Expertsclaim thatthe phenomenon, dubbed the Lipstick factor, is a repeat of that seenduringtheGreat Depressionofthe 1930s when toughercompetitionforjobs made womeneager to looktheir best.
We had never formally structured it, but with the recent success of our Aspire Learning Consortium for Starcraft 2 and the big announcement from Riot Games for Season 3, we wanted to create a more specific way for players and teams to work towards a professional level of competition, or foreager gamers to gain skills they could utilize in the professional space.