Chaotic worlds: an analysis of World of Warcraft

Brad McKenna; Lesley Gardner; Michael Myers

Chaotic worlds: an analysis of World of Warcraft

Brad McKenna, Lesley Gardner, Michael Myers

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Abstract

Virtual worlds provide new forms of collaboration and social interaction. The World of Warcraft (WoW) is one such virtual world. It is the most popular example of what is called a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG). In this paper, we analyze players’ outcomes with WoW using chaos theory. Our paper suggests that players are highly sensitive to initial conditions which are impacted by style of play and the social structure of groups.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	Americas Conference on Information Systems - Lima, Peru Duration: 12 Aug 2010 → 15 Aug 2010

Conference

Conference	Americas Conference on Information Systems
Country/Territory	Peru
City	Lima
Period	12/08/10 → 15/08/10

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