Marc Lineback

9/21/17

UWRT 1104

Studio 3

Interest Inventory
eSports
https://www.polygon.com/features/2016/8/2/12327754/should-esports-be-in-the-olympics

Jay Puryear, Treyarch, Olympics, Colin Cowherd, Tim Warwood, BBC, IeSF, Alex Lim, IOC, corporations,
corruption

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f85kWTiSue4
https://www.britannica.com/demystified/how-are-sports-chosen-for-the-olympics
http://www.ie-sf.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treyarch
http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2016/05/09/Leagues-and-Governing-
Bodies/Esports-corruption.aspx
 Reading Process Reflection
I did find this process very helpful, because I was able to look at a lot of information and chase

rabbit holes that lead to more information, that in turn lead to more rabbit holes. I actually read a

very strong counter-argument to my thinking, and I changed my opinion because of it. I had

originally thought that eSports should be considered a sport, its very competitive, requires a lot

of skill, and has a large following. On the other hand, the games that are played dont have fixed

rules like other sports. Private companies own the games, and in turn, and change the rules of

play however they want to. This makes for aa very easily corruptible system, where the highest

bidder could influence the game company to do anything for the right price. The most

challenging part of this process, though, was deciding on which article to start with. I read

several, but in the end, chose the one that changed my thinking. Finding hits after that point was

also a bit challenging, I may have added some key words in my google searches to narrow down

to more relevant information. While I may not have found a topic, I certainly found some great

research material to include in my final IEP.

Library Session Reflection

The library session was useful, I found out how to navigate the librarys website to look for

articles. I also learned that the library has access to thousands upon thousands of reliable sources.

When I use the library website, I get hit after hit of useful articles, links, videos, and posts. I will

continue to use the library as a resource for this classes, and classes in the future.
 Topic Proposal Reflection
The process I went through was very tedious and repetitive. I made it that way, so I knew for

sure that I liked it and was interested. I took Professor Campbells advice to heart when he said

If you do it on something youre not curious about, youre going to have a terrible experience

and wont learn a thing.. It just so happens that my second or third idea for a topic was

interesting, and I came about it using the interest inventory in The Curious Researcher. I started

with a very broad term, something I knew I liked, and tried to find a side of it I didnt know very

well, hence: eSports.

I gave myself plenty of time to complete the topic proposal, because I knew how

important it was. My process to writing it involved a lot of free writing on a document, and then

boiling the information down to a good overview and summary. As a Questioner, I learned that

my questions tend to lean more on affirming what I already think, and asking what counterpoints

there are to that way of thinking. Through that process, my whole view on my topic changed

drastically.

Ive never consciously thought about my reading before, but I realized I am a lazy reader.

I tend to skim, look for keywords, as well as look for bolded, italicized, and important looking

text. It has worked for me so far, however its now a goal of mine to be a more involved reader.

Finally, I have learned that I am a writer. Not a good writer, but I am noticing that I use writers

moves frequently to make what Im writing flow better. For example, the use of Finally, as well

as, therefore, however, on the otherhand and so forth.