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Julia "Ailuj" Childress' 18 minute MLG interview - Page 14

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Velr
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Switzerland10836 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-24 10:03:23
November 24 2011 10:02 GMT
#261
On November 24 2011 18:59 yeint wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 22 2011 19:13 epicanthic wrote:
I seriously don't see why people constantly bring up the idea of having a female only tournament. The only reason why sports separate men from women is because of a proven biological advantage. But for games, men and women start on equal ground. The creation of a tournament just for women, even with the intention to help further female presence in the scene, is sexist.


blahblah
Suggesting that women want their own league because they can't compete with men, while true, is just ignorant, and borderline insulting.


Fixed that one for you.
Cubu
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
1171 Posts
November 24 2011 10:07 GMT
#262
What's wrong with a team picking a player based on looks? Being pretty wouldn't be treasured by everyone if looks didn't matter.
Manifesto7
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Osaka27157 Posts
November 24 2011 10:12 GMT
#263
On November 24 2011 19:07 Cubu wrote:
What's wrong with a team picking a player based on looks? Being pretty wouldn't be treasured by everyone if looks didn't matter.


Then why aren't i on a team? Your theory is flawed.

Unless... My mother was wrong and im not the most handsome man around?

I think it is awesome there are girls getting press. More power to them. They are under represented in gaming, and anything that helps fix that imbalance is good.
ModeratorGodfather
KiF1rE
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States964 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-24 10:15:32
November 24 2011 10:14 GMT
#264
On November 24 2011 15:11 KeyHunt wrote:
[When a team picks up a player, we do not just look at their skill..or their placement in a league. No one does. Everyone looks at various criteria. Marketability, stability, dedication, exposure and also play. You think Quantic picked up Destiny purely because of his play? Not likely. Or EG is keeping InControl because his amazing performances as of late? No. All of which are good players, but that is not the sole..sometimes not even the main purpose for them being on a their teams.

So, if a diamond player shows the kind of dedication, stream numbers, marketability and exposure that Julia does we will be more than happy to consider him/her for the team..and I am sure many others would as well.



and thats exactly the point of where i hate the direction esports is going. casters, personalities make a much more stable living then the players that try hard and just dont have that extra umph for marketing to actually get what they need to succeed.

though i understand why they are needed, but im completely lost on how to obtain these. as they cant be achieved with dedication or trying to be a nice guy.

take me for example, my big goal is to eventually get on a big team, get practice partners and eventually do something, however i will never do that without a stable practice environment. all i have is dedication, i dont have marketability or stream numbers as i cant get that following to grow, without some special quality. dedication is all i have. meaning dedication only places me in awkward situations where i get partial success in online events, finishing like top 12 in two ttesports challenges etc. Just enough to go "hey, im here,im competing at a fairly high level but not getting anything out of it"... Dedication of practicing 8 to 10 hours a day will only take me so far, especially when its a waste of practice time mostly laddering and becoming frustrated with the lack of success i get, and the lack of stability my life has, which in turn hurts my play drastically. depressed say hello to a 15 game losing streak and poor results.

and in this community there is very little hope for someone outside of all the loops to actually succeed with dedication alone. It just seems most of those qualities are completely luck based on happening to be found and getting that jump start.


nothing against julia she is a nice person, ive just been so meh personally lately i felt like writing an epic post to help get somethings off my mind personally after reading yours.
dAPhREAk
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Nauru12397 Posts
November 24 2011 10:16 GMT
#265
On November 24 2011 19:07 Cubu wrote:
What's wrong with a team picking a player based on looks? Being pretty wouldn't be treasured by everyone if looks didn't matter.

whats wrong with a team picking a player based on any arbitrary factor they choose? absolutely nothing. their team, their money, their sponsors. they can do whatever they want.
yeint
Profile Joined May 2011
Estonia2329 Posts
November 24 2011 10:30 GMT
#266
On November 24 2011 19:02 Velr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 24 2011 18:59 yeint wrote:
On November 22 2011 19:13 epicanthic wrote:
I seriously don't see why people constantly bring up the idea of having a female only tournament. The only reason why sports separate men from women is because of a proven biological advantage. But for games, men and women start on equal ground. The creation of a tournament just for women, even with the intention to help further female presence in the scene, is sexist.


blahblah
Suggesting that women want their own league because they can't compete with men, while true, is just ignorant, and borderline insulting.


Fixed that one for you.


I must have clicked the "please convert my post to sexist drivel" check box by accident. Sorry!
Not supporting teams who take robber baron money.
halvorg
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Norway717 Posts
November 24 2011 10:35 GMT
#267
+ Show Spoiler +

....................................x6.MajOr.............x6.Ailuj
Good at the game:............X
Great Potential:.................X
Solid Mechanics:...............X
Internationally known:........X
Good Looking................................................X
Charismatic...................................................X
Good Manners...............................................X


I see what you did there x6.


Take it as a joke, it is up to you who you choose to sponsor. Doubt you'll harm anyone doing so : )
SpicyThaiBoy
Profile Joined December 2010
Thailand26 Posts
November 24 2011 10:54 GMT
#268
You go gurl! Representing Vancouver community!
Coramoor
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Canada455 Posts
November 24 2011 11:03 GMT
#269
This makes me laugh so hard, mostly because AlexCMoi is actually right, he's been to more than one MLG's, had some decent performances, and he's on a 3rd rate team, INF if i remember correctly, now i'm all for women in E-Sports, but lets be honest they have to be good, I doubt it's that hard to find a relatively attractive "marketable" girl for a team to pick up who is high masters at least.

Until i started randoming I was a 400 point masters protoss on the NA ladder(ie nothing special at all), Yes i certainly don't have the dedication to the game she may have, but in some respects that's worse. I'm part way through the interview because i'm curious, but when there is a girl that i'm confident I could beat in a bo 5 or bo7 or bo9 or whatever, I don't think skill is the primary factor, and the way to make women be respected in this community is not by picking them up because they are "marketable"

I just think that unless she becomes amazing, and who knows maybe she will, if not though, i think checksix is doing a disservice to the game and the overarching concept of E-Sports and women in E-Sports

This isn't a knock on Julia, I'm sure she's a great person but diamond... come on x6
TSBspartacus
Profile Joined October 2011
England1046 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-24 11:28:38
November 24 2011 11:10 GMT
#270
I've watched her stream before and she's pretty funny and chilled out, the guys on there are a laugh. I think this is great for check6, it adds a social aspect to their representation, which is good for teams, like EG with SOTG and incontrol being a community figure. I think all the teams need people there who will connect with the community and I can see Julia doing this for x6
Fujikura
Profile Joined April 2007
United States337 Posts
November 24 2011 22:32 GMT
#271
On November 24 2011 19:35 halvorg wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +

....................................x6.MajOr.............x6.Ailuj
Good at the game:............X
Great Potential:.................X
Solid Mechanics:...............X
Internationally known:........X
Good Looking................................................X
Charismatic...................................................X
Good Manners...............................................X


I see what you did there x6.


Take it as a joke, it is up to you who you choose to sponsor. Doubt you'll harm anyone doing so : )



Yeah, good stats there lol!
https://twitter.com/SouLFujikura
Mabius
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada323 Posts
November 24 2011 22:49 GMT
#272
On November 24 2011 18:39 AlexCMoi wrote:
iNcontroL wishes he was good at the game he dedicated his life.


ouch!
"Every revolution carries within it the seeds of it's own destruction.. and empires that rise will one day fall"
iNcontroL *
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
USA29055 Posts
November 24 2011 22:51 GMT
#273
what? Everyone wishes they were good at the game they dedicated their life to o_O

Not everyone wishes they had a vagina. That would be an improvement to alexcmoi though.. so I can see his viewpoint
alhazrel
Profile Joined November 2011
98 Posts
November 24 2011 22:58 GMT
#274
She has the destiny speech thing going on, I was going to suggest that she was him in disguise but then he knocked her out
taintmachine
Profile Joined May 2010
United States431 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-24 23:04:03
November 24 2011 23:01 GMT
#275
On November 23 2011 09:24 desRow wrote:
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On November 23 2011 09:12 Alejandrisha wrote:
On November 23 2011 09:02 desRow wrote:
I'm disappointed this ends of the front page when someone like vile illusion took out sheth and spanishwa and got really far in the open bracket doesn't end up on the frontpage. yes shes a girl yes shes decent at the game yes shes good at promoting stuff but really ? comon -.-


man you don't know much about media do you desrow :p

?????? nice argument you don't say why I'm wrong.

I just copy pasted my post from reddit. Too many players had breakthrough at MLG and they get no exposure. Players like vile state or vile illusion had no interviews and they got really far in the chapiomship bracket.


the ends justify the means in securing the future of female gamers in sc2. i guess.
Nymbul
Profile Joined July 2011
United Kingdom127 Posts
November 24 2011 23:05 GMT
#276
Some of these posts make me worried about this community and people wonder why there aren't more female gamers.
Mabius
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada323 Posts
November 24 2011 23:07 GMT
#277
On November 25 2011 07:58 alhazrel wrote:
She has the destiny speech thing going on, I was going to suggest that she was him in disguise but then he knocked her out


? Destiny just has a thing where his lower jaw moves horizontally when pronouncing some words, Julia has a minor lisp thats all, completely different things.
"Every revolution carries within it the seeds of it's own destruction.. and empires that rise will one day fall"
monx
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada1400 Posts
November 24 2011 23:09 GMT
#278
On November 24 2011 18:39 AlexCMoi wrote:
iNcontroL wishes he was good at the game he dedicated his life.


come on Alex. Cheapshots like this, really?
@ggmonx
Utinni
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada1196 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-24 23:23:12
November 24 2011 23:22 GMT
#279
On November 25 2011 07:51 iNcontroL wrote:
what? Everyone wishes they were good at the game they dedicated their life to o_O

Not everyone wishes they had a vagina. That would be an improvement to alexcmoi though.. so I can see his viewpoint

Fucking shitty that you have to live in that shitty house with your shitty friends playing this shitty game... shitty life bro!

Woops typo, replace shitty with fantastical.

alex is a silly gent.

“... you don’t have to be Sun freakin Tzu to know that real fighting isn’t about killing or even hurting the other guy, it’s about scaring him enough to call it a day.” - Max Brooks: World War Z
avilo
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States4100 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-24 23:28:47
November 24 2011 23:27 GMT
#280
Great that girls/julia are getting exposure...but like many I am wondering...where are the vile illusion interviews huh? It's fine to promote girl gaming, but when you see a random diamond gamer getting all of this attention solely because she is a girl (which is basically what this is) you have to wonder...

Basically, if julia were a random guy diamond do you think she would be getting all this attention? Nope.

I'm all for girl SC2 gamers, but how about jumping on the interview/media bandwagon when you get a very successful masters/GM girl that does something worthy of getting all this attention or competes in some huge event (like the divina tournament thing), not just doing it because the girl happens to obviously be beautiful...which is basically the only reason julia is getting all this attention...

so yeah...WHERE ARE THE VILE ILLUSION INTERVIEWS HUH? I'm just echoing desrow on this, as well as others i'm sure. There are a lot of huge fucking open bracket heroes and others that are way more deserving of interviews/all of this attention...

Sup
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