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Hi fellow Pokémon showdown enthusiasts!
I’m Mr.Fellows, a Dutch student who is writing his thesis right now. I recently got fascinated by how people form complicated social structures in gaming communities. With Smogon being one of them. The players took the game and fit it to their needs. Also it is sort of a political community with the way that you can vote in the suspect tests. With scientists having a rough time understanding internet culture and trying to figure out how to integrate it into governments I thought it would contribute to research internet communities.
So if you want to help me, I need to interview a couple of people. I want to learn about what you know about the tiering system, if you participate in meta-game discussions, what you value as a player and what you think about the approach Smogon is taking.
I want to speak to both competitive tournament players, (casual) ladder players and members of the tiering councils. The interviews will take about 40 min to an hour, you need to be over the age of 18 and further information is in an introduction letter I can send you.
If you would like to speak with me, send me a DM in Discord or on Smogon.
I’m really curious and thank you for reading this,
Mister Fellows (aka. Turtlon)
Hi fellow Pokémon showdown enthusiasts!
I’m Mr.Fellows, a Dutch student who is writing his thesis right now. I recently got fascinated by how people form complicated social structures in gaming communities. With Smogon being one of them. The players took the game and fit it to their needs. Also it is sort of a political community with the way that you can vote in the suspect tests. With scientists having a rough time understanding internet culture and trying to figure out how to integrate it into governments I thought it would contribute to research internet communities.
So if you want to help me, I need to interview a couple of people. I want to learn about what you know about the tiering system, if you participate in meta-game discussions, what you value as a player and what you think about the approach Smogon is taking.
I want to speak to both competitive tournament players, (casual) ladder players and members of the tiering councils. The interviews will take about 40 min to an hour, you need to be over the age of 18 and further information is in an introduction letter I can send you.
If you would like to speak with me, send me a DM in Discord or on Smogon.
I’m really curious and thank you for reading this,
Mister Fellows (aka. Turtlon)