The table below is based on David Unruh's (1983) typology of member's degree of involvement in and commitment to a voluntary (vague) community. We call these types community roles.
Since LARP usually requires much more (and also non-digital) personal involvement than an online game participation, LARP serves in the table as an example of "offline" games.
| Insiders | Regulars | Tourists | Strangers |
|---|
| GeoCaching | cache creators | cache finders | - other family members
- first time users | a.k.a. "GeoMugglers":
- real tourists
- people living close
- park maintenance officers |
| LARP | game master | game players | non-player characters | outsiders |
| Habbo | hobba moderators
celebrities
oldtimers
fansite creators | active players:
- chatters
- furniture traders
- game organizers | newbies, foreigners | peelos |
| NeverWinterNight | - Server owner
- dungeon master
- player guides
- developers | active registered players | - visiting other servers | |
| World of Warcraft | - Guild leaders
- Active high-level guild members | - Ordinary guild members
- Other players with established friends | - Newbies
- Testing the game on friend's account | - Bots
- Professional gold farmers |
