Exploring Research in Esports

To confirm personal opinions

To systematically investigate and establish facts

To entertain the audience

To increase social media followers

Putting your own opinions on research or picking people who will respond how you want them to (Subjectivity)

Making sure you get the results you want (Bias)

Being completely hands off with how the research goes (Objectivity)

Making sure the research is so random participants don't know what they are doing or why (Randomness)

A summary of the latest games

A critical analysis of existing research on a topic

A list of popular esports players

A collection of game reviews

A proven fact

An educated guess that can be tested

A random statement

A summary of findings

To confuse the audience

To interpret and make sense of collected data

To fill up pages in a report

To avoid drawing conclusions

Answering questions

Finding answers with data only

Looking at pictures

Looking at peoples experiences

To ensure the research is conducted in a morally acceptable manner

To make the research more complicated

To limit the research

To increase the cost of research

Improved game design and player experience

Increased game prices

Reduced interest in esports

Decreased player performance

Looking at patterns in data

Reading articles

Looking at peoples experiences

Adding up money

Lack of interest in the field

Rapidly changing technology and trends

Too much funding

Overabundance of data