Social Impacts of Video Gaming

Bartle’s Taxonomy was the earliest attempt to break down player psychology in a multiplayer environment. Richard Bartle, who created the first MUD in 1978, interviewed the players of his games about why they played. Their responses fit into 4 categories, which we now call Achievers, Explorers, Socializers, and Killers. Today, there are similar gaming platforms like MOBAs.

1. Choose a Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) that you’ve played or one you can see yourself playing.

???Describe the MOBA you have chosen and at least 3 player characters.

???Choose one player from the MOBA that suits you and why you chose that character.

???Based on the 4 categories of players, Achievers, Explorers, Socializers, and Killers, describe which player type you’d likely be in a game and why.

???Include a graphic or image of the MOBA and the character you chose by embedding the image into the document.