|
|
|
|
| LEADER |
05762nam a22004333i 4500 |
| 001 |
EBC6916340 |
| 003 |
MiAaPQ |
| 005 |
20231204023222.0 |
| 006 |
m o d | |
| 007 |
cr cnu|||||||| |
| 008 |
231204s2022 xx o ||||0 eng d |
| 020 |
|
|
|a 9783030827670
|q (electronic bk.)
|
| 020 |
|
|
|z 9783030827663
|
| 035 |
|
|
|a (MiAaPQ)EBC6916340
|
| 035 |
|
|
|a (Au-PeEL)EBL6916340
|
| 035 |
|
|
|a (OCoLC)1306056824
|
| 040 |
|
|
|a MiAaPQ
|b eng
|e rda
|e pn
|c MiAaPQ
|d MiAaPQ
|
| 050 |
|
4 |
|a P94.6-.65
|
| 082 |
0 |
|
|a 794.8
|
| 100 |
1 |
|
|a Ruotsalainen, Maria.
|
| 245 |
1 |
0 |
|a Modes of Esports Engagement in Overwatch.
|
| 250 |
|
|
|a 1st ed.
|
| 264 |
|
1 |
|a Cham :
|b Springer International Publishing AG,
|c 2022.
|
| 264 |
|
4 |
|c ©2022.
|
| 300 |
|
|
|a 1 online resource (234 pages)
|
| 336 |
|
|
|a text
|b txt
|2 rdacontent
|
| 337 |
|
|
|a computer
|b c
|2 rdamedia
|
| 338 |
|
|
|a online resource
|b cr
|2 rdacarrier
|
| 505 |
0 |
|
|a Modes of Esports Engagement in Overwatch -- Preface -- Acknowledgment -- Contents -- List of Images -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Modes of Engagement -- Something for Everyone -- Ten Chapters -- References -- Part I: Playing Overwatch -- Chapter 2: Two Overwatch Player Profiles -- Introduction -- Esport Players and Overwatch -- Data and Method -- Measures -- Esports and Correlations -- Cluster Analysis -- Data Analysis -- Beyond Esports Genres -- Preferences and Motives -- Discussion -- References -- Chapter 3: One Tricks, Hero Picks, and Player Politics: Highlighting the Casual-Competitive Divide in the Overwatch Forums -- Introduction -- Earlier Research -- Data and Methods -- Moderation/Report System -- March 17, 2017, "Moderation of in Game Voice Comms" -- Avoid as Teammate -- March 25, 2018, "Avoid as Teammate Griefing Unpopular Heroes" -- Endorsements (Released June 2018) -- July 1, 2018, "Flaws in the Endorsement System" -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: The Player's Interpretative Agency and the Developer's Disruptive Powers: How Blizzard Enforces Authorial Intention in Overwatch -- Introduction -- The Player's Interpretative Agency Over a Game -- Puzzling Characters Together -- The Return of Authorial Intention -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5: Player Reception of Change and Stability in Character Mechanics -- Theory -- Materials and Methods -- Reinhardt: Steadfast Warrior -- Brigitte: Introducing a New Playable Character -- Discussion -- References -- Part II: Competing in Overwatch -- Chapter 6: "KKona where's your sense of patriotism?": Positioning Nationality in the Spectatorship of Competitive Overwatch Play -- Nationalism and Esports -- Positioning Theory -- Twitch as a Platform -- Overwatch World Cup 2019 as a Setting -- Data and Analysis -- Findings.
|
| 505 |
8 |
|
|a Visual and Symbolic Positioning of Nationality -- The Ambivalence of Ethnically Loaded Memes -- Positioning the Other -- In-Group Positioning by Using National Languages in an International Chat -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7: A Region of Contenders: Overwatch in Brazil -- Introduction and Background -- Methodology -- Overwatch Categorization Overview -- Sentiment Coding -- Results -- The "Path to Pro" in an "Emerging Region" -- The Brazilian Overwatch Community Around the Competitive Scene -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 8: Gender and Toxic Meritocracy in Competitive Overwatch: Case "Ellie" -- Introduction -- Case "Ellie" -- Gender and Toxic Meritocracy in Overwatch and Competitive Gaming -- Reading Case "Ellie" -- Data and Method -- Gender, Performance, and Suspiciousness: (de)Constructing "Ellie" as a (Fake) Woman Gamer -- Gendered Agency, Blame, and Consequences: Discussing the "Experiment" -- Being a Woman in Competitive Overwatch: Significant, Challenging, and Irrelevant -- Why You Cannot Trust the Leaderboard: Conclusions and Discussion -- References -- Part III: Playing with Overwatch -- Chapter 9: Overwatch Fandom and the Range of Corporate Responses -- Introduction -- Modding on Overwatch Workshop -- Official Cosplay Battles -- Character Fanon -- Political Activism -- Overwatch Pornography -- Discussion -- References -- Chapter 10: Overwatch to Oversnatch: The Mutually Reinforcing Gendered Power Relations of Pornography, Streaming, and Esports -- Overwatch, Esports, and Popular Misogyny -- Esports Public Persona -- Esports Players in Pornography -- Overwatch Parody Porn -- Overwatch Cosplay -- Conclusion -- References -- Media -- Chapter 11: The Talk of the Town: Community Perspectives on Loot Boxes -- Introduction -- Method -- Data Collection -- Data Analysis -- Results and Discussion -- Monetization of Loot Boxes: T1.
|
| 505 |
8 |
|
|a Contents of Loot Boxes: T2 -- The Effects of Loot Boxes on Games in General: T3 -- The Implementation of Loot Boxes in Overwatch: T4 -- Loot Boxes and Gambling: T5 -- Loot Boxes and Regulation: T6 -- Alternatives to Loot Boxes: T7 -- Meta-perspectives -- Limitations and Future Work -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.
|
| 588 |
|
|
|a Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
|
| 590 |
|
|
|a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2023. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
|
| 655 |
|
4 |
|a Electronic books.
|
| 700 |
1 |
|
|a Törhönen, Maria.
|
| 700 |
1 |
|
|a Karhulahti, Veli-Matti.
|
| 776 |
0 |
8 |
|i Print version:
|a Ruotsalainen, Maria
|t Modes of Esports Engagement in Overwatch
|d Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022
|z 9783030827663
|
| 797 |
2 |
|
|a ProQuest (Firm)
|
| 856 |
4 |
0 |
|u https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/matrademy/detail.action?docID=6916340
|z Click to View
|
