Everyones favorite high quality magazine, Maxim, is holding a little competition to find America's best gamer girl. In their own words
At Maxim, we're always up for a little competition. In 2012 we're embarking on a nationwide hunt to find one female gaming buff who has the looks, personality and gaming skills to claim the ultimate prize - the opportunity to be the first ever Maxim Gamer Girl
Who is the Maxim Gamer Girl?
After the dust settles and the smoke clears, ONE battle-tested she-gamer will open up a world of opportunity. Prizing includes exposure in Maxim magazine and Maxim.com, an all-expense paid trip to VIP gaming event(s), and a potential contract to become a Virgin Gaming spokesmodel, just to name a few.
Now why should you care? Because currently our resident princess, Hot_Bid is in 7th place. First place is some random wow cosplayer i think. So head on over to http://maximgamergirl.com/ and click on vote for Hot_Bid. You will need to do a little sign up form but apart from that, its all simple stuff.
Surprisingly for a gamer girl competition, nowhere in the rules does it say the entrants have to be female, but maybe you have to dress in a skimpy outfit if you win, I don't think that's a problem though.
Pretty famous StarCraft 2 Zerg player from France.
I think you missed the point of my post. She is supposed to be a Starcraft 2 interview, onstage personality, etc. but she can't even spell a players name right?
Pretty famous StarCraft 2 Zerg player from France.
I think you missed the point of my post. She is supposed to be a Starcraft 2 interviewer, onstage personality, etc. but she can't even spell a players name right?
Pretty famous StarCraft 2 Zerg player from France.
I think you missed the point of my post. She is supposed to be a Starcraft 2 interview, onstage personality, etc. but she can't even spell a players name right?
On April 03 2012 21:30 wanghis wrote: apparently the chick who's leading (tradechat?) commented on hotbid's profile with "I want to baneling bust all over your face"
She watches simplepickup and knows about starcraft, she can't be that bad
The only reason hot_bid is doing so well is because they don't have Waxangel in it If this is an april fools day joke, it is probably my favorite one yet.
Pretty famous StarCraft 2 Zerg player from France.
I think you missed the point of my post. She is supposed to be a Starcraft 2 interview, onstage personality, etc. but she can't even spell a players name right?
Pretty famous StarCraft 2 Zerg player from France.
I think you missed the point of my post. She is supposed to be a Starcraft 2 interview, onstage personality, etc. but she can't even spell a players name right?
Typos occur, relax. :-)
I called him Stefano for ages. Primetimey is just looking for someone to bash it seems
Triple. It's really not a big deal. Kingston HyperX, a major sponsor of EG, along with various tournaments, community figures, and just about every one of us fans, is unable to stylise iNcontroL, and it's just about as nitpicky.
This whole thing is a joke...none of those girls are what a gamer girl looks like, or who a gamer girl is.
A gamer girl isn't an attention-seeking slut going "hey boys, look how nerdy i am xD", a gamer girl is a girl who plays games.
Contests like this just make me mad. So for the love of god vote for HotBid.
Pretty famous StarCraft 2 Zerg player from France.
I think you missed the point of my post. She is supposed to be a Starcraft 2 interview, onstage personality, etc. but she can't even spell a players name right?
Typos occur, relax. :-)
Mispelling Stephano as Stefano isn't making a typo. It's just ignorance - especially if your job is a professional interviewer.
This whole thing is a joke...none of those girls are what a gamer girl looks like, or who a gamer girl is.
A gamer girl isn't an attention-seeking slut going "hey boys, look how nerdy i am xD", a gamer girl is a girl who plays games.
Contests like this just make me mad. So for the love of god vote for HotBid.
I feel that way too, in addition I also find (to my knowledge) that some of the female personalities like Seltzer/Anna dont really even play SC2 all that much anyways. If one of them wins and gets asked "So how good are you actually?" I hope they just lie and say masters. -_-
Also, since it seems like nobody plays WoW, 1st place contestant is Panser, she runs a youtube channel called Tradechat talking about WoW news and stuff. I think I'm still subbed to her.
This whole thing is a joke...none of those girls are what a gamer girl looks like, or who a gamer girl is.
A gamer girl isn't an attention-seeking slut going "hey boys, look how nerdy i am xD", a gamer girl is a girl who plays games.
Contests like this just make me mad. So for the love of god vote for HotBid.
I feel that way too, in addition I also find (to my knowledge) that some of the female personalities like Seltzer/Anna dont really even play SC2 all that much anyways. If one of them wins and gets asked "So how good are you actually?" I hope they just lie and say masters. -_-
Also, since it seems like nobody plays WoW, 1st place contestant is Panser, she runs a youtube channel called Tradechat talking about WoW news and stuff. I think I'm still subbed to her.
Anyways, vote Hot_Bid for class.
anna is in bronze and seltzer plays lol. i dont even care if either of them are any good, i just think voting for hotbid is more fun ;/
Haha I like how a few of the girls are rooting for Hot_Bid. That said, this competition kind of leaves a bad taste in my mouth. A bunch of girls competing for a chance to be eye-candy for millions of dudes doesn't really seem to be in the spirit of gaming to me. Actually, maybe this is perfectly in the spirit of gaming and that's what makes me sad...
On April 03 2012 22:07 Rubber wrote: Haha I like how a few of the girls in the competition are rooting for Hot_Bid. That said, this competition kind of leaves a bad taste in my mouth. A bunch of girls competing for a chance to be eye-candy for millions of dudes doesn't really seem to be in the spirit of gaming to me. Actually, maybe this is perfectly in the spirit of gaming and that's what makes me sad...
Posted: Yesterday at 10:41 PM I break into Maxim at midnight. Do I go for the naked photos of Jennifer Lawrence? No - I go for girl gamer contest votes. They are priceless.
As I rig the computers to give me a win, a voter catches me. You are this voter. You tell me to stop, it's your contest. You are Maximus Im, the Korean founder of Maxim. I say no. We make love all night and repeatedly vote for me. In the morning the cops come, and I escape in one of their uniforms. I tell you to meet me in France, but I go to China. I don't trust you yet.
30 years later I get a postcard from you: I have a son, and he just won the GSL, and he is the President of the United States. This is where the story gets interesting. I tell you to meet me on Battle.net. You go, but I am not there. I have you blocked. You are heartbroken. But you check my profile and I made it into Grand Master on NA Server, which is like ~gold on Korea. Win.
I find it funny how many of them are pro models, that outright admit to being refered to the contest by their agency; and then they make some comment about how they believe in gaming like its a beauty contest question.
Many of these girls are quite hot, but that's not the point. I think TradeChat at least qualifies for a gamer girl.
IMO we should vote for meguinxbear, cause she's a legit gamer and very cute.
On April 03 2012 22:33 StarMoon wrote: I find it funny how many of them are pro models, that outright admit to being refered to the contest by their agency; and then they make some comment about how they believe in gaming like its a beauty contest question.
Many of these girls are quite hot, but that's not the point. I think TradeChat at least qualifies for a gamer girl.
IMO we should vote for meguinxbear, cause she's a legit gamer and very cute.
Ahhhh, can't seem to log in. Every time I try and sign in, I get this error thing. NOOOO want to vote for hotbid. If we can get thousands upon thousands to vote for that youtube competition thing, we can WIN THIS EASY!
5,000 votes: Behind the scenes video of my last photo shoot
100,000 votes: Nerdy outfits video (like my "what should I pack for blizzcon" video)
500,000 votes: Video of me on my channel dancing around in my rainbow fluffy outfit (you read that right lol)
IF I WIN: Aside from the spread in MAXIM, I will also do a new photo shoot (bikini) with a behind the scenes video and the pictures will be signed and sold to fans! <3
Man why does this poll even exist? It's either models who are "nerdy" gamers by playing CoD. Or it's attention seeking WoW nerd that post videos with the camera steadily focused on their cleavage for views. Also she's a keyboard turner, huge suprise...
On April 03 2012 22:41 where_ wrote: Someone Tweet this at Totalbiscuit and the poll is ours.
This.
3,000 votes is nothing in a 2 month long poll compared to the masses the likes of Totalbiscuit, Husky and Day9 can command, especially when the cause is as righteous as this!
Guys lets be realistic here, its a nice joke and all, but they won't pick hotbid, and we wont get a representative therefore. Atleast Anna has a good shot of winning considering she is pretty and is quite involved in E-Sports ya know... working for a e-sports team, hosting e-sports events, doing interviews... engaged to a pro gamer. It was a nice joke and all but this will give us more coverage to say as anna can talk about EG and therefore e-sports and starcraft 2.
On April 03 2012 22:48 14fighter wrote: Guys lets be realistic here, its a nice joke and all, but they won't pick hotbid, and we wont get a representative therefore. Atleast Anna has a good shot of winning considering she is pretty and is quite involved in E-Sports ya know... working for a e-sports team, hosting e-sports events, doing interviews... engaged to a pro gamer. It was a nice joke and all but this will give us more coverage to say as anna can talk about EG and therefore e-sports and starcraft 2.
On April 03 2012 22:48 14fighter wrote: Guys lets be realistic here, its a nice joke and all, but they won't pick hotbid, and we wont get a representative therefore. Atleast Anna has a good shot of winning considering she is pretty and is quite involved in E-Sports ya know... working for a e-sports team, hosting e-sports events, doing interviews... engaged to a pro gamer. It was a nice joke and all but this will give us more coverage to say as anna can talk about EG and therefore e-sports and starcraft 2.
if he wins - they have to take him!
I watched tradechat's video and she said that from the top 8 the judges will pick so.....
7. SELECTION OF SEMI-FINALISTS, FINALISTS, AND GRAND PRIZE WINNER: The Contest has three phases: (1) the Entry Phase during which Entries are received and public voting will select "Semi-Finalists" (as defined below), (2) a Finals Phase during which judges will select and designate "Finalists" (as defined below), and (3) a Grand Prize Phase during which public voting combined with editorial judging which will determine the Grand Prize Winner (as defined below) who will also be named the "2012 Maxim Gamer Girl". 7-1. ENTRY PHASE - PUBLIC VOTING & SEMI-FINALISTS SELECTION: Each accepted Entry will be available for public viewing on the Site until that Entry is no longer eligible to win the Contest. Visitors who have created a profile on the Site will have the ability to cast a vote for an Entrant based on the Judging Criteria described below during the Contest Period (“Vote”). Limit: 1 Vote per IP person per day. Votes generated by script, macro or other automated means or with the intent to impair the integrity of the voting process will be void. At the conclusion of the Contest Period, the 500 eligible Entrants receiving the most Votes (the “Semi-Finalists”) will then be judged in the manner described below. 7-2. FINALS PHASE - JUDGING (TO DESIGNATE FINALISTS): Each eligible Semi-Finalist will be judged by editors of Sponsor (“Judges”) with no connection to the administration of the Contest. Entries will be judged based on originality, creativity, humor, telegenic presence, and adherence to Contest instructions (the “Judging Criteria”). Judges will select three (3) final contestants (each, a “Finalist” and together, the “Finalists”), which decisions shall be within the sole and absolute discretion of the Judges, and all such decisions shall be final. All Finalists may refer to themselves as a "2012 Maxim Gamer Girl Finalist" in written and descriptive materials such as a resume (without the Maxim logo and trademark), but only if such uses and displays are purely non-commercial and in no event suggest or create any confusion whatsoever that AMG or Maxim Magazine is endorsing or participating in any manner related to the use of its name, makes, fonts or logos. 7-2 A. The Finalists will each be asked to shoot and edit new videos on a common topic related to video gaming and/or an AMG advertiser’s products or services (each, a “Pilot”). Finalist’s Pilot videos must be submitted to AMG by June 15, 2012 with said videos posted on the web by June 22, 2012. 7-2 B. Finalist will be given a set of guidelines by AMG to create the pilot. 7-3. GRAND PRIZE PHASE - JUDGING CRITERIA (TO SELECT GRAND PRIZE WINNER): Each Pilot will be available for public viewing on maxim.com from June 22, 2012 to July 13, 2012 (the “Grand Prize Voting Period”). Visitors to maxim.com will have the ability to cast a Vote for a Pilot (each a “Grand Prize Vote” and together, the “Grand Prize Votes”). Limit: 1 Vote for Finalists, per IP address, per day. Grand Prize Votes generated by script, macro or other automated means or with the intent to impair the integrity of the voting process will be void. At the conclusion of the Grand Prize Voting Period, each Pilot will then be judged by the Judges. Pilots will be judged based on the following weighted percentages: number of Grand Prize Votes received (10%), telegenic presence, originality, creativity, humor, and adherence to Contest instructions. (collectively, 90%). The selection of the winning Finalist (the “Grand Prize Winner”) shall be within the sole and absolute discretion of the Judges, and all such decisions shall be final. The Grand Prize Winner may refer to herself as the "2012 Maxim Gamer Girl" in written and descriptive materials such as a resume (without the Maxim logo and trademark and logo), but only if such uses and displays are purely non-commercial and in no event suggest or create any confusion whatsoever that AMG or Maxim Magazine is endorsing or participating in any manner related to the use of its name, makes, fonts or logos. 8. GRAND PRIZE WINNER SELECTION: On or about July 16, 2012, one (1) Grand Prize Winner will be selected by the Judges from all eligible Finalist Entries. The Grand Prize award (described below) is subject to verification and will be awarded upon winner validation and verification by Sponsor. The potential winner will be notified by electronic mail, regular postal mail or other traceable method of delivery on or about July 18, 2012. If the initially selected winner is ineligible, cannot be contacted after two (2) attempts by Sponsor, or fails to complete and return any required documents to AMG within five (5) days of receipt of the documents, the prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be selected by the Judges from the remaining eligible Finalists.
On April 03 2012 22:48 14fighter wrote: Guys lets be realistic here, its a nice joke and all, but they won't pick hotbid, and we wont get a representative therefore. Atleast Anna has a good shot of winning considering she is pretty and is quite involved in E-Sports ya know... working for a e-sports team, hosting e-sports events, doing interviews... engaged to a pro gamer. It was a nice joke and all but this will give us more coverage to say as anna can talk about EG and therefore e-sports and starcraft 2.
Who cares; this is just a "show your tits, gamers like that" random contest. So a bit of trolling is nothing! Actually, I don't remember which online contest similar to this it was but a man won and he actually got the shooting done! (the girl in second place too) THIS is how a company does marketing right!
So: Welcome to the Internet! A place where genders are unimportant!
On April 03 2012 22:48 14fighter wrote: Guys lets be realistic here, its a nice joke and all, but they won't pick hotbid, and we wont get a representative therefore. Atleast Anna has a good shot of winning considering she is pretty and is quite involved in E-Sports ya know... working for a e-sports team, hosting e-sports events, doing interviews... engaged to a pro gamer. It was a nice joke and all but this will give us more coverage to say as anna can talk about EG and therefore e-sports and starcraft 2.
Who cares; this is just a "show your tits, gamers like that" random contest. So a bit of trolling is nothing! Actually, I don't remember which online contest similar to this it was but a man won and he actually got the shooting done! (the girl in second place too) THIS is how a company does marketing right!
So: Welcome to the Internet! A place where genders are unimportant!
On April 03 2012 23:00 Najda wrote: I was having the log in problem aswell, but when I clicked the vote button on his profile instead it worked. Maybe this will help some other people?
OHHHHH Thank you kind person. I was trying for an hour! HAHA.
"Using realistic options" will make us end up in the two-party-system, cough, cough.
Therefore I suggest, quite out of the blue: Eleine, who's got the hots for computer hardware, and that has casted with thegunrun* @ glhftv. Eleine, I like your voice.
Seems like presenting your boobs and messing around in Farmville half-an-hour per week makes you a "gamer-girl". It's really degrading. Hot_Bid needs to win this seriously! *votevote*
On April 03 2012 23:00 Najda wrote: I was having the log in problem aswell, but when I clicked the vote button on his profile instead it worked. Maybe this will help some other people?
5,000 votes: Behind the scenes video of my last photo shoot
100,000 votes: Nerdy outfits video (like my "what should I pack for blizzcon" video)
500,000 votes: Video of me on my channel dancing around in my rainbow fluffy outfit (you read that right lol)
IF I WIN: Aside from the spread in MAXIM, I will also do a new photo shoot (bikini) with a behind the scenes video and the pictures will be signed and sold to fans! <3
sick girl gamer motivation
vote for me get pictures of me in a bikini
If Hot_Bid offered these incentives I'd probably vote for him.
On April 03 2012 23:07 Avelii wrote: Seems like presenting your boobs and messing around in Farmville half-an-hour per week makes you a "gamer-girl". It's really degrading. Hot_Bid needs to win this seriously! *votevote*
OMG yes thats it. ROFL wondered what games half these "gamers" played. And you just cracked it lol. FACEBOOK, the evil thing that has plagued the interweb for too long has now produced "gamers" ;;
Apparently you can only get to the semi finals through voting. Then after that, the judges choose the finalists and the winner, so, yeah, sorry HotBid.
On April 03 2012 23:18 Hot_Bid wrote: As funny as it is that I get joke votes you can vote for multiple people, please vote for Anna Prosser as well if you have time.
On April 03 2012 23:18 Hot_Bid wrote: As funny as it is that I get joke votes you can vote for multiple people, please vote for Anna Prosser as well if you have time.
300 might seem like a milestone, but keep in mind that the top place had at least 3k votes. We gotta get everyone in TL to vote for Hot_Bid, so don't give up!
We have to get hot_bid to win this, she's the hottest gamer girl of ALL TIME.
if anyone feels like it, could probably create a bot to spam votes for the king of trolls, might try looking at the time magazine exploit documentation as a starting point.
I read through some of those profiles and i was perplexed and dismayed at the lack of 'starcraft' in them. Is Anna Proser really the only option if we want to vote for starcraft (not that it's a bad option, i just dislike the lack of options)? If someone noticed some more starcraft girls, let's point them out here and get some votes for them.
It's funny that hot_bid is completely eligible to enter and win the competition. Nowhere in the rules(here) does it specify you need to be female. gg wp.
On April 03 2012 23:18 Hot_Bid wrote: As funny as it is that I get joke votes you can vote for multiple people, please vote for Anna Prosser as well if you have time.
Also I can't wait for the photoshoot.
I want to know if Hayder is going to participate in the photoshoot as well?!
Well, most of the girls are - if their descriptions I read are true - basic casual gamers that have some "good features" to be into modeling. One - already forgot who - was somehow playing CoD at MLG. Aside from that I found no real "gamer girls" there. Where is SlayerS_Jessica if you need her?
On April 03 2012 23:18 Hot_Bid wrote: As funny as it is that I get joke votes you can vote for multiple people, please vote for Anna Prosser as well if you have time.
On April 03 2012 23:36 []Phase[] wrote: why is there a girl with more votes than our sexy hot bid?
This contest is rigged for sure
She's using her legion of fans to vote, we gotta get all of TL voting in this repeatedly to catch up to her. When Teamliquid enters a voting competition, it' always wins, it's always been like that in the past, and it will continue in the future, that is the Teamliquid spirit, WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE?!
This is too funny :p I made an account and voted for him, go hot bid! Don't forget to vote for Anna too though! She actually deserves to win this (no offense to hotbid) lol
But why vote for Anna really is she a "gamer girl" not really shes some chick vote for Quanticflo that'd be cool and she's very pretty or EGfloe if he won i'd shit myself.
On April 03 2012 23:46 Jank wrote: I'm a lil worried he's gonna be DQ'd...for not having his actual full name. D:
You don't think it's more worrisome that it's a dude in a gamer girl contest? I'm pretty sure he's not a girl after all.
Yeah, but its not actually against the rules to do that.
Oh ok. I was thinking of the other beauty contest where the girl got disqualified for being transgender. I guess it's fine in this one. Either way HotBid all the way. For ESPORTS!
On April 04 2012 00:10 CajunMan wrote: Omg I luled so hard must vote for hotbid.
But why vote for Anna really is she a "gamer girl" not really shes some chick vote for Quanticflo that'd be cool and she's very pretty or EGfloe if he won i'd shit myself.
define gamer girl, anna invests a lot of time into the community but probably not games themselves
I think TradeChat girl is cute. And probably at least semi-legit as a gamer. But she's a pretty girl first.
Hot_Bid is the best available option. And Maxim needs to be slapped down. (Seriously. No Felicia Day? WTF.) Also, remember... vote early, vote often, vote Hot_Bid. (And Anna, because Hot_Bid commands it.)
On April 04 2012 00:46 felisconcolori wrote: I can't lie.
I think TradeChat girl is cute. And probably at least semi-legit as a gamer. But she's a pretty girl first.
Hot_Bid is the best available option. And Maxim needs to be slapped down. (Seriously. No Felicia Day? WTF.) Also, remember... vote early, vote often, vote Hot_Bid. (And Anna, because Hot_Bid commands it.)
I'm pretty sure Maxim doesn't nominate them, they have to sign up for the contest.
On April 04 2012 00:46 felisconcolori wrote: I can't lie.
I think TradeChat girl is cute. And probably at least semi-legit as a gamer. But she's a pretty girl first.
Hot_Bid is the best available option. And Maxim needs to be slapped down. (Seriously. No Felicia Day? WTF.) Also, remember... vote early, vote often, vote Hot_Bid. (And Anna, because Hot_Bid commands it.)
I'm pretty sure Maxim doesn't nominate them, they have to sign up for the contest.
One can hope Felicia Day has too much self respect to sign up for something like that.
On April 04 2012 00:46 felisconcolori wrote: I can't lie.
I think TradeChat girl is cute. And probably at least semi-legit as a gamer. But she's a pretty girl first.
Hot_Bid is the best available option. And Maxim needs to be slapped down. (Seriously. No Felicia Day? WTF.) Also, remember... vote early, vote often, vote Hot_Bid. (And Anna, because Hot_Bid commands it.)
She is a legitimate gamer, but she sets a terrible image for gamer girls. The way she shows herself off pretty much demonstrates why people don't take girl gamers seriously.
I could bet $100 that Anna probably deserves to win as an actual gamer girl over all the other contestants without even looking, barring Hot_Bid of course. She's the complete package, TL Armor, Sexy body, 1337 skills. Hot_Bid has it all. "I'd wife her in an instant."
On April 04 2012 00:46 felisconcolori wrote: I can't lie.
I think TradeChat girl is cute. And probably at least semi-legit as a gamer. But she's a pretty girl first.
Hot_Bid is the best available option. And Maxim needs to be slapped down. (Seriously. No Felicia Day? WTF.) Also, remember... vote early, vote often, vote Hot_Bid. (And Anna, because Hot_Bid commands it.)
She is a legitimate gamer, but she sets a terrible image for gamer girls. The way she shows herself off pretty much demonstrates why people don't take girl gamers seriously.
Pretty much. The picture in the bikini briefs and keyboard pretty much say it all. I'd rather see her leveling a character in WoW or actually y'know playing a game/repping a game than just a bland picture that could be any pretty girl with props that happen to have a game theme.
On April 04 2012 00:46 felisconcolori wrote: I can't lie.
I think TradeChat girl is cute. And probably at least semi-legit as a gamer. But she's a pretty girl first.
Hot_Bid is the best available option. And Maxim needs to be slapped down. (Seriously. No Felicia Day? WTF.) Also, remember... vote early, vote often, vote Hot_Bid. (And Anna, because Hot_Bid commands it.)
I'm pretty sure Maxim doesn't nominate them, they have to sign up for the contest.
One can hope Felicia Day has too much self respect to sign up for something like that.
She works with Wil Wheaton. Your argument is invalid.
Does Anna Prosser even play games enough to qualify as a gamer?
I always thought she had other interests and a different career and was only peripherally involved in the gaming community via InControl and her interviews, etc.
Guys, signing up is really easy. You don't even need to activate your account, so you can just put bogus random crap into the boxes. The only annoying thing is the Catpsha.
On April 04 2012 01:01 dUTtrOACh wrote: This is a vote? Can't they settle this with some sort of tournament?
It's not an easy task imho. Most of them play different games. Also, it isn't 100% beauty competition, is it? I think it's complex: skills, beauty, gaming background... I may be wrong.
On April 04 2012 00:10 CajunMan wrote: Omg I luled so hard must vote for hotbid.
But why vote for Anna really is she a "gamer girl" not really shes some chick vote for Quanticflo that'd be cool and she's very pretty or EGfloe if he won i'd shit myself.
define gamer girl, anna invests a lot of time into the community but probably not games themselves
They said gamer girl not community organiser we arn't voted for President for gods sake *lul*
Gamer implies someone who plays alot what I think they are looking for is the hot female form of me. Who plays 30+ hours a week is pretty good and is good looking.
I am so happy that I am not a woman. Their lot in life is to always be judged by their looks and nothing else. Oh, there's a competition solely for women? Oh it's just a bunch of pictures of girls doing their usual "trying to look as sexy as possible so people will like me"-poses. And women want equal rights, lol... good luck with that.
Does Anna Prosser even play games enough to qualify as a gamer?
I always thought she had other interests and a different career and was only peripherally involved in the gaming community via InControl and her interviews, etc.
Not making a judgment here, just asking.
Also does Hot bit even qualify as a gamer with all the troll interviews and photobombs ? Does he even have time for games in between those ?
As long as its not one of the two chicks who put their description as "I'm a model for such and such company and I work at a lot of gaming conventions... and I've played call of duty" I'll be fine with this
Does Anna Prosser even play games enough to qualify as a gamer?
I always thought she had other interests and a different career and was only peripherally involved in the gaming community via InControl and her interviews, etc.
Not making a judgment here, just asking.
Also does Hot bit even qualify as a gamer with all the troll interviews and photobombs ? Does he even have time for games in between those ?
Watch his Portal and Portal 2 playthroughs. LEBRON!
On April 04 2012 01:14 imJealous wrote: As long as its not one of the two chicks who put their description as "I'm a model for such and such company and I work at a lot of gaming conventions... and I've played call of duty" I'll be fine with this
isn't he's like plat at na ladder? altho not sure, but that what i once saw in his fan club
On April 03 2012 22:33 StarMoon wrote: I find it funny how many of them are pro models, that outright admit to being refered to the contest by their agency; and then they make some comment about how they believe in gaming like its a beauty contest question.
Many of these girls are quite hot, but that's not the point. I think TradeChat at least qualifies for a gamer girl.
IMO we should vote for meguinxbear, cause she's a legit gamer and very cute.
I agree. Megumixbear has my vote if she signs up, cause she's hot and actually plays a lot of SC 2.
Voted. I'm really not a fan of this contest though. Ok pretty girls that's cool. Pornstar in the list... yeah ok why not. Maybe they play games ok. But really really not fan of : "I play games. I undress.. vote for me".
Anyway i really hope hot_bid wins ('cause he is awesome). And really hope to see Day[9] or TotalBiscuit helps with this.
On April 04 2012 01:27 FFW_Rude wrote: Voted. I'm really not a fan of this contest though. Ok pretty girls that's cool. Pornstar in the list... yeah ok why not. Maybe they play games ok. But really really not fan of : "I play games. I undress.. vote for me".
Anyway i really hope hot_bid wins ('cause he is awesome). And really hope to see Day[9] or TotalBiscuit helps with this.
Go for Hot_bid.
Miss Biscuit has endorsed it. So she just needs to leverage that into the TB fanbase somehow.
I am not really bothered by those random models signing up, I mean it's their job but that TradeChat girl is like the impersonated reason why girls have a hard time in gaming.
Who the hell is TradeChat girl? I guess I've overlooked it, can't find it! Never mind found it.....hokay.... just offering things based off "x" votes instead of an actual description about her gaming story other than "I play WoW aka x". Cool story bro.
On April 04 2012 01:29 Trowa127 wrote: Its quite funny how many of the bio's start with something along the lines of 'I play CoD' lol.
HOTBID TOO SEXY
Most sc2 players dont like it when Brood war players say/imply similar things about sc2 yet we happily do it to other games... The last time i checked, CoD was a game but i might be out of the loop.
Oh my goodness! xD LOL that was so good! I absolutely love Hot_Bid. I voted for him. Sadly one of the other girls has like, 3k votes : / But, it still gets me that he's up there xD so good! So well played
TradeChat might be hard to beat. She wrote in her profile that she has 95k youtube subscribers and if 95% of those are young guys that think she's pretty and stuff she can probably make thousands of them vote for her every 24 hours or whatever the timer is.
On April 04 2012 01:44 Akta wrote: TradeChat might be hard to beat. She wrote in her profile that she has 95k youtube subscribers and if 95% of those are young guys that think she's pretty and stuff she can probably make thousands of them vote for her every 24 hours or whatever the timer is.
On April 04 2012 01:29 Trowa127 wrote: Its quite funny how many of the bio's start with something along the lines of 'I play CoD' lol.
HOTBID TOO SEXY
Most sc2 players dont like it when Brood war players say/imply similar things about sc2 yet we happily do it to other games... The last time i checked, CoD was a game but i might be out of the loop.
I never said CoD was bad. I was implying that these girls pulled a random popular game they've seen on TV out of a hat.. very few of them actually sound like they play games.
Anyway its a stupid competition, I hope hotbid winning shows them that.
On April 04 2012 01:44 Akta wrote: TradeChat might be hard to beat. She wrote in her profile that she has 95k youtube subscribers and if 95% of those are young guys that think she's pretty and stuff she can probably make thousands of them vote for her every 24 hours or whatever the timer is.
You can vote more than once? Laaaaame. >: (
Perhaps this is the one and only time macro software might be allowed. So we don't forget to vote repeatedly.
On April 04 2012 01:44 Akta wrote: TradeChat might be hard to beat. She wrote in her profile that she has 95k youtube subscribers and if 95% of those are young guys that think she's pretty and stuff she can probably make thousands of them vote for her every 24 hours or whatever the timer is.
I'm pretty sure the whole E-sports SC2 union can win this ezpz if this competition was relevant.
On April 04 2012 01:29 Trowa127 wrote: Its quite funny how many of the bio's start with something along the lines of 'I play CoD' lol.
HOTBID TOO SEXY
Most sc2 players dont like it when Brood war players say/imply similar things about sc2 yet we happily do it to other games... The last time i checked, CoD was a game but i might be out of the loop.
I never said CoD was bad. I was implying that these girls pulled a random popular game they've seen on TV out of a hat.. very few of them actually sound like they play games.
Anyway its a stupid competition, I hope hotbid winning shows them that.
Their profiles might as well say, "I am aware of CoD and held a controller during a photo shoot when it was running in the background". My girlfriend hates this trend, as a girl who likes games and plays them for real. It is so pandering.
Hot Bid should get as many votes as possible. Get Totalbiscuit on this, he has way to many YouTubes subscribers that can bolster the ranks. Even if he places in the top 10, it would still be amazing.
Bearing in mind that you can vote for multiple people (repeatedly), keep an eye out for other actual SC2 players. For example, who is this LollyCal person? (Probably not competitive... but says she's been streaming since sometime around Beta?)
TradeChat doesn't have the Maxim girl look. It doesn't matter how many votes she gets. If the SC2 community wants a chance to be represented, then make sure Anna gets enough votes to get noticed and she'll have a chance to make it to the next round.
My guess is that they're going to look through the girls with the highest votes while eliminating some based on looks. Then three will be chosen based on personality and gaming resume.
On April 04 2012 02:16 Liquid`NonY wrote: TradeChat doesn't have the Maxim girl look. It doesn't matter how many votes she gets. If the SC2 community wants a chance to be represented, then make sure Anna gets enough votes to get noticed and she'll have a chance to make it to the next round.
My guess is that they're going to look through the girls with the highest votes while eliminating some based on looks. Then three will be chosen based on personality and gaming resume.
Are they really that serious about it? I still think Hot_Bid's our man for this.
7. SELECTION OF SEMI-FINALISTS, FINALISTS, AND GRAND PRIZE WINNER: The Contest has three phases: (1) the Entry Phase during which Entries are received and public voting will select "Semi-Finalists" (as defined below), (2) a Finals Phase during which judges will select and designate "Finalists" (as defined below), and (3) a Grand Prize Phase during which public voting combined with editorial judging which will determine the Grand Prize Winner (as defined below) who will also be named the "2012 Maxim Gamer Girl".
At best he can only get to semi-finalist, I'm sure they'd kick him out there
On April 04 2012 02:16 Liquid`NonY wrote: TradeChat doesn't have the Maxim girl look. It doesn't matter how many votes she gets. If the SC2 community wants a chance to be represented, then make sure Anna gets enough votes to get noticed and she'll have a chance to make it to the next round.
My guess is that they're going to look through the girls with the highest votes while eliminating some based on looks. Then three will be chosen based on personality and gaming resume.
Are they really that serious about it? I still think Hot_Bid's our man for this.
Tyler has a point. Tolling the event is fun, but people should vote for Anna too. She is clearly invested in the community and it only helps SC2 and gamers to have a media professional win the event, rather than some of the other entries.
On April 04 2012 02:16 Liquid`NonY wrote: TradeChat doesn't have the Maxim girl look. It doesn't matter how many votes she gets. If the SC2 community wants a chance to be represented, then make sure Anna gets enough votes to get noticed and she'll have a chance to make it to the next round.
My guess is that they're going to look through the girls with the highest votes while eliminating some based on looks. Then three will be chosen based on personality and gaming resume.
i think theres no doubt if people actually want to win you have to vote for anna, but i didnt realise anyone actually cared about that. i dont know, i guess it would be cool to see her on the front of maxim but then look at the kelly milkis interview for FHM a few months back. that didnt do anything for esports of even the community. either they asked bad questions or she gaves crappy answers but it didnt help esports at all and so for that reason i dont see any gamer girl competition actually being based on being a gamer who is a girl. the main part of the prize is the possibility of being a booth babe, good on a resume of a small time model but again, nothing that promotes gaming to girls, so why are we taking this seriously?
On April 04 2012 02:16 Liquid`NonY wrote: TradeChat doesn't have the Maxim girl look. It doesn't matter how many votes she gets. If the SC2 community wants a chance to be represented, then make sure Anna gets enough votes to get noticed and she'll have a chance to make it to the next round.
My guess is that they're going to look through the girls with the highest votes while eliminating some based on looks. Then three will be chosen based on personality and gaming resume.
Are they really that serious about it? I still think Hot_Bid's our man for this.
Tyler has a point. Tolling the event is fun, but people should vote for Anna too. She is clearly invested in the community and it only helps SC2 and gamers to have a media professional win the event, rather than some of the other entries.
she wouldnt accept the prize anyway, she actually has better things to do than be a booth babe, so yeee... kinda a waste. maybe she would do a maxim shoot, but idk if they would make her get her boobs out? ;/
On April 04 2012 02:16 Liquid`NonY wrote: TradeChat doesn't have the Maxim girl look. It doesn't matter how many votes she gets. If the SC2 community wants a chance to be represented, then make sure Anna gets enough votes to get noticed and she'll have a chance to make it to the next round.
My guess is that they're going to look through the girls with the highest votes while eliminating some based on looks. Then three will be chosen based on personality and gaming resume.
Be honest, you know you want to see a Hot_Bid photoshoot.
Hot Bid, I don't use the word "hero" very often, but you are the greatest hero in American history.
If you guys haven't seen his profile yet, his blog post is priceless:
I break into Maxim at midnight. Do I go for the naked photos of Jennifer Lawrence? No - I go for girl gamer contest votes. They are priceless.
As I rig the computers to give me a win, a voter catches me. You are this voter. You tell me to stop, it's your contest. You are Maximus Im, the Korean founder of Maxim. I say no. We make love all night and repeatedly vote for me. In the morning the cops come, and I escape in one of their uniforms. I tell you to meet me in France, but I go to China. I don't trust you yet.
30 years later I get a postcard from you: I have a son, and he just won the GSL, and he is the President of the United States. This is where the story gets interesting. I tell you to meet me on Battle.net. You go, but I am not there. I have you blocked. You are heartbroken. But you check my profile and I made it into Grand Master on NA Server, which is like ~gold on Korea. Win.
EDIT:
Of course, as always, NonY has a point.
TradeChat doesn't have the Maxim girl look. It doesn't matter how many votes she gets. If the SC2 community wants a chance to be represented, then make sure Anna gets enough votes to get noticed and she'll have a chance to make it to the next round.
My guess is that they're going to look through the girls with the highest votes while eliminating some based on looks. Then three will be chosen based on personality and gaming resume.
On April 04 2012 02:16 Liquid`NonY wrote: TradeChat doesn't have the Maxim girl look. It doesn't matter how many votes she gets. If the SC2 community wants a chance to be represented, then make sure Anna gets enough votes to get noticed and she'll have a chance to make it to the next round.
My guess is that they're going to look through the girls with the highest votes while eliminating some based on looks. Then three will be chosen based on personality and gaming resume.
If this is the case we should enter Hayder. If anyone in the community has the Maxim look its him.
On April 04 2012 02:16 Liquid`NonY wrote: TradeChat doesn't have the Maxim girl look. It doesn't matter how many votes she gets. If the SC2 community wants a chance to be represented, then make sure Anna gets enough votes to get noticed and she'll have a chance to make it to the next round.
My guess is that they're going to look through the girls with the highest votes while eliminating some based on looks. Then three will be chosen based on personality and gaming resume.
i think theres no doubt if people actually want to win you have to vote for anna, but i didnt realise anyone actually cared about that. i dont know, i guess it would be cool to see her on the front of maxim but then look at the kelly milkis interview for FHM a few months back. that didnt do anything for esports of even the community. either they asked bad questions or she gaves crappy answers but it didnt help esports at all and so for that reason i dont see any gamer girl competition actually being based on being a gamer who is a girl. the main part of the prize is the possibility of being a booth babe, good on a resume of a small time model but again, nothing that promotes gaming to girls, so why are we taking this seriously?
On April 04 2012 02:16 Liquid`NonY wrote: TradeChat doesn't have the Maxim girl look. It doesn't matter how many votes she gets. If the SC2 community wants a chance to be represented, then make sure Anna gets enough votes to get noticed and she'll have a chance to make it to the next round.
My guess is that they're going to look through the girls with the highest votes while eliminating some based on looks. Then three will be chosen based on personality and gaming resume.
Are they really that serious about it? I still think Hot_Bid's our man for this.
Tyler has a point. Tolling the event is fun, but people should vote for Anna too. She is clearly invested in the community and it only helps SC2 and gamers to have a media professional win the event, rather than some of the other entries.
she wouldnt accept the prize anyway, she actually has better things to do than be a booth babe, so yeee... kinda a waste. maybe she would do a maxim shoot, but idk if they would make her get her boobs out? ;/
Agreed, this competition doesn't have shit to do with gaming. The best way to represent Liquid and esports in general here is to make a troll statement backed by enough people that it actually gets noticed.
Also wouldn't mind a spread with Hot_Bid bewbs ofc.
On April 04 2012 02:16 Liquid`NonY wrote: TradeChat doesn't have the Maxim girl look. It doesn't matter how many votes she gets. If the SC2 community wants a chance to be represented, then make sure Anna gets enough votes to get noticed and she'll have a chance to make it to the next round.
My guess is that they're going to look through the girls with the highest votes while eliminating some based on looks. Then three will be chosen based on personality and gaming resume.
i think theres no doubt if people actually want to win you have to vote for anna, but i didnt realise anyone actually cared about that. i dont know, i guess it would be cool to see her on the front of maxim but then look at the kelly milkis interview for FHM a few months back. that didnt do anything for esports of even the community. either they asked bad questions or she gaves crappy answers but it didnt help esports at all and so for that reason i dont see any gamer girl competition actually being based on being a gamer who is a girl. the main part of the prize is the possibility of being a booth babe, good on a resume of a small time model but again, nothing that promotes gaming to girls, so why are we taking this seriously?
On April 04 2012 02:16 Liquid`NonY wrote: TradeChat doesn't have the Maxim girl look. It doesn't matter how many votes she gets. If the SC2 community wants a chance to be represented, then make sure Anna gets enough votes to get noticed and she'll have a chance to make it to the next round.
My guess is that they're going to look through the girls with the highest votes while eliminating some based on looks. Then three will be chosen based on personality and gaming resume.
Are they really that serious about it? I still think Hot_Bid's our man for this.
Tyler has a point. Tolling the event is fun, but people should vote for Anna too. She is clearly invested in the community and it only helps SC2 and gamers to have a media professional win the event, rather than some of the other entries.
she wouldnt accept the prize anyway, she actually has better things to do than be a booth babe, so yeee... kinda a waste. maybe she would do a maxim shoot, but idk if they would make her get her boobs out? ;/
Um...what are you talking about. I don't think a third party entered her and she competed for Miss America (which lead to JP and Kennigit watching Miss America, which was funny as hell). I think you miss the point of having exposure and showing that the SC2 community pulls behind people who invest in it. If you think it is a waste of time, that is great. She clearly does not, because she entered.
People you don't understand pure votes, doesn't determine the winner. Its going to be judged by you know, judges. Anna has the best chance as much as Hot_Bid has nice boobs, I think the judges will disagree. Even after hotbid and tyler have said to vote for Anna you all continue....
Maybe I'm way off base as usual, but why would anyone even want to win this? Isn't Maxim some shallow, garbage magazine, for people who feel lost if they aren't following the latest fads?
Looking at the contestants, I guess they would fit right in. Browsed some of these 'gamergirls' channels and it seems to be basically about showing cute faces and tempting cleavage. I have yet to see any actual footage of gameplay anywhere. What a disgrace.
ps: Voted for Hot_Bid obviously. What else could I do?
On April 04 2012 02:16 Liquid`NonY wrote: TradeChat doesn't have the Maxim girl look. It doesn't matter how many votes she gets. If the SC2 community wants a chance to be represented, then make sure Anna gets enough votes to get noticed and she'll have a chance to make it to the next round.
My guess is that they're going to look through the girls with the highest votes while eliminating some based on looks. Then three will be chosen based on personality and gaming resume.
don't underestimate the possibility of a tidal wave of votes for hotbid forcing maxim to acknowledge the SC2 community and running some kind of acknowledgement toward us
prosser doesn't represent the community on the same level that TL admin does. a vote for her doesn't render the same awesome level of mockery and rebelliousness toward this kind of farce of a competition. and most importantly, hotbid will be gm on na, which is like gold on korea. prosser is what, bronze? that's like plastic on korea.
On April 04 2012 02:16 Liquid`NonY wrote: TradeChat doesn't have the Maxim girl look. It doesn't matter how many votes she gets. If the SC2 community wants a chance to be represented, then make sure Anna gets enough votes to get noticed and she'll have a chance to make it to the next round.
My guess is that they're going to look through the girls with the highest votes while eliminating some based on looks. Then three will be chosen based on personality and gaming resume.
don't underestimate the possibility of a tidal wave of votes for hotbid forcing maxim to acknowledge the SC2 community and running some kind of acknowledgement toward us
prosser doesn't represent the community on the same level that TL admin does. a vote for her doesn't render the same awesome level of mockery and rebelliousness toward this kind of farce of a competition. and most importantly, hotbid will be gm on na, which is like gold on korea. prosser is what, bronze? that's like plastic on korea.
On April 04 2012 02:39 14fighter wrote: People you don't understand pure votes, doesn't determine the winner. Its going to be judged by you know, judges. Anna has the best chance as much as Hot_Bid has nice boobs, I think the judges will disagree. Even after hotbid and tyler have said to vote for Anna you all continue....
You can vote for as many as you want. Vote for Hot_Bid for hilarity and Anna to make all TL frowny faces happy again =)
TL shouldn't split its vote... Hot_Bid running is funny, but Anna would be better at using a win to enhance the SC2 community. For one, she actually would win if she got the votes, I'm sure they won't accept Hot_Bid, unless he wants to involve lawyers, which is probably beyond the cope of this prank. For another, she would definitely mention SC2 in interviews etc., so she would be a good representative. Thirdly, she not only represents a 'gamer girl' but a strong and prominent member of the SC2 community. People will notice that the SC2 community is mature enough to support the non-traditional gamer girl, this is important for sponsors and a wider audience who might associate all gaming communities with 14 year old fps shit-heads.
On April 04 2012 04:00 sjh wrote: TL shouldn't split its vote... Hot_Bid running is funny, but Anna would be better at using a win to enhance the SC2 community. For one, she actually would win if she got the votes, I'm sure they won't accept Hot_Bid, unless he wants to involve lawyers, which is probably beyond the cope of this prank. For another, she would definitely mention SC2 in interviews etc., so she would be a good representative. Thirdly, she not only represents a 'gamer girl' but a strong and prominent member of the SC2 community. People will notice that the SC2 community is mature enough to support the non-traditional gamer girl, this is important for sponsors and a wider audience who might associate all gaming communities with 14 year old fps shit-heads.
On April 04 2012 04:00 sjh wrote: TL shouldn't split its vote... Hot_Bid running is funny, but Anna would be better at using a win to enhance the SC2 community. For one, she actually would win if she got the votes, I'm sure they won't accept Hot_Bid, unless he wants to involve lawyers, which is probably beyond the cope of this prank. For another, she would definitely mention SC2 in interviews etc., so she would be a good representative. Thirdly, she not only represents a 'gamer girl' but a strong and prominent member of the SC2 community. People will notice that the SC2 community is mature enough to support the non-traditional gamer girl, this is important for sponsors and a wider audience who might associate all gaming communities with 14 year old fps shit-heads.
Why is it that we can find 7000 people to watch Stephano but can't get more than 700 to vote for Hot_Bid. C'mon guys! It takes like 2 minutes, no email confirmation, and you can get votes for hotbid!
On April 04 2012 04:14 InsidiA wrote: Am I the only one that thinks that's a terrible picture of Anna?
At the risk of sounding like some kind of weird Miss America fanatic, I didn't like her whole photoshoot for the Miss America pageant and I'm pretty sure that's one of the photos from the contest. It just looks so false, but I think that is the look they were going for (I guess they might not call it the false look though :D ).
Folks, don't let the registration/login process deter you. There's no confirmation email to verify, once you enter your information, you can vote immediately. Takes less than 30 seconds total.
Just use that second email you keep around for spam purposes if you don't want to commit your real one.
People should stop voting for Hot_Bid. There is no way he would actually win and if he did it would be a joke (a funny joke, but still). We should be voting for whoever is the best contestant or the most qualified Starcraft 2 related girl. Don't let some console girl who plays Wii Sports win. VOTE STARCRAFT!
On April 04 2012 04:30 BearStorm wrote: People should stop voting for Hot_Bid. There is no way he would actually win and if he did it would be a joke (a funny joke, but still). We should be voting for whoever is the best contestant or the most qualified Starcraft 2 related girl. Don't let some console girl who plays Wii Sports win. VOTE STARCRAFT!
It seems to me that winning seriously just degrades the scene by associating it with Maxim at all.
On April 04 2012 04:38 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: As much as I love Hot_Bid... TradeChat is actually a gamer and ridiculously attractive: http://www.youtube.com/tradechat o.o
I'm voting for Hot_bit but tradechat has this one in the bag.The only reason i subscribed to her ~3years ago was because she showed cleavage+she actually played&knew WoW pretty well.Tbh right now i cant think of a single gamer girl youtuber who hasent exposed her body for views+subs,a prime example of this is Tanya Devereaux.She is an awesome person tho.
On April 04 2012 04:38 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: As much as I love Hot_Bid... TradeChat is actually a gamer and ridiculously attractive: http://www.youtube.com/tradechat o.o
As much as TradeChat is attractive (not a lot), Hot_Bid is more hotter and I would choose him instead of her if I were bisexual. Also, did you imply that Hot_Bid is not a gamer?
First off, thank you all SO MUCH for voting <3 I appreciate it so much and I cannot express to you how much this means to me...
Now that we got that out of the way, let's lay down some REWARDS for reaching certain numbers of votes :D
5,000 votes: Behind the scenes video of my last photo shoot 10,000 votes: Live stream gameplay of the WoW Beta 25,000 votes: New L2 MS Paint video (remember my Boomkin video from forever ago? awwww yeah) 50,000 votes: 2 hour live stream where I call FANS on skype 100,000 votes: Nerdy outfits video (like my "what should I pack for blizzcon" video) 250,000 votes: 6 hour live stream where I call EVEN MOAR FANS on skype 500,000 votes: Video of me on my channel dancing around in my rainbow fluffy outfit (you read that right lol) 1,000,000 votes: 12 hour livestream PARTY <3
IF I WIN: Aside from the spread in MAXIM, I will also do a new photo shoot (bikini) with a behind the scenes video and the pictures will be signed and sold to fans! <3
^ Seriously? Am I wrong? I mean, I get it, other girls in the top 8 have backgrounds in modelling, etc. But this one just comes off as... tacky. Like, cheap. Correct me if I'm wrong, and I hope I'm not offending any of her fans.
Just so people are aware... you can vote for more than one person once you sign up ... >.>..... edit: to the above she runs a youtube channel and that's what her viewers would like to see, usually youtube channels have constant stream of content, but very little "making of" so they usually make another channel or don't post it at all. It's like if we had Hot_Bid offer us a week of trolling videos back to back. Makes no sense to anyone other than us nerds, but how amazing would that be.
But seriously, whoever votes for Hot_Bid should also vote for Anna. It's ridiculous that he has more votes than her, we can have both the Hot_bid hilarity and Anna being serious. We can vote more than once.
First off, thank you all SO MUCH for voting <3 I appreciate it so much and I cannot express to you how much this means to me...
Now that we got that out of the way, let's lay down some REWARDS for reaching certain numbers of votes :D
5,000 votes: Behind the scenes video of my last photo shoot 10,000 votes: Live stream gameplay of the WoW Beta 25,000 votes: New L2 MS Paint video (remember my Boomkin video from forever ago? awwww yeah) 50,000 votes: 2 hour live stream where I call FANS on skype 100,000 votes: Nerdy outfits video (like my "what should I pack for blizzcon" video) 250,000 votes: 6 hour live stream where I call EVEN MOAR FANS on skype 500,000 votes: Video of me on my channel dancing around in my rainbow fluffy outfit (you read that right lol) 1,000,000 votes: 12 hour livestream PARTY <3
IF I WIN: Aside from the spread in MAXIM, I will also do a new photo shoot (bikini) with a behind the scenes video and the pictures will be signed and sold to fans! <3
^ Seriously? Am I wrong? I mean, I get it, other girls in the top 8 have backgrounds in modelling, etc. But this one just comes off as... tacky. Like, cheap. Correct me if I'm wrong, and I hope I'm not offending any of her fans.
Anyway, Hot_Bid needs to win this.
hot_bid needs to dance for us in a rainbow fluffy outfit if we reach 1,000 votes.
On April 04 2012 04:30 BearStorm wrote: People should stop voting for Hot_Bid. There is no way he would actually win and if he did it would be a joke (a funny joke, but still). We should be voting for whoever is the best contestant or the most qualified Starcraft 2 related girl. Don't let some console girl who plays Wii Sports win. VOTE STARCRAFT!
It seems to me that winning seriously just degrades the scene by associating it with Maxim at all.
There might be a divide within the current community on the benefits of winning this contest, but I think it is an overall good thing for people who are new to games. It's ridiculous to assume that associating with Maxim will degrade the scene. Much more prominant and mainstream organizations such as college sports and the NFL have associated with Maxim. Have they been degraded? If anything this could possible attract the eyes of investors who are trying to advertise to gamers. At least this way they would look towards Starcraft instead of LoL or Call of Duty.
On April 04 2012 04:30 BearStorm wrote: People should stop voting for Hot_Bid. There is no way he would actually win and if he did it would be a joke (a funny joke, but still). We should be voting for whoever is the best contestant or the most qualified Starcraft 2 related girl. Don't let some console girl who plays Wii Sports win. VOTE STARCRAFT!
It seems to me that winning seriously just degrades the scene by associating it with Maxim at all.
There might be a divide within the current community on the benefits of winning this contest, but I think it is an overall good thing for people who are new to games. It's ridiculous to assume that associating with Maxim will degrade the scene. Much more prominant and mainstream organizations such as college sports and the NFL have associated with Maxim. Have they been degraded? If anything this could possible attract the eyes of investors who are trying to advertise to gamers. At least this way they would look towards Starcraft instead of LoL or Call of Duty.
I know that one of my concerns is that it demeans and confines women who are gamers to the stereotype of girls who aren't as "competitive" as men and have to use their "looks" to get attention. This is different than say, Divina where 6 female SC2 players from around the world competed for a 5k 1st place. In that situation, women were girls a separate space but the emphasis was on their ability as gamers not just on their physical appearance. Given what Maxim is and the way the contest is built, it seems to be all about looks. That's my concern; certainly not the only one but the reason I'm wary of a contest like this.
On April 04 2012 04:30 BearStorm wrote: People should stop voting for Hot_Bid. There is no way he would actually win and if he did it would be a joke (a funny joke, but still). We should be voting for whoever is the best contestant or the most qualified Starcraft 2 related girl. Don't let some console girl who plays Wii Sports win. VOTE STARCRAFT!
It seems to me that winning seriously just degrades the scene by associating it with Maxim at all.
There might be a divide within the current community on the benefits of winning this contest, but I think it is an overall good thing for people who are new to games. It's ridiculous to assume that associating with Maxim will degrade the scene. Much more prominant and mainstream organizations such as college sports and the NFL have associated with Maxim. Have they been degraded? If anything this could possible attract the eyes of investors who are trying to advertise to gamers. At least this way they would look towards Starcraft instead of LoL or Call of Duty.
I know that one of my concerns is that it demeans and confines women who are gamers to the stereotype of girls who aren't as "competitive" as men and have to use their "looks" to get attention. This is different than say, Divina where 6 female SC2 players from around the world competed for a 5k 1st place. In that situation, women were girls a separate space but the emphasis was on their ability as gamers not just on their physical appearance. Given what Maxim is and the way the contest is built, it seems to be all about looks. That's my concern; certainly not the only one but the reason I'm wary of a contest like this.
Holy shit stop the presses! A beauty contest that is all about looks? What is this? Why d'you think 90% of the thread is trying to suppress a laugh while voting for Hot_Bid ^^
It would be awesome if Anna won because, you know, she is actually an attractive female involved in gaming. Not like 99% of the other girls competing. And of course vote for Hot_Bid, just make sure you vote for Anna too.
On April 04 2012 06:04 confusedcrib wrote: It would be awesome if Anna won because, you know, she is actually an attractive female involved in gaming. Not like 99% of the other girls competing. And of course vote for Hot_Bid, just make sure you vote for Anna too.
Triple. It's really not a big deal. Kingston HyperX, a major sponsor of EG, along with various tournaments, community figures, and just about every one of us fans, is unable to stylise iNcontroL, and it's just about as nitpicky.
This whole thing is a joke...none of those girls are what a gamer girl looks like, or who a gamer girl is.
A gamer girl isn't an attention-seeking slut going "hey boys, look how nerdy i am xD", a gamer girl is a girl who plays games.
Contests like this just make me mad. So for the love of god vote for HotBid.
Well said. Also how can you not vote for Hot_Bid when he has a picture of Hayder eating a sandwich?!
On April 04 2012 05:03 NaZa wrote: I'm voting for Hot_bit but tradechat has this one in the bag.The only reason i subscribed to her ~3years ago was because she showed cleavage+she actually played&knew WoW pretty well.Tbh right now i cant think of a single gamer girl youtuber who hasent exposed her body for views+subs,a prime example of this is Tanya Devereaux.She is an awesome person tho.
On April 04 2012 06:04 confusedcrib wrote: It would be awesome if Anna won because, you know, she is actually an attractive female involved in gaming. Not like 99% of the other girls competing. And of course vote for Hot_Bid, just make sure you vote for Anna too.
Shes not actually any good at games though
didnt know you had to be good at games to be a gamer...
On April 04 2012 06:04 confusedcrib wrote: It would be awesome if Anna won because, you know, she is actually an attractive female involved in gaming. Not like 99% of the other girls competing. And of course vote for Hot_Bid, just make sure you vote for Anna too.
Shes not actually any good at games though
why does being good matter? compared to a pro we are all shit. dont base your vote for anyone based on if they are actually good. base it on better criteria ;/
On April 04 2012 06:04 confusedcrib wrote: It would be awesome if Anna won because, you know, she is actually an attractive female involved in gaming. Not like 99% of the other girls competing. And of course vote for Hot_Bid, just make sure you vote for Anna too.
Shes not actually any good at games though
why does being good matter? compared to a pro we are all shit. dont base your vote for anyone based on if they are actually good. base it on better criteria ;/
exactly. this is maxim. vote for the chick that is wearing the least amount of clothes. one chick is even in her underwear. that shows true gamer spirit.
joke poll. surprised many would even demean themselves to participate, but whatever. i vote hotbid.
Reasons Hot_Bid will get eliminated: From the Offical Rules,
(ii) must be in keeping with the Sponsor’s image (as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion)
(iii) may not be inappropriate, offensive, libelous or defamatory, pornographic, sexually explicit, contain nudity, unlawful or plagiarized content, as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion, (iv) must not be harassing, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, profane, obscene, violent, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable or offensive in any way, as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion
(vii) may not contain commercial or corporate advertising, including display of corporate logos, brand names and slogans, other than those relating to Sponsor
"Sponsor has the right in its sole discretion to determine if any Entry is not appropriate for publication on the Site or for any other public release and if Entry is in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify an Entry that is not in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor’s decisions are final and binding with respect to all matters relating to this Contest."
Also as a side note, those rules are very thorough.
On April 04 2012 07:03 Mothra wrote: Haha how is Hot_Bid ethnically objectionable or offensive?
The point is that if the sponsors find anything about a contestant objectionable in any way then they can remove that contestant. They could probably use that as grounds to get rid of hot bid if they so choose.
Look, ppl need to stop voting for hot_bid. Everyone is always complaining about manner and the way esports is portrayed. Maxim is trying to promote esports and this is what we give them?
On April 04 2012 07:03 Mothra wrote: Haha how is Hot_Bid ethnically objectionable or offensive?
The point is that if the sponsors find anything about a contestant objectionable in any way then they can remove that contestant. They could probably use that as grounds to get rid of hot bid if they so choose.
you dont think they will just say "you are not a female" and kick him out. its not like they are going to do a female gamer spread with a guy. =P
On April 04 2012 07:03 Mothra wrote: Haha how is Hot_Bid ethnically objectionable or offensive?
The point is that if the sponsors find anything about a contestant objectionable in any way then they can remove that contestant. They could probably use that as grounds to get rid of hot bid if they so choose.
you dont think they will just say "you are not a female" and kick him out. its not like they are going to do a female gamer spread with a guy. =P
There is no rule that stipulates the entrant must be female.
On April 04 2012 06:04 confusedcrib wrote: It would be awesome if Anna won because, you know, she is actually an attractive female involved in gaming. Not like 99% of the other girls competing. And of course vote for Hot_Bid, just make sure you vote for Anna too.
Shes not actually any good at games though
why does being good matter? compared to a pro we are all shit. dont base your vote for anyone based on if they are actually good. base it on better criteria ;/
Why does looking good matter if we looking for an actually Gamer girl?
On April 04 2012 07:16 Kryptonite wrote: Look, ppl need to stop voting for hot_bid. Everyone is always complaining about manner and the way esports is portrayed. Maxim is trying to promote esports and this is what we give them?
I second this motion. If we think that what Maxim is doing is the right thing for e-sports then we should be careful. If Maxim takes the Hot Bid thing as a joke and laughs over it, great. But I feel like there's a significant risk they might get pissed and conclude that the gaming community is not worth their while.
On April 04 2012 07:16 Kryptonite wrote: Look, ppl need to stop voting for hot_bid. Everyone is always complaining about manner and the way esports is portrayed. Maxim is trying to promote esports and this is what we give them?
I second this motion. If we think that what Maxim is doing is the right thing for e-sports then we should be careful. If Maxim takes the Hot Bid thing as a joke and laughs over it, great. But I feel like there's a significant risk they might get pissed and conclude that the gaming community is not worth their while.
Seriously, Anna Prosser fits this Maxim role pretty much exactly. You're allowed multiple votes, just vote for both of them. That way we can have our laugh, and then Anna can be a legitimate representative even if Hot_Bid is removed. Regardless of your feelings about her role in E-sports, it should be unanimously agreeable that she fits into this contest rather nicely.
On April 04 2012 07:16 Kryptonite wrote: Look, ppl need to stop voting for hot_bid. Everyone is always complaining about manner and the way esports is portrayed. Maxim is trying to promote esports and this is what we give them?
"The Maxim Gamer Girl 2012 Contest is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, who are able to work in the United States, female only and are 21 years of age or older as of April 2, 2012."
On April 04 2012 06:04 confusedcrib wrote: It would be awesome if Anna won because, you know, she is actually an attractive female involved in gaming. Not like 99% of the other girls competing. And of course vote for Hot_Bid, just make sure you vote for Anna too.
Shes not actually any good at games though
why does being good matter? compared to a pro we are all shit. dont base your vote for anyone based on if they are actually good. base it on better criteria ;/
Why does looking good matter if we looking for an actually Gamer girl?
because thats what being female and on the internet has devolved into
if you got tits and a camera angle, you can be famous
Relax guys, Hot_bid cannt win. The fact hes the second leading vote getter is hilarious but you cannt compete with TradeChat. Her fans are rabid and the stuff shes promising for votes is nutz. + Show Spoiler [maybe NSFW?] +
Triple. It's really not a big deal. Kingston HyperX, a major sponsor of EG, along with various tournaments, community figures, and just about every one of us fans, is unable to stylise iNcontroL, and it's just about as nitpicky.
This whole thing is a joke...none of those girls are what a gamer girl looks like, or who a gamer girl is.
A gamer girl isn't an attention-seeking slut going "hey boys, look how nerdy i am xD", a gamer girl is a girl who plays games.
Contests like this just make me mad. So for the love of god vote for HotBid.
Totally agree, Maxim is just a misoginistic silly magazine, I personally would be a ashame of having a spotlight in that magazine. Besides, is a magazine for men, so maybe its fair a man win that contest? HotBid FTW!
On April 04 2012 07:32 Kurato wrote: "The Maxim Gamer Girl 2012 Contest is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, who are able to work in the United States, female only and are 21 years of age or older as of April 2, 2012."
FAQ=/ official rules. The official rules state nothing about gender.
On April 04 2012 07:32 Kurato wrote: "The Maxim Gamer Girl 2012 Contest is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, who are able to work in the United States, female only and are 21 years of age or older as of April 2, 2012."
FAQ=/ official rules. The official rules state nothing about gender.
splitting hair on a vote for "gamer girl" to legitimize hotbid's run? -,.-
On April 04 2012 07:16 Kryptonite wrote: Look, ppl need to stop voting for hot_bid. Everyone is always complaining about manner and the way esports is portrayed. Maxim is trying to promote esports and this is what we give them?
I second this motion. If we think that what Maxim is doing is the right thing for e-sports then we should be careful. If Maxim takes the Hot Bid thing as a joke and laughs over it, great. But I feel like there's a significant risk they might get pissed and conclude that the gaming community is not worth their while.
Maxim and "the right thing for e-sports" are so far seperated that I don't know why people are mentioning them.
There's a small chance if you play this off perfectly that Maxim might get "interested" or have a look at esports but seriously, this is a joke.
It's a contest of who's got the least clothes in their photos. Most of the about mes are Call of Duty MW3, Skyrim and another FotM game.
The person in first place is offering to release pictures from her bikini photoshoot if she wins, not mentioning she'll video her dancing in some rainbow fluffy outfit too.
The only person that looked remotely legit was the person that I saw mentioned Conkers Bad Fur Day as one of their favourite games because I doubt any people who try to "pretend" to be a gamer would know about it.
Don't take it seriously but still vote for Anna and Hotbid because if anyone could turn this around into something positive however slim for us it'd be her
Maxim is trying to promote e-sport, and TL is essentially trying to troll them. This seems counter productive to the idea of bringing e-Spoirts to the mainstream.
On April 04 2012 07:16 Kryptonite wrote: Look, ppl need to stop voting for hot_bid. Everyone is always complaining about manner and the way esports is portrayed. Maxim is trying to promote esports and this is what we give them?
I second this motion. If we think that what Maxim is doing is the right thing for e-sports then we should be careful. If Maxim takes the Hot Bid thing as a joke and laughs over it, great. But I feel like there's a significant risk they might get pissed and conclude that the gaming community is not worth their while.
Maxim and "the right thing for e-sports" are so far seperated that I don't know why people are mentioning them.
There's a small chance if you play this off perfectly that Maxim might get "interested" or have a look at esports but seriously, this is a joke.
It's a contest of who's got the least clothes in their photos. Most of the about mes are Call of Duty MW3, Skyrim and another FotM game.
The person in first place is offering to release pictures from her bikini photoshoot if she wins, not mentioning she'll video her dancing in some rainbow fluffy outfit too.
The only person that looked remotely legit was the person that I saw mentioned Conkers Bad Fur Day as one of their favourite games because I doubt any people who try to "pretend" to be a gamer would know about it.
Don't take it seriously but still vote for Anna and Hotbid because if anyone could turn this around into something positive however slim for us it'd be her
Yeah, about the actual contest, it's a complete joke, and I think Hot_Bid's participation reflects this perfectly. Most of the top profiles are just almost Copy paste-ish messages about how they play MW3 or some other FotM stuff that a lot of non-gamers know about.
On that note, though, if I were to ascribe a shred of legitimacy to the competition, I would hope for Anna to be the victor.
First off, thank you all SO MUCH for voting <3 I appreciate it so much and I cannot express to you how much this means to me...
Now that we got that out of the way, let's lay down some REWARDS for reaching certain numbers of votes :D
5,000 votes: Behind the scenes video of my last photo shoot 10,000 votes: Live stream gameplay of the WoW Beta 25,000 votes: New L2 MS Paint video (remember my Boomkin video from forever ago? awwww yeah) 50,000 votes: 2 hour live stream where I call FANS on skype 100,000 votes: Nerdy outfits video (like my "what should I pack for blizzcon" video) 250,000 votes: 6 hour live stream where I call EVEN MOAR FANS on skype 500,000 votes: Video of me on my channel dancing around in my rainbow fluffy outfit (you read that right lol) 1,000,000 votes: 12 hour livestream PARTY <3
IF I WIN: Aside from the spread in MAXIM, I will also do a new photo shoot (bikini) with a behind the scenes video and the pictures will be signed and sold to fans! <3
^ Seriously? Am I wrong? I mean, I get it, other girls in the top 8 have backgrounds in modelling, etc. But this one just comes off as... tacky. Like, cheap. Correct me if I'm wrong, and I hope I'm not offending any of her fans.
Anyway, Hot_Bid needs to win this.
hot_bid needs to dance for us in a rainbow fluffy outfit if we reach 1,000 votes.
On April 04 2012 07:55 wunsun wrote: Maxim is trying to promote e-sport, and TL is essentially trying to troll them. This seems counter productive to the idea of bringing e-Spoirts to the mainstream.
I don't see how they're really trying to promote eSports. They're just looking for a good looking girl who either has or can pretend to have an interest in gaming. There are obviously attractive women out there who play games, but this competition seems to be perpetuating the worst "gamer girl" stereotypes out there.
I don't really see them promoting eSports or even being productive for women in gaming in general.
Fuck it, vote for whomever you want. If the community wants to rally around Hot_Bid I'm all fucking for it.
On April 04 2012 07:55 wunsun wrote: Maxim is trying to promote e-sport, and TL is essentially trying to troll them. This seems counter productive to the idea of bringing e-Spoirts to the mainstream.
I don't see how they're really trying to promote eSports. They're just looking for a good looking girl who either has or can pretend to have an interest in gaming. There are obviously attractive women out there who play games, but this competition seems to be perpetuating the worst "gamer girl" stereotypes out there.
I don't really see them promoting eSports or even being productive for women in gaming in general.
Fuck it, vote for whomever you want. If the community wants to rally around Hot_Bid I'm all fucking for it.
Agreed, you gotta be joking if you think Maxim is really doing this "for eSports", get real. They're trying to rally (re-rally?) up a new demographic to sell their magazine. Thats all.
And given that most of the contestants just seem to be models who incidentally own an Xbox, I think Hot_Bid is a way better candidate for gamer girl.
LOL...haven't heard WoW jokes in ages. "Your momma so fat, I shadow stepped her and got a load screen." Pretty win, even though shes very attentiony as apparant by looking at her Maxim thing. She...perhaps gets a vote!
those jokes were not even funny, where are teh standards O_O I haven't played WoW since halfway through wotlk though so idk maybe wow humor isn't that funny to me. that said the rogue and pick lock one did make me chuckle tho, but i'll forget it in a few days.
Vote for hot_bid for the lulz or anna (anna most respectable girl in sc2 community and probably any gaming community in general imo)
On April 04 2012 07:16 Kryptonite wrote: Look, ppl need to stop voting for hot_bid. Everyone is always complaining about manner and the way esports is portrayed. Maxim is trying to promote esports and this is what we give them?
Are you for real? This competition is a farce and everyone who signs up for it should be ashamed of themselves, obviously hotbid not included since he did it as a joke. For esports? Please it's nothing but a attention whore competition about who has managed to entice the most basement dwellers by showing off cleavage on youtube.
You realise there's about a 2% chance that there's actually a joke in there that she came up with...
Why is that? I didn't find the minute and a half of that video I watched particularly funny, but I don't really see a reason to automatically assume that she couldn't have made a lot of those up herself. With no evidence to the contrary I see little reason to make such an assertion, apparently she has been doing WoW related stuff for some time.
You realise there's about a 2% chance that there's actually a joke in there that she came up with...
Why is that? I didn't find the minute and a half of that video I watched particularly funny, but I don't really see a reason to automatically assume that she couldn't have made a lot of those up herself. With no evidence to the contrary I see little reason to make such an assertion, apparently she has been doing WoW related stuff for some time.
I've heard half of those jokes long before, from other WoW players. At least half of them aren't hers.
On April 04 2012 09:03 Kimaker wrote: With Anna stealing votes from Hot_Bid...I just don't know what to say...the TL community split...pitting brother against brother...
It's like modern American politics xD
You can vote multiple times. However, you can only vote for each person once a day.
On April 04 2012 09:03 Kimaker wrote: With Anna stealing votes from Hot_Bid...I just don't know what to say...the TL community split...pitting brother against brother...
It's like modern American politics xD
You can vote for 2 people. No splitting required.
EDIT: Don't you dare vote for that wow person that Hot_Bid needs to defeat though.
You realise there's about a 2% chance that there's actually a joke in there that she came up with...
Why is that? I didn't find the minute and a half of that video I watched particularly funny, but I don't really see a reason to automatically assume that she couldn't have made a lot of those up herself. With no evidence to the contrary I see little reason to make such an assertion, apparently she has been doing WoW related stuff for some time.
I've heard half of those jokes long before, from other WoW players. At least half of them aren't hers.
So she picked a bunch of them up from the community, let's even say most of them. The point I was making is that the assertion out of nowhere that there's a "2%chance that there's actually a joke in there that she came up with..." is kind of senseless. The delivery of her jokes in the video was off-putting enough for me to not sit through it, better to focus on something that's actually visible than making hyperbolic assertions based on little to no evidence.
Based on her profile on the maxim site itself(I can't be bothered to visit her YouTube channel and check out her other stuff) she does seem to fit the attention whore stereotype for gamer girls which this competition is sort of reinforcing.
You realise there's about a 2% chance that there's actually a joke in there that she came up with...
You know theres a 90% chance i can pull a statistic out my ass an post it on a forum as well? who cares if she didnt come up with them? the video is funny
On April 04 2012 07:16 Kryptonite wrote: Look, ppl need to stop voting for hot_bid. Everyone is always complaining about manner and the way esports is portrayed. Maxim is trying to promote esports and this is what we give them?
But I feel like there's a significant risk they might get pissed and conclude that the gaming community is not worth their while.
As far as I'm concerned, that's not a risk, that's an ideal happy ending.
Anyway, trolling is just about the only thing that justifies this contest getting so much attention. Even so, it's still somewhat depressing that threads like these make it to the top of a TL forum section (and a Starcraft 2 section at that).
On April 04 2012 09:10 Mordiford wrote: Based on her profile on the maxim site itself(I can't be bothered to visit her YouTube channel and check out her other stuff) she does seem to fit the attention whore stereotype for gamer girls which this competition is sort of reinforcing.
Entering the competition at all makes you fit the "attention whore stereotype for gamer girls."
And yes, that includes Hot_Bid
always trying to sneak into photos just so people see his face
On April 04 2012 09:03 Kimaker wrote: With Anna stealing votes from Hot_Bid...I just don't know what to say...the TL community split...pitting brother against brother...
It's like modern American politics xD
You can vote for 2 people. No splitting required.
EDIT: Don't you dare vote for that wow person that Hot_Bid needs to defeat though.
Ugh, I know right? Her videos were super annoying.
On April 04 2012 09:10 Mordiford wrote: Based on her profile on the maxim site itself(I can't be bothered to visit her YouTube channel and check out her other stuff) she does seem to fit the attention whore stereotype for gamer girls which this competition is sort of reinforcing.
Entering the competition at all makes you fit the "attention whore stereotype for gamer girls."
And yes, that includes Hot_Bid
always trying to sneak into photos just so people see his face
You realise there's about a 2% chance that there's actually a joke in there that she came up with...
Why is that? I didn't find the minute and a half of that video I watched particularly funny, but I don't really see a reason to automatically assume that she couldn't have made a lot of those up herself. With no evidence to the contrary I see little reason to make such an assertion, apparently she has been doing WoW related stuff for some time.
I've heard half of those jokes long before, from other WoW players. At least half of them aren't hers.
So she picked a bunch of them up from the community, let's even say most of them. The point I was making is that the assertion out of nowhere that there's a "2%chance that there's actually a joke in there that she came up with..." is kind of senseless. The delivery of her jokes in the video was off-putting enough for me to not sit through it, better to focus on something that's actually visible than making hyperbolic assertions based on little to no evidence.
Based on her profile on the maxim site itself(I can't be bothered to visit her YouTube channel and check out her other stuff) she does seem to fit the attention whore stereotype for gamer girls which this competition is sort of reinforcing.
Everytime she told a joke and then dropped her jaw I died a little bit inside.
did anyone read this blog he posted on his profile? never laughed so hard in my life "I tell you to meet me in France, but I go to China. I don't trust you yet. "
There are actual female sc2 players that we can support now, ie Aphrodite, eve, Taiwanese tv personality girl, flo, etc. n first three are good looking too which fits what maxim probably looks for.
On April 04 2012 07:55 wunsun wrote: Maxim is trying to promote e-sport, and TL is essentially trying to troll them. This seems counter productive to the idea of bringing e-Spoirts to the mainstream.
I don't see how they're really trying to promote eSports. They're just looking for a good looking girl who either has or can pretend to have an interest in gaming. There are obviously attractive women out there who play games, but this competition seems to be perpetuating the worst "gamer girl" stereotypes out there.
I don't really see them promoting eSports or even being productive for women in gaming in general.
Fuck it, vote for whomever you want. If the community wants to rally around Hot_Bid I'm all fucking for it.
Agreed, you gotta be joking if you think Maxim is really doing this "for eSports", get real. They're trying to rally (re-rally?) up a new demographic to sell their magazine. Thats all.
And given that most of the contestants just seem to be models who incidentally own an Xbox, I think Hot_Bid is a way better candidate for gamer girl.
If they put a girl who plays any video games, up there, is there a possibility of e-sport being promoted? Versus us basically trolling them they may pull the whole thing.
I'm not saying this is the best promotional opportunity for e-sports, but it is one, and a fairly mainstream one at that. I think you can pick a girl who looks good and can represent esports. Such as Anna.
On April 04 2012 07:55 wunsun wrote: Maxim is trying to promote e-sport, and TL is essentially trying to troll them. This seems counter productive to the idea of bringing e-Spoirts to the mainstream.
I don't see how they're really trying to promote eSports. They're just looking for a good looking girl who either has or can pretend to have an interest in gaming. There are obviously attractive women out there who play games, but this competition seems to be perpetuating the worst "gamer girl" stereotypes out there.
I don't really see them promoting eSports or even being productive for women in gaming in general.
Fuck it, vote for whomever you want. If the community wants to rally around Hot_Bid I'm all fucking for it.
Agreed, you gotta be joking if you think Maxim is really doing this "for eSports", get real. They're trying to rally (re-rally?) up a new demographic to sell their magazine. Thats all.
And given that most of the contestants just seem to be models who incidentally own an Xbox, I think Hot_Bid is a way better candidate for gamer girl.
If they put a girl who plays any video games, up there, is there a possibility of e-sport being promoted? Versus us basically trolling them they may pull the whole thing.
I'm not saying this is the best promotional opportunity for e-sports, but it is one, and a fairly mainstream one at that. I think you can pick a girl who looks good and can represent esports. Such as Anna.
Would you buy a copy of Maxim magazine normally. Now if Hot Bid had a ridiculous photo shoot in said copy of maxim, would you buy a copy? Plus then more exposure to SC2 from maxim.
On April 04 2012 11:52 Joedaddy wrote: I'd like to make a motion that we get rid of Hot_Bid and replace her with Seltzer. I'd much rather see that than Hot_Bid.
On April 04 2012 11:52 Joedaddy wrote: I'd like to make a motion that we get rid of Hot_Bid and replace her with Seltzer. I'd much rather see that than Hot_Bid.
On April 04 2012 11:52 Joedaddy wrote: I'd like to make a motion that we get rid of Hot_Bid and replace her with Seltzer. I'd much rather see that than Hot_Bid.
On April 04 2012 11:52 Joedaddy wrote: I'd like to make a motion that we get rid of Hot_Bid and replace her with Seltzer. I'd much rather see that than Hot_Bid.
motion considered and denied, with prejudice.
Who are you people.....
judge, jury and executioner on all things esports related. please to meet you Joe.
On April 04 2012 11:52 Joedaddy wrote: I'd like to make a motion that we get rid of Hot_Bid and replace her with Seltzer. I'd much rather see that than Hot_Bid.
You can't really just add Seltzer without asking her anyway.
On April 04 2012 12:28 Luepert wrote: This is why people think gamers are weird, the contest for "maxim gamer girl" is won by a little Asian dude.
That "little Asian dude" has a dream. And Team Liquid is place where we cradle and foster those dreams until they become a reality. Hot_Bid doesn't ask for much. He doesn't talk a lot. We as a community need to recognize this and help the guy go for gold.
On the other hand Uncontrolable, Seltzer, Flo, etc. would probably be more appropriate considering the physiological discrimination this contest is condoning. But much like Lady Gaga, Hot_Bid was born this way. So if you love ESPORTS, if you love Team Liquid, or you just love "little Asian dudes", Vote Hot_Bid.
On April 04 2012 05:36 TaKemE wrote: Hot_bid will only be first if you get some big youtube channel (TB/husky etc) to post video about it like the one with 4k votes did.
I'd vote for flo if she were wearing bikinis and shizz just like all the other GAYMER GRRRRRLZZZZ there. Come on, you can't be in masters and wear bikinis at the same time? :D
LOL i was voting for another fps player and decided to browse the "girls" and first page i see hot_bid this is my reaction: (⌐■_■) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (O_O) - "mother of god"
This is such a lovely competition! All of these girls are just absolute delights and I cant wait to see the spirit of competition over the coming weeks between these fierce opponents! May all competitors be blessed and good luck to everyone! =D
Hm that voting rewards thing on the TradeChat profile is pretty er well... it's not really in the spirit of the competition is it? I don't know maybe it is. She's definitely not what I'd want to hold up as a model for gamers though sigh.
On a side note, the contest makes no effin sense, they want a "female gamer" but the job is about being a model basically and gaming is completely irrelevant lol
Everyone Flag the trade chat girls blog so we can get her disqualified on a technicality and then have the asian guy win. Oh and make sure to vote for both Anna and Hotbid everyday
On April 03 2012 23:18 Hot_Bid wrote: As funny as it is that I get joke votes you can vote for multiple people, please vote for Anna Prosser as well if you have time.
Also I can't wait for the photoshoot.
Love how you think is a joke, you are the TL princess.
Is this a beauty contest or a gamer girl contest? Got to love some of the pictures people are putting up. As if it is only about looks. For example this HotBid girl could post a picture which emphasizes her looks less and brings out her other qualities better. Also, http://maximgamergirl.com/MeganRetzlaff could do the same.+ Show Spoiler +
Hot_Bid and Anna in second and third which according to the rules means they will advance to the next stage. If Day[9], Husky, Total Biscut or anyone else with a big youtube following make a video for him I'm sure Hot_Bid could jump to first overnight.
Human nydus worm is on t heir front page. How could they let pics post without checking them first. Of course there is gonna be crazy gay kink all over the place.
On April 04 2012 17:04 Velocirapture wrote: Human nydus worm is on t heir front page. How could they let pics post without checking them first. Of course there is gonna be crazy gay kink all over the place.
Sweet baby Jesus I was just about to point this out. Human nydus worm is pretty much goatse lite....
On April 04 2012 16:43 ShadeR wrote: there are some real nsfw entrant pics.
Yeah i actually agree with this haha. My gf saw me looking at this and thought it was porn lawls. I was like no its a maxim contest. She didnt believe me because it said "gamer" girls and these chicks didnt look like a gamer. She did laugh when i showed her hotbid haha
On April 04 2012 16:43 ShadeR wrote: there are some real nsfw entrant pics.
Yeah i actually agree with this haha. My gf saw me looking at this and thought it was porn lawls. I was like no its a maxim contest. She didnt believe me because it said "gamer" girls and these chicks didnt look like a gamer. She did laugh when i showed her hotbid haha
Yeah, my fiance was pissed when she saw I was on the maxim site. Had to explain about Hot_Bid and show her his pics. I don't really know what she thinks now but, I think I'm okay. Seriously, she should know better, what not 13 year old male would go to Maxim for porn?
On April 04 2012 15:59 Ketch wrote: Is this a beauty contest or a gamer girl contest? Got to love some of the pictures people are putting up. As if it is only about looks. For example this HotBid girl could post a picture which emphasizes her looks less and brings out her other qualities better. Also, http://maximgamergirl.com/MeganRetzlaff could do the same.+ Show Spoiler +
Or not.
this made my day.. that chick and hotbid (ESP ORTS.. LOLOL) in the same competition
the dude above me that described him as the 'human nydus worm' made me burst out laughing. so true. i just keep thinking of the hotbid photo bombing thread and feel that he has just one-up'd his own illustrious previous efforts.
On April 04 2012 17:04 Velocirapture wrote: Human nydus worm is on t heir front page. How could they let pics post without checking them first. Of course there is gonna be crazy gay kink all over the place.
Yeah I saw that too and gagged.. What the fuck is going on?!
On April 04 2012 01:27 FFW_Rude wrote: Voted. I'm really not a fan of this contest though. Ok pretty girls that's cool. Pornstar in the list... yeah ok why not. Maybe they play games ok. But really really not fan of : "I play games. I undress.. vote for me".
Anyway i really hope hot_bid wins ('cause he is awesome). And really hope to see Day[9] or TotalBiscuit helps with this.
Go for Hot_bid.
Miss Biscuit has endorsed it. So she just needs to leverage that into the TB fanbase somehow.
On April 04 2012 17:04 Velocirapture wrote: Human nydus worm is on t heir front page. How could they let pics post without checking them first. Of course there is gonna be crazy gay kink all over the place.
Sweet baby Jesus I was just about to point this out. Human nydus worm is pretty much goatse lite....
So that's what a goatse looks like? I'm too afraid to google
On April 04 2012 17:04 Velocirapture wrote: Human nydus worm is on t heir front page. How could they let pics post without checking them first. Of course there is gonna be crazy gay kink all over the place.
Sweet baby Jesus I was just about to point this out. Human nydus worm is pretty much goatse lite....
So that's what a goatse looks like? I'm too afraid to google
Goatse is just a distended anus. You have probably seen worse on the internet. But yeah, it is pretty much the same idea as the HumanNydusWorm picture but with more distension and less everything else.
On April 04 2012 18:02 Pandemona wrote: Why is Hot Bid and Anna getting owned by the WoW "insert naughty word" person ? ;;
We need more votes dammit!
Cuz she have youtube channel with like 100k subscriber and asked them to vote for her? no chance to win against that lol
If the sc2 youtube commentators get on it we definitely have a shot.
I doubt they'd promote anyone but themselves though. TB possibly, as he's more of a community person. Day9 too.
What are you talking about? TB and Day[9] promote people just by mentioning their names as they cast all the time o.o, including other casters (I don't see why he wouldn't atleast mention the Maxim/Hotbid/AnnaProsser if he was aware of it). That being said, we don't need Hotbid to beat the WowChat girl, we just need to keep him in the Top3 so the judges can then eliminate him.
God this contest is so blatantly tailored to get nerds riled up one just can't vote for anyone but TrollBid. Love the blogs below the lingerie model photos: "I'm paid to get to game conventions to get nerds horny and ACTUALLY I'M JUST A NERD WHO GOES THERE FOR THE GAMES SRSLYLOLOLOL!!!!!! (were all nerds here, eh?). Sure I can't play the games for shit but at least I can look good while doing it!" (slightly paraphrased). Hold on girl, I'll give you my vote once I got both hands free for sure!
If only all of the pornstars and models who carry the general attitude of "OMG I would be PERFECT for this because I'm hot, and I play that one game that my boyfriend plays!" were to be removed so we could have an actual contest here.
On April 04 2012 18:39 RancidTurnip wrote: If only all of the pornstars and models who carry the general attitude of "OMG I would be PERFECT for this because I'm hot, and I play that one game that my boyfriend plays!" were to be removed so we could have an actual contest here.
QFT much what i was thinking that said i was looking at it for the human nydus worm people were talking about and hotbid for lulz plus anna because shes actually apart of the community
Never really liked these kinds of magazines, nor their competitions. Imho this is kinda like the lingerie football, where girls are on because they're hot, and not 'cause they're particularly good. Think girls in general care too much about their looks, and it's probably at least partly because of media like maxim. /ramble off
Will make sure to vote for Hot_Bid though, would be too awesome if he actually won this.
On April 04 2012 19:10 Azalie wrote: oh my god i found the human nydus worm save yourself and don't go looking like i did.
How the hell did that stay up there, I made some profile called HugeKnockers with corresponding photo, was gone in like 5 minutes
what is exactly human nydus worm photo? i was trying to fidnt but coudnt lol
The photo is Goatse but less so. If you don't know what that means feel free to google it but be warned that it is very NSFW and may be harmful to your psyche.
On April 04 2012 19:10 Azalie wrote: oh my god i found the human nydus worm save yourself and don't go looking like i did.
How the hell did that stay up there, I made some profile called HugeKnockers with corresponding photo, was gone in like 5 minutes
what is exactly human nydus worm photo? i was trying to fidnt but coudnt lol
The photo is Goatse but less so. If you don't know what that means feel free to google it but be warned that it is very NSFW and may be harmful to your psyche.
i know what a goatse is, and no i dont find it disturbing at all :D human nydus worm sounds even more interesting ! :D
So I check out the person with the most amount of votes YT channel, and there she is, wearing a tight t-shirt and bouncing her milk containers. Only one solution - make a rival video Hot_Bid.
I don't know why anyone wants an actual girl from the community to win.
Maxim doesn't want to promote games or ESPORTS. They want to find a model who says she plays games, and then do a sexy photoshoot while doing an interview where she talks about how she plays CoD, and then some sad people will buy it because "Omg its a hot girl who plays games, maybe she'll add me on Xbox."
Obviously I hope Hot_Bid wins and does a sexy photoshoot with lots of suggestive posing and some cleavage, but I think they'll just put through one of the hot models who hope this will help her career take off and then the judges will vote for her. Maybe that one wearing suspenders who loves games so much that she gets paid to be a booth girl.
On April 04 2012 17:04 Velocirapture wrote: Human nydus worm is on t heir front page. How could they let pics post without checking them first. Of course there is gonna be crazy gay kink all over the place.
Sweet baby Jesus I was just about to point this out. Human nydus worm is pretty much goatse lite....
So that's what a goatse looks like? I'm too afraid to google
Goatse is just a distended anus. You have probably seen worse on the internet. But yeah, it is pretty much the same idea as the HumanNydusWorm picture but with more distension and less everything else.
It strangely makes me proud when TL has taken a page straight out of 4chan. Too bad Maxim is gonna probably cheat and select their choice out of the top 5 or something.
She is offering rewards for her votes, including dancing around in a variety of clothing for her viewers. Ho.
HotBid is obviously going to get deleted, I think we need to rally around and get Anna Prosser a win. Shes actually hotter than all of them, she's done a lot for the gaming scene, and she's a great woman (i.e. not a ho).
On April 04 2012 17:04 Velocirapture wrote: Human nydus worm is on t heir front page. How could they let pics post without checking them first. Of course there is gonna be crazy gay kink all over the place.
Sweet baby Jesus I was just about to point this out. Human nydus worm is pretty much goatse lite....
So that's what a goatse looks like? I'm too afraid to google
Goatse is just a distended anus. You have probably seen worse on the internet. But yeah, it is pretty much the same idea as the HumanNydusWorm picture but with more distension and less everything else.
On April 05 2012 01:20 Deadeight wrote: lol look at TradeChat's profile.
She is offering rewards for her votes, including dancing around in a variety of clothing for her viewers. Ho.
HotBid is obviously going to get deleted, I think we need to rally around and get Anna Prosser a win. Shes actually hotter than all of them, she's done a lot for the gaming scene, and she's a great woman (i.e. not a ho).
I approve of these methods - I think Hot_Bid should approach this with similar sluttyness and promise to dance for us at IPL in some skanky outfits!
I actually remember once there was a nuts magasine vote like this. There was this really unattractive girl and it got all over the web, and she got thousands of votes. When it came to the end though nuts claimed that "russian hackers" had taken a liking to her and hacked the website and given her loads of votes, and just declared the second place the winner. Was kinda bullshit.
On April 05 2012 01:20 Deadeight wrote: lol look at TradeChat's profile.
She is offering rewards for her votes, including dancing around in a variety of clothing for her viewers. Ho.
HotBid is obviously going to get deleted, I think we need to rally around and get Anna Prosser a win. Shes actually hotter than all of them, she's done a lot for the gaming scene, and she's a great woman (i.e. not a ho).
Hard to know if HB will get deleted or not. Didn't find anything in the rules that said the ones with most votes will win anything plus it says the winner will be picked by the sponsor anyway. The lobbying people like tradechat do through youtube etc is often encouraged in "competitions" like these since it's free marketing or whatever, so wouldn't surprise me if they keep HB.
Anna seems to be doing ok this far, third most votes after the youtube girl and HB as far as I can tell so I assume she will make it through if it stays that way. Remember you can vote on more than participant as well.
On April 05 2012 01:20 Deadeight wrote: lol look at TradeChat's profile.
She is offering rewards for her votes, including dancing around in a variety of clothing for her viewers. Ho.
HotBid is obviously going to get deleted, I think we need to rally around and get Anna Prosser a win. Shes actually hotter than all of them, she's done a lot for the gaming scene, and she's a great woman (i.e. not a ho).
Hard to know if HB will get deleted or not. Didn't find anything in the rules that said the ones with most votes will win anything plus it says the winner will be picked by the sponsor anyway. The lobbying people like tradechat do through youtube etc is often encouraged in "competitions" like these since it's free marketing or whatever, so wouldn't surprise me if they keep HB.
Anna seems to be doing ok this far, third most votes after the youtube girl and HB as far as I can tell so I assume she will make it through if it stays that way. Remember you can vote on more than participant as well.
I was able to vote again because the Vote limit resets after 24 hours. Let's Go Uncontrolable!!!
On April 05 2012 02:57 DisOriental wrote: A reminder that you can vote daily!!!
one vote to the Biddy, and Anna a day.
Can't let this TradeSlut win the voting stage.
don't you want to see her bikini photo shoot pictures if she wins?
How old is she? She looks and acts 16... Too young for me to look at!
Edit: The contest says you must be at least 21... So I guess she is over 21, but she acts like a little kid. You watch her video on there? I wanted to stab my brain with a Q-tip. >.<
Ok guys. Remember that you can vote every day and that you can vote for both Hot_Bid and Anna at once. TL doesn't lose polls, so go do your duty and vote for Hot_Bid!
On April 05 2012 02:57 DisOriental wrote: A reminder that you can vote daily!!!
one vote to the Biddy, and Anna a day.
Can't let this TradeSlut win the voting stage.
don't you want to see her bikini photo shoot pictures if she wins?
I can look at naked girls on the internet all day long. I'm not particularly interested in this ONE chick. I'd rather vote for Hotbid and Anna
For real, I don't know what the appeal is for that one... I really don't think she's attractive at all. I mean she has a figure... but that is about it.
Also, since Hayder gets his burger eating photo up there... I think it's only fair to photoshop other liquid players into a Hot_Bid profile pic and have a sort of Liquid'Frankenstein pic up.
regbaker Today at 11:42 AM Hello Megan, In all fairness, i joined this site,purely to vote for Anna Prosser, who works for the same team as my son. Starcraft2"s very own, EG DeMuslim. Your pic was right next door, and fully deserving a vote. Regards, RegBaker@sky.com
On April 04 2012 17:04 Velocirapture wrote: Human nydus worm is on t heir front page. How could they let pics post without checking them first. Of course there is gonna be crazy gay kink all over the place.
Sweet baby Jesus I was just about to point this out. Human nydus worm is pretty much goatse lite....
So that's what a goatse looks like? I'm too afraid to google
Goatse is just a distended anus. You have probably seen worse on the internet. But yeah, it is pretty much the same idea as the HumanNydusWorm picture but with more distension and less everything else.
What does distended mean? My english sucks T_T
It means: increased, as in size or volume or expanded or dilated. Don't worry that isn't actually a common English word, I was up all night righting a term paper and wrote that at about four in the morning and ended up being a bit pretentious because I was in the middle of an intellectual paper and didn't switch tones well.
regbaker Today at 11:42 AM Hello Megan, In all fairness, i joined this site,purely to vote for Anna Prosser, who works for the same team as my son. Starcraft2"s very own, EG DeMuslim. Your pic was right next door, and fully deserving a vote. Regards, RegBaker@sky.com
On April 04 2012 12:28 Luepert wrote: This is why people think gamers are weird, the contest for "maxim gamer girl" is won by a little Asian dude.
That "little Asian dude" has a dream. And Team Liquid is place where we cradle and foster those dreams until they become a reality. Hot_Bid doesn't ask for much. He doesn't talk a lot. We as a community need to recognize this and help the guy go for gold.
On the other hand Uncontrolable, Seltzer, Flo, etc. would probably be more appropriate considering the physiological discrimination this contest is condoning. But much like Lady Gaga, Hot_Bid was born this way. So if you love ESPORTS, if you love Team Liquid, or you just love "little Asian dudes", Vote Hot_Bid.
Oh indeed I voted Hot_Bid, just from the outside this looks pretty strange.
It's also kind of ironic how just a few days ago there was a big thread about how the person who was born a man got a sex change and was eliminated from Miss Universe Canada. The ironic thing is that many of the same people who said it was good that person got kicked out because they were born a man are voting for Hot_Bid in a gamer GIRL contest. Just my thoughts.
If they disallow votes with fake emails HotBid is gonna lose quite a few. Ive just been mashing my fist on my keyboard then putting @hotmail.co.uk behing it
I'm a chick. I actually play games. Not willing to show my panties or body parts for votes.
User was banned for this post.
When I saw this post I clicked the link and saw the Day9 shirt and voted, but then when I came back I noticed it was posted by the chick and it was her first post. I am dissapoint.
On April 04 2012 12:28 Luepert wrote: This is why people think gamers are weird, the contest for "maxim gamer girl" is won by a little Asian dude.
That "little Asian dude" has a dream. And Team Liquid is place where we cradle and foster those dreams until they become a reality. Hot_Bid doesn't ask for much. He doesn't talk a lot. We as a community need to recognize this and help the guy go for gold.
On the other hand Uncontrolable, Seltzer, Flo, etc. would probably be more appropriate considering the physiological discrimination this contest is condoning. But much like Lady Gaga, Hot_Bid was born this way. So if you love ESPORTS, if you love Team Liquid, or you just love "little Asian dudes", Vote Hot_Bid.
Oh indeed I voted Hot_Bid, just from the outside this looks pretty strange.
It's also kind of ironic how just a few days ago there was a big thread about how the person who was born a man got a sex change and was eliminated from Miss Universe Canada. The ironic thing is that many of the same people who said it was good that person got kicked out because they were born a man are voting for Hot_Bid in a gamer GIRL contest. Just my thoughts.
Dude it's some silly photo cover shoot spread thing in a magazine only desperate horny men purchase. That's why we want him to win. It would be hilarious when they smuggle their magazine to the toilet for some alone time to release the stresses of the day ...
On April 05 2012 05:20 Luepert wrote: Oh indeed I voted Hot_Bid, just from the outside this looks pretty strange.
It's also kind of ironic how just a few days ago there was a big thread about how the person who was born a man got a sex change and was eliminated from Miss Universe Canada. The ironic thing is that many of the same people who said it was good that person got kicked out because they were born a man are voting for Hot_Bid in a gamer GIRL contest. Just my thoughts.
They don't relate at all (if you're informed on the subject ofc), one is a case where someone was born with GID and is legally a woman struggling to be taken seriously in what she likes to do (beauty pageants for some reason) while the other is a cisgender guy trolling a crappy magazine.
On April 05 2012 05:39 Blacktion wrote: If they disallow votes with fake emails HotBid is gonna lose quite a few. Ive just been mashing my fist on my keyboard then putting @hotmail.co.uk behing it
Pick things you expect to be real e-mail addresses. Any word in a kids dictionary is a good bet, as are the most common few thousand names. You can make voting accounts for each name at @hotmail.com, @hotmail.co.uk, @live.com, @live.co.uk, @gmail.com and any other free e-mail services. Even if they disallow fake emails, unless they verify someone has actually voted with their e-mail account you should get enough real e-mails to win.
Also, they may be suspicious if 10,000 votes a day come from the same IP, you should consider this in your mass voting strategy.
On April 05 2012 08:40 Weebem-Na wrote: Hopefully playboy will launch a "hottest-sluttiest-girl-gamer-pornstar you've always wanted a handy from" competition to up the ante a little bit.
While I wait for that, HotBid will be getting a few extra votes.
Yeah, that will really boost girl gaming to that next level where they get taken more seriously
On April 05 2012 08:40 Weebem-Na wrote: Hopefully playboy will launch a "hottest-sluttiest-girl-gamer-pornstar you've always wanted a handy from" competition to up the ante a little bit.
While I wait for that, HotBid will be getting a few extra votes.
Yeah, that will really boost girl gaming to that next level where they get taken more seriously
A vote for Hotbid is a vote for female gamers being taken more seriously.
On April 05 2012 08:40 Weebem-Na wrote: Hopefully playboy will launch a "hottest-sluttiest-girl-gamer-pornstar you've always wanted a handy from" competition to up the ante a little bit.
While I wait for that, HotBid will be getting a few extra votes.
Yeah, that will really boost girl gaming to that next level where they get taken more seriously
A vote for Hotbid is a vote for female gamers being taken more seriously.
LOL they must not be approving or reviewing these pics at all. in the "new girl" section, someone registered as tubgirl, with the photo you'd all expect. loooooooool
On April 05 2012 02:57 DisOriental wrote: A reminder that you can vote daily!!!
one vote to the Biddy, and Anna a day.
Can't let this TradeSlut win the voting stage.
don't you want to see her bikini photo shoot pictures if she wins?
Been there, done that:
toooooooo white.
wheres hot_bids bikini shots?
That ain't nothing. People turn pale green here during the winters. Also it's a gamer girl. You can't take a gold tanned gamer girl seriously.
Guys.. Just go watch some porn if that's what you're after. In this contest, Hot_Bid is the only option. The tradechat girl has a hubris that needs to be knocked down a peg or two. Look at her info. If she gets a fucking million votes, she'll do a 12 hour stream marathon. Well, TLO and Sheth did a 24 hour marathon for charity. Don't let that spoiled brat win!
On April 05 2012 10:41 CTStalker wrote: LOL they must not be approving or reviewing these pics at all. in the "new girl" section, someone registered as tubgirl, with the photo you'd all expect. loooooooool
haha yess I just saw that too. hilariously internept for such a big magazine.
On April 05 2012 10:41 CTStalker wrote: LOL they must not be approving or reviewing these pics at all. in the "new girl" section, someone registered as tubgirl, with the photo you'd all expect. loooooooool
I saw that, was like "what the fuck is that HOOOOOOOOLY SHIT"
On April 05 2012 10:41 CTStalker wrote: LOL they must not be approving or reviewing these pics at all. in the "new girl" section, someone registered as tubgirl, with the photo you'd all expect. loooooooool
Lol, look again. Someone put trollface as their profile pic and someone else registered as George Constanza. Loooool.
On April 05 2012 10:41 CTStalker wrote: LOL they must not be approving or reviewing these pics at all. in the "new girl" section, someone registered as tubgirl, with the photo you'd all expect. loooooooool
What is that? I can't even see what's going on in the picture (didn't wanna zoom in). Could you give a description? There was a picture of a dude (it was very clear that it was a dude) earlier who paraded an anus so spread out that you could easily fit a middle aged panda in there.
On April 05 2012 10:41 CTStalker wrote: LOL they must not be approving or reviewing these pics at all. in the "new girl" section, someone registered as tubgirl, with the photo you'd all expect. loooooooool
What is that? I can't even see what's going on in the picture (didn't wanna zoom in). Could you give a description? There was a picture of a dude (it was very clear that it was a dude) earlier who paraded an anus so spread out that you could easily fit a middle aged panda in there.
On April 05 2012 02:57 DisOriental wrote: A reminder that you can vote daily!!!
one vote to the Biddy, and Anna a day.
Can't let this TradeSlut win the voting stage.
don't you want to see her bikini photo shoot pictures if she wins?
Been there, done that:
insert not impressed flash meme
Yea the biggest problem with the Maxim competition is that even if a girl is a much more qualified candidate, she doesn't have any chance against much more known girls with pre-existing fanbases. This girl can't even hold a candle to most of the other entries in the looks department. I would much rather see Anna or that one chick who was a pro CoD player win (though to be fair I haven't looked through nearly half of the contestants).
On April 03 2012 23:18 Hot_Bid wrote: As funny as it is that I get joke votes you can vote for multiple people, please vote for Anna Prosser as well if you have time.
Also I can't wait for the photoshoot.
I didn't know we could vote for multiple people.
I voted for Anna Prosser too. I love you Geoff, no homo.
I am a female, bisexual gamer and I believe 100% that Hot_Bid is the sexiest gamer girl in this contest.
In all seriousness, I will keep voting for him and I hope he's at least top 3 because this sort of contest is exactly why there's such a lack of real gamer girls. If the esports community wants more legit female players, start rewarding quality players more than the attention whoring skank brigade that encompasses 99% of this contest.
And by 99% I mean every girl in it who is not Hot_Bid.
On April 05 2012 15:49 Petra37 wrote: I am a female, bisexual gamer and I believe 100% that Hot_Bid is the sexiest gamer girl in this contest.
In all seriousness, I will keep voting for him and I hope he's at least top 3 because this sort of contest is exactly why there's such a lack of real gamer girls. If the esports community wants more legit female players, start rewarding quality players more than the attention whoring skank brigade that encompasses 99% of this contest.
And by 99% I mean every girl in it who is not Hot_Bid.
Hot_Bid and don't forget Anna Prosser. She deserves to win this competition.
On April 05 2012 15:49 Petra37 wrote: I am a female, bisexual gamer and I believe 100% that Hot_Bid is the sexiest gamer girl in this contest.
In all seriousness, I will keep voting for him and I hope he's at least top 3 because this sort of contest is exactly why there's such a lack of real gamer girls. If the esports community wants more legit female players, start rewarding quality players more than the attention whoring skank brigade that encompasses 99% of this contest.
And by 99% I mean every girl in it who is not Hot_Bid.
Hot_Bid and don't forget Anna Prosser. She deserves to win this competition.
Can't honestly say I agree, but it's neither here nor there. Hot_Bid is just the only girl for me right now.
Don't forget to renew your votes every 24hrs people! Also I updated my registration info with a new set of fake name/e-mail address so as not to be instantly dismissed as fake ones
On April 05 2012 17:49 JOJOsc2news wrote: I didn't know I could vote again. MAKE SURE YOU VOTE HOT_BID EVERY DAY! You can renew your votes after 24 hours.
We are still behind TradeChat. Come on guys, do you really want to see her in a bikini when you can get Hot_Bid in a bikini?
If I could get a guarantee of Hot Bid in a bikini
I'd vote every day and recruit 20 more to do the same. I wanna see Hot Bid on the cover of Maxim!
regbaker Today at 11:42 AM Hello Megan, In all fairness, i joined this site,purely to vote for Anna Prosser, who works for the same team as my son. Starcraft2"s very own, EG DeMuslim. Your pic was right next door, and fully deserving a vote. Regards, RegBaker@sky.com
He could be her father, or maybe even grandfather, why would you leave your email like that anyways :S
ps. Still voting for Hot Bid
pps. show my WazzupBitches spoof some love if your voting anyways
Not sure why this particular comment made it to this forum apart from the link to Demuslim.
Bad timing on Demuslim senior's behalf, just before a big tournament. Don't let this alter your performance in Las Vegas Demu. Everyone has a parent who can be an embarassment from time to time, but, I think you should mention to your Dad, its not a good idea to put your e-mail address on an open comment forum and also a hint, dont let the beautiful Abbegirl near him :-)
On April 05 2012 17:44 AlgeriaT wrote: Don't forget to renew your votes every 24hrs people! Also I updated my registration info with a new set of fake name/e-mail address so as not to be instantly dismissed as fake ones
I think this is a pretty cool competition, Im a little disappointed to see everyone trolling maxim so hard by voting Hot_bid like crazy. Not that he isnt the man or anything, but this is a pretty cool competition, if everyone makes fun of it then they are far less likely to do anything like this in the future...
On April 05 2012 20:30 Terranlover wrote: stop vote for freaking hot_bid.....no one gives a shit. i wanna see that tradechat girl in awesome hd photos ok
look, if there is one thing that we aren't running low on it is boobs on the internet, would you really risk the life of E-SPORTS just for one more pair?
On April 05 2012 20:30 Terranlover wrote: stop vote for freaking hot_bid.....no one gives a shit. i wanna see that tradechat girl in awesome hd photos ok
look, if there is one thing that we aren't running low on it is boobs on the internet, would you really risk the life of E-SPORTS just for one more pair?
I highly, HIGHLY doubt that the life of eSports is on the line in any way with respect to how Hot_bid does in this competition. Some people have really started to take the esports fanhood a bit too far.
On April 05 2012 20:43 Tippecanoe wrote: We could either vote for hot_bid then have him get disqualified for not having a vagina, or we could vote for anna and get some real exposure.
you think maxim will write a balanced, insightful and quality article about esports? reaaallllyy?
a vote for anyone that isnt hotbid means you are taking this more seriously than they are.
On April 05 2012 20:43 Tippecanoe wrote: We could either vote for hot_bid then have him get disqualified for not having a vagina, or we could vote for anna and get some real exposure.
On April 05 2012 20:43 Tippecanoe wrote: We could either vote for hot_bid then have him get disqualified for not having a vagina, or we could vote for anna and get some real exposure.
What exposure are you talking about, do you really think there will be a wall of text next to the pictures about e-sports and girl gaming, who buys that crap to read anyways.
On April 05 2012 20:43 Tippecanoe wrote: We could either vote for hot_bid then have him get disqualified for not having a vagina, or we could vote for anna and get some real exposure.
I think this has been mentioned 182 times in this thread already, but here we go for lucky 183 -______-' You can vote for as many people as you want!
You can vote for two people. You can vote for 15 people. You can vote for everyone. You can vote for yourself. You can vote for BOTH Hot_Bid (the obvious winner) and Anna (the frowntown option for people who take this contest seriously). If you actually voted yourself you would've noticed.
On April 05 2012 20:30 Terranlover wrote: stop vote for freaking hot_bid.....no one gives a shit. i wanna see that tradechat girl in awesome hd photos ok
They've already been linked in this thread. Nothing special. There are several [...]tube girls that can show you a lot more than standing in cold water with a bikini on.
Posted: 4/2/2012 at 10:41 PM I break into Maxim at midnight. Do I go for the naked photos of Jennifer Lawrence? No - I go for girl gamer contest votes. They are priceless.
As I rig the computers to give me a win, a voter catches me. You are this voter. You tell me to stop, it's your contest. You are Maximus Im, the Korean founder of Maxim. I say no. We make love all night and repeatedly vote for me. In the morning the cops come, and I escape in one of their uniforms. I tell you to meet me in France, but I go to China. I don't trust you yet.
30 years later I get a postcard from you: I have a son, and he just won the GSL, and he is the President of the United States. This is where the story gets interesting. I tell you to meet me on Battle.net. You go, but I am not there. I have you blocked. You are heartbroken. But you check my profile and I made it into Grand Master on NA Server, which is like ~gold on Korea. Win.
Rock Band 1, 2, Beatles + All DLC -World Record Pending (longest rock concert marathon: 4 days)The Rock-A-Thon Houston, TX 11/27-11/30/09
Rock Band 2 -1st place (full band: PWN Stars) Rock Band Battle Glendale, CA 05/19/10 -1st place (full band) Gamers Gone Wild RB2 Tournament Boston, MA 3/27/10 -1st place (full band: PWN Stars) Rock Band Battle Glendale, CA 01/10/10 -1st place (solo-guitar score attack) WCG Pan American Championships Guadalajara, Mexico 9/09 -2nd place (solo guitar 1v1) Rock Band Battle Glendale, CA 4/11/10 -Top 16 (full band) at PAX Seattle, WA ’09
Rock Band 3 -2nd place (full band: PWN Stars) Rock Band Nights LA: Battle of The Bands Studio City, CA 10/27/11
DJ Hero -3rd place DJ HERO BATTLE Glendale, California 4/21/10
Just Dance -3rd place Just Dance Tournament Glendale, CA 5/12/10
Guitar Hero 1 -11th place state finalist (top 16 qualified to move on) Midnight Gaming Championship Dallas, TX ’06 *VIDEO*
Guitar Hero 2 -1st place Semi-Finals Major League Gaming Los Angeles, CA ’07 -6th place Finals Major League Gaming Los Angeles, CA ’07 -Top 10 state finalist CPL Dallas, TX ’06
Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock -1st Place Wizard World Los Angeles, CA ’08 -1st place E For All Los Angeles, CA ’08 -3rd Place (National) Gamespot Rocktacular Tournament Finals San Francisco, CA ’08 *VIDEO* -1st place Video Games Live San Bernardino, CA – 10/29/11
Guitar Hero: World Tour -1st place Band: “Attero” Target North American Guitar Hero World Tour Challenge Day 1 Semi-Finals Los Angeles, CA ’08 -2nd place Band: “Fortune 500″ Target North American Guitar Hero World Tour Challenge Day 2 Semi-Finals Los Angeles, CA ’08 -5th globally on Scorehero.com in 2008 -7th place WCG Pan American Championships Guadalajara, Mexico 9/09 -56 Win/ 4 Loss Ratio at PAX Prime Seattle, WA ’08 (“Try to Beat Judy Nails” pre-release competition sponsored by Activision)
Guitar Hero: Metallica -36 win/0 loss ratio Howie’s Game Shack VS a Pro Challenge Mission Viejo, CA 08/09
Guitar Hero: Smash Hits -35 win/ 2 loss ratio Howie’s Game Shack VS a Pro Challenge Mission Viejo, CA 11/09
Guitar Hero 5 2nd place – Guitar Hero 5 – 1v1 guitar – Fantastic Arcade Cup – Austin, TX 9/26/10
Guitar Hero: Van Halen -1st place Video Games Live Seattle, WA 1/22/11 *VIDEO*
Street Fighter 4 -4th place NYC Chinatown Fair #4 2v2 StarSlay3r (E. Honda) & Jin (Rufus) New York City, NY 3/13/10 -4th place LOSF StarSlay3r (Sagat) Rowland Heights, CA 7/09 -4th place The Underground Tournament League #6 3v3 StarSlay3r (E. Honda) Steve Champion (Sagat) RM519 (Zangief) Los Angeles, CA 4/24/10 -5th place NYC Chinatown Fair #5 2v2 StarSlay3r (E. Honda) & Jin (Rufus) New York City, NY 3/19/10 -7th place Battlefield Arcadia “Double Impact” 3v3 StarSlay3r (E. Honda), Sanford (Sagat) & Jeron (M.Bison) GameStation Brooklyn, NY 3/20/10 -9th place The Underground Tournament League StarSlay3r (Sagat) Los Angeles, CA 8/09
SUPER Street Fighter 4 - 2nd place SGC Super Street Fighter 4 (3v3) – StarSlay3r (HO), Zophar321 (BL, KE) & Applesauce (CO) – Dallas, TX 7/3/10 - 3rd place SGC Super Street Fighter 4 (Singles, Single elimination) – StarSlay3r (E. Honda) – Dallas, TX 7/2/10
Mortal Kombat 9 - 5th place The Salty Runback 5 Mortal Kombat 1v1 – StarSlay3r (Scorpion) – Seattle, WA 6/11/11 - 7th place The Salty Runback 4 Mortal Kombat 1v1 – StarSlay3r (Scorpion) – Seattle, WA 5/14/11 - 9th place The Salty Runback 3 Mortal Kombat 1v1 – StarSlay3r (Scorpion) – Seattle, WA 4/24/11 - 10th place MK9 Vita pre-release tournament Mortal Kombat 1v1(single game single elim) – StarSlay3r (Scorpion) – Santa Monica, CA 2/24/12
Call me uninformed, but do Guitar Hero stats impress anyone? Not knocking it as she would wreck me in it for sure, but do we hold it in the same light as FPS and RTS achievements?
On April 05 2012 23:57 Shampsky wrote: Call me uninformed, but do Guitar Hero stats impress anyone? Not knocking it as she would wreck me in it for sure, but do we hold it in the same light as FPS and RTS achievements?
Who cares. The point was to highlight that she's a legitimate gamer, as apposed to some of the girls who are merely affiliated with gaming.
On April 05 2012 22:01 Loanshark wrote: Are these girls (besides Anna Prosser and Hot_Bid) even remotely related to gaming?
The way I see it, there are three types of contestants here:
1. Actual girls involved in the gaming community. 2. Women who are simply attempting to get more exposure for whatever the reason. They may play games, or not at all. 3. Trolls. 4. Hot_Bid.
regbaker Today at 11:42 AM Hello Megan, In all fairness, i joined this site,purely to vote for Anna Prosser, who works for the same team as my son. Starcraft2"s very own, EG DeMuslim. Your pic was right next door, and fully deserving a vote. Regards, RegBaker@sky.com
He could be her father, or maybe even grandfather, why would you leave your email like that anyways :S
ps. Still voting for Hot Bid
pps. show my WazzupBitches spoof some love if your voting anyways
Not sure why this particular comment made it to this forum apart from the link to Demuslim.
Bad timing on Demuslim senior's behalf, just before a big tournament. Don't let this alter your performance in Las Vegas Demu. Everyone has a parent who can be an embarassment from time to time, but, I think you should mention to your Dad, its not a good idea to put your e-mail address on an open comment forum and also a hint, dont let the beautiful Abbegirl near him :-)
Good luck at IPL
Don't think this was an error in judgement.He obviously wants a reply from the hot chick, why else would you post your email Hot Bid ftw Anna 2nd
On April 05 2012 23:57 Shampsky wrote: Call me uninformed, but do Guitar Hero stats impress anyone? Not knocking it as she would wreck me in it for sure, but do we hold it in the same light as FPS and RTS achievements?
1) She does do gaming shit 2) She also has sf and tekken stuff
On April 05 2012 23:57 Shampsky wrote: Call me uninformed, but do Guitar Hero stats impress anyone? Not knocking it as she would wreck me in it for sure, but do we hold it in the same light as FPS and RTS achievements?
In 2012 we're embarking on a nationwide hunt to find one female gaming buff who has the looks, personality and gaming skills to claim the ultimate prize
Wtf does looks have to do with anything? Why not just make the contest for a hot nerd girl then? Also half the women on there look sort of.... well slutty. Somehow I don't think this is representative of women in gaming.
Anna Prosser probably deserves to win, she's done a lot to represent women in e-sports. But then, Hot_Bid winning would be too fucking amazing, and would be an appropriate outcome for this silly contest.
On April 05 2012 23:57 Shampsky wrote: Call me uninformed, but do Guitar Hero stats impress anyone? Not knocking it as she would wreck me in it for sure, but do we hold it in the same light as FPS and RTS achievements?
Totally agree. In a word. NO
I dont play GH, but even I'm pretty impressed with her long list of achievements. Open up a little.
In 2012 we're embarking on a nationwide hunt to find one female gaming buff who has the looks, personality and gaming skills to claim the ultimate prize
Wtf does looks have to do with anything? Why not just make the contest for a hot nerd girl then? Also half the women on there look sort of.... well slutty. Somehow I don't think this is representative of women in gaming.
Anna Prosser probably deserves to win, she's done a lot to represent women in e-sports. But then, Hot_Bid winning would be too fucking amazing, and would be an appropriate outcome for this silly contest.
Lmao dude that is what they are looking for, its MAXIM after all.. They want to find a girl who "plays" games, and is hot. They will then proceed to do a photoshoot with her (see kellymilkies) and make interview with her with couple questions about gaming thats all.
On April 06 2012 00:25 Surrealistic wrote: Hmm yeah no e-mail verification. Surely there's a programmer here who can easily create an account making program?
Problem is the nasty captcha thingy I think, not that I am capable of making one but that's my guess.
ps. I actually have much more respect for the real girl gamers that DIDN'T sign up for this competition....
On April 05 2012 23:57 Shampsky wrote: Call me uninformed, but do Guitar Hero stats impress anyone? Not knocking it as she would wreck me in it for sure, but do we hold it in the same light as FPS and RTS achievements?
Totally agree. In a word. NO
I dont play GH, but even I'm pretty impressed with her long list of achievements. Open up a little.
I agree about GH, but, yes impressed with her list too. She has alot more going for her than most on there.
On April 05 2012 23:57 Shampsky wrote: Call me uninformed, but do Guitar Hero stats impress anyone? Not knocking it as she would wreck me in it for sure, but do we hold it in the same light as FPS and RTS achievements?
Totally agree. In a word. NO
Well mechanically guitar hero is fucking hard... Although someone that good at it might as well just play a real instrument for money as they're certainly dexterous enough!
Also that photo of hot bid required me to take a cold shower.
In 2012 we're embarking on a nationwide hunt to find one female gaming buff who has the looks, personality and gaming skills to claim the ultimate prize
Wtf does looks have to do with anything? Why not just make the contest for a hot nerd girl then? Also half the women on there look sort of.... well slutty. Somehow I don't think this is representative of women in gaming.
Anna Prosser probably deserves to win, she's done a lot to represent women in e-sports. But then, Hot_Bid winning would be too fucking amazing, and would be an appropriate outcome for this silly contest.
Lmao dude that is what they are looking for, its MAXIM after all.. They want to find a girl who "plays" games, and is hot. They will then proceed to do a photoshoot with her (see kellymilkies) and make interview with her with couple questions about gaming thats all.
On April 05 2012 20:30 Terranlover wrote: stop vote for freaking hot_bid.....no one gives a shit. i wanna see that tradechat girl in awesome hd photos ok
look, if there is one thing that we aren't running low on it is boobs on the internet, would you really risk the life of E-SPORTS just for one more pair?
I highly, HIGHLY doubt that the life of eSports is on the line in any way with respect to how Hot_bid does in this competition. Some people have really started to take the esports fanhood a bit too far.
That was irony for the record, i dont know why you would assume that anyone is dumb enough to think e-sports is hurt just because Hot_Bid does not win a "girls gamer" competition.
On April 05 2012 20:30 Terranlover wrote: stop vote for freaking hot_bid.....no one gives a shit. i wanna see that tradechat girl in awesome hd photos ok
look, if there is one thing that we aren't running low on it is boobs on the internet, would you really risk the life of E-SPORTS just for one more pair?
I highly, HIGHLY doubt that the life of eSports is on the line in any way with respect to how Hot_bid does in this competition. Some people have really started to take the esports fanhood a bit too far.
That was irony for the record, i dont know why you would assume that anyone is dumb enough to think e-sports is hurt just because Hot_Bid does not win a "girls gamer" competition.
I thought the point was if Hot_Bid does well or wins(impossible) it would make the gaming community look bad: i.e. eSports looks bad.
On April 05 2012 20:30 Terranlover wrote: stop vote for freaking hot_bid.....no one gives a shit. i wanna see that tradechat girl in awesome hd photos ok
look, if there is one thing that we aren't running low on it is boobs on the internet, would you really risk the life of E-SPORTS just for one more pair?
I highly, HIGHLY doubt that the life of eSports is on the line in any way with respect to how Hot_bid does in this competition. Some people have really started to take the esports fanhood a bit too far.
That was irony for the record, i dont know why you would assume that anyone is dumb enough to think e-sports is hurt just because Hot_Bid does not win a "girls gamer" competition.
I thought the point was if Hot_Bid does well or wins(impossible) it would make the gaming community look bad: i.e. eSports looks bad.
"Hot_Bid" and "look bad" cant be used in the same sentence. Blasphemy!
On April 05 2012 23:57 Shampsky wrote: Call me uninformed, but do Guitar Hero stats impress anyone? Not knocking it as she would wreck me in it for sure, but do we hold it in the same light as FPS and RTS achievements?
Well, being good at guitar hero is impressive in the same way it's impressive when some one can stack cups very fast.
I certainly don't consider it a real competition or eSport, though. However, her accomplishments with fighting games counts in my eyes.
On April 05 2012 23:57 Shampsky wrote: Call me uninformed, but do Guitar Hero stats impress anyone? Not knocking it as she would wreck me in it for sure, but do we hold it in the same light as FPS and RTS achievements?
Totally agree. In a word. NO
Well mechanically guitar hero is fucking hard... Although someone that good at it might as well just play a real instrument for money as they're certainly dexterous enough!
Also that photo of hot bid required me to take a cold shower.
Getting good enough at Guitar Hero that you can do the harder songs 100% is about as hard as learning enough real guitar to play the easiest songs well enough that it sounds half decent
That's not to say it isn't mechanically demanding, but there's no thought involved so even if you argue that it's just as technically challenging as Starcraft or FPS or fighting games (which I still don't think it is), it's still a pretty simple game
that said Guitar Hero is awesome and she's legitimately good at it so she certainly deserves to be called a serious gamer
Dayum, this competition is like biggest collection of attention seeking leeches. I could bet my both kidneys 99% of girls on that website never played a single game outside of "fun time with my boyfriend", hence I voted for Hot_Bid! Go Hot_Bid! :-)
While the contest rules don't stipulate that the entrant be female, I'm pretty sure they will be able to disqualify Hot_Bid on a technicality. From the official rules:
5. ENTRY CONDITIONS: LIMIT 1 ENTRY PER PERSON.
Each Entry: (vii) may not contain commercial or corporate advertising, including display of corporate logos, brand names and slogans, other than those relating to Sponsor
If only someone would have read the rules before uploading that picture.....
In 2012 we're embarking on a nationwide hunt to find one female gaming buff who has the looks, personality and gaming skills to claim the ultimate prize
Wtf does looks have to do with anything? Why not just make the contest for a hot nerd girl then? Also half the women on there look sort of.... well slutty. Somehow I don't think this is representative of women in gaming.
Anna Prosser probably deserves to win, she's done a lot to represent women in e-sports. But then, Hot_Bid winning would be too fucking amazing, and would be an appropriate outcome for this silly contest.
Lmao dude that is what they are looking for, its MAXIM after all.. They want to find a girl who "plays" games, and is hot. They will then proceed to do a photoshoot with her (see kellymilkies) and make interview with her with couple questions about gaming thats all.
What is Maxim? Is it a paper as well, or just an internet thing? Never heard of it.
On April 05 2012 23:57 Shampsky wrote: Call me uninformed, but do Guitar Hero stats impress anyone? Not knocking it as she would wreck me in it for sure, but do we hold it in the same light as FPS and RTS achievements?
Totally agree. In a word. NO
Well it does count as a game though. Most of these girls seem to be there because they are paid to be there, and are affiliated to gaming by being a stripper at blizzcon 2001 or something.
In 2012 we're embarking on a nationwide hunt to find one female gaming buff who has the looks, personality and gaming skills to claim the ultimate prize
Wtf does looks have to do with anything? Why not just make the contest for a hot nerd girl then? Also half the women on there look sort of.... well slutty. Somehow I don't think this is representative of women in gaming.
Anna Prosser probably deserves to win, she's done a lot to represent women in e-sports. But then, Hot_Bid winning would be too fucking amazing, and would be an appropriate outcome for this silly contest.
Lmao dude that is what they are looking for, its MAXIM after all.. They want to find a girl who "plays" games, and is hot. They will then proceed to do a photoshoot with her (see kellymilkies) and make interview with her with couple questions about gaming thats all.
What is Maxim? Is it a paper as well, or just an internet thing? Never heard of it.
It's a men's magazine, like FHM or Playboy (except there is no nudity).
Before you guys accuse me of googling myself, let me say that you linked to my website which left this forum in my "trackback" section, so I saw the post via that. lol
Moving on. Guitar Hero is not as easy as people think. I noticed a lot of people don't really respect guitar hero competitors in general. It's a bit of a bummer because being good at this game requires a lot of hard work and there's a lot more to it technically that people who play casually do not know about, but I'm not going to bore you with the details. Someone mentioned Guitar Freaks, I have been playing that game since 1999. That game is the reason why I play GH and RB. Also, I DO play the guitar for real. I don't see an issue with doing both. I genuinely enjoy playing GH and I get paid to do so, so I don't see a reason to stop playing just because I know how to play a "real guitar".
Also, while my accomplishments MAINLY center around GH, I do play many other games. No, I don't play SC, I own it, I know what it's all about because of my friend Geoff, and of course it's a LOT harder than GH, I get that. I don't expect the same respect from gamers that you guys have for SC players, however I have practiced hard, competed a lot, and have put a lot of time into helping the gaming community grow and improve (organizing tournaments, bringing in new sponsors, creating events, charity work involving the gaming companies), and I would like to hope that those things alone are enough to earn at least a couple respect points right there.
I am happy to see Anna in the contest. I've been voting for her and supporting her every day since I saw her name in there. She's def. one of the girls that deserve a shot at this and she's also a personal friend, so of course I'm going to vote for her! I thought the Hot_Bid profile was a troll profile and I was curious as to why a guy was in the contest, but now everything makes sense reading this forum. While I am happy to see you guys being so passionate about supporting those in your community, it is not possible for him to win. In the end these votes are just to get a "top ten" of girls for maxim to look at and consider. The exact number of votes do not matter so "wow girl" as you call her might not win, and Hot_Bid, being a male, will also most likely not win as well.
You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: Before you guys accuse me of googling myself, let me say that you linked to my website which left this forum in my "trackback" section, so I saw the post via that. lol
Moving on. Guitar Hero is not as easy as people think. I noticed a lot of people don't really respect guitar hero competitors in general. It's a bit of a bummer because being good at this game requires a lot of hard work and there's a lot more to it technically that people who play casually do not know about, but I'm not going to bore you with the details. Someone mentioned Guitar Freaks, I have been playing that game since 1999. That game is the reason why I play GH and RB. Also, I DO play the guitar for real. I don't see an issue with doing both. I genuinely enjoy playing GH and I get paid to do so, so I don't see a reason to stop playing just because I know how to play a "real guitar".
Also, while my accomplishments MAINLY center around GH, I do play many other games. No, I don't play SC, I own it, I know what it's all about because of my friend Geoff, and of course it's a LOT harder than GH, I get that. I don't expect the same respect from gamers that you guys have for SC players, however I have practiced hard, competed a lot, and have put a lot of time into helping the gaming community grow and improve (organizing tournaments, bringing in new sponsors, creating events, charity work involving the gaming companies), and I would like to hope that those things alone are enough to earn at least a couple respect points right there.
I am happy to see Anna in the contest. I've been voting for her and supporting her every day since I saw her name in there. She's def. one of the girls that deserve a shot at this and she's also a personal friend, so of course I'm going to vote for her! I thought the Hot_Bid profile was a troll profile and I was curious as to why a guy was in the contest, but now everything makes sense reading this forum. While I am happy to see you guys being so passionate about supporting those in your community, it is not possible for him to win. In the end these votes are just to get a "top ten" of girls for maxim to look at and consider. The exact number of votes do not matter so "wow girl" as you call her might not win, and Hot_Bid, being a male, will also most likely not win as well.
You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
Yup, the awesomeness of Hot_Bid is beyond gender. You should see his video's, all his contribution to the community. Thumb up for your post. Hot_Bid is anyway the second best girl on this site after that one cute quiet office girl one member once felt in love (Was it Tlbot or something? and ***tea?, cant remember exactly)
The fact that it is maxim should be much more discouraging than Hot-bids 1000+ votes. His profile is the only one that isn't demeaning towards women and thier gaming hobby. just sayin.
Sexy photos totally = mad good at games. ffs Edit: Toast says it better.
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool over them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
Nicely said. Much more eloquent than my planned response. Anyway, if it is a top ten thing where the editors will pick their favourite, then there's no need to worry is there? With the rate of voting at the moment, Anna the clearly top of the list of "Maxim Material". Not exactly a complement, but I guess you do want her to win.
"@I_pic_Tradechat Have you ever been to TL.net? That site is just one giant community of trolls. If this contest was held 3 years ago Hot_bod would already have 100k votes. Luckily, its held now while Tl's community is shrinking" oh no you didnt!
On April 06 2012 10:02 Endymion wrote: "@I_pic_Tradechat Have you ever been to TL.net? That site is just one giant community of trolls. If this contest was held 3 years ago Hot_bod would already have 100k votes. Luckily, its held now while Tl's community is shrinking" oh no you didnt!
On April 06 2012 10:02 Endymion wrote: "@I_pic_Tradechat Have you ever been to TL.net? That site is just one giant community of trolls. If this contest was held 3 years ago Hot_bod would already have 100k votes. Luckily, its held now while Tl's community is shrinking" oh no you didnt!
Reply with a link to Intrigue's blog about the correct usage of the word "troll".
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool over them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
I agree with TheToast.
I respect your choice to enter this competition, StarSlay3r, but I dislike this style of competitions in general. The prize will be good for whoever wins it, but it will not be a win for female gamers. They won't be taken seriously as a result of this, they'll just be objectified more than already happens. This is a contest aimed at using male desire to sell Virgin Gaming and Maxim products, not promoting femal game players. Frankly, I find it insulting to both genders.
As a female gamer, I will be voting for Hotbid. He is the prettiest princess with the chance to show how much I dislike this competition.
friendly reminder to people still voting for the peoples champion to not attempt to spoof your IP for more votes etc. just use your 1 vote per day and be happy, no point running the risk of getting invalidated because of leet haxxoring. although i doubt the people doing the checks will give any fucks/bother to check i dont think people should take the risk.
apart from that just keep voting and support miss orts all the way to the top.
On April 06 2012 10:15 turdburgler wrote: although i doubt the people doing the checks will give any fucks/bother to check i dont think people should take the Risk.
If WE have Hotbid claiming second place in this competition for a GameR girl I doubt WE have much to worry about :D.
I just voted for Hotbid, hope he wins and if he does, then he will have shown the power of ESPORTS!
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool over them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
I agree with TheToast.
I respect your choice to enter this competition, StarSlay3r, but I dislike this style of competitions in general. The prize will be good for whoever wins it, but it will not be a win for female gamers. They won't be taken seriously as a result of this, they'll just be objectified more than already happens. This is a contest aimed at using male desire to sell Virgin Gaming and Maxim products, not promoting femal game players. Frankly, I find it insulting to both genders.
As a female gamer, I will be voting for Hotbid. He is the prettiest princess with the chance to show how much I dislike this competition.
Good luck with your future GH playing.
100% Agree. While I absolutely think a GH pro is awesome and I like seeing females become more prominent since gaming is so male dominated, I cannot respect any of the women particpating in this contest. It's demaning and in my personal opinion any woman who's got any sort of exposure in the gaming world would be doing infinitely more credit to female gamers by boycotting this contest. You think having a male so high up in this contest is so bad for other girls who are getting discouraged? Well I think all of them should get some self respect and not whore themselves out for a Maxim photo shoot.
I mean seriously, how can anyone possibly believe that a MAXIM contest in any way legitimizes females in gaming? I'm not even being sarcastic, I really truly do not understand it. I would love to see an actual gaming organization (Game Informer maybe? Or TL hint hint hint) host this contest with some legitimate criteria. Female gamers need some real role models who show that you do not have to use your tits to be taken seriously.
Btw, isnt GIRL an acronym for Guy In Real Life? With that said Hotbid should win hands down, he's the only GIRL in that contest (oh and that Pwnstar4hire guy, but he can't beat Hotbid).
100% Agree. While I absolutely think a GH pro is awesome and I like seeing females become more prominent since gaming is so male dominated, I cannot respect any of the women particpating in this contest. It's demaning and in my personal opinion any woman who's got any sort of exposure in the gaming world would be doing infinitely more credit to female gamers by boycotting this contest. You think having a male so high up in this contest is so bad for other girls who are getting discouraged? Well I think all of them should get some self respect and not whore themselves out for a Maxim photo shoot.
I mean seriously, how can anyone possibly believe that a MAXIM contest in any way legitimizes females in gaming? I'm not even being sarcastic, I really truly do not understand it. I would love to see an actual gaming organization (Game Informer maybe? Or TL hint hint hint) host this contest with some legitimate criteria. Female gamers need some real role models who show that you do not have to use your tits to be taken seriously.
Just wanted to throw this out there... but none of you guys know what this is even for. You're assuming it's for a nearly nude photo spread in Maxim or something... but I have been told otherwise. It is my understanding that this is for a spokesmodel position with Maxim and Virgin Gaming. This is a legit job from what I'm hearing. Do you guys know who Gamer Next Door is? Jo Garcia from Playboy does event coverage and while she represents playboy, she simply is sent out to events to get coverage and posts videos of game reviews for the Playboy website. Because of the fact that she was a Playboy model first, she HAS done some of the photo shoots, etc, however her role as "gamer next door" is a very respectable one apart from her career as a model with Playboy.
Assuming this is in fact just a spokesmodel, get event coverage, appear at events wearing a Maxim t-shirt kind of thing, I don't see how this could be something that hurts female gamers and the way people perceive them. The contest is not the issue, the issue is with the girls themselves and how they allow themselves to be perceived. I see girls in the contest who complained about all the same things you mentioned, but they were the first ones to post pictures of themselves in lingerie or naked covered only by game peripherals/controllers. I created my profile, I talked strictly about my gaming history, and I posted pictures of me fully clothed, gaming. If I won the contest and they said they wanted me to pose nearly nude I'd say no. I personally have too much respect for myself to agree to do that, and if they pick me they will know that is my standpoint so there shouldn't be any issues. I have no problem canceling what COULD be a good contract if it does turn out to be a sexist and degrading position with Maxim, and any other self respecting female who enters this contest should do the same. If not, that should only make THEM personally look bad, not female gamers as a whole.
Why are the actions of one female reflected upon all of us, yet if ONE guy does something douchey people just look at him and think he's a d*** instead of saying all male gamers are disrespectful a-holes for example? I personally have no respect for the females who entered the contest and immediately started offering bikini pictures for votes and posting naked censored photos in an attempt to win. If I don't get votes because I didn't post those types of pictures that's fine with me, because I can walk away from this contest with my self respect. If "WoW girl" loses she will forever have to deal with the fact that she posted nude photos of herself covered in controllers for the sake of trying to win a contest, and will have to deal with possibly losing the respect of some of her former fans and the respect of people in the industry. Just know that not all of us girls who entered this contest are like that, and it IS possible to enter a contest like this and respect ourselves and make female gamers as a whole look good by being professional in the way we present ourselves while competing.
On April 06 2012 10:02 Endymion wrote: "@I_pic_Tradechat Have you ever been to TL.net? That site is just one giant community of trolls. If this contest was held 3 years ago Hot_bod would already have 100k votes. Luckily, its held now while Tl's community is shrinking" oh no you didnt!
Reply with a link to Intrigue's blog about the correct usage of the word "troll".
100% Agree. While I absolutely think a GH pro is awesome and I like seeing females become more prominent since gaming is so male dominated, I cannot respect any of the women particpating in this contest. It's demaning and in my personal opinion any woman who's got any sort of exposure in the gaming world would be doing infinitely more credit to female gamers by boycotting this contest. You think having a male so high up in this contest is so bad for other girls who are getting discouraged? Well I think all of them should get some self respect and not whore themselves out for a Maxim photo shoot.
I mean seriously, how can anyone possibly believe that a MAXIM contest in any way legitimizes females in gaming? I'm not even being sarcastic, I really truly do not understand it. I would love to see an actual gaming organization (Game Informer maybe? Or TL hint hint hint) host this contest with some legitimate criteria. Female gamers need some real role models who show that you do not have to use your tits to be taken seriously.
Just wanted to throw this out there... but none of you guys know what this is even for. You're assuming it's for a nearly nude photo spread in Maxim or something... but I have been told otherwise. It is my understanding that this is for a spokesmodel position with Maxim and Virgin Gaming. This is a legit job from what I'm hearing. Do you guys know who Gamer Next Door is? Jo Garcia from Playboy does event coverage and while she represents playboy, she simply is sent out to events to get coverage and posts videos of game reviews for the Playboy website. Because of the fact that she was a Playboy model first, she HAS done some of the photo shoots, etc, however her role as "gamer next door" is a very respectable one apart from her career as a model with Playboy.
Assuming this is in fact just a spokesmodel, get event coverage, appear at events wearing a Maxim t-shirt kind of thing, I don't see how this could be something that hurts female gamers and the way people perceive them. The contest is not the issue, the issue is with the girls themselves and how they allow themselves to be perceived. I see girls in the contest who complained about all the same things you mentioned, but they were the first ones to post pictures of themselves in lingerie or naked covered only by game peripherals/controllers. I created my profile, I talked strictly about my gaming history, and I posted pictures of me fully clothed, gaming. If I won the contest and they said they wanted me to pose nearly nude I'd say no. I personally have too much respect for myself to agree to do that, and if they pick me they will know that is my standpoint so there shouldn't be any issues. I have no problem canceling what COULD be a good contract if it does turn out to be a sexist and degrading position with Maxim, and any other self respecting female who enters this contest should do the same. If not, that should only make THEM personally look bad, not female gamers as a whole.
Why are the actions of one female reflected upon all of us, yet if ONE guy does something douchey people just look at him and think he's a d*** instead of saying all male gamers are disrespectful a-holes for example? I personally have no respect for the females who entered the contest and immediately started offering bikini pictures for votes and posting naked censored photos in an attempt to win. If I don't get votes because I didn't post those types of pictures that's fine with me, because I can walk away from this contest with my self respect. If "WoW girl" loses she will forever have to deal with the fact that she posted nude photos of herself covered in controllers for the sake of trying to win a contest, and will have to deal with possibly losing the respect of some of her former fans and the respect of people in the industry. Just know that not all of us girls who entered this contest are like that, and it IS possible to enter a contest like this and respect ourselves and make female gamers as a whole look good by being professional in the way we present ourselves while competing.
Holy what in the what what... They recruit women through doing an internet beauty contest on a soft porn men's magazine? Is that even legal? I don't believe those rumours are correct. Wouldn't that be mentioned pretty clearly when you sign up for the beauty pageant?
Edit. Oh lol, it's even mentioned in the op. My bad. Wow that's disgusting though.
On April 06 2012 10:02 Endymion wrote: "@I_pic_Tradechat Have you ever been to TL.net? That site is just one giant community of trolls. If this contest was held 3 years ago Hot_bod would already have 100k votes. Luckily, its held now while Tl's community is shrinking" oh no you didnt!
Reply with a link to Intrigue's blog about the correct usage of the word "troll".
Honestly her self esteem has to be really low if she has to post things like that to make herself look better. That's so sad.
100% Agree. While I absolutely think a GH pro is awesome and I like seeing females become more prominent since gaming is so male dominated, I cannot respect any of the women particpating in this contest. It's demaning and in my personal opinion any woman who's got any sort of exposure in the gaming world would be doing infinitely more credit to female gamers by boycotting this contest. You think having a male so high up in this contest is so bad for other girls who are getting discouraged? Well I think all of them should get some self respect and not whore themselves out for a Maxim photo shoot.
I mean seriously, how can anyone possibly believe that a MAXIM contest in any way legitimizes females in gaming? I'm not even being sarcastic, I really truly do not understand it. I would love to see an actual gaming organization (Game Informer maybe? Or TL hint hint hint) host this contest with some legitimate criteria. Female gamers need some real role models who show that you do not have to use your tits to be taken seriously.
Just wanted to throw this out there... but none of you guys know what this is even for. You're assuming it's for a nearly nude photo spread in Maxim or something... but I have been told otherwise. It is my understanding that this is for a spokesmodel position with Maxim and Virgin Gaming. This is a legit job from what I'm hearing. Do you guys know who Gamer Next Door is? Jo Garcia from Playboy does event coverage and while she represents playboy, she simply is sent out to events to get coverage and posts videos of game reviews for the Playboy website. Because of the fact that she was a Playboy model first, she HAS done some of the photo shoots, etc, however her role as "gamer next door" is a very respectable one apart from her career as a model with Playboy.
Assuming this is in fact just a spokesmodel, get event coverage, appear at events wearing a Maxim t-shirt kind of thing, I don't see how this could be something that hurts female gamers and the way people perceive them. The contest is not the issue, the issue is with the girls themselves and how they allow themselves to be perceived. I see girls in the contest who complained about all the same things you mentioned, but they were the first ones to post pictures of themselves in lingerie or naked covered only by game peripherals/controllers. I created my profile, I talked strictly about my gaming history, and I posted pictures of me fully clothed, gaming. If I won the contest and they said they wanted me to pose nearly nude I'd say no. I personally have too much respect for myself to agree to do that, and if they pick me they will know that is my standpoint so there shouldn't be any issues. I have no problem canceling what COULD be a good contract if it does turn out to be a sexist and degrading position with Maxim, and any other self respecting female who enters this contest should do the same. If not, that should only make THEM personally look bad, not female gamers as a whole.
Why are the actions of one female reflected upon all of us, yet if ONE guy does something douchey people just look at him and think he's a d*** instead of saying all male gamers are disrespectful a-holes for example? I personally have no respect for the females who entered the contest and immediately started offering bikini pictures for votes and posting naked censored photos in an attempt to win. If I don't get votes because I didn't post those types of pictures that's fine with me, because I can walk away from this contest with my self respect. If "WoW girl" loses she will forever have to deal with the fact that she posted nude photos of herself covered in controllers for the sake of trying to win a contest, and will have to deal with possibly losing the respect of some of her former fans and the respect of people in the industry. Just know that not all of us girls who entered this contest are like that, and it IS possible to enter a contest like this and respect ourselves and make female gamers as a whole look good by being professional in the way we present ourselves while competing.
Either your really blinded or just plain stupid. Your dealing with public figure. Mass Media. They are attention whores. Nuff said now? They will do anything to these women that are in contest to gain readers. How would it not hurt the female gamers and their reputation?
On April 06 2012 10:02 Endymion wrote: "@I_pic_Tradechat Have you ever been to TL.net? That site is just one giant community of trolls. If this contest was held 3 years ago Hot_bod would already have 100k votes. Luckily, its held now while Tl's community is shrinking" oh no you didnt!
On April 06 2012 10:02 Endymion wrote: "@I_pic_Tradechat Have you ever been to TL.net? That site is just one giant community of trolls. If this contest was held 3 years ago Hot_bod would already have 100k votes. Luckily, its held now while Tl's community is shrinking" oh no you didnt!
Oh no you didn't -_- TL ain't shirking -_-
Wait what? That doesn't even make sense (referring to the original tweet). TL was a lot smaller 3 years ago... If I'm not entirely mistaken there was an influx of people in 2007, when SC2 was announced, and another one when SC2 was released.
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool over them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
I agree with TheToast.
I respect your choice to enter this competition, StarSlay3r, but I dislike this style of competitions in general. The prize will be good for whoever wins it, but it will not be a win for female gamers. They won't be taken seriously as a result of this, they'll just be objectified more than already happens. This is a contest aimed at using male desire to sell Virgin Gaming and Maxim products, not promoting femal game players. Frankly, I find it insulting to both genders.
As a female gamer, I will be voting for Hotbid. He is the prettiest princess with the chance to show how much I dislike this competition.
Good luck with your future GH playing.
100% Agree. While I absolutely think a GH pro is awesome and I like seeing females become more prominent since gaming is so male dominated, I cannot respect any of the women particpating in this contest. It's demaning and in my personal opinion any woman who's got any sort of exposure in the gaming world would be doing infinitely more credit to female gamers by boycotting this contest. You think having a male so high up in this contest is so bad for other girls who are getting discouraged? Well I think all of them should get some self respect and not whore themselves out for a Maxim photo shoot.
I mean seriously, how can anyone possibly believe that a MAXIM contest in any way legitimizes females in gaming? I'm not even being sarcastic, I really truly do not understand it. I would love to see an actual gaming organization (Game Informer maybe? Or TL hint hint hint) host this contest with some legitimate criteria. Female gamers need some real role models who show that you do not have to use your tits to be taken seriously.
wow get that stick out of your asses. "its demeaning to women" bla bla. Like you never looked at porn before lol.
This is entertainment. Sex sells. Its a maxim contest for gamer girls, not some PC gamer contest for the best female gamer. They want a spokesmodel. You have to be hot. Thats it.
On another note, I seem to remember Virgin gaming logos in old school games. Not so much rescently though. I think they made/published NBA jam which was seriously awesome.
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool over them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
I agree with TheToast.
I respect your choice to enter this competition, StarSlay3r, but I dislike this style of competitions in general. The prize will be good for whoever wins it, but it will not be a win for female gamers. They won't be taken seriously as a result of this, they'll just be objectified more than already happens. This is a contest aimed at using male desire to sell Virgin Gaming and Maxim products, not promoting femal game players. Frankly, I find it insulting to both genders.
As a female gamer, I will be voting for Hotbid. He is the prettiest princess with the chance to show how much I dislike this competition.
Good luck with your future GH playing.
100% Agree. While I absolutely think a GH pro is awesome and I like seeing females become more prominent since gaming is so male dominated, I cannot respect any of the women particpating in this contest. It's demaning and in my personal opinion any woman who's got any sort of exposure in the gaming world would be doing infinitely more credit to female gamers by boycotting this contest. You think having a male so high up in this contest is so bad for other girls who are getting discouraged? Well I think all of them should get some self respect and not whore themselves out for a Maxim photo shoot.
I mean seriously, how can anyone possibly believe that a MAXIM contest in any way legitimizes females in gaming? I'm not even being sarcastic, I really truly do not understand it. I would love to see an actual gaming organization (Game Informer maybe? Or TL hint hint hint) host this contest with some legitimate criteria. Female gamers need some real role models who show that you do not have to use your tits to be taken seriously.
wow get that stick out of your asses. "its demeaning to women" bla bla. Like you never looked at porn before lol.
This is entertainment. Sex sells. Its a maxim contest for gamer girls, not some PC gamer contest for the best female gamer. They want a spokesmodel. You have to be hot. Thats it.
On another note, I seem to remember Virgin gaming logos in old school games. Not so much rescently though. I think they made/published NBA jam which was seriously awesome.
Putting gamer girls and soft porn 'actresses' in the same level is demeaning to gamer girls though.
Edit. What I mean is that gamer girls are already being discriminated against within the gaming community, and holding a soft porn gamer girl tournament just deepens that problem.
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool over them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
I agree with TheToast.
I respect your choice to enter this competition, StarSlay3r, but I dislike this style of competitions in general. The prize will be good for whoever wins it, but it will not be a win for female gamers. They won't be taken seriously as a result of this, they'll just be objectified more than already happens. This is a contest aimed at using male desire to sell Virgin Gaming and Maxim products, not promoting femal game players. Frankly, I find it insulting to both genders.
As a female gamer, I will be voting for Hotbid. He is the prettiest princess with the chance to show how much I dislike this competition.
Good luck with your future GH playing.
100% Agree. While I absolutely think a GH pro is awesome and I like seeing females become more prominent since gaming is so male dominated, I cannot respect any of the women particpating in this contest. It's demaning and in my personal opinion any woman who's got any sort of exposure in the gaming world would be doing infinitely more credit to female gamers by boycotting this contest. You think having a male so high up in this contest is so bad for other girls who are getting discouraged? Well I think all of them should get some self respect and not whore themselves out for a Maxim photo shoot.
I mean seriously, how can anyone possibly believe that a MAXIM contest in any way legitimizes females in gaming? I'm not even being sarcastic, I really truly do not understand it. I would love to see an actual gaming organization (Game Informer maybe? Or TL hint hint hint) host this contest with some legitimate criteria. Female gamers need some real role models who show that you do not have to use your tits to be taken seriously.
wow get that stick out of your asses. "its demeaning to women" bla bla. Like you never looked at porn before lol.
This is entertainment. Sex sells. Its a maxim contest for gamer girls, not some PC gamer contest for the best female gamer. They want a spokesmodel. You have to be hot. Thats it.
On another note, I seem to remember Virgin gaming logos in old school games. Not so much rescently though. I think they made/published NBA jam which was seriously awesome.
Putting gamer girls and soft porn 'actresses' in the same level is demeaning to gamer girls though.
Edit. What I mean is that gamer girls are already being discriminated against within the gaming community, and holding a soft porn gamer girl tournament just deepens that problem.
Totally agree, it is a shame that this is the lot in life that women have been given. And people always respond by saying "sex sells" as if that's supposed to justify this bullshit. It's a shame that women give in to these stupid attention-whore contests. It makes the notion of a future where men and women are treated equally an impossible dream.
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool over them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
I agree with TheToast.
I respect your choice to enter this competition, StarSlay3r, but I dislike this style of competitions in general. The prize will be good for whoever wins it, but it will not be a win for female gamers. They won't be taken seriously as a result of this, they'll just be objectified more than already happens. This is a contest aimed at using male desire to sell Virgin Gaming and Maxim products, not promoting femal game players. Frankly, I find it insulting to both genders.
As a female gamer, I will be voting for Hotbid. He is the prettiest princess with the chance to show how much I dislike this competition.
Good luck with your future GH playing.
100% Agree. While I absolutely think a GH pro is awesome and I like seeing females become more prominent since gaming is so male dominated, I cannot respect any of the women particpating in this contest. It's demaning and in my personal opinion any woman who's got any sort of exposure in the gaming world would be doing infinitely more credit to female gamers by boycotting this contest. You think having a male so high up in this contest is so bad for other girls who are getting discouraged? Well I think all of them should get some self respect and not whore themselves out for a Maxim photo shoot.
I mean seriously, how can anyone possibly believe that a MAXIM contest in any way legitimizes females in gaming? I'm not even being sarcastic, I really truly do not understand it. I would love to see an actual gaming organization (Game Informer maybe? Or TL hint hint hint) host this contest with some legitimate criteria. Female gamers need some real role models who show that you do not have to use your tits to be taken seriously.
wow get that stick out of your asses. "its demeaning to women" bla bla. Like you never looked at porn before lol.
This is entertainment. Sex sells. Its a maxim contest for gamer girls, not some PC gamer contest for the best female gamer. They want a spokesmodel. You have to be hot. Thats it.
On another note, I seem to remember Virgin gaming logos in old school games. Not so much rescently though. I think they made/published NBA jam which was seriously awesome.
Putting gamer girls and soft porn 'actresses' in the same level is demeaning to gamer girls though.
Edit. What I mean is that gamer girls are already being discriminated against within the gaming community, and holding a soft porn gamer girl tournament just deepens that problem.
why is it demeaning to women to flaunt their shit? Its their choice. No one forced them to do it. They wanna make money. They like showing off. Whatever.
If Men's health makes a contest for gamer guys, who do you think will win? You think some scrawny kid whose good at games can win?
On April 06 2012 17:58 StarSlay3r wrote: ... long quote is long. Not taking anything away from it, just no reason to keep quoting it and stretching the page ...
The problem with this line of thought is that the background of the magazine in question should be considered. Maxim is known to be a magazine that focuses more on nearly nude pictures of females. Expecting a decent article focusing solely on games out of that magazine is expecting there to be content in say... FHM(www.fhm.com/) or starring in a porno involving an iconic video game character and saying it promotes gaming. Now if this magazine was already an established magazine that focused on something else (technology/gadgets or gaming or something which doesn't actively objectify women), that line of thought would be valid but since it doesn't, I believe it would be hard to reach out to the gaming community involving females.
Now consider this, Maxim is asking for females with a reader base that is largely male. Either they're expecting males to choose females who are interesting to them or they're magically expecting female gamers to read Maxim. Somehow I find the latter hard to believe. For the former, it created the problem of the "gamergirls" now objectifying themselves.
The idea behind competing without objectifying yourself is perfectly fine and in fact commendable but assume you haven't entered the contest as of yet. The first thing you see are the current contestants and more than half of them are dressed as sluts. What is your reaction? Obviously I will need to be a slut in order to get any votes, I will pass this opportunity on OR I will join in and be even sluttier. Neither reaction is positive to girl gamers in general.
Furthermore, I know that Maxim CAN do something about this contest by enforcing that it's not a beauty contest or that they're looking for something less vague than popularity or even outright banning some contestants(seriously. there's two male contestants in a female gamer contest and you've deleted other accounts(FlyingToilet got an account deleted.).
I'll be pleasantly surprised if someone who is capable of producing good articles/videos on gaming arises but it wouldn't surprise me one bit if we ended up with slut1/slut2/slut3 as the finalists.(To a lesser extent I would assume since the sponsors are the ones finalizing it.)
I'd also like to say that it doesn't MATTER if they win or lose too badly at this point. There's 500 slots open for contestants to be semi finalists. Hot_Bid could win every vote from TL and STILL be kicked out by the independant sponsors. Which means this contest's validity depends highly upon what the sponsor is looking for. I believe Hot_Bid and Anna Prosser both have enough votes to be considered in the top 500 at the least.
p.s It's also strange that they aren't locking votes to IP addresses during the initial votes but they are doing it for the finals but this isn't really related to any of the points I'm trying to bring up.
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool over them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
I agree with TheToast.
I respect your choice to enter this competition, StarSlay3r, but I dislike this style of competitions in general. The prize will be good for whoever wins it, but it will not be a win for female gamers. They won't be taken seriously as a result of this, they'll just be objectified more than already happens. This is a contest aimed at using male desire to sell Virgin Gaming and Maxim products, not promoting femal game players. Frankly, I find it insulting to both genders.
As a female gamer, I will be voting for Hotbid. He is the prettiest princess with the chance to show how much I dislike this competition.
Good luck with your future GH playing.
100% Agree. While I absolutely think a GH pro is awesome and I like seeing females become more prominent since gaming is so male dominated, I cannot respect any of the women particpating in this contest. It's demaning and in my personal opinion any woman who's got any sort of exposure in the gaming world would be doing infinitely more credit to female gamers by boycotting this contest. You think having a male so high up in this contest is so bad for other girls who are getting discouraged? Well I think all of them should get some self respect and not whore themselves out for a Maxim photo shoot.
I mean seriously, how can anyone possibly believe that a MAXIM contest in any way legitimizes females in gaming? I'm not even being sarcastic, I really truly do not understand it. I would love to see an actual gaming organization (Game Informer maybe? Or TL hint hint hint) host this contest with some legitimate criteria. Female gamers need some real role models who show that you do not have to use your tits to be taken seriously.
wow get that stick out of your asses. "its demeaning to women" bla bla. Like you never looked at porn before lol.
This is entertainment. Sex sells. Its a maxim contest for gamer girls, not some PC gamer contest for the best female gamer. They want a spokesmodel. You have to be hot. Thats it.
On another note, I seem to remember Virgin gaming logos in old school games. Not so much rescently though. I think they made/published NBA jam which was seriously awesome.
Putting gamer girls and soft porn 'actresses' in the same level is demeaning to gamer girls though.
Edit. What I mean is that gamer girls are already being discriminated against within the gaming community, and holding a soft porn gamer girl tournament just deepens that problem.
why is it demeaning to women to flaunt their shit? Its their choice. No one forced them to do it. They wanna make money. They like showing off. Whatever.
If Men's health makes a contest for gamer guys, who do you think will win? You think some scrawny kid whose good at games can win?
Yeah? Totally. There'd be a competition between the gaming genres with their contestants probably, as seen here with wow vs sc2/scbw.
It doesn't matter whether they choose to or not (if they were forced to that would be illegal and disgusting, why is that worth brining up?). It's still demeaning to women. Why? Because prostitution is still very common, and prostitution is pretty much the same as slavery. Women rights is still very controversial in most countries in the world. There's a significant salary difference between women and men in most countries in the world. Women are pretty much a second class human being in a political sense.
Women "flaunting their shit [...] to make money" is practically the same as if millions of black people organized during the civil rights movement in the USA to reinstate slavery.
On April 06 2012 10:02 Endymion wrote: "@I_pic_Tradechat Have you ever been to TL.net? That site is just one giant community of trolls. If this contest was held 3 years ago Hot_bod would already have 100k votes. Luckily, its held now while Tl's community is shrinking" oh no you didnt!
Reply with a link to Intrigue's blog about the correct usage of the word "troll".
Honestly her self esteem has to be really low if she has to post things like that to make herself look better. That's so sad.
Lol coming from someone in the WoW community that's pretty hilarious...really? Wow kids more mature than teamliquid members?
edit:
If Men's health makes a contest for gamer guys, who do you think will win? You think some scrawny kid whose good at games can win?
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool over them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
I agree with TheToast.
I respect your choice to enter this competition, StarSlay3r, but I dislike this style of competitions in general. The prize will be good for whoever wins it, but it will not be a win for female gamers. They won't be taken seriously as a result of this, they'll just be objectified more than already happens. This is a contest aimed at using male desire to sell Virgin Gaming and Maxim products, not promoting femal game players. Frankly, I find it insulting to both genders.
As a female gamer, I will be voting for Hotbid. He is the prettiest princess with the chance to show how much I dislike this competition.
Good luck with your future GH playing.
100% Agree. While I absolutely think a GH pro is awesome and I like seeing females become more prominent since gaming is so male dominated, I cannot respect any of the women particpating in this contest. It's demaning and in my personal opinion any woman who's got any sort of exposure in the gaming world would be doing infinitely more credit to female gamers by boycotting this contest. You think having a male so high up in this contest is so bad for other girls who are getting discouraged? Well I think all of them should get some self respect and not whore themselves out for a Maxim photo shoot.
I mean seriously, how can anyone possibly believe that a MAXIM contest in any way legitimizes females in gaming? I'm not even being sarcastic, I really truly do not understand it. I would love to see an actual gaming organization (Game Informer maybe? Or TL hint hint hint) host this contest with some legitimate criteria. Female gamers need some real role models who show that you do not have to use your tits to be taken seriously.
wow get that stick out of your asses. "its demeaning to women" bla bla. Like you never looked at porn before lol.
This is entertainment. Sex sells. Its a maxim contest for gamer girls, not some PC gamer contest for the best female gamer. They want a spokesmodel. You have to be hot. Thats it.
On another note, I seem to remember Virgin gaming logos in old school games. Not so much rescently though. I think they made/published NBA jam which was seriously awesome.
Putting gamer girls and soft porn 'actresses' in the same level is demeaning to gamer girls though.
Edit. What I mean is that gamer girls are already being discriminated against within the gaming community, and holding a soft porn gamer girl tournament just deepens that problem.
why is it demeaning to women to flaunt their shit? Its their choice. No one forced them to do it. They wanna make money. They like showing off. Whatever.
If Men's health makes a contest for gamer guys, who do you think will win? You think some scrawny kid whose good at games can win?
Yeah? Totally. There'd be a competition between the gaming genres with their contestants probably, as seen here with wow vs sc2/scbw.
It doesn't matter whether they choose to or not (if they were forced to that would be illegal and disgusting, why is that worth brining up?). It's still demeaning to women. Why? Because prostitution is still very common, and prostitution is pretty much the same as slavery. Women rights is still very controversial in most countries in the world. There's a significant salary difference between women and men in most countries in the world. Women are pretty much a second class human being in a political sense.
Women "flaunting their shit [...] to make money" is practically the same as if millions of black people organized during the civil rights movement in the USA to reinstate slavery.
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool over them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
I agree with TheToast.
I respect your choice to enter this competition, StarSlay3r, but I dislike this style of competitions in general. The prize will be good for whoever wins it, but it will not be a win for female gamers. They won't be taken seriously as a result of this, they'll just be objectified more than already happens. This is a contest aimed at using male desire to sell Virgin Gaming and Maxim products, not promoting femal game players. Frankly, I find it insulting to both genders.
As a female gamer, I will be voting for Hotbid. He is the prettiest princess with the chance to show how much I dislike this competition.
Good luck with your future GH playing.
100% Agree. While I absolutely think a GH pro is awesome and I like seeing females become more prominent since gaming is so male dominated, I cannot respect any of the women particpating in this contest. It's demaning and in my personal opinion any woman who's got any sort of exposure in the gaming world would be doing infinitely more credit to female gamers by boycotting this contest. You think having a male so high up in this contest is so bad for other girls who are getting discouraged? Well I think all of them should get some self respect and not whore themselves out for a Maxim photo shoot.
I mean seriously, how can anyone possibly believe that a MAXIM contest in any way legitimizes females in gaming? I'm not even being sarcastic, I really truly do not understand it. I would love to see an actual gaming organization (Game Informer maybe? Or TL hint hint hint) host this contest with some legitimate criteria. Female gamers need some real role models who show that you do not have to use your tits to be taken seriously.
wow get that stick out of your asses. "its demeaning to women" bla bla. Like you never looked at porn before lol.
This is entertainment. Sex sells. Its a maxim contest for gamer girls, not some PC gamer contest for the best female gamer. They want a spokesmodel. You have to be hot. Thats it.
On another note, I seem to remember Virgin gaming logos in old school games. Not so much rescently though. I think they made/published NBA jam which was seriously awesome.
Putting gamer girls and soft porn 'actresses' in the same level is demeaning to gamer girls though.
Edit. What I mean is that gamer girls are already being discriminated against within the gaming community, and holding a soft porn gamer girl tournament just deepens that problem.
why is it demeaning to women to flaunt their shit? Its their choice. No one forced them to do it. They wanna make money. They like showing off. Whatever.
If Men's health makes a contest for gamer guys, who do you think will win? You think some scrawny kid whose good at games can win?
Yeah? Totally. There'd be a competition between the gaming genres with their contestants probably, as seen here with wow vs sc2/scbw.
It doesn't matter whether they choose to or not (if they were forced to that would be illegal and disgusting, why is that worth brining up?). It's still demeaning to women. Why? Because prostitution is still very common, and prostitution is pretty much the same as slavery. Women rights is still very controversial in most countries in the world. There's a significant salary difference between women and men in most countries in the world. Women are pretty much a second class human being in a political sense.
Women "flaunting their shit [...] to make money" is practically the same as if millions of black people organized during the civil rights movement in the USA to reinstate slavery.
That's my opinion atleast.
im at a loss for words lol. Seriosuly?
I don't know whether he is just trolling or being serious.
Lol, some of this chicks are not even casual gamers. It's like the went to a party, they were bored and someone passed them a controller and tried for a couple of frags at COD or something.
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool over them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
I agree with TheToast.
I respect your choice to enter this competition, StarSlay3r, but I dislike this style of competitions in general. The prize will be good for whoever wins it, but it will not be a win for female gamers. They won't be taken seriously as a result of this, they'll just be objectified more than already happens. This is a contest aimed at using male desire to sell Virgin Gaming and Maxim products, not promoting femal game players. Frankly, I find it insulting to both genders.
As a female gamer, I will be voting for Hotbid. He is the prettiest princess with the chance to show how much I dislike this competition.
Good luck with your future GH playing.
100% Agree. While I absolutely think a GH pro is awesome and I like seeing females become more prominent since gaming is so male dominated, I cannot respect any of the women particpating in this contest. It's demaning and in my personal opinion any woman who's got any sort of exposure in the gaming world would be doing infinitely more credit to female gamers by boycotting this contest. You think having a male so high up in this contest is so bad for other girls who are getting discouraged? Well I think all of them should get some self respect and not whore themselves out for a Maxim photo shoot.
I mean seriously, how can anyone possibly believe that a MAXIM contest in any way legitimizes females in gaming? I'm not even being sarcastic, I really truly do not understand it. I would love to see an actual gaming organization (Game Informer maybe? Or TL hint hint hint) host this contest with some legitimate criteria. Female gamers need some real role models who show that you do not have to use your tits to be taken seriously.
wow get that stick out of your asses. "its demeaning to women" bla bla. Like you never looked at porn before lol.
This is entertainment. Sex sells. Its a maxim contest for gamer girls, not some PC gamer contest for the best female gamer. They want a spokesmodel. You have to be hot. Thats it.
On another note, I seem to remember Virgin gaming logos in old school games. Not so much rescently though. I think they made/published NBA jam which was seriously awesome.
Putting gamer girls and soft porn 'actresses' in the same level is demeaning to gamer girls though.
Edit. What I mean is that gamer girls are already being discriminated against within the gaming community, and holding a soft porn gamer girl tournament just deepens that problem.
why is it demeaning to women to flaunt their shit? Its their choice. No one forced them to do it. They wanna make money. They like showing off. Whatever.
If Men's health makes a contest for gamer guys, who do you think will win? You think some scrawny kid whose good at games can win?
Yeah? Totally. There'd be a competition between the gaming genres with their contestants probably, as seen here with wow vs sc2/scbw.
It doesn't matter whether they choose to or not (if they were forced to that would be illegal and disgusting, why is that worth brining up?). It's still demeaning to women. Why? Because prostitution is still very common, and prostitution is pretty much the same as slavery. Women rights is still very controversial in most countries in the world. There's a significant salary difference between women and men in most countries in the world. Women are pretty much a second class human being in a political sense.
Women "flaunting their shit [...] to make money" is practically the same as if millions of black people organized during the civil rights movement in the USA to reinstate slavery.
That's my opinion atleast.
Or you could see it as women taking advantage of men being retarded. What you are saying just makes no sense man, (or woman) and that comparison is just nuts (or labia). Just because women have been forced to do something in the past does not mean it is morally wrong to do it voluntarily. By your logic women having sex with men would be wrong, since women have been raped in the past. You`re mixing up the part that is wrong (Forcing someone) and the part that is not (flaunting your shit).
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool over them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
I agree with TheToast.
I respect your choice to enter this competition, StarSlay3r, but I dislike this style of competitions in general. The prize will be good for whoever wins it, but it will not be a win for female gamers. They won't be taken seriously as a result of this, they'll just be objectified more than already happens. This is a contest aimed at using male desire to sell Virgin Gaming and Maxim products, not promoting femal game players. Frankly, I find it insulting to both genders.
As a female gamer, I will be voting for Hotbid. He is the prettiest princess with the chance to show how much I dislike this competition.
Good luck with your future GH playing.
100% Agree. While I absolutely think a GH pro is awesome and I like seeing females become more prominent since gaming is so male dominated, I cannot respect any of the women particpating in this contest. It's demaning and in my personal opinion any woman who's got any sort of exposure in the gaming world would be doing infinitely more credit to female gamers by boycotting this contest. You think having a male so high up in this contest is so bad for other girls who are getting discouraged? Well I think all of them should get some self respect and not whore themselves out for a Maxim photo shoot.
I mean seriously, how can anyone possibly believe that a MAXIM contest in any way legitimizes females in gaming? I'm not even being sarcastic, I really truly do not understand it. I would love to see an actual gaming organization (Game Informer maybe? Or TL hint hint hint) host this contest with some legitimate criteria. Female gamers need some real role models who show that you do not have to use your tits to be taken seriously.
wow get that stick out of your asses. "its demeaning to women" bla bla. Like you never looked at porn before lol.
This is entertainment. Sex sells. Its a maxim contest for gamer girls, not some PC gamer contest for the best female gamer. They want a spokesmodel. You have to be hot. Thats it.
On another note, I seem to remember Virgin gaming logos in old school games. Not so much rescently though. I think they made/published NBA jam which was seriously awesome.
Putting gamer girls and soft porn 'actresses' in the same level is demeaning to gamer girls though.
Edit. What I mean is that gamer girls are already being discriminated against within the gaming community, and holding a soft porn gamer girl tournament just deepens that problem.
why is it demeaning to women to flaunt their shit? Its their choice. No one forced them to do it. They wanna make money. They like showing off. Whatever.
If Men's health makes a contest for gamer guys, who do you think will win? You think some scrawny kid whose good at games can win?
Yeah? Totally. There'd be a competition between the gaming genres with their contestants probably, as seen here with wow vs sc2/scbw.
It doesn't matter whether they choose to or not (if they were forced to that would be illegal and disgusting, why is that worth brining up?). It's still demeaning to women. Why? Because prostitution is still very common, and prostitution is pretty much the same as slavery. Women rights is still very controversial in most countries in the world. There's a significant salary difference between women and men in most countries in the world. Women are pretty much a second class human being in a political sense.
Women "flaunting their shit [...] to make money" is practically the same as if millions of black people organized during the civil rights movement in the USA to reinstate slavery.
That's my opinion atleast.
The problem with prostitution is that there are people being forced into it. However, if some1 chooses to use his/her body to accomplish goals, who are we to say they can't? Obviously we can not allow people to force others into it, but we can't decide what others can / can not do with their body either. The prostitution you are talking about is forced prostitution, but there are also people who choose to prostitute themselves.
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool over them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
I agree with TheToast.
I respect your choice to enter this competition, StarSlay3r, but I dislike this style of competitions in general. The prize will be good for whoever wins it, but it will not be a win for female gamers. They won't be taken seriously as a result of this, they'll just be objectified more than already happens. This is a contest aimed at using male desire to sell Virgin Gaming and Maxim products, not promoting femal game players. Frankly, I find it insulting to both genders.
As a female gamer, I will be voting for Hotbid. He is the prettiest princess with the chance to show how much I dislike this competition.
Good luck with your future GH playing.
100% Agree. While I absolutely think a GH pro is awesome and I like seeing females become more prominent since gaming is so male dominated, I cannot respect any of the women particpating in this contest. It's demaning and in my personal opinion any woman who's got any sort of exposure in the gaming world would be doing infinitely more credit to female gamers by boycotting this contest. You think having a male so high up in this contest is so bad for other girls who are getting discouraged? Well I think all of them should get some self respect and not whore themselves out for a Maxim photo shoot.
I mean seriously, how can anyone possibly believe that a MAXIM contest in any way legitimizes females in gaming? I'm not even being sarcastic, I really truly do not understand it. I would love to see an actual gaming organization (Game Informer maybe? Or TL hint hint hint) host this contest with some legitimate criteria. Female gamers need some real role models who show that you do not have to use your tits to be taken seriously.
wow get that stick out of your asses. "its demeaning to women" bla bla. Like you never looked at porn before lol.
This is entertainment. Sex sells. Its a maxim contest for gamer girls, not some PC gamer contest for the best female gamer. They want a spokesmodel. You have to be hot. Thats it.
On another note, I seem to remember Virgin gaming logos in old school games. Not so much rescently though. I think they made/published NBA jam which was seriously awesome.
Putting gamer girls and soft porn 'actresses' in the same level is demeaning to gamer girls though.
Edit. What I mean is that gamer girls are already being discriminated against within the gaming community, and holding a soft porn gamer girl tournament just deepens that problem.
why is it demeaning to women to flaunt their shit? Its their choice. No one forced them to do it. They wanna make money. They like showing off. Whatever.
If Men's health makes a contest for gamer guys, who do you think will win? You think some scrawny kid whose good at games can win?
Yeah? Totally. There'd be a competition between the gaming genres with their contestants probably, as seen here with wow vs sc2/scbw.
It doesn't matter whether they choose to or not (if they were forced to that would be illegal and disgusting, why is that worth brining up?). It's still demeaning to women. Why? Because prostitution is still very common, and prostitution is pretty much the same as slavery. Women rights is still very controversial in most countries in the world. There's a significant salary difference between women and men in most countries in the world. Women are pretty much a second class human being in a political sense.
Women "flaunting their shit [...] to make money" is practically the same as if millions of black people organized during the civil rights movement in the USA to reinstate slavery.
That's my opinion atleast.
The problem with prostitution is that there are people being forced into it. However, if some1 chooses to use his/her body to accomplish goals, who are we to say they can't? Obviously we can not allow people to force others into it, but we can't decide what others can / can not do with their body either. The prostitution you are talking about is forced prostitution, but there are also people who choose to prostitute themselves.
I think this is a good end point to this discussion. It is really derailing the thread. Let's get back to what's really important: Voting to see Hot_Bid in a bikini! Make sure to get your vote in every 24 hours.
On April 06 2012 17:58 StarSlay3r wrote: Assuming this is in fact just a spokesmodel, get event coverage, appear at events wearing a Maxim t-shirt kind of thing, I don't see how this could be something that hurts female gamers and the way people perceive them. The contest is not the issue, the issue is with the girls themselves and how they allow themselves to be perceived. I see girls in the contest who complained about all the same things you mentioned, but they were the first ones to post pictures of themselves in lingerie or naked covered only by game peripherals/controllers. I created my profile, I talked strictly about my gaming history, and I posted pictures of me fully clothed, gaming. If I won the contest and they said they wanted me to pose nearly nude I'd say no. I personally have too much respect for myself to agree to do that, and if they pick me they will know that is my standpoint so there shouldn't be any issues. I have no problem canceling what COULD be a good contract if it does turn out to be a sexist and degrading position with Maxim, and any other self respecting female who enters this contest should do the same. If not, that should only make THEM personally look bad, not female gamers as a whole.
Why are the actions of one female reflected upon all of us, yet if ONE guy does something douchey people just look at him and think he's a d*** instead of saying all male gamers are disrespectful a-holes for example?
I think your being rather naive. If the goal here was just for Virgin Gaming to find a spokesperson or representative for their products, they would not be holding this contest. They would hire someone like Idra, HuK, Shibby, etc. who already have a huge fan following and a lot of credibility in the gaming community. Or they would sign a sponsorship deal with an organization like Team Liquid or MLG. The fact that they are specifically looking for a woman, say very clearly that the contest is at least partially about "looks", and are running it through a glamor magazine; it makes it pretty clear what the goal of this is.
I don't think Maxim is looking to do any kind of explicit content with the photoshoot, but that really doesn't change the intent of things. They still want to use a woman as a hot piece of meat to sell their products to what they percieve is a community filled with a mass of undersexed nerds. I realize it's not the only industry in which this type of stuff goes on, the sports world is arguably much worse, but that doesn't mean we have to accept it in our community.
As far as the actions of one woman reflecting on the entire gender; I think you missed the point that was being made. It's already damn near impossible for women to break into the pro-gaming world in a way that they will be taken seriously. I think the goal should be towards having women in gaming treated the same way with the same respect as their male counterparts. This contest does nothing towards that. It enforces the idea that women in gaming are only here as eye candy, and that they are all attention whores trying to use their sex appeal to get stuff from nerds. Both annoying myths that need to be countered.
If Maxim and Virgin gaming were really looking for the best gaming girl, they'd hold a tournament and pick from the winners. But this is essentially an internet version of a bikini contest, women being toted out in front of a bunch of men and judged. Call me crazy, but I don't think that's quite right.
Just know that not all of us girls who entered this contest are like that, and it IS possible to enter a contest like this and respect ourselves and make female gamers as a whole look good by being professional in the way we present ourselves while competing.
No one is questioning that not all women are engaging in that type of behavior. But many are, and they will probably win. You see though, this isn't just about you, it's not even just about women in gaming; for years all gamers have been cast as stereotypical lonely nerds and geeks. This kind of garbage only furthers that stupid perception, and if it is successful will only encourage companies looking to advertise to us to use over the top sex appeal.
So of course you can compete, of course you can try to win; but don't complain when the gaming community doesn't take it seriously.
On April 06 2012 19:15 Euronyme wrote: It doesn't matter whether they choose to or not (if they were forced to that would be illegal and disgusting, why is that worth brining up?). It's still demeaning to women.
It's not your place to tell women what's demeaning to them. If they want to do something, that's their choice. You might think you're being a heroic little white knight, but you're just as condescending and patronizing as any patriarch in history. It's not a coincidence that only beta men and ugly women insist that modeling is demeaning, and never the models themselves.
On April 06 2012 19:15 Euronyme wrote: Why? Because prostitution is still very common, and prostitution is pretty much the same as slavery.
No, it's not, except for sex slaves, which are called something entirely different for a reason.
On April 06 2012 19:15 Euronyme wrote: There's a significant salary difference between women and men in most countries in the world.
False. That idea comes from a bullshit feminist myth. In any country where women are (legally and socially) allowed to work the same jobs as men (e.g. all first world nations), there is no statistically significant wage gap once you control for all the relevant variables.
On April 06 2012 19:15 Euronyme wrote: Women "flaunting their shit [...] to make money" is practically the same as if millions of black people organized during the civil rights movement in the USA to reinstate slavery.
You fail comparisons forever. You might as well call sports the same as slavery since it includes many young black men violently competinig with each other for money.
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool over them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
I agree with TheToast.
I respect your choice to enter this competition, StarSlay3r, but I dislike this style of competitions in general. The prize will be good for whoever wins it, but it will not be a win for female gamers. They won't be taken seriously as a result of this, they'll just be objectified more than already happens. This is a contest aimed at using male desire to sell Virgin Gaming and Maxim products, not promoting femal game players. Frankly, I find it insulting to both genders.
As a female gamer, I will be voting for Hotbid. He is the prettiest princess with the chance to show how much I dislike this competition.
Good luck with your future GH playing.
100% Agree. While I absolutely think a GH pro is awesome and I like seeing females become more prominent since gaming is so male dominated, I cannot respect any of the women particpating in this contest. It's demaning and in my personal opinion any woman who's got any sort of exposure in the gaming world would be doing infinitely more credit to female gamers by boycotting this contest. You think having a male so high up in this contest is so bad for other girls who are getting discouraged? Well I think all of them should get some self respect and not whore themselves out for a Maxim photo shoot.
I mean seriously, how can anyone possibly believe that a MAXIM contest in any way legitimizes females in gaming? I'm not even being sarcastic, I really truly do not understand it. I would love to see an actual gaming organization (Game Informer maybe? Or TL hint hint hint) host this contest with some legitimate criteria. Female gamers need some real role models who show that you do not have to use your tits to be taken seriously.
wow get that stick out of your asses. "its demeaning to women" bla bla. Like you never looked at porn before lol.
This is entertainment. Sex sells. Its a maxim contest for gamer girls, not some PC gamer contest for the best female gamer. They want a spokesmodel. You have to be hot. Thats it.
On another note, I seem to remember Virgin gaming logos in old school games. Not so much rescently though. I think they made/published NBA jam which was seriously awesome.
Putting gamer girls and soft porn 'actresses' in the same level is demeaning to gamer girls though.
Edit. What I mean is that gamer girls are already being discriminated against within the gaming community, and holding a soft porn gamer girl tournament just deepens that problem.
why is it demeaning to women to flaunt their shit? Its their choice. No one forced them to do it. They wanna make money. They like showing off. Whatever.
If Men's health makes a contest for gamer guys, who do you think will win? You think some scrawny kid whose good at games can win?
Yeah? Totally. There'd be a competition between the gaming genres with their contestants probably, as seen here with wow vs sc2/scbw.
It doesn't matter whether they choose to or not (if they were forced to that would be illegal and disgusting, why is that worth brining up?). It's still demeaning to women. Why? Because prostitution is still very common, and prostitution is pretty much the same as slavery. Women rights is still very controversial in most countries in the world. There's a significant salary difference between women and men in most countries in the world. Women are pretty much a second class human being in a political sense.
Women "flaunting their shit [...] to make money" is practically the same as if millions of black people organized during the civil rights movement in the USA to reinstate slavery.
That's my opinion atleast.
The problem with prostitution is that there are people being forced into it. However, if some1 chooses to use his/her body to accomplish goals, who are we to say they can't? Obviously we can not allow people to force others into it, but we can't decide what others can / can not do with their body either. The prostitution you are talking about is forced prostitution, but there are also people who choose to prostitute themselves.
I think this is a good end point to this discussion. It is really derailing the thread. Let's get back to what's really important: Voting to see Hot_Bid in a bikini! Make sure to get your vote in every 24 hours.
Yah sorry for derailing it even more...
Too bad this youtube chick has so many followers, I really wouldve loved seeing hotbid win.
ANYHOW its still great publicity for teamliquid people, WE STILL WIN!
On April 07 2012 02:04 pellejohnson wrote: When did this turn into 4chan? Trolling random competitions like this is IMO just distasteful no matter what you think of them.
I expected more from TL...
How dare you claim that Hot_Bid isn't the sexiest lady in the competition.
On April 07 2012 02:04 pellejohnson wrote: When did this turn into 4chan? Trolling random competitions like this is IMO just distasteful no matter what you think of them.
I expected more from TL...
Big man with the 18 post count coming to ridcule the community. People take shit way too seriously. How the hell do you make friends when you are incapable of even withholding your disdain for some people havign some harmless fun over an internet forum.
My respect for the TL rules is the only thing stopping me from posting the we have a badass meme. It is very applicable here. I wouldnt want to hurt your feelings either.
On April 07 2012 02:04 pellejohnson wrote: When did this turn into 4chan? Trolling random competitions like this is IMO just distasteful no matter what you think of them.
I expected more from TL...
You must be new here, we've been doing this for a while, still have Authonomy favourited = D
Guys I'm pretty sure we are now entirely off topic.
This thread is about the Maxim contest, not prostitution.
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On April 07 2012 02:04 pellejohnson wrote: When did this turn into 4chan? Trolling random competitions like this is IMO just distasteful no matter what you think of them.
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool over them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
And do you really think voting to get Hot_Bid to win a female competition is the correct way to do things? If anything, all it does is shows the immaturity of the Team Liquid community for even allowing such a thing to occur right under their nose.
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool over them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
And do you really think voting to get Hot_Bid to win a female competition is the correct way to do things? If anything, all it does is shows the immaturity of the Team Liquid community for even allowing such a thing to occur right under their nose.
As I said: Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
It's a funny and quaint way to protest the contest and show these companies that we are not all a bunch of drooling undersexed stereotypical nerds. If you find that immature, then so be it. However I can't bring my self to take this contest seriously, it's frankly an embarrassment. And frankly, if anyone deserves to be called out it's the misogynistic men who are out there voting for the women with the biggest tits and least clothes and encouraging this nonsense. Call me crazy, but that seems far less mature.
You can do as you wish, vote for whomever you like. But don't get angry at us for not taking the contest seriously.
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool over them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
And do you really think voting to get Hot_Bid to win a female competition is the correct way to do things? If anything, all it does is shows the immaturity of the Team Liquid community for even allowing such a thing to occur right under their nose.
As I said: Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
It's a funny and quaint way to protest the contest and show these companies that we are not all a bunch of drooling undersexed stereotypical nerds. If you find that immature, then so be it. However I can't bring my self to take this contest seriously, it's frankly an embarrassment. And frankly, if anyone deserves to be called out it's the misogynistic men who are out there voting for the women with the biggest tits and least clothes and encouraging this nonsense. Call me crazy, but that seems far less mature.
You can do as you wish, vote for whomever you like. But don't get angry at us for not taking the contest seriously.
You're ruining the contest for other women that are taking the competition seriously. If you have an issue with the contest then deal with it in the appropriate manner. What is occurring right now is no better than what occurs in immature shitty forums like 4chan.
Regardless of not whether or not you agree/disagree with the premise of the competition, does not give you and other TL members a right to practically troll their competition in order to make a mockery of it.
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool over them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
And do you really think voting to get Hot_Bid to win a female competition is the correct way to do things? If anything, all it does is shows the immaturity of the Team Liquid community for even allowing such a thing to occur right under their nose.
As I said: Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
It's a funny and quaint way to protest the contest and show these companies that we are not all a bunch of drooling undersexed stereotypical nerds. If you find that immature, then so be it. However I can't bring my self to take this contest seriously, it's frankly an embarrassment. And frankly, if anyone deserves to be called out it's the misogynistic men who are out there voting for the women with the biggest tits and least clothes and encouraging this nonsense. Call me crazy, but that seems far less mature.
You can do as you wish, vote for whomever you like. But don't get angry at us for not taking the contest seriously.
You're ruining the contest for other women that are taking the competition seriously. If you have an issue with the contest then deal with it in the appropriate manner. What is occurring right now is no better than what occurs in immature shitty forums like 4chan.
Regardless of not whether or not you agree/disagree with the premise of the competition, does not give you and other TL members a right to practically troll their competition in order to make a mockery of it.
It won't even ruin the contest. If hot bid eventually wins, he'll just get removed and it will go to the second highest.
I think what hot bid was pretty funny. It's a good way to mock the contest. I think TheToast is right.
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool over them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
And do you really think voting to get Hot_Bid to win a female competition is the correct way to do things? If anything, all it does is shows the immaturity of the Team Liquid community for even allowing such a thing to occur right under their nose.
As I said: Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
It's a funny and quaint way to protest the contest and show these companies that we are not all a bunch of drooling undersexed stereotypical nerds. If you find that immature, then so be it. However I can't bring my self to take this contest seriously, it's frankly an embarrassment. And frankly, if anyone deserves to be called out it's the misogynistic men who are out there voting for the women with the biggest tits and least clothes and encouraging this nonsense. Call me crazy, but that seems far less mature.
You can do as you wish, vote for whomever you like. But don't get angry at us for not taking the contest seriously.
You're ruining the contest for other women that are taking the competition seriously. If you have an issue with the contest then deal with it in the appropriate manner. What is occurring right now is no better than what occurs in immature shitty forums like 4chan.
Regardless of not whether or not you agree/disagree with the premise of the competition, does not give you and other TL members a right to practically troll their competition in order to make a mockery of it.
It won't even ruin the contest. If hot bid eventually wins, he'll just get removed and it will go to the second highest.
I think what hot bid was pretty funny. It's a good way to mock the contest. I think TheToast is right.
It only demonstrates the immaturity of the TL community of it supports this. Whether or not TheToast is right is not the point. The point is that the TL community is basically lowering itself onto the level of 4chan posters and groups like Anonymous who rig voting polls of Justin Beiber. Seriously, it's not funny. It's just immature.
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool over them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
And do you really think voting to get Hot_Bid to win a female competition is the correct way to do things? If anything, all it does is shows the immaturity of the Team Liquid community for even allowing such a thing to occur right under their nose.
As I said: Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
It's a funny and quaint way to protest the contest and show these companies that we are not all a bunch of drooling undersexed stereotypical nerds. If you find that immature, then so be it. However I can't bring my self to take this contest seriously, it's frankly an embarrassment. And frankly, if anyone deserves to be called out it's the misogynistic men who are out there voting for the women with the biggest tits and least clothes and encouraging this nonsense. Call me crazy, but that seems far less mature.
You can do as you wish, vote for whomever you like. But don't get angry at us for not taking the contest seriously.
You're ruining the contest for other women that are taking the competition seriously. If you have an issue with the contest then deal with it in the appropriate manner. What is occurring right now is no better than what occurs in immature shitty forums like 4chan.
Regardless of not whether or not you agree/disagree with the premise of the competition, does not give you and other TL members a right to practically troll their competition in order to make a mockery of it.
Any girl who takes something like this seriously deserves to have it ruined for them imo.
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool over them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
And do you really think voting to get Hot_Bid to win a female competition is the correct way to do things? If anything, all it does is shows the immaturity of the Team Liquid community for even allowing such a thing to occur right under their nose.
As I said: Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
It's a funny and quaint way to protest the contest and show these companies that we are not all a bunch of drooling undersexed stereotypical nerds. If you find that immature, then so be it. However I can't bring my self to take this contest seriously, it's frankly an embarrassment. And frankly, if anyone deserves to be called out it's the misogynistic men who are out there voting for the women with the biggest tits and least clothes and encouraging this nonsense. Call me crazy, but that seems far less mature.
You can do as you wish, vote for whomever you like. But don't get angry at us for not taking the contest seriously.
You're ruining the contest for other women that are taking the competition seriously. If you have an issue with the contest then deal with it in the appropriate manner. What is occurring right now is no better than what occurs in immature shitty forums like 4chan.
Regardless of not whether or not you agree/disagree with the premise of the competition, does not give you and other TL members a right to practically troll their competition in order to make a mockery of it.
It won't even ruin the contest. If hot bid eventually wins, he'll just get removed and it will go to the second highest.
I think what hot bid was pretty funny. It's a good way to mock the contest. I think TheToast is right.
It only demonstrates the immaturity of the TL community of it supports this. Whether or not TheToast is right is not the point. The point is that the TL community is basically lowering itself onto the level of 4chan posters and groups like Anonymous who rig voting polls of Justin Beiber. Seriously, it's not funny. It's just immature.
I think making fun of contests like... that isn't immature.
You keep bringing up that TL is like 4chan but it's obviously not true. Don't use exxageration to prove a point ;\. The point that mods don't allow memes/stuff like that already seperates it from 4chan where memes are created.
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool over them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
And do you really think voting to get Hot_Bid to win a female competition is the correct way to do things? If anything, all it does is shows the immaturity of the Team Liquid community for even allowing such a thing to occur right under their nose.
As I said: Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
It's a funny and quaint way to protest the contest and show these companies that we are not all a bunch of drooling undersexed stereotypical nerds. If you find that immature, then so be it. However I can't bring my self to take this contest seriously, it's frankly an embarrassment. And frankly, if anyone deserves to be called out it's the misogynistic men who are out there voting for the women with the biggest tits and least clothes and encouraging this nonsense. Call me crazy, but that seems far less mature.
You can do as you wish, vote for whomever you like. But don't get angry at us for not taking the contest seriously.
You're ruining the contest for other women that are taking the competition seriously. If you have an issue with the contest then deal with it in the appropriate manner. What is occurring right now is no better than what occurs in immature shitty forums like 4chan.
Regardless of not whether or not you agree/disagree with the premise of the competition, does not give you and other TL members a right to practically troll their competition in order to make a mockery of it.
Any girl who takes something like this seriously deserves to have it ruined for them imo.
TL, knows what is best for the women of the planet.
As a previously posted pointed out, stop being a white knight and trying to tell what women can do and what they should be ashamed of. If a woman wants to express her sexuality through competitions like this, than it is their own choice.
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool over them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
And do you really think voting to get Hot_Bid to win a female competition is the correct way to do things? If anything, all it does is shows the immaturity of the Team Liquid community for even allowing such a thing to occur right under their nose.
As I said: Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
It's a funny and quaint way to protest the contest and show these companies that we are not all a bunch of drooling undersexed stereotypical nerds. If you find that immature, then so be it. However I can't bring my self to take this contest seriously, it's frankly an embarrassment. And frankly, if anyone deserves to be called out it's the misogynistic men who are out there voting for the women with the biggest tits and least clothes and encouraging this nonsense. Call me crazy, but that seems far less mature.
You can do as you wish, vote for whomever you like. But don't get angry at us for not taking the contest seriously.
You're ruining the contest for other women that are taking the competition seriously. If you have an issue with the contest then deal with it in the appropriate manner. What is occurring right now is no better than what occurs in immature shitty forums like 4chan.
Regardless of not whether or not you agree/disagree with the premise of the competition, does not give you and other TL members a right to practically troll their competition in order to make a mockery of it.
It won't even ruin the contest. If hot bid eventually wins, he'll just get removed and it will go to the second highest.
I think what hot bid was pretty funny. It's a good way to mock the contest. I think TheToast is right.
It only demonstrates the immaturity of the TL community of it supports this. Whether or not TheToast is right is not the point. The point is that the TL community is basically lowering itself onto the level of 4chan posters and groups like Anonymous who rig voting polls of Justin Beiber. Seriously, it's not funny. It's just immature.
I think making fun of contests like... that isn't immature.
You keep bringing up that TL is like 4chan but it's obviously not true. Don't use exxageration to prove a point ;\. The point that mods don't allow memes/stuff like that already seperates it from 4chan where memes are created.
And I think it's funny so speak for yourself
It is when you try to directly sabotage a competition.
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool over them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
And do you really think voting to get Hot_Bid to win a female competition is the correct way to do things? If anything, all it does is shows the immaturity of the Team Liquid community for even allowing such a thing to occur right under their nose.
As I said: Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
It's a funny and quaint way to protest the contest and show these companies that we are not all a bunch of drooling undersexed stereotypical nerds. If you find that immature, then so be it. However I can't bring my self to take this contest seriously, it's frankly an embarrassment. And frankly, if anyone deserves to be called out it's the misogynistic men who are out there voting for the women with the biggest tits and least clothes and encouraging this nonsense. Call me crazy, but that seems far less mature.
You can do as you wish, vote for whomever you like. But don't get angry at us for not taking the contest seriously.
You're ruining the contest for other women that are taking the competition seriously. If you have an issue with the contest then deal with it in the appropriate manner. What is occurring right now is no better than what occurs in immature shitty forums like 4chan.
Regardless of not whether or not you agree/disagree with the premise of the competition, does not give you and other TL members a right to practically troll their competition in order to make a mockery of it.
Any girl who takes something like this seriously deserves to have it ruined for them imo.
TL, knows what is best for the women of the planet.
As a previously posted pointed out, stop being a white knight and trying to tell what women can do and what they should be ashamed of. If a woman wants to express her sexuality through competitions like this, than it is their own choice.
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool over them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
And do you really think voting to get Hot_Bid to win a female competition is the correct way to do things? If anything, all it does is shows the immaturity of the Team Liquid community for even allowing such a thing to occur right under their nose.
As I said: Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
It's a funny and quaint way to protest the contest and show these companies that we are not all a bunch of drooling undersexed stereotypical nerds. If you find that immature, then so be it. However I can't bring my self to take this contest seriously, it's frankly an embarrassment. And frankly, if anyone deserves to be called out it's the misogynistic men who are out there voting for the women with the biggest tits and least clothes and encouraging this nonsense. Call me crazy, but that seems far less mature.
You can do as you wish, vote for whomever you like. But don't get angry at us for not taking the contest seriously.
You're ruining the contest for other women that are taking the competition seriously. If you have an issue with the contest then deal with it in the appropriate manner. What is occurring right now is no better than what occurs in immature shitty forums like 4chan.
Regardless of not whether or not you agree/disagree with the premise of the competition, does not give you and other TL members a right to practically troll their competition in order to make a mockery of it.
It won't even ruin the contest. If hot bid eventually wins, he'll just get removed and it will go to the second highest.
I think what hot bid was pretty funny. It's a good way to mock the contest. I think TheToast is right.
It only demonstrates the immaturity of the TL community of it supports this. Whether or not TheToast is right is not the point. The point is that the TL community is basically lowering itself onto the level of 4chan posters and groups like Anonymous who rig voting polls of Justin Beiber. Seriously, it's not funny. It's just immature.
I think making fun of contests like... that isn't immature.
You keep bringing up that TL is like 4chan but it's obviously not true. Don't use exxageration to prove a point ;\. The point that mods don't allow memes/stuff like that already seperates it from 4chan where memes are created.
And I think it's funny so speak for yourself
It is when you try to directly sabotage a competition.
As I've said before, this isn't sabotaging a competition.
This is making fun of a competition. It will take the mods 10 seconds to delete Hot Bid when they see he registered. No harm done. Competition continues as normal. It won't end up mattering.
(edit) Also being a white knight is defending women on the internet just because they're women. What he did isn't white knighting.
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool over them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
And do you really think voting to get Hot_Bid to win a female competition is the correct way to do things? If anything, all it does is shows the immaturity of the Team Liquid community for even allowing such a thing to occur right under their nose.
As I said: Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
It's a funny and quaint way to protest the contest and show these companies that we are not all a bunch of drooling undersexed stereotypical nerds. If you find that immature, then so be it. However I can't bring my self to take this contest seriously, it's frankly an embarrassment. And frankly, if anyone deserves to be called out it's the misogynistic men who are out there voting for the women with the biggest tits and least clothes and encouraging this nonsense. Call me crazy, but that seems far less mature.
You can do as you wish, vote for whomever you like. But don't get angry at us for not taking the contest seriously.
You're ruining the contest for other women that are taking the competition seriously. If you have an issue with the contest then deal with it in the appropriate manner. What is occurring right now is no better than what occurs in immature shitty forums like 4chan.
Regardless of not whether or not you agree/disagree with the premise of the competition, does not give you and other TL members a right to practically troll their competition in order to make a mockery of it.
Any girl who takes something like this seriously deserves to have it ruined for them imo.
TL, knows what is best for the women of the planet.
As a previously posted pointed out, stop being a white knight and trying to tell what women can do and what they should be ashamed of. If a woman wants to express her sexuality through competitions like this, than it is their own choice.
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool over them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
And do you really think voting to get Hot_Bid to win a female competition is the correct way to do things? If anything, all it does is shows the immaturity of the Team Liquid community for even allowing such a thing to occur right under their nose.
As I said: Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
It's a funny and quaint way to protest the contest and show these companies that we are not all a bunch of drooling undersexed stereotypical nerds. If you find that immature, then so be it. However I can't bring my self to take this contest seriously, it's frankly an embarrassment. And frankly, if anyone deserves to be called out it's the misogynistic men who are out there voting for the women with the biggest tits and least clothes and encouraging this nonsense. Call me crazy, but that seems far less mature.
You can do as you wish, vote for whomever you like. But don't get angry at us for not taking the contest seriously.
You're ruining the contest for other women that are taking the competition seriously. If you have an issue with the contest then deal with it in the appropriate manner. What is occurring right now is no better than what occurs in immature shitty forums like 4chan.
Regardless of not whether or not you agree/disagree with the premise of the competition, does not give you and other TL members a right to practically troll their competition in order to make a mockery of it.
It won't even ruin the contest. If hot bid eventually wins, he'll just get removed and it will go to the second highest.
I think what hot bid was pretty funny. It's a good way to mock the contest. I think TheToast is right.
It only demonstrates the immaturity of the TL community of it supports this. Whether or not TheToast is right is not the point. The point is that the TL community is basically lowering itself onto the level of 4chan posters and groups like Anonymous who rig voting polls of Justin Beiber. Seriously, it's not funny. It's just immature.
I think making fun of contests like... that isn't immature.
You keep bringing up that TL is like 4chan but it's obviously not true. Don't use exxageration to prove a point ;\. The point that mods don't allow memes/stuff like that already seperates it from 4chan where memes are created.
And I think it's funny so speak for yourself
It is when you try to directly sabotage a competition.
White knight? I think you misunderstood me. I could not possibly care less what women feel like doing with their sexuality. I just think the contest is stupid.
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool over them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
And do you really think voting to get Hot_Bid to win a female competition is the correct way to do things? If anything, all it does is shows the immaturity of the Team Liquid community for even allowing such a thing to occur right under their nose.
As I said: Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
It's a funny and quaint way to protest the contest and show these companies that we are not all a bunch of drooling undersexed stereotypical nerds. If you find that immature, then so be it. However I can't bring my self to take this contest seriously, it's frankly an embarrassment. And frankly, if anyone deserves to be called out it's the misogynistic men who are out there voting for the women with the biggest tits and least clothes and encouraging this nonsense. Call me crazy, but that seems far less mature.
You can do as you wish, vote for whomever you like. But don't get angry at us for not taking the contest seriously.
You're ruining the contest for other women that are taking the competition seriously. If you have an issue with the contest then deal with it in the appropriate manner. What is occurring right now is no better than what occurs in immature shitty forums like 4chan.
Regardless of not whether or not you agree/disagree with the premise of the competition, does not give you and other TL members a right to practically troll their competition in order to make a mockery of it.
Any girl who takes something like this seriously deserves to have it ruined for them imo.
TL, knows what is best for the women of the planet.
As I have pointed out half a dozen times before, this isn't just about women or female gamers. This is also about countering long held stereotypes of gamers as undersexed nerds. And several female gamers have commented in the past few pages with the same attitude. Either way, I've addressed just about every one of your objections in my previous posts, you either didn't read them or just are never going to give up this rather snobbish view of the situation so I will digress here.
However I think your accusations that the rest of us are "white-knighting" is completely asinine and rediculous. That's essentially what you are doing here. Can you honestly say, if this were a contest to find the hottest male pro-gamer in the world that you would have this same attitude if Aphrodite or flo entered the contest? Would you really accuse them of "ruining the contest" and being immature? Somehow I don't think you would be. You're the one white-knighting here. The women don't need protecting from Hot_Bid, and Hot_Bid isn't ruining the contest; that's utter nonsense.
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool over them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
And do you really think voting to get Hot_Bid to win a female competition is the correct way to do things? If anything, all it does is shows the immaturity of the Team Liquid community for even allowing such a thing to occur right under their nose.
As I said: Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
It's a funny and quaint way to protest the contest and show these companies that we are not all a bunch of drooling undersexed stereotypical nerds. If you find that immature, then so be it. However I can't bring my self to take this contest seriously, it's frankly an embarrassment. And frankly, if anyone deserves to be called out it's the misogynistic men who are out there voting for the women with the biggest tits and least clothes and encouraging this nonsense. Call me crazy, but that seems far less mature.
You can do as you wish, vote for whomever you like. But don't get angry at us for not taking the contest seriously.
You're ruining the contest for other women that are taking the competition seriously. If you have an issue with the contest then deal with it in the appropriate manner. What is occurring right now is no better than what occurs in immature shitty forums like 4chan.
Regardless of not whether or not you agree/disagree with the premise of the competition, does not give you and other TL members a right to practically troll their competition in order to make a mockery of it.
Any girl who takes something like this seriously deserves to have it ruined for them imo.
TL, knows what is best for the women of the planet.
As I have pointed out half a dozen times before, this isn't just about women or female gamers. This is also about countering long held stereotypes of gamers as undersexed nerds. And several female gamers have commented in the past few pages with the same attitude. Either way, I've addressed just about every one of your objections in my previous posts, you either didn't read them or just are never going to give up this rather snobbish view of the situation so I will digress here.
However I think your accusations that the rest of us are "white-knighting" is completely asinine and rediculous. That's essentially what you are doing here. Can you honestly say, if this were a contest to find the hottest male pro-gamer in the world that you would have this same attitude if Aphrodite or flo entered the contest? Would you really accuse them of "ruining the contest" and being immature? Somehow I don't think you would be. You're the one white-knighting here. The women don't need protecting from Hot_Bid, and Hot_Bid isn't ruining the contest; that's utter nonsense.
You guys have to realize that the real winner is Maxim no matter how this turns out. Every time you go to their website to vote you generate ad revenue.
On April 07 2012 02:04 pellejohnson wrote: When did this turn into 4chan? Trolling random competitions like this is IMO just distasteful no matter what you think of them.
I expected more from TL...
There's a reason 4chan trolls "random" competitions. It's a form of protest against competitions that just pick whoever has the most sex appeal instead of people who actually might make a difference in the community, and many times expose the organizers for the frauds they are.
Take the time 4chan voted a girl with Down's syndrome or something the winner of something. The organizers, instead of recognizing her as the winner, basically erased her votes.
Just because you don't see the meaning behind things doesn't mean it's a form of trolling or is distasteful.
On April 07 2012 11:16 Taku wrote: Oh hey people are whiteknighting now, took long enough.
Not that everyone against rigging this poll is a white knight, but yes, the ones who are white knights are obvious and it's sad.
On April 07 2012 13:13 Crazyeyes wrote: Man I've been voting... but we just do not stand a chacne without help. Anna's score + Hot_Bid's score istn' even half of TradeChat's score.
On April 07 2012 13:13 Crazyeyes wrote: Man I've been voting... but we just do not stand a chacne without help. Anna's score + Hot_Bid's score istn' even half of TradeChat's score.
Thats because Anna's Score + Hot_Bids score is made up of the same voters. You have less then 1/4th the voters Tradechat has.
And thats a good thing IMO because TL's community has no fucking clue whats good for gaming and whats not good for gaming.
On April 06 2012 11:03 FlyingToilet wrote: aww i was gonna show my friend the wazzup bitches profile bio but they deleted the profile, rofl!
yeah, I wrote a blog, but I guess they didn't like that, me sad panda now
and it seemed like you put so much effort into making that bio unreasonably pathetic and hilarious, sad that maxim people take ridiculous jokes too seriously but great humor bio, oh man that shit had me giggling every time i thought of that google image photo of that random fat asain guy lul
On April 07 2012 13:13 Crazyeyes wrote: Man I've been voting... but we just do not stand a chacne without help. Anna's score + Hot_Bid's score istn' even half of TradeChat's score.
Thats because Anna's Score + Hot_Bids score is made up of the same voters. You have less then 1/4th the voters Tradechat has.
And thats a good thing IMO because TL's community has no fucking clue whats good for gaming and whats not good for gaming.
What does this contest have anything being good or not good for gaming to do?
People take this way too seriously. You realize maxim(e?) will choose the winner they see fit. The only reason they are having people vote is to see on which girl they can make the most money from people buying or looking at the photoshoot and/or interview.
Hot_Bid isn't a girl hence he will never be picked, sadly, it would be fucking hilarious if he got to do a photoshoot.
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool over them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
And do you really think voting to get Hot_Bid to win a female competition is the correct way to do things? If anything, all it does is shows the immaturity of the Team Liquid community for even allowing such a thing to occur right under their nose.
As I said: Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
It's a funny and quaint way to protest the contest and show these companies that we are not all a bunch of drooling undersexed stereotypical nerds. If you find that immature, then so be it. However I can't bring my self to take this contest seriously, it's frankly an embarrassment. And frankly, if anyone deserves to be called out it's the misogynistic men who are out there voting for the women with the biggest tits and least clothes and encouraging this nonsense. Call me crazy, but that seems far less mature.
You can do as you wish, vote for whomever you like. But don't get angry at us for not taking the contest seriously.
You're ruining the contest for other women that are taking the competition seriously. If you have an issue with the contest then deal with it in the appropriate manner. What is occurring right now is no better than what occurs in immature shitty forums like 4chan.
Regardless of not whether or not you agree/disagree with the premise of the competition, does not give you and other TL members a right to practically troll their competition in order to make a mockery of it.
Any girl who takes something like this seriously deserves to have it ruined for them imo.
TL, knows what is best for the women of the planet.
As a previously posted pointed out, stop being a white knight and trying to tell what women can do and what they should be ashamed of. If a woman wants to express her sexuality through competitions like this, than it is their own choice.
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool over them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
And do you really think voting to get Hot_Bid to win a female competition is the correct way to do things? If anything, all it does is shows the immaturity of the Team Liquid community for even allowing such a thing to occur right under their nose.
As I said: Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
It's a funny and quaint way to protest the contest and show these companies that we are not all a bunch of drooling undersexed stereotypical nerds. If you find that immature, then so be it. However I can't bring my self to take this contest seriously, it's frankly an embarrassment. And frankly, if anyone deserves to be called out it's the misogynistic men who are out there voting for the women with the biggest tits and least clothes and encouraging this nonsense. Call me crazy, but that seems far less mature.
You can do as you wish, vote for whomever you like. But don't get angry at us for not taking the contest seriously.
You're ruining the contest for other women that are taking the competition seriously. If you have an issue with the contest then deal with it in the appropriate manner. What is occurring right now is no better than what occurs in immature shitty forums like 4chan.
Regardless of not whether or not you agree/disagree with the premise of the competition, does not give you and other TL members a right to practically troll their competition in order to make a mockery of it.
It won't even ruin the contest. If hot bid eventually wins, he'll just get removed and it will go to the second highest.
I think what hot bid was pretty funny. It's a good way to mock the contest. I think TheToast is right.
It only demonstrates the immaturity of the TL community of it supports this. Whether or not TheToast is right is not the point. The point is that the TL community is basically lowering itself onto the level of 4chan posters and groups like Anonymous who rig voting polls of Justin Beiber. Seriously, it's not funny. It's just immature.
I think making fun of contests like... that isn't immature.
You keep bringing up that TL is like 4chan but it's obviously not true. Don't use exxageration to prove a point ;\. The point that mods don't allow memes/stuff like that already seperates it from 4chan where memes are created.
And I think it's funny so speak for yourself
It is when you try to directly sabotage a competition.
I think you're taking yourself, and this competition, waaay too seriously.
On April 07 2012 13:13 Crazyeyes wrote: Man I've been voting... but we just do not stand a chacne without help. Anna's score + Hot_Bid's score istn' even half of TradeChat's score.
Thats because Anna's Score + Hot_Bids score is made up of the same voters. You have less then 1/4th the voters Tradechat has.
And thats a good thing IMO because TL's community has no fucking clue whats good for gaming and whats not good for gaming.
Each eligible Semi-Finalist will be judged by editors of Sponsor (“Judges”) with no connection to the administration of the Contest. Entries will be judged based on originality, creativity, humor, telegenic presence, and adherence to Contest instructions (the “Judging Criteria”). Judges will select three (3) final contestants (each, a “Finalist” and together, the “Finalists”), which decisions shall be within the sole and absolute discretion of the Judges, and all such decisions shall be final.
These are the rules for the second round of the contest which will include the top 500 vote getters. I mean originality, creativity, humor, telegenic presence? Hot Bid has this in the bag, those traits basically describe him.
Each eligible Semi-Finalist will be judged by editors of Sponsor (“Judges”) with no connection to the administration of the Contest. Entries will be judged based on originality, creativity, humor, telegenic presence, and adherence to Contest instructions (the “Judging Criteria”). Judges will select three (3) final contestants (each, a “Finalist” and together, the “Finalists”), which decisions shall be within the sole and absolute discretion of the Judges, and all such decisions shall be final.
These are the rules for the second round of the contest which will include the top 500 vote getters. I mean originality, creativity, humor, telegenic presence? Hot Bid has this in the bag, those traits basically describe him.
Top 500 vote getters? My fucking god. Let's enter Adrianna Lima, grab 100 or so votes and see if we get contacted by Maxim about winning this thing.
Shame this didn't coincide with Scarlett's rise to fame - I think most people / gamers would have genuinely got behind her. Would of been priceless too, imaging the perverted editors, photographers, costume people and customers of Maxim figuring out what to do about a teenage transexual winning.
Wow at some of this thread. There is nothing wrong with the competition and nothing wrong with the women who compete in it. Well, actually one thing is wrong with them. Most of them are not Hot Bid.
I feel they are just trying to find some pretty girl to try and appeal to a gamer audience. The top ranked girl posted some survey about which games she likes, which boiled down to: Pokemon, Halo, Minecraft and WoW. While that is a good chunk of gaming, I'm not sure if she'll garner a lot of respect from gamer guys for the things she says (except for the Halo crowd perhaps). Which leads me to believe that what's more important here is how the girls present themselves to the voting crowd. Going by the example of the top ranked girl, it seems that the gamer part is mostly an accessory, in her photo's.
Which leads me to my point: Does it help cement the status and perception of female gamers if they take part in a competition ran by a magazine for a male audience?
In my opinion this adds more to the stereotypical image of female gamers being tolerable eye candy in the gaming scene, than it does to portray that women can actually be respectable gamers. When women throw themselves at such a competition this makes it seem totally acceptable to male gamers to stick to the 'gamer girl' image they have in their heads (hot piece of ass that accepts videogames), because they are listed as a commodity in abundance, sexualizing themselves in an attempt to win the competition (even Anna Prosser has a bikini shot thrown in there).
On April 07 2012 21:19 Fryght wrote: Maxim = magazine for males
I feel they are just trying to find some pretty girl to try and appeal to a gamer audience. The top ranked girl posted some survey about which games she likes, which boiled down to: Pokemon, Halo, Minecraft and WoW. While that is a good chunk of gaming, I'm not sure if she'll garner a lot of respect from gamer guys for the things she says (except for the Halo crowd perhaps). Which leads me to believe that what's more important here is how the girls present themselves to the voting crowd. Going by the example of the top ranked girl, it seems that the gamer part is mostly an accessory, in her photo's.
Which leads me to my point: Does it help cement the status and perception of female gamers if they take part in a competition ran by a magazine for a male audience?
In my opinion this adds more to the stereotypical image of female gamers being tolerable eye candy in the gaming scene, than it does to portray that women can actually be respectable gamers. When women throw themselves at such a competition this makes it seem totally acceptable to male gamers to stick to the 'gamer girl' image they have in their heads (hot piece of ass that accepts videogames), because they are listed as a commodity in abundance, sexualizing themselves in an attempt to win the competition (even Anna Prosser has a bikini shot thrown in there).
No thank you.
To all of the above, who cares? Don't white knight for the gamer girls, white knight for hotbid.
On April 07 2012 21:19 Fryght wrote: Maxim = magazine for males
I feel they are just trying to find some pretty girl to try and appeal to a gamer audience. The top ranked girl posted some survey about which games she likes, which boiled down to: Pokemon, Halo, Minecraft and WoW. While that is a good chunk of gaming, I'm not sure if she'll garner a lot of respect from gamer guys for the things she says (except for the Halo crowd perhaps). Which leads me to believe that what's more important here is how the girls present themselves to the voting crowd. Going by the example of the top ranked girl, it seems that the gamer part is mostly an accessory, in her photo's.
Which leads me to my point: Does it help cement the status and perception of female gamers if they take part in a competition ran by a magazine for a male audience?
In my opinion this adds more to the stereotypical image of female gamers being tolerable eye candy in the gaming scene, than it does to portray that women can actually be respectable gamers. When women throw themselves at such a competition this makes it seem totally acceptable to male gamers to stick to the 'gamer girl' image they have in their heads (hot piece of ass that accepts videogames), because they are listed as a commodity in abundance, sexualizing themselves in an attempt to win the competition (even Anna Prosser has a bikini shot thrown in there).
No thank you.
its up to them to win in order to be "respectable gamers".
On April 08 2012 07:55 gruff wrote: I'm 99 % sure maxim would disqualify hotbid if he actually got the most votes.
Hm, I'm not as sure. Maxim are after all quite well known for their progressive stance on gender portrayal in media. I'd say their fashion staff is probably busy recutting this year's bikinis to fit the 'Bid, just in case he snatches the top spot.
On April 06 2012 09:05 StarSlay3r wrote: You guys should also consider this though, while it's all fun and games to have someone like Hot_Bid in the contest, him getting so many votes is really discouraging some of the legit gamers that are female on that website and it's sad to see them give up like that. "This is all a joke, no one is taking this seriously... a GUY has over 1,000 votes!". Can you guys do me a favor and shoot some of your votes to some of the girls while you're on the site? You can vote for more than one person each day. While you're voting for Hot_Bid and Anna please look over some of the girls profiles and give the ones you like some votes too please. You don't have to obviously, but it'd really be a big help.
Thank you all for reading my long ass post. Take care!
First of all, Freddie Wong will always be the #1 GH player in my <3
Second, I disagree with your sentiments here. This contest has nothing to do with getting exposure, or credibility, or anything else for these ladies. This contest is all about the sponsor Virgin Gaming finding some hot chick that they can use in their adverts with the hope that a bunch of stereotypical nerds will drool over them because they are a "gamer". It's demeaning, it's stupid, and frankly as a stereotypical nerd myself I find it rather annoying. Someone earlier brought up the infamous KellyMilkies photo shoot, same principle applies here.
While I respect Anna Prosser and think she has done some amazing work for Esports, this contest isn't about rewarding her for that. It's about making an object out of her and using that to sell shit. Maybe the financial reward and exposure would be good for the individual who wins, but IMO would be a step backwards for women in this industry and in this community. Thus why Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
And do you really think voting to get Hot_Bid to win a female competition is the correct way to do things? If anything, all it does is shows the immaturity of the Team Liquid community for even allowing such a thing to occur right under their nose.
As I said: Hot_Bid is the only rational vote; an absurd candidate for an absurd contest.
It's a funny and quaint way to protest the contest and show these companies that we are not all a bunch of drooling undersexed stereotypical nerds. If you find that immature, then so be it. However I can't bring my self to take this contest seriously, it's frankly an embarrassment. And frankly, if anyone deserves to be called out it's the misogynistic men who are out there voting for the women with the biggest tits and least clothes and encouraging this nonsense. Call me crazy, but that seems far less mature.
You can do as you wish, vote for whomever you like. But don't get angry at us for not taking the contest seriously.
You're ruining the contest for other women that are taking the competition seriously. If you have an issue with the contest then deal with it in the appropriate manner. What is occurring right now is no better than what occurs in immature shitty forums like 4chan.
Regardless of not whether or not you agree/disagree with the premise of the competition, does not give you and other TL members a right to practically troll their competition in order to make a mockery of it.
Any girl who takes something like this seriously deserves to have it ruined for them imo.
TL, knows what is best for the women of the planet.
As I have pointed out half a dozen times before, this isn't just about women or female gamers. This is also about countering long held stereotypes of gamers as undersexed nerds. And several female gamers have commented in the past few pages with the same attitude. Either way, I've addressed just about every one of your objections in my previous posts, you either didn't read them or just are never going to give up this rather snobbish view of the situation so I will digress here.
I think of a lot of your attitude is just a distaste for the Maxim magazine in general, which is understandable in a sense, but is creating a misplaced anger that they are focusing in on this single subset of men, and don't just think that a sexy woman is a sale to ALL men(or at least, men that buy their magazine).
This is an example article from their site, that gives perspective on how they see 'gamers.' You may note the section talking about how men in general find women who dress up(role play, lingerie) sexy, and thus gamers as an extension also like women who dress up, they just happen to enjoy characters that aren't isolated to the sexy librarian/nurse/schoolgirl(although that last one covers a whole lot of anime cosplay).
This contest is just a long line in Maxim's run of finding the sexiest <insert thing here> and gaming happens to becoming more popular, so they're focusing on it. They do a general hometown hotties every year, does that mean every guy with a neighbor is an undersexed virign? Sexy librarians = every book reading man is an undersexed virgin? They may indeed actually be inferring something to that level, but you're acting as if Maxim is maliciously targeting the gaming audience, and not just moving on to find a new way to sell sex in general, to men in general.
Also(unrelated to your post, just don't want to double), I fail to see how Anna is somehow far more respectable a choice in this competition, given what some people are so up in arms against(hot girls looking for a lucrative contract). Miss America may not be a Victoria's Secret runway show, but there is certainly a level of modelling going on there, and in her life as an on-stage personality and media member. I'm not saying don't vote for her(I did), but don't pretend that a person who does isn't playing into the stereotype so many on here are aghast at Maxim promoting.
Edit: Also like it or not, Maxim's idea of 'gamer' here is what's important, and they subscribe to the idea that playing iPhone and Facebook games is indeed 'gaming.' They are of the belief that the vast majority of people are in some part 'gamers,' which further separates this as a 'gamers are undesexed virgins' ploy, and more into the category that 'men will buy anything with sexy women involved.' You can be mad about how those aren't 'real games' or 'real gamers' but that's life.
On April 08 2012 07:55 gruff wrote: I'm 99 % sure maxim would disqualify hotbid if he actually got the most votes.
Hm, I'm not as sure. Maxim are after all quite well known for their progressive stance on gender portrayal in media. I'd say their fashion staff is probably busy recutting this year's bikinis to fit the 'Bid, just in case he snatches the top spot.
I doubt they'd be so downright discriminatory if it really came to that. Of course, they're hoping he loses to some hot babe they can flaunt on a magazine cover.
As a side note, I haven't seen any interviews lately on Hot_Bid's stance on male cross dressing.
On April 08 2012 07:55 gruff wrote: I'm 99 % sure maxim would disqualify hotbid if he actually got the most votes.
Hm, I'm not as sure. Maxim are after all quite well known for their progressive stance on gender portrayal in media. I'd say their fashion staff is probably busy recutting this year's bikinis to fit the 'Bid, just in case he snatches the top spot.
I doubt they'd be so downright discriminatory if it really came to that. Of course, they're hoping he loses to some hot babe they can flaunt on a magazine cover.
As a side note, I haven't seen any interviews lately on Hot_Bid's stance on male cross dressing.
Their rules clearly state that judge's account for an incredibly majority of the process; they will simply weed him out by 'judging' that he is not suitable for whatever criteria.
On April 08 2012 07:55 gruff wrote: I'm 99 % sure maxim would disqualify hotbid if he actually got the most votes.
Hm, I'm not as sure. Maxim are after all quite well known for their progressive stance on gender portrayal in media. I'd say their fashion staff is probably busy recutting this year's bikinis to fit the 'Bid, just in case he snatches the top spot.
I doubt they'd be so downright discriminatory if it really came to that. Of course, they're hoping he loses to some hot babe they can flaunt on a magazine cover.
As a side note, I haven't seen any interviews lately on Hot_Bid's stance on male cross dressing.
Meh, I don't think it would create much ruckus outside of TL if they banned him for a competition aimed for "girls." At the end of the day they are trying to sell magazines and even though the power is strong among the TL community I doubt they'd put hotbid on the front page in a bikini. *shudders* We'll see if he wins.
On April 08 2012 07:55 gruff wrote: I'm 99 % sure maxim would disqualify hotbid if he actually got the most votes.
Hm, I'm not as sure. Maxim are after all quite well known for their progressive stance on gender portrayal in media. I'd say their fashion staff is probably busy recutting this year's bikinis to fit the 'Bid, just in case he snatches the top spot.
I doubt they'd be so downright discriminatory if it really came to that. Of course, they're hoping he loses to some hot babe they can flaunt on a magazine cover.
As a side note, I haven't seen any interviews lately on Hot_Bid's stance on male cross dressing.
Meh, I don't think it would create much ruckus outside of TL if they banned him for a competition aimed for "girls." At the end of the day they are trying to sell magazines and even though the power is strong among the TL community I doubt they'd put hotbid on the front page in a bikini. *shudders* We'll see if he wins.
Wait. Is anyone here seriously entertaining even an inkling of a notion that Maxim will do anything but simply press the LOL/GTFO button and eradicate our hero entirely from their competition as soon as they notice he's there, without any explanation whatsoever to anyone who voted for him?
In the end I'll bet they even won't give a crap about how many votes the actual female contestants get when choosing their winner. TradeChat can sit there with a million votes from actual gamer fans & a ton of WoW hours under her belt but they'll still choose some chick with a "hotter figure" who once played Guitar Hero at a party if it'll sell more subscriptions.
7. SELECTION OF SEMI-FINALISTS, FINALISTS, AND GRAND PRIZE WINNER: The Contest has three phases: (1) the Entry Phase during which Entries are received and public voting will select "Semi-Finalists" (as defined below), (2) a Finals Phase during which judges will select and designate "Finalists" (as defined below), and (3) a Grand Prize Phase during which public voting combined with editorial judging which will determine the Grand Prize Winner (as defined below) who will also be named the "2012 Maxim Gamer Girl".
7-1. ENTRY PHASE - PUBLIC VOTING & SEMI-FINALISTS SELECTION: Each accepted Entry will be available for public viewing on the Site until that Entry is no longer eligible to win the Contest. Visitors who have created a profile on the Site will have the ability to cast a vote for an Entrant based on the Judging Criteria described below during the Contest Period (“Vote”). Limit: 1 Vote per IP person per day. Votes generated by script, macro or other automated means or with the intent to impair the integrity of the voting process will be void. At the conclusion of the Contest Period, the 500 eligible Entrants receiving the most Votes (the “Semi-Finalists”) will then be judged in the manner described below.
7-2. FINALS PHASE - JUDGING (TO DESIGNATE FINALISTS): Each eligible Semi-Finalist will be judged by editors of Sponsor (“Judges”) with no connection to the administration of the Contest. Entries will be judged based on originality, creativity, humor, telegenic presence, and adherence to Contest instructions (the “Judging Criteria”). Judges will select three (3) final contestants (each, a “Finalist” and together, the “Finalists”), which decisions shall be within the sole and absolute discretion of the Judges, and all such decisions shall be final. All Finalists may refer to themselves as a "2012 Maxim Gamer Girl Finalist" in written and descriptive materials such as a resume (without the Maxim logo and trademark), but only if such uses and displays are purely non-commercial and in no event suggest or create any confusion whatsoever that AMG or Maxim Magazine is endorsing or participating in any manner related to the use of its name, makes, fonts or logos.
7-3. GRAND PRIZE PHASE - JUDGING CRITERIA (TO SELECT GRAND PRIZE WINNER): Each Pilot will be available for public viewing on maxim.com from June 22, 2012 to July 13, 2012 (the “Grand Prize Voting Period”). Visitors to maxim.com will have the ability to cast a Vote for a Pilot (each a “Grand Prize Vote” and together, the “Grand Prize Votes”). Limit: 1 Vote for Finalists, per IP address, per day. Grand Prize Votes generated by script, macro or other automated means or with the intent to impair the integrity of the voting process will be void. At the conclusion of the Grand Prize Voting Period, each Pilot will then be judged by the Judges. Pilots will be judged based on the following weighted percentages: number of Grand Prize Votes received (10%), telegenic presence, originality, creativity, humor, and adherence to Contest instructions. (collectively, 90%). The selection of the winning Finalist (the “Grand Prize Winner”) shall be within the sole and absolute discretion of the Judges, and all such decisions shall be final. The Grand Prize Winner may refer to herself as the "2012 Maxim Gamer Girl" in written and descriptive materials such as a resume (without the Maxim logo and trademark and logo), but only if such uses and displays are purely non-commercial and in no event suggest or create any confusion whatsoever that AMG or Maxim Magazine is endorsing or participating in any manner related to the use of its name, makes, fonts or logos.
8. GRAND PRIZE WINNER SELECTION: On or about July 16, 2012, one (1) Grand Prize Winner will be selected by the Judges from all eligible Finalist Entries. The Grand Prize award (described below) is subject to verification and will be awarded upon winner validation and verification by Sponsor. The potential winner will be notified by electronic mail, regular postal mail or other traceable method of delivery on or about July 18, 2012. If the initially selected winner is ineligible, cannot be contacted after two (2) attempts by Sponsor, or fails to complete and return any required documents to AMG within five (5) days of receipt of the documents, the prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be selected by the Judges from the remaining eligible Finalists.
People don't seem to understand that the voting only nominates the contestants for the semi-final and then it's judges time. The final will also be open for voting but then it's the judges decision in the end anyway. Maybe Hotbid will go through to the final if they think it's good pr but there's no way in hell he'll take the final grand prize thingy when it comes down to the judges a final time. Sad but most likely true. The only way I see Hotbid winning if it becomes "viral" and it gets so much press/attention they'd actually consider giving him the win.
7. SELECTION OF SEMI-FINALISTS, FINALISTS, AND GRAND PRIZE WINNER: The Contest has three phases: (1) the Entry Phase during which Entries are received and public voting will select "Semi-Finalists" (as defined below), (2) a Finals Phase during which judges will select and designate "Finalists" (as defined below), and (3) a Grand Prize Phase during which public voting combined with editorial judging which will determine the Grand Prize Winner (as defined below) who will also be named the "2012 Maxim Gamer Girl".
7-1. ENTRY PHASE - PUBLIC VOTING & SEMI-FINALISTS SELECTION: Each accepted Entry will be available for public viewing on the Site until that Entry is no longer eligible to win the Contest. Visitors who have created a profile on the Site will have the ability to cast a vote for an Entrant based on the Judging Criteria described below during the Contest Period (“Vote”). Limit: 1 Vote per IP person per day. Votes generated by script, macro or other automated means or with the intent to impair the integrity of the voting process will be void. At the conclusion of the Contest Period, the 500 eligible Entrants receiving the most Votes (the “Semi-Finalists”) will then be judged in the manner described below.
7-2. FINALS PHASE - JUDGING (TO DESIGNATE FINALISTS): Each eligible Semi-Finalist will be judged by editors of Sponsor (“Judges”) with no connection to the administration of the Contest. Entries will be judged based on originality, creativity, humor, telegenic presence, and adherence to Contest instructions (the “Judging Criteria”). Judges will select three (3) final contestants (each, a “Finalist” and together, the “Finalists”), which decisions shall be within the sole and absolute discretion of the Judges, and all such decisions shall be final. All Finalists may refer to themselves as a "2012 Maxim Gamer Girl Finalist" in written and descriptive materials such as a resume (without the Maxim logo and trademark), but only if such uses and displays are purely non-commercial and in no event suggest or create any confusion whatsoever that AMG or Maxim Magazine is endorsing or participating in any manner related to the use of its name, makes, fonts or logos.
7-3. GRAND PRIZE PHASE - JUDGING CRITERIA (TO SELECT GRAND PRIZE WINNER): Each Pilot will be available for public viewing on maxim.com from June 22, 2012 to July 13, 2012 (the “Grand Prize Voting Period”). Visitors to maxim.com will have the ability to cast a Vote for a Pilot (each a “Grand Prize Vote” and together, the “Grand Prize Votes”). Limit: 1 Vote for Finalists, per IP address, per day. Grand Prize Votes generated by script, macro or other automated means or with the intent to impair the integrity of the voting process will be void. At the conclusion of the Grand Prize Voting Period, each Pilot will then be judged by the Judges. Pilots will be judged based on the following weighted percentages: number of Grand Prize Votes received (10%), telegenic presence, originality, creativity, humor, and adherence to Contest instructions. (collectively, 90%). The selection of the winning Finalist (the “Grand Prize Winner”) shall be within the sole and absolute discretion of the Judges, and all such decisions shall be final. The Grand Prize Winner may refer to herself as the "2012 Maxim Gamer Girl" in written and descriptive materials such as a resume (without the Maxim logo and trademark and logo), but only if such uses and displays are purely non-commercial and in no event suggest or create any confusion whatsoever that AMG or Maxim Magazine is endorsing or participating in any manner related to the use of its name, makes, fonts or logos.
8. GRAND PRIZE WINNER SELECTION: On or about July 16, 2012, one (1) Grand Prize Winner will be selected by the Judges from all eligible Finalist Entries. The Grand Prize award (described below) is subject to verification and will be awarded upon winner validation and verification by Sponsor. The potential winner will be notified by electronic mail, regular postal mail or other traceable method of delivery on or about July 18, 2012. If the initially selected winner is ineligible, cannot be contacted after two (2) attempts by Sponsor, or fails to complete and return any required documents to AMG within five (5) days of receipt of the documents, the prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be selected by the Judges from the remaining eligible Finalists.
People don't seem to understand that the voting only nominates the contestants for the semi-final and then it's judges time. The final will also be open for voting but then it's the judges decision in the end anyway. Maybe Hotbid will go through to the final if they think it's good pr but there's no way in hell he'll take the final grand prize thingy when it comes down to the judges a final time. Sad but most likely true. The only way I see Hotbid winning if it becomes "viral" and it gets so much press/attention they'd actually consider giving him the win.
Actually I think some people do understand that and thats why they are voting for Anna and Hotbid... Is the site down or something?
Edit:OH MY GOD I HAD AN IDEA. If THE HOTBID gets in the top 3! They need to let him photobomb the spread with some esports aviators!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ASHLVGFIAWG.... Now if only we could get them to agree to it >:D
On April 09 2012 05:52 Promethelax wrote: Someone in the IPL4 crowd just called out HOT_BID! when Anna was talking about the competition. Well played guy in the audience, well played indeed.
Yeah the camera guy even put it on a sign that said HotBid is Esports lol
On April 09 2012 05:52 Promethelax wrote: Someone in the IPL4 crowd just called out HOT_BID! when Anna was talking about the competition. Well played guy in the audience, well played indeed.
Odd how Hot_Bid has been removed, yet countless other males are still in the running. Maybe because he actually had a chance? Would've been great to see what the judges thought of him.
On April 10 2012 09:32 Rainofpain wrote: I don`t care if this is their contest, that`s pathetic that HotBid is gone. I guess they did not want to deal with him actually beingg judged.
I pointed out like 20 pages ago that the competition rules clearly forbid any pictures including logos or promotion materials for and other organizations. My guess is Maxim probably wasn't too happy about the TeamLiquid shirt photo, basically giving free advertising to TL.
On April 10 2012 11:53 DanceSC wrote: lol yeah, now that hotbids out, guess its just anna
I think if Anna can make it to the judged part of the competition she will win. She's a former Miss Oregon, I think she's got the hang of how to win these things
On a related note, I actually took a look at the You Tube channel for "trade chat". Holy crap is she annoying. Even stranger she seems to be exactly mirroring the format of the Yogscast. Sorry, I'll stick to Simon and Lewis for my Minecraft videos thank you very much....
As absurd of a contest this is, I don't like how TL is going out of its way to vote hot_bid ... TL would not take it against them if another site was disrupting our polls, so why should the girls who actually care? Glad they've finally removed him.
On April 10 2012 12:08 Xyik wrote: As absurd of a contest this is, I don't like how TL is going out of its way to vote hot_bid ... TL would not take it against them if another site was disrupting our polls, so why should the girls who actually care? Glad they've finally removed him.
the fact that you can vote again every day is ruining the outcome imo...
pushes tradechat way to much since she just needs to make a new video asking for it and the same people will vote again. no chance for any one else to win.
on a side note, i'm very confused why so many people watch the youtube videos of tradechat, couldn't bear that more than 20 seconds lol.
On April 10 2012 20:29 gugarutz wrote: the fact that you can vote again every day is ruining the outcome imo...
pushes tradechat way to much since she just needs to make a new video asking for it and the same people will vote again. no chance for any one else to win.
on a side note, i'm very confused why so many people watch the youtube videos of tradechat, couldn't bear that more than 20 seconds lol.
The voting only decides who is in the top 500, at which points judges take over(voting only accounts for 10% of the final 'score'), if she wins it won't be due to her youtube audience but because Maxim decided she best fit what they wanted.
On April 10 2012 20:11 lovedoctor wrote: I don't understand the forum rules here :-( why was xoFlower banned for that comment?
In short because of the "he he." If Flower were to have said "I wish I could vote for Scarlett to show that as a community we are very mature and believe that Scarlett is qualified to be a spokes person for this community, despite being transgendered," that is a mature response, instead the "he he" means, I am not at all mature and am making a joke about someone. Furthermore, said person was enough of a hot button topic that they but a warning in the IPL LR thread to say stop talking about it, which means that it had already caused moderation problems. I can't say that I agree with Scarlett's gender decisions, but that is her decision and hers alone, so no one has any right to poke fun at her because her decision isn't "normal."
Lastly, a low post count and troll statement usually results in harsher disciplinary action than someone who has been around a long time. There is also a ban list thread somewhere you can check out to see why decisions were made as well, if you have any more questions. :D
On April 10 2012 20:11 lovedoctor wrote: I don't understand the forum rules here :-( why was xoFlower banned for that comment?
In short because of the "he he." If Flower were to have said "I wish I could vote for Scarlett to show that as a community we are very mature and believe that Scarlett is qualified to be a spokes person for this community, despite being transgendered," that is a mature response, instead the "he he" means, I am not at all mature and am making a joke about someone. Furthermore, said person was enough of a hot button topic that they but a warning in the IPL LR thread to say stop talking about it, which means that it had already caused moderation problems. I can't say that I agree with Scarlett's gender decisions, but that is her decision and hers alone, so no one has any right to poke fun at her because her decision isn't "normal."
Lastly, a low post count and troll statement usually results in harsher disciplinary action than someone who has been around a long time. There is also a ban list thread somewhere you can check out to see why decisions were made as well, if you have any more questions. :D
i've been wondering what all these scarlett references were about, and now i know it's a player i checked out the fanclub thread and stuff... what's the big deal? she seems like a person having fun playing the game (way better than i ever will).. i'd vote for her
On April 10 2012 12:08 Xyik wrote: As absurd of a contest this is, I don't like how TL is going out of its way to vote hot_bid ... TL would not take it against them if another site was disrupting our polls, so why should the girls who actually care? Glad they've finally removed him.
Except this contest have nothing to do with voting. Yes you can vote but it's the Maxim judges that will pick both the semi finalist and then the winner in the grand final. The people get so hung up about people voting for one contestant over another is just silly since it's just a pointless excersice that's meant to give you an illusion of you actually having a say in the matter. Maxim allowed Hotbid to compete in the first round so if you have a problem with Hotbid participating, take it up with Maxim instead of complaining about TL voting for him. No one "when out of their way" to vote for him.
On April 10 2012 23:21 sc4k wrote: why doesn't this girl win, she has dat boobies, also played loads of games and has played old skool including stacraft
On April 10 2012 23:21 sc4k wrote: why doesn't this girl win, she has dat boobies, also played loads of games and has played old skool including stacraft
Too bad she doesn't. It doesn't take a genius to point out all the prefab work done on her articles. If she plays, she certainly doesn't write her articles or has much input on them. More than likely she casually games and some one else is writing her persona.
On April 10 2012 23:21 sc4k wrote: why doesn't this girl win, she has dat boobies, also played loads of games and has played old skool including stacraft
Too bad she doesn't. It doesn't take a genius to point out all the prefab work done on her articles. If she plays, she certainly doesn't write her articles or has much input on them. More than likely she casually games and some one else is writing her persona.
Judging from the IPL livereports I'm sure Smix would crush this competition if she wanted to enter. Especially if there's some sort of bikini shoot involved for the winner
On April 11 2012 01:56 Euronyme wrote: What happened to Hot_Bid? I spent the easter with my family, and all of a sudden the winner has left the tournament? O__O
yea i was about to ask this too, wheres the hottest bid?
On April 10 2012 23:21 sc4k wrote: why doesn't this girl win, she has dat boobies, also played loads of games and has played old skool including stacraft
Too bad she doesn't. It doesn't take a genius to point out all the prefab work done on her articles. If she plays, she certainly doesn't write her articles or has much input on them. More than likely she casually games and some one else is writing her persona.
i think ure wrong i just read some of her articles and its quite interesting ^^
On April 10 2012 23:21 sc4k wrote: why doesn't this girl win, she has dat boobies, also played loads of games and has played old skool including stacraft
Too bad she doesn't. It doesn't take a genius to point out all the prefab work done on her articles. If she plays, she certainly doesn't write her articles or has much input on them. More than likely she casually games and some one else is writing her persona.
i think ure wrong i just read some of her articles and its quite interesting ^^
The obvious sign is in most of her articles, not that one actually more on that later, is that there's an excessive use of exclamation points. While one or two might be used to spice up some writing, the average person uses them extremely infrequently. Professional writers use them to create a persona. In this case its look at me I'm a girl I'm so exited about this topic! Im totally one of you! I'm so cute with how excited I get over mundane things in games! Mario is sooooooo COOL!
Then when articles completely switch writing styles, you are given another clue that she doesn't write her own stuff. Compound this with the fact that her articles are above and beyond the atrocious writing that appears in the rest of the website it becomes obvious that a professional editor and or writer was brought in to doctor her articles.
I'm not discounting that she may actually play a few games, when you consider that socially games are becoming more prevalent it is silly not to. What I'm discounting is that shes truly a hardcore gamer like she says she is. Another example comes in an article where she is defending her self as a gamer, saying that clearly if she wasn't she wouldn't be going after such a niche market. Which is entirely a false sentiment, she adult models who main demographic is males 18-35, who happens to nearly universally play games, in a cultural trend that's highlighting the 'nerd or geek' culture. Shes being completely mainstream, and her writer is trying to be coy and convince you that what you're doing is totally the unique or underground hip thing to do. This is marketing 101 people.
Most of her gaming repertoire is focused on big name titles, when she does reference a lesser known game to attempt to develop gaming street cred, there's an enormous amount of explanation that a normal gamer wouldn't take the time to explain.
There are plenty of girls who play games, and with that there's certainly a lot of hot girls who do so. What the culture should be aware of is that this is one of the many marketing fronts being sold to us. She is selling a product with her sex appeal, one that isn't genuine. Just like the booth babes at gaming conventions rarely could care less about the games they are promoting. Just like the enormous amount of girls brought in to cosplay venues at game conventions and comic cons, most of them are getting paid for their looks, their passion or lack thereof is irrelevant. Obviously there are some true home grown cosplayers, but you should understand that many of them aren't.
On April 10 2012 23:21 sc4k wrote: why doesn't this girl win, she has dat boobies, also played loads of games and has played old skool including stacraft
Too bad she doesn't. It doesn't take a genius to point out all the prefab work done on her articles. If she plays, she certainly doesn't write her articles or has much input on them. More than likely she casually games and some one else is writing her persona.
and she's a silicon doll
She likes Mitch Hedburg o.o WHY DOES THIS DOLL HAVE THE KEY TO MY NERD HEART. Still voting for only Anna now out of respect for Hot-Bid.
It appears that my profile has now been removed. It's okay though, it wasn't a serious entry and I'm glad I helped some people vent about the ridiculousness of the gamer girl term and the contest in general. If you're still interested in it please vote for Anna, she's a good representative of our community.
On April 10 2012 23:21 sc4k wrote: why doesn't this girl win, she has dat boobies, also played loads of games and has played old skool including stacraft
Too bad she doesn't. It doesn't take a genius to point out all the prefab work done on her articles. If she plays, she certainly doesn't write her articles or has much input on them. More than likely she casually games and some one else is writing her persona.
i think ure wrong i just read some of her articles and its quite interesting ^^
The obvious sign is in most of her articles, not that one actually more on that later, is that there's an excessive use of exclamation points. While one or two might be used to spice up some writing, the average person uses them extremely infrequently. Professional writers use them to create a persona. In this case its look at me I'm a girl I'm so exited about this topic! Im totally one of you! I'm so cute with how excited I get over mundane things in games! Mario is sooooooo COOL!
Then when articles completely switch writing styles, you are given another clue that she doesn't write her own stuff. Compound this with the fact that her articles are above and beyond the atrocious writing that appears in the rest of the website it becomes obvious that a professional editor and or writer was brought in to doctor her articles.
I'm not discounting that she may actually play a few games, when you consider that socially games are becoming more prevalent it is silly not to. What I'm discounting is that shes truly a hardcore gamer like she says she is. Another example comes in an article where she is defending her self as a gamer, saying that clearly if she wasn't she wouldn't be going after such a niche market. Which is entirely a false sentiment, she adult models who main demographic is males 18-35, who happens to nearly universally play games, in a cultural trend that's highlighting the 'nerd or geek' culture. Shes being completely mainstream, and her writer is trying to be coy and convince you that what you're doing is totally the unique or underground hip thing to do. This is marketing 101 people.
Most of her gaming repertoire is focused on big name titles, when she does reference a lesser known game to attempt to develop gaming street cred, there's an enormous amount of explanation that a normal gamer wouldn't take the time to explain.
There are plenty of girls who play games, and with that there's certainly a lot of hot girls who do so. What the culture should be aware of is that this is one of the many marketing fronts being sold to us. She is selling a product with her sex appeal, one that isn't genuine. Just like the booth babes at gaming conventions rarely could care less about the games they are promoting. Just like the enormous amount of girls brought in to cosplay venues at game conventions and comic cons, most of them are getting paid for their looks, their passion or lack thereof is irrelevant. Obviously there are some true home grown cosplayers, but you should understand that many of them aren't.
The reason this 'competition' is a farce is because this has nothing to do with gaming, as I've stated many times before in this thread this is a competition of who's initial pictures has the least clothing and how many pictures showing off their body can they squeeze in. Tradechats winning incentive is a bikini photoshoot for her fans. 90% of the pictures in this competition are people in bras, with their gaming history being FOTM games and a "classic".
If Maxim wanted this to be taken seriously they would of laid down some ground rules that benefit their "gamer" girl target meaning that it would be the focus of their competition not who's got this biggest tits / tightest clothes in their pictures.
But, they don't and as you can see theres maybe a maximum of 10 people on there taking it seriously and trying to meet it for the specified purpose the rest aren't even actually trying to achieve what 90% of you "WHY ARENT YOU TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY THIS IS SUPPORTING FEMALE IMAGE AND NOT DEMEANING THEM" people are on about.
Do I think this decreases the maturity this community shows? Of course it does, but I won't lie, I like a laugh and if the victim is some poorly set up, terribly managed embarassment like this competition is I won't think less of anyone else who joins in with me.
On April 11 2012 05:36 Hot_Bid wrote: It appears that my profile has now been removed. It's okay though, it wasn't a serious entry and I'm glad I helped some people vent about the ridiculousness of the gamer girl term and the contest in general. If you're still interested in it please vote for Anna, she's a good representative of our community.
sex discrimination lawsuit? maxim has deep pockets.
On April 11 2012 05:36 Hot_Bid wrote: It appears that my profile has now been removed. It's okay though, it wasn't a serious entry and I'm glad I helped some people vent about the ridiculousness of the gamer girl term and the contest in general. If you're still interested in it please vote for Anna, she's a good representative of our community.
sex discrimination lawsuit? maxim has deep pockets.
it was invalid entry to begin with and would have not passed the judges as it says on the rules.
On April 11 2012 05:36 Hot_Bid wrote: It appears that my profile has now been removed. It's okay though, it wasn't a serious entry and I'm glad I helped some people vent about the ridiculousness of the gamer girl term and the contest in general. If you're still interested in it please vote for Anna, she's a good representative of our community.
sex discrimination lawsuit? maxim has deep pockets.
it was invalid entry to begin with and would have not passed the judges as it says on the rules.
au contraire mon ami. nothing prevents guys from participating. =D
2. ELIGIBILITY: This Contest is only open to residents legally residing and permitted to work within the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia, who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older as of April 2, 2012. Employees of Sponsor, Gotcast, LLC (“Gotcast”), and Intertaintech Corporation DBA Virgin Gaming ("Virgin Gaming"), any event sponsors, and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and related companies, agencies, the judging panel (collectively, the “Promotion Parties”) and immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in the same household, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter, win or vote. Void in Puerto Rico, all U.S. territories and possessions and overseas military installations and where prohibited or restricted by law.
On April 11 2012 05:36 Hot_Bid wrote: It appears that my profile has now been removed. It's okay though, it wasn't a serious entry and I'm glad I helped some people vent about the ridiculousness of the gamer girl term and the contest in general. If you're still interested in it please vote for Anna, she's a good representative of our community.
sex discrimination lawsuit? maxim has deep pockets.
it was invalid entry to begin with and would have not passed the judges as it says on the rules.
au contraire mon ami. nothing prevents guys from participating. =D
2. ELIGIBILITY: This Contest is only open to residents legally residing and permitted to work within the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia, who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older as of April 2, 2012. Employees of Sponsor, Gotcast, LLC (“Gotcast”), and Intertaintech Corporation DBA Virgin Gaming ("Virgin Gaming"), any event sponsors, and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and related companies, agencies, the judging panel (collectively, the “Promotion Parties”) and immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in the same household, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter, win or vote. Void in Puerto Rico, all U.S. territories and possessions and overseas military installations and where prohibited or restricted by law.
People are saying because he had a TL shirt on it could possible disqualify him. But that would probably disqualify the Tradechat girl as well (anyone wearing clothing labeled with anything but MAXIM apparently). They probably just removed him because they could, and he was a lock for the top 3 -_-.
On April 11 2012 05:36 Hot_Bid wrote: It appears that my profile has now been removed. It's okay though, it wasn't a serious entry and I'm glad I helped some people vent about the ridiculousness of the gamer girl term and the contest in general. If you're still interested in it please vote for Anna, she's a good representative of our community.
sex discrimination lawsuit? maxim has deep pockets.
it was invalid entry to begin with and would have not passed the judges as it says on the rules.
au contraire mon ami. nothing prevents guys from participating. =D
2. ELIGIBILITY: This Contest is only open to residents legally residing and permitted to work within the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia, who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older as of April 2, 2012. Employees of Sponsor, Gotcast, LLC (“Gotcast”), and Intertaintech Corporation DBA Virgin Gaming ("Virgin Gaming"), any event sponsors, and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and related companies, agencies, the judging panel (collectively, the “Promotion Parties”) and immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in the same household, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter, win or vote. Void in Puerto Rico, all U.S. territories and possessions and overseas military installations and where prohibited or restricted by law.
People are saying because he had a TL shirt on it could possible disqualify him. But that would probably disqualify the Tradechat girl as well (anyone wearing clothing labeled with anything but MAXIM apparently). They probably just removed him because they could, and he was a lock for the top 3 -_-.
sounds like pretext to me. if you look closely, all of the guys have been removed. there was another guy that had quite a bit of votes as well. he is gone. the only guys now are newly signed up candidates. looks like they had a cull over the weekend.
i, for one, will not stand for this blatant sex discrimination by maxim. if hot_bid doesnt want to sue, i will do my part and contact all of maxim's sponsors, make a post on reddit to recruit the pitchforks and potentially make a tl.net thread.
On April 11 2012 05:36 Hot_Bid wrote: It appears that my profile has now been removed. It's okay though, it wasn't a serious entry and I'm glad I helped some people vent about the ridiculousness of the gamer girl term and the contest in general. If you're still interested in it please vote for Anna, she's a good representative of our community.
sex discrimination lawsuit? maxim has deep pockets.
it was invalid entry to begin with and would have not passed the judges as it says on the rules.
au contraire mon ami. nothing prevents guys from participating. =D
2. ELIGIBILITY: This Contest is only open to residents legally residing and permitted to work within the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia, who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older as of April 2, 2012. Employees of Sponsor, Gotcast, LLC (“Gotcast”), and Intertaintech Corporation DBA Virgin Gaming ("Virgin Gaming"), any event sponsors, and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and related companies, agencies, the judging panel (collectively, the “Promotion Parties”) and immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in the same household, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter, win or vote. Void in Puerto Rico, all U.S. territories and possessions and overseas military installations and where prohibited or restricted by law.
People are saying because he had a TL shirt on it could possible disqualify him. But that would probably disqualify the Tradechat girl as well (anyone wearing clothing labeled with anything but MAXIM apparently). They probably just removed him because they could, and he was a lock for the top 3 -_-.
sounds like pretext to me. if you look closely, all of the guys have been removed. there was another guy that had quite a bit of votes as well. he is gone. the only guys now are newly signed up candidates. looks like they had a cull over the weekend.
i, for one, will not stand for this blatant sex discrimination by maxim. if hot_bid doesnt want to sue, i will do my part and contact all of maxim's sponsors, make a post on reddit to recruit the pitchforks and potentially make a tl.net thread.
it is up to their discretion and this is for "Gamer Girl" not "Gamer People". i have no idea why you're trying to legitimize male participants for a female contest by nitpicking details while ignoring "Gamer Girl" part. raise your pitchfork if they disqualify transgender or something but hotbid is clearly not finalist worthy.
5. ENTRY CONDITIONS: LIMIT 1 ENTRY PER PERSON. If more than 1 Entry per person is received or if any person attempts to submit more than 1 Entry by using the same, multiple or different names or email addresses, then each Entry or attempted Entries may be deemed void and that person may be disqualified from the Contest or any other Sponsor Contest, in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Entry must showcase the Entrant ONLY or Sponsor may disqualify the Entry. No illegible, incomplete, forged or altered Entries will be accepted. An Entry will not be submitted until Entrant checks the box on the initial registration screen to confirm that Entrant has agreed to these Official Rules. Each Entry: (i) MUST NOT include live weapons/ammunition (any use of live weapons and/or ammunition will result in automatic disqualification from the Contest) (ii) must be in keeping with the Sponsor’s image (as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion), (iii) may not be inappropriate, offensive, libelous or defamatory, pornographic, sexually explicit, contain nudity, unlawful or plagiarized content, as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion, (iv) must not be harassing, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, profane, obscene, violent, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable or offensive in any way, as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion, (v) may not violate or encourage others to violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation, (vi) may not defame or invade publicity rights or privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person’s personal or property right or any other third party right, (vii) may not contain commercial or corporate advertising, including display of corporate logos, brand names and slogans, other than those relating to Sponsor, (viii) must not include visual references to alcoholic beverages, tobacco, drug paraphernalia, firearms or any depiction or representation thereof and (ix) may not include any virus, worm, corrupt file, Trojan horse or other forms of corruptive code or content that may harm or compromise the Site or the proper conduct of the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to verify the accuracy or truthfulness of any information contained within a submitted Entry. Sponsor has the right in its sole discretion to determine if any Entry is not appropriate for publication on the Site or for any other public release and if Entry is in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify an Entry that is not in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor’s decisions are final and binding with respect to all matters relating to this Contest.
On April 11 2012 05:36 Hot_Bid wrote: It appears that my profile has now been removed. It's okay though, it wasn't a serious entry and I'm glad I helped some people vent about the ridiculousness of the gamer girl term and the contest in general. If you're still interested in it please vote for Anna, she's a good representative of our community.
sex discrimination lawsuit? maxim has deep pockets.
it was invalid entry to begin with and would have not passed the judges as it says on the rules.
au contraire mon ami. nothing prevents guys from participating. =D
2. ELIGIBILITY: This Contest is only open to residents legally residing and permitted to work within the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia, who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older as of April 2, 2012. Employees of Sponsor, Gotcast, LLC (“Gotcast”), and Intertaintech Corporation DBA Virgin Gaming ("Virgin Gaming"), any event sponsors, and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and related companies, agencies, the judging panel (collectively, the “Promotion Parties”) and immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in the same household, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter, win or vote. Void in Puerto Rico, all U.S. territories and possessions and overseas military installations and where prohibited or restricted by law.
People are saying because he had a TL shirt on it could possible disqualify him. But that would probably disqualify the Tradechat girl as well (anyone wearing clothing labeled with anything but MAXIM apparently). They probably just removed him because they could, and he was a lock for the top 3 -_-.
sounds like pretext to me. if you look closely, all of the guys have been removed. there was another guy that had quite a bit of votes as well. he is gone. the only guys now are newly signed up candidates. looks like they had a cull over the weekend.
i, for one, will not stand for this blatant sex discrimination by maxim. if hot_bid doesnt want to sue, i will do my part and contact all of maxim's sponsors, make a post on reddit to recruit the pitchforks and potentially make a tl.net thread.
it is up to their discretion and this is for "Gamer Girl" not "Gamer People". i have no idea why you're trying to legitimize male participants for a female contest.
5. ENTRY CONDITIONS: LIMIT 1 ENTRY PER PERSON. If more than 1 Entry per person is received or if any person attempts to submit more than 1 Entry by using the same, multiple or different names or email addresses, then each Entry or attempted Entries may be deemed void and that person may be disqualified from the Contest or any other Sponsor Contest, in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Entry must showcase the Entrant ONLY or Sponsor may disqualify the Entry. No illegible, incomplete, forged or altered Entries will be accepted. An Entry will not be submitted until Entrant checks the box on the initial registration screen to confirm that Entrant has agreed to these Official Rules. Each Entry: (i) MUST NOT include live weapons/ammunition (any use of live weapons and/or ammunition will result in automatic disqualification from the Contest) (ii) must be in keeping with the Sponsor’s image (as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion), (iii) may not be inappropriate, offensive, libelous or defamatory, pornographic, sexually explicit, contain nudity, unlawful or plagiarized content, as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion, (iv) must not be harassing, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, profane, obscene, violent, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable or offensive in any way, as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion, (v) may not violate or encourage others to violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation, (vi) may not defame or invade publicity rights or privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person’s personal or property right or any other third party right, (vii) may not contain commercial or corporate advertising, including display of corporate logos, brand names and slogans, other than those relating to Sponsor, (viii) must not include visual references to alcoholic beverages, tobacco, drug paraphernalia, firearms or any depiction or representation thereof and (ix) may not include any virus, worm, corrupt file, Trojan horse or other forms of corruptive code or content that may harm or compromise the Site or the proper conduct of the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to verify the accuracy or truthfulness of any information contained within a submitted Entry. Sponsor has the right in its sole discretion to determine if any Entry is not appropriate for publication on the Site or for any other public release and if Entry is in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify an Entry that is not in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor’s decisions are final and binding with respect to all matters relating to this Contest.
Because its fun. I can't believe they never put it in the rules you had to be a girl. Seems unprofessional.
It was fun, but it was inevitable that Hotbid was disqualified. I'm sure it was an oversight when they forgot to write a rule that you had to have the XX chromosomes.
On April 11 2012 05:36 Hot_Bid wrote: It appears that my profile has now been removed. It's okay though, it wasn't a serious entry and I'm glad I helped some people vent about the ridiculousness of the gamer girl term and the contest in general. If you're still interested in it please vote for Anna, she's a good representative of our community.
sex discrimination lawsuit? maxim has deep pockets.
it was invalid entry to begin with and would have not passed the judges as it says on the rules.
au contraire mon ami. nothing prevents guys from participating. =D
2. ELIGIBILITY: This Contest is only open to residents legally residing and permitted to work within the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia, who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older as of April 2, 2012. Employees of Sponsor, Gotcast, LLC (“Gotcast”), and Intertaintech Corporation DBA Virgin Gaming ("Virgin Gaming"), any event sponsors, and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and related companies, agencies, the judging panel (collectively, the “Promotion Parties”) and immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in the same household, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter, win or vote. Void in Puerto Rico, all U.S. territories and possessions and overseas military installations and where prohibited or restricted by law.
People are saying because he had a TL shirt on it could possible disqualify him. But that would probably disqualify the Tradechat girl as well (anyone wearing clothing labeled with anything but MAXIM apparently). They probably just removed him because they could, and he was a lock for the top 3 -_-.
sounds like pretext to me. if you look closely, all of the guys have been removed. there was another guy that had quite a bit of votes as well. he is gone. the only guys now are newly signed up candidates. looks like they had a cull over the weekend.
i, for one, will not stand for this blatant sex discrimination by maxim. if hot_bid doesnt want to sue, i will do my part and contact all of maxim's sponsors, make a post on reddit to recruit the pitchforks and potentially make a tl.net thread.
it is up to their discretion and this is for "Gamer Girl" not "Gamer People". i have no idea why you're trying to legitimize male participants for a female contest by nitpicking details while ignoring "Gamer Girl" part. raise your pitchfork if they disqualify transgender or something but hotbid is clearly not finalist worthy.
5. ENTRY CONDITIONS: LIMIT 1 ENTRY PER PERSON. If more than 1 Entry per person is received or if any person attempts to submit more than 1 Entry by using the same, multiple or different names or email addresses, then each Entry or attempted Entries may be deemed void and that person may be disqualified from the Contest or any other Sponsor Contest, in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Entry must showcase the Entrant ONLY or Sponsor may disqualify the Entry. No illegible, incomplete, forged or altered Entries will be accepted. An Entry will not be submitted until Entrant checks the box on the initial registration screen to confirm that Entrant has agreed to these Official Rules. Each Entry: (i) MUST NOT include live weapons/ammunition (any use of live weapons and/or ammunition will result in automatic disqualification from the Contest) (ii) must be in keeping with the Sponsor’s image (as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion), (iii) may not be inappropriate, offensive, libelous or defamatory, pornographic, sexually explicit, contain nudity, unlawful or plagiarized content, as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion, (iv) must not be harassing, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, profane, obscene, violent, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable or offensive in any way, as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion, (v) may not violate or encourage others to violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation, (vi) may not defame or invade publicity rights or privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person’s personal or property right or any other third party right, (vii) may not contain commercial or corporate advertising, including display of corporate logos, brand names and slogans, other than those relating to Sponsor, (viii) must not include visual references to alcoholic beverages, tobacco, drug paraphernalia, firearms or any depiction or representation thereof and (ix) may not include any virus, worm, corrupt file, Trojan horse or other forms of corruptive code or content that may harm or compromise the Site or the proper conduct of the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to verify the accuracy or truthfulness of any information contained within a submitted Entry. Sponsor has the right in its sole discretion to determine if any Entry is not appropriate for publication on the Site or for any other public release and if Entry is in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify an Entry that is not in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor’s decisions are final and binding with respect to all matters relating to this Contest.
its illegal to exercise discretion in a way that results in sex discrimination. pretext is illegal. otherwise, what would be the point of having anti-discrimination laws? there is no rule against being a male, and i dont see a violation of any of those other rules. it was completely pretextual, which is evidenced by the removal of all males, not just hotbid.
i cant believe you are so pro-discrimination!!! let me lay out the factors for you:
- real life people hate discrimination - it hurts everyone - consider the feelings of males - ku klux klan didnt consider their feelings as well - really? are we going to be like the KKK? - oh really? - look at how that affected the world - look at the first letter of each factor
On April 11 2012 05:36 Hot_Bid wrote: It appears that my profile has now been removed. It's okay though, it wasn't a serious entry and I'm glad I helped some people vent about the ridiculousness of the gamer girl term and the contest in general. If you're still interested in it please vote for Anna, she's a good representative of our community.
sex discrimination lawsuit? maxim has deep pockets.
it was invalid entry to begin with and would have not passed the judges as it says on the rules.
au contraire mon ami. nothing prevents guys from participating. =D
2. ELIGIBILITY: This Contest is only open to residents legally residing and permitted to work within the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia, who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older as of April 2, 2012. Employees of Sponsor, Gotcast, LLC (“Gotcast”), and Intertaintech Corporation DBA Virgin Gaming ("Virgin Gaming"), any event sponsors, and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and related companies, agencies, the judging panel (collectively, the “Promotion Parties”) and immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in the same household, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter, win or vote. Void in Puerto Rico, all U.S. territories and possessions and overseas military installations and where prohibited or restricted by law.
People are saying because he had a TL shirt on it could possible disqualify him. But that would probably disqualify the Tradechat girl as well (anyone wearing clothing labeled with anything but MAXIM apparently). They probably just removed him because they could, and he was a lock for the top 3 -_-.
sounds like pretext to me. if you look closely, all of the guys have been removed. there was another guy that had quite a bit of votes as well. he is gone. the only guys now are newly signed up candidates. looks like they had a cull over the weekend.
i, for one, will not stand for this blatant sex discrimination by maxim. if hot_bid doesnt want to sue, i will do my part and contact all of maxim's sponsors, make a post on reddit to recruit the pitchforks and potentially make a tl.net thread.
it is up to their discretion and this is for "Gamer Girl" not "Gamer People". i have no idea why you're trying to legitimize male participants for a female contest by nitpicking details while ignoring "Gamer Girl" part. raise your pitchfork if they disqualify transgender or something but hotbid is clearly not finalist worthy.
5. ENTRY CONDITIONS: LIMIT 1 ENTRY PER PERSON. If more than 1 Entry per person is received or if any person attempts to submit more than 1 Entry by using the same, multiple or different names or email addresses, then each Entry or attempted Entries may be deemed void and that person may be disqualified from the Contest or any other Sponsor Contest, in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Entry must showcase the Entrant ONLY or Sponsor may disqualify the Entry. No illegible, incomplete, forged or altered Entries will be accepted. An Entry will not be submitted until Entrant checks the box on the initial registration screen to confirm that Entrant has agreed to these Official Rules. Each Entry: (i) MUST NOT include live weapons/ammunition (any use of live weapons and/or ammunition will result in automatic disqualification from the Contest) (ii) must be in keeping with the Sponsor’s image (as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion), (iii) may not be inappropriate, offensive, libelous or defamatory, pornographic, sexually explicit, contain nudity, unlawful or plagiarized content, as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion, (iv) must not be harassing, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, profane, obscene, violent, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable or offensive in any way, as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion, (v) may not violate or encourage others to violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation, (vi) may not defame or invade publicity rights or privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person’s personal or property right or any other third party right, (vii) may not contain commercial or corporate advertising, including display of corporate logos, brand names and slogans, other than those relating to Sponsor, (viii) must not include visual references to alcoholic beverages, tobacco, drug paraphernalia, firearms or any depiction or representation thereof and (ix) may not include any virus, worm, corrupt file, Trojan horse or other forms of corruptive code or content that may harm or compromise the Site or the proper conduct of the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to verify the accuracy or truthfulness of any information contained within a submitted Entry. Sponsor has the right in its sole discretion to determine if any Entry is not appropriate for publication on the Site or for any other public release and if Entry is in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify an Entry that is not in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor’s decisions are final and binding with respect to all matters relating to this Contest.
its illegal to exercise discretion in a way that results in sex discrimination. pretext is illegal. otherwise, what would be the point of having anti-discrimination laws? there is no rule against being a male, and i dont see a violation of any of those other rules. it was completely pretextual, which is evidenced by the removal of all males, not just hotbid.
i cant believe you are so pro-discrimination!!! let me lay out the factors for you:
- real life people hate discrimination - it hurts everyone - consider the feelings of males - ku klux klan didnt consider their feelings as well - really? are we going to be like the KKK? - oh really? - look at how that affected the world - look at the first letter of each factor
....why does "Gamer Girl" fly right past your head? are you upset about the fact that they made it Gamer Girl, not Gamer in general? or are you upset about the fact that they didnt write "this "Gamer Girl" competition is for girls only"?
either way...it doesnt make sense to me why you're defending male participants for female contest, as the title suggests.
On April 11 2012 05:36 Hot_Bid wrote: It appears that my profile has now been removed. It's okay though, it wasn't a serious entry and I'm glad I helped some people vent about the ridiculousness of the gamer girl term and the contest in general. If you're still interested in it please vote for Anna, she's a good representative of our community.
sex discrimination lawsuit? maxim has deep pockets.
it was invalid entry to begin with and would have not passed the judges as it says on the rules.
au contraire mon ami. nothing prevents guys from participating. =D
2. ELIGIBILITY: This Contest is only open to residents legally residing and permitted to work within the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia, who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older as of April 2, 2012. Employees of Sponsor, Gotcast, LLC (“Gotcast”), and Intertaintech Corporation DBA Virgin Gaming ("Virgin Gaming"), any event sponsors, and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and related companies, agencies, the judging panel (collectively, the “Promotion Parties”) and immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in the same household, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter, win or vote. Void in Puerto Rico, all U.S. territories and possessions and overseas military installations and where prohibited or restricted by law.
People are saying because he had a TL shirt on it could possible disqualify him. But that would probably disqualify the Tradechat girl as well (anyone wearing clothing labeled with anything but MAXIM apparently). They probably just removed him because they could, and he was a lock for the top 3 -_-.
sounds like pretext to me. if you look closely, all of the guys have been removed. there was another guy that had quite a bit of votes as well. he is gone. the only guys now are newly signed up candidates. looks like they had a cull over the weekend.
i, for one, will not stand for this blatant sex discrimination by maxim. if hot_bid doesnt want to sue, i will do my part and contact all of maxim's sponsors, make a post on reddit to recruit the pitchforks and potentially make a tl.net thread.
it is up to their discretion and this is for "Gamer Girl" not "Gamer People". i have no idea why you're trying to legitimize male participants for a female contest by nitpicking details while ignoring "Gamer Girl" part. raise your pitchfork if they disqualify transgender or something but hotbid is clearly not finalist worthy.
5. ENTRY CONDITIONS: LIMIT 1 ENTRY PER PERSON. If more than 1 Entry per person is received or if any person attempts to submit more than 1 Entry by using the same, multiple or different names or email addresses, then each Entry or attempted Entries may be deemed void and that person may be disqualified from the Contest or any other Sponsor Contest, in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Entry must showcase the Entrant ONLY or Sponsor may disqualify the Entry. No illegible, incomplete, forged or altered Entries will be accepted. An Entry will not be submitted until Entrant checks the box on the initial registration screen to confirm that Entrant has agreed to these Official Rules. Each Entry: (i) MUST NOT include live weapons/ammunition (any use of live weapons and/or ammunition will result in automatic disqualification from the Contest) (ii) must be in keeping with the Sponsor’s image (as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion), (iii) may not be inappropriate, offensive, libelous or defamatory, pornographic, sexually explicit, contain nudity, unlawful or plagiarized content, as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion, (iv) must not be harassing, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, profane, obscene, violent, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable or offensive in any way, as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion, (v) may not violate or encourage others to violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation, (vi) may not defame or invade publicity rights or privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person’s personal or property right or any other third party right, (vii) may not contain commercial or corporate advertising, including display of corporate logos, brand names and slogans, other than those relating to Sponsor, (viii) must not include visual references to alcoholic beverages, tobacco, drug paraphernalia, firearms or any depiction or representation thereof and (ix) may not include any virus, worm, corrupt file, Trojan horse or other forms of corruptive code or content that may harm or compromise the Site or the proper conduct of the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to verify the accuracy or truthfulness of any information contained within a submitted Entry. Sponsor has the right in its sole discretion to determine if any Entry is not appropriate for publication on the Site or for any other public release and if Entry is in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify an Entry that is not in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor’s decisions are final and binding with respect to all matters relating to this Contest.
its illegal to exercise discretion in a way that results in sex discrimination. pretext is illegal. otherwise, what would be the point of having anti-discrimination laws? there is no rule against being a male, and i dont see a violation of any of those other rules. it was completely pretextual, which is evidenced by the removal of all males, not just hotbid.
i cant believe you are so pro-discrimination!!! let me lay out the factors for you:
- real life people hate discrimination - it hurts everyone - consider the feelings of males - ku klux klan didnt consider their feelings as well - really? are we going to be like the KKK? - oh really? - look at how that affected the world - look at the first letter of each factor
....why does "Gamer Girl" fly right past your head?
why did you not read my post? especially my factors? how rude.
On April 11 2012 05:36 Hot_Bid wrote: It appears that my profile has now been removed. It's okay though, it wasn't a serious entry and I'm glad I helped some people vent about the ridiculousness of the gamer girl term and the contest in general. If you're still interested in it please vote for Anna, she's a good representative of our community.
sex discrimination lawsuit? maxim has deep pockets.
it was invalid entry to begin with and would have not passed the judges as it says on the rules.
au contraire mon ami. nothing prevents guys from participating. =D
2. ELIGIBILITY: This Contest is only open to residents legally residing and permitted to work within the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia, who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older as of April 2, 2012. Employees of Sponsor, Gotcast, LLC (“Gotcast”), and Intertaintech Corporation DBA Virgin Gaming ("Virgin Gaming"), any event sponsors, and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and related companies, agencies, the judging panel (collectively, the “Promotion Parties”) and immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in the same household, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter, win or vote. Void in Puerto Rico, all U.S. territories and possessions and overseas military installations and where prohibited or restricted by law.
People are saying because he had a TL shirt on it could possible disqualify him. But that would probably disqualify the Tradechat girl as well (anyone wearing clothing labeled with anything but MAXIM apparently). They probably just removed him because they could, and he was a lock for the top 3 -_-.
sounds like pretext to me. if you look closely, all of the guys have been removed. there was another guy that had quite a bit of votes as well. he is gone. the only guys now are newly signed up candidates. looks like they had a cull over the weekend.
i, for one, will not stand for this blatant sex discrimination by maxim. if hot_bid doesnt want to sue, i will do my part and contact all of maxim's sponsors, make a post on reddit to recruit the pitchforks and potentially make a tl.net thread.
it is up to their discretion and this is for "Gamer Girl" not "Gamer People". i have no idea why you're trying to legitimize male participants for a female contest by nitpicking details while ignoring "Gamer Girl" part. raise your pitchfork if they disqualify transgender or something but hotbid is clearly not finalist worthy.
5. ENTRY CONDITIONS: LIMIT 1 ENTRY PER PERSON. If more than 1 Entry per person is received or if any person attempts to submit more than 1 Entry by using the same, multiple or different names or email addresses, then each Entry or attempted Entries may be deemed void and that person may be disqualified from the Contest or any other Sponsor Contest, in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Entry must showcase the Entrant ONLY or Sponsor may disqualify the Entry. No illegible, incomplete, forged or altered Entries will be accepted. An Entry will not be submitted until Entrant checks the box on the initial registration screen to confirm that Entrant has agreed to these Official Rules. Each Entry: (i) MUST NOT include live weapons/ammunition (any use of live weapons and/or ammunition will result in automatic disqualification from the Contest) (ii) must be in keeping with the Sponsor’s image (as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion), (iii) may not be inappropriate, offensive, libelous or defamatory, pornographic, sexually explicit, contain nudity, unlawful or plagiarized content, as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion, (iv) must not be harassing, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, profane, obscene, violent, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable or offensive in any way, as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion, (v) may not violate or encourage others to violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation, (vi) may not defame or invade publicity rights or privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person’s personal or property right or any other third party right, (vii) may not contain commercial or corporate advertising, including display of corporate logos, brand names and slogans, other than those relating to Sponsor, (viii) must not include visual references to alcoholic beverages, tobacco, drug paraphernalia, firearms or any depiction or representation thereof and (ix) may not include any virus, worm, corrupt file, Trojan horse or other forms of corruptive code or content that may harm or compromise the Site or the proper conduct of the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to verify the accuracy or truthfulness of any information contained within a submitted Entry. Sponsor has the right in its sole discretion to determine if any Entry is not appropriate for publication on the Site or for any other public release and if Entry is in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify an Entry that is not in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor’s decisions are final and binding with respect to all matters relating to this Contest.
its illegal to exercise discretion in a way that results in sex discrimination. pretext is illegal. otherwise, what would be the point of having anti-discrimination laws? there is no rule against being a male, and i dont see a violation of any of those other rules. it was completely pretextual, which is evidenced by the removal of all males, not just hotbid.
i cant believe you are so pro-discrimination!!! let me lay out the factors for you:
- real life people hate discrimination - it hurts everyone - consider the feelings of males - ku klux klan didnt consider their feelings as well - really? are we going to be like the KKK? - oh really? - look at how that affected the world - look at the first letter of each factor
....why does "Gamer Girl" fly right past your head? are you upset about the fact that they made it Gamer Girl, not Gamer in general? or are you upset about the fact that they didnt write "this "Gamer Girl" competition is for girls only"?
either way...it doesnt make sense to me why you're defending male participants for female contest, as the title suggests.
On April 11 2012 05:36 Hot_Bid wrote: It appears that my profile has now been removed. It's okay though, it wasn't a serious entry and I'm glad I helped some people vent about the ridiculousness of the gamer girl term and the contest in general. If you're still interested in it please vote for Anna, she's a good representative of our community.
sex discrimination lawsuit? maxim has deep pockets.
it was invalid entry to begin with and would have not passed the judges as it says on the rules.
au contraire mon ami. nothing prevents guys from participating. =D
2. ELIGIBILITY: This Contest is only open to residents legally residing and permitted to work within the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia, who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older as of April 2, 2012. Employees of Sponsor, Gotcast, LLC (“Gotcast”), and Intertaintech Corporation DBA Virgin Gaming ("Virgin Gaming"), any event sponsors, and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and related companies, agencies, the judging panel (collectively, the “Promotion Parties”) and immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in the same household, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter, win or vote. Void in Puerto Rico, all U.S. territories and possessions and overseas military installations and where prohibited or restricted by law.
People are saying because he had a TL shirt on it could possible disqualify him. But that would probably disqualify the Tradechat girl as well (anyone wearing clothing labeled with anything but MAXIM apparently). They probably just removed him because they could, and he was a lock for the top 3 -_-.
sounds like pretext to me. if you look closely, all of the guys have been removed. there was another guy that had quite a bit of votes as well. he is gone. the only guys now are newly signed up candidates. looks like they had a cull over the weekend.
i, for one, will not stand for this blatant sex discrimination by maxim. if hot_bid doesnt want to sue, i will do my part and contact all of maxim's sponsors, make a post on reddit to recruit the pitchforks and potentially make a tl.net thread.
it is up to their discretion and this is for "Gamer Girl" not "Gamer People". i have no idea why you're trying to legitimize male participants for a female contest by nitpicking details while ignoring "Gamer Girl" part. raise your pitchfork if they disqualify transgender or something but hotbid is clearly not finalist worthy.
5. ENTRY CONDITIONS: LIMIT 1 ENTRY PER PERSON. If more than 1 Entry per person is received or if any person attempts to submit more than 1 Entry by using the same, multiple or different names or email addresses, then each Entry or attempted Entries may be deemed void and that person may be disqualified from the Contest or any other Sponsor Contest, in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Entry must showcase the Entrant ONLY or Sponsor may disqualify the Entry. No illegible, incomplete, forged or altered Entries will be accepted. An Entry will not be submitted until Entrant checks the box on the initial registration screen to confirm that Entrant has agreed to these Official Rules. Each Entry: (i) MUST NOT include live weapons/ammunition (any use of live weapons and/or ammunition will result in automatic disqualification from the Contest) (ii) must be in keeping with the Sponsor’s image (as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion), (iii) may not be inappropriate, offensive, libelous or defamatory, pornographic, sexually explicit, contain nudity, unlawful or plagiarized content, as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion, (iv) must not be harassing, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, profane, obscene, violent, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable or offensive in any way, as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion, (v) may not violate or encourage others to violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation, (vi) may not defame or invade publicity rights or privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person’s personal or property right or any other third party right, (vii) may not contain commercial or corporate advertising, including display of corporate logos, brand names and slogans, other than those relating to Sponsor, (viii) must not include visual references to alcoholic beverages, tobacco, drug paraphernalia, firearms or any depiction or representation thereof and (ix) may not include any virus, worm, corrupt file, Trojan horse or other forms of corruptive code or content that may harm or compromise the Site or the proper conduct of the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to verify the accuracy or truthfulness of any information contained within a submitted Entry. Sponsor has the right in its sole discretion to determine if any Entry is not appropriate for publication on the Site or for any other public release and if Entry is in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify an Entry that is not in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor’s decisions are final and binding with respect to all matters relating to this Contest.
its illegal to exercise discretion in a way that results in sex discrimination. pretext is illegal. otherwise, what would be the point of having anti-discrimination laws? there is no rule against being a male, and i dont see a violation of any of those other rules. it was completely pretextual, which is evidenced by the removal of all males, not just hotbid.
i cant believe you are so pro-discrimination!!! let me lay out the factors for you:
- real life people hate discrimination - it hurts everyone - consider the feelings of males - ku klux klan didnt consider their feelings as well - really? are we going to be like the KKK? - oh really? - look at how that affected the world - look at the first letter of each factor
....why does "Gamer Girl" fly right past your head?
why did you not read my post? especially my factors? how rude.
When you troll that hard, it makes you look like an idiot, not the guy that fell for it.
On April 11 2012 05:36 Hot_Bid wrote: It appears that my profile has now been removed. It's okay though, it wasn't a serious entry and I'm glad I helped some people vent about the ridiculousness of the gamer girl term and the contest in general. If you're still interested in it please vote for Anna, she's a good representative of our community.
sex discrimination lawsuit? maxim has deep pockets.
it was invalid entry to begin with and would have not passed the judges as it says on the rules.
au contraire mon ami. nothing prevents guys from participating. =D
2. ELIGIBILITY: This Contest is only open to residents legally residing and permitted to work within the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia, who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older as of April 2, 2012. Employees of Sponsor, Gotcast, LLC (“Gotcast”), and Intertaintech Corporation DBA Virgin Gaming ("Virgin Gaming"), any event sponsors, and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and related companies, agencies, the judging panel (collectively, the “Promotion Parties”) and immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in the same household, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter, win or vote. Void in Puerto Rico, all U.S. territories and possessions and overseas military installations and where prohibited or restricted by law.
People are saying because he had a TL shirt on it could possible disqualify him. But that would probably disqualify the Tradechat girl as well (anyone wearing clothing labeled with anything but MAXIM apparently). They probably just removed him because they could, and he was a lock for the top 3 -_-.
sounds like pretext to me. if you look closely, all of the guys have been removed. there was another guy that had quite a bit of votes as well. he is gone. the only guys now are newly signed up candidates. looks like they had a cull over the weekend.
i, for one, will not stand for this blatant sex discrimination by maxim. if hot_bid doesnt want to sue, i will do my part and contact all of maxim's sponsors, make a post on reddit to recruit the pitchforks and potentially make a tl.net thread.
it is up to their discretion and this is for "Gamer Girl" not "Gamer People". i have no idea why you're trying to legitimize male participants for a female contest by nitpicking details while ignoring "Gamer Girl" part. raise your pitchfork if they disqualify transgender or something but hotbid is clearly not finalist worthy.
5. ENTRY CONDITIONS: LIMIT 1 ENTRY PER PERSON. If more than 1 Entry per person is received or if any person attempts to submit more than 1 Entry by using the same, multiple or different names or email addresses, then each Entry or attempted Entries may be deemed void and that person may be disqualified from the Contest or any other Sponsor Contest, in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Entry must showcase the Entrant ONLY or Sponsor may disqualify the Entry. No illegible, incomplete, forged or altered Entries will be accepted. An Entry will not be submitted until Entrant checks the box on the initial registration screen to confirm that Entrant has agreed to these Official Rules. Each Entry: (i) MUST NOT include live weapons/ammunition (any use of live weapons and/or ammunition will result in automatic disqualification from the Contest) (ii) must be in keeping with the Sponsor’s image (as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion), (iii) may not be inappropriate, offensive, libelous or defamatory, pornographic, sexually explicit, contain nudity, unlawful or plagiarized content, as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion, (iv) must not be harassing, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, profane, obscene, violent, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable or offensive in any way, as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion, (v) may not violate or encourage others to violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation, (vi) may not defame or invade publicity rights or privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person’s personal or property right or any other third party right, (vii) may not contain commercial or corporate advertising, including display of corporate logos, brand names and slogans, other than those relating to Sponsor, (viii) must not include visual references to alcoholic beverages, tobacco, drug paraphernalia, firearms or any depiction or representation thereof and (ix) may not include any virus, worm, corrupt file, Trojan horse or other forms of corruptive code or content that may harm or compromise the Site or the proper conduct of the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to verify the accuracy or truthfulness of any information contained within a submitted Entry. Sponsor has the right in its sole discretion to determine if any Entry is not appropriate for publication on the Site or for any other public release and if Entry is in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify an Entry that is not in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor’s decisions are final and binding with respect to all matters relating to this Contest.
its illegal to exercise discretion in a way that results in sex discrimination. pretext is illegal. otherwise, what would be the point of having anti-discrimination laws? there is no rule against being a male, and i dont see a violation of any of those other rules. it was completely pretextual, which is evidenced by the removal of all males, not just hotbid.
i cant believe you are so pro-discrimination!!! let me lay out the factors for you:
- real life people hate discrimination - it hurts everyone - consider the feelings of males - ku klux klan didnt consider their feelings as well - really? are we going to be like the KKK? - oh really? - look at how that affected the world - look at the first letter of each factor
....why does "Gamer Girl" fly right past your head? are you upset about the fact that they made it Gamer Girl, not Gamer in general? or are you upset about the fact that they didnt write "this "Gamer Girl" competition is for girls only"?
either way...it doesnt make sense to me why you're defending male participants for female contest, as the title suggests.
edit: lame. ㅡ,.ㅡ
He has to be trolling: ignore him.
this has turned into an interesting social commentary on whether people actually read posts before they comment.
people who read posts before commenting - nil people who dont - two
On April 11 2012 07:57 dAPhREAk wrote: [quote] sex discrimination lawsuit? maxim has deep pockets.
it was invalid entry to begin with and would have not passed the judges as it says on the rules.
au contraire mon ami. nothing prevents guys from participating. =D
2. ELIGIBILITY: This Contest is only open to residents legally residing and permitted to work within the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia, who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older as of April 2, 2012. Employees of Sponsor, Gotcast, LLC (“Gotcast”), and Intertaintech Corporation DBA Virgin Gaming ("Virgin Gaming"), any event sponsors, and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and related companies, agencies, the judging panel (collectively, the “Promotion Parties”) and immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in the same household, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter, win or vote. Void in Puerto Rico, all U.S. territories and possessions and overseas military installations and where prohibited or restricted by law.
People are saying because he had a TL shirt on it could possible disqualify him. But that would probably disqualify the Tradechat girl as well (anyone wearing clothing labeled with anything but MAXIM apparently). They probably just removed him because they could, and he was a lock for the top 3 -_-.
sounds like pretext to me. if you look closely, all of the guys have been removed. there was another guy that had quite a bit of votes as well. he is gone. the only guys now are newly signed up candidates. looks like they had a cull over the weekend.
i, for one, will not stand for this blatant sex discrimination by maxim. if hot_bid doesnt want to sue, i will do my part and contact all of maxim's sponsors, make a post on reddit to recruit the pitchforks and potentially make a tl.net thread.
it is up to their discretion and this is for "Gamer Girl" not "Gamer People". i have no idea why you're trying to legitimize male participants for a female contest by nitpicking details while ignoring "Gamer Girl" part. raise your pitchfork if they disqualify transgender or something but hotbid is clearly not finalist worthy.
5. ENTRY CONDITIONS: LIMIT 1 ENTRY PER PERSON. If more than 1 Entry per person is received or if any person attempts to submit more than 1 Entry by using the same, multiple or different names or email addresses, then each Entry or attempted Entries may be deemed void and that person may be disqualified from the Contest or any other Sponsor Contest, in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Entry must showcase the Entrant ONLY or Sponsor may disqualify the Entry. No illegible, incomplete, forged or altered Entries will be accepted. An Entry will not be submitted until Entrant checks the box on the initial registration screen to confirm that Entrant has agreed to these Official Rules. Each Entry: (i) MUST NOT include live weapons/ammunition (any use of live weapons and/or ammunition will result in automatic disqualification from the Contest) (ii) must be in keeping with the Sponsor’s image (as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion), (iii) may not be inappropriate, offensive, libelous or defamatory, pornographic, sexually explicit, contain nudity, unlawful or plagiarized content, as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion, (iv) must not be harassing, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, profane, obscene, violent, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable or offensive in any way, as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion, (v) may not violate or encourage others to violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation, (vi) may not defame or invade publicity rights or privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person’s personal or property right or any other third party right, (vii) may not contain commercial or corporate advertising, including display of corporate logos, brand names and slogans, other than those relating to Sponsor, (viii) must not include visual references to alcoholic beverages, tobacco, drug paraphernalia, firearms or any depiction or representation thereof and (ix) may not include any virus, worm, corrupt file, Trojan horse or other forms of corruptive code or content that may harm or compromise the Site or the proper conduct of the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to verify the accuracy or truthfulness of any information contained within a submitted Entry. Sponsor has the right in its sole discretion to determine if any Entry is not appropriate for publication on the Site or for any other public release and if Entry is in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify an Entry that is not in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor’s decisions are final and binding with respect to all matters relating to this Contest.
its illegal to exercise discretion in a way that results in sex discrimination. pretext is illegal. otherwise, what would be the point of having anti-discrimination laws? there is no rule against being a male, and i dont see a violation of any of those other rules. it was completely pretextual, which is evidenced by the removal of all males, not just hotbid.
i cant believe you are so pro-discrimination!!! let me lay out the factors for you:
- real life people hate discrimination - it hurts everyone - consider the feelings of males - ku klux klan didnt consider their feelings as well - really? are we going to be like the KKK? - oh really? - look at how that affected the world - look at the first letter of each factor
....why does "Gamer Girl" fly right past your head? are you upset about the fact that they made it Gamer Girl, not Gamer in general? or are you upset about the fact that they didnt write "this "Gamer Girl" competition is for girls only"?
either way...it doesnt make sense to me why you're defending male participants for female contest, as the title suggests.
edit: lame. ㅡ,.ㅡ
He has to be trolling: ignore him.
this has turned into an interesting social commentary on whether people actually read posts before they comment.
people who read posts before commenting - nil people who dont - two
I got it! GIMMIE COOKIE COOKIE COOKIE COOKIE.
Its k hotbid. We're never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down I'll never stop the way I feeling the way I feel about you Hotbid. I can't live without you
On April 11 2012 05:36 Hot_Bid wrote: It appears that my profile has now been removed. It's okay though, it wasn't a serious entry and I'm glad I helped some people vent about the ridiculousness of the gamer girl term and the contest in general. If you're still interested in it please vote for Anna, she's a good representative of our community.
might aswell lock the thread then. feel like its better to make a new thread for people considering 'serious' entries.
On April 11 2012 07:57 dAPhREAk wrote: [quote] sex discrimination lawsuit? maxim has deep pockets.
it was invalid entry to begin with and would have not passed the judges as it says on the rules.
au contraire mon ami. nothing prevents guys from participating. =D
2. ELIGIBILITY: This Contest is only open to residents legally residing and permitted to work within the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia, who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older as of April 2, 2012. Employees of Sponsor, Gotcast, LLC (“Gotcast”), and Intertaintech Corporation DBA Virgin Gaming ("Virgin Gaming"), any event sponsors, and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and related companies, agencies, the judging panel (collectively, the “Promotion Parties”) and immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in the same household, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter, win or vote. Void in Puerto Rico, all U.S. territories and possessions and overseas military installations and where prohibited or restricted by law.
People are saying because he had a TL shirt on it could possible disqualify him. But that would probably disqualify the Tradechat girl as well (anyone wearing clothing labeled with anything but MAXIM apparently). They probably just removed him because they could, and he was a lock for the top 3 -_-.
sounds like pretext to me. if you look closely, all of the guys have been removed. there was another guy that had quite a bit of votes as well. he is gone. the only guys now are newly signed up candidates. looks like they had a cull over the weekend.
i, for one, will not stand for this blatant sex discrimination by maxim. if hot_bid doesnt want to sue, i will do my part and contact all of maxim's sponsors, make a post on reddit to recruit the pitchforks and potentially make a tl.net thread.
it is up to their discretion and this is for "Gamer Girl" not "Gamer People". i have no idea why you're trying to legitimize male participants for a female contest by nitpicking details while ignoring "Gamer Girl" part. raise your pitchfork if they disqualify transgender or something but hotbid is clearly not finalist worthy.
5. ENTRY CONDITIONS: LIMIT 1 ENTRY PER PERSON. If more than 1 Entry per person is received or if any person attempts to submit more than 1 Entry by using the same, multiple or different names or email addresses, then each Entry or attempted Entries may be deemed void and that person may be disqualified from the Contest or any other Sponsor Contest, in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Entry must showcase the Entrant ONLY or Sponsor may disqualify the Entry. No illegible, incomplete, forged or altered Entries will be accepted. An Entry will not be submitted until Entrant checks the box on the initial registration screen to confirm that Entrant has agreed to these Official Rules. Each Entry: (i) MUST NOT include live weapons/ammunition (any use of live weapons and/or ammunition will result in automatic disqualification from the Contest) (ii) must be in keeping with the Sponsor’s image (as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion), (iii) may not be inappropriate, offensive, libelous or defamatory, pornographic, sexually explicit, contain nudity, unlawful or plagiarized content, as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion, (iv) must not be harassing, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, profane, obscene, violent, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable or offensive in any way, as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion, (v) may not violate or encourage others to violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation, (vi) may not defame or invade publicity rights or privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person’s personal or property right or any other third party right, (vii) may not contain commercial or corporate advertising, including display of corporate logos, brand names and slogans, other than those relating to Sponsor, (viii) must not include visual references to alcoholic beverages, tobacco, drug paraphernalia, firearms or any depiction or representation thereof and (ix) may not include any virus, worm, corrupt file, Trojan horse or other forms of corruptive code or content that may harm or compromise the Site or the proper conduct of the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to verify the accuracy or truthfulness of any information contained within a submitted Entry. Sponsor has the right in its sole discretion to determine if any Entry is not appropriate for publication on the Site or for any other public release and if Entry is in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify an Entry that is not in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor’s decisions are final and binding with respect to all matters relating to this Contest.
its illegal to exercise discretion in a way that results in sex discrimination. pretext is illegal. otherwise, what would be the point of having anti-discrimination laws? there is no rule against being a male, and i dont see a violation of any of those other rules. it was completely pretextual, which is evidenced by the removal of all males, not just hotbid.
i cant believe you are so pro-discrimination!!! let me lay out the factors for you:
- real life people hate discrimination - it hurts everyone - consider the feelings of males - ku klux klan didnt consider their feelings as well - really? are we going to be like the KKK? - oh really? - look at how that affected the world - look at the first letter of each factor
....why does "Gamer Girl" fly right past your head? are you upset about the fact that they made it Gamer Girl, not Gamer in general? or are you upset about the fact that they didnt write "this "Gamer Girl" competition is for girls only"?
either way...it doesnt make sense to me why you're defending male participants for female contest, as the title suggests.
edit: lame. ㅡ,.ㅡ
He has to be trolling: ignore him.
this has turned into an interesting social commentary on whether people actually read posts before they comment.
people who read posts before commenting - nil people who dont - two
i think you mean people who read posts with a pretense of troll post and who dont. you did try hard...i should just ignore small minded/slow people, like you were pretending to be.
it was invalid entry to begin with and would have not passed the judges as it says on the rules.
au contraire mon ami. nothing prevents guys from participating. =D
2. ELIGIBILITY: This Contest is only open to residents legally residing and permitted to work within the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia, who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older as of April 2, 2012. Employees of Sponsor, Gotcast, LLC (“Gotcast”), and Intertaintech Corporation DBA Virgin Gaming ("Virgin Gaming"), any event sponsors, and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and related companies, agencies, the judging panel (collectively, the “Promotion Parties”) and immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in the same household, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter, win or vote. Void in Puerto Rico, all U.S. territories and possessions and overseas military installations and where prohibited or restricted by law.
People are saying because he had a TL shirt on it could possible disqualify him. But that would probably disqualify the Tradechat girl as well (anyone wearing clothing labeled with anything but MAXIM apparently). They probably just removed him because they could, and he was a lock for the top 3 -_-.
sounds like pretext to me. if you look closely, all of the guys have been removed. there was another guy that had quite a bit of votes as well. he is gone. the only guys now are newly signed up candidates. looks like they had a cull over the weekend.
i, for one, will not stand for this blatant sex discrimination by maxim. if hot_bid doesnt want to sue, i will do my part and contact all of maxim's sponsors, make a post on reddit to recruit the pitchforks and potentially make a tl.net thread.
it is up to their discretion and this is for "Gamer Girl" not "Gamer People". i have no idea why you're trying to legitimize male participants for a female contest by nitpicking details while ignoring "Gamer Girl" part. raise your pitchfork if they disqualify transgender or something but hotbid is clearly not finalist worthy.
5. ENTRY CONDITIONS: LIMIT 1 ENTRY PER PERSON. If more than 1 Entry per person is received or if any person attempts to submit more than 1 Entry by using the same, multiple or different names or email addresses, then each Entry or attempted Entries may be deemed void and that person may be disqualified from the Contest or any other Sponsor Contest, in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Entry must showcase the Entrant ONLY or Sponsor may disqualify the Entry. No illegible, incomplete, forged or altered Entries will be accepted. An Entry will not be submitted until Entrant checks the box on the initial registration screen to confirm that Entrant has agreed to these Official Rules. Each Entry: (i) MUST NOT include live weapons/ammunition (any use of live weapons and/or ammunition will result in automatic disqualification from the Contest) (ii) must be in keeping with the Sponsor’s image (as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion), (iii) may not be inappropriate, offensive, libelous or defamatory, pornographic, sexually explicit, contain nudity, unlawful or plagiarized content, as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion, (iv) must not be harassing, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, profane, obscene, violent, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable or offensive in any way, as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion, (v) may not violate or encourage others to violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation, (vi) may not defame or invade publicity rights or privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person’s personal or property right or any other third party right, (vii) may not contain commercial or corporate advertising, including display of corporate logos, brand names and slogans, other than those relating to Sponsor, (viii) must not include visual references to alcoholic beverages, tobacco, drug paraphernalia, firearms or any depiction or representation thereof and (ix) may not include any virus, worm, corrupt file, Trojan horse or other forms of corruptive code or content that may harm or compromise the Site or the proper conduct of the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to verify the accuracy or truthfulness of any information contained within a submitted Entry. Sponsor has the right in its sole discretion to determine if any Entry is not appropriate for publication on the Site or for any other public release and if Entry is in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify an Entry that is not in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor’s decisions are final and binding with respect to all matters relating to this Contest.
its illegal to exercise discretion in a way that results in sex discrimination. pretext is illegal. otherwise, what would be the point of having anti-discrimination laws? there is no rule against being a male, and i dont see a violation of any of those other rules. it was completely pretextual, which is evidenced by the removal of all males, not just hotbid.
i cant believe you are so pro-discrimination!!! let me lay out the factors for you:
- real life people hate discrimination - it hurts everyone - consider the feelings of males - ku klux klan didnt consider their feelings as well - really? are we going to be like the KKK? - oh really? - look at how that affected the world - look at the first letter of each factor
....why does "Gamer Girl" fly right past your head? are you upset about the fact that they made it Gamer Girl, not Gamer in general? or are you upset about the fact that they didnt write "this "Gamer Girl" competition is for girls only"?
either way...it doesnt make sense to me why you're defending male participants for female contest, as the title suggests.
edit: lame. ㅡ,.ㅡ
He has to be trolling: ignore him.
this has turned into an interesting social commentary on whether people actually read posts before they comment.
people who read posts before commenting - nil people who dont - two
i think you mean people who read posts with a pretense of troll post and who dont. you did try hard...i should just ignore small minded/slow people, like you were pretending to be.
oh, trolls are small minded/slow people?
looks to OP.... looks to maxim website with hotbid going for maxim girl gamer award... looks to 46 page thread dedicated to hotbid's attempt... looks to thousands of votes for hotbid....
i find your statement in this thread ironic my good sir.
it was invalid entry to begin with and would have not passed the judges as it says on the rules.
au contraire mon ami. nothing prevents guys from participating. =D
2. ELIGIBILITY: This Contest is only open to residents legally residing and permitted to work within the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia, who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older as of April 2, 2012. Employees of Sponsor, Gotcast, LLC (“Gotcast”), and Intertaintech Corporation DBA Virgin Gaming ("Virgin Gaming"), any event sponsors, and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and related companies, agencies, the judging panel (collectively, the “Promotion Parties”) and immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in the same household, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter, win or vote. Void in Puerto Rico, all U.S. territories and possessions and overseas military installations and where prohibited or restricted by law.
People are saying because he had a TL shirt on it could possible disqualify him. But that would probably disqualify the Tradechat girl as well (anyone wearing clothing labeled with anything but MAXIM apparently). They probably just removed him because they could, and he was a lock for the top 3 -_-.
sounds like pretext to me. if you look closely, all of the guys have been removed. there was another guy that had quite a bit of votes as well. he is gone. the only guys now are newly signed up candidates. looks like they had a cull over the weekend.
i, for one, will not stand for this blatant sex discrimination by maxim. if hot_bid doesnt want to sue, i will do my part and contact all of maxim's sponsors, make a post on reddit to recruit the pitchforks and potentially make a tl.net thread.
it is up to their discretion and this is for "Gamer Girl" not "Gamer People". i have no idea why you're trying to legitimize male participants for a female contest by nitpicking details while ignoring "Gamer Girl" part. raise your pitchfork if they disqualify transgender or something but hotbid is clearly not finalist worthy.
5. ENTRY CONDITIONS: LIMIT 1 ENTRY PER PERSON. If more than 1 Entry per person is received or if any person attempts to submit more than 1 Entry by using the same, multiple or different names or email addresses, then each Entry or attempted Entries may be deemed void and that person may be disqualified from the Contest or any other Sponsor Contest, in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Entry must showcase the Entrant ONLY or Sponsor may disqualify the Entry. No illegible, incomplete, forged or altered Entries will be accepted. An Entry will not be submitted until Entrant checks the box on the initial registration screen to confirm that Entrant has agreed to these Official Rules. Each Entry: (i) MUST NOT include live weapons/ammunition (any use of live weapons and/or ammunition will result in automatic disqualification from the Contest) (ii) must be in keeping with the Sponsor’s image (as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion), (iii) may not be inappropriate, offensive, libelous or defamatory, pornographic, sexually explicit, contain nudity, unlawful or plagiarized content, as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion, (iv) must not be harassing, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, profane, obscene, violent, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable or offensive in any way, as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion, (v) may not violate or encourage others to violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation, (vi) may not defame or invade publicity rights or privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person’s personal or property right or any other third party right, (vii) may not contain commercial or corporate advertising, including display of corporate logos, brand names and slogans, other than those relating to Sponsor, (viii) must not include visual references to alcoholic beverages, tobacco, drug paraphernalia, firearms or any depiction or representation thereof and (ix) may not include any virus, worm, corrupt file, Trojan horse or other forms of corruptive code or content that may harm or compromise the Site or the proper conduct of the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to verify the accuracy or truthfulness of any information contained within a submitted Entry. Sponsor has the right in its sole discretion to determine if any Entry is not appropriate for publication on the Site or for any other public release and if Entry is in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify an Entry that is not in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor’s decisions are final and binding with respect to all matters relating to this Contest.
its illegal to exercise discretion in a way that results in sex discrimination. pretext is illegal. otherwise, what would be the point of having anti-discrimination laws? there is no rule against being a male, and i dont see a violation of any of those other rules. it was completely pretextual, which is evidenced by the removal of all males, not just hotbid.
i cant believe you are so pro-discrimination!!! let me lay out the factors for you:
- real life people hate discrimination - it hurts everyone - consider the feelings of males - ku klux klan didnt consider their feelings as well - really? are we going to be like the KKK? - oh really? - look at how that affected the world - look at the first letter of each factor
....why does "Gamer Girl" fly right past your head? are you upset about the fact that they made it Gamer Girl, not Gamer in general? or are you upset about the fact that they didnt write "this "Gamer Girl" competition is for girls only"?
either way...it doesnt make sense to me why you're defending male participants for female contest, as the title suggests.
edit: lame. ㅡ,.ㅡ
He has to be trolling: ignore him.
this has turned into an interesting social commentary on whether people actually read posts before they comment.
people who read posts before commenting - nil people who dont - two
i think you mean people who read posts with a pretense of troll post and who dont. you did try hard...i should just ignore small minded/slow people, like you were pretending to be.
Bah you should just take it a little less seriously. Which is like the competition is lacking some serious Gamer Girls. Like Slayers_Jessica, TossGirl, Scarlett, or any girl who has competed seriously in gaming or made an impact as a Girl Gamer. It really is a about who is showing the most skin or has the biggest rack. Why should we take it serious? All I can do is vote for Anna, but I would still like to have some fun at the expense of MAXIM which does nothing but promote a very narrow minded image of women.
On April 11 2012 08:04 dAPhREAk wrote: [quote] au contraire mon ami. nothing prevents guys from participating. =D
[quote]
People are saying because he had a TL shirt on it could possible disqualify him. But that would probably disqualify the Tradechat girl as well (anyone wearing clothing labeled with anything but MAXIM apparently). They probably just removed him because they could, and he was a lock for the top 3 -_-.
sounds like pretext to me. if you look closely, all of the guys have been removed. there was another guy that had quite a bit of votes as well. he is gone. the only guys now are newly signed up candidates. looks like they had a cull over the weekend.
i, for one, will not stand for this blatant sex discrimination by maxim. if hot_bid doesnt want to sue, i will do my part and contact all of maxim's sponsors, make a post on reddit to recruit the pitchforks and potentially make a tl.net thread.
it is up to their discretion and this is for "Gamer Girl" not "Gamer People". i have no idea why you're trying to legitimize male participants for a female contest by nitpicking details while ignoring "Gamer Girl" part. raise your pitchfork if they disqualify transgender or something but hotbid is clearly not finalist worthy.
5. ENTRY CONDITIONS: LIMIT 1 ENTRY PER PERSON. If more than 1 Entry per person is received or if any person attempts to submit more than 1 Entry by using the same, multiple or different names or email addresses, then each Entry or attempted Entries may be deemed void and that person may be disqualified from the Contest or any other Sponsor Contest, in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Entry must showcase the Entrant ONLY or Sponsor may disqualify the Entry. No illegible, incomplete, forged or altered Entries will be accepted. An Entry will not be submitted until Entrant checks the box on the initial registration screen to confirm that Entrant has agreed to these Official Rules. Each Entry: (i) MUST NOT include live weapons/ammunition (any use of live weapons and/or ammunition will result in automatic disqualification from the Contest) (ii) must be in keeping with the Sponsor’s image (as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion), (iii) may not be inappropriate, offensive, libelous or defamatory, pornographic, sexually explicit, contain nudity, unlawful or plagiarized content, as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion, (iv) must not be harassing, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, profane, obscene, violent, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable or offensive in any way, as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion, (v) may not violate or encourage others to violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation, (vi) may not defame or invade publicity rights or privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person’s personal or property right or any other third party right, (vii) may not contain commercial or corporate advertising, including display of corporate logos, brand names and slogans, other than those relating to Sponsor, (viii) must not include visual references to alcoholic beverages, tobacco, drug paraphernalia, firearms or any depiction or representation thereof and (ix) may not include any virus, worm, corrupt file, Trojan horse or other forms of corruptive code or content that may harm or compromise the Site or the proper conduct of the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to verify the accuracy or truthfulness of any information contained within a submitted Entry. Sponsor has the right in its sole discretion to determine if any Entry is not appropriate for publication on the Site or for any other public release and if Entry is in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify an Entry that is not in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor’s decisions are final and binding with respect to all matters relating to this Contest.
its illegal to exercise discretion in a way that results in sex discrimination. pretext is illegal. otherwise, what would be the point of having anti-discrimination laws? there is no rule against being a male, and i dont see a violation of any of those other rules. it was completely pretextual, which is evidenced by the removal of all males, not just hotbid.
i cant believe you are so pro-discrimination!!! let me lay out the factors for you:
- real life people hate discrimination - it hurts everyone - consider the feelings of males - ku klux klan didnt consider their feelings as well - really? are we going to be like the KKK? - oh really? - look at how that affected the world - look at the first letter of each factor
....why does "Gamer Girl" fly right past your head? are you upset about the fact that they made it Gamer Girl, not Gamer in general? or are you upset about the fact that they didnt write "this "Gamer Girl" competition is for girls only"?
either way...it doesnt make sense to me why you're defending male participants for female contest, as the title suggests.
edit: lame. ㅡ,.ㅡ
He has to be trolling: ignore him.
this has turned into an interesting social commentary on whether people actually read posts before they comment.
people who read posts before commenting - nil people who dont - two
i think you mean people who read posts with a pretense of troll post and who dont. you did try hard...i should just ignore small minded/slow people, like you were pretending to be.
oh, trolls are small minded/slow people?
looks to OP.... looks to maxim website with hotbid going for maxim girl gamer award... looks to 46 page thread dedicated to hotbid's attempt... looks to thousands of votes for hotbid....
i find your statement in this thread ironic my good sir.
no, you trolled as a slow/small minded/stubborn person who cried out for discrimination. i didnt see past that and took it as is, trolling isn't something i'm experienced with. i'll keep a lookout next time. i hope your ways of twisting words is only another attempt at trolling.
On April 11 2012 08:04 dAPhREAk wrote: [quote] au contraire mon ami. nothing prevents guys from participating. =D
[quote]
People are saying because he had a TL shirt on it could possible disqualify him. But that would probably disqualify the Tradechat girl as well (anyone wearing clothing labeled with anything but MAXIM apparently). They probably just removed him because they could, and he was a lock for the top 3 -_-.
sounds like pretext to me. if you look closely, all of the guys have been removed. there was another guy that had quite a bit of votes as well. he is gone. the only guys now are newly signed up candidates. looks like they had a cull over the weekend.
i, for one, will not stand for this blatant sex discrimination by maxim. if hot_bid doesnt want to sue, i will do my part and contact all of maxim's sponsors, make a post on reddit to recruit the pitchforks and potentially make a tl.net thread.
it is up to their discretion and this is for "Gamer Girl" not "Gamer People". i have no idea why you're trying to legitimize male participants for a female contest by nitpicking details while ignoring "Gamer Girl" part. raise your pitchfork if they disqualify transgender or something but hotbid is clearly not finalist worthy.
5. ENTRY CONDITIONS: LIMIT 1 ENTRY PER PERSON. If more than 1 Entry per person is received or if any person attempts to submit more than 1 Entry by using the same, multiple or different names or email addresses, then each Entry or attempted Entries may be deemed void and that person may be disqualified from the Contest or any other Sponsor Contest, in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Entry must showcase the Entrant ONLY or Sponsor may disqualify the Entry. No illegible, incomplete, forged or altered Entries will be accepted. An Entry will not be submitted until Entrant checks the box on the initial registration screen to confirm that Entrant has agreed to these Official Rules. Each Entry: (i) MUST NOT include live weapons/ammunition (any use of live weapons and/or ammunition will result in automatic disqualification from the Contest) (ii) must be in keeping with the Sponsor’s image (as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion), (iii) may not be inappropriate, offensive, libelous or defamatory, pornographic, sexually explicit, contain nudity, unlawful or plagiarized content, as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion, (iv) must not be harassing, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, profane, obscene, violent, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable or offensive in any way, as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion, (v) may not violate or encourage others to violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation, (vi) may not defame or invade publicity rights or privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person’s personal or property right or any other third party right, (vii) may not contain commercial or corporate advertising, including display of corporate logos, brand names and slogans, other than those relating to Sponsor, (viii) must not include visual references to alcoholic beverages, tobacco, drug paraphernalia, firearms or any depiction or representation thereof and (ix) may not include any virus, worm, corrupt file, Trojan horse or other forms of corruptive code or content that may harm or compromise the Site or the proper conduct of the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to verify the accuracy or truthfulness of any information contained within a submitted Entry. Sponsor has the right in its sole discretion to determine if any Entry is not appropriate for publication on the Site or for any other public release and if Entry is in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify an Entry that is not in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor’s decisions are final and binding with respect to all matters relating to this Contest.
its illegal to exercise discretion in a way that results in sex discrimination. pretext is illegal. otherwise, what would be the point of having anti-discrimination laws? there is no rule against being a male, and i dont see a violation of any of those other rules. it was completely pretextual, which is evidenced by the removal of all males, not just hotbid.
i cant believe you are so pro-discrimination!!! let me lay out the factors for you:
- real life people hate discrimination - it hurts everyone - consider the feelings of males - ku klux klan didnt consider their feelings as well - really? are we going to be like the KKK? - oh really? - look at how that affected the world - look at the first letter of each factor
....why does "Gamer Girl" fly right past your head? are you upset about the fact that they made it Gamer Girl, not Gamer in general? or are you upset about the fact that they didnt write "this "Gamer Girl" competition is for girls only"?
either way...it doesnt make sense to me why you're defending male participants for female contest, as the title suggests.
edit: lame. ㅡ,.ㅡ
He has to be trolling: ignore him.
this has turned into an interesting social commentary on whether people actually read posts before they comment.
people who read posts before commenting - nil people who dont - two
i think you mean people who read posts with a pretense of troll post and who dont. you did try hard...i should just ignore small minded/slow people, like you were pretending to be.
Bah you should just take it a little less seriously. Which is like the competition is lacking some serious Gamer Girls. Like Slayers_Jessica, TossGirl, Scarlett, or any girl who has competed seriously in gaming or made an impact as a Girl Gamer. It really is a about who is showing the most skin or has the biggest rack. Why should we take it serious? All I can do is vote for Anna, but I would still like to have some fun at the expense of MAXIM which does nothing but promote a very narrow minded image of women.
This is demonstrably false and has been shown in this thread actually. There may not be SC2 gamers, or 'hardcore competitive' gamers, but there are legitimate women that play video games in the competition. That's even making the concession that one has to play games at some competitive level or play an arbitrary list of certain titles to be a 'gamer.'
People are saying because he had a TL shirt on it could possible disqualify him. But that would probably disqualify the Tradechat girl as well (anyone wearing clothing labeled with anything but MAXIM apparently). They probably just removed him because they could, and he was a lock for the top 3 -_-.
sounds like pretext to me. if you look closely, all of the guys have been removed. there was another guy that had quite a bit of votes as well. he is gone. the only guys now are newly signed up candidates. looks like they had a cull over the weekend.
i, for one, will not stand for this blatant sex discrimination by maxim. if hot_bid doesnt want to sue, i will do my part and contact all of maxim's sponsors, make a post on reddit to recruit the pitchforks and potentially make a tl.net thread.
it is up to their discretion and this is for "Gamer Girl" not "Gamer People". i have no idea why you're trying to legitimize male participants for a female contest by nitpicking details while ignoring "Gamer Girl" part. raise your pitchfork if they disqualify transgender or something but hotbid is clearly not finalist worthy.
5. ENTRY CONDITIONS: LIMIT 1 ENTRY PER PERSON. If more than 1 Entry per person is received or if any person attempts to submit more than 1 Entry by using the same, multiple or different names or email addresses, then each Entry or attempted Entries may be deemed void and that person may be disqualified from the Contest or any other Sponsor Contest, in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Entry must showcase the Entrant ONLY or Sponsor may disqualify the Entry. No illegible, incomplete, forged or altered Entries will be accepted. An Entry will not be submitted until Entrant checks the box on the initial registration screen to confirm that Entrant has agreed to these Official Rules. Each Entry: (i) MUST NOT include live weapons/ammunition (any use of live weapons and/or ammunition will result in automatic disqualification from the Contest) (ii) must be in keeping with the Sponsor’s image (as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion), (iii) may not be inappropriate, offensive, libelous or defamatory, pornographic, sexually explicit, contain nudity, unlawful or plagiarized content, as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion, (iv) must not be harassing, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, profane, obscene, violent, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable or offensive in any way, as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion, (v) may not violate or encourage others to violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation, (vi) may not defame or invade publicity rights or privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person’s personal or property right or any other third party right, (vii) may not contain commercial or corporate advertising, including display of corporate logos, brand names and slogans, other than those relating to Sponsor, (viii) must not include visual references to alcoholic beverages, tobacco, drug paraphernalia, firearms or any depiction or representation thereof and (ix) may not include any virus, worm, corrupt file, Trojan horse or other forms of corruptive code or content that may harm or compromise the Site or the proper conduct of the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to verify the accuracy or truthfulness of any information contained within a submitted Entry. Sponsor has the right in its sole discretion to determine if any Entry is not appropriate for publication on the Site or for any other public release and if Entry is in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify an Entry that is not in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor’s decisions are final and binding with respect to all matters relating to this Contest.
its illegal to exercise discretion in a way that results in sex discrimination. pretext is illegal. otherwise, what would be the point of having anti-discrimination laws? there is no rule against being a male, and i dont see a violation of any of those other rules. it was completely pretextual, which is evidenced by the removal of all males, not just hotbid.
i cant believe you are so pro-discrimination!!! let me lay out the factors for you:
- real life people hate discrimination - it hurts everyone - consider the feelings of males - ku klux klan didnt consider their feelings as well - really? are we going to be like the KKK? - oh really? - look at how that affected the world - look at the first letter of each factor
....why does "Gamer Girl" fly right past your head? are you upset about the fact that they made it Gamer Girl, not Gamer in general? or are you upset about the fact that they didnt write "this "Gamer Girl" competition is for girls only"?
either way...it doesnt make sense to me why you're defending male participants for female contest, as the title suggests.
edit: lame. ㅡ,.ㅡ
He has to be trolling: ignore him.
this has turned into an interesting social commentary on whether people actually read posts before they comment.
people who read posts before commenting - nil people who dont - two
i think you mean people who read posts with a pretense of troll post and who dont. you did try hard...i should just ignore small minded/slow people, like you were pretending to be.
Bah you should just take it a little less seriously. Which is like the competition is lacking some serious Gamer Girls. Like Slayers_Jessica, TossGirl, Scarlett, or any girl who has competed seriously in gaming or made an impact as a Girl Gamer. It really is a about who is showing the most skin or has the biggest rack. Why should we take it serious? All I can do is vote for Anna, but I would still like to have some fun at the expense of MAXIM which does nothing but promote a very narrow minded image of women.
This is demonstrably false and has been shown in this thread actually. There may not be SC2 gamers, or 'hardcore competitive' gamers, but there are legitimate women that play video games in the competition. That's even making the concession that one has to play games at some competitive level or play an arbitrary list of certain titles to be a 'gamer.'
There are gamers that fit that description, but thats not what MAXIM wants, and its not what their contest is about. If it really was about that it wouldn't be open to anyone who wanted to make an account. They would have taken time and hand picked a dozen women to symbolized esports and gone with them. And you don't have to be competitive either for me to be happy. If I were to watch Anna's Baneling Costume video then watched a video of a girl playing competitive CS I wouldn't put one a head of the other. But if I watch that video of Anna's followed by one of TradeChats joke videos I would vote Anna a million times over (thats probably mostly personal preference). MAXIM is known for T&A and thats what they want.
On April 11 2012 05:36 Hot_Bid wrote: It appears that my profile has now been removed. It's okay though, it wasn't a serious entry and I'm glad I helped some people vent about the ridiculousness of the gamer girl term and the contest in general. If you're still interested in it please vote for Anna, she's a good representative of our community.
sex discrimination lawsuit? maxim has deep pockets.
it was invalid entry to begin with and would have not passed the judges as it says on the rules.
au contraire mon ami. nothing prevents guys from participating. =D
2. ELIGIBILITY: This Contest is only open to residents legally residing and permitted to work within the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia, who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older as of April 2, 2012. Employees of Sponsor, Gotcast, LLC (“Gotcast”), and Intertaintech Corporation DBA Virgin Gaming ("Virgin Gaming"), any event sponsors, and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and related companies, agencies, the judging panel (collectively, the “Promotion Parties”) and immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in the same household, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter, win or vote. Void in Puerto Rico, all U.S. territories and possessions and overseas military installations and where prohibited or restricted by law.
Nit picking of the rules aside. The clear intent is for the participant to be female, Denoted by Gamer Girl, by removing a male from the line up is well within their right and American legal precedent. Hypothetically, if the case went to court, they'd easily win, not that something this silly would or should be brought to a court.
On April 11 2012 05:36 Hot_Bid wrote: It appears that my profile has now been removed. It's okay though, it wasn't a serious entry and I'm glad I helped some people vent about the ridiculousness of the gamer girl term and the contest in general. If you're still interested in it please vote for Anna, she's a good representative of our community.
sex discrimination lawsuit? maxim has deep pockets.
it was invalid entry to begin with and would have not passed the judges as it says on the rules.
au contraire mon ami. nothing prevents guys from participating. =D
2. ELIGIBILITY: This Contest is only open to residents legally residing and permitted to work within the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia, who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older as of April 2, 2012. Employees of Sponsor, Gotcast, LLC (“Gotcast”), and Intertaintech Corporation DBA Virgin Gaming ("Virgin Gaming"), any event sponsors, and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and related companies, agencies, the judging panel (collectively, the “Promotion Parties”) and immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in the same household, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter, win or vote. Void in Puerto Rico, all U.S. territories and possessions and overseas military installations and where prohibited or restricted by law.
Nit picking of the rules aside. The clear intent is for the participant to be female, Denoted by Gamer Girl, by removing a male from the line up is well within their right and American legal precedent. Hypothetically, if the case went to court, they'd easily win, not that something this silly would or should be brought to a court.
No one's arguing that the intent is for it to include males. They're saying that it's discriminatory to not let males be represented if there's no clear rule that says males can't. And they wouldn't win the case since there was nothing in the Terms and Conditions that excluded males. So clearly then, where do they draw the line between removing registrants, if the reason for the removal is simply they're male, and not that it's illegal for males to be represented? Maybe if they amended their eligibility rules to exclude males. But it's discriminatory to just remove them like that, even if it is blatantly obvious.
I like that you argue intent, then talk about legality. Intent means nothing, especially for a contest. He's arguing legality, not ethics.
The proper way to do it is to update the Terms and Conditions, notify all registrants and require them to re-accept the new Terms and Conditions, then remove all the invalid males who re-accepted.
EDIT:
Anyway,s have you guys even read the stuff they posted on the Maxim site? It's disgusting.
On April 11 2012 05:36 Hot_Bid wrote: It appears that my profile has now been removed. It's okay though, it wasn't a serious entry and I'm glad I helped some people vent about the ridiculousness of the gamer girl term and the contest in general. If you're still interested in it please vote for Anna, she's a good representative of our community.
sex discrimination lawsuit? maxim has deep pockets.
it was invalid entry to begin with and would have not passed the judges as it says on the rules.
au contraire mon ami. nothing prevents guys from participating. =D
2. ELIGIBILITY: This Contest is only open to residents legally residing and permitted to work within the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia, who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older as of April 2, 2012. Employees of Sponsor, Gotcast, LLC (“Gotcast”), and Intertaintech Corporation DBA Virgin Gaming ("Virgin Gaming"), any event sponsors, and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and related companies, agencies, the judging panel (collectively, the “Promotion Parties”) and immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in the same household, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter, win or vote. Void in Puerto Rico, all U.S. territories and possessions and overseas military installations and where prohibited or restricted by law.
Nit picking of the rules aside. The clear intent is for the participant to be female, Denoted by Gamer Girl, by removing a male from the line up is well within their right and American legal precedent. Hypothetically, if the case went to court, they'd easily win, not that something this silly would or should be brought to a court.
No one's arguing that the intent is for it to include males. They're saying that it's discriminatory to not let males be represented if there's no clear rule that says males can't. And they wouldn't win the case since there was nothing in the Terms and Conditions that excluded males. So clearly then, where do they draw the line between removing registrants, if the reason for the removal is simply they're male, and not that it's illegal for males to be represented? Maybe if they amended their eligibility rules to exclude males. But it's discriminatory to just remove them like that, even if it is blatantly obvious.
I like that you argue intent, then talk about legality. Intent means nothing, especially for a contest. He's arguing legality, not ethics.
The proper way to do it is to update the Terms and Conditions, notify all registrants and require them to re-accept the new Terms and Conditions, then remove all the invalid males who re-accepted.
EDIT:
Anyway,s have you guys even read the stuff they posted on the Maxim site? It's disgusting.
Updating the rules is not a legal necessity, there is a clear and easily arguable intent that the contest is to find a female.
If the contest had been called "Find the next gamer icon" or something equally ambiguous then you'd have an argument that the contest never had shown proper intent to be exclusionary towards one sex or the other. In this case however the contest is showing that obviously they want a female, thus having that in the rules is unnecessary. On a more recent topic, you could make the argument that nothing is barring a transgender contestant from winning or entering.
The legality of having a contest be for one sex rather than both is obvious.
On April 11 2012 05:36 Hot_Bid wrote: It appears that my profile has now been removed. It's okay though, it wasn't a serious entry and I'm glad I helped some people vent about the ridiculousness of the gamer girl term and the contest in general. If you're still interested in it please vote for Anna, she's a good representative of our community.
sex discrimination lawsuit? maxim has deep pockets.
it was invalid entry to begin with and would have not passed the judges as it says on the rules.
au contraire mon ami. nothing prevents guys from participating. =D
2. ELIGIBILITY: This Contest is only open to residents legally residing and permitted to work within the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia, who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older as of April 2, 2012. Employees of Sponsor, Gotcast, LLC (“Gotcast”), and Intertaintech Corporation DBA Virgin Gaming ("Virgin Gaming"), any event sponsors, and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and related companies, agencies, the judging panel (collectively, the “Promotion Parties”) and immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in the same household, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter, win or vote. Void in Puerto Rico, all U.S. territories and possessions and overseas military installations and where prohibited or restricted by law.
Nit picking of the rules aside. The clear intent is for the participant to be female, Denoted by Gamer Girl, by removing a male from the line up is well within their right and American legal precedent. Hypothetically, if the case went to court, they'd easily win, not that something this silly would or should be brought to a court.
what american legal precedent is that? pray tell...
On April 11 2012 05:36 Hot_Bid wrote: It appears that my profile has now been removed. It's okay though, it wasn't a serious entry and I'm glad I helped some people vent about the ridiculousness of the gamer girl term and the contest in general. If you're still interested in it please vote for Anna, she's a good representative of our community.
sex discrimination lawsuit? maxim has deep pockets.
it was invalid entry to begin with and would have not passed the judges as it says on the rules.
au contraire mon ami. nothing prevents guys from participating. =D
2. ELIGIBILITY: This Contest is only open to residents legally residing and permitted to work within the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia, who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older as of April 2, 2012. Employees of Sponsor, Gotcast, LLC (“Gotcast”), and Intertaintech Corporation DBA Virgin Gaming ("Virgin Gaming"), any event sponsors, and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and related companies, agencies, the judging panel (collectively, the “Promotion Parties”) and immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in the same household, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter, win or vote. Void in Puerto Rico, all U.S. territories and possessions and overseas military installations and where prohibited or restricted by law.
Nit picking of the rules aside. The clear intent is for the participant to be female, Denoted by Gamer Girl, by removing a male from the line up is well within their right and American legal precedent. Hypothetically, if the case went to court, they'd easily win, not that something this silly would or should be brought to a court.
what american legal precedent is that? pray tell...
" Each Entry: ...(ii) must be in keeping with the Sponsor’s image (as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion)... (vii) may not contain commercial or corporate advertising, including display of corporate logos, brand names and slogans, other than those relating to Sponsor"
"Sponsor has the right in its sole discretion to determine if any Entry is not appropriate for publication on the Site or for any other public release and if Entry is in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify an Entry that is not in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor’s decisions are final and binding with respect to all matters relating to this Contest."
" By participating in the Contest, each Entrant agrees that Contest decisions, including judging, Judging Criteria, procedures, Voting, voting rules and procedures, eliminations, competition rules, game play, penalties and disqualification determinations, and the awarding of the prize, are at the sole discretion of Sponsor and are final and not subject to appeal."
" Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual (and void his or her Entry) implicated in those actions or to modify or terminate the Contest or further participation in this Contest, as Sponsor deems appropriate."
"Except where prohibited, each Entrant agrees that any and all disputes which cannot be resolved between or among the parties and any claims or causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, the prize awarded, or the determination of the winner shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action."
that enough for you? there is no way anyone could sue Maxim for discrimination it would be a frivolous lawsuit in both senses of the word
On April 11 2012 05:36 Hot_Bid wrote: It appears that my profile has now been removed. It's okay though, it wasn't a serious entry and I'm glad I helped some people vent about the ridiculousness of the gamer girl term and the contest in general. If you're still interested in it please vote for Anna, she's a good representative of our community.
sex discrimination lawsuit? maxim has deep pockets.
it was invalid entry to begin with and would have not passed the judges as it says on the rules.
au contraire mon ami. nothing prevents guys from participating. =D
2. ELIGIBILITY: This Contest is only open to residents legally residing and permitted to work within the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia, who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older as of April 2, 2012. Employees of Sponsor, Gotcast, LLC (“Gotcast”), and Intertaintech Corporation DBA Virgin Gaming ("Virgin Gaming"), any event sponsors, and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and related companies, agencies, the judging panel (collectively, the “Promotion Parties”) and immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in the same household, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter, win or vote. Void in Puerto Rico, all U.S. territories and possessions and overseas military installations and where prohibited or restricted by law.
Nit picking of the rules aside. The clear intent is for the participant to be female, Denoted by Gamer Girl, by removing a male from the line up is well within their right and American legal precedent. Hypothetically, if the case went to court, they'd easily win, not that something this silly would or should be brought to a court.
what american legal precedent is that? pray tell...
" Each Entry: ...(ii) must be in keeping with the Sponsor’s image (as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion)... (vii) may not contain commercial or corporate advertising, including display of corporate logos, brand names and slogans, other than those relating to Sponsor"
"Sponsor has the right in its sole discretion to determine if any Entry is not appropriate for publication on the Site or for any other public release and if Entry is in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify an Entry that is not in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor’s decisions are final and binding with respect to all matters relating to this Contest."
" By participating in the Contest, each Entrant agrees that Contest decisions, including judging, Judging Criteria, procedures, Voting, voting rules and procedures, eliminations, competition rules, game play, penalties and disqualification determinations, and the awarding of the prize, are at the sole discretion of Sponsor and are final and not subject to appeal."
" Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual (and void his or her Entry) implicated in those actions or to modify or terminate the Contest or further participation in this Contest, as Sponsor deems appropriate."
"Except where prohibited, each Entrant agrees that any and all disputes which cannot be resolved between or among the parties and any claims or causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, the prize awarded, or the determination of the winner shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action."
that enough for you? there is no way anyone could sue Maxim for discrimination it would be a frivolous lawsuit in both senses of the word
On April 11 2012 05:36 Hot_Bid wrote: It appears that my profile has now been removed. It's okay though, it wasn't a serious entry and I'm glad I helped some people vent about the ridiculousness of the gamer girl term and the contest in general. If you're still interested in it please vote for Anna, she's a good representative of our community.
sex discrimination lawsuit? maxim has deep pockets.
it was invalid entry to begin with and would have not passed the judges as it says on the rules.
au contraire mon ami. nothing prevents guys from participating. =D
2. ELIGIBILITY: This Contest is only open to residents legally residing and permitted to work within the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia, who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older as of April 2, 2012. Employees of Sponsor, Gotcast, LLC (“Gotcast”), and Intertaintech Corporation DBA Virgin Gaming ("Virgin Gaming"), any event sponsors, and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and related companies, agencies, the judging panel (collectively, the “Promotion Parties”) and immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in the same household, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter, win or vote. Void in Puerto Rico, all U.S. territories and possessions and overseas military installations and where prohibited or restricted by law.
Nit picking of the rules aside. The clear intent is for the participant to be female, Denoted by Gamer Girl, by removing a male from the line up is well within their right and American legal precedent. Hypothetically, if the case went to court, they'd easily win, not that something this silly would or should be brought to a court.
what american legal precedent is that? pray tell...
" Each Entry: ...(ii) must be in keeping with the Sponsor’s image (as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion)... (vii) may not contain commercial or corporate advertising, including display of corporate logos, brand names and slogans, other than those relating to Sponsor"
"Sponsor has the right in its sole discretion to determine if any Entry is not appropriate for publication on the Site or for any other public release and if Entry is in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify an Entry that is not in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor’s decisions are final and binding with respect to all matters relating to this Contest."
" By participating in the Contest, each Entrant agrees that Contest decisions, including judging, Judging Criteria, procedures, Voting, voting rules and procedures, eliminations, competition rules, game play, penalties and disqualification determinations, and the awarding of the prize, are at the sole discretion of Sponsor and are final and not subject to appeal."
" Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual (and void his or her Entry) implicated in those actions or to modify or terminate the Contest or further participation in this Contest, as Sponsor deems appropriate."
"Except where prohibited, each Entrant agrees that any and all disputes which cannot be resolved between or among the parties and any claims or causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, the prize awarded, or the determination of the winner shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action."
that enough for you? there is no way anyone could sue Maxim for discrimination it would be a frivolous lawsuit in both senses of the word
If we followed those to the T, you would have to ban every single girl wearing any type of Gaming shirt and every girl with pictures of them holding controllers. Tradechat and just about everyone else would be removed because of the bolded section alone.
you should not only mark that NSFW, but also NSIYEWTHSA ("not suitable if you ever want to have sex again").
or if you recently ate
Or if you want to eat but now feel that you don't want to.
It might be a great picture if you're on a diet you want to keep though.
Honestly I don't care what happens to this tournament if there's no Hot_Bid in it. If I want to see naked ladies on my screen I can use google to find that. I'd vote for Anna, but honestly who cares who the maxim representative spokesmodel is?
As much as i hate WoW, i have to say that WoW girl probably deserves to win. Voting for Hot_Bid is like voting for Ralf Nader, even if you like him better, you know hes a troll candidate and will probably ruin the race. Anna Prosser is dating a pro gamer, that doesnt make her a gamer does it? I doubt we would know who she is had Jeoff never met her. Anna would probably be a more professional rep though.
On April 19 2012 15:23 treekiller wrote: As much as i hate WoW, i have to say that WoW girl probably deserves to win. Voting for Hot_Bid is like voting for Ralf Nader, even if you like him better, you know hes a troll candidate and will probably ruin the race. Anna Prosser is dating a pro gamer, that doesnt make her a gamer does it? I doubt we would know who she is had Jeoff never met her. Anna would probably be a more professional rep though.
your right we wouldnt know who she is
despite her coverage of so many pro gaming events shes as much as a gamer as every other girl on there
May 25th, but the contest itself doesn't end until July 16, 2012.
It goes like this: Voting for stage 1 ends on May 25th. Top 500 highest voted contestants move onto stage 2. Stage 2 Maxim will pick their personal top 3 favorites. # of votes do not matter for this phase. Maxim chooses who they personally like based on originality, creativity, humor, telegenic presence, and adherence to Contest instructions to be finalists. (In other words, TradeChat's 20k+ votes don't matter)
The Finalists will each be asked to shoot and edit new videos on a common topic related to video gaming and/or an AMG advertiser’s products or services and people will vote on these videos from June 22-July 13th. Votes again do not matter though, because Maxim judges decide the grand prize winner.
Maybe I'm getting old or something but it feels kinda weird that a competition to find the "ultimate gamer girl" consists mostly of pictures of chicks thrusting their tits at the camera. Yeah Maxim but still...
On April 21 2012 15:31 Roachu wrote: Maybe I'm getting old or something but it feels kinda weird that a competition to find the "ultimate gamer girl" consists mostly of pictures of chicks thrusting their tits at the camera. Yeah Maxim but still...
On April 21 2012 15:31 Roachu wrote: Maybe I'm getting old or something but it feels kinda weird that a competition to find the "ultimate gamer girl" consists mostly of pictures of chicks thrusting their tits at the camera. Yeah Maxim but still...
On April 20 2012 16:05 Jonoman92 wrote: Please don't let Raychul win. No one who spells their name in such a way should even be acknowledged as human.
yet the furry wow freak should be?
Yeah she's even worse, more confusing yet she doesn't appear to be that attractive.
For a gamer girl, being too attractive actualy hurts their competitive edge. If the girl is too attractive, then the guys will inadvertently consider her out of their reach and not vote on her for that reason. So yeah, I would give a nerdy looking girl a higher chance of actually winning.
I'm suprised they let (and still let) the guys (I guess HotBid wasn't enough of a woman) sign up, just to remove them after a while.
On April 20 2012 16:05 Jonoman92 wrote: Please don't let Raychul win. No one who spells their name in such a way should even be acknowledged as human.
yet the furry wow freak should be?
Yeah she's even worse, more confusing yet she doesn't appear to be that attractive.
For a gamer girl, being too attractive actualy hurts their competitive edge. If the girl is too attractive, then the guys will inadvertently consider her out of their reach and not vote on her for that reason. So yeah, I would give a nerdy looking girl a higher chance of actually winning.
I'm suprised they let (and still let) the guys (I guess HotBid wasn't enough of a woman) sign up, just to remove them after a while.
unless they come up with the technology that can check the uploaded picture and tell if it is a girl or a guy automatically theres no way to auto remove the guys
On April 21 2012 23:34 kellymilkies wrote: What happened to HotBid?
He got axed. :O
On April 11 2012 05:36 Hot_Bid wrote: It appears that my profile has now been removed. It's okay though, it wasn't a serious entry and I'm glad I helped some people vent about the ridiculousness of the gamer girl term and the contest in general. If you're still interested in it please vote for Anna, she's a good representative of our community.
its a shame they axed him, I was sort of hoping they would just have a sense of humour about the whole thing and try and spin it but they simply reinforced my opinion of them, Anna has my votes now, although it seems incredibly unlikely that someone other than the wow player will win. Maybe Hotbid will still do that spread just for us? :p
On April 22 2012 12:09 Maxtor wrote: its a shame they axed him, I was sort of hoping they would just have a sense of humour about the whole thing and try and spin it but they simply reinforced my opinion of them, Anna has my votes now, although it seems incredibly unlikely that someone other than the wow player will win. Maybe Hotbid will still do that spread just for us? :p
i think the judges have the final choice of the top 5 so votes dont actually matter the votes only get you to the judges table so anna has as much as a shot as anyone else in the top 5
On April 22 2012 12:09 Maxtor wrote: its a shame they axed him, I was sort of hoping they would just have a sense of humour about the whole thing and try and spin it but they simply reinforced my opinion of them, Anna has my votes now, although it seems incredibly unlikely that someone other than the wow player will win. Maybe Hotbid will still do that spread just for us? :p
i think the judges have the final choice of the top 5 so votes dont actually matter the votes only get you to the judges table so anna has as much as a shot as anyone else in the top 5
Oh that's good, although it would seem odd for the judges to disregard her seemingly overwhelming popularity with the voters, at least in my opinion.
On April 22 2012 12:09 Maxtor wrote: its a shame they axed him, I was sort of hoping they would just have a sense of humour about the whole thing and try and spin it but they simply reinforced my opinion of them, Anna has my votes now, although it seems incredibly unlikely that someone other than the wow player will win. Maybe Hotbid will still do that spread just for us? :p
i think the judges have the final choice of the top 5 so votes dont actually matter the votes only get you to the judges table so anna has as much as a shot as anyone else in the top 5
Oh that's good, although it would seem odd for the judges to disregard her seemingly overwhelming popularity with the voters, at least in my opinion.
theyll probably take it into account but i think there basing it more on who looks better then who has more fans
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