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This thread is to discuss this specific tournament, not to debate whether female only tournaments are discriminatory or not, as that will only derail the thread.
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Team GamersLeague proudly presents Norway's very first girl-only tournament for StarCraft 2!
The tournament will take place at Sunday, the 8th of July at 19.00 CEST for a maximum of 64 female players on the European SC2 server.
Team GL is doing this to promote their own female squad, and to help increase the gaming community for female StarCraft gamers. We will stream and cast the entire event; this is a great opportunity for female gamers of all levels to get involved, and for their fans to see high level play from the community’s girls.
GLsiriuzh the manager of the female Team GL hopes that this tournament will be the first of many, to increase competitiveness of females at all levels amongst in Europe and everywhere else. She also underlines that the most important aspect of StarCraft2 is to have fun, whether you define fun as winning a tournament and taking the #1 spot in the prize pool, or as having an entertaining time playing SC2 is of course completely up to you. Therefor the female squad has decided to not only offer prizes to the winners, but also have a raffle for all participants, provided by our wonderful sponsor Mamoz!!
We will also provide a number of streams, depending on the size of the tournament, to be able to cover as many of games and give all the girls who enter the credit and fame they deserve!
StarCraft does not yet have a lot of female competitive players, it remains a highly male dominated scene, which can lead to questioning girls' abilities to compete at the highest level and create an unfriendly atmosphere. We hope that this tournament will encourage more girls to enter the casual and competitive scene, to show that it is alright for girls to have fun with games as well, and that games are not only made for guys.
The event has a quite an impressive prize pool, and even though this is hoped to not be the main attraction of the event, it certainly should not deter females from entering.
#1. $125
#2. $75
#3. $50
#Player Raffle: Participating players, who do not place, will all have a chance to win a 60 GB SSD.
So - do not be shy, join in the fun, watch - and even better: SIGN UP!
You can also like us - the female squad - on facebook or check out the general page.
Edit:
We now have the brackets ready.
The STREAM is set up!
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And now i wish i was a girl O_O
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Honestly feel like this tournament is discriminating against men... Imagine the shitstorm a man only tournament would make. Now, this is only my view and thoughts. So i would like to wish good luck to the tournament and all the females that joins!
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time to go to my doctor and talk about my body 
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how do you check ones gender online? i think it might be overrun with master smurfs or so
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On June 30 2012 00:40 Tassadarstarcraft2 wrote:time to go to my doctor and talk about my body
Scarlett beat you too it mate 
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Good thing, I like those kind of things, shows e-sports is still growing.
Eventually we'll want very small and local tournaments for the amateurest of amateur and tournaments that rise up in skill until the top ones. That's something that'll help the competitive scene's player base so much, and eventually will make SC2 a much more global e-sport .
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please, for the love of god, stop bringing up the whole "discriminating against men" bullshit in every female tournament thread. if it bothers you so much, find the appropriate thread to discuss it in.
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i will not comment on the sexist comments but simply go: \ö/ for the tourny =)
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I just scrolled through the team member list to see if there are any known names...
... one of the girls calls herself "kittentits"???
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On July 04 2012 20:12 Morfildur wrote:
I just scrolled through the team member list to see if there are any known names...
... one of the girls calls herself "kittentits"???
That happens when girls want to be taken seriously as a esport atheletes
Anyway, best of luck with your tournament hopefully you get good attention and publicity!
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On June 30 2012 00:32 Vralaren wrote:
Honestly feel like this tournament is discriminating against men... Imagine the shitstorm a man only tournament would make. Now, this is only my view and thoughts. So i would like to wish good luck to the tournament and all the females that joins!
Just like Junior tournaments in traditional sports are discriminating towards adults.
/facepalm
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I think we should petition our governments to finance community organizations to fight the rampant anti-male sexism in esports. We need to stand up and fight for equality!
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On June 30 2012 00:32 Vralaren wrote:
Honestly feel like this tournament is discriminating against men... Imagine the shitstorm a man only tournament would make. Now, this is only my view and thoughts. So i would like to wish good luck to the tournament and all the females that joins!
Every single mother trucking thread...
I really hope some of europe's best women come out for this tournament. Cadenza! represent scotland and the UK! :D
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Contact ALL the girls and have them join the party! ^__^
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I'm always very glad to see initiatives like these. A big Good Luck to everyone involved and I hope everything runs smoothly!
Norway fighting =]
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On July 04 2012 20:56 Otolia wrote:Show nested quote +On June 30 2012 00:32 Vralaren wrote:
Honestly feel like this tournament is discriminating against men... Imagine the shitstorm a man only tournament would make. Now, this is only my view and thoughts. So i would like to wish good luck to the tournament and all the females that joins! Just like Junior tournaments in traditional sports are discriminating towards adults. /facepalm
Not actually the same thing: adults have a distinct advantage over "juniors" just by nature in sports.
I agree with Otolia; a man only tournament would create a shitstorm but lets give females their own tournament because having men in it would make it...unfair somehow?
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The goal is to showcase female talent because they are underrepresented at main tournaments, which are open to both genders. Allowing males to enter screws with that goal because male progamers way outnumber female ones.
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