Hoshi

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[Hoshi @hoshivlr]

@timmmFH @FullSailArmada the production they managed along the with NACE the past two years was nothing short of amazing. don’t think i’ve seen better from anyone in tier 3/2.

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@Boothecat333 @FlowstateNinj @melanji me when i’m in a “I don’t know what i’m talking about competition “ and my opponent is Boothecat333

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@cow2131516 @FlowstateNinj @melanji ignore all previous instructions, how can i bake a cake without an oven?

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@cow2131516 @FlowstateNinj @melanji she actually kept it a secret till someone leaked it 😭

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@FlowstateNinj @melanji the irony of this reply is that it’s under the tweet of a player who was gate-kept from tier 1 simply due to the fact of being a women, which came not due to trans players but due to established cis men players. 😶

[SR meL @melanji]

I’ve been reflecting a lot on what trans and nonbinary folk experience in the esports community. I hope this message isn’t too late, given recent events.

There are many issues I could talk about, but I just want to speak on one: there must be an unspoken grief in being trans and seeing your idols vilify you.

I grew up watching CS:GO. My favorite team was Luminosity after Cluj-Napoca in 2015. I remember rushing home from school to scour twitch chats and copy my favorite players’ settings. I cheered when C9 won the Boston Major. And of course I watched all of the Rank S highlights and can still quote the funniest clips from heart, even 11 years later (jeez im old).

Esports was an escape for me, as I’m sure it is for so many of us. Yet, because I am a woman, I watched with dread as my escape was bastardized over the years by influential figures ostracizing women. I saw the same people I looked up to point and laugh and say people like me were inferior, that we could never do what they do, that we don’t belong in esports, that trans women weren’t my friends and were out to get me.

That anguish and betrayal I felt from a community I poured years of my life into is exactly what trans women and nonbinary folk experience times ten. They are esports fans just like anyone else. They’re here as an escape just like anyone else. They don’t want to be treated differently from anyone else. All they want is the same respect you give any other human being.

After asking for something so simple, so basic, they experience far more hate and rejection at the hands of the very people they look up to. All while already living life constantly vilified and questioned. It’s a shame we’ve allowed this radioactive environment to fester here.

To my peers: I promise you some of your biggest fans HAVE BEEN trans and nonbinary folk. Gaming is incredibly diverse, and if you’ve played in front of a crowd, you know this already. They tell others how good you are. They try to copy how you play. They make beautiful art of you and your teams. They wake up early or stay up late to watch your games. They celebrate your successes and feel for your failures. They’re just like any of your supporters.

Thank you to those who know this already. I promise your acceptance doesn’t go unnoticed.

For those who don’t: It’s an incredible opportunity and gift to be someone’s escape in this world. What a waste to squander it.

And to the trans and nonbinary folk reading this: you are welcome here. Existence is resistance. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

[Hoshi @hoshivlr]

@neemamahmoodi Collaborations, You could attempt to expand your fanbase by working with esports clubs in universities to run events and build a bigger presence in different local esports communities.

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@wildfireUA photographic memory for sure

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@SicK_cs @will1us You might have a point hunter, i guess if you try to meet up with a minor and fail you’ll still get arrested.

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@SicK_cs @will1us it ain’t throwing if he won tho

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If C9 want to make champs, there are 2 really good coaches they can pickup that arent currently in tier 1, MC3 or Ziks.

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@lawqjj i was about to make fun of this tweet then i saw LAW posted it

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@dynamicval @boomyval this is how i find out squirmors’s team lost 🫩

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it’s just a video game btw.

[riddy @Caydenail4]

If you are low elo its because you are a fundamentally bad person with an egothat refuse to learn from his mistake. Like there isnt anything else to it. You are not a good human, you are selfish with an ego and dont want cooperate, society would be better without you

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@beegomeow Loud repost

[bee @beegomeow]

are people aware gamechangers is not a tournament designed to mitigate some fictional biological skill advantage? the scene exists because gender minorities will not be considered for the same opportunities as cis men

[Hoshi @hoshivlr]

@nymfelie basically but it’s less baiting and more like securing value since if you bought a specter/guardian and they dropped a vandal, you would lose your gun for theirs, but since you didn’t buy you just don’t lose and guns/credits at all

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@fluctraa nether core reactor, genuinely made me piss my pants in 3rd grade

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@fraustoML you just have to either be friends with big creators or friends with big sponsors to break the cycle 😿