After careful consideration, Astralis has decided to temporarily put its womenโs team on hold.
A huge thank you to the team and to everyone who has supported the team throughout the years ๐
Read more: astralis.gg/post/astralis-โฆ
I feel like the point was missed slightly. Yes valve created majors to make money, but it was common knowledge before majors, there wasnโt enough money in it to be a viable profession. Valve only care about money correct, but they did save the professional MALE scene.
"We need someone to step in for us, like Valve stepped in for the men"
aim on what she hopes Female CS looks like in 2025 โผ๏ธ (via @BDogCS)
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For all the uneducated men in the comments: as women we haven't had the support from the game developer from day one, how do you expect us to grow and develop as players if we haven't had the opportunity? valorant is a great example of the impressive support from riot 1/?
TSM earlier and Team Spirit now leaving our scene cause of lack of tournaments for women's CS2. We had more LAN tournaments even in CS:GO - ESWC, Intel Challenge, Copenhagen Games, Girlgamer festival and some smaller regional lans. Now we have only 2 lans - ESL Impact and online
Dallas comes to an end and Iโm so proud of what we achieved together as a team. It feels bitter sweet knowing we couldโve played on the main stage but weโre still a young team and we shouldnโt be disappointed with our results.
I hope Iโm making everyone back home in the UK