Game Player
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A Game Player is an agent in a game playing task.
- AKA: Game Participant.
- Context:
- They can range from being a In-Game Participant to being an End-of-Game Participant (such as a game winner or game loser).
- They can range from being a Fair Player to being a Cheating Player.
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- Example(s):
- an Economic Agent, such as a capitalist or a worker.
- a Video Game Player (who controls a video game player character).
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- Counter-Example(s):
- a Game Spectator.
- a Game Adjudicator, such as a referee or a judge of law.
- See: Police, Chase Player, Game Theory, Solitaire.
References
2015
- (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/player_(game) Retrieved:2015-6-30.
- A player of a game is a participant therein. The term 'player' is used with this same meaning both in game theory and in ordinary recreational games.
Normally, there are at least two players in a game, but one-player games exist and are collectively known as solitary games (such as the Solitaire card game and many video games).
- A player of a game is a participant therein. The term 'player' is used with this same meaning both in game theory and in ordinary recreational games.