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

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The German team GamerLegion has secured the services of a women’s team for e-sports in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO). But one of the players was no longer there after two days and was immediately fired. Shortly after the signing, allegations emerged against 20-year-old Irishwoman Chloe “KittyTM” Geaney that she had made racist comments.

This was the announcement:

  • Gamer Legion announced on September 23 that they had acquired the roster of Let Her Cook, a women’s team in CS:GO that was most recently without an esports organization.
  • The team consisted of 3 women who had previously played for Astralis W and 2 new players: The team was to play under the name GL Prism.
  • From now on, the team should compete for Gamer Legion in the “Impact League”.

    • Counter-Strike 2 is scheduled to launch today:

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    This is how the women were presented: The new signing was coolly introduced in a video on Twitter. People played with the idea that “GamerLegion” were like Roman legionnaires.

    20-year-old is accused of using the N-word several times

    What went wrong? Immediately after the signing, a user took to Twitter to say it was very disappointing to see one of the new players, Irish KittyTM, break through and get a place.

    There are several screenshots that would prove that she is a person who expresses openly racist comments and should therefore not be hired by any organ station.

    The Twitter user then posted a Discord chat with a person she said was Kitty_TM. In the chat, this person made racist and generally horrible comments.

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    A second Twitter user then sent another racist statement from the player to GamerLegion and asked if they thought it was good to have an openly racist person in their ranks (via Twitter).

    That was the reaction: GamerLegion fired the player on September 25th, just 2 days after she was hired, and has spoken out against discrimination of any kind. The immediate dismissal of Kitty_TM is “inevitable” (via Twitter).

    E-athletes have a dark past that is their undoing

    This is what lies behind it: This is a case of “the internet doesn’t forget.” Anyone who plans to earn money professionally as an e-athlete at some point should appear civilized from the start of their internet presence, otherwise the past will catch up with them.

    Things that people said or did when they were underage can also end careers abruptly: nothing expires and, especially when it comes to racist or homophobic statements, there is no protection.

    In Irin’s case, there was also the fact that “women in e-sports” is already a red flag for some e-athletes and Twitter users: people look particularly closely at it and look for misconduct.

    Once such allegations are made public, an e-sports organization can no longer respond other than by dismissing them, as the team relies on a good reputation for its advertising partners.

    The story is very reminiscent of a Valorant story from 2021:

    Twitch streamer becomes a professional in Valorant for the top team, fired 3 days later

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