Emergence and Ephemerality of Humour During Live Coverage of Large-Scale eSports Events-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Emergence and Ephemerality of Humour During Live Coverage of Large-Scale eSports Events

Published:2022 Issue: Volume: Page:233-250
ISSN:2731-4332
Container-title:Video Games and Comedy
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Author:

Felczak Mateusz

Abstract

AbstractThis chapter argues for ephemerality and emergence as key characteristics of humour in the context of large-scale eSports events. The analysis is based on three large-scale venues: the 2019 StarCraft II World Championship Series (WCS), Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) Katowice 2020 and DreamHack SC2 Masters 2020: Season Finals tournaments. The assessment is made using examples encompassing commentators, audience and players, and it is argued that the digital and physical space have been crucial in establishing temporary communities based on shared moments of festive humour. Corporeal, accidental and potentially offensive components of comical phenomena are linked to playful engagement with inter- and metatextual frameworks in which humour is facilitated during live broadcasts of eSports venues on the Twitch.tv digital platform.

Publisher

Springer International Publishing

Link

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-030-88338-6_12

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