How Universities and Esports Create Connections
“Click here” was not enough. Not everyone who attends an esports experience event regularly plays games. Some children are unfamiliar with a mouse and keyboard, while some older participants are playing a game for the first time. With children, the explanation may have to begin with how to drag. At one event featuring Taiko no Tatsujin, we first had to explain the difference between “Don” and “Ka.” When we presented GeoGuessr at the Tsubata Town Esports Festa , participants needed to learn how to move the map and place a pin before they could begin looking for a location from the scenery. For students who knew the games, none of these actions seemed to require an explanation. The event participants saw them differently. If the students simply passed on what they took for granted, the participants could not even begin to play. Before teaching the game, the students had to observe where each person was having trouble. ...