RE: Gender Disparity in eSports
I share some of the views with you, and Im glad we have sparked an open-minded conversation.
I am by no means a misogynist, neither am I a feminist. I am way to busy with real world shit to police myself with who's offended by what, and the wage gap and so on.
But consider this, in our world, the esport route of making a living is still unchartered territory. Very few people (in the grand scheme of things) have made a success out of competitive gaming. Do you not think that what I said about the promotion of female esports is important, not only to even the playing field, but also to branch out? To bridge the gap between certain walks of life that wouldn't otherwise be exposed to this type of thing?
As I said in the post, I have my own views, some of which I did not share in the original for fear of causing a comment war.
But thanks for your reply, I really appreciate it!
No, I do not think the promotion of specifically female eSports is important. But nor do I think promotion of specifically male eSports is important. Also, there is no such thing is specifically male eSports for the most part. Any woman can go and train and become the best in any eSport and just compete in the "regular" leagues/tournaments. Many do and in games like for example Hearthstone they tend to do quite well. There it's again just a matter of how many females vs males are there in total and I would guess that the numbers probably represent the percentages of the genders pretty well.