This pdf is the Author’s Original Manuscript (AOM) (also called a “preprint”), i.e., the manuscript submitted for peer review. To link to this chapter: https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph- detail?docid=b- 9798765110270&pdfid=9798765110270.ch- 009.pdf&tocid=b-9798765110270-chapter9 https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?d ocid=b-9798765110270 Piotr Siuda, Michał Jasny, and Dobrosław Mańkowski “It Was All without Emotions, and This Wasn’t the Same Anymore”: “Replacing” Traditional Sports with E-Sports during the COVID-19 Pandemic To cite this chapter: Siuda, P., Jasny, M., & Mańkowski, D. (2024). “It Was All without Emotions, and This Wasn’t the Same Anymore”: “Replacing” Traditional Sports with E-Sports during the COVID-19 Pandemic. In P. Siuda, J. Majewski & K. Chmielewski (Ed.). Gaming and Gamers in Times of Pandemic (pp. 203–222). New York: Bloomsbury Academic. DOI: 10.5040/9798765110270.ch-009