PROFILE
GIRLS GAME FOR THE THROAT—WE’VE gotten used to it. Now ubiquitous, the Ubisoft-sponsored Frag Dolls started spreading their message of equal-opportunity deathmatching with a foxy face in ’04. Others share similar stories, including the international all-female team girlz 0f destruction and Les Seules, the so-called Swedish Girls of Gaming who use pro coaching and Olympic-like training regimens to triumph in Counter-Strike and other red-toothed shooters. So, what’s yet another gal group to do to get attention? Challenge the rest and rise to the top. Or, if you’re the Girls of CS (an offshoot of the LANFusion network), simply take the top off.
“We’re coding our website for community, with custom user profiles, blogs, message boards, and everything else you’d expect,” says Dan Matthews, co-owner of the adults-only GirlsofCS .com. “Premium members get access to a private voice-over-IP (VoIP) channel and CS server to Nixing the network’s original reason for being interact with models outside of the site. They also (to thwart the assumption that formidable gal have first access to physical events, LAN parties, gamers have to be homely ones), Matthews now and such.” To wit: pay, ogle, yap, play—more or less in line with the other taut trigger-pullers’ has an easier-to-buy explanation: It is what it is. “By charging a membership fee,” he says, “we homepages, plus pinups. To answer your second can cover overhead costs and afford to pay mod-question first: Yes, Hillary, Mousie, Princess, and els for their participation in the community.” And Girls of CS’ other models know team flashers make something for himself—or so it stands to from blockers from mic spammers. Partial to map reason. For her part, Hillary cites “the community Dust2 and her AK-47, Hillary says she plays daily. and competition” as personal motivation, adding:
WHAT’S ANOTHER GAL GAMING GROUP TO DO TO GET ATTENTION?
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Adds Matthews: “We set certain requirements with regards to how often models play and how active they need to be in the community.” Of course, female players need neither pose “Of course, the money is also a nice perk.” As for specifics on the site’s cheesecake content, Matthews says: “We might incorporate playful Counter-Strike themes into some of the nor look the part to participate, and according to shoots, but one of the site’s points is that the Hillary, “The Girls of CS tag just identifies models; models are normal people. So with that in mind, anyone can apply for admin privileges and com- we try to tie the photo shoots into their personali pete. Last weekend, for example, we got together ties. The girls have creative control of settings for a LAN party, and five or so other women gamand overall feel. One of the sets, for instance, is ers who don’t model showed up to participate.” of Hillary walking around her apartment and then As for your first question…well, one second. playing CS.” Scandalous./Shawn Elliott
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