By /

Alejandro Vina

The Anatomy of a Choke in eSports

Biography

Photographer/Stream Producer with a passion for eSports. I grew up in Bradford/Innisfil and was always a fan of anything media production. Currently a tournament organizer for Super Smash Ultimate in Toronto for the past year under my own organization “Matchup Time”. I have hosted events all over Ontario and am looking to try to make it a potential career, with freelance photography on the side. Let’s connect!

Details of Project

The investigation of the choke, a phenomenon where a competitor under specific circumstances effectively forgets how to play their game, losing all technical ability and causing losses. Chokes are well known across all forms of competition, affecting players of all skill levels. This research focuses on the eSports scene and will attempt to be able to objectively identify what a choke looks like in a video game and factors that lead into a choke. A lens will be placed on 3 different cases of players to identify any of these factors and attempt to define triggers or factors in these specific people, looking for ways to prevent it.

Lightning talk

Scroll to Top