Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | 22:05 BST
World of Warcraft promotes leadership qualities
According to Danish TV and internet channel, DR Update, American researchers are now saying that World of Warcraft actually promotes leadership qualities amongst it users.
“According to American researchers, World of Warcraft can be used to encourage the kind of qualities that are useful for future leaders,” said the report.
“World of Warcraft is being tested at many large American Universities at the moment which could turn out to be a kind a training camp for the leaders of tomorrow.”
The piece goes on to say that organising groups of 25-40 people at once in order to take down the enemy as quickly and efficiently as possible lends considerable weight to this American initiative.
By Mike Bowden
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Posted in: MMO, PC
Tags: blizzard, leaders of tomorrow, world of warcraft
17 comments
#1
Daodan
18/06/08, 10:02 pm
Not all that surprising, really. It’s quite evident that grouping/raiding may be good for developing certain (social) skills.
#2
morriss
18/06/08, 10:05 pm
Yeah, it’s interesting. It’s good to see something positive for once.
#3
patlike
18/06/08, 10:21 pm
People put stuff about EVE corp management on their CVs quite regularly, I think.
#4
kasai
18/06/08, 10:22 pm
I find getting groups together exhausting I can do it but the amount of people playing solo in this games is appalling. Some nights I spend a good 2 hours just pming people in order to get a group going. Other nights its like asking a brick wall.
#5
morriss
18/06/08, 10:23 pm
pat: Really? Fair play to ‘em.
Kasai: obviously not the leader-type!
#6
kasai
18/06/08, 10:25 pm
Oi
yes I bloody am.
#7
morriss
18/06/08, 10:27 pm
#8
ecu
18/06/08, 10:57 pm
@kasai
..join a guild?
#9
kasai
18/06/08, 11:10 pm
guilds require a lot of your free time and commitment which I don’t have.
#10
morriss
18/06/08, 11:12 pm
SO do MMOs.
#11
kasai
18/06/08, 11:19 pm
I can’t say I agree I get a lot of enjoyment out of the mmo’s I play but I don’t play it obsessively.
#12
ecu
18/06/08, 11:21 pm
So you’re complaining about people playing solo, yet you’re pretty much a solo player yourself?
#13
kasai
19/06/08, 12:06 am
who says I was complaining just because I don’t want to join a guild doesn’t mean I don’t want to group. I group all the time its were the most fun is had its boring soloing. Groups which for the most part I have to make myself. I might be wrong might just be the server I’m on just an observation I’ve noted while playing wow.
#14
ecu
19/06/08, 12:50 am
If you join a big guild, there’s no requirements to keep playing, and you always have people to group with.
#15
XDamage
19/06/08, 2:26 am
*Imagines a bunch of WoW players as commanding officers in the armed forces*
…nah
#16
Whizzo
19/06/08, 7:44 am
They’d be great in battles as long as they had 10 minutes discussing what tactic to use while the enemy just hangs around doing nothing or picking its nose while in plain sight 50 yards away!
#17
patlike
19/06/08, 8:22 am
I bet enemies have a slightly larger aggro radius in real life.