ABSTRACT
Online games serve as interactive platforms that connect individuals with
computers and encourage human interaction. Apart from entertainment, these games
contribute to cognitive development. Traditionally, games like cards and chess evolved
with technology into modern mobile games.
This research aims to determine the interpersonal communication of VOIN
Esport and HAJIX Esport players in the PUBG Mobile game in Bandung. Interpersonal
communication in the gaming context is critical to team performance, enhancing player
experience, and knowledge exchange. Effective communication enables team control
and fosters understanding, smoothing the overall gaming experience.
This research addresses existing literature gaps, especially the lack of research
on interpersonal communication in the PUBG Mobile game in the Bandung context.
By investigating the Voin and Hajix Esports teams in Bandung, this research aims to
contribute valuable insights and bridge existing gaps in understanding interpersonal
communication in the context of online games, especially PUBG Mobile.
This research uses qualitative methods, using types of research such as
descriptive qualitative such as collecting data through interviews, observation and
documentation. Apart from that, in the research there were 8 key informants and 1
expert informant. The results of the researchers in conducting interviews with
informants directly were able to achieve the objectives of this research so that the
interpersonal communication relationships that occurred in both teams were used as the
main object.
Keywords: Interpersonal Communication, Game Online, PUBG Mobile