John UM
On December 21st, a watch pioneer with ID “Ellie” announced the addition of the famous team Second Wind of the North American OC (watch the Pioneer Challenger League), but after only two weeks, the Ellie left the team. One battle failed, but one point did not lead, but it triggered a heated debate on gender and identity issues in the electric competition field, which is still going on
The savior of the feminist “Ellie”.
More than two months ago, a player with the ID “Ellie” suddenly appeared on the OW ladder in North America. Soon, she entered the ladder 500 with an amazing chance of winning, and with the 70% win rate of the doomsday iron fist She was promoted to the fourth place on the list. In contrast, her iron fist game time was only 28 hours
“This is definitely the trumpet of a professional player!” This is the first guess of people
Until the 21st of last month, North American famous team Second Wind published an official push to officially announce the addition of Ellie, while Ellie confirmed the news on his personal tweet. At this point, the rumors that Ellie was a professional player gradually disappeared, but soon people found a new topic
This news has caused a lot of attention because of Ellie’s gender. According to the official and her own information, Ellie is a 17-year-old female player. In other words, this will be the first female player on the OC in North America
Despite the fact that there were female professional players like Shanghai Dragon Geguri and everyone familiar with 177, the previous OC, and even OWL, the female DPS that can compete with men has never appeared. Imagine a young lady who is not losing to men. In the game, she uses a high-mobility DPS such as Tekken to show various “sports operations”. The impact of winning the game will be unprecedented
North American viewers are certainly aware of this. “People’s reaction is like a symbol of feminism, and some people even think of Ellie as a savior.” The manager of the Second Wind team said this in Twitter
If Ellie’s information is true, this is indeed a memorable day, but the debate and speculation about Ellie’s identity has never stopped
The questioned “Ellie”.
First of all, the North American OC League is based on the online competition system. The members of the team generally use voice communication. It is normal for players and team members and even team managers to see each other. When the new members join, the team does not mandate the provision of real identity information, so news such as “generations” also occurs from time to time
Although Ellie has admitted that she is a female player, there are still many players and audiences who can’t accept the reality of such a high-segmented iron fist behind a young lady. Since Ellie’s social accounts, including Twitter and Twitch, are newly registered, it is reasonable to doubt such a sudden girl
On Ellie’s newly registered Twitter account, there are no photos, no videos, no information about her identity. In the face of constant speculation, she released a piece of audio on Twitch, claiming that she would broadcast her own game live in the near future to respond to the question, but in the near future, she used her own network as an excuse to deny it and claimed that she did not I like to play games while playing live
The audience is not a fool
The topic of making the first female player in North America OC is causing concern. If there is no strength and real identity that meets the expectations of the public, the anger of the audience will be “unprecedented”
No photos and videos, plus her own ridicule, changed her from “Savior” to “Freator.” On Reddit, there is a discussion about “Who is Ellie?” As for the audio that she published, it was also guessed that it was forged with a voicer
According to the news that Ellie revealed on Twitter, since the official announcement to join Second Wind, the increasingly netizens have insulted and questioned her online
Among them, Dafran, the star of the OWL League Atlanta Juniper, released the speculation that Ellie was looking for other male players to play on the live broadcast. At this point, the speculation theory about who Ellie is actually can even draw a complex relationship map
Reddit Netizen’s homemade “Ellie Incident” relationship network.
The sympathetic “Ellie”.
Huge public opinion pressure and online overwhelming attacks completely destroyed Ellie’s psychological defense. On January 3, less than two weeks after joining Second Wind, the official Twitter released a statement that Ellie had withdrawn from the team. Ellie, who didn’t play in a game, only left two words on her Twitter:
The team manager uttered her on Twitter: “We just wanted to introduce an ordinary player at first, but because of her special status, the public’s expectations for her were too large, which even caused her personal threat. It seems that the OW community is not ready to treat players as simple players.”
Ellie’s slightly sad “sorry” retreat and the team manager’s voice turned the public opinion back to the “discriminatory female player” side. In addition to those who questioned Ellie’s identity, many viewers sympathized with the differential treatment that Ellie received as a woman. And accuse the team should give female players more help
In the e-sports professional arena, a woman can always get more attention than men, especially when “beauty and strength coexist”, but the key is that the two generally do not appear at the same time. Without superior talent and strength, a female player is often labeled as a “vase” when the audience is too demanding. If you lose the game, regardless of the process, “female players” often have to become the main reason for the back pot
In this environment, the number of female players on the field has become less and less, and a strong female player is even more rare. Therefore, people will regret the departure of Ellie, and many people think that this is a naked discrimination against women
If things end here, people may call for more justice and equality in the electric competition because of women’s unfair treatment, but two days ago, the “Ellie incident” reversed again
Liar “Ellie”.
Cloud9’s signing female anchor Aspen recently answered questions about “Ellie” during the live broadcast. She declared: “Ellie is not really Ellie, there is another player named Punishier who is helping her, and she I only need to provide sound.”
At the same time, Rod Breslau, a well-known blogger in North America, also broke the inside story about Ellie in his Twitter. According to him: Ellie told her teammates that she was not operating the game through a private chat. She was indeed a 17-year-old girl but she was not good at watching. Before that, Second Wind’s team members and senior executives were unaware of it
According to Rod, Punishier, who plays the gunner behind Ellie, is a male ladder player in North America and has not participated in the professional league before. Moreover, he has looked for more than one female player to play “Ellie”. As for the reason, he gave an incredible reason:
“This is a social experiment.”
Punishier thinks that his iron fist has enough strength to enter the professional league. He wants to know what happens if a female player has such strength. So he planned this so-called “social experiment.”After the inside of the
“Ellie” event was exposed, the team officially issued a statement for the first time, with the following meaning:
“The team was in desperate need of substitutes at the time. We found Ellie, the fourth place on the ladder list. The team members had teamed up with her to recognize the strength.”
“Second Wind is an online team. She is sincere on the phone and willing to join us. We respect the privacy of the players and do not have private contact with her, but we underestimate the impact of OC’s first female player. Force.”
“After the announcement of Ellie’s participation, the team has been questioned by many parties. At this time we contacted Blizzard to confirm its identity and help her prepare for the live broadcast and interview, but she gave up for personal reasons.”
“at this time Ellie has received threatening information. In order to ensure her safety, the team contacted Blizzard to not announce Ellie’s real name on the official website.” The
Second Wind announcement indicates that he is also a victim of the “Ellie Incident”, but unlike the “Official Announcement” when Ellie joined the team, the representative of Overwatch Esports said: “Although the team claimed that Ellie had joined, Her entry procedure has not been completed, so she did not pass the official review of the league.
“Ellie event” follow-up.
The team’s recognition plus Blizzard’s “real hammer”, “Ellie event” has been characterized For fraud, the official has not yet announced how to deal with this scam, but the biggest loss is always the real female professional players.
In the electric competition, female players are seen as special existence, whenever When a strong female player appeared, the first reaction of people was often questioned rather than supported.
Ellie was not the first person in the OW league to be treated like this, and the Korean female player Geguri joined Shanghai Dragon. Before the team, I was accused of using plug-ins. People are more skeptical about a girl who is only 16 years old but has such excellent skills. After the demonstration at Geguri, it is still I have been harassed by other players, she even used a voice changer to solve this problem.
Previously joined the Shanghai Dragon Team’s Geguri
Scarlett who defeated many male players in StarCraft 2 also had sex The reason is subject to people’s criticism.
It is conceivable that after the “Ellie Incident”, people will adopt a more cautious and skeptical attitude towards the participation of female players. It is undeniable that in the field of e-sports, women will play more and more. The more important the role, but “Remember Ellie? “This sentence may become another paradox argument that hinders women from playing in the field of e-sports. The
Second Wind team’s real motivation to join Ellie is not known, but the team manager’s sentence may be right,” The OW community is not ready to treat players as simple players. “Whether it is a woman or not, first of all she is a normal player, the team and the official should have a better censorship system to verify their identity, and should not let them accept the audience’s “heavy” expectations. #
hope that the female contestant who joins the e-sports next time is no longer a news worthy of attention