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Fixing Reality through League of Legends

Fixing Reality through League of Legends. Jenna Nakagawa.

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Fixing Reality through League of Legends

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  1. Fixing Reality through League of Legends Jenna Nakagawa

  2. “The real world just doesn’t offer up as easily the carefully designed pleasures, the thrilling challenges, and the powerful social bonding afforded by virtual environments. Reality doesn’t motivate us as effectively. Reality isn’t engineered to maximize our potential… Reality, compared to games, is broken.”

  3. If reality is broken… • 32 million active players • 12 million people worldwide play LoL on a daily basis. • LoL players log more than 1 billion hours a month

  4. How do you play? Select your “Champion” and “Summoner spells”

  5. How do you play?

  6. How do you play? Minions Turrets Inhibitors The Nexus

  7. Bringing LoL to Reality

  8. Bringing LoL to Reality

  9. Bringing LoL to Reality “Like the ancient Lydians, many gamers have already figured out how to use the immersive power of play to distract themselves from their hunger: a hunger for more satisfying work, for a stronger sense of community, and for a more engaging and meaningful life… We are starving, and our games are feeding us.” (ESPNplaybook): • Pro LoL players are paid: • Cost of living expenses • Travel and housing expenses • Prize money: Prize pool for Season 2= $5 million

  10. “We all need to develop our core game competencies so we can take an active role in changing our lives and enabling the future.”

  11. 69% of all head of household play computer and video games. 97% of youth play computer and video games. 40% of all gamers are women ¼ of all gamers are over the age of 50 “It’s inevitable: soon we will all be gamers” So why not fix your reality through League of Legends?

  12. Websites Referenced • https://laulima.hawaii.edu/access/content/group/MAN.86452.201330/Readings/McGonigal%20-%20Intro%20and%20Ch%202.PDF • http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/ingame/league-legends-players-log-1-billion-hours-month-1C6423906 • http://na.leagueoflegends.com/learn/new_user_guide • http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/tech/post/_/id/1541/league-of-legends-esports-growing • http://na.lolesports.com/season3/split1/articles/cinderella-story • http://competitive.na.leagueoflegends.com/season-3-intro Image Credits • https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTYesmLnoarqt_Ig3YTovgrfOg3dlwy8Pmjflde_7SeuzomYZLX • http://images.fastcompany.com/upload/jane-mcgonigal.jpg • http://cdn.segmentnext.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/League-of-Legends.jpg • http://photos.siggraph.org/gallery3/var/albums/SIGGRAPH-2012-Photos/Keynote-Session-with-Jane-McGonigal/DSC_2354.jpg?m=1344347295 • http://www.slangstrong.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Ashe-LoL.jpg • http://fronttowardsgamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Top-Middle-Bottom-League-of-Legends-Lanes.png • http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VQHNO_TWlRU/UImrC0uMawI/AAAAAAAAAGE/2UWECbRMdr4/s1600/lol-map-summoners-rift.png • http://assets.vr-zone.net/18227/runnerupNARegionals1.jpg • http://beefjack.com/files/2012/12/Victorious-Korean-League-of-Legends-SK-Telecom-team-give-Cologne-crowd-a-Nazi-salute.jpg • http://www.at7addak.com/Data/News/Gallery/2012-07/MLG-2012-Summer-Arena-League-of-Legends-Teams/MLG-2012-Summer-Arena-League-of-Legends-Teams-2.jpeg • http://www.eizo.com/global/products/foris/e-sports/teams/teams_img01.jpg

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