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Verbal coordination in first person shooter games

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CSCW '12: Proceedings of the ACM 2012 conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work

Pages 579 - 582

https://doi.org/10.1145/2145204.2145292

Published: 11 February 2012 Publication History

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We explore how expert First Person Shooter (FPS) players coordinate actions using a shared voice channel. Our findings emphasize the importance of the temporality and spatiality of these tactical verbal communications ("call-outs"). From here, we outline potential designs to mitigate problems in the production/interpretation of call-outs to better support coordination.

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February 2012

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ISBN:9781450310864

DOI:10.1145/2145204

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