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badcnr

Canada116 Posts

July 11 2011 20:47 GMT

#801

I think it was nice to see a very attractive girl who came out and made an impact on the community. She might have been paid to be there but no one paid her to look up information or look up daily's or talk about actually trying a game out and playing it and even is considering to stream it. I do hope she takes the advice and gets day 9 to teach her that would be wicked. Although i dont know how comfortable she will be going to day 9's bedroom to start playing lol. I hope she does come out more often. And that goes to all the ladies out there that play , have bfs that play and just interested in the game. The more the better.

Zandar

Netherlands1541 Posts

July 11 2011 20:47 GMT

#802

On July 12 2011 05:08 tdynasty wrote:
I'm afraid of her being thrown into the public sc2 scene. Alot of immature fools around.
Could lead to a bad experience of spam and wierd ass shit she may be exposed too.

Aye lol, this community has a great side, but once you login to bnet for some laddering you'll encounter a lot of trolls, sore losers and bm as well. However, she seems to be able to cope with that in a great way. Haters didn't hurt her at all, she has a really positive attitude, big part of why she deserves this fan page in the first place imo.

Marsupian

Netherlands455 Posts

July 11 2011 20:48 GMT

#803

On July 12 2011 05:47 Zandar wrote:

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True, I hope she can keep this attitude and stay positive.

Esel

Germany151 Posts

July 11 2011 20:51 GMT

#804

sign me up pls

Bedrock

United States395 Posts

July 11 2011 20:52 GMT

#805

On July 11 2011 23:47 Liquid`Tyler wrote:
For me it's more about breaking social barriers than sex appeal. Take any person who is unlikely to be an SC2 fan (based on stereotypes) and show 80,000+ people that person's enthusiastic interest in SC2 and as long as that person has a charming personality and/or is physically attractive, instant fans. And there's no stereotype about gamers being won over by sex appeal as far as I know. Sex appeal is universal.

Being sad about others' interests and success is counterproductive to your own interests and success. If it's harmless and you don't like it, ignore it. Or if you think it's harmful and you're not capable of doing anything about it, ignore it. Seeing people say this thread makes them sad makes me sad. Hahaha

This is spot on. There is no use to posting hate on an appreciation thread which will produce absolutely nothing but bickering within our own community. Wake up, you're doing more harm than what you think Lindsey is capable of doing.

On July 12 2011 03:20 Assymptotic wrote:
Pro-tip: If one wants e-sports to grow into something beyond a niche subculture, one must make it appeal to those outside of the 'core' demographic.
Case in point: South Korea

How many girls attended any given NASL or GSL game?
Now compare to how many girls attend a proleague or an OSL game.

Whether or not Lindsey is hot is besides the point, though it certainly doesn't hurt. The main thing is that she belongs to a demographic beyond the typical 'middle-class, nerdy, terribad with women, male.' We absolutely need this if we ever want this whole professional video game player thing to become socially acceptable.

Agreed, coming from a football background as well as being a computer science major, I am mixed in with two different crowds of friends, which totally do not understand each other.. lol. It's hard breaking in between the two barriers to get people to open up their minds about each other's culture, and I think this is where people like Lindsey could help. I'm not sure if she's in tune with that type of information, but she's keeping her mind open.. a nice thing to see.

You go girl.

wei2coolman

United States60033 Posts

July 11 2011 20:54 GMT

#806

I'm weary of her actual commitment to SC, but hopefully she'll love the SC community. Its always good to have attractive females in the community, it helps draw more people to the SC2, after all most guys want to know "hey, why is there a super hot girl at an event with a whole bunch of nerds?"

Best thing that can happen: SC2 becomes more popular, and we get some eyecandy to go along with it.

Worst thing that can happen: She leaves the SC2 community, and ends up being a meme on reddit's r/ starcraft.

sign me up.

Cosmos

Belgium1077 Posts

July 11 2011 20:57 GMT

#807

Sign me up !!!!!

Louuster

Canada2869 Posts

July 11 2011 20:59 GMT

#808

I think people are just happy to see someone who didnt know what starcraft or progaming was get so interested by it, even though she is completely not what you would expect a typical sc2 fan to be. The fact that she is a good looking girl certainly helps, but we had a similar reaction when Gordon Haywayrd streamed a few games, showing that pro athletes can be interested in SC too.

Bedrock

United States395 Posts

July 11 2011 20:59 GMT

#809

On July 12 2011 05:54 wei2coolman wrote:
I'm weary of her actual commitment to SC, but hopefully she'll love the SC community. Its always good to have attractive females in the community, it helps draw more people to the SC2, after all most guys want to know "hey, why is there a super hot girl at an event with a whole bunch of nerds?"

Best thing that can happen: SC2 becomes more popular, and we get some eyecandy to go along with it.

Worst thing that can happen: She leaves the SC2 community, and ends up being a meme on reddit's r/ starcraft.

sign me up.

If people stop hating her and support her efforts in the community, she is more likely to stay than leave. If she decides that it's not for her later on then that's fine, but her leaving the community because she thinks we are a bunch of insulting idiots that love to hate on anything that's not of the "norm" in the culture, then we will be kicking our own asses because of it.

amazingoopah

United States1925 Posts

July 11 2011 21:08 GMT

#810

People are always moaning about wishing esports could get bigger but when someone appears who might be able to broaden the audience, everyone wants to entrench back and not let anyone else in, except on their own terms. Yeah, so she isn't gonna be making a run through Code S anytime soon, but it looks like she is at least making an effort to learn a bit about the game, give her a break everyone.

Bajsgrodan

Afghanistan408 Posts

July 11 2011 21:17 GMT

#811

sign me up please

KARnyge

United States132 Posts

July 11 2011 21:19 GMT

#812

sign me up

nekuodah

England2409 Posts

July 11 2011 21:20 GMT

#813

At first i was really skeptical after the first interviews but i grew to like her as she was obviously trying, hopefully she has a thick skin and can take all the trollish bm comments that are inevtiable on the internet, best of luck in your future involvement in the sc2 scene!

Mente

United States288 Posts

July 11 2011 21:23 GMT

#814

It'd be cool if she sticks around. The more attention this community gets the bigger/better the game will become (here's to keeping fingers crossed)

Hilmer

Sweden2 Posts

July 11 2011 21:26 GMT

#815

Sign me up!

Loved her performance interviewing at Nasl!

Sablar

Sweden880 Posts

July 11 2011 21:30 GMT

#816

I thought the interviews were quite entertaining, especially the buttoned down shirt guy. And she got some experience with interviewing.

That said I don't think that the sc2 interest was genuine. If it was, great, but she did need something to talk about and starting herself could be considered a decent conversation filler when lacking insight into the game.

jonguitarman2003

United States4 Posts

July 11 2011 21:45 GMT

#817

Can't wait to watch her stream! Sign me up too! Big fan after NASL!

RoyalCheese

Czech Republic745 Posts

July 11 2011 21:51 GMT

#818

I'm not sure how does Lindsey deserve a fanclub but either way, the more girls in SC2 community the better. Hopefully trolls will be kind to her.