The life and death of online gaming communities: A look at guilds in world of warcraft

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 839-848

  Ducheneaut, Nicolas ^a   Yee, Nicholas ^b   Nickell, Eric ^a   Moore, Robert J ^a  

^a PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data analysis tools; Group dynamics; Massively multiplayer online games; Online communities; Social networks

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; SERVERS;

DATA ANALYSIS TOOLS; GROUP DYNAMICS; MASSIVELY MULTIPLAYER ONLINE GAMES; ONLINE COMMUNITIES; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 35348918962     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1240624.1240750     Document Type: Conference Paper

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