After "elementary school students", a new term has appeared in competitive games - "female college students". In "Glory of Kings," female college students quickly become synonymous with being worse than elementary school students.
Basically all e-sports games are dominated by male players, and most of the girls in the game also play cute auxiliary roles all year round, so female players are often mistaken for rookies. But in many e-sports competitions, there have been female professional players, they are not vases on the esports field, some of them are absolutely commendable, and some have beaten male professionals.
Sharpshooter valen
When Valen was a student, once her cousin took her to an Internet café to play CS, but she did not expect to be exposed to only half an hour, and defeated her cousin with a certain technical strength, showing extraordinary game talent.
Valen Zou Xuan
After that, she fell in love with cs, and met some cs enthusiasts who were also women through the Internet, and soon joined her first professional team, 5love. A year later, she relied on her superb skills to form a new4 team with four boys, and won the CS competition championship in Tianjin at that time.
CS was the most popular e-sports event at that time, many event organizers also specially held a special women's event, Valen re-organized a women's team offline, trained for half a year with the sponsorship of internet cafes, participated in the ESWC competition and won the Chinese championship.
Her success is inseparable from the support of her parents, when she participated in the eswc because she was reported to be of an age difference, she needed to provide proof materials to the organizers of the event, and her mother specially brought a household registration book from her hometown to prove that she was 16 years old and eligible to participate. Valen, who escaped the disaster, represented China in France to participate in the ESWC World Finals, and finally won the world third place.
Zou Xuan with his father in Spain
Her father devoted all his time to this daughter who loved e-sports, and he chose to support Valen without hesitation, and the team leader, translator, and team manager were all served by Valen's father.
Valen also did not live up to the support of his parents, winning the championship in 2005 with a total victory in the competition of CPL Spain, which is also the first world championship in the history of Chinese CS games.
Just when Valen was at the peak of his career, the financial crisis of 2008 came, and the esports industry was also hit hard. Valen chose to finish her studies, study abroad and work abroad for several years before returning to work in the esports industry, only this time she added another layer of her identity and became a csgo event commentator.
Almighty miss
Born in 1988, Miss played CS and billiards like a boy in college, and then came into contact with the real-time strategy game War3, and she experienced almost all esports projects.
In 2007, she joined first women's team and began her esports career. In both 2008 and 2009, he won the championship in the wcg Warcraft women's division in Guangzhou.
Miss's participation in the competition is not exactly a women's competition, in the absence of women's events, miss in order to make herself stronger, can only withstand the pressure to participate in the men's competition. In the men's competition, she was not completely crushed by her opponents, but instead defeated many male players in the Suning men's competition in 2010 and finally won the championship. In the same year, she defeated several male players at the Shenzhen E-sports Open and became the only female player to qualify at that time.
StarCraft 2 also played an important role in Miss's esports journey, joining the Startale team in South Korea in 2012 and fighting 7 innings in the recent Zwie divina China Star 2 Queens Tournament, defeating Colagirl to win the championship. With the increase of miss' influence in the competition, she was finally selected as the best female e-sports player of 2012 starswar at the 7th Starswar Esports Festival in 2012.
Miss began to work on commentary when she faded out of her profession, including the most popular Dota 2 and League of Legends tournaments. When the era of live broadcasting came, she began to do video and live broadcasting again, and now she has become one of the most well-known anchors. No matter how her identity changes, she has grown up with e-sports over the years, and she has tasted the bittersweet and bittersweet in it.
Female Emperor Tossgirl
Tossgirl, Chinese translated as Seo Ji-so, was born in South Korea in 1985. At the age of 14, her father took her and her sister to play StarCraft, and both sisters became extremely interested in the game. At the age of 16, Tossgirl saw the wonderful operation of the boxer on TV and aspired to become a professional player.
After unremitting efforts, Tossgirl finally joined the women's league, but soon after the Women's League of South Korea was discontinued. In order to be able to play, Tossgirl chose to join the regular league with male players, and although it was under pressure, it also beat many well-known players such as flash, reach, gorush and so on.
Tossgirl has received a lot of attention in South Korea and has also gained fame in China for beating the F91. In addition, she also has a good appearance, and was once called "female emperor" by Chinese players.
The young F91 is just 3 seats away from the tossgirl
Although she announced her retirement in 2012, her influence in South Korea is still there. During a feminist movement last year, the overwatch logo based on tossgirl appeared on d.va the streets of South Korea.
Now the legendary female player has started her new life, but looking back, she still said: "The time when I was a professional player was my happiest time, and the experience of that time made me now." ”
Ka sister scarlett
If tossgirl is the female representative of StarCraft 1, then Scarlett is the female representative of StarCraft 2.
Scarlett, whose original name was sashahostyn, was born in Canada in 1993. Slightly different from other female players, she chose her identity the day after tomorrow – she underwent surgery at the age of 13 and changed from an intersex person to a woman today.
Scarlett's identity is controversial, but the results achieved are enough to shut the trolls and gain a large number of fans. In 2012, she debuted in IPL, beating many professional players, and then quickly won the WCS Canada division and the North American division that year.
In 2013, scarlett moved with two friends to Korea, the top country of StarCraft 2, to train in South Korea, in order to better hone himself, and once dominated north American interstellar events. According to Esportsearnings, Scarlett has received more than $170,000 in prize money so far, becoming the highest-paid female player in esports and the holder of the Guinness World Record.
Scarlett won the WESG USA division last year
Scarlett was also previously evaluated by the New Yorker magazine in the United States as the most accomplished female player in the field of e-sports, and its position in the minds of North American players is naturally needless to say.
Little Sister 177
Domestic large-scale competitions have not appeared in the female player for some years, and the emergence of 177 has broken this situation, she is affectionately known as the little sister inside and outside the arena.
177 is a player at overwatch lf club, and she has just turned 16 this year and has already taken on the position of team captain. Her signature hero angel in the auxiliary position has prompted the lf team to form a double flying system in the game, and has also grown rapidly in just a few months as a professional player, from the NGA cup being questioned to the successful entry into the OWS series, 177 has become an indispensable member of the team.
Under the appearance of Qingxiu, 177 has a strong heart, and after watching last year's apac game, her professional heart has become stronger and stronger, and finally she really joined the professional team. Her personality also makes her more determined to direct the game, and even if the other five teammates are boys, she can still control the situation.
Although her sweet appearance attracts a lot of attention, 177 is a real professional e-sports player, she does not rely on the camera to sell cuteness, but relies on strength to win the respect of others, including many professional players. In the recent Overwatch popular contestant vote, 177 stood out from a group of male contestants, which was really eye-catching.
There are many more powerful female players, some of them are involved in e-sports, and some of them are secluded behind the scenes. In the era of selecting female players to look at the appearance and look at the three sides, only these players who respect the game and pay for it will really be recognized by the audience.