EPTWSL (Women Starcraft II League) about to start - Page 7
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WombaT
Northern Ireland27265 Posts
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BabyToss!
Czech Republic588 Posts
I personally am not a fan of women only tournaments, as it's a segregation, but I feel it's a good opportunity for those interested nonetheless. I mean, we'd not have aspiring players like Flo and Maddelisk without those. We may see even more. Also, it is not clear if this is only for Korean resident women or if it's global thing, but I'd guess it's just for Korean residents... | ||
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asdfOu
United States2089 Posts
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YpnotiS
France163 Posts
It's not specified that you have to be in Korea to apply, but since the news is in korean only, I guess you have to. | ||
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VArsovskiSC
Macedonia563 Posts
 Also wouldn't be bad to see how the Startale girls do.. Perhaps Scarlett isn't as much better than the others as we tend to think ATM | ||
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THM
Bulgaria1131 Posts
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MasterOfPuppets
Romania6942 Posts
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shid0x
Korea (South)5014 Posts
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Jenia6109
Russian Federation1613 Posts
She's so beautiful, almost like Bisu <3 | ||
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Nesserev
Belgium2760 Posts
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FFW_Rude
France10201 Posts
On August 07 2013 20:26 MasterOfPuppets wrote: Easy money for Scarlett if she decides to join. ^^ She won't On August 01 2013 19:33 Acer.Scarlett` wrote: Not playing in this | ||
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SamuelGreen
Sweden292 Posts
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StatixEx
United Kingdom779 Posts
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HaRuHi
1220 Posts
We got X-Games for female skateboarders, I see how men maybe have a physical edge on athleticly very demanding sports, but is that not saying women are inferrior when it comes to thinking aswell? And why does that tourney not offend some law against gender discrimination, I am sure there would be some people pretty upset if females were banned from WCS. I guess I really missed the point of the whole tournament. | ||
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Musicus
Germany23579 Posts
TBH it would kinda take away all the excitement. | ||
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Rombur
Belgium107 Posts
On August 07 2013 22:09 HaRuHi wrote: I never thought of woman as inferrior to men, this might changes things. I mean, I see no reason why they would not be on-par in an esport. And no tourney is men only, everyone is welcome to join. We got X-Games for female skateboarders, I see how men maybe have a physical edge on athleticly very demanding sports, but is that not saying women are inferrior when it comes to thinking aswell? And why does that tourney not offend some law against gender discrimination, I am sure there would be some people pretty upset if females were banned from WCS. I guess I really missed the point of the whole tournament. I totally agree. I used to believe that women should have the right to vote but then I learned that there was a league of golf only for women. Is it not saying women can't compete with 50 years old men and therefore are inferior to man ? | ||
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rave[wcr]
United States1166 Posts
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Rombur
Belgium107 Posts
On August 07 2013 22:50 rave[wcr] wrote: does barbie prime have a facebook? link pls? where did that pic come from in the banner? Here it is: https://www.facebook.com/sc2barbie | ||
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PerryHooter
Sweden268 Posts
On August 07 2013 22:09 HaRuHi wrote: And why does that tourney not offend some law against gender discrimination, I am sure there would be some people pretty upset if females were banned from WCS. I guess I really missed the point of the whole tournament. Ethically, it's quite the difference between not allowing a minority to compete in a league for no reason, and to have a league for a minority only. Legally there shouldn't be any problems either way. It amazes me how this topic (which doesn't really concern most of the posters here whatsoever) causes such emotions. You shall not disturb the order of male dominance!, pretty much. Yeah, there aren't any biological differences that make males more adapt at playing sc2, but there are other barriers to shut women out of the scene; sexism and social stigma. Having this league works as an encouragement to female gamers, to show that there are in fact other females playing sc2. Simply put, it's better to have a female scene and a male scene which eventually will merge into one (once the internet grows up), than having just a male scene. This was pretty spot on: On August 02 2013 05:34 BabyToss! wrote: I personally always believed these women only tournaments to be a way for women to find a courage to compete. They are not necessary for sure, but looking at it from most women's perspective - the scene is male dominated and there are some rather dumb reactions whenever some woman makes an appearance in the same line as StarCraft (and let's face it, in gaming in general). That alone I feel, might be huge discouragement for some women to even try anything. Sure, women as of now, with the exception of Scarlett do not compare with the guys, but if all we see is women being reduced to boobs or appearance as a whole in better cases, completelly disregarding their potential passion for the game, there will be no real motivation for any woman to even try. | ||
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rave[wcr]
United States1166 Posts
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