Garena esports discriminating ?

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  1. lolmontoya

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    lolmontoya, February 3, 2015
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  2. Raevn

    Raevn Moderator Alumni

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    That's not satire? o_O

    o_Oo_Oo_O
    Raevn, February 3, 2015
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    It's things like this that make me proud to be a part of exodus. I didn't think being a decent person was that hard, but apparently it is.
    cptconundrum, February 3, 2015
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    It's not.
    lolmontoya, February 3, 2015
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    squishypon3 Post Master General

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    I'm very confused by this, why would there be an advantage? O.O

    Edit: What do they assume they have masculine traits in some way and so they're better at games? This is offense to both cis women, trans women, AND the gay and lesbian community.

    Entirely ridiculous.
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    They created an all-female league and are now concerned that some players may have formerly been male or even (oh no!) lesbians. I can't fully understand even their flawed logic enough to put into words just how stupid this is.
    cptconundrum, February 3, 2015
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    They believe they are more masculine, putting in stereotypes that is offensive to not only LGBT, but also straight cis-women, see above.

    The stupidity of this...
    squishypon3, February 3, 2015
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    Tell us of your hidden trans gaming powers.
    lolmontoya, February 3, 2015
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    I will admit, of all the stereotypes- being the best at gaming isn't the worst of them to have! XD

    Anyway I'm super mlg pro, git gud skrub, top level 19:1 k/d bruh.
    squishypon3, February 3, 2015
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    Raevn Moderator Alumni

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    If this was a physical sport, then I could at least understand some concern with trans-gender. But a) It's not a physical sport, and b) How does gay/lesbian affect anything?
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    Because gay and lesbian women are obviously more masculine, as only masculine women could be attracted to other women!

    Also about the physical bit, if the transgender has gone through horomone replacement therapy they would have lost the majority of their muscle bulk.
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    I saw someone on facebook point this out earlier and... wow.
    E-sports, like, MAJOR appeal is that it isn't about physical strength. It's about reactions and overall strategy, which has NO basis in gender or sexuality. This is pretty hollow bigotry from certain members of the community disguised as concern to "Balance and skill."
    Am I better than Cisgendered Female League players because I'm trans? Absolutely not. Is a Lesbian inherently better? No. Sexuality has NO basis in videogame competition, and neither does gender


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    Anyway, this is why League is terrible.
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    Man, I love watching people be stupid. Thank you for that link.
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    Yeah, pretty much. I was just thinking that what their community should be most concerned with is the fact that we're not really all that outraged or surprised by this. The reaction this gets is just "Oh yeah, that's terrible but it's just an esports organization for League." It really says a lot about their community that everyone is so numb to it by now.
    cptconundrum, February 4, 2015
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    My issue is that League as a whole seems to be obsessed with trying to be LIKE real/physical sports, but not in FIXING issues inherent in real/physical sports
    kvalheim, February 4, 2015
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    TIL: Lesbians and transgenders have magical video gaming super powers.

    ?!o_O

    I never heard of that esports organization before.
    First impression: .... oh well
    cola_colin, February 4, 2015
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    Oh my god, Colin, don't TELL them!!!
    kvalheim, February 4, 2015
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    With this new knowledge we can rule the esports world!

    Oh no.. but only one per team? No kvalheim and squishypon3 tag team?...

    So close; yet so far...
    squishypon3, February 4, 2015
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  19. kvalheim

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    It's okay, I don't play League, it's terrible (Well it's decent, but horribly shallow and has an iffy "currency" F2P model)
    kvalheim, February 4, 2015
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    Da faq!? This isn't a joke? It's not sarcasm? HOW IS THIS NOT SARCASM OR OTHERWISE NON-SERIOUS!?

    How is this a thing!? How!? Are they based in the Bible Belt? I'm really struggling with this. It's just a whole new level of nonsense. I'm so confused...
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