>> WELCOME BACK TO BETWEEN
BELLS ESPORTS ORGANIZATION
SPACE STATION GAMING IS ADDING
A NEW FACE TO
THE TEAM MARI TAKAHASHI ALSO
KNOWN AS ATOMIC MARI IS NOW THE
CO OWNER OF THE COMPANY MARI
HAS BEEN IN THE BUSINESS FOR
MORE THAN A DECADE AND IS
CARVED A NAME FOR HERSELF IN
THE
GAMING INDUSTRY. THE
AWARD-WINNING HOST WAS EVEN
NAMED ONE OF THE TOP
INFLUENCERS IN GAMING BY FORMS
BACK IN
2017.
>> AND JOINING US NOW TO TALK
ABOUT THIS NEW CHAPTER IS
LAURIE HERSELF HOST ACTOR AND
CO OWNER OF CE.
>> PLAYSTATION GAMING ALL RIGHT
WELCOME TO THE SHOW
CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS NEW
ROLE. WHAT'S THE RESPONSE BEEN
LIKE FROM YOUR FANS AND OF
COURSE THE GAMING COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
ME. THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN
OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE AND
WONDER WELL THE COMMUNITY IS
REALLY COME OUT.
TO CELEBRATE THIS THIS
MOMENTS AND I THINK THAT IT'S
SUCH A HUGE REFLECTION ON WHERE
WE ARE TODAY NOT ONLY IN GAMING
BUT IN SOCIETY AND
IT'S BEEN JUST ABSOLUTELY
WONDERFUL
VERY GRATEFUL.
>> THE SPACE STATION IS ALREADY
A LEADER IN THE INDUSTRY WHAT
DO YOU HOPE TO DO TO TAKE IT TO
THE NEXT LEVEL.
>> I THINK YOU SAID IT
PERFECTLY THEY THEY ARE DOING
SO MANY THINGS WRONG.
>> I
THERE ARE.
>> ON JUST DISRUPTIVE
ORGANIZATION AND ITS ONE THE
MAIN DRAWS.
>> THAT I I
THINK THAT.
>> INTRODUCING NEW INITIATIVES
THAT ARE IN LINE WITH THEIR
MISSION AS WELL AS CONTINUING
TO INSPIRE INCLUSIVE AND ROD
COMMUNITY AND SPACE IS
SOMETHING THAT I'M REALLY
PASSIONATE ABOUT. I THINK THAT
IT IN AND A LOT OF WAYS SHOWS
AN EVOLUTION IS THE CREATOR.
>> I'M IN ONE OF
>> AND ONE OF THOSE FOLKS WHO
STARTED ON YOUTUBE AND THE
INTERNET IS THE FIRST AND
SECOND GEN.
>> RATION CREATOR BACK IN 2010
SO IT'S KIND
OF MARKING. NOT ONLY HOW I
CAN GROW MY OWN BUSINESS, MY
OWN BRAND BUT REALLY MAKE A
SPLASH MAKE AN IMPACT THAT IS
MUCH LARGER
THAN MYSELF.
>> ATTRACTED YOU TO SPACE
STATION GAMING WHAT MADE YOU
INITIALLY WANT TO GET INVOLVED
WITH THEM ARI.
>> I THINK IT IS THERE ADDED TO
DAN JUST THEIR THEIR COMMUNITY
BUILDING
IT WAS BACK IN I WANT TO SAY
2017. I WAS ATTENDING AN
E-SPORTS.
>> GAME.
>> THE SHOW THAT I ALWAYS GO TO
USE MY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN
ATLANTA GEORGIA AND.
>> I I SAW THEM THERE. AND I
WAS REALLY KEEN ON
>> WHY THEY'RE THERE BE HOW I
CAN IT GET.
>> INVOLVED AT SOME POINT AND
SEE JUST.
>> I THINK IT WAS MILLION AND
MURDERED BY HOW MUCH FUN.
THEY'RE HAVING THEY'RE BOTH
COMPETITIVE AND FUN AND THE
DICHOTOMY OF THE 2 THAT
REALLY CATCHES.
>> AND TO THIS DAY THEY HAVE
KEPT THAT SORT OF CREATING A
LOVE THAT ABOUT HIM.
>> IF YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE
BUSINESS LIKE WE MENTIONED FOR
OVER A DECADE, HOW DO YOU
NAVIGATE IN TOUCH, A MALE
DOMINATED INDUSTRY.
>> YEAH, I
THINK THAT THE GAMING INDUSTRY
HAS ABSOLUTELY HAD ITS FAIR.
>> SHARE OF HEADLINES THAT
REFLECT THE MOST ASININE
CORNERS OF OUR
AND IT'S AN UNFORTUNATE THING,
BUT IT'S A CONVERSATION
THAT HAPPEN IN SO MANY
INDUSTRIES, NOT JUST THE GAMING
I THINK THAT.
>> THAT THE WAGE GAP BETWEEN
MEN
AND WOMEN, THE WAY WOMEN HAVE
BEEN TREATED IN THE WORKPLACE.
IT IS NOT A NEW CAR STATION
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS ONLY
PERTAINING TO THE
I
THINK THAT SOME SOME OF THE
WAYS THAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
NAVIGATE THAT IS KEEPING
CONVERSATIONS OPEN AND FINDING
THOSE SAFE SPACES.
>> TO BE ABLE TO SAY HEY I NEED
TO RAISE MY HAND.
>> ASKED ABOUT
THIS AND.
>> TALK ABOUT IT LIKE AND IT'S
NOT ALWAYS EASY IT
REALLY ISN'T.
>> I'VE BEEN EXTREMELY
FORTUNATE WITH THE FOLKS THAT
I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SURROUND
MYSELF WITH IN THE INDUSTRY.
KEEPING HOLD OF YOUR
FOUNDATIONS AND WHAT YOU
BELIEVE IN AND NOT LETTING THE
OUTSIDE FACTORS. STEER YOU AWAY
FROM YOUR
OWN MISSION CHIPPING AWAY AT IT
EVERY DAY.
>> OR ESPORTS ORGANIZATIONS
ENSURE THAT WOMEN ARE SUPPORTED
AND REPRESENTED IN LIKE I
MENTIONED A MALE DOMINATED
INDUSTRY.
>> ABSOLUTELY I THINK THAT YOU
KNOW IT SOME REFLECTIVE
OF LIKE I SAID WHERE WE ARE
TODAY AND I THINK THAT YES
SPORTS IS STILL VERY MUCH IN
ITS INFANCY. WE'RE STARTING TO
TALK ABOUT IT ON NEWS NETWORKS
LIKE THIS. I THINK FOLKS ARE
STARTING TO MAYBE HAVE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT AT THE
DINNER TABLE WITH WITH MAYBE
THEIR KIDS AT THIS POINT.
BUT I THINK IT IS STILL WITHIN
CULTURE.
IT'S TAP INTO BUT THE POTENTIAL
IS STILL SO SO MUCH MORE AND SO
I HOPE IT REALLY
A REFLECTION THAT OUR SITES
SHOULD
BE SAID VERY HIGH AND WE SHOULD
BE SHOOTING FOR THE MOON.
WOMEN HAVE NOT ONLY A SPACE AND
A HUGE ROLE TO PLAY. IN THE
VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY BY
THERE'S SO SO MUCH MORE TO GROW
WITHIN
THE ESPORTS.
>> AND GAMING AND I HOPE WE ALL
TAKE OUR ARE YOU HAVE ABOUT 30
SECONDS TO THAT POINT YOU DID
NOT START OUT IN GAMING FOR
VIEWERS WATCHING AT HOME WHO
WANT TO MAKE THEIR MARK DON'T
KNOW HOW TO WHAT ADVICE WOULD
YOU GIVE THEM.
>> I DID NOT START OUT IN
GAMING. I WAS A BALLET DANCER
AND
THAT THAT SOMEHOW GOT OVER
I WOULD I WOULD
SAY THAT THERE AGAIN IS SO MUCH
ROOM TO GROW FIND YOUR VOICE
FIND YOUR OWN