Comments on: What is a virtual world? http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/06/15/what-is-a-virtual-world/ Raph Koster's personal website: MMOs, gaming, writing, art, music, books Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:02:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alternatif eğlence mekânı: Sanalika | Buldurdumhttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/06/15/what-is-a-virtual-world/comment-page-1/#comment-142880 Alternatif eğlence mekânı: Sanalika | Buldurdum Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:17:27 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/06/15/what-is-a-virtual-world/#comment-142880 [...] dünyada sanal dünyalar yaratmak, “sanal” denen şeyin varlığından beri mütemadiyen zorlanan bir fikir. [...]

[...] dünyada sanal dünyalar yaratmak, “sanal” denen şeyin varlığından beri mütemadiyen zorlanan bir fikir. [...]

]]> By: Alternatif eğlence mekânı: Sanalika | cizzy.nethttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/06/15/what-is-a-virtual-world/comment-page-1/#comment-142874 Alternatif eğlence mekânı: Sanalika | cizzy.net Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:20:55 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/06/15/what-is-a-virtual-world/#comment-142874 [...] eğlence mekânı: Sanalika 23 Kasım 2008 Pazar , Kategori: İnternet Yalan dünyada sanal dünyalar yaratmak, “sanal” denen şeyin varlığından beri mütemadiyen zorlanan bir fikir. [...]

[...] eğlence mekânı: Sanalika 23 Kasım 2008 Pazar , Kategori: İnternet Yalan dünyada sanal dünyalar yaratmak, “sanal” denen şeyin varlığından beri mütemadiyen zorlanan bir fikir. [...]

]]> By: Sosyal İm - Teknoloji haberleri » Alternatif eğlence mekânı: Sanalika » Blog Arşivi » Alternatif eğlence mekânı: Sanalikahttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/06/15/what-is-a-virtual-world/comment-page-1/#comment-142873 Sosyal İm - Teknoloji haberleri » Alternatif eğlence mekânı: Sanalika » Blog Arşivi » Alternatif eğlence mekânı: Sanalika Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:06:55 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/06/15/what-is-a-virtual-world/#comment-142873 [...] dünyada sanal dünyalar yaratmak, “sanal” denen şeyin varlığından beri mütemadiyen zorlanan bir fikir. [...]

[...] dünyada sanal dünyalar yaratmak, “sanal” denen şeyin varlığından beri mütemadiyen zorlanan bir fikir. [...]

]]> By: PSC 4: Footnoteshttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/06/15/what-is-a-virtual-world/comment-page-1/#comment-141137 PSC 4: Footnotes Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:17:24 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/06/15/what-is-a-virtual-world/#comment-141137 [...] the following key characteristics:1 Footnotes 1. 1. Raph Koster (2007). What is a Virtual World, http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/06/15/what-is-a-virtual-world. Retrieved on 23.11.07. page_revision: 0, last_edited: 1220886409|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z (%O ago) [...]

[...] the following key characteristics:1 Footnotes 1. 1. Raph Koster (2007). What is a Virtual World, http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/06/15/what-is-a-virtual-world. Retrieved on 23.11.07. page_revision: 0, last_edited: 1220886409|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z (%O ago) [...]

]]> By: definitions | Metaversed.comhttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/06/15/what-is-a-virtual-world/comment-page-1/#comment-130043 definitions | Metaversed.com Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:23:54 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/06/15/what-is-a-virtual-world/#comment-130043 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Giff Constable's version of Joel Greenbergs original definition of a virtual world, with a nod to Raph kosters definition and using Christian Renauds excellent VW07 presentation as a marker for what not to include. [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%-->

[...] Giff Constable’s version of Joel Greenbergs original definition of a virtual world, with a nod to Raph kosters definition and using Christian Renauds excellent VW07 presentation as a marker for what not to include. [...]

]]> By: Dove Lane » Blog Archive » Defining ‘Virtual World’http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/06/15/what-is-a-virtual-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129461 Dove Lane » Blog Archive » Defining ‘Virtual World’ Fri, 02 Nov 2007 09:17:20 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/06/15/what-is-a-virtual-world/#comment-129461 [...] Raph Koster, master game designer: An online game is a game played using network connectivity. An online virtual world is a simulation of persistent space connected to via a network, wherein users are represented by proxies often termed avatars. Note that both “online” and “virtual” are often elided from the term. [...]

[...] Raph Koster, master game designer: An online game is a game played using network connectivity. An online virtual world is a simulation of persistent space connected to via a network, wherein users are represented by proxies often termed avatars. Note that both “online” and “virtual” are often elided from the term. [...]

]]> By: Raph’s Website » Categories of virtual worldhttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/06/15/what-is-a-virtual-world/comment-page-1/#comment-128303 Raph’s Website » Categories of virtual world Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:10:19 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/06/15/what-is-a-virtual-world/#comment-128303 [...] thing that is frustrating to me (and others) is that long-standing terms are once again getting co-opted by marketing, essentially. Me, I am stubborn, so I am going to keep [...]

[...] thing that is frustrating to me (and others) is that long-standing terms are once again getting co-opted by marketing, essentially. Me, I am stubborn, so I am going to keep [...]

]]> By: Ola Fosheim Grøstadhttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/06/15/what-is-a-virtual-world/comment-page-1/#comment-124042 Ola Fosheim Grøstad Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:22:55 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/06/15/what-is-a-virtual-world/#comment-124042 FWIW, Raph seem to have bypassed the older (deprecated) MPOG term which was used by those that made a transition from single-user to small-scale multi-player. "Massive" was just a marketing extension of that. IIRC. Hence anything that tries to be larger than those single-user-games-turned-multi are MMOs. A better distinction would be to evaluate if the game-design can scale beyond 16-32... (A small track racing game can't) Perhaps an intersting exercise. FWIW, Raph seem to have bypassed the older (deprecated) MPOG term which was used by those that made a transition from single-user to small-scale multi-player. “Massive” was just a marketing extension of that. IIRC. Hence anything that tries to be larger than those single-user-games-turned-multi are MMOs. A better distinction would be to evaluate if the game-design can scale beyond 16-32… (A small track racing game can’t)

Perhaps an intersting exercise.

]]> By: Ilsoaphttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/06/15/what-is-a-virtual-world/comment-page-1/#comment-124032 Ilsoap Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:54:37 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/06/15/what-is-a-virtual-world/#comment-124032 Quick clarification... in the case of something like, again, Texas Hold 'Em, if 100,000 people are playing at the same time, even if it's on 20,000 tables, is it still considered an MMO? Or is it defined as MMO by the number of people per world? I'm guessing it's the latter... but if that's true, does that mean that a 32-player first-person-shooter server is an MMO? Just posing questions since this is the clarification of terms thread. Quick clarification… in the case of something like, again, Texas Hold ‘Em, if 100,000 people are playing at the same time, even if it’s on 20,000 tables, is it still considered an MMO? Or is it defined as MMO by the number of people per world? I’m guessing it’s the latter… but if that’s true, does that mean that a 32-player first-person-shooter server is an MMO?

Just posing questions since this is the clarification of terms thread.

]]> By: Thihttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/06/15/what-is-a-virtual-world/comment-page-1/#comment-124008 Thi Mon, 18 Jun 2007 07:34:54 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/06/15/what-is-a-virtual-world/#comment-124008 Not real is virtual Not real is virtual

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