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.

• 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