New Edition of the Daedalus Project

Nick Yee writes "The Daedalus Project is an ongoing survey study of MMORPG players. Over the past 5 years, more than 35,000 MMORPG players have participated in the study. A new issue is now available at the Daedalus Project site. Some highlights from the current issue include: About 26% of female players are introduced to the game by a romantic partner, compared with 1% of male players, An extensive interview with the leader of a top-ranked WoW guild (they just killed Ragnaros recently), and Narratives from players who play with their romantic partners, family members, friends and co-workers illustrating the good and bad things about playing with someone you know in real life."

Comments

The Rules of Guild Club

[dcowart]

#1. The first rule of Guild Club is, you do not talk about Guild Club.
#2. The second rule of Guild Club is, you DO NOT talk about Guild Club.

That's what the interview reads like, a set of rules about how to make a super elite club of ppl to defeat whatever enemy appears. It works, just it is restrictive in that the only goal is to win, other aspects of MMORPGs are not part of the Guild's gesellschaft.