Like a pro: Communication, camaraderie and group cohesion in the Amazonian esports scenario

Macedo, Tarcízio; Falcão, Thiago

doi:10.1016/j.entcom.2020.100354

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“…Cohesion is vital for forming a professional esports team. Macedo and Falcao (2020) study team cohesiveness in a competitive environment with transient memberships. Camaraderie-filled teams are more durable and perform better, according to the research.…”

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Professional Gaming and Pro-Gamers: What Do We Know So Far? A Systematic Review

Bihari

Pattanaik

2023

Games and Culture

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Professional gaming is organized competitive digital gameplay supported by advertisers and businesses. With its rising popularity and spectatorship, virtual gaming as a profession is now a reality. The aim of this paper is to evaluate peer-reviewed articles from the past two decades that empirically examine gaming as a profession or the myriad facets of being a professional gamer published in scholarly journals. The themes that emerge from the results of the included studies ( n = 32) are (a) the socio-cultural appeal of gaming as a profession, (b) socio-psychological elements of pro-gamers’ everyday lives, and (c) the health and physiology of pro-gamers. It is found that the literature on health and physiology ( n = 14) overshadows other dimensions of pro-gaming in academic research. In conclusion, studies must reflect on gamers’ legal status as working professionals, their organizational contracts, and the legality of the industry country by country to fill the research gap.

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Professional Gaming and Pro-Gamers: What Do We Know So Far? A Systematic Review

Bihari

Pattanaik

2023

Games and Culture

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“…Tema 4: Procesos de equipo (n = 4 artículo). Hace referencia a los trabajos que abordan las variables implicadas en los equipos, por ejemplo, la constitución y desarrollo del equipo para obtener un mayor rendimiento en esports (Freeman & Wohn, 2019;Macedo & Falcão, 2020;Mora-Cantallops & Sicilia, 2019;Parshakov et al, 2018).…”

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Psicología y gamers profesionales en esports: análisis temático y agenda de investigación

Naveira¹,

Zarceño²,

García³

2021

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Los objetivos de este trabajo son el realizar una revisión bibliográfica y establecer temas de estudio sobre Psicología y gamers profesionales en esports, así como indicar posibles líneas de investigación. La búsqueda se realizó en las bases de datos Science Direct, PubMed y PsycINFO. El volumen total fue de 101 documentos, publicados entre los años 2012 y el 13 de junio de 2020, de los que se seleccionaron 24 trabajos representativos. Los estudios analizados giran en torno a 8 temáticas fundamentalmente: entrenamiento psicológico, características de personalidad, procesos de equipo, consecuencias negativas de los esports, carrera professional, beneficios de los esports, habilidades y procesos psicológicos y entrenamiento invisible. Las publicaciones de los trabajos son principalmente de investigación. La Revista de Psicología Aplicada al Deporte y al Ejercicio Físico es la que más ha publicado sobre la temática. En conclusión, una revisión exhaustiva evidencia un interés creciente por la temática de los esports y su relación con el ámbito de la Psicología, así como las futuras líneas de investigación que se abren.

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“…In addition, future research could explore the frequency, forms, and effects of trash talk across competitive levels and countries in esports. Much like conventional sports, esport tournaments range from local and regional events up to collegiate esports, professional Tier 1, and franchised leagues with consumers from various nationalities and cultures congregating to watch and perform within these contests (Macedo & Falcão, 2020;Mora-Cantallops & Sicilia, 2018). Future trash talk studies can aid in constructing descriptive and comparative research across these various esport environments.…”

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“…Esports is comprised of a variety of actors and targets. While there are professional players who compete in tournaments, most players represent specific organizations who fund and train these individuals to improve their performance (Hedlund, 2021;Macedo & Falcão, 2020;Mora-Cantallops & Sicilia, 2018). Through social media, other members of these organizations can also trash talk rival teams.…”

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The AACTT of Trash Talk: Identifying Forms of Trash Talk in Esports Using Behavior Specification

Irwin

Naweed

Lastella

2023

Journal of Electronic Gaming and Esports

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Esports, much like conventional sports, are guided by social norms that determine the acceptability or unacceptability of certain behaviors. One act guided by social norms is trash talk. However, understanding its practice has been difficult due to the various definitions of its use. Focusing on the first-person shooter genre, this study aimed to uncover and encapsulate the various forms of trash talk into a single framework. Applying Presseau et al.’s Action, Actor, Context, Target, and Time (AACTT) framework for specifying behavior, 61 cases of trash talk were analyzed across Counter Strike: Global Offensive, Overwatch, and Rainbow Six: Siege esports. Actions associated with trash talk were primarily found through verbal and written exchanges though they can occur through in-game mechanics—a practice unique to esports. Traditionally, actors and targets are the professional players in a game. However, trash talking was also practiced by coaches, stage talent, and esport organizations. The context of trash talk can be further identified through physical, environmental, and social settings, nd whether the time trash talk occurs is centered around a match or tournament. Understanding the impact of each AACTT element may have on the social norms of trash talk can allow researchers to further distinguish behaviors across esport consumers.

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Like a pro: Communication, camaraderie and group cohesion in the Amazonian esports scenario

Cited by 7 publications

References 8 publications

Professional Gaming and Pro-Gamers: What Do We Know So Far? A Systematic Review

Professional Gaming and Pro-Gamers: What Do We Know So Far? A Systematic Review

Psicología y gamers profesionales en esports: análisis temático y agenda de investigación

The AACTT of Trash Talk: Identifying Forms of Trash Talk in Esports Using Behavior Specification

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