Group roles in Massively Multiplayer Online Games

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Feb 7, 2013 - ... “real” organizations. ▫ Massively Multiplayer Online Games as a source. 4 ... 6. Dungeons and Dragons. MUD1 ... Espionage & EVE Online.
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Group roles in Massively Multiplayer Online Games Kiran Lakkaraju, Jon Whetzel February 7th, 2013

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■ How did the empire rise? ■ What factors caused it to fall? ■ Was it inevitable?

General research objective: Understand the dynamics of large scale organizations.

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■ Study “virtual” organizations for the purpose of understanding “real” organizations. ■ Massively Multiplayer Online Games as a source.

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