Can you name a successful female cyberathlete?

[chr6]

i'm doing a project for my women's studies course, where we talk about a female athlete who is changing an area of competition thought previously to be only males.

i was wondering if there were any successful female video gamers. it would be fun to do a report on one. i suppose it is debatable on what is considered "athlete" but my argument is that they are in a competitive environment that requires fine motor skills.

thanks for any suggestions!

 

[Feldenak]

Cyberathlete?!?

 

[glen]

Kobe Tai

 

[Lord Zado]

I can't name a male cyberathlete other than fatal1ty. No idea on female ones.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: glen
Kobe Tai

isn't she a porn star?

 

[Phokus]

Cyberathlete: The only type of athlete that gets fatter and less in shape the more you train and compete

 

[Golgatha]

fatal1ty isn't a female?!

 

[abaez]

The only one I remember is Killcreek from a few years ago.

Edit: and Kornelia, who is really super nice

edit2: there was an article recently in the nytimes about fatality and they mentioned this all girl clan from sweden who was supposedly pretty good

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: glen
Kobe Tai

isn't she a porn star?

Indeed.

Maybe Asia Carrera instead - she's her own webmaster, and she wrote an article in MaximumPC, for what that's worth. Wikipedia says that she is a gamer too.
Probably not the right kind of "athetics" though.


I think the guys in Penny Arcade have a niece who is a prize-winning gamer. Are fictitious characters acceptable?

 

[Maleficus]

Stevie Case

 

[ForumMaster]

looks weird. yes she is/was a p0rn star but she appears to also be somewhat of a geek. don't know how those go together but here it is.

edit: damn! jeff beat me to it.

 

[tfinch2]

lawl @ "cyberathlete"

 

[JohnAn2112]

Fragdolls

They're sponsored by Ubisoft it seems.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: Feldenak
Cyberathlete?!?

what the heck kind of made up crap is that?

 

[alkemyst]

A girl won the world championship for starcontrol or whatever that game is. I think it was by Blizzard.

I wouldn't call it anything with athlete in it though.

Some of the guys at the tournament were in tears when they realized they were beat by a chick gamer.

 

[Alone]

TossGirl/Seo Ji Soo. She's a hot semi-pro StarCraft player.

http://wcg.yesky.com/imagelist/06/34/o75v6mebp2l9.jpg
http://images2.ggl.com/articles/2551/tossgirl.jpg

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: alkemyst
A girl won the world championship for starcontrol or whatever that game is. I think it was by Blizzard.

I wouldn't call it anything with athlete in it though.

Some of the guys at the tournament were in tears when they realized they were beat by a chick gamer.

Good, what a bunch of pansies.

 

[tw1164]

Originally posted by: InlineFive

Originally posted by: alkemyst
A girl won the world championship for starcontrol or whatever that game is. I think it was by Blizzard.

I wouldn't call it anything with athlete in it though.

Some of the guys at the tournament were in tears when they realized they were beat by a chick gamer.

Good, what a bunch of pansies.

Shut up, I had some doritos seasoning in my eye!

 

[manowar821]

Originally posted by: tw1164

Originally posted by: InlineFive

Originally posted by: alkemyst
A girl won the world championship for starcontrol or whatever that game is. I think it was by Blizzard.

I wouldn't call it anything with athlete in it though.

Some of the guys at the tournament were in tears when they realized they were beat by a chick gamer.

Good, what a bunch of pansies.

Shut up, I had some doritos seasoning in my eye!

:laugh: :thumbsup:

 

[SSSnail]

Originally posted by: JohnAn2112
Fragdolls

They're sponsored by Ubisoft it seems.

On an unrelated note, I sat next to the CEO of Ubisoft this one time on a flight to SG, while playing Prince of Persia on my PSP. We started the conversation, he offered me some gaming magazines and told me to keep them. I then asked him how he got them and he said they're free, then gave me his business card.

True story.

 

[imported_Imp]

Multi-ed: cyberathlete.

Next we'll call professional poker players gamblorathlete.

 

[jdoggg12]

As an athlete AND a gamer... i find the term cyberathlete ridiculous. Competitive or professional gamer would be fine... but to use the term athlete is lame.

 

[Alone]

If you really wanna get technical...

a person trained or gifted in exercises or contests involving physical agility, stamina, or strength; a participant in a sport, exercise, or game requiring physical skill.

1528, from L. athleta, from Gk. athletes "contestant in the games," agent noun from athlein "to contest for a prize," rel. to athlos "a contest" and athlon "a prize." Before 1750, always in L. form. Replaced O.E. plegmann. First record of athletics is from 1727. Athlete's foot first recorded 1928, for an ailment that has been around much longer.

 

[zerolus]

As far as first person shooters go I can't think of any female pro gamers. Most of the female "pros" you see in online articles here and there just play in Female only tournaments.

 

[Skunkwourk]

Tossgirl?