The ‘counter-strike’: Guild Esports’ all-woman team takes on the world of pro shooter games

Just 5% of professional gamers are women, but the face of the industry is changing fast.

The universe of esports might be one of the most diehard of subcultures—and it’s boomed in recent years. Platforms like YouTube and Twitch in the United States, or Douyin in China, have popularized video game livestreaming, and viewership has grown to over half a billion globally in 2022. It’s even spawned a spin-off genre of watching other viewers’ dramatic or clownish reactions to footage of players executing complicated tactical maneuvers, or navigating chaotic melees.

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