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I don't know why I went down this rabbit hole but it's even stupider than that. This team turned down far superior female players because they weren't pretty enough.
The idea was to make a cutie pie team that they could market to thirsty gamers. If the team was just passable the sponsors could train them 10+ hours a day to be actually decent. From a pure sheckles standpoint it wasn't a bad idea, they just didn't anticipate such a historically bad team.
In this game there are 8 ELO tiers you can be in, these players were from tier 5 (aka diamond). And To put this in perspective, it would be like putting the state champions from your high school baseball team up against the Yankees. Now that they look stupid the only thing left to do is cry sexism.
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I agree. The idea was grand. Get pretty girls to penetrate the video game community and use them to market. I remember when Morgan Webb kept getting promoted as some kind of sex symbol to gamers, and she had an extended career thanks to that. She's not very feminine looking, but it was a female in a male dominated area. Similar to construction sites and the military. When you are surrounded by dudes, it's easy to get manipulated by the sight/smell of a female.
Could you imagine a group of 5 pretty girls with the same hobbies as you shilling goods? Marketed directly at a consumer you already have so much data on? Genius. Unfortunate for them, it's not easy to find 5 good players that are also above normal in physical attractiveness. Should have invested more money and time into the setup for long term profits later on. Quick crash grabs are risky, and this one (probably) is losing it's value.
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[–] FormerBaltimoreRes 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
I don't know why I went down this rabbit hole but it's even stupider than that. This team turned down far superior female players because they weren't pretty enough.
The idea was to make a cutie pie team that they could market to thirsty gamers. If the team was just passable the sponsors could train them 10+ hours a day to be actually decent. From a pure sheckles standpoint it wasn't a bad idea, they just didn't anticipate such a historically bad team.
In this game there are 8 ELO tiers you can be in, these players were from tier 5 (aka diamond). And To put this in perspective, it would be like putting the state champions from your high school baseball team up against the Yankees. Now that they look stupid the only thing left to do is cry sexism.
[–] JJNova 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
I agree. The idea was grand. Get pretty girls to penetrate the video game community and use them to market. I remember when Morgan Webb kept getting promoted as some kind of sex symbol to gamers, and she had an extended career thanks to that. She's not very feminine looking, but it was a female in a male dominated area. Similar to construction sites and the military. When you are surrounded by dudes, it's easy to get manipulated by the sight/smell of a female.
Could you imagine a group of 5 pretty girls with the same hobbies as you shilling goods? Marketed directly at a consumer you already have so much data on? Genius. Unfortunate for them, it's not easy to find 5 good players that are also above normal in physical attractiveness. Should have invested more money and time into the setup for long term profits later on. Quick crash grabs are risky, and this one (probably) is losing it's value.