She is the only “female emperor” of Korean e-sports and the prototype of D.Va, the watcher of the watch. She is the protagonist of our story today – Tossgirl Xu Zhixiu

This year is the 20th anniversary of the StarCraft series. Over the years, it has experienced its peak, experienced a change, experienced a re-engineering, and eventually went down. Along with it, there are also interstellar professional players from generation to generation. Some of them are trapped, some are looking for something else, and some are still contributing light and heat to the game

Among these players who have a history of youth, there is such a woman. Although it is difficult to compete with the sun and the moon, the stars are hard to hide their brilliance. Female e-sports players are rare, and the results are even rare. She is the only “female emperor” of Korean e-sports and the prototype of D.Va, the watcher of the watch. She is the protagonist of our story today – Tossgirl Xu Zhixiu

The beginning of the dream.

In 1985, Tossgirl was born into a wealthy Korean family. When she was a child, she was smart and her fingers were born to be slender, so her parents wanted to train her into a lady and began to let her learn to play the piano and draw. The girl should have grown up to marry and have children according to the arranged trajectory, but the goddess of fate gave her a chance to choose

14 years old, tossgril and her sister Seo Ji Seung (later became an actor) “ZergGirl” from their father where to contact the “StarCraft” game, the two quickly played out of control. At the beginning of the day, the Zerg sister could always beat her easily, but Tossgirl, who refused to admit, continued to explore the practice and quickly defeated her sister

Tossgirl (first right) and her sister.

Tossgirl has been hooked on this game since then. She first began to practice the human race in the game, and began to watch the “StarCraft” professional game on TV. At that time, the Korean e-sports were in the ascendant, but with the strong support of the government, the social acceptance became higher and higher, and it soon became a national activity. After witnessing the peak match between the top players’ BOXER and Garimto at the time, Tossgirl, who was infected by the enthusiasm of countless audiences, made a bold decision: to become a StarCraft professional

After BOXER (first from left) won two consecutive WCG championships, its influence is no less than the World Cup South Korea team into the semi-finals.

But the reality is cruel, and when Tossgirl’s father knows her idea, she is furious. He expressed regret that Tossgirl played “StarCraft” and began to limit her game time. But Tossgirl was not intimidated by such difficulties. She began to practice secretly and sneaked out of the house at night to participate in the offline competition around Seoul

Tossgirl doesn’t like smoke very much, but in order to play professionally, she frequently enters and exits the Internet cafes that hold the competition, and gradually begins to make a name. On the one hand, because of the perfect multi-line operation ability, on the other hand, because “StarCraft” is too difficult as an RTS game, the female players who combine strength and beauty have sufficient topicality. However, in South Korea, the official professional players are not able to play on the reputation and heat, and must be played from the amateur → semi-professional → professional level, where the cruel competition is unimaginable for ordinary people

Kung Fu pays off. In 2001, the 17-year-old Tossgirl won the women’s WCG Championship and began to emerge. In the second year, after attending her first major, she not only obtained a professional license, but also was selected by the STX Soul team that had just been built. Since then, Tossgirl has finally started her career

The crown is a moment, only the stars.

South Korea’s achievements in the StarCraft project have long been hailed as “invincible” by the world. Driven by the “Star” of the country, not only have many talented players emerged, but more importantly, Korean e-sports have long established a strict training mechanism. The life schedule of professional players is very regular. The tactics are studied with the help of the team. In addition to eating is training, only one day off a week, sometimes encountering an intensive season or even taking a vacation

But in Tossgirl’s view, it was not as boring to experience professional training, because after seeing Tossgirl’s talent in StarCraft, her family began to support her to play professionally. This kind of companionship gave her a lot of motivation. Many years later, Tossgirl also admitted that compared with the male professional players who are fully engaged, she has never been able to invest in the game as a woman. Therefore, she has not been out of touch with the real society. She has quickly adapted to life after retirement

Tossgirl is very good at TVZ, and many Zerg champions are not her opponents.

But in the e-sports field where the vortex is extremely competitive, you can’t concentrate on it, which means that you will always have a different opponent in the winning and losing hand. This is a blessing to Tossgirl in the cruel professional game. It is precisely because of this that Tossgirl’s next career path is also very rough, but also exceptionally eye-catching

Three years after becoming a professional player, Tossgirl won several championships in the domestic league in succession and won the women’s team championship in MBC, the largest domestic league in China at the time. In one time, “Female Emperor” became a fan. Their nickname for Tossgirl, the limelight is in no amount. However, in the same year, the Korean professional league canceled the women’s team and changed to a men’s team. This means that in the absence of men and women, the female players who are born to be inferior will no longer have the hope of reaching the top

This is one of the few female interstellar professional players who have chosen to retire. No one thinks they can beat the strong players like the cloud. But Tossgirl didn’t want to end there. She refused to accept the decision she made reluctantly: continue to fight the StarCraft. After consulting with the team, Tossgirl stayed and became the only female player in the combined professional league SPL

All men’s professional arena is as cruel as expected, because Tossgirl has not been able to get significant results again, Tossgirl began to be widely attacked by the spray. Even in the following career, she defeated the top player at the time to defeat the hero Reach, and also defeated Gorush in the OSL Internet cafe game, and even won the third place in the Asian Masters ESWC2009. Some people still questioned the “women” name..

Some people say that she also put on makeup in the game, “I like to dress up too much, and I don’t try my best.” Some people say that she always loses in the team competition, which is “the hind legs of the tow players”; some people say that she usually lives very much. High cold, is “with a princess look to call others” … For such an unreasonable attack, Tossgirl just silently endured. Introverted, she felt that the explanation would only make the rumors more violent. This kind of responsibility allowed her to develop a strong heart that could be laughed at by what kind of rumors

Tossgirl was crying when she announced her retirement.

In this way, Tossgirl will spend all of her youthful time, “StarCraft”, but the times will not wait for her. With the launch and popularity of StarCraft II, StarCraft 1 began to decline, and many professional players began to transform. Tossgirl, whose status was declining and unable to transform, eventually announced its retirement in 2012. The only female player in the StarCraft 1 era, since then bid farewell to the electric competition

The edge is gone, it is unforgettable.

After retiring, Tossgirl quickly found a new direction. She began to get involved in the perfume field, and she married a fashion industry giant. The two have a son. Tossgirl, who is immersed in new life, seems to be happier than when she is a professional player. Only the black hand in her hand still tells the world silently that she has played e-sports

“The experience of a professional player is the best gift of a lifetime,” she said

Tossgirl has not disconnected from StarCraft. She is occasionally invited to attend some StarCraft events in South Korea and admits that “I want my child to look at my mother’s efforts and will not stop the challenge in the future.” Expressed his support for the Korean game industry

In commemoration of the Korean female professional player, Blizzard made a character of the driving mech “D.Va” in the later online game “Watching Pioneer”, and D.Va was a professional player. Now use your skills to drive a cutting-edge mech to defend the country. And the character is the same as Tossgirl, “I play to win!”, never give up

Chinese fans have not forgotten her. This female player who once defeated the “Chinese Insect King” F91 in the Sino-Korean confrontation, has become the dreamer of countless players because of her intellectual brilliance, and has become the most special woman in F91 memory. After many years, someone filled out a song called “The Peak” to commemorate the two people meeting in such a good time, but also regretted that they had no relationship. Sing in the lyrics like this:

“The heart is moving, and go with the peak. In the name of love, see Song Hana again.”

Ending.

Nowadays, there are more and more women entering the e-sports circle. People talk about female players, and often only hang their lips. Tossgirl is a wonderful woman in the e-sports circle. The reason why she can be accepted by the audience is not only the value of the face, but also that she has a long and short hard power with the male players

So when you see D.Va in “Watching Pioneer”, please don’t forget her character prototype, the “female emperor” who has conquered countless male players