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Announcement post on TL
Source: http://s.163.com/11/1102/21/7HST0U1O00314D0E.html (Chinese) http://www.zowiegear.com/component/content/article/204-participants-of-zowie-divina
Date: 11th to the 13th of November 2011 Location: Taicang City, China Price Pool: 1st prize: 5000 USD + a golden ZOWIE MiCO mouse 2nd prize: 3000 USD 3rd prize: 2000 USD
English commentators: Kelly "kellymilkies" Ong & Geneviève "Livinpink" Forget + Show Spoiler +For live cast of the games we have brought in Kelly "kellymilkies" Ong who is known for her casts of significant tournaments such as the GSL, ESL, along with various other tournaments. Pairing up with Kelly we have Geneviève "Livinpink" Forget who has previously casted the Iron Lady Cup, ESL qualifier games and various showmatches between top NA players.
kellymilkies: Livinpink:
Invites:
ColaGirl + Show Spoiler +Name: 竺励 Date of Birth: 82.5.28 Race: Zerg Note: Former WC3 progamer, grandmaster of SC2 on CN server. aphrodite + Show Spoiler +Name: Kim Gayoung Date of Birth: 1988.11.4 Race: Terran Note: RainBOw's girlfriend. Master on KR server. DaSakura + Show Spoiler + flo + Show Spoiler + Läjten + Show Spoiler +Name: Anna Nordlander Date of Birth: 1987.3.25 Race: Terran Note: Diamond on EU server. 2v2 Master with TLO. SSQ + Show Spoiler +Name: 機蕙君 Date of Birth: 1985.7.28 Race: Terran Note: Attend Taiwan Clan Tournament: Starcraft II - Season 3 - Player of Rush Clan
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FLOwnage.She is really good,gl to everyone :D
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where is slayers-eve??? =) and, jesus, thats a huge prize pools.
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Wonder what happened to Eve? Is she not invited because they try to get even nationalities?
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On November 03 2011 03:17 dAPhREAk wrote: where is slayers-eve??? =) and, jesus, thats a huge prize pools.
promoting razer with slayers at g-star 2011 in busan.
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On November 03 2011 03:24 GTR wrote:Show nested quote +On November 03 2011 03:17 dAPhREAk wrote: where is slayers-eve??? =) and, jesus, thats a huge prize pools. promoting razer with slayers at g-star 2011 in busan. very nice. this something that can be watched via stream?
edit: just saw the GOMTV AOL announcement. guess it will be streamed.
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What league do we expect all of these girls to be in? Diamond? Masters?
I know nothing of any SC girls
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On November 03 2011 03:41 Linwelin wrote: Gayoung fighting! Yeah Aphrodite , but no love for Protoss
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Gogo Rainbows GF! ^_^^^^^^^^_^_^_^_^_^
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On November 03 2011 03:51 Roxy wrote: What league do we expect all of these girls to be in? Diamond? Masters?
I know nothing of any SC girls
Flo is in masters I believe
Aphrodite is masters on Korean server
No idea about the other girls
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On November 03 2011 03:51 Roxy wrote: What league do we expect all of these girls to be in? Diamond? Masters?
I know nothing of any SC girls
Masters to grandmasters, I do believe.
Also, a golden mouse as trophy? Interesting choice.
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I think rainbow's girlfriend is master on korea, which is not bad. Plus she is super hot ^^.
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DaSakura is going to pwn face.
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Looks good. Is Läjten any good? All I can find is that she plays/played some 2v2s with TLO.
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On November 03 2011 03:55 Barteh wrote:Show nested quote +On November 03 2011 03:51 Roxy wrote: What league do we expect all of these girls to be in? Diamond? Masters?
I know nothing of any SC girls Masters to grandmasters, I do believe. Also, a golden mouse as trophy? Interesting choice.
Well if you think about it in swedish it makes sense atleast.
And Läjten fighting, I guess.
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Good luck to all of them. But best of luck to Flo and Aphrodite
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If aphrodite is master league in Korea, I'd say she is a pretty clear favorite.
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I really think they should change the prize.....like go with a golden mousepad or something + Show Spoiler +
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Rainbow's girlfriend hwaitiing <3
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On November 03 2011 04:40 Kevan wrote:Show nested quote +On November 03 2011 03:55 Barteh wrote:On November 03 2011 03:51 Roxy wrote: What league do we expect all of these girls to be in? Diamond? Masters?
I know nothing of any SC girls Masters to grandmasters, I do believe. Also, a golden mouse as trophy? Interesting choice. Well if you think about it in swedish it makes sense atleast. And Läjten fighting, I guess. lololololol
Yeah pretty funny for us swedes when you think about it.
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Go DaSakura!! Quebec Represent I recall her being high masters last time we faced at a tourny, dunno if she made it to gm.
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Gogo Flo~ best female player ♥
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flo? That's pretty sweet! Good luck!
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was hoping eve would be there so I could watch some games from her
D:!
Regardless good luck to players ^>^
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For their own sake, I hope they show good games.
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Wow that's one of the biggest prizepool i've seen for a female tournament ! Good luck to all the girls participating i hope they will show great games
Also do we know what kind of coverage there will be for the event ?
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what a dope prize pool. best of luck to players, gogo flo rep NA!
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Läjten seems to be team Europe. Any info on her? Never read that ID before. Maybe someone could make a Liquipedia page for the EU folks cheering.
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Flo and DaSakura should easily place top 3 in this. Its a shame Luway couldn't be the Taiwanese invite as I think she is the best Taiwan has and is incredibly good. SSQ has alot of warcraft 3 achievements, but never seen her for SC2. Aphrodite Achievements: (blank)
Nice one -_-....
On November 03 2011 05:31 (Max 20 chars) wrote: Läjten seems to be team Europe. Any info on her? Never read that ID before. Maybe someone could make a Liquipedia page for the EU folks cheering.
A diamond level terran, she is decent, but Flo and DaSakura are better than her imo.
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I'm rooting for Rainbow's gf b/c she's super attractive imo :p
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On November 03 2011 05:33 JerKy wrote: I'm rooting for Rainbow's gf b/c she's super attractive imo :p not only in your opinion ;O
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I can see Flo doing really well here but I think aphrodite being master in kr should be the favorite.
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Why don't they invite luway from Thailand? She'd annihilate everyone at this tournament.
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On November 03 2011 05:33 pHaRSiDE wrote:Flo and DaSakura should easily place top 3 in this. Its a shame Luway couldn't be the Taiwanese invite as I think she is the best Taiwan has and is incredibly good. SSQ has alot of warcraft 3 achievements, but never seen her for SC2. Aphrodite Achievements: (blank) Nice one -_-.... Show nested quote +On November 03 2011 05:31 (Max 20 chars) wrote: Läjten seems to be team Europe. Any info on her? Never read that ID before. Maybe someone could make a Liquipedia page for the EU folks cheering. A diamond level terran, she is decent, but Flo and DaSakura are better than her imo.
Masters on Korea seems like a good enough achievement to me
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On November 03 2011 05:35 Elvedeta wrote: I can see Flo doing really well here but I think aphrodite being master in kr should be the favorite. as long as she did it alone... who knows if for example rainbow didn't play on her account
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On November 03 2011 04:50 VirgilSC2 wrote:I really think they should change the prize.....like go with a golden mousepad or something + Show Spoiler + Two pages in an we already have someone being a sexist douche bag.
Best of luck to the tournament I'll try to see it live I wanna see how good these players are very much.
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On November 03 2011 05:46 Nothingtosay wrote:Two pages in an we already have someone being a sexist douche bag. Best of luck to the tournament I'll try to see it live I wanna see how good these players are very much. Dude, the oven mitt thing was a joke. Hence the spoiler.
I made the Golden Mouse comment, because that's kind of a big deal from Brood War and it just doesn't seem right to hand out a golden mouse in a tournament like this.
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On November 03 2011 04:01 Jetaap wrote: I think rainbow's girlfriend is master on korea, which is not bad. Plus she is super hot ^^.
you can't write something like this without posting pics
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On November 03 2011 05:39 HolydaKing wrote:Show nested quote +On November 03 2011 05:35 Elvedeta wrote: I can see Flo doing really well here but I think aphrodite being master in kr should be the favorite. as long as she did it alone... who knows if for example rainbow didn't play on her account
She did it alone. She played on Rainbow's stream some time ago
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pictures
aphrodite
flo
dasakura
läjten
ssq
colagirl
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Golden Mouse is the coolest trophy ever.
Do want.
Really sounds like a great tournament.
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i thought i remembered rainbows girlfriend laddering on na and she was platinum
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Sadly it looks more like a beauty contest than a starcraft tournament.. :/
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wow nice money pool
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Let's go aphrodite!!!
Rainbow's awesomely hot girlfriend!!
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hmm.....lots of asian descent women in a starcraft related tournament? seems right.
on a srs note. My bets are DaSakura and Aphrodite in the finals, with flo/cola in the 3/4 spot.
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Flos the only one I've met and talked to so im rooting for her
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On November 03 2011 06:06 Dodgeball wrote:pictures + Show Spoiler +aphrodite flo dasakura läjten ssq colagirl
If I was an executive producer for Korean TV channel MBCGame or OGN, I would use these girls and SeltzerPlease in Reality TV gaming show to battle rating against rising Kpop channel.
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On November 03 2011 06:30 namste wrote: Sadly it looks more like a beauty contest than a starcraft tournament.. :/
sadly? I don't see it as a bad thing that most of the good girls are cute...
Would love to see cadenza play though.
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kekekekekeke Anna hwaiting!
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i still just find it sad that players of mcuh better skill, who train a lot harder and are a lot more dedicated don't get easy chances like this to win this amount of money.
but w/e good luck, hope this turns out well entertainment wise.
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Wait, SK.aNNa? Does she even play? That's a surprise, well - best of luck to everyone i guess, hope this will prove to be professional.
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I wonder who will be my favorite. hmmm, I'll decide soon.
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On November 03 2011 05:47 VirgilSC2 wrote:Show nested quote +On November 03 2011 05:46 Nothingtosay wrote:On November 03 2011 04:50 VirgilSC2 wrote:I really think they should change the prize.....like go with a golden mousepad or something + Show Spoiler + Two pages in an we already have someone being a sexist douche bag. Best of luck to the tournament I'll try to see it live I wanna see how good these players are very much. Dude, the oven mitt thing was a joke. Hence the spoiler. I made the Golden Mouse comment, because that's kind of a big deal from Brood War and it just doesn't seem right to hand out a golden mouse in a tournament like this.
I agree considering what the golden mouse has meant historically it is entirely inappropriate for it to awarded for any one tournament victory.
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Hopefully there is some sort of coverage for the event that we can tune in to. I really want to see how good these players are. Realistically female players should be able to attain the same skill levels as male players, I'm just waiting to see the first ones break through.
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Gotta cheer for the fellow scandinavian.. I guess. Guess I am not gonna go into opinions in this thread.
Hoping for 2GD to cast.
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On November 03 2011 03:17 dAPhREAk wrote: where is slayers-eve??? =) and, jesus, thats a huge prize pools.
Don't think we'll see Slayers-Eve as slayers is sponsored by Razer, which directly competes with the sponsor of this particular tournament, Zowie (who also makes gaming peripherals).
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Aww, no toss?
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Where's luway? Taiwanese protoss. Is she too good?
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Everyone is masters - grandmasters. Just realised the organisers didn't invite any protosses. Doh.
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On November 03 2011 19:51 KayZ wrote: Where's luway? Taiwanese protoss. Is she too good?
As you can see they can only invite one from each country. So Luway gave her slot to the terran girl
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Same prize pool as MLG ^_^
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Too bad there are no Protoss players!!!!
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Seems like we will have an English caster here: KellyMilkies. And some photos of the players are added.
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Definately interested to see how good these girls really are. Should be a fun event.
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On November 03 2011 20:08 Sated wrote:Show nested quote +On November 03 2011 09:07 KoDo wrote: i still just find it sad that players of mcuh better skill, who train a lot harder and are a lot more dedicated don't get easy chances like this to win this amount of money.
but w/e good luck, hope this turns out well entertainment wise. Agreed. Pretty much any mid-level, male GM player could come into this tournament and roll face... yet they wouldn't have a chance of winning this kind of prize in the tournaments they're eligible to compete in. Still, good luck to the all the players. It's a big opportunity! Hell, I know several female players who would be serious contenders to win this thing. They just aren't efamous like the invited competitors.
My only problem is that the players were chosen based on name recognition (not that the're very known to begin with) rather than past results or ranking. I don't personally care that it's female only.
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On November 03 2011 05:36 k!llua wrote: Why don't they invite luway from Thailand? She'd annihilate everyone at this tournament.
Luway is not from Thailand. She is from Taiwan, same as SSQ. I can't believe people still can't distinguish between Taiwan and Thailand. AFAIK, although SSQ had no big achievement in SC2, she has been a trainee in the Tt Apollo house for a while now.
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Don't worry about the prize pool, after the sponsors lose a ton of money on this they'll use their brains next time.
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Edited. Additional information is now up so the point is moot. Thank you!! This gives me a lot more information on who they are.
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On November 03 2011 10:51 chokke wrote: Gotta cheer for the fellow scandinavian.. I guess. Guess I am not gonna go into opinions in this thread.
Hoping for 2GD to cast. It would be the only thing that could save this tournament. 2GD casting a womam-only tournament? Yes, please.
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On November 03 2011 21:56 Arnfasta wrote: I appreciate the pictures but I'd much rather see mini-bios about each of them in the OP instead of just pictures. The sole photograph under their tags seems to just exacerbate the focus on physicality. These women are going to China to play Starcraft, not participate in a runway show. For those of us, like myself, with little knowledge of some of these players, I would love to see some more information about their accomplishments and their involvement with the scene.
TL;DR: Photos are nice, but a bio would be helpful.
I agree. When I clicked the spoiler I thought there would be some information about the girls. I guess we will get some more information later tho ?
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On November 03 2011 21:56 Arnfasta wrote: I appreciate the pictures but I'd much rather see mini-bios about each of them in the OP instead of just pictures. The sole photograph under their tags seems to just exacerbate the focus on physicality. These women are going to China to play Starcraft, not participate in a runway show. For those of us, like myself, with little knowledge of some of these players, I would love to see some more information about their accomplishments and their involvement with the scene.
TL;DR: Photos are nice, but a bio would be helpful.
No official information from Zowie. Some information as far as I can get are added. More information are welcomed so that I can add them to the OP.
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On November 03 2011 21:56 Arnfasta wrote: I appreciate the pictures but I'd much rather see mini-bios about each of them in the OP instead of just pictures. The sole photograph under their tags seems to just exacerbate the focus on physicality. These women are going to China to play Starcraft, not participate in a runway show. For those of us, like myself, with little knowledge of some of these players, I would love to see some more information about their accomplishments and their involvement with the scene.
TL;DR: Photos are nice, but a bio would be helpful.
Did we read a different post? I see there names, date of birth, picture, what tournaments they have won, current league level, what there background is in pro gaming if any...What more do you want? Where they live, favorite food?
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Think Läjten is Carn's girlfriend the CS legend, not sure though.
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Gayoung HWAITING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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On November 03 2011 22:51 Pandemona wrote:Show nested quote +On November 03 2011 21:56 Arnfasta wrote: I appreciate the pictures but I'd much rather see mini-bios about each of them in the OP instead of just pictures. The sole photograph under their tags seems to just exacerbate the focus on physicality. These women are going to China to play Starcraft, not participate in a runway show. For those of us, like myself, with little knowledge of some of these players, I would love to see some more information about their accomplishments and their involvement with the scene.
TL;DR: Photos are nice, but a bio would be helpful. Did we read a different post? I see there names, date of birth, picture, what tournaments they have won, current league level, what there background is in pro gaming if any...What more do you want? Where they live, favorite food?
I just edited the post after his advice.
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Haha Colagirl was ridiculously good in Wc3 ;D, I remember I went to a CEG in 2007 and I was praying I wouldnt get Colagirl in my group cause I was pretty sure she was gonna beat me :DDDDDD ( I sucked vs elf ^^ ) and I'd be embarrassed as hell haha, I think SaSe told me once as well he was hoping not to run into colagirl haha, no idea how she is in SC2 but she was Good in Wc3 ;D
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Kelly...
2GD should be casting this and it would possibly be the tournament of the year
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DaSakura for the win !!! With my coaching, you can't lose xxx
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On November 04 2011 00:59 AlexCMoi wrote:DaSakura for the win !!! With my coaching, you can't lose xxx
Yay! <3
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Rainbow's girlfriend <3 haha
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On November 04 2011 01:01 DaSakura wrote:Show nested quote +On November 04 2011 00:59 AlexCMoi wrote:DaSakura for the win !!! With my coaching, you can't lose xxx Yay! <3
Québec represent lol <3
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Wow that is a big prize pool~!
I don't know who to cheer for...ummm...go esports yay!!
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no megumixbear? and kellymilkies isnt playing?
seriously though, this isn't going to help female progamers earn respect. all it does is give them a little more publicity. even so, the publicity isnt necessary good publicity. honesty, probably the majority of people who are going to watch this aren't going to watch this for the games, but the fact that its girls playing. the only way to earn respect and fame within the esports community is to actually do good in premier events, and none of the invitees have come close. if anything, this is hurting female gamers more than its helping.
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Protoss too hard to master for the ladies.
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Holy crap, did not know Rainbow's GF played SC2 actually much less at a high level.
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I'm so calling the Chinese girl and Rainbows girlfriend to be on top. I think only Flo has what it takes to match them so I expect her to easily be third.
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Quebec ftw! On est derriere toi! Lets go!
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colagirl / rainbows gf has this locked
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It's pretty obviousl Colagirl has this won. The question is whether she'll drop a single game.
My heart favorite is daSakura though.
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Flo got this, imo. ColaGirl and Flo finals; Flo hwaiting~
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RainbOw's girlfriend fighting! haha
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Doesn't EffkA play anymore? :DD She made a name for herself by winning tournaments without special rules just because she was a girl. Surely it should be possible for others as well if she could do it.
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Aww I wish CadenZa was playing ;(
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gl hf FLO FIGHTING! USA US.. just kidding.
But seriously go flo I'll be cheering for you.
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On November 03 2011 22:51 MHT wrote: Think Läjten is Carn's girlfriend the CS legend, not sure though.
Carn?GeT_RiGhT.
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I'll probably watch for funzies if i haz the time. Will have to most probably mute stream though.
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On November 04 2011 15:50 mnck wrote: Doesn't EffkA play anymore? :DD She made a name for herself by winning tournaments without special rules just because she was a girl. Surely it should be possible for others as well if she could do it. That was her boyfriend.
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Really? A $5,000 prize to the winner and only 6 participants? Seems a bit ridiculous if you ask me....
And why wasn't Megumixbear or Navi invited? Both of them are incredible female players....
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gotta support my clanmate gogo flo~
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Kelly Milkies doing the english cast, i'll tune in for sure
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Nice gogo girls!
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hopefully sakura and flo kick some ass
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Great to see more females-only tournaments coming up. No idea why any tournament would still get kellymilkies to cast though. Nothing wrong with having 1 or 2 male casters (who will probably be 100x better than kelly) in a female tourney imo.
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Shame they're not ALL Masters, when there are so many female Masters players, but that's OK - I am excite! GOOOOOOO FLOOOOOOO! PMS REPRESEEEEEEENT!
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wow. RainBOw and Aphrodite, the most attractive couple of all time? How can you not root for someone so good looking?... GO APHRODITE!!
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Läjten får man bjuda på en öl ... ?
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I dislike the fact that KellyMilkies is gonna cast, but at least there will be a English cast.
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Lol Gayoung is going to destroy everyone.
I've seen her play on rainbows stream, shes really good, plus getting coached by Rainbow = win.
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I will cheer for ColaGirl because she looks like Midas in that picture
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I think rainbows girlfriend will win. Or the chinese girl. Rainbows gf is legit good.
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yeah thats great maybe thats gonna be the start of a bigger girl-gaming scene
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My bet goes for DaSakura go go girls! :D
I like the idea of female casters, just for a change Although, I would love to see day9 there
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Am I the only one who finds a 10k prize pool a little much for a tournament featuring only 6 people, of whom only one of them is even GM?( the lowest being diamond T.T) I'm all for seeing girls in Starcraft but where are the 10,000 dollar invitationals for other random player that aren't necessarily female :S
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I've actually been looking forward to another major kelly milkies broadcast. Will definitely catch this one. Or at least part of it, if the games are horrendously bad...
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gurl power fighting~ make us proud
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On November 08 2011 20:18 Shinta) wrote: wow. RainBOw and Aphrodite, the most attractive couple of all time?
Sorry I think that award would have to go to nestea and nada if they ever got together.
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livinpink reminds me of a female tlo
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Hmm never heard of any of these players :/ However the prize pool is relatively large so it should be fun to watch
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For Flo's achievements she finished MLG Orlando losers round 4 and MLG Columbus losers round 3 aswell.
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jesus, didnt know this colagirl existed. GM, i'm impressed
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wow i didn't know dasakura was a girl, i lost to her on ladder :D I hope she does well in this tournament
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Master on KR.. isn't that ~SlayerS_Eve level? Lol.
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On November 03 2011 03:09 swordboy wrote:.. Invites: Läjten + Show Spoiler +Name: Anna Nordlander Date of Birth: 1987.3.25 Race: Terran Note: Diamond on EU server. 2v2 Master with TLO. Sure doesn't look like a Anna Nordlander i know
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DaSakura got this good luck Dino <3 Show them how good my coaching was 8- )
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Live video coverage has never been more necessary for an event.
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Looking forward to this! Good luck girls :D
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Not one Protoss. Not ONE. This makes me really angry!
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How do we know that Chinese GM girl is a girl. Guys have cheated on stuff like this before.
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On November 09 2011 04:05 JediGamer wrote: How do we know that Chinese GM girl is a girl. Guys have cheated on stuff like this before.
because its a LAN. if someone else laddered for her, it'll show in the tournament results.
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On November 09 2011 04:05 JediGamer wrote: How do we know that Chinese GM girl is a girl. Guys have cheated on stuff like this before.
I'm sure major has or has tried to, but I doubt there are many other guys that would. Probably wouldn't be too hard to do a DNA test if they're REALLY suspicious.
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On November 09 2011 04:09 hunts wrote:Show nested quote +On November 09 2011 04:05 JediGamer wrote: How do we know that Chinese GM girl is a girl. Guys have cheated on stuff like this before. I'm sure major has or has tried to, but I doubt there are many other guys that would. Probably wouldn't be too hard to do a DNA test if they're REALLY suspicious.
Wouldn't be surprised. Such a big prize pool..
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On November 09 2011 21:57 Coruscant wrote:Show nested quote +On November 09 2011 04:09 hunts wrote:On November 09 2011 04:05 JediGamer wrote: How do we know that Chinese GM girl is a girl. Guys have cheated on stuff like this before. I'm sure major has or has tried to, but I doubt there are many other guys that would. Probably wouldn't be too hard to do a DNA test if they're REALLY suspicious. Wouldn't be surprised. Such a big prize pool..
It's a lan.....
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On November 10 2011 04:10 Linwelin wrote:Show nested quote +On November 09 2011 21:57 Coruscant wrote:On November 09 2011 04:09 hunts wrote:On November 09 2011 04:05 JediGamer wrote: How do we know that Chinese GM girl is a girl. Guys have cheated on stuff like this before. I'm sure major has or has tried to, but I doubt there are many other guys that would. Probably wouldn't be too hard to do a DNA test if they're REALLY suspicious. Wouldn't be surprised. Such a big prize pool.. It's a lan.....
I guess I didn't express humour obviously enough in that statement. /sigh
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MajOr in drags? It can happen.
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On November 09 2011 21:42 Pholon wrote: No Cadenza? wtf?
She was invited.
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My gosh. I'm no fan but i didn't think the 2 casters would be this bad.
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