scholarly journals Analyzing the Effect of TCP and Server Population on Massively Multiplayer Games

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirko Suznjevic ◽  
Jose Saldana ◽  
Maja Matijasevic ◽  
Julián Fernández-Navajas ◽  
José Ruiz-Mas
Keyword(s):  
Network Traffic ◽  
Window Size ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Traffic Model ◽  
Traffic Flows ◽  
Role Playing Games ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Real Traffic ◽  
Player Behaviour ◽  
Massively Multiplayer

Many Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) use TCP flows for communication between the server and the game clients. The utilization of TCP, which was not initially designed for (soft) real-time services, has many implications for the competing traffic flows. In this paper we present a series of studies which explore the competition between MMORPG and other traffic flows. For that aim, we first extend a source-based traffic model, based on player’s activities during the day, to also incorporate the impact of the number of players sharing a server (server population) on network traffic. Based on real traffic traces, we statistically model the influence of the variation of the server’s player population on the network traffic, depending on the action categories (i.e., types of in-game player behaviour). Using the developed traffic model we prove that while server population only modifies specific action categories, this effect is significant enough to be observed on the overall traffic. We find that TCPVegasis a good option for competing flows in order not to throttle the MMORPG flows and that TCP SACK is more respectful with game flows than other TCP variants, namely,Tahoe, Reno,andNew Reno. Other tests show that MMORPG flows do not significantly reduce their sending window size when competing against UDP flows. Additionally, we study the effect of RTT unfairness between MMORPG flows, showing that it is less important than in the case of network-limited TCP flows.

scholarly journals Applying Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs) in EFL Teaching

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hazita Azman ◽  
Nurul Farhana Dollsaid
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Online Games ◽  
Language Learner ◽  
Massively Multiplayer Online Games ◽  
Multiplayer Online Games ◽  
Role Playing Games ◽  
Learning Principles ◽  
Communication Behaviours ◽  
Massively Multiplayer

This article explores the use of massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) as a type of serious games that have English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learning potentials. It highlights evidence from a case study which investigated the effects of role-playing in MMOGs on communication behaviours among EFL game players. Additionally, findings from the study elucidate the learning principles of good games that incorporate the dynamics of gaming which induce the language learner to be active generators of information, knowledge and language. Essentially the preliminary findings reported affirm the viability of online games as a potential tool for teaching and learning in the 4.0 era, which endeavours to engage the digital natives of the 21st century. The study thus claims that MMOGs in particular the massively multiplayer online role-playing games or MMORPGs can facilitate in providing contextualized and authentic language interaction opportunities in English between online multilingual speakers.

2156 – Massively multiplayer online role-playing games: comparison of problematic vs non-problematics gamers

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Nicolier ◽  
S. Achab ◽  
J. Monnin ◽  
G. Tio ◽  
C. Cappe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Role Playing ◽  
Role Playing Games ◽  
Massively Multiplayer

A Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game and Its Effects on Interaction in the Second Language

2018 ◽  
pp. 367-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuttakritta Chotipaktanasook ◽  
Hayo Reinders
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Role Playing Games ◽  
Role Playing Game ◽  
Massively Multiplayer

Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) have been dramatically used in language education and identified in computer-assisted language learning (CALL) research as playing a central role in second language acquisition (SLA). This chapter addresses the integration of a commercially developed MMORPG Ragnarok Online into a language course as a basis for digital game-based language learning and reports on its effects on second language (L2) interaction. Thirty Thai learners of English who enrolled in a 15-week university language course were required to complete 18 face-to-face classroom lessons and six gameplay sessions. Learners' language use in both text and voice chats during gameplay was recorded and analysed to measure the effects of the game. The findings show that participating in MMORPG resulted in a significantly more considerable increase in L2 interaction that used a wider range of discourse functions compared with English interaction in the classroom. The authors discuss some of the theoretical and pedagogical implications of these findings.

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