Scarlett (gamer) explained

Id:Scarlett
Sasha Hostyn
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Birth Place:Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Career Start:2011
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Sasha Hostyn (born December 1993), also known by her username Scarlett, is a Canadian professional video game player. She is most well known for playing StarCraft II, and is the first woman to win a major StarCraft II tournament. She has also played Dota 2.

Personal life

Hostyn grew up in Kingston, Ontario[1] and played games as a hobby during school and began to enter tournaments in 2011, leading to her career as a professional player. Hostyn is a transgender woman, and has said that her gender identity has "absolutely no relevance" to how she plays and that she has "always tried to make it a complete non-issue".[2] [3]

Career

StarCraft II

Hostyn became prominent in the StarCraft II scene in 2012 when she beat a number of highly ranked professionals at an event in Las Vegas. In 2013, she climbed the global StarCraft II rankings to rank 21 and placed second at NorthCon. By mid-2014, Hostyn had taken first place in seven tournaments, making her the second highest-paid professional female gamer at the time.[4] By 2014, Hostyn had won over $110,000.

During her time playing StarCraft II, Hostyn has been called "the queen of StarCraft II", "Korean Kryptonite", and "The Queen of Blades".[5] [6] The New Yorker called her "the most accomplished woman in e-sports". She was the only Red Bull Battle Grounds 2014 finalist from a country other than South Korea. In 2014, Polygon named her one of 2014's 50 admirable gaming people, describing her as "one of the few women succeeding at the top level of the StarCraft II pro scene".[7]

Dota 2

Having lost some of her "competitive drive" for StarCraft II, Hostyn switched to playing Dota 2 in February 2015, explaining "If I can be good at both it’ll be something nobody has really done before."[8]

Return to StarCraft II

As of June 2015, Hostyn has returned to StarCraft II, joining the Dead Pixels team[9] and will compete in Korean leagues.

On August 17, 2016, Scarlett joined Team Expert.[10]

In February 2018, Scarlett won the Intel Extreme Masters tournament, held in the leadup to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, becoming the first woman to win a major StarCraft II tournament.[11] [12] Following this, in November 2018 Scarlett joined Newbee.[13]

In February 2021, she joined the newly formed Shopify Rebellion.[14]

Awards

Scarlett was entered in the Guinness Book of Records as "highest career earnings for a female competitive video game player" on October 5, 2016.[15]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Good Game: The Rise of the Professional Cyber Athlete . The New Yorker . 24 November 2014 . 27 January 2015 . Ben . McGrath . 18 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141118013712/http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/11/24/good-game . live .
  2. Web site: Smith . Ryan . 5 February 2014 . How a transgender "foreign hope" is challenging the pro StarCraft world . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220712014915/https://www.avclub.com/how-a-transgender-foreign-hope-is-challenging-the-pro-1798265974 . 12 July 2022 . 27 January 2015 . The AV Club.
  3. McGrath . Ben . 2014-11-17 . Good Game . 2024-03-28 . The New Yorker . en-US . 0028-792X.
  4. Web site: 15 Of The Highest-Paid Professional Female Video Gamers . 10 June 2014 . Karyne . Levy . Business Insider . 27 January 2015 . 6 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150206035553/http://www.businessinsider.in/15-Of-The-Highest-Paid-Professional-Female-Video-Gamers/2-Sasha-Scarlett-Hostyn-81282-44-from-30-tournaments/slideshow/36327430.cms . live .
  5. Web site: Meet Scarlett, the 20-year-old woman who's blazing trails in 'StarCraft' . 21 December 2013 . 27 January 2015 . Patrick . O'Neill . The Daily Dot. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131221214410/http://www.dailydot.com/esports/sasha-scarlett-hostyn-starcraft-esports/. December 21, 2013.
  6. Web site: Meet Scarlett, the queen of 'Starcraft II' . The Verge . Adi . Robertson . 27 January 2015 . 5 February 2014 . 10 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180810105120/https://www.theverge.com/2014/2/5/5382152/meet-scarlett-the-queen-of-starcraft-ii . live .
  7. Web site: Polygon's 50 admirable gaming people of 2014 . 30 December 2014 . Polygon . Colin . Campbell . 27 January 2015 . 31 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141231040306/http://www.polygon.com/2014/12/30/7379031/polygons-50-gaming-heroes-of-2014 . live .
  8. News: StarCraft II's high-flying 'Scarlett' is turning to Dota 2. Does success await? . The Guardian . February 6, 2015 . February 24, 2015 . Parkin . Simon . September 1, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170901063911/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/feb/06/sacha-hostyn-scarlett-starcraft-dota2-video-gaming . live .
  9. News: Scarlett and FeaR join Dead Pixels . 2016-06-17 . 2023-04-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230410215249/https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/510421-scarlett-clem-and-fear-join-dead-pixels . live .
  10. expertesport . 765831389778444288 . 17 August 2016 . A selection of our new roster. Do you recognize any of them? .
  11. Scarlett wins Intel's pre-Winter Olympics 2018 StarCraft 2 event . Donnelly . Joe . 2018-02-07 . PC Gamer . en-US . 2020-02-10 . 2019-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190418233847/https://www.pcgamer.com/scarlett-wins-intels-pre-winter-olympics-2018-starcraft-2-event/ . live .
  12. Web site: Sasha "Scarlett" Hostyn Becomes First Woman to Win a Major StarCraft 2 Tournament . Bell . Brian . 2018-02-07 . Pastemagazine.com . en . 2020-02-10 . 2018-02-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180209163652/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/02/sasha-scarlett-hostyn-becomes-first-woman-to-win-a.html . live .
  13. newbeecn . 1061308173510995968 . 10 November 2018 . The QUEEN is here~ Welcome to Newbee @onfireScarlett.
  14. Web site: 2021-02-19. Shopify forms Rebellion and signs StarCraft II pro Scarlett. 2022-01-25. Daily Esports. en-US. 2022-01-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20220128164815/https://www.dailyesports.gg/shopify-forms-rebellion-and-signs-starcraft-ii-pro-scarlett/. dead.
  15. Web site: Highest career earnings for a competitive videogame player (Female) . 2016-12-08 . 2016-10-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161028234648/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/383251-highest-career-earnings-for-a-competitive-videogame-player-female . live .

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