Kinda ridiculous. The solution, even a temporary one, for making smash tourneys more integrated is to segregate them? Does that imply that they're going to disband this when they suddenly meet some arbitrary quota of members and release them to the main tournaments? Just feels needless. The FGC isn't racist or sexist even as a quarter of the whole. It's just competitive people and apparently some people can't take that?
While most of the top competitors may not be the community isn't that welcoming to new players, even less to women. Least that's been my experience, though maybe its simply a case of the minority being more vocal. To this day a group of gamers still hold onto this idea that somehow they must be better because they're a man and girls can't play. I thought it sounded kind of weird at first but after reading the article, I get it.
They want more women to play Smash but let's face it women in games tend to stick out and attract unwanted attention. Not everyone acts improper but there's enough to make them probably feel uncomfortable. It's unfortunate but I continually see harassment towards women who are into games. So I can't blame them for wanting to have a more welcoming environment where they won't be harassed by that group of gamers.
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