You know this was a controversial headline within the community, right? Most of the piece has nothing to do with this. It's a lede at best.
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You guys don't tread into esports much, but we've got our own discourse and such around woman pros and the lack thereof.
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The article goes into it, but for the headline to have focused on that, and you guys to have continued that, is disingenuous at best.
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What I'm saying, most of the article is good, and you guys should peek into it in full before sharing. Stop hate-liking these tweets, people
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There is an argument that female-only leagues is the best way to promote female esports, similar to female-only chess competitions.
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Except that's not true,
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I was thinking about that video, he explains that women can compete with men. But I think the male-only environment is unwelcoming to women.
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Definitely, if you remember the FGC kerfluffle at Cross Assault, women don't really have a lot of motivation to become top tier players if
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they're gonna just be mistreated and bullied every step of the way.
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Remember the Hearthstone pro MagicAmy who got harassed out of competitive play due to a conspiracy theory about a man playing for her.
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I have heard some stories, even some of the ones who manage to compete alongside with men tend to get a lot of shit.
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So.. they should put women in pro eSports teams, regardless of skill, just to be diverse? Who tf would prioritize diversity over skill?
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If you read the article you'll know that the lack of equal numbers of qualified female players is due to years of stigma and harassment against women in professional gaming. We don't fix it by forcing girls on the team, we fix it by changing the toxic anti-female gamer culture.
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Nobody is ever safe from toxicity. The kind of people we should be protecting are kids, since parents can apply that kind of limitation.
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No, but gaming has its won unique brand of toxic and it is far more likely to go overboard at a female gamer than a male gamer. Doesn't mean men dont get it just as bad, but it's more likely if you're female.
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It's not about who get's the worst toxicity, it's eliminating the toxic part of it. It will not go away for as long as there is multiplayer.
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I don't want diversity I want the best of the best
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If zero women were invited to try out, it’s probably because there wasn’t a woman skilled enough to be on the team....
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Can you show me the percentage of women that didn’t make the cut as good enough to compete against the same on the men’s side please?
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Why would feminists do that? The facts just destroy their arguments
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Ah true.
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