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Tropico 4
Screen from “Tropico 4”
Tropico – economic strategy in which the player operates the fictional Latin American power, playing a role of the head – the president. The character can be adjusted to the taste: to give him character which will influence in turn the population and communications between other people.
The president moves between islands to adjust affairs and to solve the conflicts, for example: to restore production, to reconcile political parties and others. It is possible to go some other way. For example, to use objects for tourists as propaganda – the airship in the sky will remind that the dictator watches the subordinates.
Maps of the island help to plan strategy for the president. They show territorial distribution of resources, population density, crime, an ecological situation, economic indicators, a covering infrastructure.
In Tropico 4 money are the absolute tool of the power. They will help to accelerate construction of important objects, to water fields with a harvest, to extinguish the fires. Resources and money should use economically as sometimes there can be serious threats, such as natural cataclysms (a tsunami, a volcanic eruption or a tornado) or negative attitudes with other states (revolutionaries).
It is important to maintain diplomatic relations with other states. Further they will be able to help you with various aspects of a game.
In hands of the president there is practically each life of inhabitant. He can arrest, bribe, accused of heresy, arrange accidents, etc. All these acts influence citizens and their attitude towards the leader.
In a game pleasant graphics, beautiful landscapes. This game gets to category of management for 100%.
- World of Warcraft. What leadership skills develops in players
«World of Warcraft — perhaps, and not the first place where recruiters will address in search of talents, however this game helps users to learn many important lessons of leadership — and the management of the companies which look for employees should take it into consideration.
The board member of the consulting company Deloitte in an interview for the Big Think project has noted that he would hire the player of high level in World of Warcraft rather, than the graduate of Harvard University with MBA degree.
The IBM company together with the Seriosity agency has conducted a research — 200 respondents-employees of IBM who play World of Warcraft in free time have been chosen. On average 4 of 10 interviewed have confirmed that they use the skills received in an online game for achievement of higher career results.
Seven main skills to which players in World of Warcraft study:
- Creation of virtual team and cooperation. The Raid leader (RL), so needs members of the road guild as far as they need it. At the same time most often members of one guild aren't in one room — in most cases they even live in the different countries..
- Management of several digital channels of communication. Any participant of raid has to be capable to use reasonably at least two communication channels with other players — an in-game chat and a voice VOIP chat (for example, Skype). At the same time it is important to understand at any moment what channel is more effective and to use it.
- Creation of successful team. Raid leaders won't be able to execute this or that mission if incorrectly pick up members of the team. At the choice of allies it is impossible to rely on the fact that each of them will always be in a game — therefore it is important that skills of one player partially blocked skills of others. Besides, leaders need to be able to motivate the allies and also it is correct to tell that someone from member of the guild won't be involved in raid because of a lack of skills or bad weapon.
- Distribution of awards. Gamers go to raids including to receive trophies. At the same time the problem of distribution of an award between members of the guild often lays down on raid leader. Not to lose strong players, the leader needs to establish transparent rules of distribution of "bag" which will be clear to everyone.
- Constant risks and continuous self-improvement. The only way to achieve success — to try various options. Before raid, raid leader looks through statistics on all played parties and defines what strategy works best of all. After that he explains to the allies as the guild will have to work this time. If some of participants of raid has more experience in this or that question, raid leader allows him to undertake a part of tasks of the leader.
- Dynamism. At any time raid leader has to realize that occurs in a game and to correct team tactics. The result of raid in many respects depends on abilities of the leader to redistribute resources.
- Transparency and accountability. Each player makes the contribution to success. And if someone has conducted raid inefficiently, a task of raid leader — to take necessary measures.
Translated: Valery Gorlanov