Recently, the skill to play games has led to the professionalization of the activity in the form of “eSports” (electronic sports). Despite the popularity of eSports, little is known about its professional players from a psychological perspective. Given the importance of the coach-created environment in the athletes’ motivational processes, this study aimed to investigate the key psychological dimensions of the coach-created climate in 75 Brazilian professional players of League of Legends (LoL) considering the Self-Determination Theory (SDT) and Achievement Goal Theory (AGT). Fourteen hypotheses were tested, of which seven were confirmed. The empowering climate was a predictor of basic psychological-needs satisfaction and indirectly influenced autonomous motivation. The need satisfaction had a significant impact on both autonomous motivation and on lack of motivation, which, in turn, explained 56% of the variance in well-being and the intention to keep playing eSports. The disempowering climate was a predictor of psychological-needs thwarting but had no significant impact on autonomous motivation or lack of motivation. The results obtained support SDT and AGT in the context of eSports and were similar to those conducted with athletes from traditional sports, indicating that the empower-ing-and-disempowering-coaching-climates conceptualization applies not only to traditional sports athletes but also to professional eSports players. / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior

La siguiente investigación tiene como propósito estudiar el diseño de interfaz de Gamer Sensei y Camp Gamers, plataformas web orientadas al aprendizaje interactivo respecto a los deportes electrónicos (esports), cuyo objetivo es explicar el diseño web mediante la experiencia de usuario y, con ello, poder analizar la metodología de estudio por medio de la web. La hipótesis planteada supone que el desarrollo de elementos gráficos, en una interfaz web orientada a los deportes electrónicos, depende de la experiencia del usuario con un diseño instruccional planteado por un experto. Para ello, se realizó un estudio de enfoque mixto cualitativo-cuantitativo, de alcance descriptivo y no experimental, ya que se limita en analizar fenómenos existentes como los esports y el diseño web como medio de comunicación (Carrasco, 2008). Se tomaron como instrumentos fichas de análisis visual, entrevistas por expertos en los deportes electrónicos y un cuestionario a jugadores relacionados con los medios, todo esto con el propósito de identificar los elementos gráficos, la educomunicación (e-learning) y la experiencia de usuario en cada canal. Como resultado principal, se obtuvo que el desarrollo de elementos gráficos (tipografía, colores, pictogramas, fotografías, etc) aporta consistencia y credibilidad en el flujo de navegación del usuario. Se pudo concluir que una interfaz web, orientada a los deportes electrónicos, es capaz de generar un diseño interactivo, siempre y cuando se base en desarrollar las necesidades académicas o formativas de un usuario. / The purpose of the following research is to study the design of two web interfaces (Gamer Sensei, Camp Gamers), aimed at interactive learning regarding electronic sports (esports), whose objective is to explain web design through user experience, to be able to analyze the study methodology through the web. The proposed hypothesis supposes that the development of graphic elements, in a web interface oriented to electronic sports, depends on the user's experience by an instructional design proposed by an expert. A study with a mixed qualitative-quantitative was carried out, with a descriptive and non-experimental scope, since it is limited in analyzing existing phenomena such as esports and web design as a means of communication (Carrasco, 2008). The instruments in this investigation were sheets of visual analysis, interviews by experts in electronic sports and a questionnaire to players related to the media with the purpose of identifying the graphic elements, the educommunication (e-learning) and the user experience in each channel. As a main result, it was obtained that the development of graphic elements (typography, colors, pictograms, photographs, etc.) provides consistency and credibility in the user's navigation flow. It was concluded that a web interface, oriented in electronic sports, is capable of generating an interactive design, as long as it is based on developing the academic needs of an user. / Trabajo de investigación

Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of physical exercise on different skills that affect e-sports performance for e-sportsmen at amateur level in the game Overwatch. This is to gain knowledge about how e-sports training could be developed and streamlined. Methods The study is of the explorative research type since it deals with a topic that haven’t previously been broadly investigated. The method used was a quantitative exploratory method. The design was an intervention study. Results The study has not been able to demonstrate that skills affecting e-sports performance have changed through physical training. However, it is possible to read that the study participants who received the training intervention are more susceptible to and aware of changes in these skills compared to the study participants in the control group. Conclusions The purpose of the study has not been answered because the design was inadequate. However, the study may form the basis for further research. A number of important basic assumptions have been identified during the work. Based on these lessons a discussion took place, about how design deficiencies can be addressed and what is important to consider in future studies in the field. / Syfte Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka vilka effekter fysisk träning har på olika färdigheter som påverkar e-sportprestation hos e-sportare på amatörnivå i spelet Overwatch. Detta för att få kunskap om hur träning inom e-sport skulle kunna utvecklas och effektiviseras. Metod Studien är av typen explorativ forskning då den behandlar ett ämne som inte undersökts i större utsträckning tidigare. Metoden som tillämpades var en kvantitativ explorativ metod. Designen var en interventionsstudie. Resultat Studien har inte kunnat påvisa att färdigheter som påverkar e-sportprestation har förändrats i och med fysisk träning. Däremot går det att avläsa att de studiedeltagare som fick genomgå träningsinterventionen är mer mottagliga för och medvetna om förändringar rörande dessa färdigheter jämfört med studiedeltagarna i kontrollgruppen. Slutsatser Syftet med studien har inte kunnat besvaras i och med att designen varit bristfällig. Studien kan dock ligga till grund för vidare forskning. Ett antal viktiga grundförutsättningar har identifierats under arbetet. Utifrån dessa lärdomar diskuterades hur designbristerna kan åtgärdas och vad som är viktigt att tänka på vid framtida studier inom området.