Edit: Really disappointed with some of the sexist remarks in this thread though.
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OJPaper
United Kingdom9 Posts
Edit: Really disappointed with some of the sexist remarks in this thread though. | ||
h41fgod
Sweden377 Posts
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layerz
Sweden6 Posts
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OJPaper
United Kingdom9 Posts
On December 22 2011 20:28 layerz wrote: If the women "progamers" starts bitching about needing their own girl tournaments i'm just going to cry and spit on them just like all the cs 1.6 fans did on the cs 1.6 women. It's a freaking game there is no physical advantage for the men except them being smarter. So girls either join the normal tournaments that is open for everyone or quit. You're kidding right? This is a troll? No one really thinks this? D: | ||
VonDarkmore
Australia192 Posts
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Saiton
Sweden467 Posts
On December 22 2011 20:33 OJPaper wrote: You're kidding right? This is a troll? No one really thinks this? D: I wouldn't have phrased it the same way but i get the sentiments behind it. The E-sports community wants to get more women involved since alot of guys are obviously really good. A way of doing that is creating tournaments for women so they don't feel threatened and also feel motivated to play competitively. When they feel comfortable to rise up to the challenge they will join regular tournaments like everybody else and with the rate SC2 is growing i see this happening in less than a year. Remember, Flo joining Quantic Gaming also inspires alot of other girls to start practicing their ass off. Edit: Congratulations Flo and i look forward to your inevitable success! | ||
nihlon
Sweden5581 Posts
On December 22 2011 20:33 OJPaper wrote: You're kidding right? This is a troll? No one really thinks this? D: No other of his previous 4 posts are of a trolling nature so unfortunatelly I think he's serious. I wonder how he concludes there are no physical differences while at the same time saying guys are smarter... He's basically making an argument against himself. Or it was some form of weird sarcasm/joke that I'm not getting. | ||
Nekovivie
United Kingdom2599 Posts
It's a freaking game there is no physical advantage for the men except them being smarter Caution, trolling in action | ||
Fleshcut
Germany592 Posts
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OJPaper
United Kingdom9 Posts
On December 22 2011 20:38 prOpSaiton wrote: I wouldn't have phrased it the same way but i get the sentiments behind it. The E-sports community wants to get more women involved since alot of guys are obviously really good. A way of doing that is creating tournaments for women so they don't feel threatened and also feel motivated to play competitively. When they feel comfortable to rise up to the challenge they will join regular tournaments like everybody else and with the rate SC2 is growing i see this happening in less than a year. Remember, Flo joining Quantic Gaming also inspires alot of other girls to start practicing their ass off. Edit: Congratulations Flo and i look forward to your inevitable success! Yes, no I totally get the reasons behind making female tournaments and I am actually all for them as it brings publicity, money and fun to still budding sport. I just find it absolutely astounding that there are still people in this day and age that have such an attitude towards any minority, especially women, and especially in eSports which, in itself, is a minority community compared to other sports and hobbies. It makes me wonder if some people did not have attitudes thusly, would we even need female only tournaments? I just wish people would step back and look at the bigger picture. As a girl I'm quite happy to josh around with male friends and I will quite happily laugh along with 'get back in the kitchen' jokes because they're my mates and I'll counter back with a 'men can't ask for directions' remark or something. But saying men are smarter and talking about spitting on women? Thanks guys. | ||
Fatze
Germany1342 Posts
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Pulimuli
Sweden2766 Posts
On December 22 2011 20:27 h41fgod wrote: Why is picking up one of the best female sc2 players such a joke to some people? Why is placing high in female tournaments not enough? If it was not in the real world, we would have to disallow all kinds of competitive sports for women. Because if they're gonna compete with top male players placing high in female tournaments usually isnt enough to get you anywhere. People get pissed off at this because there are thousands of better players who could've gotten the oppertunity to play for Quantic etc. And they feel that they are more deserving because of their skill. I think its a pretty smart move by Quantic though, they'll get a lot of publicity from aquiring Flo - and if she becomes good enough to compete with top foreigners she's gonna be batshit famous | ||
Jacko11
China146 Posts
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SpiffD
Denmark1264 Posts
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nam nam
Sweden4672 Posts
On December 22 2011 20:50 Pulimuli wrote: Because if they're gonna compete with top male players placing high in female tournaments usually isnt enough to get you anywhere. People get pissed off at this because there are thousands of better players who could've gotten the oppertunity to play for Quantic etc. And they feel that they are more deserving because of their skill. I think its a pretty smart move by Quantic though, they'll get a lot of publicity from aquiring Flo - and if she becomes good enough to compete with top foreigners she's gonna be batshit famous If you believe that there is no physical difference between men and women it would conclude that the female that are among the highest ranking females currently in the would at least have a decent potential to become great. It's not controversial at all for a real world sports team to aquire young unproven players based on both their potential and markability. The whole there are *insert a big number* of players better than her is a weak argument. Also from a business pov it also makes sense as long as there exists female only tournaments as it's a market that you can't really tap into unless you actually have a female on the team (like the tournaments or not). | ||
Fluffboll
Sweden516 Posts
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MoneyHypeMike
Canada305 Posts
On December 22 2011 20:52 Jacko11 wrote: If only there was a big female tournament like there was in Starcraft 1....I doubt we will see much of her since I still haven't seen any games from Slayers Eve or the girl in Startale to this day. ST_Aphrodite does stream on TL! | ||
Marou
Germany1371 Posts
I really hope a female league starts soon | ||
turdburgler
England6749 Posts
On December 22 2011 20:18 Drinc wrote: Now people can masturbate while watching starcraft. why would we need girl players to do that? im a total fanboy for most of liquid On December 22 2011 21:07 Fluffboll wrote: Have to love the amount of stupid people who feels the need to whine whenever a player is recruited for a team. have to love the amount of stupid people who feel the need to praise everything a team does rather than have an opinion | ||
QTAriusXOxo
Israel2 Posts
this young lady and many others the wish to compete in sc2. Like in many other sports Such as football, basketball, and other olympic sport and so on and so on. there's a gender distribution. if u consider starcraft a sport, why no do that here aswell? I'll tell ya why. Because there's not enough female players...to make a competative team. Hence the integration amongst female and male Esport players. But...females in the gaming industry are infirior to males... well wrong! they just started entering Esport when they found out barbies are no longer fun. give it 2-3 years... And i promise you... there will be a female that will take a major title! | ||
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