Yesterdays explosion of disapproval over the gender-segregated Hearthstone tournament set to be hosted by the International e-Sports Federation (IeSF) in November has brought about a change in policy from the organizer. It originally planned to host a series of competitions limited to male players only — spanning the team-based Dota 2 and the single-player StarCraft II, Hearthstone, […]

The International e-Sports Federation has seen an outpouring of backlash this morning over a bizarre policy that prohibits female competitors from entering its Hearthstone tournament. A Reddit post first drew attention to the restriction by noting that one of the tournaments qualifiers, hosted by Assembly in Finland, stated that it only allowed male players. Assembly has […]