. It can also lead to [[Reflective Communication]] if the game also has [[Cooperation]] or [[Negotiation]].
 == Relations ==
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 [[Togetherness]],
 [[Varied Gameplay]]
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 * Violators – players trying to affect other players’ gameplay against their will through explicit actions. [[Conflicts]] between players and [[Directly Aggressive Actions]] are obvious ways of letting players be violators but [[Stealing]] and [[Ninja Looting]] can have less impact on the other players' possibilities to continue playing.
 * Dominators – players trying to influence other players to perform specific actions for the player’s own in-game benefits. [[Guilting]] and the possibility of appointing [[Scapegoats]] can support this as does opportunities for [[Traitors]] to set up [[Betrayal|Betrayals]]. Dominators may also arise from games that have [[Bluffing]] or [[Conspiring]]. [[Indirectly Aggressive Actions]] may also work since dominators can be uses them to influence players without directly confronting them; [[Auctions]] and [[Bidding]] are examples of this and can make players into low intensity dominators while [[Cartel Formation]] a somewhat more direct one. Dominators can also help others in [[Trading]] by pretending to be negotiators. Two other patterns that fit both negotiators and dominators are [[Secret Alliances]] and [[Temporary Alliances]].
-* Exhibitionists – players performing actions in the game to gain the other players’ attention or simply [[Bragging]] about previous actions. [[Glory Rewards]] and [[Ranking Systems]] can provide exhibitionists with material to brag about. [[Tiered Participation]] can let those that want to have extra attention placed on them receive this and as can the act of [[Betrayal]]. The possibility of [[Enactment]] or [[Gameplay Mastery]] can let exhibitionists show off in any gameplay activity that supports these.
+* Exhibitionists – players performing actions in the game to gain the other players’ attention or simply [[Bragging]] about previous actions. [[Social Rewards]] and [[Ranking Systems]] can provide exhibitionists with material to brag about. [[Tiered Participation]] can let those that want to have extra attention placed on them receive this and as can the act of [[Betrayal]]. The possibility of [[Enactment]] or [[Gameplay Mastery]] can let exhibitionists show off in any gameplay activity that supports these.
 === Diegetic Aspects ===
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 [[Game Masters]],
 [[Gameplay Mastery]],
 [[Guilds]],
 [[Guilting]],
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 [[Social Dilemmas]],
 [[Social Organizations]],
 [[Spectators]],
 [[Stealing]],

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 [[Coaches]],
 [[Communication Channels]],
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 [[Conspiring]],
 [[Cooperation]],

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 == Consequences ==
-[[Social Roles]] provides a structure and often encouragement for [[Social Interaction]] and thereby support for a sense of [[Togetherness]]. When players have freedom of which [[Social Roles]] they should have, this is a type of [[Role Selection]] and can provide [[Varied Gameplay]]. Fitting [[Social Roles]] well can provide [[Game-Based Social Statuses]].
+[[Social Roles]] provides a structure and often encouragement for [[Social Interaction]] and thereby support for a sense of [[Togetherness]]. When players have freedom of which [[Social Roles]] they should have, this is a type of [[Role Selection]] and can provide [[Varied Gameplay]]. Fitting [[Social Roles]] well can provide [[Game-Based Social Statuses]]. Many [[Social Roles]] requires [[Social Skills]], and negotiating whom should have what [[Social Roles|Social Role]] can require [[Social Skills]] in itself.
 There are some potentially negative aspects of [[Social Roles]]. Besides the ones associated with typically "negative" roles, e.g. banned, some roles may have less to do during gameplay, causing [[Downtime]], unless the frequency of the importance of these are especially promoted. Further, [[Social Roles]] are likely to let players known more about each other making [[Actor Detachment]] problematic.
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 [[Role Selection]],
 [[Social Interaction]],
 [[Togetherness]],
 [[Varied Gameplay]]

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 [[Category:Needs references]]
 [[Category:Patterns created on the Wiki]]
 ''Roles people can receive or take in relation to each other based on gameplay features.''
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 === Examples ===
-Classical [[:Category:Board Games|Board Games]] such as [[Chess]] and [[Go]] put players in the role of each others enemies. Other [[:Category:Board Games|Board Games]], and some [[:Category:Card Games|Card Games]], are mainly cooperative but make some players ''traitors''. Examples include [[Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game]], [[Shadows over Camelot]], and [[The Resistance]].
+Classical [[:Category:Board Games|Board Games]] such as [[Chess]] and [[Go]] put players in the role of each other's enemies. Other [[:Category:Board Games|Board Games]], and some [[:Category:Card Games|Card Games]], are mainly cooperative but make some players ''traitors''. Examples include [[Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game]], [[Shadows over Camelot]], and [[The Resistance]].
 Many [[:Category:Roleplaying Games|Roleplaying Games]] require players to choose classes. These give players specific abilities but these abilities also make certain [[Social Roles]] more natural, e.g. clerics in [[Dungeons & Dragons]] have abilities to help other characters. Examples of other [[:Category:Roleplaying Games|Roleplaying Games]] that do this include [[Apocalypse World]], [[Mutant: År Noll]], the [[Everquest series]], and [[World of Warcraft]]. Similarly, class-based online [[:Category:FPS Games|FPS Games]] such as [[Enemy Territory: Quake Wars]] and the [[Team Fortress series]] provide players with different functional roles which also infer [[Social Roles]].
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 [[Roleplaying]] moves the [[Social Roles]] from being based on the players to being based on their [[Characters]] but can just as well provide these roles. The use of [[Internal Rivalry]] or successfully motivating players to adhere to [[Thematic Consistency]] together with [[Roleplaying]] further strengthens the likelihood that players while adopt [[Social Roles]] for their [[Characters]]. [[Roleplaying]] also opens up for some more specific patterns based on the [[Characters]] roles, e.g. [[Brokering]], [[Match-Making]], and [[Outcast]].
-Just as [[Communication Channels]] may be necessary for [[Social Roles]], [[Limited Communication Abilities]] may work against the pattern. (but see the outcast role below). [[Player Anonymity]] may make [[Social Roles]] less present or more difficult to take, so both [[Enforced Player Anonymity]] and [[Possibility of Anonymity]] work against [[Social Roles]].
+Just as [[Communication Channels]] may be necessary for [[Social Roles]], [[Limited Communication Abilities]] may work against the pattern (but see the outcast role below). [[Player Anonymity]] may make [[Social Roles]] less present or more difficult to take, so both [[Enforced Player Anonymity]] and [[Possibility of Anonymity]] work against [[Social Roles]].
 Besides these pattern, what gameplay design patterns hinder or support [[Social Roles]] depend heavily on the specifics of individual [[Social Roles]]. Examples of possible [[Social Roles]] are:
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 * Recluses – players willingly isolating themselves from social interaction with other players. [[Spectators]] offers one way of supporting recluses, and [[Tiered Participation]] another.
 * Motivators – players providing or advocating activities and experiences in the game without seeking any in-game benefit. [[Entitled Players]], [[Extras]], [[Game Masters]], and [[Referees]] can support this role. [[Fudged Results]] may give these the possibility that players get the experiences they can handle or wish to have which otherwise would not have happened due to [[Randomness]].
-* Negotiators – players negotiating between two other players. Quite obviously, [[Negotiation]] may support this role (if a player can negotiate between two other players that is), but [[Cooperation]] and [[Coordination]] are also good candidates. More specific patterns related to [[Negotiation]] include handling [[Shared Penalties]], [[Shared Resources|Resources]], or [[Shared Rewards|Rewards]] and reaching agreements regarding [[Player-Decided Distributions]] or [[Player-Decided Results|Results]]. While in many cases the negotiator may be directly affect by this, he or she will also have to deal with several other players opinions. Negotiators may also help others in [[Trading]], but this may be a dominator masking as a negotiator. Setting up [[Temporary Alliances]] or maintaining [[Secret Alliances]] may also suit negotiators.
+* Negotiators – players negotiating between two other players. Quite obviously, [[Negotiation]] may support this role (if a player can negotiate between two other players that is), but [[Cooperation]] and [[Coordination]] are also good candidates. More specific patterns related to [[Negotiation]] include handling [[Shared Penalties]], [[Shared Resources|Resources]], or [[Shared Rewards|Rewards]] and reaching agreements regarding [[Player-Decided Distributions]] or [[Player-Decided Results|Results]]. While in many cases the negotiator may be directly affect by this, he or she will also have to deal with several other players' opinions. Negotiators may also help others in [[Trading]], but this may be a dominator masking as a negotiator. Setting up [[Temporary Alliances]] or maintaining [[Secret Alliances]] may also suit negotiators.
 * Mediators – players performing actions for other players, either through their own actions or by taking over other players' possibilities to influence the game. [[Proxy Players]] can allow for this, but just as they can support motivators, the use of [[Entitled Players]] can also support mediators. A less active form of this is that of facilitators, which may not be seen as players; [[Game Masters]] is an example of this.
 * Helpers – players actively helping other players perform actions in the game. An explicit need for helpers can be achieved through using [[Helplessness]] but [[Cooperation]] and [[Coordination]] can do so without necessarily limiting other players. [[Team Combos]] can let players help each other while [[Coaches]] is a more passive way of allowing players to be helpers.
-* Violators – players trying to affect other players’ gameplay against their will through explicit actions. [[Conflicts]] between players and [[Directly Aggressive Actions]] are obvious ways of letting players be violators but [[Stealing]] and [[Ninja Looting]] can have less impact on the other players possibilities to continue playing.
+* Violators – players trying to affect other players’ gameplay against their will through explicit actions. [[Conflicts]] between players and [[Directly Aggressive Actions]] are obvious ways of letting players be violators but [[Stealing]] and [[Ninja Looting]] can have less impact on the other players' possibilities to continue playing.
 * Dominators – players trying to influence other players to perform specific actions for the player’s own in-game benefits. [[Guilting]] and the possibility of appointing [[Scapegoats]] can support this as does opportunities for [[Traitors]] to set up [[Betrayal|Betrayals]]. Dominators may also arise from games that have [[Bluffing]] or [[Conspiring]]. [[Indirectly Aggressive Actions]] may also work since dominators can be uses them to influence players without directly confronting them; [[Auctions]] and [[Bidding]] are examples of this and can make players into low intensity dominators while [[Cartel Formation]] a somewhat more direct one. Dominators can also help others in [[Trading]] by pretending to be negotiators. Two other patterns that fit both negotiators and dominators are [[Secret Alliances]] and [[Temporary Alliances]].
 * Exhibitionists – players performing actions in the game to gain the other players’ attention or simply [[Bragging]] about previous actions. [[Glory Rewards]] and [[Ranking Systems]] can provide exhibitionists with material to brag about. [[Tiered Participation]] can let those that want to have extra attention placed on them receive this and as can the act of [[Betrayal]]. The possibility of [[Enactment]] or [[Gameplay Mastery]] can let exhibitionists show off in any gameplay activity that supports these.