The case of Kingsman's removal from the Marvel Rivals Tournament is a perfect example of women's in-group bias and the women-are-wonderful effect

xinarin · 2026-01-21T13:43:36+00:00

As someone who works closely with a lot of hr and executive level employees in the corporate world, this is a very common occurrence. The gross level of sexism I've heard and seen from women is crazy. Yet when I ever mention it, there always seems to be women who rush to say that "it's against men, so it's not an issue."

My_Legz · 2026-01-21T13:21:42+00:00

Interestingly we see the same dynamics in workplaces with a lot of women and few men. It is likely not a random occurance

AbysmalDescent · 2026-01-21T15:42:22+00:00

The clips I've seen are pretty awful but this also looks to me like a very clear demonstration of how female toxicity, chauvinism, ego and misandry are actually quite prevalent in gaming. In my experience, it's always been pretty evident that it has always been this way, because even when women were first starting to adopt gaming mainstream, it was riddled with hateful comments directed at men and chauvinistic women ganging up together because they are women.

A lot of the rhetoric in gaming that men are hostile towards women was always a bit ridiculous to me, considering how much men bend over backwards to accommodate and praise women who game but how much hostility women presented towards men from the start. The issue with women not entering nerdy hobbies has always been presented as a misogyny problem, when it is clear that it has always been a misandry problem, with women not wanting to enter those spaces because they look down on those interests, and the men who partake in them, or coming into it with a very disrespectful and jaded attitude.

DistantTimbersEcho · 2026-01-21T14:04:43+00:00

Why would a group of women, or men for that matter, enter a tournament and actively not play to win it, and even kick the one who is playing out?

Magical-Hummus · 2026-01-22T02:06:09+00:00

There is more even:

They claim they did not know there was prize money. Yet some of them e-girls announced it beforehand via tik tok
Kingsman told them since start of the tournament, that there is a prize pool
Kingsman EXPLAINED since beginning what strategy works best and why. And he was told "That's is true, but still will play Black Widow" (the character that caused all the issues)
Kingsman had 18 kills in one match, compared to Zaza who had literally only 5 deaths and ZERO assists. That means, she NEVER hit an enemy ONCE. That means she was useless.
That is why AFTER he won them the first round, he said "Case in point" and demanded a switch to healer.
Kingsman was INVITED to participate BECAUSE he was competitive. He did not barge in rudely. He is a rank #1 player on PC.
Afterwards all these E-Girls made fun of him for playing videogames passionetely, labelled him as "a guy who cannot take no as an answer", fabricated lies about him being toxic , not knowing the tournament had a prize pool, said he was "anti-social" etc. They had one chance to redeem themselves and they did not just but triple downed.
Kingsman is an actual student, who really could have used the money, instead of already rich streamers.
The man of the tournament hosting group who kicked Kingsman out, is a boyfriend of one of the e-girls.

Unique_Magician6323 · 2026-01-21T16:47:51+00:00

I think alot of this is the PITA factor. Women will just keep nagging and nagging and nagging and people will often just concede to them to end the nagging.

Ok-Consideration8724 · 2026-01-21T21:22:27+00:00

I was ready for this to pop up. CeCe called him a loser and went to the head of the tournament to get him removed. The winning purse was 40k that would’ve been split up so that the winners get 3k. He really wanted the 3k to help pay for college.

So this chick got him removed because of his tone when he said “hey black widow in this game sucks can you switch to a better hero who has a higher chance of us winning like Phoenix or something?” Completely reasonable.

jjj2576 · 2026-01-21T19:50:59+00:00

I listened to the scrims. For a bunch of ladies that are just there for the vibes, they are super low vibration.

GrieverXVII · 2026-01-21T16:46:10+00:00

its always the usual suspects imo, and my experiences whilst playing Marvel Rivals aswell. its always "how it makes them feel" no matter how right you are.

MullingMulianto · 2026-01-22T09:47:00+00:00

Let's not forget that this was the opposite of an isolated incident. Cece, Zaza and Luci all share a consistent and aggressive pattern of maligning and silencing other creators. Here is a specific example from Luciyasa. It's crazy how quickly that women learned that they can abuse their internet communities to oppress men with impunity.

Knirb_ · 2026-01-21T13:51:15+00:00

I’m surprised Wiki even has a page for that still and their corrupt editors haven’t taken it down

Still probably rife with misinformation and omission of relevant facts and studies

Revolutionary-Part20 · 2026-01-21T15:45:09+00:00

https://gofund.me/f5a5f77a8

Capital-Box164 · 2026-01-22T04:04:53+00:00

empathetic gender momment:

The_0bserver · 2026-01-23T08:33:21+00:00

Lets also not forget the white-knights that enabled this to happen. Pure scum.

Safe_Wrangler_858 · 2026-01-22T15:40:26+00:00

Crazy

AbysmalDescent · 2026-01-21T14:14:12+00:00

This drama is so annoying because it's going to set women back years in gaming.

Most women aren't like this especially women gamers. The problem here isn't that he's working with women it's that he's working with egotistical assholes. The one who removed him from the tournament was a guy. And the one who reported him to the tournament organizers was a guy.

Don't blame female gamers just because a few was an asshole.

HyphyJuice916 · 2026-01-24T08:41:32+00:00

I still don't understand why the hell he was kicked out of the tournament

Normal_Ambassador276 · 2026-01-25T08:00:19+00:00

This really blew up on YouTube as well. Looks like Cece, Zaza have been exposed +called out and Kingsman is doing really well on his channels.

Proof, accountability and consequences win this time.

roboman07 · 2026-01-22T00:26:18+00:00

Sorry but that issue is not cuz of women, the issue with that is marvel rivals ranked in general, it’s a horrendous place to be, and that team had other men on it

WeEatBabies · 2026-01-21T12:20:46+00:00

Gamer here : Git Gud and stop blaming your team!

Also, for the love of god, 40k$ tournament, form your own team!

Title	The case of Kingsman's removal from the Marvel Rivals Tournament is a perfect example of women's in-group bias and the women-are-wonderful effect
Author	DawnBreak777
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Date	January 21, 2026 12:16 PM UTC (5 months ago)
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