Gamers are more aggressive when playing strangers than friends

[fogus]

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17868-gamers-are-more-aggressive-to-strangers.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news

[chaosmachine]

This isn't a measure of gamers vs non-gamers, as the headline might lead you to believe.

The study shows that people are more aggressive when playing games against strangers and less aggressive when playing against their team mates.

[DanielStraight]

Fascinating.

I would also like to mention that this article was simultaneously relevant, interesting, informative, and based on real research rather than conjecture. It's quite refreshing.

[cwan]

On a practical level you could probably extend the analogy to illustrating the effectiveness of using "us" against "them" rhetoric.

[tumult]

Classy headline. Misleading. Jackasses.

[CrazedGeek]

Correction: UT2004 players are more aggressive to strangers. It's a bit of a stretch to extrapolate that to mean "every multiplayer game."