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Figure 1: Listing of Apolyton University Courses
Figure 2: Typical Course Posting
Figure 3: Timeline of key events in Apolyton University’s History
Civ 3 release
Late 2001
“best of the best”
03/03
09/02
Apolyton University
AU 101
Spoilers
AU DARS
09/03
03/04
09/04
03/05
AU Dean
AU Committee
Mini – games, tournaments
Reduction of committee
Should I resign?
Post Game Comments
Figure 4 depicts a typical DAR post. The left column contains the poster’s information, including the handle and group information. This poster has identified himself or herself as being of Mexican nationality and has achieved “Emperor” status (something that can be set by the user). Underneath the name, the system displays when the user registered, and the particular groups the poster is registered to, which in this case include multiple Civ3 Democracy Games (games played collaboratively), the Hall of Fame, and Spanish speaking Civ players. The main body of the posts is on the right. This post follows a common (yet never formalized) format: It begins with a recapitulation of how the player is thinking about current game status. It then mentions specific “key” moves that the poster feels are particularly relevant. The post ends with in game data which gives a general sense of the overall health of the civilization and particular cities.
through
. The right column contains information on the post itself in the header (time made, as well as options for emailing, subscribing to follow-ups and so on). The body of the text
Figure 5: Analysis of a player’s game.
Figure 6: Trajectory of players’ experience from users to designers.
Identifying
exploits
Changing rules
Achieving
competency
Identifying superior strategies
Inventing rule
systems
USER
DESIGNER
Design
300+ hours
Clayton M. Christensen
Innovator’s dilemma
Disruptive technologies
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