Game Theory: How WoW Almost Prevented the Coronavirus Crisis! (World of Warcraft) | Only Sports And Health



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Years ago now, World of Warcraft had an event that changed the landscape of  the ENTIRE game for the players. Hundreds of thousands of skeletons littered the cities, all player characters who had perished to what was called the “corrupted blood plague”. Now, some experts are saying that they could have used this event to better understand how viral pandemics spread in societies and how individuals react. What I want to know is, could this historic WoW moment have helped prevent the spread of our current pandemic? Let’s find out!

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Writers: Stephanie Patrick and Justin Kuiper
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29 thoughts on “Game Theory: How WoW Almost Prevented the Coronavirus Crisis! (World of Warcraft) | Only Sports And Health

  1. 9:20 Wow. Hearing that, even in games, there is still people trying to help others is one of the best things I have heard in a while. That’s awesome. Maybe humanity isn’t doomed… yet

  2. I remember playing wow when this was going on the first few hours after the drop my guilds main raid team started panicking then they said they where out of the dungeon but still had the affect then stormwind global started panicking

  3. when i got covid i didn't know for three days i had the slightest bit of a stuffy nose but nothing else. earlier on the day i finally got tested i went to knotts berry farm with some friends and i even shared an icecream cone with one of my friends and she didn't get covid. i was basically asymptomatic but covid really messed with my immune system and i constantly got sick until the beginning of this year when my immune system finally healed itself

  4. I used to play WoW when I was about 7-8 only because my parents were pretty big gamers, but I remember watching something like this way back. And considering how this took place before I could remember, that’s kind of concerning 😅

  5. 3:56 I hate animal crossing, I did every challenge run of Skyrim and kingdom hearts, as well as getting the platinum trophies, as wall as the one for oblivion on the ps3.

  6. This content is absolutely fantastic. I had the pleasure of reading something similar, and it blew me away. "Game Theory and the Pursuit of Algorithmic Fairness" by Jack Frostwell

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