Several teams of female gamers have dropped out of the Dead by Daylight Women's World Cup after trans women were banned.

Several teams of female gamers have dropped out of the Dead by Daylight Women’s World Cup after trans women were banned.

  • VerilyFemme
    27·
    4 days ago

    Okay, what’s the excuse for the tournament’s actions?

    Are they claiming a Y chromosome now unlocks special gaming abilities when activated with Mtn Dew and Doritos?

    • SCmSTREnglish
      17·
      3 days ago

      Don’t forget that also… There are cis women with y chromosomes. There are cis men without. There are intersex people.

      • VerilyFemme
        6·
        3 days ago

        So true. I wonder what their metric is, then? “Sorry you spent too many years on Xbox Live before starting E.” Lmao.

        They fucking suck.

    • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      I think they’re trying to promote women in sports, and some idiot decided that a male player might enter the comp looking for easy wins against a smaller pool of players.

      Its a compete failure to read the room, but that’s my guess as to how they ended up here.

      • SCmSTREnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        Mountain dew and pizza for us pc gamers. Or redbull and vodka 😬

        But the real trick is to eat/hydrate properly and actually exercise, like a real athlete, but then manage your stims properly for the actual competition so you aren’t desens or already worn out or gas early

    • ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      2·
      3 days ago

      my guess (regarding split divisions) is it’s just money, there are many more times hardcore male gamers than female… but people want to watch female gamers as much or more than men…
      so if you had coed competitions, they’d end up being 95% male, and they’d make less money…

        • ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          2·
          3 days ago

          duly noted….
          i was speculating on the reasoning behind their rules; having a split women’s and men’s divisions…. not the reasoning for being trans-exclusive.

          • VerilyFemme
            2·
            2 days ago

            Oh, I was talking about the trans exclusion. Sorry, I didn’t mean to come across as nitpicky; I thought your comment was calling trans women men and I wanted to test the waters without being overly confrontational.