About a decade ago, when I first moved to Berlin, I had this dream of becoming a pro player. However, I didn't want to take a risk of sacrificing everything for an industry that wouldn't allow it. So I decided to question a few of the esport owners at the time about it.
My question was "if was as good as Faker, could I play for [your team]? Or at least try out?"
The answers I got were; "No, that would disturb the team atmosphere", "You would be playing with a bunch of teenage boys, it would be too much drama" or "Maybe if you were ugly" (XD)
And my conclusions were (to be completely honest) amongst the lines of "hm, yeah that's fair". BUT IT'S NOT FAIR. IT'S NOT FAIR that this will forever be the excuse - because they are literally saying those boys are incapable of working together with a woman?
I really wish we had progressed further after almost a decade, but sadly there's still a long way to go. The stereotypes and assumptions being made are destroying what could have been. It comes down to the entire industry; orgs, players, fans, analysts, scouts.
Someone needs to be the first one to open the door with welcoming arms.
whoever had me on discord as SallyPR please feel free to block it. it got hacked and I don’t have the means to recover it. Sorry if they've spammed anyone, just woke up to this. ive already messaged @discord_support but they haven’t gotten back to me, just taking precautions.
coming from someone who has been brought to the point of banging my head against the wall, and as a fan for 10 years, that Faker video is harrowing to me.
i hope he gets the help he needs. seeing guma embrace him the way he did was so bittersweet. i just hope he's okay.
@fidgetscribbles my original thread wasn’t even hating on zutara more than it was talking about mai/zuko. all i said about zutara was that it’s "stupid" and they went on this very long and interesting journey that ended up here 😂
@notjustbtstras1 @Moh1n15 no, that is exactly what i meant when i said "supporting a script doesn’t mean i don’t see the problems with it" you’re again just choosing your own context. you’re supporting it by simply talking about it.
@notjustbtstras1 @Moh1n15 jfc see when what i mean when i say you just wanna argue? you’re taking what i say and making whatever you want out of it. you’re creating your own context. supporting a script doesn’t mean i don’t see the problems with it, thats not a hard concept to grasp.
@notjustbtstras1 @Moh1n15 thats what i mean when i say it’s not black and white. you wouldn’t have a your ship if it wasn’t for the script, but you don’t support it.
@notjustbtstras1 @Moh1n15 jfc see when what i mean when i say you just wanna argue? you’re taking what i say and making whatever you want out of it. you’re creating your own context. supporting a script doesn’t mean i don’t see the problems with it, thats not a hard concept to grasp.