Relationship Between Style-Role Features and Personal Attitudes of Players in MOBA Games (Using the Computer Game “Dota 2” as an Example)

The article presents the results of a study of the relationship between style-role features and personal attitudes of players in MOBA games using Dota 2 as an example. The article examines the preferences of game roles (carry, mid, offlaner, roamer, support) and game styles (battle, resources, sacrifice, cooperation, strength) by gamers with different socio-psychological attitudes, irrational attitudes and emotional intelligence. The study uses the method of diagnosing personal attitudes by O.F. Potemkina, the method of diagnosing irrational attitudes (SPB), the Schutte emotional intelligence test (SSRI) and the author's questionnaire for studying the style-role features of Dota 2 players. The results of the study showed that the preference for key positions is associated with egoistic attitudes, while the preference for support positions is associated with altruism and emotional intelligence. Statistically significant correlations were found between game styles and personality traits: orientation toward cooperation as an element of game style is interconnected with the process attitude and emotional intelligence, with the rationality of attitudes about obligation towards oneself; orientation toward battle, accumulation of resources, or maximization of character strength is interconnected with the attitude toward egoism; orientation toward accumulation of resources and maximization of character strength is interconnected with the attitude toward the result; orientation toward sacrifice is interconnected with the rationality of attitudes about obligation towards oneself.