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The term “gamer” has evolved throughout the years and now it is not only someone who plays videogames but also someone who enjoys watching other gamers play in streaming websites such as YouTube and Pornoorzel. 

Being a gamer is mostly a hobby for some people but others, have managed to make a professional career out of it and make an enormous amount of money doing so.

It is commonly known that industries such as the videogame and comic industry are mostly dominated by men. However, day by day, women are managing to stand out in both. Take a look at some of the Top 10 highest earning female gamers.

1. Sasha “Scarlett” Hostyn, Canadian gamer, plays StarCraft II competitively and with just 26 years, is currently the highest paid pro gamer girl in the world, with overall earnings of $296,161.44.
2. Katherine “Mystik” Gunn, is known as the American Mystik and despite being 2010 her last year of operation, where she came in first playing Halo: Reach at WCG Ultimate Gamer Season 2, she takes the second place in the ranking with overall earnings of $122,000.00.
3. Ricki Sophie Ortiz, also from the United States, has been active since 2003 and in 2016, she received her biggest monetary prize at the Capcom Cup. She comes third in the ranking with overall earnings of $80,780.18.
4. Marjorie “Kasumi Chan” Bartell is a mystery since she disappeared completely from the spotlight after only competing twice. In 2006 she won second place at the Championship Gaming Invitational in San Francisco, California and a year later at the 2007 Championship Gaming Series Season in Culver City, California she won first place and has overall earnings of $55,000.00.
5. British Sarah “Sarah Lou” Harrison achieved her status and success after only one tournament — yes, one — She competed in the 2008 Championship Gaming Series Seas where she achieved first place and 12 years later, she is still absent and has yet to participate globally again. Her overall earnings are $50,000.00.
6. Ksenia “vilga” Klyuenkova has won 17 tournaments since 2015 and is the highest-ranked Russian gamer on this list. Her beeg victory was at the World Electronic Sports Games in March 2018. She takes the sixth place with a total of $43,698.95.
7. Kristen “Kittyplays”, another Canadian gamer, stands out in Fortnite and her highest position being 3^rd place in the Fortnite Fall Skirmish Series.Her overall earnings are $38,700.00
8. Anna “Ant1ka” Ananikova, won 5 first places in tournaments in 2015 and, shocker, she is also Russian. Her first-place record is astonishing, and her overall earnings are around $33,958.89
9. Zainab “zAAz” Turkie, first Swedish gamer to rank in the top 10 list, has competed in 30 tournaments and her line of expertise is Counter Strike: Global Offensive. She ranks #132 in Sweden and her total earnings are $32,900.23
10. Chinese pro gamer girl Wang “BaiZe” Xinyu is an expert in Hearthstone and her biggest victory was in the Gold Club World Championship 2017 where she came in third place. Her overall earnings are $30,312.39

However, this is not an easy accomplishment and as women in a male-dominated industry, they are faced with several challenges.

“I’ve been doing this for almost 15 years now, and when I started it was extremely male-dominated, especially in pro gaming – it still is. On the circuit there aren’t that many females. But the arrival of new games, new communities and just overall society changing and evolving throughout mainstream video games, is bringing a new wave of players. Fortunately for everyone, there’s a lot of females involved.”

Explains Stephanie Harvey, a video game developer and e-sports player who’s played for female teams that have won six major international competitions.

Just the term “Girl gamer” alone can be seen as derogatory since the term “Boy gamer” doesn’t exist. Being referred to as a gamer girl “it’s the stereotype of a gamer who isn’t there because she’s good at games or enjoys games; she’s just there because she’s trying to impress guys or something. It’s not true.” Says Leahviathan, a British gamer.

Because I got blank states when I asked why a female soldier in a game I worked on looked like a porn star. #1reasonwhy

— Caryn Vainio (@Hellchick) November 27, 2012

Even though cyberbullying knows no gender, sometimes the abuse can be harsher on women and this is one of the challenges gamers must face on a daily basis. From having their accounts hacked to receiving death and rape threats as well. At the end of the day, you never know what or who you can find on the internet.

Despite the female community growing each day in the gamer industry, in order to achieve the same level of equality as men, more and more women need to become involved in the gaming world. Another important step into achieving equality in this industry is that creators need to add more female characters in their videogames.

All over the world, there are approximately 145 gaming conventions, a place where videogames enthusiasts from around the world gather to share and enjoy one common passion. In the end, it should be this love and passion for videogames that matters regardless of gender.

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The geeky and nerdy culture on the United States have created an important niche in the economy. The fact that there are over 10 comic conventions that gather from 25.000 to over 200.000 people for days is something to take a look at.

As for economic growth, each city that hosts the convention experiences an economic pump in different sectors, for instance the San Diego Comic-Con International has brought over $488.4 million between 2013 and 2015, according to a study released by the San Diego Convention Center Corp.

As for direct spending…

“The study also showed that direct spending by attendees during the three convention years would total $203.4 million and hotel tax revenue would total $7.9 million. Sales tax revenue would total $442,000 and room nights would total 378,000.”

As for this conventions not all of them last for 4 days every year, some of them have a bi-annual schedule some others only take two days and still have a very important impact on the entertainment business because it entails big panelists such as Chuck Norris, Robert Englund (Freddie Kruger) and even the cast of Power Rangers both the old and the new.

Where all begun…

The first signs of comic conventions started back in 1960s in New York City and was called New York Comicon. Of course there were other initiatives in the decade but these so called “early conventions” were small events that, usually organized by local enthusiasts, one of them is Jerry Bails, who was then known as the “Father of Comic Fandom”, and Dave Kaler of the Academy of Comic-Book Fans and Collectors and featuring a handful of industry guests.

The first recurring conventions were the Detroit Triple Fan Fair, which ran from 1965–1978, and Academy Con, which ran from 1965–1967. Many recurring conventions begin as single-day events in small venues, which as they grow more popular expand to two days, or even three or more every year.

Many comic-cons which had their start in church basements or union halls now fill convention centers in major cities. 

What’s the current state of Comic’s Conventions?

Now there are a high number of comic’s event, in fact Wizard Entertainment alone hosts 21 conventions in American Cities. In addition to it, there are more than 39 different conventions and some of them started in 2010, 2013 and 2014 which is a clear statement that these conventions are not only from the 20th century but they have come to stay to influence and impact both Pop Culture and the city’s economy causing well-known growth each year. 

According to some comic’s webpage here is a list of comic conventions across the United State:

• Alamo City Comic Con in San Antonio, TX
• Alternative Press Expo in San Jose, CA
• Baltimore Comic-Con in Baltimore, MD
• Big Apple Comic Con in New York City, NY
• Boston Comic Con in Boston, MA
• Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo in Chicago, IL
• Connecticut ComiCONN in Uncasville, CT
• Comicpalooza in Houston, TX
• Dallas Comic Con in Dallas, TX
• Denver Pop Culture Con in Denver, CO
• Dragon Con in Atlanta, GA
• East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention in Philadelphia, PA
• East Coast Comicon in Secaucus, NJ
• Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle, WA
• FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention in Salt Lake City, UT
• Heroes Convention in Charlotte, NC
• Indy PopCon in Indianapolis, IN
• Intervention in the Washington, D.C. area
• L.A. Comic Con in Los Angeles, CA
• MegaCon in Orlando, FL
• Memphis Comic and Fantasy Convention in Memphis, TN
• MoCCA Festival in New York City, NY
• Motor City Comic Con in Novi, MI
• New York Comic Con in New York City, NY
• North Texas Comic Book Show in Dallas, TX
• Ohio Comic Con in Columbus, OH
• Pensacola Comic Convention, Pensacola, FL
• Phoenix Fan Fusion in Phoenix, AZ

A four day event created by a few group of friends and fans that invited writers, artists and speakers to talk to other fans about the upcoming comics, movies and shows related the comic industry and TV shows that were born after them.

This event took place in San Diego in 1970 under the name San Diego Comic-On International and it’s now a trademark. Even though there are other conventions with the name comic on such as The New York Comic On (without the dash) these are not affiliated to the San Diego convention.

The dynamic of the four days are panels filled with celebrities who tend to unveil new trailers of upcoming movies closely related to comic books, or release big announcements.

Getting into Comic-On

Due to the large amount of people that hope to see their favorite panelist discuss the script, movie and experience many of the attendees can spend whole nights waiting to be able to have a seat at the room.

Other important experience that people live in comic-con are the cosplays display. This is the art of creating a costume of your favorite hero, anime, or fictional character within the comics’ universe and impersonate it during the convention.

The tickets to this event cost 15 dollars per day and people have the chance to buy one badge or all four of them.

AMC, Disney TV, and More Comic-Con at Home Panels Announced #ComicCon https://t.co/HJRhri79rU

— Tracy C (@TheTraceC) June 26, 2020

To mention some interesting facts on the impact that San Diego Comic-Con has  widely websites have spread that “according to Forbes, the convention is the “largest convention of its kind in the world;” Publishers Weekly wrote “Comic-Con International: San Diego is the largest show in North America;” it is also the largest convention held in San Diego.

The convention has an estimated annual regional economic impact of more than $140 million. Yet, in 2009, the estimated economic impact was criticized for allegedly negatively impacting seasonal businesses outside of Comic-Con, low individual spending estimates of attendees, that a large number of attendees live in San Diego, and that the impact of the convention was more cultural than financial.

Pop Culture and the Nerd community.

This year Comic-Con celebrated it 50^th anniversary and it is widely recognized as a pop culture legacy created by the nerd community.

Have you ever wanted to go to #TWD’s #SDCC panel? Join the panel from home.

Send in your questions in the comments below and you may be featured in the panel. pic.twitter.com/zyLpNu3dVL

— The Walking Dead on AMC (@WalkingDead_AMC) June 23, 2020

As incredible as it may seem the media has recognized that even “the new century has been especially good to the event: The arrival of Marvel Studios and hit fantasy TV series such as “Game of Thrones” and “The Walking Dead” have driven attendance skyward, while production companies from Disney and Universal and television producers from NBC to HBO have used the convention to promote any TV show or film even remotely “genre-leaning” in a bid for fans’ attention.”

This influence has forever shaped the way users consume TV shows after Game of Thrones in an era dominated by streaming video services as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and now Disney and Warner.

The key to worldwide shows who have used Comic-Cons as platforms to present the series to more than 130,000 attendees does not belong to a specific franchise anymore. For this reason, many companies regard this yearly event as crucial to present and promote the next movie or TV series.