LIVING BY THE CODE

This paper addresses the role a code of conduct plays in making collegiate esports a more inclusive space. It argues for careful reflection on such a code of conduct in the all-too-often contested space of esports. It then describes the process of one collegiate institution’s esports program to form a guidelines committee. This committee, of which the authors are participants, served to advise arena staff members in how to contour the program’s code of conduct to fit the needs of its diverse student body. The paper then describes the resources this committee produced and lays out the process by which the committee’s work might be replicated in other contexts.