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The collaborative practices are essential in the Settlers experience. However, through time spent on the game I have come to realize the reality of establishing a settlement is possible without help from others however it would make the experience harder then what it really needs to be. Being able to trade and have gifts sent to you by others definitely helps speed the process of the settlers experience so that you can expand your land, your people and your production. Also, by confiding in others who have experience above whats yours may be they begin to show in this gaming experience we all have a shared concentration for the Settlers experience and the continued want to grow and level up. 

"Gamer culture is moving insistently in the direction of more shared intentionality in co-op mode, gamers work together to defeat an AI opponent and to increase each others scores, rather than competing against each other" (p. 272 Mcgonigal). Where our only opponent in the game are the bandit camps without the help of the people I have met through my guild I would not have been able to reach the level at which I am at right now. I was fortunate to have had the guidance of a level 42 player to help bring me up to speed with Settlers gaming experience and since we have a shared intentionality of the game it has helped me grow as a player in this game. For my experience he has helped me improve my productivity with my goods. Since it kind of takes a certain process in order to have everything functioning properly and all goods being produced properly so you can use them and grow the population and production. He guided me by telling me as I leveled up on what was necessary to have at that time and what was not. By doing so I was able to achieve all my production goals and I was able to begin trading and have the means to do so. He also gifted me with some materials so that I was able to build certain buildings so I could be productive.