ZOWIE announces DIVINA female sc2 tournament - Page 5
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Zidane
United States1685 Posts
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Livinpink
Canada326 Posts
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Crais
Canada2136 Posts
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Daralii
United States16991 Posts
On October 21 2011 23:18 Zidane wrote: Why is there always 1 or 2 token idiots just having to add their 2 cents about how it isn't helping females by having private tournaments? On the internet, there's always the one asshole that hates everything. | ||
Apom
France655 Posts
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Suikakuju
Germany238 Posts
GET HYPED | ||
SoKHo
Korea (South)1081 Posts
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Rafael
Venezuela182 Posts
I can only hope that we can get VOD or Streams out of it. | ||
StarBrift
Sweden1761 Posts
On October 21 2011 16:15 Derpmallow wrote: Not to be shooting this kind of idea down, but I feel like Esports is one of those places where being female should be the least big of a deal - rather than focusing on heavy physical activity, it's based around nimble fingermovements, memorization of patterns and the ability to think logically under stress. So I guess I don't get why we need a specific league for something where there's literally nothing stopping a girl from being damn good at the game, just as good as any guy. Still, if this is the first step towards working in a new demographic, or simply helping more casual players see that there is an opportunity in the pro scene, more power to you and this idea. Hope it goes well! There's nothing stopping a female curling team from beating a male one either but they still hold competitions separately. | ||
darklight54321
United States361 Posts
If some sort of female representative or major SC2 representative comes out and says that females are inferior to males in the game of starcrat2, then i will fully support the idea of having special treatment for females (ie, what they did with Eve, female only tournaments, female league, etc. etc.). Otherwise, i consider this sexist and insulting to females everywhere. | ||
MennoHermit
Canada15 Posts
On October 22 2011 00:55 darklight54321 wrote: I'm gonna state the obligatory If some sort of female representative or major SC2 representative comes out and says that females are inferior to males in the game of starcrat2, then i will fully support the idea of having special treatment for females (ie, what they did with Eve, female only tournaments, female league, etc. etc.). Otherwise, i consider this sexist and insulting to females everywhere. The only way you'd consider a situation to not be sexist is if it makes a blanket statement that one sex is inferior? I'm not sure you understand what sexism is... The point isn't that guys aren't allowed to participate, it's that a LOT of the female community feels unable to play online or go to tournaments with the same type of freedom or credibility as male players. Don't you think that female players who win or do well in a tournament like this will only be MORE likely to compete in events like MLG in the future? | ||
Theovide
Sweden914 Posts
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Grummler
Germany743 Posts
On October 22 2011 01:15 MennoHermit wrote: The only way you'd consider a situation to not be sexist is if it makes a blanket statement that one sex is inferior? I'm not sure you understand what sexism is... The point isn't that guys aren't allowed to participate, it's that a LOT of the female community feels unable to play online or go to tournaments with the same type of freedom or credibility as male players. Don't you think that female players who win or do well in a tournament like this will only be MORE likely to compete in events like MLG in the future? Actually he understands very well what sexism is. Right now ALL serious tournaments are gender independent. This one is for one certain gender only. And thats sexism. It wouldnt be sexism if females were genetically worse in sc2 than males. Than it would be sexism to have them participate in the same tournaments. I mean, look at sports, its the exact same thing. Would it be fair to have women and men together in a 100m run? Hell, no! The women dont stand a chance. Thats why you have gender specific tournaments. Actually it would be sexism if they were forced to run with the males. But in sc2 there is no reason to expect women from being naturally worse. So gender specific tournaments indeed is sexism. Dont get me wrong though. If you want more women in esports in generall this kind of tournaments WILL help. There is also a higher chance that we will see women in "all gender" tournaments like mlg. But its still sexism.... | ||
vOdToasT
Sweden2870 Posts
On October 22 2011 00:12 StarBrift wrote: There's nothing stopping a female curling team from beating a male one either but they still hold competitions separately. Which is stupid, in my opinion. If they're not disadvantaged, why split it up? | ||
John Madden
American Samoa894 Posts
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Garnet
Vietnam9014 Posts
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tuho12345
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P/s: fuck off haters. | ||
askTeivospy
1525 Posts
people label everything these days as prejudice, it gets really annoying and makes light of actual prejudice GL to the girls chosen, really good prize pool for any tournament too | ||
yarkO
Canada810 Posts
This is a cool idea I guess, but if anything it drives home a point that isn't there: girls can't compete [at SC2] with boys. | ||
seiplo
Sweden25 Posts
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