<s>
Flirtboat	B-Application
was	O
a	O
dating	O
game	O
website	O
created	O
by	O
Sysis	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flirtboat	B-Application
was	O
built	O
on	O
Sysis	B-Application
 '	O
NetLife	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
of	O
the	O
website	O
created	O
avatars	B-Application
to	O
represent	O
themselves	O
,	O
and	O
joined	O
a	O
virtual	O
three-month	O
cruise	O
,	O
during	O
which	O
time	O
they	O
could	O
speak	O
to	O
other	O
users	O
and	O
take	O
part	O
in	O
events	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
users	O
avatar	B-Application
would	O
take	O
part	O
in	O
activities	O
and	O
perform	O
actions	O
with	O
other	O
avatars	B-Application
,	O
and	O
then	O
ask	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
decide	O
what	O
they	O
should	O
do	O
next	O
upon	O
login	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
directed	O
their	O
avatars	B-Application
to	O
take	O
certain	O
actions	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
take	O
place	O
asynchronously	O
without	O
direct	O
input	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
selected	O
one	O
of	O
32	O
stylised	O
avatars	B-Application
to	O
represent	O
them	O
;	O
16	O
male	O
and	O
16	O
female	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
creating	O
an	O
account	O
,	O
users	O
answered	O
a	O
questionnaire	O
to	O
create	O
their	O
avatar	B-Application
's	O
gender	O
,	O
age	O
,	O
personality	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cruise	O
would	O
also	O
contain	O
non-player	O
characters	O
who	O
interacted	O
with	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
avatar	B-Application
,	O
providing	O
advice	O
,	O
news	O
,	O
or	O
asking	O
questions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flirtboat	B-Application
was	O
studied	O
as	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
early	O
use	O
of	O
online	O
avatars	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
userbase	O
was	O
consisted	O
predominantly	O
of	O
avatars	B-Application
under	O
30	O
,	O
and	O
male	O
avatars	B-Application
outnumbered	O
female	O
except	O
in	O
the	O
under	O
19	O
age	O
group	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
the	O
Croatian	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
larger	O
number	O
of	O
male	O
avatars	B-Application
,	O
female	O
avatars	B-Application
were	O
more	O
likely	O
to	O
be	O
active	O
and	O
took	O
more	O
in-game	O
actions	O
than	O
male	O
ones	O
.	O
</s>
