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De Paoli, Stefano and Kerr, Aphra (2009) The Economy of Cheating in MMPORGs: a Case Study of Innovation. In: 4th Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems, 25-27 September 2009, Athens.
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Abstract
Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games are socio-technical phenomena that are both complex technological systems and complex societies. They are also highly lucrative businesses. In this paper we present initial findings from a case study of the MMORPG TIBIA which explores the business and social relationships generated by cheating practices. We characterize the economy of cheating as a learning and innovation process and the development of cheating solutions as an answer to breakdowns and market demand
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Additional Information: | CD ROM ISBN: 97869856676. The authors would like to acknowledge the support of the HEA under the PRTLI 4 programme and their partners on the 'Serving Society: Future Communications Networks and Services' project (2008-2010). We also thank the anonymous reviewers of MCIS for their comments |
| Keywords: | economy of cheating; MMORPG; emergent approach; breakdown; innovation; learning; |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > National Institute for Regional and Spatial analysis, NIRSA Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology |
| Item ID: | 2876 |
| Depositing User: | Prof. Aphra Kerr |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Dec 2011 16:25 |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| URI: | https://mu.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/2876 |
| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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