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Flo Joins Quantic - Page 4
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Arterial
Australia1039 Posts
Go Flo. | ||
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LimeNade
United States2125 Posts
On December 22 2011 09:29 fourColo wrote: Maybe you wouldn't be a mental child either! i dont agree with how he phrased it at all but to call him a mental child is a bit out of bounds tbh too. Teams have a choice to sign whoever they choose to for whatever reasons. But if we are talking for skills sakes and not PR or marketability then he does have a point although whietracares phrased it horribly wrong that woman players in order to make a pro team do not have to be able to be a top 50 GM on say the easiest of the big 3 servers which we could argue is NA. | ||
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Huggerz
Great Britain919 Posts
Do people calling this a publicity stunt actually think their opinion matters, at all? | ||
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Deleted User 183001
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Hmm, Quantic's line up is a bit odd. There's a bunch of lower-tier pros like Destiny, Flo, Agh, etc., and then you have Sase who is pretty good, and Naniwa, who is easily one of the top foreign superstars. It reminds me of EG after getting Idra and before they picked up Puma and Huk. I don't really care that teams pick up girls for whatever value they think they bring but let's not pretend she's being picked up because of her starcraft skillz. Works the same for those recent pick-ups by Korean teams. It's not necessarily for the skills That being said... If only I had a vagina I'd be in a sweet team aswell by now. No, it is not necessarily true. Obviously, you'd need to be semi-good at the game, like mid-high Masters at least. Though I'd imagine your chances would be better if you were female to say the least because they'd want you more for you marketability/public relations reasons than for subpar pro-level skill. Let's face it guys, if she was male, I'm 99% sure QxG wouldn't have signed her. But having a female on your team means good PR, which isn't a bad thing for the business side of things, and the business side of things is why these teams exist. | ||
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FreudianTrip
Switzerland1983 Posts
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SyNc`
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mister.bubbles
Canada171 Posts
On December 22 2011 09:43 PhiliBiRD wrote: thats true, but shes not even remotely close to being on par with the rest of the team another joke of a recruitment, no offense to flo. teams who recruit simply for publicity are sell outs I think it is unfair to say this. Proteams function off publicity and exposure. Do you think they would have picked up Naniwa if no one would ever see him play? The whole point of picking up players is to have them represent their teams. I can understand criticizing teams for picking up female players that don't have much skill but I think it would be really cool for Quantic if they helped Flo become the first strong female gamer that can compete with the male gamers. By the looks of it there are many reasons to think that she can make it; she want's to put the time in, she has quite a bit of skill already and she is one of the top female gamers right now. If it is doubtful that she will be able to improve it makes sense to disapprove of the pickup, I feel that way about Eve, but I can't see any reason to think she has no potential. but yeah, publicity is the whole point of having a team, otherwise they wouldn't attract sponsors. | ||
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mcgriffin
Canada81 Posts
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Kuror
United States399 Posts
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FlyingDike
United States221 Posts
On December 22 2011 09:57 Kuror wrote: Nice, can't wait to see her practicing with Destiny Ohhh god... | ||
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AnonymousXV
United States45 Posts
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fourColo
United States363 Posts
On December 22 2011 09:59 AnonymousXV wrote: what a joke player to recruit How the hell is she a joke player? I mean maybe if your dad peed into your mom and you were born that way you might think this, and if so, condolences I don't want to hurt the feelings of someone with downs syndrome. But this is a retarded comment, you have to agree with me there. | ||
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flagg
Sweden123 Posts
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Dubzex
United States6994 Posts
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ke_ivan
Singapore374 Posts
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phodacbiet
United States1740 Posts
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fourColo
United States363 Posts
On December 22 2011 10:04 ke_ivan wrote: if she trains at the IM house... lulz i think she'll actually be in code S ahead of all the other girls. Don't forget about JongMi, ex bw and training in oGs. | ||
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RezChi
Canada2368 Posts
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Capped
United Kingdom7236 Posts
Now all the teams have them im thinking female tournaments will get started up and we will have some competition going through them all, im hyped. Congratz to flo! | ||
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