[[_Anotacions]] tags:: #marc_teoric #Game #Player_Types # Bartle2009. Step 4: Understand the Limits of Theory ## Anotacions [[Bartle2009]] "In 1996, I published a paper called Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds, Spades: Players who Suit MUDs [Bartle 96]. In it, I examined the reasons why people play MUDs (as virtual worlds were known back then), and showed how the different playing styles were inter-dependent" ([Bartle 2009:120](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/ASVCKSI8?page=4)) "Achievers like acting on the virtual world. Their aim is usually to succeed in the context of the virtual world - to reach the highest level, for example." ([Bartle 2009:121](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/ASVCKSI8?page=5)) "Explorers like interacting with the virtual world. They act in order to find things out about the virtual world and how it works." ([Bartle 2009:122](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/ASVCKSI8?page=6)) "Socialisers like interacting with other players. They like talking, being part of a group, and helping others." ([Bartle 2009:122](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/ASVCKSI8?page=6)) "Killers like acting on other players. Sometimes, this is to gain a big, bad reputation (whence the name), but other times it's to gain a big, good reputation (in guild politics, for example)." ([Bartle 2009:122](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/ASVCKSI8?page=6))