Organisiert von: Dr. John Bateman, Dr. Janina Wildfeuer
Zeit/Ort: 13:00, The Bremen-Groningen Online Workshops on Multimodality organized by Dr. Janina Wildfeuer and Dr. John Bateman
Observations regarding multimodal Communications in MOBA Games on the example of League of Legends
Luca Ferrari and Hiloko Kato
MOBAs (multiplayer online battle arenas) are one of the most popular, if not the most popular, game genre in the online gaming industry. Especially in terms of linguistics, online games offer an interesting field of research that is in constant flux. Recently, we took a closer look at the world's most played online game (League of Legends) by analyzing 50 games with regard to the specifics of player communication. The game offers its players a variety of multimodal communication options that have a (seemingly) intended function, but are often used very differently by the players.
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