EPTOn April 21 2012 02:10 testthewest wrote:
Well, the upset was bigger. Illusion is a korean american, that's like Select.
Sure, he did well, but he isn't the first male doing well in SC2.
Scarlett on the other hand is real special. She won a qualifier to get to IPL4 (so no afirmative action).
She is the first female doing that, the first female to win a round at a big tournament, the first female to beat an korean progamer and to make it even more against the odds, she isn't even korean herself.
That's why she gets the hype.
Well, the upset was bigger. Illusion is a korean american, that's like Select.
Sure, he did well, but he isn't the first male doing well in SC2.
Scarlett on the other hand is real special. She won a qualifier to get to IPL4 (so no afirmative action).
She is the first female doing that, the first female to win a round at a big tournament, the first female to beat an korean progamer and to make it even more against the odds, she isn't even korean herself.
That's why she gets the hype.
This is exactly my point lol. For some reason people feel adding "female who ____" somehow makes her accomplishments 10x more remarkable. Again, not to diminish her accomplishments but there are several lesser know players who have preformed better or at least equal to her, and they don't receive even a fraction of the attention because they're not female. To each his own I guess.
