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Matsumoto
Germany493 Posts
gratz TL thats how you get rid of nerd stereotypes | ||
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xBillehx
United States1289 Posts
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Nivek
United States119 Posts
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Cri du Chat
Germany606 Posts
That they recruited her also for her skill and her looks propably means, that even if she isnt that great, they will still use her for marketing and such. I just hope, that that wasn't the main reason. Anyway, best of luck to Eve. | ||
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StyLeD
United States2965 Posts
I understand why looks may be important in being the first starcraft2 female progamer on a notable team. People have seen tossgirl and expect the same things out of every new female progamer, which is unreasonable and partly why there have been none up to now. Being ugly and the only female in like 200+ male competition could be detrimental because people focus on your looks and not on your play...if you are pretty then they compliment your looks despite your play. Best of luck to her! | ||
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Skamtet
Canada634 Posts
On July 14 2011 20:58 Nero. wrote: They recruited her for her skills and her looks and you are complaining about posts about her looks?Slayers presents new player that is female= 75% of the comments are about her look gratz TL thats how you get rid of nerd stereotypes | ||
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Spicy_Curry
United States10573 Posts
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Tarot
Canada440 Posts
On July 14 2011 20:58 Nero. wrote: Slayers presents new player that is female= 75% of the comments are about her look gratz TL thats how you get rid of nerd stereotypes There's not much else to talk about until she plays. | ||
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Matsumoto
Germany493 Posts
On July 14 2011 20:59 Skamtet wrote: They recruited her for her skills and her looks and you are complaining about posts about her looks? yeah because most of the post are ONLY about her looks | ||
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graNite
Germany4434 Posts
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Gladiator6
Sweden7024 Posts
 Unfortunaly I think SlayerS will fall far behind in GSTL because I mean 80% of their team is Terrans. | ||
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DannyJ
United States5110 Posts
On July 14 2011 20:58 Nero. wrote: Slayers presents new player that is female= 75% of the comments are about her look gratz TL thats how you get rid of nerd stereotypes Did you even read why they recruited her? How could we even talk about her skill anyway. | ||
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Malinor
Germany4749 Posts
On July 14 2011 20:58 Nero. wrote: Slayers presents new player that is female= 75% of the comments are about her look gratz TL thats how you get rid of nerd stereotypes We are men, we talk about how women look. Deal with it. We can talk about her skill when we see her in action. | ||
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baldgye
United Kingdom1108 Posts
On July 14 2011 18:38 Hnnngg wrote: You rang? I hope this happens, drooling over male players confuses my non-esports friends. hahahaha But I guess this is good, it's never really mattered to me which gender is playing/getting picked... and guy's wanting to drool over her.. come on, NaDa is so much hotter | ||
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AXygnus
Portugal1008 Posts
On July 14 2011 20:58 Nero. wrote: Slayers presents new player that is female= 75% of the comments are about her look gratz TL thats how you get rid of nerd stereotypes Hey, we're mostly men. Give us a break, would ya? | ||
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CaptainTwig
United Kingdom532 Posts
On July 14 2011 20:11 DonkeyShot wrote: Really questionable decision. It's incredible that this gets so much positive feedback. Regardless of how well she can actually play, this is clearly a publicity move. That in itself wouldn't be too bad but: 1. It appears like a demonstration of equal opportunities and emancipation while 2. subversively reinforcing chauvinistic stereotypes by associating womens success with their appeal to men. So it's not just sexist, it even disguises itself as the opposite. It puts womens success at the mercy of their appeal towards men, which is one of the most subtle and unfair prejudices towards women. And you cannot tell me that her looks and appeal to men did not play a role in her recruitment. They could have picked thousands of other girls. And if one tries to argue that one has to pick from the thousands of girls by some aspect, then making it her looks reinforces the picture of the dominance of male interest whether you want it or not. The people here saying that her looks are not important are making it even worse, because they are acting as if this issue did not actually exist. Even if she plays well, it still reinforces the stereotype that only women who appeal to men can be successful. And the same is true for TossGirl. You should rethink your enthusiasm. 'sexism' I think thats taking it a bit far. claiming this is a scheme to excisise womens rights publicly, I would say is closer to sexism my friend She was picked to appeal to men? aruable She was picked for her looks? Yes she was. Jessica publicly announced it! Jessica publicly announced it. Doesn't that mean anything to you? for me personally it's just another reminder that Korea isn't England or American or Germany etc. You need to apply some culteral context to the sitaution as I said earlier Let's not forget Korea is on the other side of the planet, being attractive in Korea is a big deal, seeking beauty isn't looked at as being something shallow or insubstantial. | ||
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Maghetti
United States2429 Posts
On July 14 2011 20:58 Nero. wrote: Slayers presents new player that is female= 75% of the comments are about her look gratz TL thats how you get rid of nerd stereotypes I don't know how many other internet sites you have been too but that is how guys tend to act everywhere on the internet....even alot in RL. | ||
Liquid`Jinro
Sweden33719 Posts
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Nevarix
Sweden294 Posts
On July 14 2011 21:01 Nero. wrote: yeah because most of the post are ONLY about her looks So what should we talk about? How good she is? Besides, since when was talking about girls a nerd stereotype, it has more to do with that we're men, than that we are gamers. | ||
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Otolia
France5805 Posts
Even if she got her place due to her looks, she has to become a flagship and prove the world she is as good as anyone. People needs exemple, all of the current SC2 players are dreaming of playing against their idol 'insert top player name's here' PS : Nobody ask her to live in the SlayerS house though, she might get tentacle raped :p | ||
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