What are your thoughts on competitive gaming as a career? For my part, I see it as the next major competition, like football or basketball, and I would happily jump at the chance if I get the chance, but for others, this idea would be considered laughable. For many male gamers, competitive gaming as a career is something they have thought about at least once in their lives. It's the ultimate dream of most gamers: to get paid to play video games. For female gamers, however, it's a little harder to imagine such a career and there are many good reasons why women don't typically choose competitive gaming as a career. In Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own, Woolf invents Judith, an imaginative and genius sister of William Shakespeare, and describes how the sexist and oppressive Elizabethan era would treat someone like her. This didn't go well for Judith. Sexism today isn't as bad as it was in Elizabethan times, but it remains a major problem in the competitive gaming scene. Sexism aside, many obstacles had to be overcome before female players, competitive or casual, were taken seriously in the eyes of the community and the general public. For female gamers to have the chance to pursue a career in competitive gaming, the gaming community must shed the idea that gaming is a men's activity, the stereotypes surrounding female gamers and the use of their sex to lead the way. in competitive gaming. There is a huge difference in how male and female gamers are perceived and treated by the community. Gaming, as seen by society, is something that identifies with men, and for good reason, video games were originally marketed towards men and have been for decades...... middle of paper ......stroy the other the team's throne. Team Siren prides itself on being the first all-female team in League of Legends, but was forced to disband about a month after the team's creation. The team's disbandment was not due to sexism or lack of opportunities, but simply the team's poor manners and performance. In sports, as well as competitive games, people watch the game to see a high level of play, men or women, it's all about performance. When Team Siren along with every other female/male team and player sacrifices their talent for a chance to make a quick buck, the competitive gaming community shows that their gimmicks wouldn't last more than the 15 minutes of fame that gave them are allocated. And that's more or less the point of competitive gaming, the playing field is level, there are no advantages or disadvantages, regardless of your gender, religious beliefs or race..