The literacies of a competitive esports team

This article explores a variety of literacy practices that exist with competitive esports, namely livestreaming, moderating/Mods, and VODs/VODcasting. Nearly two decades research have indicated videogaming provides rich experiences for developing multifarious diverse practices, but, to-date, little examines the literacies born out rapidly growing evolving market esports. study insight into way team functions to provide meaning-making surrounding moderating, VODcasting within burgeoning esports culture. Drawing from two-year snapshot larger five-year ethnographic examination collegiate team, this is guided by theoretical perspective distributed cognition. Data inform stem interviews, observations, artifacts in both face-to-face digital spaces. Findings indicate esports-related VODs/VODcasting, transcend overlap experiences—in-the-moment reflectivity—suggesting role vital found ecosystem.