Queenly Majesty: How the Women’s VGC Tournament Came to Be
As the need for safe spaces for women in competitive gaming increases, we meet with some of the women behind Pokémon’s first-ever all-women’s VGC tournament.
Edited by bobandbill, Corviknight, Mercury, and ranko.
Endnotes
1 “2019 Pokémon World Championships – Day 3.” (Liquipedia).
2 @nevakee_mystic. “(Just to note: This is not real!)”
3 “Women’s Tournament.” (Battlefy).
4 Morgan Romine. “Women’s Esports Competitions: One Path to Equity.” (Medium: 2019).
5 Romine, “Women’s Esports Competitions.”
6 Makita Rivas. “The Women In ESports Who Are Changing The Game.” (Shondaland: 2020).
7 “Women in the Gaming Industry.” (Owayo).
8 Stefanie Fogel. “Esports Is Getting Bigger Every Year – So Where Are All The Women?” (Variety: 2018).
9 “Women in the Gaming Industry.”
10 Romine, “Women’s Esports Competitions.”
11 Rivas, “The Women In ESports.”
12 @TemporalVGC. “The Top 16 Pokemon used.”
13 “Women in the Gaming Industry.”
14 Noam Radcliffe. “Nairo, D1, ZeRo Among Nearly 50 Prominent Smash Bros Figures Accused of Sexual Misconduct.” (DBLTAP: 2020).
15 https://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/17506693/zero-featured-guiness-book-world-records-gamers-edition
16 @nevakee_mystic. “My Experience with Pokemon VGC.” (TwitLonger: 2020).
17 Romine, “Women’s Esports Competitions.”
18 Caren Lissner. “Men Are Killing Thousands of Women a Year for Saying No.” (Dame Magazine: 2017).
19 “Women in the Gaming Industry.”
20 @ralfdude90. “Sexual Harassment shouldn’t be accepted in any social environment.”
Works Cited
“2019 Pokémon World Championships – Day 3.” Liquipedia, liquipedia.net/pokemon/Pokemon_Championships/Worlds/2019/VGC.
@nevakee_mystic. “(Just to note: This is not real!) I made this because I thought it looked cool and vibrant.” Twitter, 27 July 2020, https://twitter.com/nevakee_mystic/status/1287777705186996227.
@nevakee_mystic. “My Experience with Pokemon VGC.” TwitLonger, 5 July 2020, www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sradc9.
@ralfdude90. “Sexual Harassment shouldn’t be accepted in any social environment and specially in our community. Women should be treated with respect and equality. Sometimes people can think ‘that’s another’s business’ but it IS my business if I can do something to help it be destroyed forever.” Twitter, 22 June 2020, https://twitter.com/ralfdude90/status/1275122499303419911.
@TemporalVGC. “The Top 16 Pokemon used in the Women’s Tournament! Thank you @MintKirby9 for helping :)” Twitter, 10 Sep. 2020, https://twitter.com/TemporalVGC/status/1304065045593239552.
Fogel, Stefanie. “Esports Is Getting Bigger Every Year — So Where Are All The Women?” Variety, 1 Nov. 2018, variety.com/2018/gaming/features/women-in-esports-1203016379/.
Lissner, Caren. “Men Are Killing Thousands of Women a Year for Saying No.” Dame Magazine, 24 Oct. 2017, https://www.damemagazine.com/2017/10/24/men-are-killing-thousands-women-year-saying-no/.
Radcliffe, Noam. “Nairo, D1, ZeRo Among Nearly 50 Prominent Smash Bros Figures Accused of Sexual Misconduct.” DBLTAP, 3 July 2020, www.dbltap.com/posts/nairo-d1-zero-among-nearly-50-prominentsmash-bros-figures-accused-of-sexual-misconduct-01ecajn1sjct.
Rivas, Mekita. “The Women In ESports Who Are Changing The Game.” Shondaland, 22 Apr. 2020, www.shondaland.com/live/money/a32188849/the-women-in-esports-who-are-changing-the-game/.
Romine, Morgan. “Women’s Esports Competitions: One Path to Equity.” Medium, 24 June 2019, medium.com/@rhoulette/womens-esports-competitions-a-path-to-equity-65edbc7c6b29.
“Women in the Gaming Industry.” Owayo, www.owayo.com/magazine/esports-women-us.htm.
“Women’s Tournament.” Battlefy, battlefy.com/womens-cup/womens-tournament/5f3f38d3cabbdc4a2661f21e/info?infoTab=details.
