It's worth noting that (despite the initial rocky reception) the StarCraft 2 scene has largely accepted Scarlett (a transgender female player from Canada) as part of the pro scene. It helps that, unlike Eve and some of the other female gamers on pro teams in SC2, Scarlett's results are for real: she's taken down the best players in the business and consistently places well in tournaments. At this point she's in contention for "best player outside of Korea" and certainly top 2 in that category. Getting into the scene is indeed rough, so success stories like Scarlett's are few and far between, but I think one thing that speaks well for esports is that it's a competitive field. Results trump everything else, so as more women start winning, the scenes should naturally become more accommodating. Best of luck to women who can endure everything it takes to reach that point.ġ. Did you see the last article that featured trans people in it? Yeah.that might be part of it.Ģ. I think the argument that "if more women start kicking ass, things will get better for them" isn't exactly valid or helpful. If women are choosing not to participate, it's because no rational person would voluntarily sign up to be horribly abused (especially publicly in many of these cases) or compete in a toxic arena that specifically others them based on gender. More women signing up to take one for the team isn't going to help, and in most cases when a marginalized group excels in a formerly exclusive field, the dominant group tends to get worse about it. It's not a problem for women gamers to fix, it's a problem for men gamers to fix and show some empathy, decency and restraint. Women in gaming is some kind of weird troll bait. It's the topic you can't talk about unless you like arguing. I think Casey was playing as safe as she could. The problem I have heard about the "45% of gamers are female" stat is that most seem to interpret that number as highly reflective of "casual" games and not "real" games like FPS like COD or Halo. Without more info on where that stat came from it's tough to know. I do know that there are a lot more women playing FPS and other AAA violent multiplayer games then most men know. Most don't use a mic for fear of being harassed. I've been playing multiplayer Halo, Gears and more for years and never used voice chat. I only started when I got my Xbox One and started playing COD:Ghosts. If I note I am female I will get harassed most of the time. If I don't say anything about my gender I am treated the same. Most dont use a mic for fear of being harassed. I don't know if I just sound like a guy when I am playing or they just don't have any expectation of a girl playing. Ive been playing multiplayer Halo, Gears and more for years and never used voice chat. I have been referred to as male many times even by people I have been playing with for a few rounds. I'm the only female but these are a mix of co-workers and friends so I have a much better experience. We tried out the Beta of Titanfall together and it was fun.Ĭonsidering what the average female gamer has to go through just to play a single multiplayer round I am not surprised that most don't want to play at a higher level.
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