E-Sports: Where are the women in this?
Despite tremendous progress in e-sports around the world, new research shows that women and girls are lagging far behind.
None of the top 300 earners is a woman, according to earnings figures from eSports, which is exclusively shared with the jaani sports.
Sasha Scarlett Houston, a transgender from Canada, is the first female player in the all-time high-earning list, ranking 338th.
The next female player is China's Li 'Leon' Shao Meng at 680th place in the list.
E-sports is an organized competitive version of gaming. The industry is growing rapidly as it sees more and more players participating and more revenue and more viewers.
Rapidly developing industry
According to Statistics 2021, the global e-sports market is valued at just over 0 1.08 billion, about 50 percent more than the previous year.
Valve Corporation is hosting its annual World Championship in Game Dota-2 later this year and is predicting a record prize of 40 40 million.
Many previous championship winners like Johan Sundstein have become millionaires.
Women have won only 0.002% so far
But research by Jason Eureta, founder of eSports Earnings, shows that in the history of Dota-2, women have won only 0.002% of the total prize money.
The total e-sports prizes are 23 235 million, but so far only خواتین 6,300 has been won by female athletes.
Gaming is gaining popularity among girls and women. This is especially the case in Asia. And according to New Zoo, almost half of all gamers around the world are women.
Many women have successful careers in game streaming and influencers but where are the women in eSports?
Betty Chai, a 23-year-old Malaysian girl, is known online as 'I Starks'. He is a semi-professional player of Dota-2. They have received some rewards, but most of their earnings come from streaming partnerships.
He believes that the culture of gaming at the grassroots level prevents young girls from taking it seriously as a career.
"It simply came to our notice then. There are other players or fans, they will say 'Oh Bibi, I love you', weird things like that, like they have never seen a girl in their life. But sometimes it is like a poison. Like 'women are good in the kitchen' or something like [shouldn't you [ask] your boyfriend to play your account? ' And good things like that. '
One of the women's e-sports teams that is doing very well in their sport is Cloud-9 White and they have dominated all the other women's teams in the Valor game.
They all agree with Betty that such a widespread culture in gaming is an obstacle for women to achieve their goals.
Homosexual fans
Katsumi, a member of the Cloud-9 White team, said: "People are especially gay when it comes to sports with women and make very nonsensical comments."
Katsumi, a member of the Cloud-9 White team, said: "People are especially gay when it comes to sports with women and make very nonsensical comments."
There is no reason for separation
It has also been suggested that separating men's and women's competitions could help women succeed more. But Cloud-9 White is against it. He says there is no reason why men and women cannot compete with each other.
"It would be terrible," Katsumi said. If that happened then I wouldn't be playing.
"If we only have to play against other women's teams, we won't have any competition. What good is a web site if it simply "blends in" with everything else out there?
Cloud-9 White says the real answer lies with gaming organizations to fund and support as many female players as possible.
Team captain Melanie Capone said: 'I think it's really important to have a standard.
"They need to support the teams with the resources they need, not just to show off and sign the team. They need a coach, a secondary coach, an analyst, a really good manager.