The role women are playing in the world of competitive gaming
has slowly been building momentum over the last couple years.
Marketing and advertising targeting women in gaming has not been without its hurdles but Ralf Reichert, managing director of the ESL, the world’s largest independent
Marketing and advertising targeting women in gaming has not been without its hurdles but Ralf Reichert, managing director of the ESL, the world’s largest independent
eSports
brand, has this to say to women who are skeptical about entering this heavily
male dominated sport. "There is no reason why a female gamer should not be
able to compete with a male one, and surpass him in terms of skill.” We have
compiled a list of 5 women who have heeded these words and are becoming some of
the top earners in the eSports industry.
1) Sasha "Scarlett" Hostyn – $102,000
Via Google |
Sasha is a Canadian StarCraft II player who plays Zerg. She
started to play StarCraft II in April 2011. She made her first steps in the
competitive scene by participating in an online female-only league - the NESL
Iron Lady - and winning the tournaments twice in a row in Autumn 2011.
In March 2012, Scarlett won the Playhem "Sponsor
Me!" Tournament, an online event reserved for amateur players without a
team or a sponsor. Winning that tournament awarded her an all-expenses paid
trip to IPL 4 in Las Vegas, where she had a breakthrough performance in the
open qualifiers.
Scarlett attended the 2012 StarCraft II World Championship
Series Canada, making her way through the winner's bracket and defeating the
likes of HuK, Ostojiy, Drewbie and DdoRo to reach the Grand Finals. She
eventually overwhelmed Ostojiy once again in this last series, becoming
Canada's national champion with a 12-1 record and securing a seed in the 2012
WCS North American Championship.
At the 2012 WCS North American Championship, Scarlett once
again tore through the winner's bracket, going through theognis, Mystik, HuK,
Insur, and defeating ViBE twice to win the tournament with another 12-1 record.
Sasha is ranked number 1 in earnings
by esportsearnings.com and has banked over $102,000
in her career.
2) Katherine 'Mystik' Gunn - $122,000
“Having earned an incredible $122,000
(£77,095) since 2007 from video-gaming, Katherine “Mystik” Gunn (USA) has
higher career earnings than any other female competitive videogame player.” (Guinness world book of records) Katherine started competing in Halo and won $100,000 playing
Halo: Reach. She was also entered into the Guinness World Records in 2016 for
being the highest earning female gamer.
3) Sarah “Sarah Lou” Harrison - $50,000
Sarah makes the list
with her $50,000 winnings from playing Dead or Alive 4. She won her earnings
from one tournament. She gives her credit to practicing daily and having a
solid team backing her up.
4) Marjorie
“Kasumi Chan” Bartell - $50,000
Via Google |
Marjorie is in a similar
boat to Ms. Sarah Lou in that she only competed in one tournament to net her
$50,000 in prize money. Marjorie competed in the same Dead or Alive 4
tournament that Sarah did but a year before.
5) Rumay
"Hafu" Wang - $16,200
Via: Business Insider |
Rumay is a female American Hearthstone player, formerly a
Bloodline Champions and World of WarCraft player. Rumay wants to be recognized
for her gaming, not her gender. She is definitely on the list for this reason
and for her winnings racking up to $15,200.
These top 5 woman help to prove a
point that a woman can go toe to toe with a man and still pwn. To the women
reading this article, keep playing and no scoping the men that think you’re an
11-year-old boy. To the men reading this article, don’t count a woman out
because she’ll probably stab you in the back in CS: GO and the last thing
you’ll hear is, “HUMILIATION!”
If you liked, loved, want to double tap it or thought this
article was a GAG, let us know in the comments. We didn't have the opportunity to interview these women but we did get a chance to interview Adam Foreman of Beyond Gravity. Read his interview here.
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