No Women Allowed at Hearthstone Tournament

they should feel right at home then lol

**** it, I think they should split the tournaments into male, female and race then don't allow the back people to compete with us white folks and then only run one tournament for black people. What sort of shit storm would that produce.

^ This.

So its the "pride" gaming tournament I guess? Have fun guys

I'm wondering if the person who made such a decision didn't anticipate a knee-jerk reaction or just doesn't care. I get the whole "taking e-sports seriously" thing but maybe e-sports doesn't need to be exactly like other organizations? Why not try to be a little better? I doubt any potential sponsor/affiliate would openly scoff at the lack of male/female segregation.

Are they trying to rile up the Feminazis and Social Justice Warriors or something?

Why is chess divided into male and female leagues? That sounds really stupid...

This e-sports stuff is also really stupid.

i think it would be sensible in these kind of sports which mostly test the brain to have mens, womens, and 'open'. 'cause you know, with women competing in the mens chess division its not really a mens division any more, innit? its an open one.

'athletes' could compete in their gender, and/or open.

i would insist upon personally inspecting every athlete's gender myself by chromosomal karyotype.

That's freaking pathetic.

With all this nonsensical feminist rage we've seen the past year I could see this becoming a popular thing to do. Keep them away from fun things!
Seriously though, this is not the solution.

Good!

Let me elaborate a bit on the decision to create both male and female competitions. This decision serves two main goals of the IeSF:

1 - promoting female players. We know that e-Sports is largely dominated by male players and females players are actually a portion of the overall player base. By hosting a female-only competition, we strive to promote female gaming on a global scale.

2 - International standards. IeSF is very close to get e-Sports recognized as a true sports like it should be. Part of that efforts is to comply with the international sports regulations. For example, chess is also divided into male / female leagues.

But, we want you to know that we listen to you, and appreciate your feedback! Our efforts does not clash with the community opinion - but on the contrary - we are here for the future of e-Sports and will do our best to promote it as best as we can.

IESF

I suppose I agree with their reasoning in that they are trying to conform to international standards, but I disagree with the regulations themselves; for non-physical "sports," there's no good reason to divide males and females.

I don't understand why they don't offer the same games to females, though.

Well that is retarded indeed.

Annnnnd it over. Policy reversed. World is a better place, yada yada yada...

Told you it wouldn't take long.

Good women belong in the kitchen.They should stick to cleaning and cooking not playing video games.

they have seperate leagues... like pretty much any sport. how is this different.

It's probably more to do with negative interaction... while I agree with you.... and I think this whole "seperate because woman can get offended/upset" only makes things worse.... what is the solution?

I think its sexist that gyms often have woman only areas .... and yet can take up the mens machines whenever they fancy. but oh well.

Bruuuhahahahah would read again.... :P

no this is not. this tournament is for male gamers. there would be exclusively for females too.

beside gaming is mans hobby,

Way to conform with your stereotypes videogame industry

Okay.

Although I don't really see the point in it? In a physical sport it makes sense since a male athlete will typically have a physical advantage over a female athlete. Such an issue I'm assuming doesn't really apply to something like Hearthstone though.

THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS

I'm APPALLED at this decision! If any girls read this post, I am a great guy and not like all the others. Message me and we can play games together

Ridiculous. There's no justifying this.

good. they all just act as distractions to the super nerds anyway.

That's a very misleading title. Women and men are divided, they can play.

@LordQuorthon said:

Good!

..I lol"d

..but this is terrible for the industry.

If anything, this gives women more of a chance to be recognized competitively. Due to the contrast in th amount of male players and female players, female players have a better opportunity at being recognized for being the best.

Right and where is the mediastorm about the "no men" female tournament held by the same people?

this news wont travel fast enough..