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Video Games Discourse Community (Eric Li)

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Video Games Discourse Community (Eric Li)

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I like playing video games. I got into playing video games around middle school. Even though I had a bad computer, I still enjoyed playing with friends. Playing games with friends can help the bond grow between us because we are both trying to get a victory. We work together to achieve a rush of happiness.

One line my friends mostly use with me is "They're cracked!", meaning our opponent is good at the game. In Apex, it can also mean that our opponent has no more armor left. There are a lot more depending on the game that my friends and I play.

The main goal of the gaming community is to have a great time with each other. Even thought the match might get heated, we all need to keep our cool and have good sportsmanship.

There are many ways that the gaming community can communicate. They can use the in-game chat feature. They can also use Discord, which is a talking application for gamers.

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Dragon Ball Z discourse community (Aarin Shah)

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Dragon Ball Z discourse community (Aarin Shah)

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My favorite Anime is Dragon Ball Z. I first saw Dragon Ball Z at my friends place, after that it became a daily ritual. I would keep watching Dragon Ball Z while eating, or even during my transit to school leave alone the free time. The most renowned term at a Dragon Ball Z discourse community is 'kaaaaaaaamehaaamehaaaa' which is said while building up power for your own fire ball. Other words include super Saiyan and saiyan god. These are different levels of power, a character attains with time, experience and practice. One of my favorite places from the Dragon Ball Z universe is the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. This is a floating island in universe 7 which can be accessed through a few doorways. The peculiar thing about this place is that it slows down time. Spending 1 month in the hyperbolic time chamber is equivalent to 5 Earth Days. I really wished I could visit the hyperbolic time chamber so that I don't miss my assignment submission deadlines.

The main goal of the community is getting to know all the characters and their powers. There's a also a Dragon Ball Z video game apart from the anime which allows each player to choose their favorite characters and battle their friends. One of my favorite characters is beers, who is the destroyer and protector of all worlds.

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Pokemon Discourse Community (Sierra Deaver)

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Pokemon Discourse Community (Sierra Deaver)

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One discourse community that I’m a part of is the Pokemon discourse community. I first got into Pokemon a little over 5 years ago because of Pokemon Go, and got my first main game a year later. I’ve always liked seeing the different types of Pokemon you can collect in the games, and also the soundtrack of the games as well.

While there is a main storyline in the main games, once you become the region’s champion, there are plenty of things to do post story, such as battling other trainers (and ranking up), or trying to catch them all. Other people who are a part of this discourse community can help you achieve the goal you have in mind by trading you a Pokemon you don’t already have, or by battling you online.

Just like other discourse communities, the Pokemon Discourse community also has a specific vocabulary too, like “Nuzlocke”, “Shiny Hunting”, “HMs”, “Wondertrade”, and more. There are also inside jokes too, like “Sinnoh confirmed” or “Gen 5 music hits different”, things that only people from the Pokemon discourse community would really understand. Using words and jokes like these can help tell apart who is a part of the community, and who would be an outsider. While an outsider may be able to recognize some Pokemon (like Pikachu for example), they wouldn’t be able to understand the intricacies of the Pokemon discourse community that only a member of the community would know.

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RPG Maker Horror Discourse Community (Julie Hou)

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RPG Maker Horror Discourse Community (Julie Hou)

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One thing I love doing is watching RPG Maker horror gameplays. One can tell someone might be in this community by the fact that they even know what RPG Maker is. RPG Maker is a program where people can make their own role-playing games. This subgenre of horror grew in popularity in the early 2000s. People in the community will have probably heard of games such as Ib or Mad Father. Like me, instead of playing these games themselves, some may have watched YouTubers such as Markiplier and ManlyBadassHero.

The RPG Maker community is not just people that watch or play these games. It also includes people interested in making them. The community includes a broad range of people, from casual viewers to developers. I’d say this community is quite open to new people. One’s favorite YouTuber may suddenly pick up an increasingly popular RPG Maker game to play, which sucks them in and introduces them to more games and the rest of the community.

Members of this discourse community can communicate through different ways, such as through social media, gaming forums, or even comment sections of videos. They can discuss many things, including the characters, hidden lore, or just the graphics or design of the game.

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Anime and manga has always been a really huge part since I was a kid. It started when I was looking through my dad's bookshelf for something to read and found a huge passion for them. This community is very inclusive. Anyone who likes any form of manga or anime can be a part of this community. Even if you have never watched or read one before, as long as you are interested in it, you are a part of us. Although most of the contents are usually in Japanese, there are subtitles in mandarin, english, and more. It is really obvious if one is in this community though. We would never call anime and manga "cartoon" and "comic books". We also love to share our love for it. Once we start talking about it, it's hard to get us to stop.

One of the goals of this community is to share this Japanese culture around the world. There is a wide range of content when it comes to anime and manga. They talk about racism, mental health, romance and so much more. They sometimes also give you an insight of what Japanese society is like. Other than sharing the culture, we also just enjoy watching it. It brings anyone who has the interest and passion together.

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Bachelor Franchise Discourse Community (Monika Lepe) 

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Bachelor Franchise Discourse Community (Monika Lepe) 

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I started watching The Bachelorette during quarantine and was instantly hooked. I have always been intrigued by the foolishness of reality TV so of course it was easy for me to be drawn to a series where multiple men "compete" for a women's heart (or vice versa if it's The Bachelor).

Anyone who has tuned into a whole season of either show (Bachelor or Bachelorette) knows that it is easy to get attached to certain contestants and root for them to end up with the lead. Because of the unique mix of looking for love while simultaneously producing a television show, there are multiple terms thrown around that only viewers may recognize. Members of this discourse community know the terms: group date, one on one, rose ceremony, hometowns, and final rose.

Viewers of The Bachelor/Bachelorette are easily recognizable. Upon mentioning the show, members of this discourse community are more than likely to ask who you want the lead to end up with or who you think they will end up picking, two very different things. If you don't watch the show, it is very possible they will try to get you to watch with them simply so they will have someone to talk to about it.

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Lifting weights Discourse Community (Matthew Martone)

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Lifting weights Discourse Community (Matthew Martone)

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One of my hobbies is going to the gym and lifting weights. I started to go to the gym on my own and lift weights when I was a sophomore in high school. The lifting community likes to do specific things to initiate friendships and friendly conversations. These things include what is called "spotting", which is the act of supporting another person during a particular exercise, with an emphasis on allowing the participant to lift or push more than they could normally do safely. and another thing is sharing a certain machine or piece of equipment in the gym, like a barbell, rack, or bench. The people inside of a gym may look a bit intimidating and scary at sometimes but at the end of the day you and that person have the same goal of becoming healthy and fit.

The lifting/gym community's main goal is Beyond fitness and health though, it allows us to find a sense of belonging. It's what can support us through some difficult moments, in or out of the gym, help inject a sense of fun in our day, and remind us of something essential: everyones in this together.

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K-pop is short for Korean Popular Music and is a general type of music that originated in South Korea, it was getting popular since the 2000s. I started joining this discourse community in 2012, I found a brand new type of music, it was full of energy and also emotion, especially the songs by BIGBANG. I would say that all K-pop people have the same purpose, which is wishing the group of specific idols to become more popular. And due to this similar goal it’s really easy to become a small group, where we love to share and give out comments to different songs, series.

I would say that we're really ready to recognize others as the same discourse community or not part of us, when a group of people are talking about specific songs, he shows no interest indicating he was not part of us. But if someone was getting excited while we were communicating, showing we are in the same discourse community. In order to separate in K-pop we special language such as fandom, which refers to people who are part of a group's official fanclub get special titles, just like BIGBANG’s fanclub names V.I.P.

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Like many other members of Gen Z, I would say I am part of the TikTok discourse community. Supplied with an endless scroll of videos uploaded by all kinds of creators, the app has grown quite the audience. Content on TikTok covers almost anything imaginable, and with the app’s algorithm, anyone is able to find videos of their particular interests. Whether that’s cooking, gaming, fashion, anime, or K-pop; these videos, as well as the people interacting with them, provide users with a sense of comfort, relatability, and community.

Through certain songs, sounds, or video clips, trends immerge, and can sometimes influence how users act. It’s easy to tell when someone is also a part of the TikTok discourse, as it’s common for users to pick up certain mannerisms and vocabulary frequently used in popular TikTok videos, I myself am guilty of doing so. I also find my friends and I referencing certain jokes made in TikToks, or doing dance challenges when we hear their corresponding TikTok songs in public.

As much as TikTok has influenced my humor, it has also influenced my take on people. Through more personal videos I’ve seen, the app has led me to realize how many shared experiences, thoughts, and concerns everyone has without realizing it, and I find that really sweet.

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Super Smash Bros Discourse Community (Andy Ling)

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Super Smash Bros Discourse Community (Andy Ling)

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My favorite video game is Super Smash Brothers.  I was introduced to it through my cousin, and I was immediately hooked by the platform fighting gameplay.  I would invest hundreds of hours playing and watching videos, and I slowly became part of the community.  Like many discourse communities, the Smash community has its own vocabulary.  Some examples being "DI", "wave-dashing", "L-canceling", and "2-frame".  It's also through these phrases where you can identify who isn't part of the community.  A community member will know these terminologies, since many were created in the community, where as a casual audience can enjoy the game without knowing them.

The main goal of the community is to improve and be the best.  This can be done by winning tournaments, or discovering new techniques that advances gameplay.  Communication mainly happens through social media, like online videos or forums where people post information like combos or frame data.  Also, through online comments, other members can participate in these posts.  Furthermore, there are top players who've proven their skills in tournaments, and these are the Smash community's experts.  It's through members who post knowledge online that captures new players and allow everyone to reach their goal of improving.

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PC Gaming Discourse Community (Bill Tang)

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PC Gaming Discourse Community (Bill Tang)

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If you play any games, especially ones accessible through your computer, then it is very likely that you are a part of the desktop gaming discourse community. Of course, this discourse community has its own vocabulary that we share. Some common acronyms we use are FPS (frames per second) and DPI (dots per second). Both of these terms are related to how well your electronic device can run games. There are many more terms used in the community, and you will know and understand them the longer you stay in the community.

It is very easy to recognize people in the computer gaming community. If you are playing the game, it means that you have access to a computer, which would make you a member of the community. People can also join and interact with the community through online discussion websites and applications like Discord and Reddit. Almost everyone on these messaging platforms are friendly and ready to assist you with whatever issues you encounter when gaming.

In this discourse community, you can expect members within the community to be collaborating with each other on many different things. These things can include: playing the game together, solving difficult challenges in the game, discussing new ideas that can be used to tackle the game, and so much more.

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Tennis Discourse Community (Kylee Fellows)

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Tennis Discourse Community (Kylee Fellows)

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During high school, one of the sports that I played was Tennis which I continued to play during the summer which was a league/club sport. In tennis the overall goal is to win the match. Teams can make goals for their players to try and accomplish, my team did this to help us focus on our playing style and how to change our playing style to better fit the situation. For high school the different tennis coaches would talk to one another as well as the school in order to schedule dates to have matches or reschedule a match. In club tennis, my coach would communicate with USTA Hawaii (United States Tennis Association) to schedule dates for matches. One of the biggest differences between high school and club tennis for me was having ad or ad out on deuce (tie breaker point). A member of the USTA sends emails (one of the emails that I got was member services). The language of tennis would be the rules of the game, techniques for hitting the ball, and knowing the layout of the court. Tennis has terminology which players use to talk to one another while playing on the court (for example: right back and saying the score), to comment on your own playing style or someone else's playing style (forward hand, backhand, overhead smash, volley, serves), or terms for the equipment and how plays went (such as: Ace). For both of the tennis teams I was on, the coach and players on the team with more experience playing tennis then I did were the people with the expertise on the team.

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Music Listeners Discourse Community (Maeher Parihar)

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Music Listeners Discourse Community (Maeher Parihar)

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Really anyone who enjoys listening to music can be in this discourse group. The goal of the people in this discourse community is to share their love for music and the songs that they enjoy listening to with others. But there is also a select few people who know more about the background of the artists and the deeper meanings behind certain songs that could be considered as "expert members".

There are many mechanisms of communication among members, social media is the biggest. When an artist drops a new album, ep, or single, members of the community will take to social media and engage in discourse about new music.

Again, there are many genres of music, and many people that have differing opinions about what good music is. Right now, I am listening to Me and Your Mama, a Childish Gambino song who's music can be classified as rap, but also soulful and funky. Descriptor words like the ones above are jargon that music listeners use to differentiate between genres.

Music is a uniting force and it can bring groups of people who would have otherwise not known each other together.

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I consider myself to be a part of the music discourse.  I have been playing music ever since I was 9 years old and have accumulated various terminologies that only a person in the the musical community would understand. Terms like: Allegro, crescendo, measure, bar, and cut time are a few examples of musical terminologies known by most, if not all, musicians.

Musical notes represent the "language" of the musical discourse, because in order to produce music one must learn how to read notes.

Playing music requires a lot of practice, and a common goal all musicians share is mastery of a piece. For example, people in a band share a common goal of perfecting a song before a concert or audition.

Musicians communicate using eye contact or hand gestures. When I was in band the conductor would have to wait for the lead drummer to make eye contact with him before he could start a piece because it indicated the drummers are ready to play. With hand gestures the conductor can communicate to the band how loud, quiet, fast, or slow they'd like the song to go.

Anyone can be a part of the music discourse group, even singers. Playing music not only requires the mind, but the heart. In order to fully express oneself while playing music, some form of feeling must be expressed as the song is played. A sad song could be played quite and slower while a happy song could be played louder and faster.

The music discourse is widely open to anyone who is willing to express themselves through the form of song. It allows people to collaborate with each other and create one harmonious sound.

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Sports Discourse Community (Kelly Hungerford) 

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Sports Discourse Community (Kelly Hungerford) 

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I have been a part of some type of sports program for as long as I can remember. No matter if it's soccer, swim, or softball, they all have the common theme of forming a team. When you are on a team you normally have a set of goals that you want to achieve and perform as a group, but in the end, the biggest goal and purpose as a team is generally to win. The competitiveness that comes with the shared urge to win, whether that be the team you play for or your hometown team, brings the sports community together. A huge aspect of every team you will come upon is the coach. The coach is the glue that will keep the comradery of a team together. They are there to serve their main purpose of sharing information. Communicating the knowledge that they have and passing it on to their peers. The sports community welcomes all different groups of people and accepts anyone willing to either, play hard for their team, or cheer hard for their team. The realm of sports is so large and so welcoming due to the fact that you don't need to PLAY a sport to be a part of this community. Sports can bring people together in so many ways, like something as simple as a fantasy football league or something as big as the Olympics. Sports have the power to bring people together from all over the world to create this massive community.

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One of my hobbies is playing soccer. When my community and I play soccer, we use specific terms to in order initiate conversations such as great shot, nice kick, and what a goal. As the game goes further on, our conversations begin to grow. We also love to scream and shout when someone scores a goal.

The soccer communities goal is to have fun with one another and allow people who enjoy the game of soccer to build relationships with one another. We try to recruit as many people as we can to make the games more interesting and exciting. We used different social media sites and websites in order to try to get people's attention so that they would come and hopefully play. We recognize people who are outsiders when they play too rough and try to injure others players. Another way we can recognize outsiders is when they are too quiet and antisocial because normally when we play, we are always loud and talkative.

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Knitting Discourse Community (Dr. Kathie)

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Knitting Discourse Community (Dr. Kathie)

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One of my hobbies is knitting. Like any "maker" genre, knitters have a specific vocabulary and discourse they use to communicate with each other. The most common method of communication is the pattern. These documents are full of words such as: knit, purl, seed stitch, garter stitch, casting on, etc. The longer you knit, the larger your vocabulary becomes and the more complex patterns you can knit.

The knitting community is very open and generally welcomes new people in. You can find knitting circles all over the world, in knitting stores or coffee shops. There are also a large number of knitters who belong to Ravelry--the FaceBook for knitters. Members can post pictures of their projects, compare their finished project for a pattern to others with that same pattern, and comment on others' finished projects. Members can also share and discuss patterns, list  yarn left over from projects for sale (describing yarn is another "language" within the discourse community), and blog about their experiences.