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Table 2

Representative quotes for the theme “getting motivated to act”

Getting motivated to act
Conflicting propriety and validity legitimacy judgments	Positive propriety judgments “This kind of social interaction has been the most important part for me. I mean, that's more fun than actually the game.” (Alex, Esports for change). “There are some similarities, if you look at all the sports, parts of it, between the traditional sports and Counter-Strike, and I think that was why I liked it so much.” (Lucas, Sporty esports)
	Negative validity judgments “People say ‘oh you shouldn't be playing video games' … they don't understand it … there is this kind of idea that playing on a computer is a waste of time.” (Alex, Esports for change). “If a kid wants to play football, would the parents go to the tournament? They are like, ‘Yeah, of course.’ Now, would they go to Dreamhack [a gaming event]? No, they wouldn't.” (Lucas, Sporty esports)
	Conflict of judgments “I am like, ‘you watch TV passively for five hours, [and it is] OK, well I communicate and engage and problem solve all these wonderful things [while playing]'.” (Alex, Esports for change). “My mom thought that I should play more football or ice hockey … that kind of distance between the kids playing and the parents and the grownups is too wide.” (Lucas, Sporty esports)
Critical reflections	Identification of problems and puzzles “I thought everyone was like me more or less … but not everyone [is] thought … I don't think parents want to interact and communicate with the kids … the problem we have with eSports in that the parents have not engaged.” (Alex, Esports for change). “One of the issues is that when you're eating your dinner you don't talk about how the Counter-Strike match went.” (Lucas, Sporty esports)
Critical reflections	Identification of possible solutions “This is one problem that this kind of free help that you get from parents and interested people don't exist in esports the same way than in other social activities.” (Alex, Esports for change). “I realised that I need to talk about esports and compare it a lot to the traditional sports.” (Lucas, Sporty esports)
Emotionally charged personal struggle	Conflict-driven “My parents did not want to have me playing, and I would not want anything else but to play. So, there was a struggle for some years … heavy fights with my mother.” (Rasmus, Esports for change)
Emotionally charged personal struggle	Frustration-driven “I realized that I could get better than everybody so I wanted to do this and maybe make some money, but they didn't pay out the prize money, there was no salaries, there was no future in it.” (Mart, Sporty esports). “I got kind of annoyed at the situation, that there were no possibilities … it was quite emotional. I was frustrated.” (Alex, Esports for change)

Getting motivated to act
Conflicting propriety and validity legitimacy judgments	Positive propriety judgments“This kind of social interaction has been the most important part for me. I mean, that's more fun than actually the game.” (Alex, Esports for change).“There are some similarities, if you look at all the sports, parts of it, between the traditional sports and Counter-Strike, and I think that was why I liked it so much.” (Lucas, Sporty esports)
	Negative validity judgments“People say ‘oh you shouldn't be playing video games' … they don't understand it … there is this kind of idea that playing on a computer is a waste of time.” (Alex, Esports for change).“If a kid wants to play football, would the parents go to the tournament? They are like, ‘Yeah, of course.’ Now, would they go to Dreamhack [a gaming event]? No, they wouldn't.” (Lucas, Sporty esports)
	Conflict of judgments“I am like, ‘you watch TV passively for five hours, [and it is] OK, well I communicate and engage and problem solve all these wonderful things [while playing]'.” (Alex, Esports for change).“My mom thought that I should play more football or ice hockey … that kind of distance between the kids playing and the parents and the grownups is too wide.” (Lucas, Sporty esports)
Critical reflections	Identification of problems and puzzles“I thought everyone was like me more or less … but not everyone [is] thought … I don't think parents want to interact and communicate with the kids … the problem we have with eSports in that the parents have not engaged.” (Alex, Esports for change).“One of the issues is that when you're eating your dinner you don't talk about how the Counter-Strike match went.” (Lucas, Sporty esports)
Critical reflections	Identification of possible solutions“This is one problem that this kind of free help that you get from parents and interested people don't exist in esports the same way than in other social activities.” (Alex, Esports for change).“I realised that I need to talk about esports and compare it a lot to the traditional sports.” (Lucas, Sporty esports)
Emotionally charged personal struggle	Conflict-driven“My parents did not want to have me playing, and I would not want anything else but to play. So, there was a struggle for some years … heavy fights with my mother.” (Rasmus, Esports for change)
Emotionally charged personal struggle	Frustration-driven“I realized that I could get better than everybody so I wanted to do this and maybe make some money, but they didn't pay out the prize money, there was no salaries, there was no future in it.” (Mart, Sporty esports).“I got kind of annoyed at the situation, that there were no possibilities … it was quite emotional. I was frustrated.” (Alex, Esports for change)

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