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On December 22 2011 10:06 fourColo wrote:Show nested quote +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.
Also aphrodite in startale. A startale partnership at this rate won't be so bad considering that Naniwa and Sase are there already.
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On December 22 2011 10:08 Capped wrote: At first i was sceptical at all these teams picking up girls, PR etc.
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!
you cannot just have "female tournaments" though the appeal to them maybe fun the first or second time but I dunno any main stream fan of Sc2 who will want to watch that if their level of play isnt even above some GM streamers. If they get to that point and are that good if not better then there is no reason for them to just not compete in a normal non gender bias tournament
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On December 22 2011 09:41 crms wrote:Show nested quote +On December 22 2011 09:37 Primadog wrote:Flo is #131 globally in StarCraft 2 prize earning according SC2earnings, so so ya, she's legit. all of her won money ($3000) was for taking 2nd in an all girl 6 player invite tournament, hardly qualifiers her as 'legit'. 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.
The mocking tone of your post legitimizes it. Also, had you done your research, you would have known that Flo is quite good at sc2; she's done well in the MLG open bracket more than once. True, like Destiny and numerous other players, Flo wasn't recruited to an A class team for her raw skill but because of her marketability in combo with that. That doesn't mean she's bad at sc, however.
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GJ Flo... great work and hope to see more of you next time (in every sense?) :D
QxG getting a good lineup going
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Congrats, Flo! Hope you do well.
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Nice grats. Take it to em Flo! Hope you go to Korea and get balla.
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Congratulations. Quantic has been really working on getting it's players. Nani, Destiny, Sase and now one of the best female players. Liking the additions, any chance we can get some VOD's of her gameplay? All I have seen are her vs Jinro and White-ra, not exactly the best to see.
Flo you should just ask White-ra for some best of 5 streamed games. He's always practicing and always seems to be willing to be nice/ entertain the community. I know I would love to see it.
edit: nm just clicked her stream and saw he was on...
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Congratulations to Flo, Quantic is an awesome team especially with the power houses in Naniwa and Sase, I wish her nothing but success.
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GL Flo.
If any of the guys questioning your ladder rank actually gave a shit about the NA pro scene they'd already know about you.
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well this is kind of funny and cute...
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Exciting news! Hopefully Quantic can get her some good practice.
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Congrats to Flo, best of luck to her and team Quanitc!
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On December 22 2011 10:11 Oreo7 wrote:Show nested quote +On December 22 2011 09:41 crms wrote:On December 22 2011 09:37 Primadog wrote:Flo is #131 globally in StarCraft 2 prize earning according SC2earnings, so so ya, she's legit. all of her won money ($3000) was for taking 2nd in an all girl 6 player invite tournament, hardly qualifiers her as 'legit'. 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. The mocking tone of your post legitimizes it. Also, had you done your research, you would have known that Flo is quite good at sc2; she's done well in the MLG open bracket more than once. True, like Destiny and numerous other players, Flo wasn't recruited to an A class team for her raw skill but because of her marketability in combo with that. That doesn't mean she's bad at sc, however.
Shes never done well in the open bracket. Results at MLG are ; Anaheim Losers round 3. Raleigh Losers round 3. Orlando Losers round 4(Possibly? TL says flo but also says protoss so not sure if its a mistake) Providence Losers round 3.
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Another girl in progaming! Congrats to Flo and Quantic! Big news!
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we already saw this coming a month ago i thought...
o well! gl hf Flo!
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grats to Flo for joining Quantic.
Seriously guys, whether she is joining regular or female only tournaments this really helps the scene.
Consider this, the more female tournaments appear, the higher the prizes will get for more tournaments if there is enough publicity. Thus the skill levels of female players will go up and possibly the will for more female players to join the scene.
I'm sure there will eventually be female players that will be near the middle to upper tier male players, but they really need the support at the moment.
girls of the future dude :p
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On December 22 2011 09:59 AnonymousXV wrote: what a joke player to recruit
This is a bizarre and I think, ignorant statement to make. For some reason, people in our scene still have the naivete to think that the only thing of significance when recruiting a player is skill. That's not true, that's never been true. For example, we could compare Ret and Idra; theoretically very similar as far as skill goes, however thanks to Idra's "bad boy" marketing, he's worth many times more.
Flo's gender is a marketable trait. For whatever reason, the community has decided gender, unlike BM, hilarity or in general handsomeness, should not be marketable. Spoiler alert: It still is.
Also flo is pretty good
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I think it's awesome that there are females willing to put in the work and effort. However it seems a bit odd to me that a team like Quantic would pick up a player who doesn't have the best results while there are obvious other (male) talents who are unarguably more skilled. I'm all about empowering women, however this seems like a PR move rather than one to actually improve the overall skill of the team. If she goes to Korea there's no doubt she will get a lot better. Hopefully we see her do very well in upcoming tournaments. Good luck to her!
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