Moving Forward with Fighting Games
Hello, my name is John Denman. I am a senior at West Springfield High School. I am conducting an AP Capstone Research project on fighting game tournaments at top level play in order to find what keeps viewers (either live in person or watching a live stream) coming back for more. This questionnaire and its analysis is meant to answer the research question: What factors in watching fighting games at an esports level allow for high viewership? The purpose of this research is to find out what tournaments, esports teams, and high/top level players can use to advertise themselves and make themselves more appealing to sponsors. The ultimate goal of this research is that eventually more sponsors will see top fighting game tournaments as a legitimate business opportunity and provide these tournaments with more money to invest in the prizes and the production value. It is no secret that the fighting game community does not have enough money to go around to everyone involved at top level play. I aim to remedy this problem with my research. So my research is able to cover as much of the fighting game community as possible, I will be looking at the 9 games presented at the main stage of the EVO 2019 tournament.