PlayerRating: A reputation system for multiplayer online games

Author

Kaiser, Edward ; Feng, Wu-Chang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Portland State Univ., Portland, OR, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

23-24 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In multiplayer online games, players interact with each other using aliases which unfortunately enable antisocial behavior. Vague rules and limited policing mean that only the very worst offenders are ever disciplined. This paper presents PlayerRating, a distributed reputation system specifically designed for online games. It leverages the prior experiences of a player´s peers to determine the reputability of all other peers, allowing well-behaved players to safely congregate and avoid interaction with antisocial peers. The system has been implemented as an interface add-on for the game World of Warcraft and is evaluated theoretically and experimentally.

Keywords

computer games; distributed algorithms; PlayerRating system; World of Warcraft game; antisocial behavior; distributed reputation system; interface add-on; multiplayer online games; Avatars; Computer science; Feedback; Game theory; Recommender systems; Search engines; Social network services; Online Games; Player Ratings; Reputation Systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Network and Systems Support for Games (NetGames), 2009 8th Annual Workshop on

Conference_Location

Paris

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5603-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5604-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NETGAMES.2009.5446231

Filename

5446231