Testosterone causes traders to make money, also contributes to irrational asset valuations

I wonder if those traits are also transmittable to BW? Do high levels of the big T cause better realtime decision making as well?

Of course, when you look at the players, you get an eclectic mix. Some of them are quite manly:

Some are not so manly:

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And some are probably a little young for that stuff.

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So what do you think? Does testosterone make one a better Starcraft player?

Nytefish

United Kingdom4282 Posts

January 12 2009 23:35 GMT

Actually nvm

t_co

United States702 Posts

January 12 2009 23:40 GMT

lol ninja edit. was gna say boxer is more bm than gogo?

Xstatic

United States765 Posts

January 12 2009 23:46 GMT

Way to judge by appearance :D

Interesting blog. I like the picture of Tossgirl. Otherwise, what does testosterone have to do with skill, experience, and all-out pimpness?

DoctorHelvetica

United States15034 Posts

January 12 2009 23:49 GMT

I highly doubt testosterone has anything to do with it considering NaDa, sAviOr, and Bisu are some of the greatest players of all time and none of them are particularly masculine.

This isn't boxing.

stanley_

United States816 Posts

January 12 2009 23:50 GMT

Wouldn't flash have the highest amount of testosterone? You have the highest amount during puberty, right?

naonao

United States847 Posts

January 13 2009 00:00 GMT

Obviously it does, why else do you think girls suck

Frits

11782 Posts

January 13 2009 00:02 GMT

On January 13 2009 09:00 naonao wrote:
Obviously it does, why else do you think girls suck

who says girls suck

the girls / guys ratio in sc is like 1:1000000

floor exercise

Canada5847 Posts

January 13 2009 00:05 GMT

On January 13 2009 09:00 naonao wrote:
Obviously it does, why else do you think girls suck

i blame society

Fontong

United States6454 Posts

January 13 2009 00:16 GMT

#10

On January 13 2009 09:02 Frits wrote:

Show nested quote +

who says girls suck

the girls / guys ratio in sc is like 1:1000000

Yeah, if the numbers were equal then I would expect there to be as many female progamers as male ones.

Zoler

Sweden6339 Posts

January 13 2009 00:17 GMT

#11

Boxer > all

Faronel

United States658 Posts

January 13 2009 00:20 GMT

#12

On January 13 2009 09:02 Frits wrote:

Show nested quote +

who says girls suck

the girls / guys ratio in sc is like 1:1000000

I thought there was like a whole nother league/tourneys for girls... kinda like the WNBA.

Luddite

United States2315 Posts

January 13 2009 00:29 GMT

#13

I think it might help. I can see someone with a lot of testosterone becoming obsessed with winning, and practicing nonstop until he does. Whereas something with less testosterone would be more likely to just play for fun, and not care as much about winning.

Whenever I play games with my sister, she says that she feels bad about winning, and much prefers when someone else wins.

Frits

11782 Posts

January 13 2009 01:12 GMT

#14

On January 13 2009 09:20 Faronel wrote:

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I thought there was like a whole nother league/tourneys for girls... kinda like the WNBA.

You base your conclusion that girls naturally suck at games on that?

There's literally no evidence for that and the fact that there are way more guys who play sc still destroys your conclusion. If there are less chicks then obviously there are less chicks who have the potential to be good at sc, ergo less progamer chicks.

Also it's retarded to assume that guys are better at everything than girls.

LuckyFool

United States9015 Posts

January 13 2009 01:14 GMT

#15

Dang I love that pic of boxer.

Archaic

United States4024 Posts

January 13 2009 01:32 GMT

#16

On January 13 2009 10:14 LuckyFool wrote:
Dang I love that pic of boxer.

He's staring you down!

Not so manly -> Tossgirl made me smile, haha.

SchOOl_VicTIm

Greece2394 Posts

January 13 2009 01:36 GMT

#17

you should have added a rainbow pic at the "not so manly" ones. go.go is just average imo

Jonoman92

United States9104 Posts

January 13 2009 01:44 GMT

#18

Bisu is a pretty boy and he owns. And Flash is an undeveloped lil boy and he owns too. so dunno about this.

Athos

United States2484 Posts

January 13 2009 02:33 GMT

#19

On January 13 2009 10:44 Jonoman92 wrote:
Bisu is a pretty boy and he owns. And Flash is an undeveloped lil boy and he owns too. so dunno about this.

Flash is pretty developed for his age; I mean, he always looked a lot older than his age to me.

selboN

United States2523 Posts

January 13 2009 04:08 GMT

#20

I think not. Testosterone doesn't boost you mentally. It generally gives you that "boost" physically. Through out high school I always tried to steer clear of my girlfriend thursday nights (football) and tues/friday nights (basketball). I do think testosterone plays a large roll in physical activities but not so much in mental activities. Though the physical thing could be in my head as well.....