Ages 10-18 · Book 4, Discernment · 4,299 places
Esports and Gaming Culture
For teams and clubs where the culture in the voice channel is the culture, and nobody has ever set it deliberately.
Built on Ellis Abel and the Two Wolves Within — “Choose what you feed within.” A character series, not a curriculum with a worldview attached.
The five sessions
- Session 1
Read the story and name the two voices in it
- Session 2
List what actually went in today — watched, scrolled, heard, said
- Session 3
Sort the list: which one did each thing feed
- Session 4
Each child changes ONE input before the next session
- Session 5
Come back and ask what changed, without judging the answer
Questions leaders ask
Is esports and gaming culture in your area a religious program?
No. Ellis Abel is a character series. Each volume carries one named core value — this one is discernment — and the story does the teaching. There is no doctrine in it, nothing to opt out of, and it is used in public schools, libraries and secular programs as readily as anywhere else.
What ages does this work for?
Ages 10-18. The story is read aloud, so a child who cannot read yet is fully in it, and the discussion prompts are written in two bands so one adult can hold a mixed-age room.
Does this tell families in your area to take screens away?
No. It teaches a child to notice what an input does to them and to change one thing themselves. A rule a child helped write is the one that survives contact with a Tuesday.
Will this be out of date when the apps change?
The apps change; the question does not. Who made this, and what do they want from me, works on a platform that does not exist yet.
The rules that make it work
This takes no side on any platform
No app is named as good or bad. That is what makes it usable in a public school, and it is also what makes it still true in three years.
Teach the question, not the rule
Rules expire when the technology changes. "Who made this and what do they want from me" works on something that has not been invented yet.
The child writes the rule
A limit imposed from above is complied with until it can be evaded. A limit a child helped write is one they can explain to a friend.
Adults do the inventory too
A grown-up listing their own real day, honestly, in front of the children, is the moment the session stops being a telling-off.
Self-talk is an input
The harshest voice most children hear is their own, and it is on the list with everything else because it works the same way.
Nobody is shamed for their list
The first honest inventory is always ugly. A room that reacts to that is a room that will only ever see edited lists afterwards.
Esports Culture by metro area
Northeast
- Esports Culture — New York, NY
- Esports Culture — Philadelphia, PA
- Esports Culture — Boston, MA
- Esports Culture — Pittsburgh, PA
- Esports Culture — Providence, RI
- Esports Culture — Hartford, CT
- Esports Culture — Buffalo, NY
- Esports Culture — Rochester, NY
- Esports Culture — Bridgeport, CT
- Esports Culture — Albany, NY
- Esports Culture — Worcester, MA
- Esports Culture — Allentown, PA
- Esports Culture — Poughkeepsie metro area, NY
- Esports Culture — Syracuse, NY
- Esports Culture — Harrisburg, PA
- Esports Culture — New Haven, CT
- Esports Culture — Portland, ME
- Esports Culture — Scranton, PA
- Esports Culture — Lancaster, PA
- Esports Culture — York, PA
- Esports Culture — Springfield, MA
- Esports Culture — Waterbury, CT
- Esports Culture — Reading, PA
- Esports Culture — Manchester, NH
- Esports Culture — Trenton, NJ
- Esports Culture — Atlantic City, NJ
- Esports Culture — Utica, NY
- Esports Culture — Norwich, CT
- Esports Culture — Erie, PA
- Esports Culture — Binghamton, NY
- Esports Culture — Barnstable, MA
- Esports Culture — Burlington, VT
- Esports Culture — Kingston, NY
- Esports Culture — Amherst, MA
- Esports Culture — Chambersburg, PA
- Esports Culture — Bangor, ME
- Esports Culture — State College, PA
- Esports Culture — Vineland, NJ
- Esports Culture — Lebanon, PA
- Esports Culture — Johnstown, PA
- Esports Culture — Pittsfield, MA
- Esports Culture — Glens Falls, NY
- Esports Culture — Altoona, PA
- Esports Culture — Lewiston, ME
- Esports Culture — Williamsport, PA
- Esports Culture — Watertown, NY
- Esports Culture — Gettysburg, PA
- Esports Culture — Ithaca, NY
- Esports Culture — Elmira, NY
Midwest
- Esports Culture — Chicago, IL
- Esports Culture — Detroit, MI
- Esports Culture — Minneapolis, MN
- Esports Culture — St. Louis, MO
- Esports Culture — Cincinnati, OH
- Esports Culture — Kansas City, MO
- Esports Culture — Columbus, OH
- Esports Culture — Indianapolis, IN
- Esports Culture — Cleveland, OH
- Esports Culture — Milwaukee, WI
- Esports Culture — Grand Rapids, MI
- Esports Culture — Omaha, NE
- Esports Culture — Dayton, OH
- Esports Culture — Des Moines, IA
- Esports Culture — Madison, WI
- Esports Culture — Akron, OH
- Esports Culture — Wichita, KS
- Esports Culture — Toledo, OH
- Esports Culture — Springfield, MO
- Esports Culture — Lansing, MI
- Esports Culture — Fort Wayne, IN
- Esports Culture — Youngstown, OH
- Esports Culture — Flint, MI
- Esports Culture — Canton, OH
- Esports Culture — Davenport, IA
- Esports Culture — Ann Arbor, MI
- Esports Culture — Peoria, IL
- Esports Culture — Lincoln, NE
- Esports Culture — Rockford, IL
- Esports Culture — Green Bay, WI
- Esports Culture — South Bend, IN
- Esports Culture — Sioux Falls, SD
- Esports Culture — Duluth, MN
- Esports Culture — Cedar Rapids, IA
- Esports Culture — Evansville, IN
- Esports Culture — Fargo, ND
- Esports Culture — Kalamazoo, MI
- Esports Culture — Appleton, WI
- Esports Culture — Champaign, IL
- Esports Culture — Topeka, KS
- Esports Culture — Rochester, MN
- Esports Culture — Lafayette, IN
- Esports Culture — Columbia, MO
- Esports Culture — Joplin, MO
- Esports Culture — Elkhart, IN
- Esports Culture — Springfield, IL
- Esports Culture — St. Cloud, MN
- Esports Culture — Racine, WI
- Esports Culture — Saginaw, MI
- Esports Culture — Iowa City, IA
- Esports Culture — Muskegon, MI
- Esports Culture — Eau Claire, WI
- Esports Culture — Oshkosh, WI
- Esports Culture — Bloomington, IL
- Esports Culture — La Crosse, WI
- Esports Culture — Terre Haute, IN
- Esports Culture — Waterloo, IA
- Esports Culture — Kenosha, WI
- Esports Culture — Janesville, WI
- Esports Culture — Bloomington, IN
- Esports Culture — Jackson, MI
- Esports Culture — Traverse City, MI
- Esports Culture — Rapid City, SD
- Esports Culture — Monroe, MI
- Esports Culture — Jefferson City, MO
- Esports Culture — Niles, MI
- Esports Culture — Sioux City, IA
- Esports Culture — Bismarck, ND
- Esports Culture — Wausau, WI
- Esports Culture — Manhattan, KS
- Esports Culture — Springfield, OH
- Esports Culture — Battle Creek, MI
- Esports Culture — Ames, IA
- Esports Culture — Mansfield, OH
- Esports Culture — Lawrence, KS
- Esports Culture — St. Joseph, MO
- Esports Culture — Sheboygan, WI
- Esports Culture — Muncie, IN
- Esports Culture — Sandusky, OH
- Esports Culture — Michigan City, IN
- Esports Culture — Kankakee, IL
- Esports Culture — Grand Forks, ND
- Esports Culture — Mankato, MN
- Esports Culture — Fond du Lac, WI
- Esports Culture — Bay City, MI
- Esports Culture — Lima, OH
- Esports Culture — Dubuque, IA
- Esports Culture — Decatur, IL
- Esports Culture — Cape Girardeau, MO
- Esports Culture — Columbus, IN
- Esports Culture — Kokomo, IN
- Esports Culture — Midland, MI
- Esports Culture — Grand Island, NE
- Esports Culture — Minot, ND
South
- Esports Culture — Dallas, TX
- Esports Culture — Houston, TX
- Esports Culture — Atlanta, GA
- Esports Culture — Washington, DC
- Esports Culture — Miami, FL
- Esports Culture — Tampa, FL
- Esports Culture — Orlando, FL
- Esports Culture — Charlotte, NC
- Esports Culture — Baltimore, MD
- Esports Culture — San Antonio, TX
- Esports Culture — Austin, TX
- Esports Culture — Nashville, TN
- Esports Culture — Virginia Beach, VA
- Esports Culture — Jacksonville, FL
- Esports Culture — Raleigh, NC
- Esports Culture — Oklahoma City, OK
- Esports Culture — Louisville, KY
- Esports Culture — Richmond, VA
- Esports Culture — Memphis, TN
- Esports Culture — Birmingham, AL
- Esports Culture — Tulsa, OK
- Esports Culture — Greenville, SC
- Esports Culture — New Orleans, LA
- Esports Culture — Knoxville, TN
- Esports Culture — Sarasota metro area, FL
- Esports Culture — McAllen, TX
- Esports Culture — Charleston, SC
- Esports Culture — Baton Rouge, LA
- Esports Culture — El Paso, TX
- Esports Culture — Columbia, SC
- Esports Culture — Cape Coral, FL
- Esports Culture — Lakeland, FL
- Esports Culture — Greensboro, NC
- Esports Culture — Little Rock, AR
- Esports Culture — Deltona, FL
- Esports Culture — Winston-Salem, NC
- Esports Culture — Palm Bay, FL
- Esports Culture — Augusta, GA
- Esports Culture — Durham, NC
- Esports Culture — Fayetteville, AR
- Esports Culture — Jackson, MS
- Esports Culture — Chattanooga, TN
- Esports Culture — Port St. Lucie, FL
- Esports Culture — Huntsville, AL
- Esports Culture — Pensacola, FL
- Esports Culture — Lexington, KY
- Esports Culture — Killeen, TX
- Esports Culture — Wilmington, NC
- Esports Culture — Corpus Christi, TX
- Esports Culture — Ocala, FL
- Esports Culture — Savannah, GA
- Esports Culture — Brownsville, TX
- Esports Culture — Gulfport, MS
- Esports Culture — Myrtle Beach, SC
- Esports Culture — Lafayette, LA
- Esports Culture — Asheville, NC
- Esports Culture — Naples, FL
- Esports Culture — Mobile, AL
- Esports Culture — Spartanburg, SC
- Esports Culture — Beaumont, TX
- Esports Culture — Tallahassee, FL
- Esports Culture — Fayetteville, NC
- Esports Culture — Montgomery, AL
- Esports Culture — Shreveport, LA
- Esports Culture — Hickory, NC
- Esports Culture — Lubbock, TX
- Esports Culture — Huntington, WV
- Esports Culture — Gainesville, FL
- Esports Culture — Clarksville, TN
- Esports Culture — Columbus, GA
- Esports Culture — Roanoke, VA
- Esports Culture — Hagerstown, MD
- Esports Culture — Fort Walton Beach metro area, FL
- Esports Culture — Kingsport, TN
- Esports Culture — Waco, TX
- Esports Culture — Longview, TX
- Esports Culture — College Station, TX
- Esports Culture — Tuscaloosa, AL
- Esports Culture — Laredo, TX
- Esports Culture — Slidell, LA
- Esports Culture — Amarillo, TX
- Esports Culture — Lynchburg, VA
- Esports Culture — Daphne, AL
- Esports Culture — Tyler, TX
- Esports Culture — Lake Charles, LA
- Esports Culture — Hilton Head Island, SC
- Esports Culture — Macon, GA
- Esports Culture — Fort Smith, AR
- Esports Culture — Panama City, FL
- Esports Culture — Charlottesville, VA
- Esports Culture — Gainesville, GA
- Esports Culture — Athens, GA
- Esports Culture — Monroe, LA
- Esports Culture — Punta Gorda, FL
- Esports Culture — Jacksonville, NC
- Esports Culture — Johnson City, TN
- Esports Culture — Lexington Park, MD
- Esports Culture — Warner Robins, GA
- Esports Culture — Auburn, AL
- Esports Culture — Florence, SC
- Esports Culture — Charleston, WV
- Esports Culture — Houma, LA
- Esports Culture — Bowling Green, KY
- Esports Culture — Dover, DE
- Esports Culture — Midland, TX
- Esports Culture — Burlington, NC
- Esports Culture — Abilene, TX
- Esports Culture — Jackson, TN
- Esports Culture — Greenville, NC
- Esports Culture — Blacksburg, VA
- Esports Culture — Odessa, TX
- Esports Culture — Vero Beach metro area, FL
- Esports Culture — Homosassa Springs, FL
- Esports Culture — Decatur, AL
- Esports Culture — Hattiesburg, MS
- Esports Culture — The Villages metro area, FL
- Esports Culture — Florence, AL
- Esports Culture — Dothan, AL
- Esports Culture — Sherman, TX
- Esports Culture — Valdosta, GA
- Esports Culture — Winchester, VA
- Esports Culture — Wichita Falls, TX
- Esports Culture — Rocky Mount, NC
- Esports Culture — Alexandria, LA
- Esports Culture — Dalton, GA
- Esports Culture — Texarkana, TX
- Esports Culture — Albany, GA
- Esports Culture — Morgantown, WV
- Esports Culture — Hammond, LA
- Esports Culture — Harrisonburg, VA
- Esports Culture — Jonesboro, AR
- Esports Culture — Wheeling, WV
- Esports Culture — Cleveland, TN
- Esports Culture — Salisbury, MD
- Esports Culture — Staunton, VA
- Esports Culture — Morristown, TN
- Esports Culture — Elizabethtown, KY
- Esports Culture — Lawton, OK
- Esports Culture — Goldsboro, NC
- Esports Culture — San Angelo, TX
- Esports Culture — Brunswick, GA
- Esports Culture — Anniston, AL
- Esports Culture — Owensboro, KY
- Esports Culture — Steubenville, WV
- Esports Culture — Sebring, FL
- Esports Culture — Pinehurst, NC
- Esports Culture — Beckley, WV
- Esports Culture — Sumter, SC
- Esports Culture — Gadsden, AL
- Esports Culture — Paducah, KY
- Esports Culture — Rome, GA
- Esports Culture — Victoria, TX
- Esports Culture — Hot Springs, AR
- Esports Culture — Hinesville, GA
- Esports Culture — Parkersburg, WV
- Esports Culture — Enid, OK
- Esports Culture — Eagle Pass, TX
West
- Esports Culture — Los Angeles, CA
- Esports Culture — Phoenix, AZ
- Esports Culture — Riverside, CA
- Esports Culture — San Francisco, CA
- Esports Culture — Seattle, WA
- Esports Culture — San Diego, CA
- Esports Culture — Denver, CO
- Esports Culture — Portland, OR
- Esports Culture — Sacramento, CA
- Esports Culture — Las Vegas, NV
- Esports Culture — San Jose, CA
- Esports Culture — Salt Lake City, UT
- Esports Culture — Fresno, CA
- Esports Culture — Tucson, AZ
- Esports Culture — Honolulu, HI
- Esports Culture — Bakersfield, CA
- Esports Culture — Albuquerque, NM
- Esports Culture — Boise, ID
- Esports Culture — Oxnard, CA
- Esports Culture — Stockton, CA
- Esports Culture — Colorado Springs, CO
- Esports Culture — Provo, UT
- Esports Culture — Ogden, UT
- Esports Culture — Spokane, WA
- Esports Culture — Reno, NV
- Esports Culture — Modesto, CA
- Esports Culture — Santa Rosa, CA
- Esports Culture — Visalia, CA
- Esports Culture — Vallejo, CA
- Esports Culture — Salem, OR
- Esports Culture — Santa Maria, CA
- Esports Culture — Salinas, CA
- Esports Culture — Anchorage, AK
- Esports Culture — Eugene, OR
- Esports Culture — Greeley, CO
- Esports Culture — Fort Collins, CO
- Esports Culture — Boulder, CO
- Esports Culture — Kennewick, WA
- Esports Culture — Olympia, WA
- Esports Culture — Merced, CA
- Esports Culture — Bremerton, WA
- Esports Culture — San Luis Obispo, CA
- Esports Culture — Bend, OR
- Esports Culture — Yakima, WA
- Esports Culture — Santa Cruz, CA
- Esports Culture — Prescott metro area, AZ
- Esports Culture — Bellingham, WA
- Esports Culture — Las Cruces, NM
- Esports Culture — Lake Havasu City, AZ
- Esports Culture — Yuma, AZ
- Esports Culture — Medford, OR
- Esports Culture — St. George, UT
- Esports Culture — Chico, CA
- Esports Culture — Billings, MT
- Esports Culture — Coeur d'Alene, ID
- Esports Culture — Yuba City, CA
- Esports Culture — Redding, CA
- Esports Culture — El Centro, CA
- Esports Culture — Idaho Falls, ID
- Esports Culture — Pueblo, CO
- Esports Culture — Grand Junction, CO
- Esports Culture — Logan, UT
- Esports Culture — Maui, HI
- Esports Culture — Santa Fe, NM
- Esports Culture — Hanford, CA
- Esports Culture — Flagstaff, AZ
- Esports Culture — Mount Vernon, WA
- Esports Culture — Napa, CA
- Esports Culture — Albany, OR
- Esports Culture — Bozeman, MT
- Esports Culture — Missoula, MT
- Esports Culture — Wenatchee, WA
- Esports Culture — Sierra Vista, AZ
- Esports Culture — Twin Falls, ID
- Esports Culture — Farmington, NM
- Esports Culture — Longview, WA
- Esports Culture — Cheyenne, WY
- Esports Culture — Corvallis, OR
- Esports Culture — Helena, MT
- Esports Culture — Fairbanks, AK
- Esports Culture — Pocatello, ID
- Esports Culture — Grants Pass, OR
- Esports Culture — Great Falls, MT
- Esports Culture — Casper, WY
- Esports Culture — Lewiston, ID
- Esports Culture — Walla Walla, WA
- Esports Culture — Carson City, NV
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