Press
Release
– IeSF
Board has made decision to make their event “Open
for All”
–
Date:
03 July 2014
On 2nd
of July, 2014, the IeSF’s
policy about gender division, which separates the female division and
the male division,
has been brought into question.
The
IeSF
has listened
to the
gaming community
and has carefully
considered
their opinions. Upon
hearing these concerns, the IeSF
convoked an
emergency
session of the IeSF Board
to respond.
As a result, IeSF
shall have
two event categories:
“Open
for All”
events and events that are reserved for women. The
events which were
initially
set aside
as the
male division will
now be open
to all
genders, and the events which were
initially
set as the
female
division will
remain
as they were.
The
IeSF
Board addressed its reason for maintaining
events for women, citing
the importance of providing female gamers with ample opportunities to
compete in e-Sports—currently a male-dominated industry.
Female
gamers make up half of the world’s gaming population, but only a
small percentage of e-Sports competitors are women. The IeSF’s
female-only competitions aim to bring more diversity to competitive
play by improving the representation of women at these events.
Without efforts to improve representation, e-Sports can’t achieve
true gender equality.
In
order to apply the new policy with consistency, IeSF has
added
an
“Open
for All”
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
tournament,
which was initially set
aside for female-only
competition. Therefore,
the amended plan for the 6th
e-Sports World Championship BAKU 2014 is:
■ Open for All
DOTA 2
- Participating
teams may
consist
of 5 male players, 5 female players,
or mixed team.
StarCraft®
II: Heart of the Swarm®
- Players
of all genders
can participate in the event.
Ultra Street Fighter
4
- Players
of all genders
can participate in the event.
Hearthstone™:
Heroes of Warcraft™
- Players
of all genders
can participate in the event.
TEKKEN TAG
TOURNAMENT 2
- Players
of all genders
can participate in the event.
■ Female
Competition
StarCraft®
II: Heart of the Swarm®
- Female event is
conducted
separately,
in
parallel with “Open
for All”
event.
Tekken Tag
Tournament
2
- Female event is
conducted
separately,
in
parallel with “Open
for All”
event.
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