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#1
gerritz

Why do females have their own separate league/teams? Can you see tier 1/2 even 3 teams having male and female players in the future? I'm just curious as to why its separated. Like are there some rules teams have that I don't know about?

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HaSanity
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oppurtunity.

#3
Giannero
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They aren't good enough, that's all

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joebigpeen
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people downvoted because they are scared of the truth. Unluko

Edit: Only player remotely close in terms of skill is Mel, she could maybe be on a Tier 2 team.

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MerkFreeks
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Because most of them are female teams belonging to orgs that already have a tier 1 VCT male roster and Riot doesn't allow multi-team orgs to compete in VCT with their academy/female teams. So thus those female teams have to compete somewhere (Game Changers)

Co teams are definitely possible theres no rules against it. But they have a seperate league just for the sake of it I think. Although some female teams do get to compete in VCT qualifiers if their main male org counterpart isn't going through those same quals (why we saw C9W in the 128 team quals because C9B already qualified)

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Gqviria
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The have Game changers to give opportunity and visibility.

Also, it doesnt matter if C9B is qualified, both team can go trough the open qualifiers, just Like GenG and GenG black.

#33
jackb2016
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Yeah, it’s just if they made main event they can’t compete under same org I believe

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LogicValo
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female teams can but not academy teams

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MerkFreeks
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I just know academy teams can't play in qualifiers if the orgs main team is already playing in the same qualifiers.

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mindless
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Because women in gaming have been stigmatized by sexists so they haven't had as many opportunities to grow as players on t1 orgs. The goal is to eventually build a system in which gender isn't a factor in deciding players. It has nothing to do with skill

#9
Olofboost
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It has everything to do with skill
You can't deny human nature

I know a bunch of liberals here will always say "genders are equal" but they aren't, not in sense of rights, but in sense of biological differences

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mindless
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What does biology have to do with video games. Just shut the fuck up bro

#13
alice_
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its common knowledge that females dont have the so called "gaming gene" thats present in most males

#32
Gqviria
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This is probably the stupidest thing i have ever heard, you know what that "Gaming gene" is? Is the fact that boys are allowed to play videogames from a young age and women are leaned to do different activities such as play with dolls, tea parties, princess, etc.

We are living in a time where that's changing and it won't take long until more women start playing videogames from such a young ages.

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Melrose222
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you might have the asperger's gene!

#54
Olofboost
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Even if playerbases were equal, even if girls loved to do "our" stuff from the very young age, even if there was no sexism or discrimination in place - not much would change in esports scene, men would still fill 99-100% of slots in tier1, tier2, tier3 teams

How deluded you guys must be to think that's the only cause of such big skill gap

#56
Olofboost
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It's not called "gaming gene"

Men have that extra competitive drive, anger, will to improve, ability to invest days and weeks, which most women (not all) don't tend to experience to that huge degree

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Olofboost
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Competitive video games is sports
Biology always has something to do with sports, sorry if that confuses you

Men are hunters by nature, they can and will always put in more hours into pursuing their dreams, hence on average being more successful that women

#18
Cheasle2
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on average, you get 0 women.

#19
Olofboost
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Wrong

I see people here can't bring any normal arguments and go full mob mode

I might have a conservative upbringing that is so unusual to you westerners, but that doesn't make me any less right

#29
alice_
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i suggest you to read any peer reviewed paper about men and women differences in esports and come back to this thread
it doesnt matter if youre conservative or liberal. the truth doesnt depend on that.

#51
Olofboost
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Yes, there's a ton of secondary reasons why girls advance less in esports than boys, I'm aware of that and I agree with that

However, the main reasons are directly related to the way men/women minds work, and physical stuff as well

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LogicValo
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Look I dont want to ignore secondary reasons as I do believe they do present a significant reason as to the disparity between men and women in esports. Also I dont agree with how this guy has presented himself and all his arguments as well as the stupid shit he said about men putting more hours into their dream is bullshit but he has a small point on the biology thing. I have done reaserch into this for school before and I dont have all my sources but one I can remeber is this study https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4456887/ which shows the difference between male and female reaction times.

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Olofboost
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Reaction time is not the only difference

Mindset is the real difference maker

#62
LogicValo
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And that is where I strongly disagree with you. I agree there are some biological differences between men and women that can lead to men having advantages over women like the evidence I provided. However I would very much like to say that I believe that good teamwork, communication, calling, strategy and constantly training your aim, reaction time and other things like diet can reduce but not fully close this gap (as we would assume the male teams would also do this maintaining the marginal gap caused by biological differences). However the idea that mindset is very different is stupid. If a women wants something she will also work fucking hard to achieve it. Your making an archaic, unlogical argument that because men used to hunt food they work harder. Please tell me how that works logically. Women can work just as hard as men and the only really difference if we assume two equally hard working male and female gamers would be the small biological differences of reaction time and speed (muscle volume can increase arm movement speed)

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TheHardStuckImmortal
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Women initially weren't able to "pursue" their dreams because of the conservative stigma that they should stay at home and take care of the house and kids. Who do you think created that system of thought?

#27
Olofboost
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I never said I support that system of thought

But I do think that's how nature "designed" us to be, boys and girls, different ways of life

#28
Giannero
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Bro really said "Men are hunters by nature"

#30
Olofboost
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And?

#47
Olofboost
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Do you know that it used to be exactly like this, up until not too long ago?
Because it literally couldn't be otherwise

#15
gerritz
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A vagina doesn't cause you to underperform in a video game. Get out of here lol

#17
TheHardStuckImmortal
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"All genders are equal" is a statement referring to the fact that all genders should be treated equally and be given the same opportunities. Literally, no one is denying the physical differences between the sexes. You are getting it twisted.

#31
Olofboost
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Everyone's denying, just take a look at people who replied to me

It's not just psychological difference, it's mental difference too

#21
hellohello139
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that's a weird way to say you get no bitches

#37
Olofboost
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Looks like you must be some crazy liberal to get girls!
You can't have traditional ideas, because that means you don't get girls!

Westerners are funny, I can't

#40
hellohello139
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ah yes India, the greatest western country

#42
MerkFreeks
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whats funny is last I checked the "crazy liberals" here don't get girls

Regardless we're all on an esports forum nobody here gets bitches.

#65
Psion
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no politics

#73
Olofboost
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Where's politics
Just educating some people who believe everyone and everything is even

#44
valvenq
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Barbados is such a sick flag

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TheHardStuckImmortal
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female teams at the moment perform poorly against male teams. This was because of less resources and opportunities. Orgs never really saw the need to invest in female teams. Introduction of separate leagues, give orgs a reason to invest in female teams and help them improve. Eventually, female teams should reach the level of male teams and hopefully we see more female teams in open circuits.

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no_noise_979
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they get their own league due to losing to free agent tier 4 male teams

#8
mindless
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You are a sad and unimportant individual

#12
Pigtoucher83
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i know you are trying to not come off as sexist, but you cant deny the fact that almost all of them lose to tier 3/4 male teams

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MerkFreeks
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he kind of isn't wrong, unless its C9W or G2G. Most female teams typically don't even do well in qualifiers against T3/T4 FA teams. Every female team that competed in NA's 128 open quals, only 1 even made it to top 32 (out of like 5-6 female teams)

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alice_
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all of these uneducated and sexist replies the are reason women are so under represented in gaming in general. (yes that also explains why theyre not at men level rn. smaller talent pool due to lack of opportunities and a hostile enviroment for them isnt very encouraging)
do better and educate yourself instead of saying stuff that you think its the reality when its all pure bias against women.

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alice_
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did they lost? yes
is the other team better? yes
is women being worse than men currently the reason the separate league exist? no

#34
no_noise_979
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if they qualified for masters, then there wouldnt be any need for game changers

and the MAIN reason they are so much worse is due to way lower playerbase. there are other reasons also but that is the main reason

everyone keeps throwing around the "lack of opportunities" buzz word phrase without actually giving any examples beacuse its not true. we know its not true due to game changers teams actually getting payed more than the teams they lose to: examples below

https://www.vlr.gg/68168/team-reckaroo-vs-clg-red-nerd-street-gamers-winter-championship-last-chance-qualifier-decider
https://www.vlr.gg/83664/guild-x-vs-sunnybeach-average-jonas-nordic-nations-cup-playoffs-lbf
https://www.vlr.gg/103457/never-forgotten-vs-dignitas-knights-circuit-monthly-2-r3
https://www.vlr.gg/106585/cosmic-divide-vs-gen-g-black-knights-circuit-weekly-5-ro32

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alice_
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Women are often marginalised in terms of their access to communities through which they might develop their skills (Taylor, 2008). In every sport, being able to compete with people slightly above your skill level is essential to improvement. If women players cannot access meaningful challenges that allow them to develop their skills, they will not be able to compete at the same level as male competitors who can develop their professional skills as a result of their access to more robust networks and the easier occupation of gamer identity (Taylor, 2012). The objectification of women and use of sexist language, including sexually harassing trash talk, have become part of masculinity that simultaneously inhabits traditional forms of male privilege while shedding the outsider status and marginalisation to which geek identity has long been subjected (Taylor, 2012). As many of the competitive settings for eSports players are based on online environments shielded by anonymity, gender-based discrimination and hostility are likely to ensue (Ruvalcaba et al., 2018).
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/16138171.2021.1930941

#55
no_noise_979
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so the first point is basically "women dont get as high quality practice" which isnt true

second point is "they receive toxicity" which is true but that isnt the same as "lack of opportunities". everyone receives toxicity though but they dont get their own league. i think game changers isnt for tackling toxicity and instead there needs to be harsher punishments for player who are flaming in ranked.

#68
asdfgh
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ok but look at thorins video about this he has a reasonable take about it,if you disagree say why instead of shouting everyone's just sexist

#36
MerkFreeks
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So whats your proposed fix? get rid of the game changers league?

Then any female team signed to an org that already fields a VCT male roster gets fucked over just like academy teams. Theres no rules against co-gender rosters. Any org can still technically pick up a female pro to their roster and I doubt anyone would care, it just hasn't happened yet.

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alice_
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what

#45
MerkFreeks
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"is women being worse than men currently the reason the seperate leagues exist? no"

Sounds like you want them to get rid of the GC league and women compete in VCT and tier 2 tourneys that they already are still able to do.

#48
alice_
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what i mean is that game changers isnt there because women are worse. its there as an opportunity for growth and building a community that encourages more players into the scene.

#50
MerkFreeks
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thats pretty much true
see my post at #4 where I literally said the same thing, but still doesn't change the fact that female teams in terms of skill level have yet to even get beyond a top 32 in any region.

#26
MerkFreeks
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bad bait

actually have evidence to back up the claim and you hit em with the "do better" 💀x7

#39
virtz
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If they really want a spot, they should atleast have a male counterparts in a roster. They can play for intel all the time and the males can go execute it.

#43
Xikong
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Just check this video, analysis on why females are unable to compete in tier 1 esports at the higher echelons https://youtu.be/pkcRy0F3xyE ,I think argument that there is no difference between gender playing competitive videos games is a load of bullshit 🐂💩.

#58
mauge67
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i already know people wont even watch this because its thorin lol

#61
LogicValo
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I am a professional thorin troller however it is really closed minded to say you wont listen to someones argument especially if you want to prove your point. Also, thinking about why men and women are different in esports is a question to think about and also still very little is known about it so there can be biological differences and many studies support it however I believe that the biological stuff such as reaction can become negated but no female teams have figured it out yet but if you watched the last cs female event you can see the gap is closing but may never be fully closed

#52
virtz
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It's ok guys Gamechangers >>> SA except for top 3 teams in SkyEsports

#59
fontea
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https://youtu.be/rJ77cDiFhMk 30.minute video on this topic by someone who worked with women's teams in csgo

But it's largely to create an ecosystem where they can improve cause let's face it ppl who aren't men in gaming aren't treated particularly well

#71
LogicValo
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Can we all just now shut up and watch TSM play phoenix

#75
ufc
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all sports have a separate women's league, it is what it is

#77
ballsinyojaws
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they simply just aren't good enough, the only good team is C9 White, that's about it

#79
rtyjrdtesh
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Because women are better than men, to be politically correct.
In other words, dudes belong in the kitchen

#80
AntarcticOrca
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