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Something Bigger than Yourself. Social Interactions One of the major reasons people play online games Forming relationships within games to work together and achieve goals Open forum for everyone. /s Hello. Gamers actively create their own language. Usually short form - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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*Something Bigger than Yourself
*/s Hello
*Social Interactions
*One of the major reasons people play online games
*Forming relationships within games to work together and achieve goals
*Open forum for everyone
*“What? I didn’t hear that”
*Gamers actively create their own language.
*Usually short form
*Based around being quick to type, and easy to understand
*“What? I didn’t hear that”
*Noob: Someone who is bad at the game but defends they are good
*Newb: Someone who is new to the game and willing to learn
*Pat: Short for Patrol
*Sheep: Shortened form for Polymorph
*Bubble: Shortened form for an Immunity Spell
*Crit: A Critical Strike
*“What? I didn’t hear that”
*PVE: Player vs. Environment
*PVP: Player vs. Player
*LFM/G: Looking for More/group
*WTB: Want to Buy
*Aggro: Short for Aggression. Player at top of the list is the monster’s target.
*DPS: Damage Per Second/Damage dealing class
*“What? I didn’t hear that”
*Buff/Debuff: Helpful/detrimental spells placed on a character
*AOE: Area Of Effect
*Pug: Pick Up Group
*Pwn: To defeat utterly
*Spec: The area talents are invested into
*Breadcrum Quest: A quest which is meant to lead you from one area to a new one of your appropriate level
*The Guild
*A Major facet of any MMO game.
*Described as a tribe
*Players with similar goals and personalities
*Social Interactions
*Assistance and Protection
*Exclusive membership
*Size Matters
*MMO Anonymous
*Online interactions provide a barrier
*Cues Filtered Out Theory
*Less Inhibitions
*Hyper-Personal Relationships
*More Self-Disclosure due to lack of cues
*“I’m a level 12 Paladin”
*Self-Presentation
*The ability to present yourself how you wish online
*Identity Shift
*Taking on the Identity of the character you have created
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