MOBILE LEGEND PLAYERS' UNDERSTANDING OF REGISTER VOCABULARY IN MOBILE LEGENDS GAME AND STRATEGY

Online games manifest the development of modern technology in this world. One such MOBA game is Mobile Legends Bang Bang. This game is played by controlling one of the so-called characters' heroes from the list of heroes they already have. Teamwork is a key in this game. Every hero has different skills from each other. In this study, the researcher tends to investigate different findings. One thing distinguishing this study from previous research is the different scope in the games analyzed. In this study, the researcher focused on the perceptions of online gamers in understanding registers in mobile legends games. The purpose of this study was to find out how far do mobile legends players understand the register and the strategies for understanding the register in the mobile legend game. In addition, Preliminary data evidence this problem, showing that only about 10% of mobile legends players understand what register means and what it means, and how to use it. Meanwhile, nine other people (90%) did not know this. Besides, they have never studied the meaning behind the word register in the mobile legend. Most try to imitate but do not know the meaning and use the registered word in the conversation. In this study, the researcher conducted qualitative method. n this qualitative method, researchers employ questionnaire and interview techniques. The result of questioner, the researcher found that out of 100 respondents, 44.95% answered Yes (knows), and 55.05% answered No (do not know). The results of interviews, the researcher also succeeded in finding solutions and strategies used by the respondents in understanding the register vocabulary in the Mobile Legends game. The first solutions and strategies are they try to find the meaning and correct spelling of the sentence on Google translates. Second, they usually ask other players when there is registered vocabulary they do not know. Third, they also sometimes watch pro player videos on YouTube.