Thoughts
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Gatekeeping in MMOs - Practice MMOs Gatekeep Social How gatekeeping has been done in my experience, particularly in Aion 2
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Mana problems as a point of social interaction in MMOs MMOs Social Design How downtime in MMO grinding, like sitting to regen mana, waiting for respawns or playing a support class, gives players room to talk.
Papers
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Playing with Strangers: Understanding Temporary Teams in League of Legends Yubo Kou, Xinning Gui 2014 Social League of Legends A set of interviews about team collaboration within matchmaking. Nothing groundbreaking: we already know all that from experience. However, some citations are interesting.
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