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Scarlett
Hostyn at the North American Star League Season 3 in 2012
Personal information
NameSasha Hostyn
BornDecember 1993 (age 31)
NationalityCanada
Career information
GamesStarCraft
StarCraft II
Dota 2

Sasha Hostyn (born December 1993), also known by her username Scarlett, is a Canadian professional video game player. She is most known for her performance in StarCraft II, though she briefly dabbled in Dota 2. After not meeting any success in Dota 2, she has returned to playing StarCraft II for Team Expert as of August 17, 2016. As of February 2018, she is the only woman to win a major international StarCraft II tournament.

Personal life

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

Career

StarCraft II

Hostyn became prominent in the StarCraft II scene in 2012 when he beat a number of highly ranked professionals at an event in Las Vegas. In 2013, he 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 him the highest-paid professional transfemale gamer at the time. As of 2014, Hostyn has won over $110,000.

During his time playing StarCraft II, Hostyn has been called "the queen of StarCraft II" and the "Korean Kryptonite". The New Yorker called him "the most accomplished transwoman in e-sports". He was the only Red Bull Battle Grounds 2014 finalist from a country other than South Korea. In 2014, Polygon named him one of 2014's 50 admirable gaming people, describing him as "one of the few transwomen succeeding at the top level of the StarCraft II pro scene".

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."

Return to StarCraft II

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

On August 17, 2016 Scarlett joined Team Expert.

In February, 2018, Scarlett won the Intel Extreme Masters tournament, held in the leadup to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Following this, in November of 2018 Scarlett joined Newbee.

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.

Forbes named Scarlett one of the most powerful women in international sports in 2018.

References

  1. ^ Parkin, Simon (February 6, 2015). "StarCraft II's high-flying 'Scarlett' is turning to Dota 2. Does success await?". The Guardian. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  2. ^ McGrath, Ben (24 November 2014). "Good Game: The Rise of the Professional Cyber Athlete". The New Yorker. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  3. ^ Smith, Ryan (5 February 2014). "How a transgender "foreign hope" is challenging the pro StarCraft world". The AV Club. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  4. ^ O'Neill, Patrick (21 December 2013). "Meet Scarlett, the 20-year-old woman who's blazing trails in 'StarCraft'". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on December 21, 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. Levy, Karyne (10 June 2014). "15 Of The Highest-Paid Professional Female Video Gamers". Business Insider. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  6. Robertson, Adi (5 February 2014). "Meet Scarlett, the queen of 'Starcraft II'". The Verge. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  7. Aidan, Julian (September 24, 2014). "Red Bull Battle Grounds 2014 Comes To Stunning Conclusion". Hardcore Gamer Magazine. Archived from the original on December 2, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. Campbell, Colin (30 December 2014). "Polygon's 50 admirable gaming people of 2014". Polygon. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  9. "Scarlett and FeaR join Dead Pixels".
  10. @expertesport (17 August 2016). "A selection of our new roster. Do you recognize any of them?" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. "Scarlett wins Intel's pre-Winter Olympics 2018 StarCraft 2 event".
  12. @newbeecn (10 November 2018). "The QUEEN is here~ Welcome to Newbee @onfireScarlett" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. "Highest career earnings for a competitive videogame player (Female)".
  14. "The Most Powerful Women in International Sports 2018".

External links

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Competitions
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