Moba

O universo dos jogos ainda é pouco explorado e estudado pelos profissionais de comunicação, porém é um mercado com alto potencial. Os jogos e suas mecânicas podem ser uma ferramenta interessante para alcançar a geração Z e futuras gerações. Há muitos aspectos positivos e sociais desenvolvidos pelos jogos que são ignorados por grande parte das pessoas, sendo necessário trazer a atenção para esses pontos tais como noção espacial, coordenação motora, exercício de memória entre outros. A ascensão da indústria dos jogos acompanhou o crescimento da geração Z e foi moldada para atender principalmente a esse público. A partir da análise de algumas franquias consagradas e pincelando o universo atual dos jogos percebe-se que a história é parte fundamental para sua popularização. O valor que os jogos podem trazer para os profissionais de comunicação é inimaginável, pois é uma área que acompanha tecnologias e tendências do futuro que são experimentadas primeiramente nos jogos. Assim, a obra revela-se importante para todos os interessados que trabalham ou pretendem trabalhar com jogos na comunicação.

The role of playful innovations in the Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) genre has become a hugely important, contested and under studied activity. Through a case study of the ‘fountain hook’ and an exploration of exploitative and emergent notions of play, this paper explores how the dynamics of co-creativity function in online play spaces such as the MOBA genre. In what ways these co-creative dynamics impact different stakeholders of the play space and open up critical questions similar to that of wider participatory platforms is a particular focus here. Informed by online ethnographic research that forms part of a wider PhD project this paper also touches upon specific themes related to the unexplored genre of MOBAs such as why they are so appealing and what it is that makes them so challenging to study.

O universo dos jogos ainda é pouco explorado e estudado pelos profissionais de comunicação, porém é um mercado com alto potencial. Os jogos e suas mecânicas podem ser uma ferramenta interessante para alcançar a geração Z e futuras gerações. Há muitos aspectos positivos e sociais desenvolvidos pelos jogos que são ignorados por grande parte das pessoas, sendo necessário trazer a atenção para esses pontos tais como noção espacial, coordenação motora, exercício de memória entre outros. A ascensão da indústria dos jogos acompanhou o crescimento da geração Z e foi moldada para atender principalmente a esse público. A partir da análise de algumas franquias consagradas e pincelando o universo atual dos jogos percebe-se que a história é parte fundamental para sua popularização. O valor que os jogos podem trazer para os profissionais de comunicação é inimaginável, pois é uma área que acompanha tecnologias e tendências do futuro que são experimentadas primeiramente nos jogos. Assim, a obra revela-se importante para todos os interessados que trabalham ou pretendem trabalhar com jogos na comunicação.

Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso (TCC) que investiga como se dá a relação dos jogadores com os jogos através de um Estudo de Caso do League of Legends. Com isso, busca-se entender as práticas de consumo dos jogadores e entender como a relação de jogador-consumidor pode evoluir para uma relação de jogador-fã.

Online fandom encompasses many convergent (Jenkins, 2006) dynamics. As the space between producer and consumer or professional and fan have increasingly blurred, this convergence has been reflected in new modes of monetisation and affective lines of address. These dynamics are particularly pertinent in online games where new models of ‘fair’ free to play games, valuable bottom up forms of playful innovation and affective lines of address all present themselves in a myriad of influential games genres. One of these genres is the Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) that has recently risen to become one of the most played genres in the world with a thriving e-sports industry and a radical new model of free to play. This paper seeks to critically explore the dynamics of the MOBA space with a particular focus upon the affective lines of address and underlying gift economics that are fundamental to this far reaching cultural activity.


The free to play model for MOBA games are noteworthy as ‘fair’ due to all of the content being available to any player with no in-game advantages. The model relies upon the sale of purely aesthetic in-game customisations and as this paper argues, a reciprocal relationship between the professional developer and fan. How do professional developers position themselves as fans in paratextual spaces? How do these lines of address de-commoditise their content and enable this ‘gift’ (Mauss, 1954; Hyde, 1983) orientated free to play model to thrive economically? What is the significance of this affective relationship between fans and producers to wider participatory platforms (Schäfer, 2011; Dijck, 2013; Jenkins et al, 2013)? Drawing upon online ethnographic PhD research surrounding the MOBA League of Legends (Riot Games, 2011), which last year raised over one billion dollars (Chalk, 2014) through this model, this paper seeks frame these questions as a symptom of wider ‘affective economies’ (Bennet et al, 2015) that are increasingly numerous, influential, and paradoxically hidden.


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In this paper, we present an approach to create assets using proceduralalgorithms in maps generation and dynamic adaptation of characters for a MOBA video game, preserving the balancing feature to players. Maps arecreated based on offering equal chances of winning or losing for both teams. Also, a character adaptation system is developed which allows changing the attributes of players in real-time according to their behaviour, always maintaining the game balanced. Our tests show the effectiveness of the proposed algorithms to establish the adequate values in a MOBA videogame.

In this paper, we present an approach to create assets using proceduralalgorithms in maps generation and dynamic adaptation of characters for a MOBA video game, preserving the balancing feature to players. Maps arecreated based on offering equal chances of winning or losing for both teams. Also, a character adaptation system is developed which allows changing the attributes of players in real-time according to their behaviour, always maintaining the game balanced. Our tests show the effectiveness of the proposed algorithms to establish the adequate values in a MOBA videogame.

Bu araştırmanın konusu çok oyunculu çevrimiçi savaş arenası oyunu (MOBA-Multi Player Online Battle Arena) League of Legends oyuncularının oyun içi bilgi paylaşma pratikleridir. MOBA oyunların çok oyunculu yapısı oyuncular arasında mecburi bir sosyal etkileşim ortamı oluşturur. Sosyal etkileşimin en belirleyici özelliği çeşitli iletişimsel stratejiler yoluyla taktiksel konularda ya da oyun dışı konularla ilgili bilgi paylaşmadır. Bu araştırma bilgi paylaşmanın hangi motivasyonlarla yapıldığını ortaya çıkarmak amacıyla yapılmıştır. Bu amaçla bilgi paylaşma kişisel beklentiler, öz-yeterlilik, diğergamlık, güven, karşılıklılık, grupla özdeşleşme, ortak vizyon, sosyal ağ bağları ve topluluk düzeyinde beklenen getiriler olmak üzere dokuz ayrı motivasyon kategorisine göre incelenmiştir. Oyuncuların bilgi paylaşmaya yönelik tutumları Gerekçeli Eylem Kuramı çerçevesinde incelenmiştir. Sonuçlara göre oyuncuların bilgi paylaşmaya yönelik olumlu tutuma sahip oldukları ve bu tutumun toplumsal düzeydeki beklenti getirileriyle ilişkili olduğu bulgulanmıştır. Bilgi paylaşımının gruba ait olma, grupla özdeşleşme veya kişisel beklentiler yoluyla değil, gruba yönelik karşılık beklentisi ile toplumsal boyutta oluştuğu gözlenmiştir. Buna göre, oyuncuların toplumsal düzeydeki beklentileri gönüllüğe dayalı olsa bile karşılık beklentisine göre gerçekleşmektedir. Dolayısıyla bilgi paylaşma pratikleri MOBA oyunların yapısı gereği araçsal bir pratiktir.

Capítulo do livro "Espetáculos Culturais na Amazônia" (2018), organizado por Otacílio Amaral Filho e Regina de Fátima Mendonça Alves.

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Online play spaces are an amalgamation of different influences, actors and motivations. For every action that takes place within an online play space there are repercussions that go far beyond the immediate effectual consequences of an action in question. If a player succeeds an innovative act in-game other players will notice, copy, adapt, and share via wider connective (Djick, 2013) spaces. All of this interaction does not go unnoticed by developers and it is in these co-creative dynamics that ludic systems develop, wider paratextual industries thrive, and developers generate enormous value from (Banks, 2013). Jenkins et al (2013) have argued it is this spreadablity of content that is a paradigmatic aspect of the online media landscape and one this paper is occupied with analysing in appropriation to online play spaces.

With a particular focus upon the ‘Multiplayer Online Battle Arena’ (MOBA) genre and its e-sports defining network of player streams, this paper delves into the connective relationship streamed online play shares with the much wider practices of player’s in-game. Drawing upon ongoing online ethnographic research gathered from open discussions with players of MOBA games and interviews with professional players that stream their actions; this paper constructs a picture of how playful online action exists as part of a much wider connective ecosystem of play. Adopting an approach that combines both playful and participatory approaches towards the actions of players, this paper constructs a picture of how the playful actions of different actors in different contexts are instrumental in the ongoing connective development of the MOBA genre.

Banks, J. (2013) Co-creating Videogames, London: Bloomsbury Academic.
Dijck, V, J. (2013) Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media, New York: Oxford University Press.
Jenkins, H. Ford, S. and Green, J. (2013) Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Culture¸ New York: New York University Press.

Groupware research has long focused on representing gestures as a means to facilitate collaboration. However, this work has not led to wide support of gesturing in commercial groupware systems. In contrast, Dota 2, a popular MOBA game, provides two frequently-used gesturing tools: annotations – freely drawn lines on top of the gamespace – and pings – a combination of animation and sound indicating a point of interest. While gesturing tools are important for quickly coordinating with teammates in Dota 2, there is little information about how and why people use them. To gather this information, we performed two complementary studies: an interaction analysis of eight game replays, and a survey of 167 experienced players. Our findings include: six distinct motivations for the use of gesturing tools; when and how frequently gesture motivations occur during games; and, that players find pings an essential tool for winning, but not annotations. Our findings provide new directions for the design of gesturing tools in groupware and online games.

Background and aims Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) games have become the most popular type of video games played worldwide, superseding the playing of Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games and First-Person Shooter games. However, empirical studies focusing on the use and abuse of MOBA games are still very limited, particularly regarding impulsivity, which is an indicator of addictive states but has not yet been explored in MOBA games. In this context, the objective of the present study is to explore the associations between impulsivity and symptoms of addictive use of MOBA games in a sample of highly involved League of Legends (LoL, currently the most popular MOBA game) gamers. Methods Thirty-six LoL gamers were recruited and completed both experimental (Single Key Impulsivity Paradigm) and self-reported impulsivity assessments (s-UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale, Barratt Impulsiveness Scale), in addition to an assessment of problematic video game use (Problematic O...

Les jeux vidéo en ligne ont communément pour effet de rassembler des joueurs du monde entier sur des serveurs dédiés, afin de pouvoir profiter d’une expérience de jeu commune. Cependant, malgré l’idéalisation impliquée par cette volonté de rassembler des joueurs, au-delà des barrières linguistiques et culturelles, l’expérience de jeu peut en souffrir. Il en va de même pour Dota 2, jeu multijoueurs gratuit, où les locuteurs se plaignent plus particulièrement des joueurs russophones.
L’objet de notre étude est d’utiliser un modèle d’analyse discursive critique, se basant à la fois sur une méthodologie sémantique (Galatanu 2009), pragmatique (Cap 2014) et lexicométrique (Lähdesmäki et Wagener 2015), afin de comprendre la manière dont les locuteurs, notamment dans les forums dédiés, construisent leurs représentations négatives des joueurs russophones et proposent des solutions pour remédier aux problèmes rencontrés pendant leur expérience de jeu.