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Today, a research report that I have been contributing to for the past ~2 years has finally been published online. Titled "Crafting The Metagame: Crafting the Metagame: Connected Learning in the Starcraft II Community", this report discusses the StarCraft community in the framework of Connected Learning, which outlines a new perspective of how people learn in the 21st century by being connected through communities online, at school, and at home.
The study was done through 2011-2012 so some things have changed since then. Still, the ecosystem of live streams, tournaments, coaches, and pro-players still hold true. The report features interviews with SC2 community members such as Day[9], Waxangel, Superouman, Sixen, and more. It also features a section on the development team at Blizzard. Huge thanks to all the community members who talk time to be interviewed!
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Download the PDF report
Here's a preview of the report:
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/cqW4Wkl.png)
Earlier this month, the team also released another public report specifically detailing Day[9]tv and its contributions to educating the StarCraft community. The Daily's focus on being "a better gamer" and focus on learning through StarCraft has piqued the interested of researchers who look toward games as a platform to inspire learning.
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/HQm7uT2.png)
Read the Day[9]tv report
It's been a huge privilege to work with an amazing team of researchers who helped me combine my passion for esports and research into something that will help others see the value of being member of an amazing community. Hope you all enjoy it!
 
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DAy9 IS ALIVE??!?!?! I CALL BOGUS
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Interesting
I embraced a lot of failure
Like more than your usual failure
Like mostly it was just pure failure
But, this did not make me smart!
(Edit: ergo, I am not very smart)
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Yaaay, going to check this out after I PEE!
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You don't suppose there is investment bias behind this?
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On April 24 2014 09:00 d3_crescentia wrote:
congratulations tim!
User was warned for this post
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This looks amazing.
Save this one for the future.
Awesome work, shindigs!
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Man I am all over this. So awesome dude. :D
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Looking forward to reading this when I get home, looks awesome!
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On April 24 2014 10:39 puppykiller wrote:
You don't suppose there is investment bias behind this?
Hello, direct, allow me to introduce myself.
I am one you could call...
Shrouded...
Insinuating...
Not particularly STUDY IS BIASED.
(Edit: again, bias =/= wrong)
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On April 24 2014 18:16 Alakaslam wrote:Show nested quote +On April 24 2014 10:39 puppykiller wrote:
You don't suppose there is investment bias behind this? Hello, direct, allow me to introduce myself. I am one you could call... Shrouded... Insinuating... Not particularly STUDY IS BIASED. (Edit: again, bias =/= wrong)
Just because someone is studying/researching into stuff doesn't necessarily make them biased, otherwise no research would get done: It's important to be interested in the material you're researching.
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Interesting read - a little too qualitative/anecdotal for my taste but entertaining nonetheless.
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EPT
