Amber Dalton
{{Short description|American professional esports player}}
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| other_names = Athena Twin
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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.{{cite news |first=Alex |last=Pham |agency=Tribune News Services: Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2007/09/10/women-carve-out-place-in-the-video-game-space/ |title=Women carve out place in the video game space |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=September 7, 2007 }} 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.{{cite news |first=Isaiah |last=Thompson |url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/got-game-6365636 |title=Got Game |newspaper=Miami New Times |date=February 8, 2007 |access-date=March 9, 2016 }}{{cite news |first=Melissa |last=Castellanos |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/women-stepping-up-their-game/ |title=Women Stepping Up Their Game |work=CBS News |date=November 13, 2007 |access-date=March 9, 2016 }}{{cite news |first=Darren |last=Gladstone |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/150420/casualfridaylanparty.html |title=Casual Friday: LAN Party Survival Guide |work=PC World |date=August 28, 2008 |access-date=March 9, 2016 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.fastcompany.com/3021963/most-creative-people/the-girl-gamers-of-pms-clan-can-own-you-any-time-of-the-month|title=The Girl Gamers Of PMS Clan Can Pwn You Any Time Of The Month |last=Truong |first=Alice|date=November 22, 2013 |work=Fast Company |access-date=9 March 2016}} 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,{{cite news |first=Neil |last=Drumming |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2005/09/09/meet-new-queens-halo-tourney |title=Meet the new queens of the 'Halo' tourney |newspaper=Entertainment Weekly |date=September 9, 2005 |access-date=March 9, 2016 }} 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.{{cite book |first=Jutta |last=Zaremba |title="The Gender-Offensive: Female Gaming Cultures Between Shooters and Marketing" |work=Computer Games and New Media Cultures: A Handbook of Digital Games Studies |editor1-first=Johannes |editor1-last=Fromme |editor2-first=Alexander |editor2-last=Unger |location=Dordrecht / New York |publisher=Springer |year=2012 |isbn=9789400727779 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lMTKQd59Y1IC&q=%22Amber+Dalton%22+PMS&pg=PA458 |page=458 }}
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. Since 2011, she has worked at Twitch, where she is director of Marketing Events.{{cite web|last=Nunneley|first=Stephanie|date=August 27, 2013|title=Twitch announces massive PAX Prime schedule|url=https://www.vg247.com/2013/08/27/twitch-announces-massive-pax-prime-schedule/|access-date=March 9, 2016|publisher=VG247}}{{cite web |url=http://blog.twitch.tv/2014/08/a-day-in-the-life-at-twitch-amber-dalton-director-of-marketing-events/ |work=Official blog |title=A Day in the Life at Twitch – Amber Dalton, Director of Marketing Events |publisher=Twitch |date=August 4, 2014 |access-date=March 9, 2016 }} Dalton handed over the management of PMS Clan to Regina Wu in 2013.{{cite news|last=Truong|first=Alice|date=November 22, 2013|title=The Girl Gamers Of PMS Clan Can Pwn You Any Time Of The Month|work=Fast Company|url=http://www.fastcompany.com/3021963/most-creative-people/the-girl-gamers-of-pms-clan-can-own-you-any-time-of-the-month|access-date=9 March 2016}}
References
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External links
- [https://myspace.com/athenatwinpms MySpace page]
- [https://esportsawards.com/amber-dalton/ Esport Awards - Lifetime Achievement Award 2021]
- [https://www.linkedin.com/in/amberadalton/ LinkedIn]
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Category:People from San Antonio
Category:American esports players
Category:Women esports players
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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