You literally have to be good at your build and have majority positive stats to even be respected, as you would in any game. I think men in general just don’t think women are as competitive at NBA 2k19 because it’s a game with such a huge skill gap. A lot of men had no idea that this many women played 2k before this event. Some of these women just started streaming and posting more about the fact that they play 2k. It’s partially our fault because we don’t put ourselves out there enough. Why do you feel women aren’t supported by some men in the 2k community?Ĭhastity: I personally feel like women in NBA 2k aren’t respected as much as men.
After that, everyone who was in the park started playing against each other, not to get mad if they lost, but to just have fun and show respect to one another. When finished with the best-dressed competition, everyone headed over to the 2’s court so the top 2 best-dressed women could 1v1 each other for a $50 prize. We had some men come out and support the ladies as well. This doesn’t even count the women who couldn’t show up because of work or because they play on XBOX. Roughly 30+ women took time out of their day to show up for this event. I expected this to limit how many women were able to participate, but I knew a lot of women had the PS4.
Once you went ahead and announced this event, what did the turnout look like?Ĭhastity: The event was amazing! Originally, any women who had a PS4 account could join. It was a great way to get women in a park to play against each other and to have our male friends join our park so that we could play against them. I told my friends before I decided to do it that I want to host an all-female park takeover, and one friend told me to go for it. I got tired of seeing women tear each other down over the most simplest things because if we stand united, no one can divide us. I’ve personally have had my beef with other women in the 2k community and it made me take a step back and ask myself “Is it really worth it?” It’s even worse when you have fellow female 2k players bashing each other over labels, whose better, and trash talking for drama related reasons. It’s obvious that us women in the 2k community aren’t respected, told to go back to the kitchen, or that we just aren’t good enough. It’s when a bunch of women who play NBA 2k get together in one park, dressed up in the regulated theme attire chosen by me and essentially take over the park. Which is what Chastity did with the creation of the Female Park Takeover.įor our Stick Talk series, I had a chance to chat with her to find out what inspired this event, how the turnout was and why women gamers are part of the divide.įor those who don’t know, what is the “Female Park Takeover”?Ĭhastity: The Female Park Takeover was an event that I randomly thought of one day while scrolling on Twitter at home.
And the only way to deal with it is to accept fault, and take action. Although she entered into the 2k space during the NBA 2k17 era, over time she’s grown a following of up to 10,000 supporters, immediately tapping into the passionate environment.īut even with this newfound following, a divide and lack of camaraderie is hindering progress for some individuals within this space.
One of those individuals is Chastity Mays aka GirlGamerChas. But even with this growth, people in the community still feel there’s room for improvement.
The National Basketball Association created an official esports league called the NBA 2K League, prize pool and global recognition of the community have gone up, and this year the first woman pro esports player was drafted into the NBA’s newly established league. The NBA2k community has hit tremendous strides within the last few years. My ladder rating is 0 i guess, but i still like my chances.I personally feel like women in NBA2K aren’t respected as much as men and it’s partially our fault. Those were my 6th 7th 8th and 9th 1v1 lifetime in 7 years supreme commander. I lost the 4st for bad as exspected but still 96 to go.
Maps are free choice(no bigger than 20x20). I accepted and offered to play him 100 games or until i win my 2nd. In that case he challenged me, not the other way around. That made BH rage even more so he said i would not win 1% vs him. It´s simple logic, that you should not lose if you think you are too good and they play like shit. I then said that some of them must have played good otherwise they would not have beaten him, unless he played shit too. After BH had lost he raged in chat that 1900+ games are still to low for him and that the 2k players play like shit. Blackheart BRS_DCCC97 and Blodir lost a 3v3 on Syrtis vs Voodoo Adjux and Chosen, game was hostet by Blackheart and was named 1900+ no exceptions.