Richard Butty - Players Who Multi User Domains

In the on-line world there are two types of playing styles:

              |                    Action                           Interaction            |
              |                                                                                     |
              |                 Focus on   <--------->  Focussed on            |
              |            The Environment                     Player                 |
              |                                                                                     |
              |--->      HEARTS                       DIAMONDS      <---|
                      PLAYERS WHO             PLAYERS WHO
                          SOCIALISE             LOOK TO ACHIEVE


               PLAYERS WHO IMPOSE       PLAYERS WHO
                         (ON OTHERS)            LOOK TO EXPLORE
                             KILLERS                       EXPLORERS


The tactics are about:

1) Relationships
2) Balance.


My opinion:


I do not agree with everything. Yes in MUDs there are the two types of playing styles however the different types of players are nowhere as clear cut as they are made out to be in this article. For instance Killers some times like to brag to socialisers how to they are at defeating another opponent in the game where as achievers will do so more often but basically the groupings today are no where as clear cut due to comparability with other players and certain built in challenger in modern games.