Table 3

Representative quotes for the theme “getting activated in collective action”

Getting activated in collective action
Efficacy lines around valid domainsExternal efficacy
“Everyone who plays football joins a football club … it's important for the players, for their personal development and for the clubs' development … all these sporting clubs are recognized and get funding for educating coaches and so on.” (Lucas, Sporty esports)
Linking to valid domains
“We have all these sport clubs. It could be ice hockey, or football or anything that plays the game … and some parts of these clubs over have a professional team. They have all these. So that's something that's missing in the esports movement.” (Lucas, Sporty esports).
“It is about civic organizing. We are using the model of youth local organizations in the Swedish system. The model is already there.” (Rasmus, Esports for change)
Mobilisation“I wanted to do things that create some kind of change somewhere, it could be big, it could be small, it doesn't matter, I need to change something. I know the culture, I dream about the culture.” (Lucas, Sporty esports)
“I wanted to get back into the scene and do something. And I said, let's do something but let's do something for everyone.” (Alex, Esports for change)
“We started a brand new community. I talked with some friends, we wanted to be one of the biggest Swedish organizations for that.” (Rasmus, Esports for change)
Emotionally charged collective endeavorPolitically-driven
“I got into this [Sporty Esports] because I got into social justice work … the things happening in my hometown during the 90s. I grew up in a town where, where Nazi activities were rapidly growing. So, I was organized like in the radical-left. That was for self protection as we can. It started with the social democratic youth movement.” (Mattias, Sporty esports)
“I work with questions of [gender] equality in some kinds of jobs and in society itself, so that made me interested in esports.” (Jonas, Esports for change)
Associative-driven
“I had organized clubs and been in other organizations before … I got the tip to create a gaming club … it was hard to create all these clubs that train and educate young people to be better at esports … and I wanted to be one of those who did that.” (Lucas, Sporty esports)

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