Researcher asks: Do some gamers have the edge over others?

[Paws]

Hi!

I would really appreciate your help on this plus it will be a fun and interesting experience

I am doing my Honours in Psychology at Wits and chosen and therefore excited to do my research on gamers and cognition (higher order function of the brain).

I am looking for participants that are male gamers from Johannesburg between the ages of 18 and 30, that are fluent in English and have at least a Matric.

I need two types of gamers (who play on any format):

1. Those who have only played first or third person shooter games for at least the last 6 months (why I am posting on this site)
and
2. Those who have only played strategy games for at least the last 6 months

There are a few other inclusion criteria but you email me if you are at all interested I would be eternally grateful. - predictable_world[at]hotmail.com

Thank you in advance

Paula

 

[Vegeta]

Real gamers play Mario Kart

 

[Chunkyfeather]

"Do some gamers have the edge over others?"

I'm going to go on a limb here and say YES.

Like sports and intelligence, some people have the edge over others, why wouldn't this extend to gaming?

There, I have completed your Honors, a mention in the credits is all I ask


Jokes aside, good luck with it, sounds very interesting!

 

[HerZeLeiD]

Bizarre, needing matric for this experiment. You don't learn game tactics from school. You are just born with it. Like soldiers who all get the same combat training, there's always a few who are naturally better soldiers. Difficult to imagine? I know right.

 

[czc]

Some gamers just practice more.

 

[Kompete]

I hope "Do some gamers have the edge over others?" is not the title of your thesis, or one of your hypothesis.

Clearly the answer is yes, as mentioned here. What do you really aim to research here?

 

[HideInLight]

Some gamers just practice more.

Doesn't always help. In a game like HoN people who've played it since release are still at 1500mmr(like me). The only way I went passed that to 1650 was playing with another player who was a aggressive carry, semi-carry player while I focused on support. When stopped playing together he also dropped to 1500.

In team games, if you play to the strengths and find a team mater that can cover your weakness, both players will seem better than they really are. You play with the best, you become the best.

Then you get those really skilled players who play in perfect conditions with massive apm and reaction time. Those kind of players play partly on instinct, literally. Like the "human calculator", they use the motor/movement part of their brain. Those players are just naturally gifted. Professional players.

Games that people have played for years, people have their limits.
Recent games are more about knowledge about mechanics and playtime.