This “document” is from a portion of a video that I had transcribed showing the interactions between members of a discourse community I’m apart of, that being a competitive gaming group

[waiting in pre-game lobby]

A: London, Ardennes, Texas

R: Who hasn’t ready (up)

A: They haven’t, the entire other team

R: [After a few minutes of waiting] Why would you join and not ready up

A: Maybe they have to fix their classes?

R: Dude look at this guy’s message…  they want us to put the match ID in our clan tag or else their reporting.

A: What? Oh ok

R: I said why, you don’t have to. It’s not required. They ready up so it doesn’t matter. I have never seen a team threaten to report unless they up match ID in.

[Match 1 on London Dock starting]

J: Alrighty

A: The smoked A. There here. In A window.

R: Ope Jack I’m sorry. I can’t see they smoked me. Coming to window now. [J gets kill] nice.

A: On bomb last one, coming out.

R: Nice Jack you got it

J: uhh.

[round 1 won]

A: We’re going B

R: I got your stairs

A: Can you shoot back here Jack

J: Dude I’m just planting

R: 2 on stairs. I killed one. I got stuck. One on stairs still

A: I got one their spawn.

R: Stairs still

[Round 2 won]

J: I can’t believe they all went mid like that

R: They sent 2 mid and left one back B

J: Oh im almost fully streaked

A: They didn’t smoke it [A]. I got nothing

R: Mid, I’m super weak, he was in beer.

J: [Dies] Oh behind me. Lights and Beer.

R: Got beer

J: Probably back to maintenance. No? Stay up Reece

A: I’m nading it.

R: He’s still on it.

J: He went left

A: No

R: How is he not dead

A: What is this joke

R: yep you see him

A: We’re in a constant one shot battle

J: and you hit him with the nade too, didn’t you?

[A dies, Round 3 lost]

Everyone: aw oooh [and makes fortnite references as to how this guy lives]

J: It’s alright I have my streaks. I didn’t see anything over here. I’m getting it down

A: I naded fire entrance reeece. Ohh they jumped down.

R: that was me. Mid boxes super weak

A: Our spawn

R: Their spawn

A: Our spawn, I’m trapped

R: I got the one their spawn.

[Everyone dies]

J: really poor shot there on my part

R: I mean we’re just getting beat by one guy and he’s fully streaked so that hurts

J: It’s alright I am too.

[Round 4 lost]

R: Man you have a lot of points

J: Dude the garden is very healthy right now

R: Friz’s garden, I mean Jacks garden is… [everyone laughs]

J: Habit dude

R: I just default to friz dude

A: I didn’t see anyone cross

J: One lights weak

R: He pushed you Jack

J: Really?

R: No, he did come in though. Their on [B] bomb. They might push through fire, I’m going to wrap back through our spawn

J: I might do something crazy here

A: I’m in beer by the way

J: [other team planted bomb] I’m going to streak it

R: one is on our spawn box

J: one is in maintenance

R: one is deep their spawn

A: aww maintenance weak. Go now start defusing. Aww you didn’t get in time jack

R: what!

A: it’s ok he died so he didn’t get the points

[Round 5 lost, down 2-3]