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On February 04 2015 03:13 Sn0_Man wrote:
I mean
it's not that hard to see where you could have issues if guys just decided to say "oh I'm a transgender and I identify as a woman" just to play the tournament etc. You can't tell them "no ur a man" lol.
But I don't think that they did a very good job of "handling" that "issue" at all.
ps i'm not up to speed on lgbt whatever terminology
I am going to say that that scenario is no unlikely it did not need rules. Seriously, if that came up you just deal with it with professional judgment and not being total idiots. And why do they have rules for gay players?
Has this ever come up in a professional sport or like anything ever? Why is this Esports group afraid the gay women and transgender players are going to invade on mass? And why would that be bad?
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That ESEX tweet right on time 
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this is the kind of thing that could get coverage outside of the scene for being so silly
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It's from Philippines right? Anyone got any insight on how the law treats LGBT there?
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i don't think english is their first language so i'll cut them some slack there
i think the most ironic thing about this is that they want to promote equality and fairness but in doing so, they imply that men are inherently superior gamers than women
which may be true but still amusing
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You shoud be required to send a picture of your genitals before entering any tournament
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The best part of this are people on twitter asking how to unlock their lesbian video game super powers to beat their siblings at Mario Cart.
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wtf am i reading, i don't understand when they talk about 'gay women members' are they talking about lesbians or gay men???
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I like how slowly people further and further away from esports tweet about this thing. Soon enough it'll be all over tumblr
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what are the odds this gets picked up by The Guardian or Huffington Post before thursday?
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On February 04 2015 03:32 PassiveAce wrote:
what are the odds this gets picked up by The Guardian or Huffington Post before thursday?
100% if they don't correct it right away. 90% if they do. The Guardian is on a role with stories like this about games and tech being generally dumb.
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After what happened to a certain story about a certain inflatable doll, this thing might get on local TV if they don't fix it soon
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Oh god local TV
the horror
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i should just write the article now and submit it to them.
on the heels of gamergate something something insular culture of young men something 4 chan yada yada yada is gamer culture teaching our kids to be intolerant of lesbians?
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Blah blah, dudes who have never know a transgender person in their lives, but totally heard on reddit that it gives you super powers and the ability to hack computers with their minds. The majority of their exposure to gay women was through "artistic websites" and they also feel safe is saying its an unfair advantage to be that "attractive".
Seriously, the tech and games community have been on a tear recently and people seem to be having their "Hans, are we the baddies?" moments everywhere.
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So today at work someone read C# as "C hastag" hahahaha
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they just don't know music theory ok
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On February 04 2015 03:52 andyrau wrote:
they just don't know music theory ok
good one!
Also serioulsly, even if you're doing a "women only" tournament, 2 options:
Either you accept anyone that comes and says "I'm a woman, I want to play" or you have to go by IDs for eevery player.
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