INTERVIEWER: Okay, so good day!

Can you state your first name, your uhmm age, and your section?
INTERVIEWEE: uhmm my name is Johnlloyd Lasquite, 18 years old and im from Burgundy.
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INTERVIEWER: So uhmm first is, how many years have you been playing mobile legends?
INTERVIEWEE: uhmm..ano..Two years na.
INTERVIEWER: hmm...Do you still play mobile legends right now? By now? (INTERVIEWEE: yes) these days?
(INTERVIEWEE: yes)
INTERVIEWER: uhmm so what is the reason why you keep on playing this game? was it about the challenge,
the comfort, the people that you play with, or of the characters? Something (audible)
INTERVIEWEE: uhmm for me ano lang kanang pag bored lang ko (INTERVIEWER: hmm) like dira lang ko
magdula ug mobile legends.
INTERVIEWER: So uhmm it’s not connected with the challenge that you experience while playing the game?
(INTERVIEWEE: no) comfort? Okay (kinda whisper like)
INTERVIEWER: so how many—so how much time do you spend on playing mobile legend?
INTERVIEWEE: uhmm maximum...1 hour and thirty minutes.
INTERVIEWER: can you describe your daily routine as a gamer?
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INTERVIEWEE: uhmm ano.... like mag dula lang casually uhh.... ato lang mag bast..Dili man pud gud ano siya
Dili siya kaning ...di nako siyaaa...di nako maingon kung para sa comfortable lang or kung sa akong time pero
kanang ano lang kanang if wala na gyud koy buhaton anha nako makadula.
INTERVIEWER: hmm so how did you know about the mob—how did you know the mobile legends application?
INTERVIEWEE: Uhmm from my friends.
INTERVIEWER: hmm uhmm how did they introduce it to you?
INTERVIEWEE: uhmm they invite me (in a matter-of-fact tone) gi invite ko nila nga makipag parte sa ilaha hmm
didtua na.
INTERVIEWER: uhmm did they helped or you are guidy on playing the game or did you learn it by your own?
INTERVIEWEE: by my own.
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INTERVIEWER: uhmm what motivates you to play mobile legends?
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INTERVIEWEE: boring time (chuckles lighly) (INTERVIEWER: hmm)
INTERVIEWER: uhmm do you have any unforgettable experiences during your journey in playing mobile
legends?
INTERVIEWEE: (chuckles) ano....ay wala
INTERVIEWER: okay so does playing mobile legends help you in the following aspects like in financial, in your
mental health, in managing your emotions or in social like in socializing with other people?
INTERVIEWEE: uhmm maybe socializing other people. (INTERVIEWER: why?) uhmm sometimes man gyud
akong mga kadula is kanang mga dili nko kaila ba kanang iinvite lang ko nila then di man pud ko hilig makig
ano makig-halubilog maayo sa mga dili kaayo kaila so through mobile legend nakipag socialize ko sa ila.
INTERVIEWER: so how do you feel about the competetive nature of the game, do you find it stressful?
INTERVIEWEE: sometimes (chuckles lightly) (INTERVIEWER: why?) uhmm pag naa koy mga kauban nga medyo
dili kayo—dili kayo tarung pagka-dula, dili kayo sila hawud ba like kanang mapildi mi tungod sa ilaha.
INTERVIEWER: so you find that stressful? (INTERVIEWEE: yes.)
INTERVIEWER: uhm are the characters one of the factors why you played this game?
INTERVIEWEE: Uhmm yes kay naa man koy favourite hero gud nga ginagamit si kagura mao jud siya akong
favourite hero, mage siya. Uhmmm ma--madala pud kog dula kay nice man pud siya gud.
INTERVIEWER: hmm so uhmm does their background story or does the story of the characters motivates you
to play the game?
INTERVIEWEE: yes. (INTERVIEWER: how?) …like ang story ni kagura man gud is ano about lovelife
(INTERVIEWER: hm-mmm) then...mejo ano siya—mejo kaning... mejo (sound of passing motorcycle) ang story
niya is mejo kanang ano gyud kanang sakit (emphasizes the word sakit)—sakit siya nga part about lovelife.
(INTERVIEWER: hmm) Then mao toh.
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INTERVIEWER: based on your experiences that you have shared with us, what are your insights about the
game, like you were understanding or your thoughts about mobile legends?
INTERVIEWEE: uhmmm mobile legends is.. Ano jud siya kanang, sometimes makawala jud siya ug stress,
boring like kanang ma—motivate ka gamay nga modula labaw nag ano ka kanang win streak ka, like mura kag
matagaag energy sa dula.
INTERVIEWER: uhmm have these experiences uhh give you any realization or learnings?
INTERVIEWEE: uhmm yes... (INTERVIEWER: how?) like kanang ano kanang pag kapildihun na kay mo dapat
laban lang jud. Laban lang gyud kay sometimes basig dimo comeback ana then...ana lng.
INTERVIEWER: uhmm do you have any advice for those people especially, teenagers, who wants to engage
themselves in mobile legends?
INTERVIEWEE: uhmm don’t spend too much playing ano mobile legend kay sometimes maka adik man gud
siya then dili siya—dili siya kaning—di siya nindut para sa atua as a—labaw na as a student kay—kay ma-ma
consume nimong time sa pagdula.
INTERVIEWER: so lastly, does playing mobile legends affect your academic performance?
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INTERVIEWEE: no—no kay...lahi raman siya sa academic gud kay..playing rman siya nga kanang ano kanang
casual lang nila na dula like wala kay ma learn nga pang academic nga ano--nga terms.
INTERVIEWER: how about in uhmm doing your uhmmm doing your school activities, does it not affect uhmm
your time, like you do—ayy you play mobile legends first before you do your school activities or your
homeworks?
INTERVIEWEE: it affects kay...it affects in negative way kay usahay naka experience ko nga magdula sa bago
kuanon ang ano ang mga activities pero tungod sa dula is na consume niya ang time nga dapat mag answer
nako ato so maka affect jud siya in negative way.
INTERVIEWER: so that’s all, thank you so much for participating.
INTERVIEWEE: thank you po.