German team signs 5 women for CS:GO – 22-year-old leaves after 3 days and bad accusations

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The German e-sports organization GamerLegion signed 5 women on September 23rd to form a team in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO, now Counter-Strike 2): A 20-year-old Irish woman was hired on September 25th. Fired in September for racist comments. A 22-year-old Dutch woman left herself on September 26th after allegations emerged that the person had been convicted of being a cheater and had “only become a woman to continue playing CS:GO.”

Who did GamerLegion sign?

  • The team had hired 5 women who played for Astralis W in May 2023 and then went by the name “Let Her Cook”.
  • The plan was for the women to compete as “GL Prism” for GamerLegion in the Impact League.
  • But after just two days, GamerLegion had to dismiss one of the women, the 20-year-old Irish woman KittyTM, without notice because chat messages appeared in which she had made racist comments.

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    Second woman leaves the team just 3 days after being hired

    This is the new development now: A second of the new players also left GamerLegion on September 26th: 22-year-old Luna “ManeschijnX’” Akkermans. She won the IESF Women’s World Championship with Netherlands fe in September, a prize worth $40,000.

    Former CS:GO professional player Esmee Pauw (25, also Netherlands) had made accusations against her on Twitter that ManeschijnX had hacked under the name “Bentas” and had been banned from FACEIT and other Benelux events.

    Former e-athlete accuses player of only identifying as a woman in order to continue playing CS:GO

    Pauw says the player changed her gender and “became a woman” to play in a women’s league so she could continue playing professional CS:GO. Pauw also says that Bentas has made openly transphobic comments on Steam.

    According to Pauw, she forwarded this information to GamerLegion with supporting documents. She says she is 100% sure that ManeschijnX is Bentas, even though Bentas desperately tried to delete all evidence (via twitter):

    If you understand the story, you will see how ridiculous and easy it is for a man to join a women’s esports organization by only identifying as a woman.

    What does the accused say? She announced on September 26 that she was leaving the team due to “current events.” She thanks GamerLegion for their support and support. She also assures that she is working with ESL and FACEIT on the current investigation.

    More about GamerLegion and the problems with the new women’s team:

    German team signs 5 women to CS:GO, shows them off proudly – ​​fires 20-year-olds after just 2 days

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