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This is actually me making the "I'm Not Good At Life" face.
這就是我做出的“不擅長生活”表情
This is a piece of graffiti in my old neighborhood
這也是我在加州的伯克利的
in Berkeley, California, where I did my PhD
一個老社區進修我的博士學位時的一個涂鴉
on why we're better in games than we are in real life.
而我讀博士研究的課題就是“為什么我們覺得虛擬游戲世界比現實世界更好”
And this is a problem that a lot of gamers have.
同時這也是一個很多游戲玩家的難題
We feel that we are not as good in reality as we are in games.
我們感覺自己無法像在游戲中一樣適應現實生活
And I don't mean just good as in successful,
我不認為適應就是成功，二者不是等價的
although that's part of it.
縱然適應是成功的一部分
We do achieve more in game worlds. But I also
我們確實在游戲世界中收獲更多的成功
mean good as in
但是這里所說的適應
motivated to do something that matters,
就是指去做緊要事情的內在動力、
inspired to collaborate and to cooperate.
激起合作的靈感以及協作
And when we're in game worlds
當我們處于游戲世界時
I believe that many of us become
我覺得我們可以做最好的自己
the best version of ourselves, the most likely to help at a moment's notice,
這時看到一個消息我們就會去幫助別人
the most likely to stick with a problem
并且會持之以恒的解決一個問題
as long at it takes, to get up after failure and try again.
面對挫折我們會勇敢得站起來，并且繼續奮斗
And in real life, when we face failure,
但，在現實生活中，當我們面對失敗的時候
when we confront obstacles, we often don't feel that way.
當我們遭遇障礙的時候，我們通常就不會那么感覺了
We feel overcome,
我們通常會覺得
we feel overwhelmed,
很壓抑、不知所措、
we feel anxious, maybe depressed, frustrated or cynical.
不知所措、焦慮，甚至沮喪、灰心或者憤世嫉俗
We never have those feelings when we're playing games,
這個時候我們就沒有玩游戲那個時候的感受了
they just don't exist in games.
在游戲中就不會存在這些感覺
So, that's what I wanted to study
這就是我在讀研究生時
when I was a graduate student.
研究的東西
What about games makes it impossible
游戲能否讓我們覺得，
to feel that we can't achieve everything?
做不成任何事情是不可能的呢？
How can we take those feelings from games
我們怎么才能把從游戲中獲得的這種感覺
and apply them to real-world work?
轉移到現實社會的工作中呢
So, I looked at games like World of Warcraft,
因此，我研究了一些像《魔獸世界》這樣的游戲
which is really the ideal collaborative problem-solving environment.
它們正是理想的解決協作問題的平臺
And I started to notice a few things
我注意到一些事情
that make epic wins so possible in online worlds.
正是這些事情讓史詩般的勝利在網絡游戲里面變得可能
So, the first thing is whenever you show up in one of these online games,
第一件事情是，無論何時當你出現在這些網絡游戲里面的時候
especially in World of Warcraft,
特別是《魔獸世界》
there are lots and lots of different characters
游戲里面會有很多不同的角色
who are willing to trust you with a world-saving mission, right away.
他們對你非常信任，并且會幫助你完成拯救世界的任務
But not just any mission, it's a mission that is perfectly matched
但并不是所有的任務都是這樣，
with your current level in the game. Right?
而僅僅是那些完全匹配你當前等級的任務
So, you can do it.
因此，你有能力去完成它
They never give you a challenge that you can't achieve.
設計者不會給你一個就你當前的能力完成不了的任務
But it is on the verge of what you're capable of. So, you have to try hard,
但完成這個任務需要發揮你能力的極限，因此，你必須盡你最大努力
but there's no unemployment in World of Warcraft.
在魔獸世界里人人都有自己的職位
There is no sitting around wringing your hands,
那里沒有觀眾
there's always something specific and important to be done.
那里一直有一些非常特別并且很重要的事情等著你去完成
And there are also tons of collaborators.
并且游戲世界里有很多的人可以協作
Everywhere you go, hundreds of thousands of people
不論你到了哪里，
ready to work with you
都會有成千上萬的人等著和你合作
to achieve your epic mission.
去完成那些艱巨的任務
That's not something that we have in real life that easily,
在現實生活中就沒有這么輕松了
this sense that at our fingertips
這種在我們指尖間就有成千上萬合作伙伴的感覺
are tons of collaborators.
在現實生活中就沒有這么簡單了
And also there is this epic story, this inspiring story
在游戲中會有美妙的故事情節，而這些情節
of why we're there, and what we're doing.
吸引了我們，并且激勵著我們的所作所為
And then we get all this positive feedback.
同時，對于我們所做出的任何努力都會有一個積極肯定的回應
You guys have heard of leveling up and plus-one strength,
你們肯定聽說過等級提升，
and plus-one intelligence.
伴隨著等級提升力量加一點同時智力加一點
We don't get that kind of constant feedback in real life.
而我們在現實生活中就沒有這種持續的回饋
When I get off this stage I'm not going to have
比如說，當我走下這個舞臺的時候，我不會有
plus-one speaking, and plus-one crazy idea,
演說能力加一，瘋狂的創意能力加一
plus-20 crazy idea.
更不用說瘋狂的創意能力加20了
I don't get that feedback in real life.
在現實生活中我沒有得到任何獎勵
Now, the problem with collaborative online environments
在網絡虛擬環境中，
like World of Warcraft
比如《魔獸世界》
is that it's so satisfying
和別人協作是一件非常愜意的事情
to be on the verge of an epic win all the time
因為我們可以不停得向最終的勝利沖擊
that we decide to spend all our time in these game worlds.
也正是因為如此我們才會一直沉醉于游戲世界中
It's just better than reality.
因為它比現實更好
So, so far, collectively all the World of Warcraft gamers
到目前為止，《魔獸世界》的游戲玩家們已經花費了總數為593萬年的時間
have spent 5.93 million years
去解決艾澤拉斯里面的
solving the virtual problems of Azeroth.
各種虛擬的問題
Now, that's not necessarily a bad thing.
這不是一件壞事
It might sound like it's a bad thing.
不過聽起來像是一件壞事
