Privateer Gaming’s programme can provide a safe environment for young people to learn to manage their emotions. Gaming can heighten emotions of success and of failure, learning to process these emotions in an effective way is important for young people to build resilience. Our trained coaches will role model behaviour to young people and show them how we should process emotions when gaming. Secondly, Privateer Gaming’s safe environment can allow young people to leave their problems behind for the duration of the session and experience carefree fun and positivity which they may not be experiencing outside of the club due to personal matters.

Privateer Gaming’s programme will help build competence and autonomy in the Esports space which will increase the confidence of young people. Young people will also feel valued by their peers which will help them with their need for belonging. To avoid game frustration coaches will support players with their emotions and build a culture of students helping each other to improve.

A direct quote from Ballou (2025) “Multiplayer gaming facilitates social interactions integral to well-being by initiating connections between players, maintaining or enhancing preexisting relationships, developing trust and social closeness with strangers, and reducing loneliness.”

Privateer Gaming will focus on creating a harmonious passion between players and Esports. Furthermore our curriculum will explain the negative effects of too many video games to members  so that they will not let their passion become an obsession.

Recent research is showing that gaming like other art forms can help humans flourish and cause emotions that contribute to a well lived life. Gaming experiences  in our programme will provoke emotions that lead to a well fulfilled and fun life.

Another quote from Ballou’s (2025) work says “Gaming is increasingly multiplayer, we focus here on the interpersonal factors. Elaboration— being asked probing questions and receiving evaluative comments— can be supported in discussions with other players, for example, when being asked about one’s unique perspective on what changes the developers should make in a future update. Gaming spaces support high-quality listening by giving players a low-stakes, shared locus of attention and an opportunity to connect with teammates more cohesively than in less structured interactions (Ballou et al., 2022; Deterding, 2009). Gaming affords time and space to experiment with different identity and personality characteristics (e.g., genderbending, playing more assertively, as a caretaker). This might be especially important for marginalized players, for example, children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder or autism playing games to support social development and school performance (Bassiouni & Hackley, 2016; Zolyomi & Schmalz, 2017).”

Quoting again from Ballou’s (2025) paper “Greater executive function predicts decreased symptoms of psychopathology 2 years later (Halse et al., 2022; Letkiewicz et al., 2014), protects against overeating and substance use disorders (P. G. Williams et al., 2017), and aids in stress management and recovery (P. G. Williams et al., 2017). Hemenover and Bowman (2018) connect these dots, positing a process whereby gaming leads to improved executive function and thereby improved emotion regulation.”

Privateer Gaming will communicate to students through sessions about the dangers of addiction and displacing gaming activities with non gaming activities.

Privateer Gaming will express the dangers of lootboxes in video games and the financial harm they can bring.

The role of the Privateer Gaming coach includes helping players regulate their emotions when gaming. Role modelling sportsmanship and communicating to players when they are not meeting expectations of the club.