A New Season In Esports

A latest study in the U.S. revealed that of the 31.four million gaming fans, only 30% are female. As a full-time streamer on Twitch, Autumn Rhodes has made a name for herself within the male dominated gaming world. This Toronto primarily based streamer, who started taking part in games with her dad at a younger age, talks about her experiences in an industry not always open to the fairer sex.

1. How did you get into eSports?

I started playing video games at a really younger age because of my father and my brother, and ever since then I've by no means been able to stop. After I was introduced to the eSports world I was astonished about how it all worked. Being a very competitive person, I made a decision it was time to take my love for gaming to the next stage, and after I discovered Twitch.tv and all of the superb possibilities I had in front of me.

2. What precisely do you do within the eSports area?

I am a full time streamer on Twitch. I play games comparable to CS:GO, CoD, LoL, and so many more. I dedicate hours and hours a day to these games, always working towards, and always attempting to be the very best I can be. I've performed competitively in lots of games and I always have such a good time doing so.

3. What do you think of girls in eSports, specifically in your region?

I think the ladies concerned in eSports round my region, which is Toronto, give a good name for all of us. They know how troublesome it might be in this business as a woman, and they work hard to keep up their image as not only a severe competitive player however as a lady who can play just as well as any man. Because Toronto has such a high inhabitants there's a lot competition in the eSports world.

4. What has been some of your experiences of being in a area that has been dominated by males?

A few of my experiences in this discipline haven't always been great, but other times they've been fantastic. I remember being within the Cineplex World Gaming CoD tournament final yr, and as I walked into the theater the boys were just shocked as to why I was even there. The male I confronted was so terrified because he never had to play against a girl earlier than and he didn't know what to anticipate; it made him so nervous. Meanwhile, another males on the tournament figured because I am a lady that I would easily be beaten because there isn't any way I may very well be good at any games. Being in an industry the place we're told we "cannot presumably play video games because we're women" is really disappointing in in the present day's society. There are just SO many males who hate on girls who are involved within the gaming industry, and I do not know if this is because society has taught people that ONLY boys can play video games or if a few of them are just too ignorant to realize that our intercourse has absolutely nothing to do with our capability of being nice at something.

5. What is your favorite thing about being part of the eSports community?

My favorite thing about being a part of the eSports community is how well we all understand each other. It is such an excellent feeling going to competitions and events and having so much in common with everyone. We all can relate in one way or another.

6. What is the most tough part of being in eSports?

Essentially the most troublesome part about being in eSports as a lady is how so many men look at us. They rarely take us severely and it's quite annoying because we've worked just as hard as them or harder to get where we are in the gaming industry.

7. Why do you think it's so essential that girls be represented in eSports?

I think it's crucial that more girls are represented in eSports because we have to break the stereotype that it's only a person's world. SO many ladies keep away from the gaming industry because of the fact that so many get harassed and bullied for showing an curiosity in gaming. It is nice to see that people are lastly starting to shed light on this subject and speak out about it.

8. What are your hopes for posture improvement ladies in eSports?

My hope for ladies in eSports is that in the future males won't decide us for being a part of the gaming community and that they are going to realize we can play games just as well as them and even better. I can inform over the past couple of years more and more individuals are opening up to females within the gaming world, which is such a reduction because it isn't honest to the ladies equivalent to myself who put a lot time and dedication into competitive gaming to just be shut down because society says we can't be good at games.