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	Perhaps the first virtual world to use instances was the MMORPG ''[[The Realm Online]]'', launched in 1996. Combat in this game was extensively instanced, with every battle taking place in a special room outside of the open world.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Horn\|first1=Daniel Reiter\|date= 2011\|title=Using a Physical Metaphor to Scale Up Communication in Virtual Worlds\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1wGOSrcew18C&q=%22The+Realm+Online%22+dungeon\|publisher=Stanford University\|page= 11\|access-date=2014-12-15}}</ref>		Perhaps the first virtual world to use instances was the MMORPG ''[[The Realm Online]]'', launched in 1996. Combat in this game was extensively instanced, with every battle taking place in a special room outside of the open world.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Horn\|first1=Daniel Reiter\|date= 2011\|title=Using a Physical Metaphor to Scale Up Communication in Virtual Worlds\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1wGOSrcew18C&q=%22The+Realm+Online%22+dungeon\|publisher=Stanford University\|page= 11\|access-date=2014-12-15}}</ref>

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Design considerations

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	{{Rquote\|right\|Single-player games are great, and I love them. They have a great feature. Your life is very special. You are ''the'' hero and you get to save the ''whole'' world. You live a truly charmed existence, and around every corner you are finding new things. You're blissfully unaware of your neighbor who is also playing the game. (...) [''[[Tabula Rasa (video game)\|Tabula Rasa]]''] is like [[Disney World]], which has a hub. You can go to shops and get food, but when you get on the boat for the pirate ride, you're in your own version of reality. Once the ride starts, you are blissfully unaware of the boats in front of you and behind you. Then when you finish, you are in the hub, and you can navigate over to the next place.\|[[Richard Garriott]]\|in ''Dungeons and Dreamers: The Rise of Computer Game Culture from Geek to Chic'' (2003)<ref name="borlanddd_a" />}}
	The problem can be stated as follows: every player wants to be "The Hero", slay "The Monster", rescue "The Princess", and obtain "The Magic Sword". When there are thousands of players all playing the same game, clearly not everyone can be the hero. The problem of everyone wanting to kill the same monster and gain the best treasure became obvious in the game ''[[EverQuest]]'', where several groups of players would compete and sometimes harass each other in the same dungeon, in order to get to the monsters dropping valuable items. The creation of instances largely solves this set of problems, leaving only travelling to and from the dungeon as a potential risk in [[player versus player]] environments.<ref name="borlanddd_a">{{Cite book\|first1=Brad\|last1=King\|first2=John M.\|last2=Borland\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CvxOAAAAMAAJ \|title=Dungeons and Dreamers: The Rise of Computer Game Culture from Geek to Chic \|publisher=[[McGraw-Hill\|McGraw-Hill/Osborne]] \|year=2003 \|isbn = 0-07-222888-1 \| ref=borlanddd \|pages=255–257}}</ref>		The problem can be stated as follows: every player wants to be "The Hero", slay "The Monster", rescue "The Princess", and obtain "The Magic Sword". When there are thousands of players all playing the same game, clearly not everyone can be the hero. The problem of everyone wanting to kill the same monster and gain the best treasure became obvious in the game ''[[EverQuest]]'', where several groups of players would compete and sometimes harass each other in the same dungeon, in order to get to the monsters dropping valuable items. The creation of instances largely solves this set of problems, leaving only travelling to and from the dungeon as a potential risk in [[player versus player]] environments.<ref name="borlanddd_a">{{Cite book\|first1=Brad\|last1=King\|first2=John M.\|last2=Borland\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CvxOAAAAMAAJ \|title=Dungeons and Dreamers: The Rise of Computer Game Culture from Geek to Chic \|publisher=[[McGraw-Hill\|McGraw-Hill/Osborne]] \|year=2003 \|isbn = 0-07-222888-1 \| ref=borlanddd \|pages=255–257}}</ref>

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	In [[massively multiplayer online game]]s, an '''instance''' is a special area, typically a [[Dungeon crawl\|dungeon]], that generates a new copy of the location for each group, or for a certain number of players, that enters the area.<ref name="Carless">{{cite book \| title=Gaming hacks \| author=Simon Carless \| year=2004 \| publisher=O'Reilly Media \| isbn=978-0-596-00714-0 \| page=112 \| quote=A term used to describe a private portion of a gameworld created just for an individual or group of players.}}</ref> Instancing, the general term for the use of this technique,<ref name="Carless" /> addresses several problems encountered by players in the shared spaces of [[virtual world]]s. It is not widely known when instances were first used in this genre. However, ''[[The Realm Online]]'' (1996) is sometimes credited as introducing the concept.		In [[massively multiplayer online game]]s, an '''instance''' is a special area, typically a [[Dungeon crawl\|dungeon]], that generates a new copy of the location for each group, or for a certain number of players, that enters the area.<ref name="Carless">{{cite book \| title=Gaming hacks \| author=Simon Carless \| year=2004 \| publisher=O'Reilly Media \| isbn=978-0-596-00714-0 \| page=112 \| quote=A term used to describe a private portion of a gameworld created just for an individual or group of players.}}</ref> Instancing, the general term for the use of this technique,<ref name="Carless" /> addresses several problems encountered by players in the shared spaces of [[virtual world]]s. It is not widely known when instances were first used in this genre. However, ''[[The Realm Online]]'' (1996) is sometimes credited as introducing the concept.

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	Stated another way, instances can be used to reduce the competition over resources within the game.<ref name="McQuaid">{{cite web \|url=http://www.gamergod.com/article.php?article_id=2933 \|title=Instancing in Online Gaming \|author=Brad McQuaid \|author-link=Brad McQuaid \|date=29 November 2005 \|publisher=GamerGod \|access-date=8 August 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060324110936/http://www.gamergod.com/article.php?article_id=2933 \|archive-date=24 March 2006}}</ref> Excessive competition in these spaces leads to several undesirable behaviors such as [[kill stealing]], [[spawn camping]], and [[ninja looting]] as players do whatever they can to acquire the limited rewards. Instancing preserves the gaming experience, since some gaming scenarios do not work if the player is continually surrounded by other players, as in a multiplayer setting. Instance dungeons may contain stronger than usual mobs and rare, sought-after equipment. They also may include level restrictions and/or restrict the number of players allowed in each instance to balance gameplay. Several games use instancing to scale the [[mob (computer gaming)\|mobs]] to the players' levels, and/or the number of players present.		Stated another way, instances can be used to reduce the competition over resources within the game.<ref name="McQuaid">{{cite web \|url=http://www.gamergod.com/article.php?article_id=2933 \|title=Instancing in Online Gaming \|author=Brad McQuaid \|author-link=Brad McQuaid \|date=29 November 2005 \|publisher=GamerGod \|access-date=8 August 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060324110936/http://www.gamergod.com/article.php?article_id=2933 \|archive-date=24 March 2006}}</ref> Excessive competition in these spaces leads to several undesirable behaviors such as [[kill stealing]], [[spawn camping]], and [[ninja looting]] as players do whatever they can to acquire the limited rewards. Instancing preserves the gaming experience, since some gaming scenarios do not work if the player is continually surrounded by other players, as in a multiplayer setting. Instance dungeons may contain stronger than usual mobs and rare, sought-after equipment. They also may include level restrictions and/or restrict the number of players allowed in each instance to balance gameplay. Several games use instancing to scale the [[mob (computer gaming)\|mobs]] to the players' levels, and/or the number of players present.

	Despite its advantages, instancing in MMOGs has been criticized. [[Brad McQuaid]], lead designer of ''[[EverQuest]]'' and ''[[Vanguard: Saga of Heroes]]'' (both of which did not feature instancing at launch), wrote an essay in 2005 arguing that instances can negatively affect the game's community, [[virtual economy]], [[churn rate]], and other factors.<ref name="McQuaid" /> In response to this article, [[Raph Koster]] added that instancing should be limited to situations in which the creation of a "pocket zone" makes sense within the context of the [[fictional universe]] – such as the [[holodeck]] in the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise.<ref name="Koster">{{cite web \|url=~~http~~://www.raphkoster.com/2005/11/30/from-instancing-to-worldy-games/ \|title=From instancing to worldy games \|author=Raph Koster \|author-link=Raph Koster \|date=30 November 2005 \|access-date=8 August 2010}}</ref> One reviewer described the extensive use of instancing in ''[[Age of Conan]]'' as "[destroying] the sense of expansiveness an MMORPG should have".<ref name="Ryan">{{cite journal\|last=Ryan\|first=Leon\|title=Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures\|journal=GameAxis Unwired\|date=July 2008\|pages=35\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=weoDAAAAMBAJ\|access-date=8 August 2010}}</ref>		Despite its advantages, instancing in MMOGs has been criticized. [[Brad McQuaid]], lead designer of ''[[EverQuest]]'' and ''[[Vanguard: Saga of Heroes]]'' (both of which did not feature instancing at launch), wrote an essay in 2005 arguing that instances can negatively affect the game's community, [[virtual economy]], [[churn rate]], and other factors.<ref name="McQuaid" /> In response to this article, [[Raph Koster]] added that instancing should be limited to situations in which the creation of a "pocket zone" makes sense within the context of the [[fictional universe]] – such as the [[holodeck]] in the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise.<ref name="Koster">{{cite web \|url=https://www.raphkoster.com/2005/11/30/from-instancing-to-worldy-games/ \|title=From instancing to worldy games \|author=Raph Koster \|author-link=Raph Koster \|date=30 November 2005 \|access-date=8 August 2010}}</ref> One reviewer described the extensive use of instancing in ''[[Age of Conan]]'' as "[destroying] the sense of expansiveness an MMORPG should have".<ref name="Ryan">{{cite journal\|last=Ryan\|first=Leon\|title=Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures\|journal=GameAxis Unwired\|date=July 2008\|pages=35\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=weoDAAAAMBAJ\|access-date=8 August 2010}}</ref>

	==Technical considerations==		==Technical considerations==

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