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Study of User Generated Rules on Online game - focused on League of Legends -

온라인 게임에 나타난 사용자 생성 규칙 연구 - <리그 오브 레전드>를 중심으로 -

  • Lyou, Chul-Gyun (Division of Digital Media in Ewha Womans University) ;
  • Park, Miri (Division of Digital Media in Ewha Womans University)
  • 류철균 (이화여자대학교 디지털미디어학부) ;
  • 박미리 (이화여자대학교 디지털미디어학부)
  • Received : 2015.01.12
  • Accepted : 2015.01.26
  • Published : 2015.02.20
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze user-generated rules in online games and to define the way of players' identities are developed. This study focuses on the online game League of Legends, which originated from use map system. Based on rule theory, this study analyzes the characteristics of user-generated rules. As the result, this study proves that the main rule of online game is not the rules made by developers, but the emergent rules made by players. Through rule-detection and rule-selection process, user-generated rules change the game system. Therefore, the result of this study expects to show meaningful roles of players in game system.

본 논문의 목적은 온라인 게임에서 나타나는 사용자 생성 규칙의 양상 및 특징을 분석하고, 이를 통해 게임 내에서 플레이어의 정체성이 형성되는 방식을 밝히는 것이다. 이를 위해 유즈맵 시스템에서 기원한 온라인 게임 <리그 오브 레전드>를 연구 대상으로 채택하고, 규칙 이론을 바탕으로 사용자에 의해 만들어진 규칙의 양상을 분석하였다. 그 결과 게임 내에서 지배적으로 나타나는 규칙은 개발자가 만든 규칙이 아닌 사용자로부터의 창발적인 규칙에 있었다. 그리고 이러한 사용자 생성 규칙은 규칙 발견과 다수 사용자에 의한 선택의 과정을 거치면서 궁극적으로 시스템의 상태 변화까지 이끌어낸다. 본 논문에서의 사용자 생성 규칙에 관한 연구는 게임 내에서의 사용자 역할을 제고할 수 있도록 한다는 측면에서 의의를 가질 것으로 기대한다.

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