Doping in e-sports. An empirical exploration and search for sociological interpretations

Jasny, Michał

doi:10.18778/0208-600x.75.06

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“…According to Holden et al (2017), the existence of esports has seen a rise in problems connected to drugs to enhance the player's performance. In esports, drugs are used to improve focus and act as emotional control (Jasny, 2020). During the Electronic World Cup 2015, a player admitted that his team was under the influence of 'Adderall' which is a drug substance.…”

Section: Risks and Threats In Esportsmentioning

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Risk Issues in Esports Events: A Proposal for a Research Framework

Kamaruddin,

Khir,

Nasir

2023

IMBR

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Online gaming or esports has become extremely popular nowadays. As esports popularity increases, the trend of esports events has also been increasing around the world and all major esports stakeholders such as players, organizers, sponsors, teams and broadcasters are taking this opportunity to step up and shine. People participated and watched esports as a form of entertainment until it is now one of the most popular sports in the world. Players are now fighting to be professional players while event organizers take the opportunity to organize more esports events. However, with no specific policy or guideline regarding esports, many issues and risks could arise especially among the major esports stakeholders. Without proper planning on risk management, not only players but all major stakeholders in esports events could be at great risk. To address the gap, this research will explore major esports event stakeholders and identify risks associated with esports events from the stakeholders’ perspective. The proposed research will first need to explore the esports stakeholders in its preliminary stage and continue with addressing the risks and issues for all major stakeholders at the secondary stage. Methodically, this exploratory research will apply focus study interviews and case studies as its main method of investigation. The framework can later help all esports events stakeholders enhance their planning process through a proper risk management plan. It will also benefit the government in the development of policy regarding esports events.

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Section: Risks and Threats In Esportsmentioning

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Risk Issues in Esports Events: A Proposal for a Research Framework

Kamaruddin,

Khir,

Nasir

2023

IMBR

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“…According to this, for the pixel located at (x, y) at time t, moving to (x + dx, y + dy) at time t + dt, there are Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience I(x, y, t) � I(x + dx , y + dy , t + dt). (6) en, according to another basic assumption of LK optical flow, the displacement of pixels in adjacent images is small; the Taylor expansion of formula ( 6) is…”

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“…E-sports can exercise people's thinking ability, psychological pressure resistance, unity and cooperation, hand-eye coordination, and so on. It can also make the younger generation have the awareness of abiding by the rules in the process of participating in e-sports [ 6 ]; trained participants have a fair and open, never admit defeat, pursue a stronger competitive spirit, and have a positive impact on the lives of participants. Many colleges and universities have successively opened related majors in e-sports.…”

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E-Sports Training System Based on Intelligent Gesture Recognition

Yan

2022

Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience

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In order to improve the effect of e-sports training, this paper combines the intelligent gesture recognition technology to construct an e-sports training system and judges the training effect of players through the recognition of players’ gestures. Moreover, this paper studies the commonly used feature extraction algorithms and proposes an improved SLC-Harris feature extraction algorithm, and the feasibility of this algorithm is verified by the experimental results on the EUROC data set. In addition, this paper uses the KLT optical flow algorithm to track the extracted feature points and calculates the pure visual pose through epipolar geometry, triangulation, and PnP algorithms. The experimental research results show that the electronic economic training system based on intelligent gesture recognition proposed in this paper has certain effects.

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“…In traditional sports, the major reason behind the popularity of doping is not restricted to performing better in sport competitions (like Olympics, football, cricket, baseball and other international tournaments), rather it is because of the increasing pressure to break records due to the excessive commercialization and politicization of sports (Waddington, 2008). Such international tournaments become an implicit part of national propaganda and help in establishing the pride of a given political system among international relationships (Jasny, 2020).…”

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Doping as a barrier in universal acceptance of esports

Gupta

Sharma

Gupta

2021

IJSMS

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PurposeEsports has been emerging as a multi-billion dollar industry by attracting players, viewers, advertisers and investors across the globe. Even though there are plenty of professional titles present, only a few have been considered mainstream due to lack of formal governance mechanisms, presence of corruption and cheating mechanisms. “Doping” is one such practice where the players try to gain unfair advantage over their competitors, causing major hindrance in esports development. This qualitative study would draw insights from their perceptions about different doping mechanisms and possible recommendations to curb them.Design/methodology/approachThis study has analyzed the semi-structured interviews of selected esports professionals to draw insights from their perceptions about different doping mechanisms and possible recommendations to curb them. This qualitative study would explore the content of their interviews for extracting relevant themes and subthemes.FindingsThe findings of this study have made significant contributions to deeply lacking literature about the esports industry and barriers it faces in order to be considered as a legitimate sport. The study has extracted contemporary and new emerging themes about the rising trends in the industry and their impact on society and the way we see sports as a whole. Moreover, this study dwells upon the rampant drug abuse persisting in this industry and how it offers itself as a barrier to the legitimization of esports as a viable global industry.Originality/valueThis study provides an on-ground reality reports on esports and various malpractices rampant in the industry by conducting interviews with various industry professionals and analyzing them through a thematic analysis method using an inductive approach.

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Doping in e-sports. An empirical exploration and search for sociological interpretations

Cited by 6 publications

References 23 publications

Risk Issues in Esports Events: A Proposal for a Research Framework

Risk Issues in Esports Events: A Proposal for a Research Framework

E-Sports Training System Based on Intelligent Gesture Recognition

Doping as a barrier in universal acceptance of esports

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