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Impact of implicit vs. explicit Instructions on tactical performance in under-20 soccer players.

This study aimed to verify whether implicit and explicit informational constraints generate differences in tactical performance and behavior in U-20 national-level soccer players. Thirty-two under-20 male athletes from two clubs participated. Four 4-a-side small-sided games (SSG) protocols were used: R1 - explicit rule for high-press marking, R2 - implicit rule for high-press marking, R3 - game with both previous rules simultaneous and FR - free game, without additional rules. SSGs comprised 4 vs. 4+ goalkeepers games on a 42 m × 29 m field. Position data from 10 Hz Global Positioning System (GPS) devices were used to evaluate individual and collective tactical behavior (spatial occupation metrics) and performance (interpersonal coordination). MANOVA was used for normally distributed variables, and Friedman's with Dunn or Bonferroni post hoc was used for variables without normal distribution. For SEI, an ANOVA was used with Bonferroni post hoc. The R1 protocol showed higher SEI, length, width, and LpWratio than the FR protocol (p = 0.009). There was an effect of the different protocols in SEI values (p < 0.001). Under the explicit rule, players also showed the highest in-phase interpersonal coordination values (p < 0.001). Providing players with explicit tactical instructions improves tactical performance acutely for high-pressing defensive actions.

An Overview of OpenAI's Sora and Its Potential for Physics Engine Free Games and Virtual Reality

Sora, OpenAI's latest text-to-video model, is particularly skilled at understanding the physical world, and all of the content it generates mostly consistent with the laws of physics. This indicates that Sora already has the beginnings of a world model and has the potential to become an excellent physics engine in the near future. This paper analyses and explains in detail the potential applications of Sora in physics engines and virtual reality. In addition, its advantages and disadvantages over traditional physics engines are compared based on its unique behavioural characteristics. Finally, it looks forward to the application of Sora in other fields.

After The Queen’s Gambit (2020): The Rise of chess.com and the Chess #MeToo Movement

In 2020, the chess industry saw an unprecedented and exponential spike in player interest due to two key factors: the runaway success of The Queen’s Gambit (2020) limited series on Netflix and worldwide pandemic lockdowns. Lockdowns saw the rise of online chess popularized by chess.com, which after several key acquisitions, sponsor deals, and investments, now holds a near monopoly on the chess industry, surpassing 100 million users in December 2022 and becoming the most popular free gaming app on the Apple Store in twenty eight countries on February 2, 2023. Despite this newfound surge of interest in chess worldwide, women remain at best tokenized and more often, systematically excluded by the chess industry. This essay will act as a wide survey of the proliferation of deeply rooted sexism in multiple aspects of modern chess culture, beginning with gender imbalances inherent in the rules of chess, as well as the canonized ‘openings’, before moving to issues of male gaze in The Queen’s Gambit and online chess streaming celebrities. The tokenizing politics of Chess.com and FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs) will also be analyzed as attempts to cater to a perceived male demographic for capitalistic gain. Additional focus will be allotted to the smaller cash prizes and diminished advertising for women’s chess competitions. In light of this discrimination, the industry’s repetitive claim that chess is a true meritocracy will be refuted.

The incidence and characteristics of heading in the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup™

ABSTRACT Introduction To quantify the incidence and characteristics of purposeful heading and other head impacts in professional women’s football at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup™. Methods This cross-sectional cohort study analysed purposeful headers (uncontested and contested) and their characteristics (e.g. playing position, match situation, field location, and distance ball travelled), and other head impact events using video analysis. Total headers and head impact events, and incidence rate (IR) per 1000 match-hours were calculated for countries, positions, and other characteristics, such as location on the pitch. Results Purposeful headers accounted for 76% of all coded events (uncontested: 71%; contested: 29%), followed by attempted headers (21%), unintentional ball-head impacts (2%), and other head impacts (1%). Headers ranged from 0 to 22 per player, per match with a mean of 4.8 [±1.2]. Of all field positions, centrebacks had the highest heading rates and wingers the lowest. Strikers performed significantly more contested headers than any other position, and significantly less uncontested headers. Most headers occurred in the middle third (48%), from free game play (72%) and from long balls (>20 m) (68%). Conclusion The findings of this study could assist the development of player heading risk profiles, sex-specific heading guidelines, and coaching practices.

Why Purchase Premium in Freemium Online Games: The Self Determination Theory Perspective

After the rise of the freemium business model, the video games industry emerged as a popular source of entertainment in Malaysia. In this modern free game model, virtual content trading is considered a great source of revenue generation for game developers and publishers. Millions of players around the world participate in this activity and purchase virtual items. In this study, we focus on exploring the motives of Malaysian youth for purchasing these in-game virtual products. By employing purposive sampling, qualitative data were collected by means of conducting in-depth interviews with game players who purchase virtual products. This study explored seven important factors: the desire for uniqueness, the desire for dominance, the desire for skillfulness, social interaction, the desire for freedom, social affiliation, and enjoyment, which strongly influence Malaysian players’ behavior toward in-game content consumption during video game playing. Gamers and game developers can benefit from the findings of the present study to customize the in-game virtual product design strategies as per the expectations of respondents.&#x0D; Keywords: free-to-play, video games, freemium, virtual purchasing, purchase intention

The Gamifikasi Pembelajaran Berbasis Quizizz Sebagai Upaya Peningkatan Kompetensi Pemanfaatan Teknologi Pengajar

Post-pandemic, the implementation of IT makes learning more creative, innovative, and interactive. The presence of interaction and collaboration between students through ICT-based learning means is important for them to become enthusiastically engaged in learning. With the development of technology, educators must have knowledge and skills in using IT to support learning in the smart society era. However, based on the basic research conducted by one of the students of the SMA Negeri 8 Semarang department, the department found that there is still no optimal way to use ICT as a means of learning due to the time it takes to prepare materials. learning is limited. On the other hand, thanks to Quizizz, preparing to use it does not take much time because Quizizz offers many different features to help teachers learn more easily. Quizizz is a game-based educational app that features fun and free games that entertain you during the learning process. Quizizz training aims to ensure that teachers have equal opportunities to maximize learning using ICT-based media, so that Quizizz can be a solution embedded in the learning media creation framework. IT-based learning takes a lot of time to create an accessible, student-centered environment. The classroom atmosphere in the development of critical thinking (critical thinking), cooperation (collaboration), communication (communication) and creativity (creativity) are called the 4Cs.

The Dark Side of Fun: Understanding Dark Patterns and Literacy Needs in Early Childhood Mobile Gaming

Play has always been recognized as an essential aspect of human development, particularly during early childhood, as it contributes to learning, the formation of meanings, and experiencing the world. In today's digitalized society, early childhood education has increasingly integrated digital media into its practices, both in schools and at the family level. Mobile digital games (MDG) have received significant attention due to their impact on children's interactions, play, and learning. However, as young children engage more with MDGs, concerns about problem gaming have arisen, referring to conflicts and issues that emerge from game playing within everyday sociocultural contexts. Scholars such as Zagal et al. (2013) have identified certain game design patterns as "dark", which can be considered unethical as they manipulate players against their best interests. Given the prevalence of mobile gaming in early childhood, studying these dark patterns becomes even more crucial. This study aims to investigate the presence of dark patterns in MDG for young children (0-5 years old), through qualitative analysis. The five most popular free games for this age range on App Store (February 2023) were analysed, particularly focusing on the presence of temporal, monetary, social, and/or psychological dark patterns. The analysis uncovers the presence of temporal, monetary, and psychological dark patterns, including aesthetic manipulations, paywalls, and periodic rewards resembling gambling elements. The games also employ advertising strategies and engagement tactics that challenge young children's navigation. Parental control mechanisms offer limited safeguards, requiring continuous monitoring and parental involvement in play dynamics. The study highlights the importance of adult media and digital literacy in supporting children's online play effectively, while also emphasising the responsibility of game designers and developers to create healthier and less risky game experiences.&#x0D;

Researching the digital economy and the creative economy: Free gaming shards and commercialised making at the intersection of digitality and creativity

Despite the creative economy relying on digital technology and the digital economy needing creative input, policy and research alike tend to miss or underestimate interdependencies between these two economies. This article argues for the importance of acknowledging interdependencies and overlaps between the cultural and creative economy and the digital economy – while likewise refraining from implicitly conflating the two. Starting from a comparative literature review that identifies key features of creative economy and digital economy literature and the few detailed works on overlaps, it elaborates on this argument by examining two case studies. In discussing and comparing digital games and do-it-yourself electronics e-commerce, this article illustrates overlaps of practices relevant to both, digital and creative economy, and elaborates on why it matters to acknowledge interdependencies rather than merging the two.

Students' perceptions about the influence of educational games on achievement and motivation, a study based on the Flow Theory

Purpose: The present study analyzed the influence of educational games on the perceptions of motivation and achievement of students in an Accounting and Cost Analysis course at a university in the South of Brazil.&#x0D; Methodology: The students played a game followed by a questionnaire was applied to 32 (thirty-two) students. The applied game is called Space Race. The questionnaire applied was based on the Theory of Flow in order to capture the students' perceptions regarding the flow experience lived during the application of the game. The Flow Theory analyzes the mental state characterized by concentration and focus on an activity resulting in achievement and motivation, based on the balance between skills and the challenge faced. Quantitative data were treated using descriptive statistics and Kruskal-Wallis test.&#x0D; Results: The results showed that the students felt a flow experience, with the dimensions of Clarity of Objective and Feedback being the ones that most contributed to this result. Other results were that: i) Immediate feedback motivated students who were marking right answers, but frustrated those who were wrong, ii) The competition from the game generated different reactions of anxiety to motivation in the students, and iii) Problems with the connection with the internet while performing the game reveal a technological barrier.&#x0D; Study Contributions: The study contributes by: i) presenting the Flow Theory and its dimensions, a tool that can be used to measure student motivation and achievement; ii) when analyzing the students' perceptions regarding the application of an educational game; iii) by introducing a free game appropriate to the context of teaching in accounting.

Character Customization With Cosmetic Microtransactions in Games: Subjective Experience and Objective Performance.

Free games that are monetized by selling virtual items, such as cosmetic microtransactions for one’s avatar, seem to offer a better gaming experience to paying players. To experimentally explore this phenomenon, the effects of character customization with cosmetic microtransactions on objective and self-estimated player performance, subjective identification with the avatar, fun and the players’ perceived competence were examined in the game League of Legends. This study introduces a new laboratory-based, experimental task to objectively measure within-game player performance. Each participant performed this game-based task in two different conditions: With a character that was customized using a provided set of cosmetic microtransactions and with a default character. Results showed that customization increased subjective identification with the player character. However, objective performance measures were unaffected by this manipulation although the novel experimental approach provided reliable performance results. Additionally, identification was positively related to perceived competence, fun, and self-estimated performance. Implications for the design of cosmetic microtransactions and their influence on competitive gaming are discussed.

Isang pagsusuring semiolohikal sa mga Duterte mobile game sa Google Play

With the rise of video games as a form of entertainment and of the freemium culture in mobile gaming, and within the current political climate in the Philippines since the 2016 national election, free Duterte games have appeared and are still available in Google Play. This study analyzed ten (10) free games from the downloading platform using Barthesian semiology. Mostly identified as shooting games, these games have four elements present. First, the majority of these games have created a myth of President Rodrigo Duterte as the protagonist of these violent games, a myth also created for the “kontra-droga” campaign. Second, several personalities have appeared as allies with a covert message of being in line with or supportive of the protagonist’s motive. Third, weaponry is prominently used in the games, reflective of the policies promised during campaigns and eventually carried out. Fourth, like other games, these ones use the icons of zombies, drug addicts, and criminals as the enemies of the games, alongside the icons of media, jail, and several personalities like Leila De Lima, Edgar Matobato, and Franklin Drilon. In this semiological analysis, the rhetorical strategies of inoculation, identification, and privation of history are employed to uncover the myths behind these prominent game elements.

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ANALISIS KOMPARASI BAURAN PROMOSI BATARA WATER SPORT SEBELUM PANDEMI DAN SEMASA PANDEMI COVID-19

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the entire world experienced a decline in all aspects, including the world of tourism and many companies experienced a decline in income due to the corona virus outbreak, one of which is PT. Batara Water Sport, but this company has a way that is able to bring in tourists during this pandemic, the purpose of this study is to find out how different the methods of promotion carried out by PT. Batara Water Sport before the pandemic with during the pandemic, therefore this phenomenon is able to provide the background for this research. The type of data used in this research is qualitative data. The technique of determining the informants in this study is by using purposive sampling with three people as informants, while the data analysis technique uses descriptive qualitative. Collecting data by observation, interviews, literature study, and documentation. The result of this research is the promotion mix used by PT. Batara Water Sport during the pandemic, which is predominantly using electronic media as a media for product promotion designed to bring tourists to companies during the pandemic, such as providing discounts of up to 50%, one free game for consumers who use five games, and there are two special packages provided by companies during the Covid-19 pandemic, in contrast to before the pandemic, which only used printed media such as brochures, were able to bring tourists to the company. In addition to providing attractive promos, during this pandemic the company also implements strict health protocols to be able to break the chain of spreading the Covid-19 virus.

Креатив рекламної естетики у генеруванні нових художніх текстів

The article under studies deals with the creative possibilities of an advertising text within modern arts. It is generally recognized that the main purpose of advertising is to turn a recipient into a consumer. The advertisers achieve this goal through implementing the four consecutive stages of affecting the receptive consciousness: drawing attention, arousing interest, stimulating desire and encouraging action, which requires a perfect form of presentation. For successful achievement of the above results, the advertisers use rational, emotional, logical, psychological and aesthetic means of persuasion all together. Consequently, advertisement, as a peculiar synthetic type of “aestheticized pragmatics”, does not reject the aesthetic constituent. In the course of perceiving an advertising text, there might occur certain teleological deviations: when the aesthetic component of advertising comes out in the receptive consciousness in the first place, the advertising text can acquire new semantic parameters and be transformed into a qualitatively different text. In this way, most advertising slogans are usually considered. Being separated from the original text, they turn into independent messages (such as proverbs, sayings, phraseologisms) and enter the flow of the contemporary communicative space of speech. Other phenomena, generated by the aesthetics of an advertising text, are numerous anecdotes and comedic sketches, which parody plot structures, themes, images and specifics of the speech of advertising texts, as well as act as autonomous genres. The article under discussion regards the generation of a new text as a free game within aesthetic communication, whereby the author (the advertiser) and the recipient (the consumer) become equally successful partners. In addition, the article contains the analysis of certain samples, in which the aesthetics of an advertising text annihilates its immanent utilitarian form and creates an independent fiction text. Thus, the aesthetic component of an advertising text turns into a particular creative motive, a driving force in generating new literary texts.

Balancing Ethics, Art and Economics: A Qualitative Analysis of Game Designer Perspectives on Monetisation

This article explores the relationship between monetisation models, game design and ethical considerations from the perspective of three different small-scale Norwegian game companies: an indie company, a freemium company and a premium company. The aim is to explore critically how small-scale game companies reason and act in the current economy. Interviews with game designers and CEOs form the empirical basis of the analysis. The motives and practices of the informants are categorised according to three ethical schools, namely, deontology, virtue ethics, and utilitarianism. The informants believe that freemium models and free games have made the computer game industry markedly more challenging to monetise. Their views on what is considered ethical monetisation varies between companies, most distinctly between the freemium company and the two others. Informants from the freemium company downplay ethical responsibilities, with reference to the huge number of existing free games and costumers unwilling to pay for games.

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KOAGULANDO: A FUN GAME TO LEARN ABOUT THE BLEEDING CASCADE

Koagulando is a game build for mobile phones to enhance the learning process of hemostasis. Materials and methods: The game was built as a mobile app for Android. It is free and has an easy game interface. The language is Portuguese, and the intellectual content is totally from the author. A game designer enterprise developed the codes and arts for the game. The game has three levels to simulate the bleeding cascade pathways. The student plays as the coagulation factors in a futuristic scenario. The factors act like secret agents in a mission. Windows with the level objectives are displayed for the understanding of the level. After finishing the game, the student has to answer a short quiz. In Brazil, among the various schools of medicine, the official curriculum is traditionally divided into three moments that can be different from school to school but shares the same parts: One cycle called the Basic module where the students have disciplines like anatomy, physiology, and others that are common among all the health sciences; the Clinical module which includes the specific medical topics and the medical internship, a practical rotation scheme. The physiology of hemostasis is one of the most challenging topics in the Basic module. The complex theme, the importance in the medical field, and the short time reserved to its comprehension by traditional medical courses make teaching a colossal challenge to teachers.KOAGULANDO is a game developed exclusively to learn about the bleeding cascade using a mix of platform videogame and technical comments about the hemostasis phenomenon. The proposal is a free game for mobile phones or computers, using gamification as a facilitator about understanding the coagulation pathway. To my best knowledge, the only computer game designed specifically for Hematology teaching is the Hemoquest, a game developed by this author in partnership with a designer available only for Android. A quick search in the App Store for IOS and Google Store for Android using the descriptors “hematology,”“coagulation,”“bleeding,”“leukemia,”“transfusión,”“anemia, “oncology”did not found any specific game for educational purposes. The same search in Portuguese found only the Hemoquest. In the author's experience, using Hemoquest since 2019 in the Federal University of Paraiba, as a complementary tool in his Hematology course, the student adherence is almost 100%, with a significant percentage of acceptance among them. The major obstacle is the students Access to mobile phones and technology. Gamification can be a powerful tool to enhance the learning of complex topics in Hematology.

An Addiction Detection Application Playing Free Fire Games Based on Android Using Tsukamoto's Fuzzy Logic

Online games that have a battle royal genre nowadays are very much the inantantnya. One of them is Free Fire which has been downloaded by more than 100 million people. The high number indicates that a person's high interest in playing online games can have a negative impact on one of them. For that, there is an app that can detect how much fun a person has in playing Free Fire games. By utilizing the fuzzy logic method tsukamoto allows it to detect the level of addiction of a person which is an android-based application. By utilizing the data owned by each player as an input variable that will produce output in the form of an addiction level percentage. Utilization of fuzzy tsukamoto method is expected to provide the right conclusions and in accordance with the expected.

Low-Cost Joystick for Pediatric Respiratory Exercises.

The use of body signals for health care applications has become ubiquitous in the last decade. One utilization of such measurements is the monitoring of respiratory flow for physiotherapy assistance. This application is based on relative flow measures which can rely on inexpensive sensors. Based on that, we present a low-cost electronic device that detects blows and suctions with a pressure sensor and emulates a keyboard for interfacing with computers. This joystick allows children to control free internet games by associating blows and suctions with different intensities to keyboard actions. Also, the intensity can be calibrated according to the user’s pulmonary capacities. This feature is adequate for gradual respiratory physiotherapy and can be customized for each patient. In order to verify the operation of the proposed device, practical tests were performed with three online free games, where the joystick functionality was assessed with different therapeutic configurations.

Pelatihan Pertolongan Pertama Pada Kecelakaan untuk Guru Sekolah Dasar se-Kecamatan Depok, Sleman, DIY

Accidents might happen anywhere, anytime, and to anyone. Primary school education is a period when children get very active in interacting with other peers. The interaction during a game might cause a risk of injuries on primary school students. Children often ignore the health condition of each other during the interaction. They have yet to own the analytical ability to identify if their friends conceive dangerous diseases, such as congenital heart disease, asthma, or other diseases. Free game interactions among primary school students such as running during the break or physically-related games might increase the risk for accidents or injuries within the school environment. Teachers are the closest people when children are at school. Teachers are demanded to have knowledge and skills in providing the first aid for their students who possibly experience accidents, injuries, or dangerous conditions, such as stopped breathing and cardiac arrest, which might happen during the school hours. The required skills are splinter dressing and/or basic life support. This activity aimed to improve the knowledge and skill of primary school teachers in providing first aid and for them to be capable of performing the basic life support. Coaching and counselling of Basic Life Support as well as splinter dressing were the conducted method. The result acquired from this community service showed that the good level of knowledge before the first aid counselling activity was 19.5%, which increased to 90.2% after the counselling activity. This study concluded that the knowledge of Primary School Teachers in Depok District of Sleman-Yogyakarta regarding First Aid has increased.Keywords: Accidents, Aid, First, Primary, School, Training,