Insensitivity to Network Delay: Minecraft Gaming Experience of Casual Gamers

Hohlfeld, Oliver; Fiedler, Hannes; Pujol, Enric; Guse, Dennis

doi:10.1109/itc-28.2016.313

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“…Other oddities include: (i) mis-citing another questionnaire with the same acronym "Game Engagement Questionnaire" [4,5]; (ii) citing the KidsGEQ [44], a poster containing only seven example items, for a study with university students; (iii) citing the Future Play [41] and Fun & Games [10] which do not include any GEQ items; (iv) citing the Social Presence in Gaming Questionnaire (SPGQ) of which items are different from the core GEQ [43,60]; (v) citing the URL of the homepage of the research lab of which the GEQ originators were members, but without specifying the location of the document [63]; (vi) providing the authors and title of the GEQ without publication year or status [21]. These add up to 8 instances (or more than 10%) of the reviewed papers.…”

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Systematic Review and Validation of the Game Experience Questionnaire (GEQ) – Implications for Citation and Reporting Practice

Law¹,

Brühlmann²,

Mekler³

2018

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Despite lacking a formal peer-reviewed publication, the Game Experience Questionnaire (GEQ) is widely applied in games research, which might risk the proliferation of erroneous study implications. This concern motivated us to conduct a systematic literature review of 73 publications, analysing how and why the GEQ and its variants have been employed in current research. Besides inconsistent reporting of psychometric properties, we found that misleading citation practices with regards to the source, rationale and number of items reported were prevalent, which in part seem to stem from confusion over the “manuscript in preparation” status. Additionally, we present the results of a validation study (N = 633), which found no evidence for the originally postulated 7-factor structure of the GEQ. Based on these findings, we discuss the challenges inherent to the “manuscript in preparation” status and provide recommendations for authors, researchers, educators, and reviewers on how to improve reporting, citation and publication practices.

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Systematic Review and Validation of the Game Experience Questionnaire (GEQ) – Implications for Citation and Reporting Practice

Law¹,

Brühlmann²,

Mekler³

2018

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“…Fritsch et al [53] ind players of the role-playing game Everquest 2 can tolerate hundreds of milliseconds of network latency. Hohlfeld et al [63] ind players of the casual game Minecraft are insensitive to network latencies of up to 1 second. Sheldon et al [125] show some aspects of play in the real-time strategy game Warcraft 3 are not afected by even a second of latency.…”

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A Survey and Taxonomy of Latency Compensation Techniques for Network Computer Games

Liu

Claypool

2022

ACM Comput. Surv.

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Computer games, one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the world, are increasingly online multiplayer, connecting geographically dispersed players in the same virtual world over a network. Network latency between players and the server can decrease responsiveness and increase inconsistency across players, degrading player performance and quality of experience. Latency compensation techniques are software-based solutions that seek to ameliorate the negative effects of network latency by manipulating player input and/or game states in response to network delays. We search, find, and survey over 80 papers on latency compensation, organizing their latency compensation techniques into a novel taxonomy. Our hierarchical taxonomy has eleven base technique types organized into four main groups. Illustrative examples of each technique are provided as well as demonstrated use of the techniques in commercial games.

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“…For network latency and other game genres, Fritsch et al [8] find players of the role-playing game Everquest 2 can tolerate hundreds of milliseconds of network latency. Hoßfeld et al [10] show players of the casual game Minecraft are insensitive to network latencies of up to 1 second. Sheldon et al [20] find some aspects of play in the real-time strategy game Warcraft 3 are not affected by up to a second of network latency.…”

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“…There have been studies on network latency and commercial games [8,10], especially latency and first-person shooter (FPS) games [1][2][3]18] owing to the sensitivity of FPS games to network latency and the prevalence of FPS games in the competitive and esports scenes. However, such studies often evaluate non-expert gamers or high-end latencies (e.g., above 150 ms) that are not typically seen by competitive gamers.…”

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Comparing the Effects of Network Latency versus Local Latency on Competitive First Person Shooter Game Players

Liu¹,

Kuwahara²,

Scovell³

et al. 2021

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Competitive gamers, and especially esports gamers, want lower latency to improve their chances of winning. There are two main sources of latency in competitive computer games: local system latency and network latency. While researchers have studied the effects of both, a direct comparison has not been done, especially for competitive gamers and low-end latencies. This paper assesses the effects of local latency and network latency on experienced {\em Counter-strike: Global Offensive} players comparing data from two user studies. Analysis of the results shows that local latency has about a 2x higher impact on player performance (accuracy and score) and Quality of Experience (QoE) than does the same amount of network latency.

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Insensitivity to Network Delay: Minecraft Gaming Experience of Casual Gamers

Cited by 14 publications

References 14 publications

Systematic Review and Validation of the Game Experience Questionnaire (GEQ) – Implications for Citation and Reporting Practice

Systematic Review and Validation of the Game Experience Questionnaire (GEQ) – Implications for Citation and Reporting Practice

A Survey and Taxonomy of Latency Compensation Techniques for Network Computer Games

Comparing the Effects of Network Latency versus Local Latency on Competitive First Person Shooter Game Players

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