Inhee Cho | Searcharxiv

arXiv2026

LeagueBot: A Voice LLM Companion of Cognitive and Emotional Support for Novice Players in Competitive Games

Competitive games pose steep learning curves and strong social pressures, often discouraging novice players and limiting sustained engagement. To address these challenges, this study introduces LeagueBot, a large language model-based voice chatbot designed to provide both informational and emotional support during live gameplay in league of legends, one of the most competitive multiplayer online battle arena games. In a within-subjects experiment with 33 novice players, LeagueBot was found to reduce cognitive challenge, performative challenge, and perceived tension. Qualitative analysis further identified three themes: enhanced access to game information, relief from cognitive burden, and practical limitations. Participants noted that LeagueBot offered context-appropriate guidance and emotional support, helping ease the steep learning curve and psychological pressures of competitive gaming. Together, these findings underscore the potential of voice-based LLM companions to assist novice players in competitive environments and highlight their broader applicability for real-time support in other high-pressure contexts.

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arXiv2014

Experimental Verification of Overlimiting Current by Surface Conduction and Electro-osmotic Flow in Microchannels

Possible mechanisms of overlimiting current in unsupported electrolytes, exceeding diffusion limitation, have been intensely studied for their fundamental significance and applications to desalination, separations, sensing, and energy storage. In bulk membrane systems, the primary physical mechanism is electro-convection, driven by electro-osmotic instability on the membrane surface. It has recently been predicted that confinement by charged surfaces in microchannels or porous media favors two new mechanisms, electro-osmotic flow (EOF) and surface conduction (SC), driven by large electric fields in the depleted region acting on the electric double layers on the sidewalls. Here, we provide the first direct evidence for the transition from SC to EOF above a critical channel height, using in situ particle tracking and current-voltage measurements in a micro/nanofluidic device. The dependence of the over-limiting conductance on channel depth (d) is consistent with theoretical predictions, scaling as d^-1 for SC and d^4/5 for EOF with a transition around d=8um. This complete picture of surface-driven over-limiting current can guide engineering applications of ion concentration polarization phenomena in microfluidics and porous media.

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