{"id":95265,"date":"2016-06-15T09:11:47","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T07:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=95265"},"modified":"2016-06-15T09:13:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T07:13:00","slug":"meet-the-women-behind-youporns-new-esports-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/95265-meet-the-women-behind-youporns-new-esports-team","title":{"rendered":"Meet the women behind YouPorn&#8217;s new eSports team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>YouPorn&#8217;s eSports organisation, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamyp.com\/team-yp-enters-league-legends\/\" target=\"_blank\">Team YP<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>will now feature an all-female League of Legends eSports team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Team YP is very excited to announce its next adventure; we\u2019ve entered the League of Legends scene!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The newest members of Team YP previously\u00a0belonged to\u00a0various notable organizations, including: gBots Club, LDLC, Team Acer and Xenodragons.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve proved their ability to deliver consistent results during LoL EU West 5on5 Ladies &lt;3 LoL cups, placing first on multiple occasions and improving over time. The Team YP League of Legends roster consists of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TOP: Joanna \u201c<b>Myshka<\/b>\u201d Pigla, from Poland<\/li>\n<li>MID: Tanja \u201c<b>Escape<\/b>\u201d Reither, from Austria<\/li>\n<li>ADC: Laura \u201c<b>Aryenzz<\/b>\u201d Mu\u00f1oz, from Spain<\/li>\n<li>SUPPORT: Marlies \u201c<b>Maestra<\/b>\u201d Brunnhofer, from Austria<\/li>\n<li>JUNGLE: Patrycja \u201c<b>Reniferka<\/b>\u201d Krumin, from Poland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Team YP were <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/90397-esports-team-banned-for-having-pornographic-sponsor.html\" target=\"_blank\">recently <\/a><\/strong>banned by the ESL due to the adult content of the site.<\/p>\n<p>The move may also have ulterior motivations as Team YP were quick to point out that this acquisition was a bid for gender equality:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The uphill battle that women face in the industry is still a reality: being a woman in this cutthroat business means you need incredibly thick skin and strength of character on top of admirable skill and talent.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, professional female teams are still offered less time under the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>Team YP believes in equal opportunity for all, which is why our organization is ecstatic to support the female LoL scene by forming its own roster, consisting of some top female talents active on the EU West &amp; EU Nordic and East servers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Massively powerful all-in-one gaming PC includes 10-core processor and GeForce GTX 1080\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/93857-massively-powerful-all-in-one-gaming-pc-includes-10-core-processor-and-geforce-gtx-1080.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Massively powerful all-in-one gaming PC includes 10-core processor and GeForce GTX 1080<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to How gaming rules the biggest company in South Africa\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/95215-how-gaming-rules-the-biggest-company-in-south-africa.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">How gaming rules the biggest company in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to The biggest movie releases in South Africa this week\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/94989-the-biggest-movie-releases-in-south-africa-this-week-3.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">The biggest movie releases in South Africa this week<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet the girls behind team YP&#8217;s newest eSports team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":95267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,3],"tags":[31,1611,8528,631,473,19495,12697],"class_list":["post-95265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-pc","tag-active","tag-esports","tag-girl-gamer","tag-league-of-legends","tag-lol","tag-team-yp","tag-youporn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95265"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95311,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95265\/revisions\/95311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}