EPTFlo Joins Quantic - Page 11
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Lavi
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Merikh
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Empirimancer
Canada1024 Posts
Yeah, she probably wouldn't have been picked up by Quantic if she wasn't female, just like Destiny wouldn't have been picked up if his stream wasn't popular, but at least Flo has _some_ chance of doing well in a major tournament. She's more like Startale Aphrodite than like Slayers Eve, who'll never participate in GSL or even GSTL. | ||
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Sadistx
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
And no, I don't care what rank she is. | ||
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Mario1209
United States1077 Posts
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Flipside
United States141 Posts
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ticklishmusic
United States15977 Posts
(IMO, putting a mediocre level female gamer on a team is actually hurting esports) User was temp banned for this post. EDIT: I didn't mean to be offensive. I mean mediocre female players (not saying Flo is one of them, as I know nothing about her) being added to pro teams for the sake of publicity is bad. | ||
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Fanatic-Templar
Canada5819 Posts
On December 22 2011 13:31 SCPlato wrote: completely agree with your business sentiment, however Idra is a bad example because you are picking one of the most skilled players in the game so it is not a relevant example to female gamers being signed who are not good. Actually, now that I think about it, would Idra have been picked up by eSTRO/CJ Entus if he had been a Korean? | ||
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eipxen
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Pursue your passion! You have what it takes to shatter preconceptions. | ||
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Slave_Maker
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Masq
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LimeNade
United States2125 Posts
On December 22 2011 14:14 Fanatic-Templar wrote: Actually, now that I think about it, would Idra have been picked up by eSTRO/CJ Entus if he had been a Korean? yes lol do u know anything about BW? Do you know how insanely hard idra worked at practicing? You gotta remember idra unlike koreans didnt start playing BW in korea. He became good in NA playing vs koreans but wasnt in a korean house mentality. To get as good as he did in BW outside of korea to begin with where PRO GAMING was peaking and a legit thing to go after in life then absolutely YES. With his insane ability to practice u assume he plays in korea from beginning he would absolutely have gotten picked up by a korean team. So pretty sure u probably arent old enough to remember much about BW or u would understand this | ||
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VGhost
United States3620 Posts
On December 22 2011 14:14 Fanatic-Templar wrote: Actually, now that I think about it, would Idra have been picked up by eSTRO/CJ Entus if he had been a Korean? idra almost certainly would have been picked up, at least as a practice partner/b-teamer. IMO there's no question that he was better even than several people who have gotten televised games regularly: Flying, hyvaa, Juni, come to mind. | ||
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Cocoba
Canada352 Posts
Haven't heard much of her but I like how Quanitc Flo sounds :D | ||
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LimeNade
United States2125 Posts
On December 22 2011 14:24 VGhost wrote: idra almost certainly would have been picked up, at least as a practice partner/b-teamer. IMO there's no question that he was better even than several people who have gotten televised games regularly: Flying, hyvaa, Juni, come to mind. thank you for ur support but just remember also how much better he probably wouldve been in BW if he was a korean born in korea where playing video games professionally is a legit career u can chase after. When he went to korea if you said u were going to be a pro gamer in NA you prob wouldve gotten laughed at to ur face | ||
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Thent
United States35 Posts
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KimJongChill
United States6429 Posts
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AndAgain
United States2621 Posts
On December 22 2011 14:24 BloodThirsty wrote: yes lol do u know anything about BW? Do you know how insanely hard idra worked at practicing? You gotta remember idra unlike koreans didnt start playing BW in korea. He became good in NA playing vs koreans but wasnt in a korean house mentality. To get as good as he did in BW outside of korea to begin with where PRO GAMING was peaking and a legit thing to go after in life then absolutely YES. With his insane ability to practice u assume he plays in korea from beginning he would absolutely have gotten picked up by a korean team. So pretty sure u probably arent old enough to remember much about BW or u would understand this If Idra were a Korean, he would have to win Courage to get picked by a Korean team. So he did get the benefit of favoritism. | ||
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Witten
United States2094 Posts
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deathserv
United States228 Posts
I watched the Divina tournament and have been watching Aphrodite's stream lately, and I have to say that it is really cool to see much more gender parity in video games. | ||
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