Sneak Peak: Gaming communityA Presentation of Finding

Team Members:

Agapi Mirgioti

Nadia Sinekoglou

Sofia-Maria Roussou

Elena Constantinidy-Aniftou

AGENDA

Research Contents:

1. Background

2. Objectives

3. Methodology

4. Samples

5. Timings

Research Findings:

1. Foreword

2. Psychographics – Quotes &

Commonalities

3. Skills/Characteristics

4. Collaborative Activities

5. Research Conclusions

RESEARCH BACKGROUNDThis research was conducted as a semester assignment in our Mobile

Reputations & Collaborative Consumption in Sharing Economy class, by

our mentor Betty Tsakarestou, in order to give us some insights about the

community of gamers, their mobile self, their social media and gaming

habits and how all these are related in their life. We chose the Gamers

group because we find Gaming interesting and it requires the use of

Internet and computer technology. So we wanted to see at first how it can

be combined with the use of Social Media and Mobile phones. Also, as

Gaming seems to be an activity someone does solo, we wanted to discover

its collaborative side.

OBJECTIVES

Getting information on:

1. The profile of Gamers

2. Their relationship with social media

3. Their relationship with their mobile phone

4. How all of these are combined in their life

5. The Collaborative angle of the Gaming

Community

METHODOLOGY

We conducted a Qualitative Research.

Our research was based on 5 interviews with Gamers.

We chose this method because:

•We needed to learn more about their personalities in-depth.

•We wanted them to feel comfortable enough to discuss with us and tell us their

story.

We used a discussion guide with the same questions for every gamer.

We recorded the interviews and we also gathered visual material.

RESEARCH SAMPLES• Spyros

Age: 22, Student •Neofytos

Age: 18, Student

•Sophia

Age: 21, Student

•Aggelos

Age: 21, Student

•Gerasimos

Age: 23, Personal

Trainer

TIMINGS

• Spyros – 31/10/16 21:28

• Neofytos - 20/11/16 22:09

• Sophia - 21/11/16 24:47

• Aggelos - 23/11/16 20:03

• Gerasimos – 14/12/16 26:36

RESEARCH FINDINGS

A FOREWORD:In this research of ours we learned a lot about Gamers. • Important stuff about their gaming life, their habits and preferences.• Their collaborative activities when it comes to gaming. • About their actions on social media, how social media affect them in

general and what role social media play in their gaming life and vice versa.• About their relationship with their mobile phone and what they use it for.

PSYCHOGRAPHICS - QUOTES

“ If there is no

collaboration in

gaming then online

gaming shouldn’t exist

"

- Neofytos

“ Social Media

profiles are

online CVs “

- Spyros

“Communicatio

n is actually the

cornerstone of

Gaming”

- Aggelos

“ A day without

Social Media

would be too weird

”

- Sofia

“Gaming and

in-game

collaboration

brought us closer ”

- Gerasimos

SKILLS - CHARACTERISTICS

Cooperative

Networked

Competitive

Active on Social Media

Strategic

Friendly

Devoted

Passionate

PSYCHOGRAPHICS - COMMONALITIES

In their Gaming profile

• Most of them play League of Legends

• Gaming is a way of fun, relaxation and communication.

• They play 4-5 hours daily, on average, mostly at night

because of their school/work morning obligations.

• They prefer to play online: bigger competition, new

people.

In Social Media use for Gaming

•Skype: for better in-game communication and

results.

•YouTube: Gaming videos for skill improvement

•Facebook pages : Likes to pages with gaming

content

- For them Social Media are connected to Gaming

! -

PSYCHOGRAPHICS - COMMONALITIES

In their Social Media Life

Activities:

•Facebook: Daily use, Online all day, communication with friends and gamers, music and fashion

influence.

•Facebook & Skype: Communication with their long-distance friends and family members.

Friends on Social Media:

•They usually accept only people they know as friends.

•They believe Social Media friends are not Real Life friends necessarily.

Personality:

•Their friends on Social Media can figure out their habits

and tastes but not their real personalities.

•They don’t upload stuff based on their friends’ opinion and taste.

•All of them have their personal profile private.

PSYCHOGRAPHICS - COMMONALITIES

In their collaborative activities

• For them Gaming is based on collaboration and trust.

• They believe that Collaboration is necessary for better game results.

• Skype plays an important role for their collaboration.

In their Mobile-Self

•Apps : Facebook, Skype, Messenger, Youtube.

• They use their mobile to communicate with friends or fellow

gamers.

• They don’t play games on their mobile phone.

• They check game-related updates on their mobile.

• They find their mobile useful mostly because of the internet.

COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIESAll of our Gamers believe that :

The Collaborative Activities in Gaming are not related to making

money or profit but to cooperating with your teammates to

achieve

your game-goals, to improve your performance and skills.

Basically, their collaboration revolves around communication,

exchanging help, ideas, skills and strategies, and trust between

your team (in most games mentioned).

•They use Skype to communicate better while playing at the same

time.

•Through Social Media they share their opinions and stay

updated.

RESEARCH CONCLUSIONSSo in our research with our Gamers we found out:

• What Gaming means to them, its their free-time activity.

• How important Social Media are for their Gaming activities.

• How big a part Social Media play in every aspect of their life.

• That collaborative activities in Gaming are a huge part of it.

• That their smartphone is a great help for them and they use it a lot of

hours during the day for many different things, such as work,

communication, fun, photography, music and Gaming.

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