shadowmisstep
@shadowmisstep.bsky.social
Digital Humanities MA @ University of Alberta. Esports, meritocracy, media studies, overthinking.
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East vs West: Regionalism and Race in Broadcast and Community Narratives at the 2023 League of Legends World Championship
Esports as a professionalised media industry surrounding competitive video gaming often presents itself as apolitical, given its digital nature. Similar to traditional sport models, some esport ecosys...
doi.org
I've now graduated! More importantly, my thesis on League of Legends Worlds and how regionalisation often parrots narratives of nations, race, and geopolitical tensions is now publicly available:
doi.org/10.7939/83217
doi.org/10.7939/83217
I've now graduated! More importantly, my thesis on League of Legends Worlds and how regionalisation often parrots narratives of nations, race, and geopolitical tensions is now publicly available:
doi.org/10.7939/83217
doi.org/10.7939/83217
East vs West: Regionalism and Race in Broadcast and Community Narratives at the 2023 League of Legends World Championship
Esports as a professionalised media industry surrounding competitive video gaming often presents itself as apolitical, given its digital nature. Similar to traditional sport models, some esport ecosys...
doi.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I've now graduated! More importantly, my thesis on League of Legends Worlds and how regionalisation often parrots narratives of nations, race, and geopolitical tensions is now publicly available:
doi.org/10.7939/83217
doi.org/10.7939/83217
Racism loses once again. It feels good!
It is really funny for FlyQuest to get called out last year for cultural reductionism with their MSI jersey, attempt to excuse it by claiming they're paying respect to the Chinese zodiac, and IMMEDIATELY doubling down this year by using meaningless, unrelated snake iconography on the Worlds jersey.
October 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Racism loses once again. It feels good!
My paper published in JEGE is now publicly available on my website. I take a look at the "TLCK" narrative in 2023 and 2024, and how imports, Asian diaspora, and White players in particular reflect modern anxieties about Asians and immigrants in North America.
shadowmisstep.notion.site/4kr1na
shadowmisstep.notion.site/4kr1na
“Four Asians and One American” — Import Player Discourse in North American Professional League of Legends | Notion
Accepted author manuscript version reprinted, by permission, from Journal of Electronic Gaming and Esports, 2025, 3(1): 1-8, https://doi.org/10.1123/jege.2024-0046. © Human Kinetics, Inc.
shadowmisstep.notion.site
October 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
My paper published in JEGE is now publicly available on my website. I take a look at the "TLCK" narrative in 2023 and 2024, and how imports, Asian diaspora, and White players in particular reflect modern anxieties about Asians and immigrants in North America.
shadowmisstep.notion.site/4kr1na
shadowmisstep.notion.site/4kr1na
It is really funny for FlyQuest to get called out last year for cultural reductionism with their MSI jersey, attempt to excuse it by claiming they're paying respect to the Chinese zodiac, and IMMEDIATELY doubling down this year by using meaningless, unrelated snake iconography on the Worlds jersey.
October 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
It is really funny for FlyQuest to get called out last year for cultural reductionism with their MSI jersey, attempt to excuse it by claiming they're paying respect to the Chinese zodiac, and IMMEDIATELY doubling down this year by using meaningless, unrelated snake iconography on the Worlds jersey.
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well you see, this is what winning teams do. they squeak out miracle wins on freak bullshit endings over and over because they actually kind of suck
November 29, 2024 at 11:19 PM
well you see, this is what winning teams do. they squeak out miracle wins on freak bullshit endings over and over because they actually kind of suck