“WELCOME TO SUMMONER’S RIFT”: NOTES ABOUT LEAGUE OF LEGENDS PROFESSIONALIZATION PROCESS

ABSTRACT

With the development of electronic games in recent years, the game League of Legends stood out for its championship structure and number of players and spectators. It was noticed that, since its release, in 2009, the game went through a process of professionalization, with some players being considered as professionals. Therefore, the aim of this paper was to understand how the professionalization of the game League of Legends has been treated in published papers about the theme. The methodology used was exploratory descriptive, in which, through the reading of titles, abstract and articles, it was selected twenty articles for a literature review. Thus, it was found that the professionalization of League of Legends is linked to two factors: the launch of the League Championship Series (LCS) and its other leagues scattered in other regions, allowing players to earn wages, and the specialization of players in specific positions within the game.

Keywords:
Sociology; Electronic games; Multiplayer online battle-arena; League of legends; Professionalization