Amber Dalton Explained

Amber Dalton
Nationality:American
Other Names:Athena Twin
Occupation:Computer gamer

Amber Dalton is an American professional esports player and co-founder of PMS Clan Inc. She used the handle Athena Twin.

Early life

Dalton is from San Antonio, Texas.

Career

Dalton was a pro gamer (under the alias "Athena Twin"), in 2007 she was ranked in the top 10 players of Fight Night.[1] In 2002, with her twin sister, Amy Brady, Dalton co-founded PMS Clan Inc., one of the oldest and largest competitive gaming communities for women. It was once the largest clan for the Xbox Live platform.[2] [3] [4] [5] In the present day, it has 57,588 unique members.

Topics in the PMS Clan forum include: Tech talk, clan pages for various games, and sub-subsections for PC, PlayStation and the Xbox for discussing various games. She has been the main face of the clan; in 2005, MTV had her demonstrate the Xbox 360 console,[6] and Next Generation Business named her one of the "Game Industry's 100 Most Influential Women" for the organization's work at dispelling stereotypes about women in gaming and creating a safe space for female gamers.[7]

PMS Clan and Twitch

Dalton left a job in finance to concentrate on pro gaming and to run PMS Clan, which she self-funded until she attracted sponsorship and incorporated. Since 2011, she has worked at Twitch, where she is director of Marketing Events.[8] [9] Dalton handed over the management of PMS Clan to Regina Wu in 2013.[10] [8]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Alex . Pham . Tribune News Services

    Los Angeles Times

    . Women carve out place in the video game space . . September 7, 2007 .
  2. News: Isaiah . Thompson . Got Game . . February 8, 2007 . March 9, 2016 .
  3. News: Melissa . Castellanos . Women Stepping Up Their Game . CBS News . November 13, 2007 . March 9, 2016 .
  4. News: Darren . Gladstone . Casual Friday: LAN Party Survival Guide . . August 28, 2008 . March 9, 2016 .
  5. News: The Girl Gamers Of PMS Clan Can Pwn You Any Time Of The Month . Truong . Alice. November 22, 2013 . . 9 March 2016.
  6. News: Neil . Drumming . Meet the new queens of the 'Halo' tourney . . September 9, 2005 . March 9, 2016 .
  7. Book: Zaremba, Jutta . "The Gender-Offensive: Female Gaming Cultures Between Shooters and Marketing" . Computer Games and New Media Cultures: A Handbook of Digital Games Studies . Johannes . Fromme . Alexander . Unger . Dordrecht / New York . Springer . 2012 . 9789400727779 . 458 .
  8. Web site: Nunneley. Stephanie. August 27, 2013. Twitch announces massive PAX Prime schedule. March 9, 2016. VG247.
  9. Web site: A Day in the Life at Twitch – Amber Dalton, Director of Marketing Events . Official blog . . August 4, 2014 . March 9, 2016 .
  10. News: Truong. Alice. November 22, 2013. The Girl Gamers Of PMS Clan Can Pwn You Any Time Of The Month. Fast Company. 9 March 2016.