[Zepph]

When you say "it is undeniable that some women get special treatment in the e-sports scene purely because they are women" I agree with you but only to a point. I think yes, you're right, sex does sell and having a pretty girl talking about something e-sports related will of course bring in those extra views and hold more people's attention (whether it be for the words coming out of their mouth or otherwise). On the other hand however, I feel that this special treatment is rather short-lived. Let's look at GSL casters for example.

Inevitably all casters will forever be compared to people like Tastosis and Day9. Casters like Moletrap,Wold and DoA copped a lot of crap when they started out, when in my opinion they're weren't bad at all. Perhaps their game knowledge isn't on the same level as someone else's or their jokes don't work as well, but they act professionally, give it their best and strive to improve because they obviously enjoy what they are doing. Now I feel they have indeed improved and as a result they are still frequently casting code A.

When Kelly got the job casting for Gom, she also got a lot of the same criticism as these other new casters. The only real difference being that people attacked her over her accent and of course gender as well. I'm not sure of Gom's reasons for hiring Kelly whether it was based on her casting skills or indeed the idea of just having a female on the show like the Korean stream often does. Either way, she is no longer casting a big events like GSL regularly. So it's not like being female gave her much more than a bit more publicity.

Basically what I'm saying is although a female may be hired on the basis of gender, if they aren't very well liked and aren't fit for the job then they won't be getting that special treatment you mentioned for long. If a tournament keeps bringing a bad caster back (female or otherwise), it's going to end up hurting the amount of viewers they get so it's in their best interest to replace them with someone better.

That said, there's nothing wrong with giving females a go in the e-sports scene. How can we expect better quality female casters if we don't give them a chance? It's definitely bad to put any inexperienced caster in a position where they will be casting for perhaps thousands of viewers, because like you said, it hurts the overall quality of the event. So if a company wants a female for the sake of having a female, I feel that they should be digging deeper into smaller communities similar to our own and finding out who people enjoy and who's had the best experience to avoid this problem. Everyone has to start somewhere, so I think to integrate females into the e-sports scene more easily, they just need to choose more wisely.

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	Nemo:	"Choose more wisely", who could it be ? :D
	zeffrin:	yeah, totally what this guy said

[Nemo]

Originally Posted by Zepph

So if a company wants a female for the sake of having a female, I feel that they should be digging deeper into smaller communities similar to our own and finding out who people enjoy and who's had the best experience to avoid this problem. Everyone has to start somewhere, so I think to integrate females into the e-sports scene more easily, they just need to choose more wisely.

I was happy Bee and Duck were given the chance in a bigger stage and they did not bad considering the situation.
They need to be less nervous and stay away of the "Oh my god" type of thing, be more technical in the beginning to assess their casting.

[Zepph]

Originally Posted by Nemo

I was happy Bee and Duck were given the chance in a bigger stage and they did not bad considering the situation.
They need to be less nervous and stay away of the "Oh my god" type of thing, be more technical in the beginning to assess their casting.

Yeah I agree, it's great to give anyone a chance. Maybe it didn't work out as well as people had hoped but they can only improve from the experience.