Leet Noobs: The Life and Death of an Expert Player Group in World of Warcraft

by Mark Chen

Book Overview

Leet Noobs documents , for over 10 months, a group of players in the online game World of Warcraft engaged in a 40-person joint activity known as raiding. Initially, the group was informal, a «family» that wanted to «hang out and have fun.» Before joining, each player had been recognized as expert in the game; within the group they had to adapt their expertise for the new joint task and align themselves to new group goals. Through their shared activity,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1433116103
• ISBN13: 9781433116100
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.7"