Amber Dalton
Dalton at the 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo
NationalityAmerican
Other namesAthena Twin
OccupationComputer gamer

Amber Dalton is an American professional esports player and co-founder of PMS Clan Inc. She used the handle Athena Twin.

Early life

Dalton is from San Antonio, Texas.

Career

Dalton was a pro gamer (under the alias "Athena Twin"), in 2007 she was ranked in the top 10 players of Fight Night.[1] In 2002, with her twin sister, Amy Brady, Dalton co-founded PMS Clan Inc., one of the oldest and largest competitive gaming communities for women. It was once the largest clan for the Xbox Live platform.[2][3][4][5] In the present day, it has 57,588 unique members.

Topics in the PMS Clan forum include: Tech talk, clan pages for various games, and sub-subsections for PC, PlayStation and the Xbox for discussing various games. She has been the main face of the clan; in 2005, MTV had her demonstrate the Xbox 360 console,[6] and Next Generation Business named her one of the "Game Industry's 100 Most Influential Women" for the organization's work at dispelling stereotypes about women in gaming and creating a safe space for female gamers.[7]

PMS Clan and Twitch

Dalton left a job in finance to concentrate on pro gaming and to run PMS Clan, which she self-funded until she attracted sponsorship and incorporated.[1][2] Since 2011, she has worked at Twitch, where she is director of Marketing Events.[8][9] Dalton handed over the management of PMS Clan to Regina Wu in 2013.[10][8]

References

  1. 1 2 Pham, Alex (September 7, 2007). "Women carve out place in the video game space". Chicago Tribune. Tribune News Services: Los Angeles Times.
  2. 1 2 Thompson, Isaiah (February 8, 2007). "Got Game". Miami New Times. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  3. ↑ Castellanos, Melissa (November 13, 2007). "Women Stepping Up Their Game". CBS News. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  4. ↑ Gladstone, Darren (August 28, 2008). "Casual Friday: LAN Party Survival Guide". PC World. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  5. ↑ Truong, Alice (November 22, 2013). "The Girl Gamers Of PMS Clan Can Pwn You Any Time Of The Month". Fast Company. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  6. ↑ Drumming, Neil (September 9, 2005). "Meet the new queens of the 'Halo' tourney". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  7. ↑ Zaremba, Jutta (2012). Fromme, Johannes; Unger, Alexander (eds.). "The Gender-Offensive: Female Gaming Cultures Between Shooters and Marketing". Dordrecht / New York: Springer. p. 458. ISBN 9789400727779. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  8. 1 2 Nunneley, Stephanie (August 27, 2013). "Twitch announces massive PAX Prime schedule". VG247. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  9. ↑ "A Day in the Life at Twitch – Amber Dalton, Director of Marketing Events". Official blog. Twitch. August 4, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  10. ↑ Truong, Alice (November 22, 2013). "The Girl Gamers Of PMS Clan Can Pwn You Any Time Of The Month". Fast Company. Retrieved 9 March 2016.


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