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  Contents

 Introduction
 If You Bring
 Them...

 Game or Players?
 Communication
 Protection
 What to Have
 Conclusion

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Introduction

Multi-player games are no longer the future. They are very much the present. It has become uncommon for a commercial game to ship without some form of multi-player option. And many times the game publisher provides an online "match-making" service to bring players together. Even when the publisher doesn't provide this directly, there is usually a commercial gaming service, such as IGZ, WON or TEN, that does.

This brings players from all across the world together in a way that has never before been possible. And all these multitude of players have one thing in common: They are there to play your game.

However, barring adequate inter-player communication options, that's all they will ever have in common.



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