| The Internet has gradually become the second living space for the mass group,e-sports has gradually removed the early label of excessive attention to plaything saps the will and moved towards the direction of formal competition and winning honor for the country.The2021 EDG championship event went viral on the Internet,the struggle and teamwork spirit in e-sports have received highly praise from the mainstream media.This has also led to the birth of the type of youth subculture represented by e-sports,and affected on the speech and behavior of young people.Over the past decade from 2011 to today,the total number of players in the "League of Legends" game series has exceeded 600 million.As the largest e-sports project with the largest player base and viewership of events,League of Legends is currently quite representative and has the highest topic reading volume and commercial value among existing e-sports events.This study mainly focuses on the online community of League of Legends events,using participatory observation and in-depth interviews to extract and interpret selected community texts,and summarize the development process of e-sports cultural style resistance and inclusion.At the same time,based on the perspective of youth subculture,this study elaborates the style construction of e-sports culture,early indications of resistance,subsequent metamorphosis,as well as e-sports culture’s integration into mainstream culture in terms of philosophy and commerce,in order to explore the post subculture style and ritual resistance formed by e-sports culture.In addition,this study explores the representation and direction of resistance style,and provides targeted suggestions for the future development path of e-sports culture in the face of compromise after integration.The study found that e-sports culture is distinct from the traditional "utterly disruptive" and "rebellious adolescent" youth subculture.It is a diversified and integrated subculture with more vitality that conforms to the times and has the potential to inject new ideas into the growth of mainstream culture In the face of criticism from the mainstream,the e-sports culture did not die in the early stage of development.Instead,it combined its own development and the promotion of circle members to find the positioning of e-sports,and demonstrated the competition and entertainment belonging to cyberspace in a way of resistance immersed in ceremonies,providing more novel elements and positive spirit to the main society and market,making the process of integration more smooth and harmonious.In summary,members of the online community represented by League of Legends are able to express their opinions and themselves on online platforms,shaping the culture of the e-sports internal circle while also giving a clearer understanding of e-sports culture to the external circle audiences,in order to construct a meaningful space for e-sports circles to share.E-sports culture can meet the cultural needs of young people and build a bridge between reality and the future,individuals and teams,as well as modernity and the future.Studying the increasingly developing e-sports culture and correctly guiding it can aid in social integration and promote the development of culture and economy. |
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