Are we playing the same game?

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Are we playing the same game? How three different player groups have domesticated World of Wacraft

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Presentation at DiGRA 2011

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Are we playing the same game?How three different player groups

have domesticated World of WacraftKristine Ask, NTNU

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Domestication•Symbolic: meaning•Cognitive: knowledge•Practical: practice

Sørensen & Lie (1996)/Sørensen et al (2006)

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Dude! UR totally getting pwned 11!1!!

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HardcoreSymbolic:

CompetitionPractical:

Organized for world firsts

Cognitive:

Experts

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CasualSymbolic:

Social interaction

Practical:

Friends and alliances

Cognitive:

Fellow players

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SoftcoreSymbolic:

Challenging leisurePractical:

BeurocraticCognitive:

Targeted

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Sorting players?