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Quantic Gaming is proud to announce that Madeleine “MaddeLisk” Leander is the latest player to join our StarCraft II team.
MaddeLisk, a very popular Swedish Zerg player who is currently aiming for her Ph.D. in Mathematics, now joins Flo Yao as a member of Quantic’s skilled female progamers.
We talked to MaddeLisk about her past experiences as a progamer, joining Quantic, and her future plans.
What made you want to join Quantic?
“After I left my old team the plan was to stay teamless and just focus on what’s important to me, which is improving my play, and I couldn't really do that in my former team. When I first got contacted by Quantic I was still under the impression that being teamless was the better choice, but I talked to some players on Quantic and they spoke very highly of the team. I also talked to the management which gave me a really good impression and I realized quickly that they had the same goals as me and it became an obvious choice. I am very thankful for this opportunity and I am also really happy to be on the same team as flo ♥ ”
With the majority of the Quantic team living in either North America or Korea, what sort of challenges does that present to you?
“There might be some challenges regarding time zones, but I don’t see that as a problem. Having practice partners in two time zones is a good thing.”
You mentioned you’re living in Sweden. Any plans to move into the Quantic Training Facility in California?
“Maybe^^”
We are pleased to have MaddeLisk join our Quantic family and look forward to seeing her perform well at future events!
Check out the rest of the interview here!
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:D <<-- huge fan :D gl maddelisk 
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I wish her good luck in Quantic! She's awesome and Quantic too. Nice combo!
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Cool that she's going for a PhD. Strange that she's spending serious time in SC though. Or at least the people doing PhD in math that I know of are usually quite busy with that.
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What team did she used to be on?
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MaddeLisk, a very popular Swedish Zerg player who is currently aiming for her Ph.D. in Mathematics, now joins Flo Yao as a member of Quantic’s skilled female progamers.
PhD in mathematics?? respect.
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United Kingdom50293 Posts
ROOT needs to start recruiting, quantic are really gaining the lead in their player swarm.
On September 01 2012 04:50 R3DT1D3 wrote:
What team did she used to be on?
Absolute legends
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On September 01 2012 04:49 how2TL wrote:
Cool that she's going for a PhD. Strange that she's spending serious time in SC though. Or at least the people doing PhD in math that I know of are usually quite busy with that.
maybe shes into ai intelligence? and is using SC2 to train an army of super bots to guide an army of super drones to deliver super burritos to the common man at superior speeds?
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On September 01 2012 04:49 how2TL wrote:
Cool that she's going for a PhD. Strange that she's spending serious time in SC though. Or at least the people doing PhD in math that I know of are usually quite busy with that.
She must also spend a lot of time at the gym considering what Incontrol said about her lifting 150 lbs... A very busy girl indeed.
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She is hot and very Good! Hope this leads to something Good;)
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On September 01 2012 04:53 Sub40APM wrote:Show nested quote +On September 01 2012 04:49 how2TL wrote:
Cool that she's going for a PhD. Strange that she's spending serious time in SC though. Or at least the people doing PhD in math that I know of are usually quite busy with that. maybe shes into ai intelligence? and is using SC2 to train an army of super bots to guide an army of super drones to deliver super burritos to the common man at superior speeds?
SUPER BURRITOS IMBA
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On September 01 2012 04:52 Fusilero wrote:ROOT needs to start recruiting, quantic are really gaining the lead in their player swarm. Absolute legends
Quantic needs to proeprly start marketing their players as individuals rather than lumping them together and just hoping one succeeds in results.
They already had great players before the Vile merge, now with the vile merge they have a lot of toys in the toybox, but keeps saying: "We have ntohing to play with"
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hmmmm good player, but i probably wouldn't.
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On September 01 2012 04:49 how2TL wrote:
Cool that she's going for a PhD. Strange that she's spending serious time in SC though. Or at least the people doing PhD in math that I know of are usually quite busy with that.
Yeah, that's nuts. I'm in the middle of mine, and I have a few hours a week at most to devote to games. As far as I can see she's already got one publication (or is this her thesis?); reading it now. It's pretty cool. Edit: almost forgot... Major props to her.
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On September 01 2012 05:01 Torte de Lini wrote:Show nested quote +On September 01 2012 04:52 Fusilero wrote:ROOT needs to start recruiting, quantic are really gaining the lead in their player swarm. On September 01 2012 04:50 R3DT1D3 wrote:
What team did she used to be on? Absolute legends Quantic needs to proeprly start marketing their players as individuals rather than lumping them together and just hoping one succeeds in results. They already had great players before the Vile merge, now with the vile merge they have a lot of toys in the toybox, but keeps saying: "We have ntohing to play with"
I agree 100%. Illusion is one of the most marketable players out there, being incredibly good, young North American player. If they market him well he could become the face of the NA scene in a year or two. Also, players like Sase and Spanishiwa are both well known. I would love to see them do promotional showmatches showcasing those players and expanding the fan bases of their other less-known players.
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seems like Quantic barely used Flo in anything important...and as far as I know she hasn't gotten a lot better. So they sign another female to make another splash for 'sex-appeal?' Shoulda just went with that aliuj girl lol
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I've heard her name, but never heard what rank she is or if she has any results. Feel like that should be somewhere more prominent in this.
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Best of luck to her! I hope to see more of Quantics female members in big tournaments such as IPL or MLG =) Gogo girls!
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On September 01 2012 05:19 KoDo wrote:
seems like Quantic barely used Flo in anything important...and as far as I know she hasn't gotten a lot better. So they sign another female to make another splash for 'sex-appeal?' Shoulda just went with that aliuj girl lol
Well, you're jumping to conclusions.
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Northern Ireland24973 Posts
Sweet, more token females getting sponsored.
That said, she does sound a baller all-round, but it's hardly as if she'll get the time to practice and be top tier if she's working on a PhD surely?
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she should change her name to Mathelisk
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Congratulations to you, Maddelisk. Hoping you'll get to grow as a player; spread that SC2 love.
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Cool, that's nice for her. At first I used to thing that she was just some random girl riding along on the fact that she was female, but after seeing her in some smaller tournaments I acually think that while she may not be the best player out there, she certainly isn't bad and considering she's currently working on a PhD it's even more obvious that she must have some sort of talent and a lot of commitment to remain as good as she is.
GL HF in quantic!
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I'm really happy for her, she deserves it. Furthermore, not being the only girl in the team is a huge boost for her. Quantic could become the girl power house :p
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“When I was 16 I moved 1600 kilometers away from home to study space technology for three years. After that I went for math and I am currently doing my Ph.D. I used to be a gymnast and I was also a cheerleader for a hockey team for some time. My hair is one meter long. I like scuba diving but I'm not a big fan of music. I have done 220% of my body weight in deadlift. I can do the human flag and I like to Baneling Bust.”
Interesting lol. Sick deadlift.
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On September 01 2012 05:11 VPreboot wrote:Show nested quote +On September 01 2012 05:01 Torte de Lini wrote:On September 01 2012 04:52 Fusilero wrote:ROOT needs to start recruiting, quantic are really gaining the lead in their player swarm. On September 01 2012 04:50 R3DT1D3 wrote:
What team did she used to be on? Absolute legends Quantic needs to proeprly start marketing their players as individuals rather than lumping them together and just hoping one succeeds in results. They already had great players before the Vile merge, now with the vile merge they have a lot of toys in the toybox, but keeps saying: "We have ntohing to play with" I agree 100%. Illusion is one of the most marketable players out there, being incredibly good, young North American player. If they market him well he could become the face of the NA scene in a year or two. Also, players like Sase and Spanishiwa are both well known. I would love to see them do promotional showmatches showcasing those players and expanding the fan bases of their other less-known players.
Damn I didn't even register Spanishiwa being on Quantic. Yeah maybe they should step up their marketing some.
On September 01 2012 05:24 ilikeredheads wrote:
she should change her name to Mathelisk
Ha-Hah.
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United States23455 Posts
She's really good looking.
...In-depth analysis by Fionn.
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Congratulations to Quantic, Maddelisk seems like jack of all trades! :D
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i didnt know flo was on quantic o_O
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its so sad that more than mediocre players get picked up solely in the fact they have vaginas
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On September 01 2012 05:50 teddyoojo wrote:
its so sad that more than mediocre players get picked up solely in the fact they have vaginas
This statement is untrue.
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On September 01 2012 05:56 kochujang wrote:Show nested quote +On September 01 2012 05:50 teddyoojo wrote:
its so sad that more than mediocre players get picked up solely in the fact they have vaginas This statement is untrue.
how come. u think maddelisk is somehow really good? no
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On September 01 2012 05:19 KoDo wrote:
seems like Quantic barely used Flo in anything important...and as far as I know she hasn't gotten a lot better. So they sign another female to make another splash for 'sex-appeal?' Shoulda just went with that aliuj girl lol
She doesn't stream often but when she does it's pretty clear she has improved a lot from living in the Quantic House.
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On September 01 2012 05:36 Demonhunter04 wrote:Show nested quote +“When I was 16 I moved 1600 kilometers away from home to study space technology for three years. After that I went for math and I am currently doing my Ph.D. I used to be a gymnast and I was also a cheerleader for a hockey team for some time. My hair is one meter long. I like scuba diving but I'm not a big fan of music. I have done 220% of my body weight in deadlift. I can do the human flag and I like to Baneling Bust.” Interesting lol. Sick deadlift.
wtfdeadlift
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On September 01 2012 06:02 teddyoojo wrote:Show nested quote +On September 01 2012 05:56 kochujang wrote:On September 01 2012 05:50 teddyoojo wrote:
its so sad that more than mediocre players get picked up This statement is untrue. how come. u think maddelisk is somehow really good? no
"solely in the fact they have vaginas" means her SC2 skills, personality and looks are irrelevant. That is pretty naive to think.
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She's a smart girl, all the best to Madde.
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Good pickup by Quantic. I wasn't going to post anything initially, but just want to run a little against the rampant misogyny in this thread with a short recap of my initial reaction.
I remembered Maddelisk's name pop up occasionally the the middle-region of brackets in big tournaments like Dreamhack - though I'd never seen her play since she was far from the main stage. So my initial thought on reading the post headline was "oh, cool, Quantic still has the money to pick up new players. And they're grabbing an up-and-comer with potential. I always hope that works out for a team."
Only after reading the main thread did I find out Maddelisk is one of StarCraft's small pool of competitive female players. Didn't change my opinion of the signing.
TL;DR: Ignore all the Negative Nancys above.
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On September 01 2012 05:50 teddyoojo wrote:
its so sad that more than mediocre players get picked up solely in the fact they have vaginas
Have too agree on that one...
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Getting a PhD, and I believe she's quite good at SC2 as well.
Great move by Quantic for signing this talented and beautiful gamer!
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On September 01 2012 05:37 Fionn wrote:
She's really good looking.
...In-depth analysis by Fionn. haha, after thorough analysis i have to agree.
Good luck to you, maddelisk!
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I always have a bit of mixed feelings about signing female players because of the reasons which were discussed endlessly in various threads regarding this topic. I don't know much about her, but she sounds like a friendly player. About the PhD: I always had the impression that a lot of gamers are quiet intelligent although some discussions seem to give a wrong picture.
Well, good luck for Maddelisk, I hope we can minimize the whole gender discussion this time.
Edit: To the guy who complained about the fact that this is happening because of the existence of a certain part of the female body: It's ok to address this problem, but one can say that in a more accurate and less disrespectful way.
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so how do the quantic members control their hormones? maddelisk so hot.
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She's getting a doctorate in mathematics so she surely loves math...I wonder if joining Quantic is just something for fun to do on the side? I thought being part of a team meant you were seriously interested in winning tournaments. I guess if she can do both at the same time its okay...this girl sounds pretty amazing :O. And she's beautiful. Like the perfect girl
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Very exciting Congrats to Quantic and to Maddelisk!!
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On September 01 2012 07:41 AgentChaos wrote:
err...who??
 MaddeLisk
are you serious?
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On September 01 2012 06:28 MisterFred wrote:
Good pickup by Quantic. I wasn't going to post anything initially, but just want to run a little against the rampant misogyny in this thread with a short recap of my initial reaction.
I don't think people are discriminating based on her gender, but rather on her (relative) lack of results compared to other pick-ups from big teams. You don't see the same sort of thing as much for Scarlett, etc.
One hell of an impressive list of personal accomplishments, just wish I knew more about her as a player. If she keeps improving as people say she's been, then hopefully that will happen.
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I <3 her, I feel she is one of the only deserving females to be on a team, the rest seem gimmicky.
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This is great news! MaddeLisk is actually a strong player, and signing to a team like Quantic should see her improve. There's always criticism when female players are signed but don't go on to bigger/better things, but you have to look at the fact that female players make up such a tiny percentage of the total pool of pro players, and the vast majority of those pro's will sign with teams and not go on to bigger or better things either.
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big, big mistake by Quantic. I met her on the ladder recently and she didnt gg when I beat her!
+ Show Spoiler +not that I blame her, my cannonrush was pretty abusive.
Edit: typo
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I met her on ladder a time too, she wasn't really that bad I think. Probably even one of the better females out there. Altough I really feel that if she was a man, she would have to be better at sc2.
edit: Fuck I love chicks with muscles.
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Congratz to both parties, a doctorate and progaming at the same time, thats sick. And in math to boot, i think i might be in love.
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On September 01 2012 07:53 Dfgj wrote:Show nested quote +On September 01 2012 06:28 MisterFred wrote:
Good pickup by Quantic. I wasn't going to post anything initially, but just want to run a little against the rampant misogyny in this thread with a short recap of my initial reaction. I don't think people are discriminating based on her gender, but rather on her (relative) lack of results compared to other pick-ups from big teams. You don't see the same sort of thing as much for Scarlett, etc. One hell of an impressive list of personal accomplishments, just wish I knew more about her as a player. If she keeps improving as people say she's been, then hopefully that will happen.
Scarlett came out of nowhere too, in 2012. So maybe Quantic talent scouting system is now actively looking for new-Scarlett type players, who come out of nowhere, and are randomly good.
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I hate how this community works. There are literally at least 1000 teamless players that are better at playing starcraft than her.
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wow, Ph.D and SC2 at the same time? seems rough. Fantastic pickup for Quantic tho!
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On September 01 2012 08:44 Champloo wrote:
I hate how this community works. There are literally at least 1000 teamless players that are better at playing starcraft than her.
I love how this community works. People come in and shit on people for accepting invites to teams which will make them better starcraft players.
Is Maddelisk supposed to turn down the offer money, training, travel and the ability do more of something she likes doing because she had the (mis)fortune of being pretty and a woman?
Its kinda unreasonable to demand that.
Anyways, I wish you lots of luck Maddelisk, I hope you can continue to improve under Quantic.
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On September 01 2012 05:08 Iranon wrote:Show nested quote +On September 01 2012 04:49 how2TL wrote:
Cool that she's going for a PhD. Strange that she's spending serious time in SC though. Or at least the people doing PhD in math that I know of are usually quite busy with that. Yeah, that's nuts. I'm in the middle of mine, and I have a few hours a week at most to devote to games. As far as I can see she's already got one publication (or is this her thesis?); reading it now. It's pretty cool. Edit: almost forgot... Major props to her.
Agreed - I barely got through mine with no other commitments. It's not the workload so much as the motivation - you have to be a real self-starter, as you are all but guaranteed to hit some serious roadblocks along the way, and it takes a lot of willpower to push through them. Progamers might actually be good at that side of it as they are no strangers to mental discipline, but I would think there would definitely be times when focusing on SC2 seemed way more appealing than continuing to beat your head against a wall.
Anyway, all the best to her on both the gaming career and study fronts.
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On September 01 2012 05:08 Iranon wrote:Show nested quote +On September 01 2012 04:49 how2TL wrote:
Cool that she's going for a PhD. Strange that she's spending serious time in SC though. Or at least the people doing PhD in math that I know of are usually quite busy with that. Yeah, that's nuts. I'm in the middle of mine, and I have a few hours a week at most to devote to games. As far as I can see she's already got one publication (or is this her thesis?); reading it now. It's pretty cool. Edit: almost forgot... Major props to her.
Looks like a master's thesis, too long for a journal publication (though my background is biology, so i guess maths could be different).
Since Naniwa left Quantic I guess that freed up quite a bit of cash for recruiting new players  .
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I like her, good influence on the Swedish Sc2 community. Good luck!
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Northern Ireland24973 Posts
On September 01 2012 09:10 Kerotan wrote:Show nested quote +On September 01 2012 08:44 Champloo wrote:
I hate how this community works. There are literally at least 1000 teamless players that are better at playing starcraft than her. I love how this community works. People come in and shit on people for accepting invites to teams which will make them better starcraft players. Is Maddelisk supposed to turn down the offer money, training, travel and the ability do more of something she likes doing because she had the (mis)fortune of being pretty and a woman? Its kinda unreasonable to demand that. Anyways, I wish you lots of luck Maddelisk, I hope you can continue to improve under Quantic.
Has anybody come in and shit on her personally for accepting the invite? I for one wished her luck in her linkup with Quantic!
She wouldn't have been picked up if she wasn't an attractive girl, it's not misogynist to claim this at all. In fact I'd argue that it's more misogynistic to advocate that girls be given opportunities not open to their male equivalents. Especially given she is doing a PhD, you would have thought that would potentially cramp her potential to improve.
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is this Maddelisk from BW? i recall her name playing BW also, perhaps i'm wrong here dno.
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On September 01 2012 05:19 KoDo wrote:
seems like Quantic barely used Flo in anything important...and as far as I know she hasn't gotten a lot better. So they sign another female to make another splash for 'sex-appeal?' Shoulda just went with that aliuj girl lol
Are you kidding?.. Flo has gotten much better, especially since moving into the training facility. I witnessed her play at MLG last weekend, she's really grown a lot as a player.
Anyways, on topic. I say on Twitter, I say here. Welcome to the family, yo. :D
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On September 01 2012 12:14 Wombat_NI wrote:Show nested quote +On September 01 2012 09:10 Kerotan wrote:On September 01 2012 08:44 Champloo wrote:
I hate how this community works. There are literally at least 1000 teamless players that are better at playing starcraft than her. I love how this community works. People come in and shit on people for accepting invites to teams which will make them better starcraft players. Is Maddelisk supposed to turn down the offer money, training, travel and the ability do more of something she likes doing because she had the (mis)fortune of being pretty and a woman? Its kinda unreasonable to demand that. Anyways, I wish you lots of luck Maddelisk, I hope you can continue to improve under Quantic. Has anybody come in and shit on her personally for accepting the invite? I for one wished her luck in her linkup with Quantic! She wouldn't have been picked up if she wasn't an attractive girl, it's not misogynist to claim this at all. In fact I'd argue that it's more misogynistic to advocate that girls be given opportunities not open to their male equivalents. Especially given she is doing a PhD, you would have thought that would potentially cramp her potential to improve.
My point was that you can either be mad at the seemingly unquenchable desire for attractive women by 18-24 males, or angry at maddelisk. That is how I interpreted the original statement that I quoted; either hate Quantic for pandering or something else in the "community".
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Nice job madde, nice job quantic! ^^
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Nice to see the best caster on the planet get to join a team, Maddelisk fighting!
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On September 01 2012 06:02 teddyoojo wrote:Show nested quote +On September 01 2012 05:56 kochujang wrote:On September 01 2012 05:50 teddyoojo wrote:
its so sad that more than mediocre players get picked up solely in the fact they have vaginas This statement is untrue. how come. u think maddelisk is somehow really good? no
This
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Northern Ireland24973 Posts
On September 01 2012 12:36 Kerotan wrote:Show nested quote +On September 01 2012 12:14 Wombat_NI wrote:On September 01 2012 09:10 Kerotan wrote:On September 01 2012 08:44 Champloo wrote:
I hate how this community works. There are literally at least 1000 teamless players that are better at playing starcraft than her. I love how this community works. People come in and shit on people for accepting invites to teams which will make them better starcraft players. Is Maddelisk supposed to turn down the offer money, training, travel and the ability do more of something she likes doing because she had the (mis)fortune of being pretty and a woman? Its kinda unreasonable to demand that. Anyways, I wish you lots of luck Maddelisk, I hope you can continue to improve under Quantic. Has anybody come in and shit on her personally for accepting the invite? I for one wished her luck in her linkup with Quantic! She wouldn't have been picked up if she wasn't an attractive girl, it's not misogynist to claim this at all. In fact I'd argue that it's more misogynistic to advocate that girls be given opportunities not open to their male equivalents. Especially given she is doing a PhD, you would have thought that would potentially cramp her potential to improve. My point was that you can either be mad at the seemingly unquenchable desire for attractive women by 18-24 males, or angry at maddelisk. That is how I interpreted the original statement that I quoted; either hate Quantic for pandering or something else in the "community".
I don't even hate Quantic if it's a move for exposure or whatever, however thus far they haven't really even utilised Flo in this capacity. If you're going to pander, at least give the recipient some exposure.
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Gl for all your endeavours (which seems to be numerous :o)
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How long for people to understand that is not the biggest factor for a player getting signed? Incontrol has a 30% winrate, yet gets thousands of viewers when he streams and is one of the most recognizable people in esports. Machine is in a similar boat, but is pretty famous for his Kingston commercials.
You do understand this is a community of turbo nerds? You could be a chick in diamond and if you aren't obese you're going to get over 100+ viewers doing nothing. Hell, if you're Masters and female that's more rare than male and GM.
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first time i've seen an op about a recruitment like this without 3 pictures included. it actually was the first thing i noticed. and thats a good thing to me =) gl to both madde and quantic!
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United States97276 Posts
grats to Maddelisk! Good luck with Quantic
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Sweden got many good players :o
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On September 01 2012 13:09 xrapture wrote:
How long for people to understand that is not the biggest factor for a player getting signed? Incontrol has a 30% winrate, yet gets thousands of viewers when he streams and is one of the most recognizable people in esports. Machine is in a similar boat, but is pretty famous for his Kingston commercials.
People give incontrol huge amounts of shit too - anyone with results that don't seem to justify their position in the scene gets hit.
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What is this superhuman being? :O PhD in Math, benchpressing and professional gaming.
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i just find this weird. she does not play much and is quite low ranked to be on a pro team.
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On September 01 2012 05:37 Fionn wrote:
She's really good looking.
...In-depth analysis by Fionn.
LOL! Agreed
But how the eff can she be taking a Phd AND be playing SC2 AND be working out so much AND look good?!
Bloody swedes ! They should get some of our Danish laziness ! ;>
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On September 01 2012 17:08 Cereb wrote:Show nested quote +On September 01 2012 05:37 Fionn wrote:
She's really good looking.
...In-depth analysis by Fionn. LOL! Agreed But how the eff can she be taking a Phd AND be playing SC2 AND be working out so much AND look good?! Bloody swedes ! They should get some of our Danish laziness ! ;>
Not to forget, she is the best caster on this planet. During Närcon, she showed that you actually can make Swenglish casted sound good and not horrible.
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I love it how Starcraft players talk about women working on a PhD in mathematics as if they were picked up for their bloody sex appeal, as if that's the only thing she's got going for her.
Depending on her work, she'll probably be running a lot of simulations or suffering a lot of mental blocks though, so SC2 probably helps loosen things up.
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On September 01 2012 20:13 Evangelist wrote:
I love it how Starcraft players talk about women working on a PhD in mathematics as if they were picked up for their bloody sex appeal, as if that's the only thing she's got going for her.
Depending on her work, she'll probably be running a lot of simulations or suffering a lot of mental blocks though, so SC2 probably helps loosen things up.
To be fair, she wasn't picked up for her starcraft 2 skills.
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On September 01 2012 20:22 enCore- wrote:Show nested quote +On September 01 2012 20:13 Evangelist wrote:
I love it how Starcraft players talk about women working on a PhD in mathematics as if they were picked up for their bloody sex appeal, as if that's the only thing she's got going for her.
Depending on her work, she'll probably be running a lot of simulations or suffering a lot of mental blocks though, so SC2 probably helps loosen things up. To be fair, she wasn't picked up for her starcraft 2 skills.
What an outrageous claim?! If not for her Starcraft II skills, why on Earth would Quantic pick her up?
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Grats to her! She seems like an awesome chick. Highly educated and well spoken. Hopefully we'll see more of her in regards to Swedish events!
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She is like an opposite of every stereotype people would make about woman, phd in math and play video games hahaha
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On September 01 2012 20:28 Vermiiifuuge wrote:Show nested quote +On September 01 2012 20:22 enCore- wrote:On September 01 2012 20:13 Evangelist wrote:
I love it how Starcraft players talk about women working on a PhD in mathematics as if they were picked up for their bloody sex appeal, as if that's the only thing she's got going for her.
Depending on her work, she'll probably be running a lot of simulations or suffering a lot of mental blocks though, so SC2 probably helps loosen things up. To be fair, she wasn't picked up for her starcraft 2 skills. What an outrageous claim?! If not for her Starcraft II skills, why on Earth would Quantic pick her up?
Exactly. When I listened to her casting Närcon, my mother come in once and said something like "She know's what she's talking about". And my mother doesn't follow the Sc2 scene at all.
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On September 01 2012 20:41 WindWolf wrote:Show nested quote +On September 01 2012 20:28 Vermiiifuuge wrote:On September 01 2012 20:22 enCore- wrote:On September 01 2012 20:13 Evangelist wrote:
I love it how Starcraft players talk about women working on a PhD in mathematics as if they were picked up for their bloody sex appeal, as if that's the only thing she's got going for her.
Depending on her work, she'll probably be running a lot of simulations or suffering a lot of mental blocks though, so SC2 probably helps loosen things up. To be fair, she wasn't picked up for her starcraft 2 skills. What an outrageous claim?! If not for her Starcraft II skills, why on Earth would Quantic pick her up? Exactly. When I listened to her casting Närcon, my mother come in once and said something like "She know's what she's talking about". And my mother doesn't follow the Sc2 scene at all.
WATCH OUT GUYS HIS MUM WHO HAS NO IDEA ABOUT SC2 CAN PICK A CASTER WHEN SHE HEARS ONE
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qunatic really loves swedes
gl to her, hope she'll improve and make even bigger name for herself
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Is she still together with Snute?
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She definetly deserves this as A PLAYER, shes actually pretty good, raped me on ladder.
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Ooh math major gogogo!
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Why would a phd student join a programming team?
Aren't both significant drains on ones time?
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This is soooooo silly. So many great players without teams and you continue to pick up these lower tier ones.
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So like...is she good at starcraft? i didnt her any mention of her League, other than just some experience in some female cups..l0l
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Wise, beauty, strong and playing sc2.
Where have you been all my life?
definitely fappable woman <3
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On September 01 2012 22:48 mjuuy wrote:
Is she still together with Snute?
What?
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On September 01 2012 23:13 NagAfightinG wrote:
So like...is she good at starcraft? i didnt her any mention of her League, other than just some experience in some female cups..l0l
When i played her on ladder some month ago she was around ~top 1000 master europe.
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On September 01 2012 20:47 schmutttt wrote:Show nested quote +On September 01 2012 20:41 WindWolf wrote:On September 01 2012 20:28 Vermiiifuuge wrote:On September 01 2012 20:22 enCore- wrote:On September 01 2012 20:13 Evangelist wrote:
I love it how Starcraft players talk about women working on a PhD in mathematics as if they were picked up for their bloody sex appeal, as if that's the only thing she's got going for her.
Depending on her work, she'll probably be running a lot of simulations or suffering a lot of mental blocks though, so SC2 probably helps loosen things up. To be fair, she wasn't picked up for her starcraft 2 skills. What an outrageous claim?! If not for her Starcraft II skills, why on Earth would Quantic pick her up? Exactly. When I listened to her casting Närcon, my mother come in once and said something like "She know's what she's talking about". And my mother doesn't follow the Sc2 scene at all. WATCH OUT GUYS HIS MUM WHO HAS NO IDEA ABOUT SC2 CAN PICK A CASTER WHEN SHE HEARS ONE
Rofl. That said I am intrigued, people say she's a pretty damn good caster. Are Quantic picking her up for this or what? The statement doesn't really specify what kind of role she's assuming in the organisation, does anybody know?
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On September 02 2012 03:31 Wombat_NI wrote:Show nested quote +On September 01 2012 20:47 schmutttt wrote:On September 01 2012 20:41 WindWolf wrote:On September 01 2012 20:28 Vermiiifuuge wrote:On September 01 2012 20:22 enCore- wrote:On September 01 2012 20:13 Evangelist wrote:
I love it how Starcraft players talk about women working on a PhD in mathematics as if they were picked up for their bloody sex appeal, as if that's the only thing she's got going for her.
Depending on her work, she'll probably be running a lot of simulations or suffering a lot of mental blocks though, so SC2 probably helps loosen things up. To be fair, she wasn't picked up for her starcraft 2 skills. What an outrageous claim?! If not for her Starcraft II skills, why on Earth would Quantic pick her up? Exactly. When I listened to her casting Närcon, my mother come in once and said something like "She know's what she's talking about". And my mother doesn't follow the Sc2 scene at all. WATCH OUT GUYS HIS MUM WHO HAS NO IDEA ABOUT SC2 CAN PICK A CASTER WHEN SHE HEARS ONE Rofl. That said I am intrigued, people say she's a pretty damn good caster. Are Quantic picking her up for this or what? The statement doesn't really specify what kind of role she's assuming in the organisation, does anybody know?
i assume as a player =)
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Gl hf to both the team and player as always
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On September 01 2012 23:02 Zorkmid wrote:
Why would a phd student join a programming team?
Aren't both significant drains on ones time?
People spend wildly different amounts of time on their PhDs. It's entirely possible she's taking a partial or total break from it to play while she can.
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On September 01 2012 04:52 Fusilero wrote:
ROOT needs to start recruiting, quantic are really gaining the lead in their player swarm.
I heard Bluetea is a female free agent Sc2 player :D harhar
On a serious note tho good luck to maddelisk and your future with quantic ^^
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On September 01 2012 09:10 Kerotan wrote:Show nested quote +On September 01 2012 08:44 Champloo wrote:
I hate how this community works. There are literally at least 1000 teamless players that are better at playing starcraft than her. I love how this community works. People come in and shit on people for accepting invites to teams which will make them better starcraft players. Is Maddelisk supposed to turn down the offer money, training, travel and the ability do more of something she likes doing because she had the (mis)fortune of being pretty and a woman? Its kinda unreasonable to demand that. Anyways, I wish you lots of luck Maddelisk, I hope you can continue to improve under Quantic.
I never said she shouldn't accept the invite and I definetly did not "shit on her", what's wrong with you?
The problem isn't girls accepting the invites, the problem is teams offering the invites.
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On September 02 2012 03:46 McDutch wrote:Show nested quote +On September 02 2012 03:31 Wombat_NI wrote:On September 01 2012 20:47 schmutttt wrote:On September 01 2012 20:41 WindWolf wrote:On September 01 2012 20:28 Vermiiifuuge wrote:On September 01 2012 20:22 enCore- wrote:On September 01 2012 20:13 Evangelist wrote:
I love it how Starcraft players talk about women working on a PhD in mathematics as if they were picked up for their bloody sex appeal, as if that's the only thing she's got going for her.
Depending on her work, she'll probably be running a lot of simulations or suffering a lot of mental blocks though, so SC2 probably helps loosen things up. To be fair, she wasn't picked up for her starcraft 2 skills. What an outrageous claim?! If not for her Starcraft II skills, why on Earth would Quantic pick her up? Exactly. When I listened to her casting Närcon, my mother come in once and said something like "She know's what she's talking about". And my mother doesn't follow the Sc2 scene at all. WATCH OUT GUYS HIS MUM WHO HAS NO IDEA ABOUT SC2 CAN PICK A CASTER WHEN SHE HEARS ONE Rofl. That said I am intrigued, people say she's a pretty damn good caster. Are Quantic picking her up for this or what? The statement doesn't really specify what kind of role she's assuming in the organisation, does anybody know? i assume as a player =)
Or a personality.
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On September 01 2012 20:41 WindWolf wrote:Show nested quote +On September 01 2012 20:28 Vermiiifuuge wrote:On September 01 2012 20:22 enCore- wrote:On September 01 2012 20:13 Evangelist wrote:
I love it how Starcraft players talk about women working on a PhD in mathematics as if they were picked up for their bloody sex appeal, as if that's the only thing she's got going for her.
Depending on her work, she'll probably be running a lot of simulations or suffering a lot of mental blocks though, so SC2 probably helps loosen things up. To be fair, she wasn't picked up for her starcraft 2 skills. What an outrageous claim?! If not for her Starcraft II skills, why on Earth would Quantic pick her up? Exactly. When I listened to her casting Närcon, my mother come in once and said something like "She know's what she's talking about". And my mother doesn't follow the Sc2 scene at all.
hahah this is golden
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Well since I'm a fan of TheStC (and oGs is no more  ..) I'm following Quantic abit more now. So congratz to Maddelisk, look forward to seeing your games while in the Quantic uniform.
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so are we ever going to see any of these women play or what?
i only ever remember one player who won, iirc, an all-girls esl tourney, playing in an MLG. the rest ... ? correct me if im wrong.
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Once gave a handjob. He died.
User was warned for this post
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i love how teams are focusing only in marketing and not in trying to get skilled players
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hah.. nice..
not a fan of music? thought everyone was..
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On September 03 2012 00:16 a176 wrote:
so are we ever going to see any of these women play or what?
i only ever remember one player who won, iirc, an all-girls esl tourney, playing in an MLG. the rest ... ? correct me if im wrong.
WCS North America Champ.
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On September 03 2012 00:16 a176 wrote:
so are we ever going to see any of these women play or what?
i only ever remember one player who won, iirc, an all-girls esl tourney, playing in an MLG. the rest ... ? correct me if im wrong.
Lul Scarlett?
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to be fair scarlett provided results before she got recruited by a good team; these girls have no results what so ever
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good quantic, always knowing what to do, she plays very well, can get to gm europe soon if practices the amount required
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Someone please look at the recent results of teamless Veralynn and tell me Maddelisk is a better player.
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Yes, signing players with no results and very little potential simply because they have boobs and a nice face. Boobs + SC2 = return of ROI right? Stop trying to sell me sex. I'm not stupid. At least if you are, don't try to sugar coat it with your bullshit statements.
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On September 04 2012 07:42 Champloo wrote:
Someone please look at the recent results of teamless Veralynn and tell me Maddelisk is a better player.
Yeah isn't Veralynn the only female EU GM? Also a fellow resident of the Emerald Isle and has a pretty good stream that she's active on as well.
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