Skilled players cooperate less in multi-player games

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

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.

Citation

Chesney, T., Chuah, S.-H., Hoffmann, R., Hui, W., & Larner, J. (2014). Skilled players cooperate less in multi-player games. Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds, 6(1), 21-31. https://doi.org/10.1386/jgvw.6.1.21_1

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 1, 2014
• Publication Date: Mar 1, 2014
• Deposit Date: Mar 4, 2019
• Journal: Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds
• Print ISSN: 1757-191X
• Electronic ISSN: 1757-1928
• Publisher: Intellect
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 21-31
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/jgvw.6.1.21_1
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1605256
• Publisher URL: https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/jgvw/2014/00000006/00000001/art00002%3bjsessionid=ln5vtj9ef2k9.x-ic-live-02