Flow experience of MUD players: Investigating multi-user dimension gamers from the USA

Anthony Faiola; Alexander E. Voiskounsky

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-73257-0_36

Flow experience of MUD players: Investigating multi-user dimension gamers from the USA

Anthony Faiola, Alexander E. Voiskounsky

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Abstract

Playing MUDs (Multi-User Dimensions or Multi-User Dungeons, or Multi-User Domain), text-only online gaming environments, may initiate flow experience. Online survey research was administered within the sample population of 13,662 MUD players from the United States of America, using the specially designed questionnaire with four categories of questions related to: flow experience, experience in playing MUDs, interaction patterns, and demographics. Replies of respondents (N = 287) fit a five factor model. All the correlations between the factors are significant (p < 0.05). Since players experienced flow while MUDding, it was proposed that flow is one of the sources of the long-time attractiveness for MUD players.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Online Communities and Social Computing - Second International Conference, OCSC 2007. Held as Part of HCI International 2007, Proceedings
Pages	324-333
Number of pages	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73257-0_36
State	Published - 2007
Event	2nd International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing, OCSC 2007 - Beijing, China Duration: Jul 22 2007 → Jul 27 2007

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	4564 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	2nd International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing, OCSC 2007
Country/Territory	China
City	Beijing
Period	7/22/07 → 7/27/07

Keywords

Flow
Interaction
MMORPG
MUD
Online
Play
Structural equation modeling

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Faiola, A., & Voiskounsky, A. E. (2007). Flow experience of MUD players: Investigating multi-user dimension gamers from the USA. In Online Communities and Social Computing - Second International Conference, OCSC 2007. Held as Part of HCI International 2007, Proceedings (pp. 324-333). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 4564 LNCS). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73257-0_36

Faiola, Anthony ; Voiskounsky, Alexander E. / Flow experience of MUD players : Investigating multi-user dimension gamers from the USA. Online Communities and Social Computing - Second International Conference, OCSC 2007. Held as Part of HCI International 2007, Proceedings. 2007. pp. 324-333 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Faiola, A & Voiskounsky, AE 2007, Flow experience of MUD players: Investigating multi-user dimension gamers from the USA. in Online Communities and Social Computing - Second International Conference, OCSC 2007. Held as Part of HCI International 2007, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 4564 LNCS, pp. 324-333, 2nd International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing, OCSC 2007, Beijing, China, 7/22/07. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73257-0_36

Flow experience of MUD players: Investigating multi-user dimension gamers from the USA. / Faiola, Anthony; Voiskounsky, Alexander E.
Online Communities and Social Computing - Second International Conference, OCSC 2007. Held as Part of HCI International 2007, Proceedings. 2007. p. 324-333 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 4564 LNCS).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Faiola A, Voiskounsky AE. Flow experience of MUD players: Investigating multi-user dimension gamers from the USA. In Online Communities and Social Computing - Second International Conference, OCSC 2007. Held as Part of HCI International 2007, Proceedings. 2007. p. 324-333. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-73257-0_36

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