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From Tennis to eSports - Sansen Talks of Her Transition
There's a particularly tall athlete that towers over the others at this year's ZOWIE DIVINA. She is always radiant with a confident smile, and her positive attitude has warmed the hearts of all the competitors like the sun. Her name is Sansen, but her real name, Sanda Mamić, is even more popular because she achieved international fame as a Croatian tennis player.
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Strategy Comes First! Swedish Athlete MajPaj Confidently Aims for Gold with Her Coolheadedness
A former full-time streamer, Swedish athlete MajPaj is extremely fond of shooting games and has been playing CS:GO for six years already. She honestly explains that while working as a streamer, she had to play for up to nine hours each day, and after growing tired of such a routine nearly 3 months ago, she determinedly became a Youtuber.
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Battling Her Way Through the Crowd -
masq: A Deadly Shot from North America
American athlete "masq" used to be a member of Pittsburgh Knights, a CS: GO team, and used to fight alongside the famous Valens, slemmy, professor, Chaos, and DMaster. It has been two years since she first started playing CS: GO, and masq has conquered various state-held tournaments throughout the United States, making her a veteran of FPS tournaments.
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Crushing All Opponents!
Sharpshooter MDY_Ting Represents China
MDY_Ting received her ticket to ZOWIE DIVINA by beating out all competition during the Chinese preliminaries, leading the rest of the players' scores by leaps and bounds. As a current professional player for the MDY team, not only does she have solid skills, but she has also attained unique insights to the game.
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Finn Athlete Paleolite Believes
Female Gamers Are Better Strategists
As the number of female gamers are on the rise, an assortment of women's eSports tournaments have also begun to surface. Paleolite states, "There's something called Female Legends that was formed around two years ago. It hosts women's only tournaments, and the bi-annual DreamHack also hosts women's only competitions. I believe the preliminary rounds for LoL and CS: GO have already begun, and there are usually some online competitions that we can take part in."
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Teacher By Day, Professional Gamer By Night!
Canadian Rockette Is the Best Role Model
Can you imagine that your school teacher is a badass gamer? That is exactly the case for Canadian female gamer Rockette. A full-time school teacher by day, Rockette is also a live streamer and a professional eSports athlete.
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The Russian Valkyrie!
Elizabeth Dreams of Traveling the World with eSports
Known for their toughness, it is not surprising that Russians have their own version of the Valkyrie in the gaming world; nevertheless, it is difficult to associate the slender, Barbie doll-esque Elizabeth with tough shooting games. And these gender stereotypes have also quickly dissipated after her first interview question with us.
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Proving Her Worth!
Zyven Shows Off Her Girl Power in eSports
Hailing from Argentina, Zyven first came across first-person shooter (FPS) games at the age of 12, and she has been passionate about these games ever since.
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Taiwan and Japan take first, with Taiwanese player Sunny displaying her impressive abilities in PUBG.
Their mind-blowing shooting had the audience watching the game in awe. Taiwanese player Sunny and Japanese player MAMETAS0 worked together seamlessly and won the Duo Match Exhibition Championship.
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Beauty Meets Talent:
Captain of the French Model Team "LittleBigWhale"
LittleBigWhale is a full-time streamer from France. She freshly graduated from a business school with a Masters degree last year, and she has loved FPS shooting games since she was a very young girl. She is currently focused on PUBG, but she also plays other games including "Call of Duty" and "CS: GO".
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The Rise of Girl Power in Esports! Chorina Talks with Her Guns
She has formed "Kills on Heels," her own female eSports team in Romania, and explains: "When we were starting out there were only the six of us, and I scouted all of them from social media. After three months of effort in which we played together every day, we even received sponsorships."
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A Deadly Shot!
Sunny Represents Taiwan in an International Tournament
The number of applicants from Taiwan ranked third throughout the world. Faced with such tough competition, 22-year-old Sunny still earned herself a place in the tournament.
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The Queen of Germany!
Professional Female PUBG Athlete: MajestyCharlie
Her kill count greatly leads the rest of the competition, and she has come to be known as a killing machine to many members of the audience. At the same time, MajestyCharlie is the only professional female PUBG athlete in Germany, and is currently a member of the Entropy Gaming team.
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Brimming with Confidence!
Youngest Player dabbyjung Has Her Eyes On the Gold
This year, ZOWIE DIVINA has invited players from Thailand, and it's worth noting that the four Thai participants are exceptional players who came out on top during the regionals. In particular, all eyes are on player "dabbyjung," who has scored the most points in the preliminaries.
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Strong As a Mother!
TwitchTV_Poulie Strikes a Great Work-Life Balance
"TwitchTV_Poulie," or Paula Monteiro, is a famous Brazilian PUBG streamer and a mother dedicated to her family at the same time.
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Positive About eSports' Inclusion in Olympics;
konii: The Two Are Essentially the Same
Majoring in sports management in Australia, called "konii" or Connie Hillmen, not only excels in her academics, but she is also a famous female eSport athlete throughout Australia.
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ZOWIE DIVINA DUO Show Match Group Draw and Stream Announcement
12 Dec 2018
ZOWIE DIVINA 2018 is the worlds first LAN PUBG tournament.
48 players have been randomly drawn on-site into 24 teams for duo show matches which start tomorrow at 6 pm. |
ZOWIE ZONE will make its debut in a LAN tournament
11 Dec 2018
The players have had their first look at the venue and were introduced to the ZONE which is appearing for the first time at an international tournament since it was announced in 2017.
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BenQ Announces ZOWIE DIVINA Special Edition Line of Equipment
15 Nov 2018
BenQ has launched the ZOWIE DIVINA line which includes the new S series, the classic EC-B series and the G-SR mousepad in pink and blue.
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ZOWIE DIVINA Women's Invitational PUBG Tournament Player List Announcement
5 Nov 2018
Since we began registration for the ZOWIE DIVINA Women's Invitational PUBG Tournament, we have received nearly 300 applications worldwide. With skill of the game as our utmost priority, we have reviewed all applicants and selected 42 finalists for the global finals.
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ZOWIE DIVINA Women’s Invitational PUBG Tournament Announcement
17 Oct 2018
Taipei, Taiwan, Oct. 17 –BenQ announces today the 2018 ZOWIE DIVINA PUBG female eSports tournament. Forty-eight players from around the world will be invited to compete at the LAN finals from the 13th to the 16th of December in Shanghai, China, at a newly opened eSports arena.
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