Skilled players cooperate less in multi-player games

Thomas Chesney, Swee-Hoon Chuah, Robert Hoffmann, Wendy Hui, Jeremy Larner

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Abstract

A naturalistic public good experiment is used to examine whether better players cooperate more or less than others. ‘Better’ is measured by subjects’ accuracy in a team-based shooting game, and cooperation is measured by introducing a public good decision into the game. A data set of 92 subjects was created and results show that better players cooperate significantly less than others. Economic theory is used to explain the result.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)21-31
JournalJournal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds
Volume6
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Aug 2014
Externally publishedYes

Research Keywords

  • Cooperation
  • MMOG
  • Performance
  • Public good
  • Shooting game
  • Skill

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