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Clan Focus: Vicious Vixens

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It’s a new year and as such it’s time to attempt brand new things again. What we are aiming to do this year is interview as many online gaming clans as possible and what better way to start things off than with South Africa’s only, as far as we know, female-only gaming clan.

Vicious Vixens

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The Vixens currently have 6 active members

Members

Name: Michelle “KofDelight” Hercules
Bio: Gamer,lover of anime and kpop. First gaming experience was age 6 on an 8-bit Golden China game station. Leader of the clan,fun loving and crazy about kpop(yeah I know,weird)
Gaming Platforms: Xbox,PS3,PC
Favourite games: Gears Of War,Tomb Raider,Skyrim

Name: Tasneem “AfroNeemo” Carlse
Bio: Gamer,lead vocalist in a rock band. First gaming experience stared at a very young age being exposed to PCs due to my mom being a somewhat techy.I’m a creative pink haired busty girl 😉
Gaming Platform: PC
Favourite games: The Stanley Parable,Minecraft,Bioshock

Name: Robin “Vixenrsa” Arendse
Bio:Pharmacy student,softball player and Gamer.First gaming experience was on PC,retrogames and on PS1. Vice-Leader of the clan,I’m a geek,love sports and apparently hardcore(when it comes to gaming).
Gaming Platform: PS3
Favourite games:Black Ops 2,Dark Souls,Oblivion

Name: Izanne “UndauntedAnt42” Aronson
Bio: Gamer,reading,otaku.First game ever played was Mario brothers.I’m social,fun loving and enjoy being around other gamergirls and being part of the Vicious Vixens.
Gaming Platform:Xbox
Favourite games:Final Fantasy, Descent,Assassin’s Creed,Bubble Bobble.

Name: Jill “illiricis” Petersen
Bio:Besides being a gamer,I love reading, drawing (pretty good) ,love eating.First game was Mario brothers. I’m pretty much the easy going geeky girl with a love for gadgets, skulls & down-to-earth people
Gaming Platforms:Xbox,PS3,PC
Favourite games: Quake III Arena, COD MW3, Counter strike, God of war

Name: Anthea “H3rcie” Hercules
Bio: I am Michelle’s twin sister. Love gaming, watching anime and sci-fi movies. Enjoy learning new things, especially tech stuff, enjoy hanging with friends and trips to the beach.
Gaming platform: Xbox
Favourite games: Gears of War, Tomb Raider and SSX

Q&A Time!

Have we been in other clans before?

Robin: Been invited to join clans,but never joined due to the fact that most players spoke down to you (cause I was a girl) and made snide remarks when I was beating them.

What made us form an all girl clan?

Michelle: Most people will think that a room full of females would be a room full of drama and hormones, when in actual fact we are more laid back, understanding and get along very well.

We were given the idea to form the clan by Bradley Kirby of MWEB, great guy and mentor. He pointed out that girl gamers are seen as cosplayers and not gamers with actual skill, in general and in the competitive gaming industry.

We want to show South Africa that girl gamers can have wicked skill, look good and be as competitive as any guy across any genre and platform.

Future plans?

We shall be participating in the Telkom dogaming league 2014.

The members we have are all skilled in different genres across different platforms. This will be a test for us to teach and learn First Person Shooter(FPS) skills from each other, grow as teammates and friends and in time become a clan to be feared.

We are accepting new members in various genres and platforms to compete in upcoming events. Those who are interested can email us (viciousvixensza [at] gmail dot com) and follow us on Twitter

If you want to be the next clan showcased please send us your details, the member bio’s and the answers to some standard questions and we’ll get back to you.

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Last Updated: January 23, 2014

92 Comments

  1. DrunkGamer

    January 23, 2014 at 13:17

    Great idea. However I would hardly classify it as “new”. There are other local sites that have been doing clan AND gamer interviews for more than a year now.

    Reply

    • Unavengedavo

      January 23, 2014 at 13:22

      Well it is new to Lazygamer

      Reply

      • Styx ZA

        January 23, 2014 at 13:26

        Clearly. Where did LG get the idea?

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        • Unavengedavo

          January 23, 2014 at 13:31

          Most likely from the other local sites that DrunkGamer mentioned. But honestly, I don’t see anything wrong with that, it’s not like the other sites have sole right to these type of articles.

          Lazygamer are catering for their own regular readers and probably want more exposure for the local Clans like they deserve. Like yesterdays article proved, there are a lot of readers who use this site as their main source of gaming news.

          Reply

          • Admiral Chief in Vegas

            January 23, 2014 at 13:33

            Well said avo!

          • Styx ZA

            January 23, 2014 at 13:37

            Why not mention the other sites then and cross-pollinate? Surely our small community could only benefit from more people participating?

          • Sageville

            January 23, 2014 at 13:43

            I would imagine sending people to other websites with similar mandates would reduce revenue for LG.

          • Styx ZA

            January 23, 2014 at 13:46

            Oh right. I forgot it’s about the money, not the community.

          • Spathi

            January 23, 2014 at 13:48

            What constitutes the community?

          • Gavin Mannion

            January 23, 2014 at 14:16

            I wish.. I keep screaming “Show me the money” into the phone and all I get are restraining orders

          • Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim

            January 23, 2014 at 13:53

            We link to other local sites, when we source from them.
            http://www.lazygamer.net/xbox-360/want-a-slice-of-1-million-of-call-of-dutys-pie/

            For some reason, people seem to think we get paid per pageview or something…which is ludicrous. We barely get paid at all, if you want the truth of it.

          • Spathi

            January 23, 2014 at 14:05

            I say join a union!!

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            January 23, 2014 at 14:09

            Silence you communist! Or is it communionist? I’m confused now.

          • Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim

            January 23, 2014 at 13:57

            Why? We link to places like IGN, Gamespot, eurogamer, Mweb Gamezone, Mygaming, etc etc? If we source from there, we link from there. If we just pulled this interview from another local site, we’d have linked to it.

          • Gavin Mannion

            January 23, 2014 at 13:53

            Actually the number of gaming media in this country is too many for our small industry and cross polinating like that wouldn’t do anyone any good.

            But feel free to say where you think we stole this idea from?

          • Weanerdog

            January 23, 2014 at 13:37

            There are other gaming sites O_O

          • Mossel: A Tale of One Mollusk

            January 23, 2014 at 14:15

            LIES! HERECY!

        • Matthew Holliday

          January 23, 2014 at 23:40

          everywhere.

          Reply

    • Gavin Mannion

      January 23, 2014 at 13:52

      I think it’s clear I meant new for us.. we tried this last year as well but it didn’t work out.. we also interviewed gamers years ago. This isn’t some exciting new idea we just thought up… it is quite standard

      Reply

  2. Alien Emperor Trevor

    January 23, 2014 at 13:17

    +1,000 points for Bubble Bobble.

    Reply

    • Hammersteyn

      January 23, 2014 at 13:19

      And another 1000 for Descent

      Reply

    • Mossel: A Tale of One Mollusk

      January 23, 2014 at 14:16

      That was probably the first game I played on my own without my brother’s help. That and Dangerous Dave.

      Reply

  3. Unavengedavo

    January 23, 2014 at 13:19

    Awesome article, can’t wait to see more of these :D… It would have been nice if you added pictures of them as well so that you could put a face to the name 🙂

    Reply

    • Kensei Seraph Moe Ninja

      January 23, 2014 at 13:20

      Good idea but it has the potential to not end well.

      Reply

      • Unavengedavo

        January 23, 2014 at 13:35

        I was not just referring to this article, but future ones as well. And I agree that this could lead to potential stalking or harassment, but if they are well known then this could happen to anyone.

        Reply

    • RinceThis2014

      January 23, 2014 at 13:31

      As long as that is where it ends Ice Cream man! 0-O

      Reply

    • Nigel

      January 23, 2014 at 13:44

      There are other websites for that kind of thing

      Reply

    • Gavin Mannion

      January 23, 2014 at 13:50

      We tried.. there was a problem getting them

      Reply

      • Unavengedavo

        January 23, 2014 at 13:54

        No problem, I was not aware and merely made a suggestion 😛 But keep it up 😀

        Reply

    • SauRoN

      January 23, 2014 at 14:22

      Well not that would be an almost direct clone of the other website where this idea was stolen from.

      Reply

      • Gavin Mannion

        January 23, 2014 at 14:27

        Please tell me where I supposedly stole this idea from?

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      • Unavengedavo

        January 23, 2014 at 14:27

        Says the guy who stole his name from J.R.R Tolkien.

        But then if you apply the same flawed logic then BBC, CNN, EWN, News24 all stole ideas from one another.

        Reply

        • SauRoN

          January 23, 2014 at 14:32

          I’m borrowing the name.

          There’s nothing wrong with reporting on this kind of thing, but the format and concept is pretty much identical to that of Zombiegamer.

          More so if you add pictures.

          Here you go Gavin…

          http://zombiegamer.co.za/category/zombie-community/gamer-profile

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          • Gavin Mannion

            January 23, 2014 at 14:36

            The most recent clan thing was back in October
            http://zombiegamer.co.za/undead-chews-the-fat-with-team-astra-sa-gaming-clan

            And I can definitely say I didn’t see it. Though I’m still at a loss as to why it would be bad for us to do it as well?

            Should I go complain to zombie and el33t that they post gaming news since we did that before them?

          • SauRoN

            January 23, 2014 at 14:41

            Nothing wrong with reporting the same news, but surely you can agree that your format looks almost identical to theirs?

            Maybe just shake it up in future so it doesn’t seem to be the same format word for word and I don’t see it being a problem.

            If you can’t see the similarities and why people would stay you “stole” the concept then I guess that’s the end of the conversation right there.

          • SauRoN

            January 23, 2014 at 14:44

            Also last article was in December.

            I initially linked to the wrong page so maybe that’s what you looked at.

          • Gavin Mannion

            January 23, 2014 at 14:45

            Those are gamers of the week things.. which is also something I wanted to do but totally differently to that..

            I’m not sure how to change it up that much since it’s a bog standard thing really.. but I will definitely give it some thought

          • Styx ZA

            January 23, 2014 at 14:52

            Why not mention them and link to their articles? I’m sure they would do the same. “You scratch mine, I’ll scratch yours” type vibe

          • Gavin Mannion

            January 23, 2014 at 14:59

            Because I didn’t copy this from there.. I only just found out they did it as well.

            Just randomly linking to an external site doesn’t make much sense.. could even be seen as boughtl inks by google and that could kill them

          • Matthew Holliday

            January 23, 2014 at 23:42

            “totally different”
            “bog standard thing”
            same same, but different.
            pink borders and flowers are the new meta.

          • Unavengedavo

            January 23, 2014 at 14:44

            So the format and concept for weather reports on all TV news stations are also pretty much identical. So should we now tell all the rest of the stations to stop because the BBC did it 1st in 1936?

          • Brian Murphy

            January 23, 2014 at 14:45

            Hate to break it to you, but ZombieGamer, didn’t start the trend of interviewing people. Nor did it start the trend of interviewing gamer’s. If you could point at any one place that did. I’d be willing to bet South Korea would be near or tops on the list.

            So, clearly, ZombieGamer, stole from South Korea. What now?

          • SauRoN

            January 23, 2014 at 15:09

            Fair comment for sure.

            I was simply pointing out the previously mentioned drama and supporting it with some links which everyone else was too scared to do apparently.

          • Brian Murphy

            January 23, 2014 at 15:28

            I just don’t see the big deal, myself. It’s not about being scared, it’s about trying to say that a current website, somehow invented interviewing people, or specifically athletes (even if it’s a different kind of athlete).

            Doesn’t make sense to me, honestly. I mean, if they’d taken the entire interview, all the questions and answers, etc… and promoted it as their own, that’s one thing. But, that’s not really the case here is it?

            I like it all though, the hometown focus etc… reminds me of the ‘eat local’ movement here in Vermont. Stop buying garbage from who knows where, and support your local farmers 🙂

          • Matthew Holliday

            January 23, 2014 at 23:28

            introduction, profiles and a Q&A, wow, such unoriginal.
            cant believe they stole the basic layout for every interview on a new clan ever…

  4. RinceThis2014

    January 23, 2014 at 13:30

    “Was a girl”? I would venture changing one’s sex so as to fit in would appear rather extreme, even for games?

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    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      January 23, 2014 at 13:32

      ….. damn it. breath breath.

      Reply

      • RinceThis2014

        January 23, 2014 at 13:35

        Oh shush you. That was good. You just didn’t get there first, something I am sure you’ve said many times before 🙂

        Reply

        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          January 23, 2014 at 13:37

          Now you’re just taking advantage of my “be nice” day. Which is not very nice 😛

          Reply

    • Sageville

      January 23, 2014 at 13:45

      Someone please hand Rince all those “out of reach” straws….

      Reply

      • RinceThis2014

        January 23, 2014 at 14:37

        Shush you, long week!

        Reply

  5. Admiral Chief in Vegas

    January 23, 2014 at 13:34

    So which platform are they gaming on collectively then?

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    • Michelle

      January 23, 2014 at 18:52

      Currently on Xbox,most of us have the same console or all of them,I have Xbox,Ps3 and PC.
      We recruit on various platforms as to partake in other events,and for those who would rather compete on a different platform.

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      • Admiral Chief in Vegas

        January 23, 2014 at 21:01

        Noted. If you said PC I would have been seriously impressed 😛

        In any case, nice learning about your clan.

        Keep up the good work!

        EDIT: If you said ONLY PC 😛

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        • Michelle

          January 24, 2014 at 11:20

          I recently started playing Dota 2 ,have BF4 on PC.

          Reply

          • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

            January 24, 2014 at 14:15

            One of us! one of us! 🙂

  6. Nigel

    January 23, 2014 at 13:42

    I would have read the whole interview…. but then i saw the word Skyrim. Who honestly plays that turd of a game.

    Reply

    • FSR

      January 23, 2014 at 13:46

      You shall not be fed today… nice try! <3

      Reply

      • Nigel

        January 23, 2014 at 13:56

        Why did you add a heart? now things are awkward

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        • FSR

          January 23, 2014 at 13:59

          Shhhh… it’s only awkward if we make eye-contact…

          Reply

          • Nigel

            January 23, 2014 at 14:04

            can we share pop corn?

    • TiMsTeR1033

      January 23, 2014 at 14:35

      I banish thee foul stenching troll! away with yee flith!

      Reply

    • Anthea Hercules

      January 23, 2014 at 15:22

      Your mother plays that game

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief in Vegas

        January 23, 2014 at 15:50

        Bwahahaha, simple, yet effective, have an upvote!

        Reply

      • Nnihel

        January 23, 2014 at 18:05

        Look how you look

        Reply

  7. Nigel

    January 23, 2014 at 13:51

    Why is Lazygamer focusing on a clan that nobody has heard about? Do they have some potential or something? I did a quick google search and hardly found anything about them. I find this quite suspicious.

    Some clan though… how can you call yourself a clan if your members don’t even share a common platform?

    “The members we have are all skilled in different genres across different platforms. This will be a test for us to teach and learn First Person Shooter(FPS) skills from each other, grow as teammates and friends and in time become a clan to be feared.”

    LOL, at “skilled”, I encourage everyone to go check out there profiles to see how “skilled” they are.

    “.. He pointed out that girl gamers are seen as cosplayers…”

    I’d like a source for that, coz I seriously doubt cosplay is a big thing here in SA.

    I have the sudden urge to ask for a sandwich

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    • Spathi

      January 23, 2014 at 13:53

      I say good for them. Give everyone exposure. I’m sure they will focus on all kinds of clans in future.

      Edit: “I’d like a source for that, coz I seriously doubt cosplay is a big thing here in SA.” – Seriously?

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    • Gavin Mannion

      January 23, 2014 at 13:55

      Cosplay is actually pretty large here..

      As for why I chose them, well because they have a marketing point so why not?

      Reply

      • Nigel

        January 23, 2014 at 13:58

        Marketing point for whom? Them or Lazygamer?

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      • Unavengedavo

        January 23, 2014 at 13:59

        I suspect this guy must have played, and lost against them at some stage and is now trying to troll them because he is butthurt 😛

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        • Nigel

          January 23, 2014 at 14:02

          Lol. I suspect you’re being a typical male and trying to suck up to the ladies. They ain’t here kid.

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          • Anthea Hercules

            January 23, 2014 at 15:27

            Sounds like you suck yourself off

          • Michelle

            January 23, 2014 at 18:46

            We are very much here.Stop being a douche.

          • Admiral Chief in Vegas

            January 23, 2014 at 21:02

            Oh snap!

      • Weanerdog

        January 23, 2014 at 14:43

        Well that and that no one aligned with the MSSA is aloud to talk to you. Trololololol

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    • Mossel: A Tale of One Mollusk

      January 23, 2014 at 14:19

      You’re like a constant bummer, huh?

      Reply

    • Anthea Hercules

      January 23, 2014 at 15:26

      You must be ugly to be so jealous

      Reply

      • Kensei Seraph Moe Ninja

        January 23, 2014 at 15:33

        It’s rude to point out things like that, even if they do happen to be true.

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      • Michelle

        January 23, 2014 at 18:47

        Oooohhh! burn!

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    • Robin

      January 23, 2014 at 15:45

      Nigel… Thou is most welcome to check out our profiles, and as to different platforms. We are all investing energy into playing on the same platform. For instance I am a ps3 player psn id: vixen_rsa . But now I’m playing ghosts and mordern warfare ( cod4) on xbox 360 xbox live : vixenrsa. Feel free to gander a glance and even challenge us or me if you feel you actually have the balls to go with your opinions .

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      • Michelle

        January 23, 2014 at 18:48

        We all know this Nigel is a coward and spittin a bunch a sh!t ,haters gonna hate.

        Reply

    • Matthew Holliday

      January 23, 2014 at 23:21

      Cosplay here is actually bigger than you might think.
      Coincidently, the majority of them are girl otakus aswell.
      keep an eye out for photos of the cosplay at this years free comic book day.

      Reply

  8. Devourer of Small Bunnies

    January 23, 2014 at 13:55

    Awesome. Hope you guys do well!

    Reply

  9. RedRover

    January 23, 2014 at 13:58

    Nice Article and GL HF ladies. There used to be another awesome girl clan called Mixed Chicks. They had some good players. But I don’t see them around anymore

    Reply

  10. Mossel: A Tale of One Mollusk

    January 23, 2014 at 14:13

    Bubble Bobble ftw!!!

    Reply

  11. oVg

    January 23, 2014 at 14:14

    Cool clan, and remember, you can wave the South African flag whenever you want to 😛

    Reply

    • Kromas

      January 23, 2014 at 14:44

      Hahahaha … take that MSSA!!!

      Reply

  12. EnjoyItSoonDeath

    January 23, 2014 at 15:18

    What the heck is wrong with some people. “This is not new…. you guys are copying…” Boo hoo!

    Do you really go through life nitpicking and over analysing everything? I can image the torture having a casual conversation with you (in between the breaks where you go to look up things in google).

    Relax and if you can’t do that then go fuck off to somewhere that is perfect. No one is forcing you to read this (and if they are say “Hi” to Kim Jong-Un for me).

    Reply

    • Matthew Holliday

      January 23, 2014 at 23:35

      nitpicking and analyzing, welcome to the internet.
      Subjective thinking is all too uncommon on the internet.

      douchebags will be douchebags.

      Reply

  13. Matthew Holliday

    January 23, 2014 at 23:10

    So what do they play? What dogaming league are they going to play in?
    Its not mentioned in the article at all.
    atm it sounds like theyr a community, not a clan.

    They might be the only all girl clan thats around atm, but im not sure about that, there have been plenty semi-successful all girl clans in the past.

    I struggle to understand the hype around all girl squads/clans, they struggle to get traction and just fade away when the schedule gets too hectic and they cant delegate time between RL commitments and their gaming.
    It always feels more like a hobby than a commitment or passion.

    Anyway, best of luck i guess.

    by all accounts, Id love for them to prove me wrong.

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  14. Jake

    January 24, 2014 at 09:37

    There is another only female clan on the PS3 called LadyClann. So Vixens isn’t the only one

    Reply

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