A study on the development of electronic sports industry and players’ career planning in Taiwan

摘要 本研究之目的在於探討我國電子競技產業的發展情況，藉由分析電子競技這個新興產業的結構，整理出各種相關的行業與職位，提供職業電競選手職涯出路之規劃，並且使後進選手能夠提早做職涯評估。目前我國針對電子競技之研究仍少，依據文獻資料的搜集與整理，可以發現電子競技選手雖仍屬勞工，但其性質較類似運動員，我國也正逐漸朝向將電子競技選手列為運動員的方向前進。而透過文獻檢視我國與各國電子競技產業發展特色之後，發現許多差異，如政府態度、主要投入電競的廠商類型、戰隊資金來源皆有不同之處。 本研究以立意抽樣法訪談一位中華民國電子競技運動協會人員以及1名退役電競選手與1名電競教練，並透過次級資料補充國內外知名電子競技選手的職涯歷程。根據文獻與訪談資料可發現電子競技選手在選手的職涯短，需要轉換跑道，而電子競技產業範圍涵蓋甚廣，更有許多依附著電競產業的新職業出現，因此能夠提供職業電子競技選手更多的出路。 根據上述研究結果，期待能夠使電競產業受到更多認識，不僅提供政府與企業對於電競的發展方向，更讓電子競技選手不再讓愛好者視為畏途，並且希望能夠讓社會與家庭正確的因應電子競技這股新的浪潮。Abstract The purpose of thesis is to study e-Sport industry and it’s development in Taiwan. This thesis mentions about the future of e-Sport and the career development of professional e-Sport players. Now, professional e-Sport players in Taiwan will be transferred from labor to athlete. But, there is the huge divergence among major companies who manage e-Sport industry, government and the funders of e-Sport teams. In this thesis, one employee in CTeSA and one retired professional e-Sport player and one e-Sport coach were interviewed by purposive sampling. After studied the interview, the history of world-wide e-Sports player and other researching materials about e-Sport development, the conclusion is that the life career development is short and now e-Sport players have opportunities to be transferred to more new positions related to e-Sport industry. Taiwan government and the funder of e-Sport teams may know more about e-Sport industry and provide a better environment to light up the future of e-Sport via the conclusion of this thesis. e-Sport is the world-wide gaming competition which Taiwanese society should be on the right way to develop e-Sport accurately