Trading Behind-the-Scene: Analysis of Online Gold Farming Network in the Auction House System
Trading Behind-the-Scene: Analysis of Online Gold Farming Network in the Auction House System
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交易幕后：拍卖行系统中的在线种金网络分析
DOI：
10.1109/tg.2021.3094054
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发表时间：
2022
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
H. Kim
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作者：
Yuseung Noh;S. Jeong;H. Kim
由于智能手机的广泛使用，基于移动的平台的各种在线游戏正在推出。虽然与PC游戏相比，手机游戏具有更好的可访问性的优点，但存在难以输入特定动作的限制。为了克服这种限制，游戏公司应用自动播放系统来支持用户。没有人类交互的自动游戏（使用宏或游戏机器人程序）以前被认为是作弊游戏。为了向用户提供更舒适和容易的游戏体验，大多数手机游戏当前提供自动播放功能。这样的引入意味着沿着打金组（GFG），所有用户都可以使用游戏机器人。因此，游戏公司通过引入不可能进行真实的金钱交易（RMT）的游戏内经济系统来防止GFG的盈利活动。然而，GFG仍然通过滥用拍卖行来运作。我们的研究使用了一个移动的游戏的三个月的交易日志，该游戏引入了一个拍卖行作为游戏内的经济系统。我们观察到的滥用，使RMT可能通过拍卖行，并提出了一种方法，确定滥用仅通过交易日志。我们使用已识别的滥用行为分析了GFG，并确认GFG由单一角色组成。
Owing to the widespread use of smartphones, various online games based on mobile platforms are being launched. Although mobile games have the advantage of better accessibility compared to PC games, there is a limitation in that it is difficult to input specific actions. To overcome this limitation, game companies apply autoplay systems to support users. Autoplay (with macro or game bot programs) without human interaction was previously regarded as a cheating play. To provide a more comfortable and easy gaming experience to users, most mobile games currently provide autoplay functionality. Such introduction means that along with gold farming groups (GFGs), all users can use a game bot. Therefore, game companies prevent profit-producing activities of GFGs by introducing an in-game economic system in which a real money trading (RMT) is impossible. However, GFGs still operate by abusing an auction house. Our study uses the three-month transaction logs of a mobile game that introduces an auction house as an in-game economic system. We observe the abuse that makes RMTs possible through the auction house and propose a method of identifying abuse solely through a transaction log. We analyzed the GFGs using the identified abuse and confirmed that the GFG consists of a single role.