Riot Games announced the launch of the VALORANT Champions Tour Game Changers to help and create opportunities for women and marginalized genders in VALORANT.
“VALORANT Champions Tour Game Changers is a program and initiative to provide experience and a spotlight to elevate the women in the competitive VALORANT community.” according to senior director of esports at Riot Whalen Rozell. The VCT Game Changers will offer both women and marginalized genders an opportunity to compete in tournaments and competitive ladder play, with Riot Games stressing the importance of diversity.
Introducing #VCTGameChangers: a new program creating new opportunities and exposure for women and other marginalized genders within VALORANT esports. pic.twitter.com/oFhV6Ba2a9
— VALORANT Champions Tour (@ValorantEsports) February 23, 2021
Rozell goes on to say that Riot Games is working to better the environment for players. “Competing in games as a woman can be a daunting task, oftentimes resulting in a very real competitive disadvantage. While we are taking steps to address this in-game with improvements to chats, voice-comms and griefing, we think there’s another cool step we can take.”
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VCT Game Changers Series is set to deliver both monthly events and high-level competitions, similar to the Ignition Series, and will span multiple regions starting with an event in North America in March. There’ll also be an academy circuit in place, which will be seperate from the main circuit. According to Riot more details about the initiative will be coming soon.
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