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While equality and inclusivity are promoted in the realm of video gaming, most gamer communities remain male-dominated, which may give rise to prejudices against female players and their skill among gamer and the general public. In this study, we ...

• Females are generally seen as worse gamers, especially by other female gamers.
• Males’ gaming skills are judged more on outcomes than females’.
• Females’ gaming skills are judged more on stereotypes than on outcomes.
• Female ...

Cognitive fatigue, a transient cognitive decline stemming from extended mental and physical activity, is well established in conventional contexts. However, its manifestation and self-awareness during digital pursuits, as an integrated style of ...

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• Prolonged esports induce cognitive decline independent of subjective fatigue.
• Cognitive decline occurs across different expertise levels of players.
• Subjective fatigue is not associated with objective cognitive decline.
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With the growth of competitive gaming and esports, training support tools that offer feedback on players’ performance to assist in skill development have witnessed increased demand. These tools increasingly not only provide prospective and retrospective ...

Games are frequently viewed as spatial constructs, where the game space enables play, creates challenge, and enhances and facilitates immersion. The spatial analysis of player behavior thus constitutes a key element in games user research and game ...

Previous work demonstrated that esports players often leverage insights from other players and communities to learn and improve. However, little research examined social learning in esports, over time, in granular detail. Understanding the role of ...

Computer mice are widely used today as the primary input device in competitive video games. If a player exhibits more wrist rotation than other players when moving the mouse laterally, the player is said to have stronger wrist-aiming habits. Despite ...

To achieve high performance in esports, players must be able to effectively and efficiently control input devices such as a computer mouse and keyboard (i.e., input skills). Characterizing and quantifying a player’s input skills can provide useful ...

Burnout among esports players is a serious issue affecting competitive and professional players. The present study investigated the relationship between resilience, coping, and burnout among esports players using network analysis. Esports players ...

• This is the first paper to use a Network Analysis to explore burnout, resilience, and coping among esports players.
• Resilience factors were negatively associated with symptoms of burnout.
• Resilience factors were positively ...

This study aimed to investigate the perceived affordances of incorporating esports into higher education using an ecological systems approach that examined the multiple factors shaping behaviours at the individual, interpersonal, and ...

This paper examines the folk theory of ELO Hell, which stems from the community of esports players. ELO Hell is a causal explanation for the failure to achieve which is prominent but controversial in esports. Within the community, the ...

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• We investigate the prominent folk theory of ELO Hell within the esports community.

Esports has become a juggernaut in mainstream entertainment. For broadcasting and production stakeholders to establish a foothold in this exploding market, live-streaming broadcasts of matches should become more meaningful for fans, and more ...

The aim of this scoping review was to analyse all academic publications concerning players' physical and psychological health and performance-related variables in esports. A total of 49 articles were finally selected based on inclusion/...

• Esports players relate physical activity to their health but not to their performance.

Human game observers, who control in-game cameras and provide viewers with an engaging experience, are a vital part of electronic sports (Esports) which has emerged as a rapidly growing industry in recent years. However, such a professional human ...

• The observer who selects engaging scenes is a vital part of Esports.
• The paper proposes an automatic observer model based on human observational data.
• Our proposed method focuses on a two-dimensional spatial area the spectator ...

• Playful consumption experiences influence esports game engagement.
• Esports ...

This study aims to propose and test a conceptual model identifying playful-consumption experiences (i.e., role-projection, fantasy, escapism, enjoyment, sensory experiences, emotional involvement, and arousal) as potential drivers of ...

The analysis of the most decisive factors in performance is fundamental in order to train on these aspects to maximize the chances of success in competition. However, in the field of esports, research that has analyzed performance is scarce and ...

Research examining video game players from a psychological and behavioral perspective is prominent however there is still a need to better distinguish casual from serious video game players (i.e., gamers). The present research developed a nine-...

• A scale for assessing the extent to which an individual self-identifies as a gamer is presented.
• The scale is brief (i.e., 9-items), valid and reliable.
• The scale is associated with behavioral intent, time spent playing video games,...

Esports have increased in popularity among young people over the past decade. There is evidence that involvement in esports helps young players to develop skills that are needed in 21st century societies and increasingly valued by employers. ...

• Demonstrate how different types of esports games affect young people's development of various 21st century skills.
• Provide an overview of what methodological approaches have been adopted in esports research studies.
• Maximise ...

The reporting of esports matches is mostly done via dashboards, which contain the main match stream, as well as additional information about the match. Research has shown that these dashboards should be more adaptable to different user demands. ...

Competitive games usually feature some sort of ranking system to rank players or teams based on their performance. As such these ranking systems allow to draw comparisons across players. In many cases, however, the details of the ranking system ...

Esports offer a unique opportunity to conduct human performance studies, as they use modern hardware and software as an operation platform. Insights on gameplay and underlying processes may push the development of new and optimal practice methods. ...