What's it like to be a girl who plays CSGO?

[Atlantis]

It is common knowledge that most of the player base in shooting games is made up of men. After almost 3 years of my first competitive match in Counter Strike Global Offensive, a multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed by Hidden Path Entertainment and Valve Corporation, and reaching the GLOBAL ELITE rank (0.75% of players), I think I have the basis to comment on my opinion and my experiences as a girl during that time.
With no experience in games like CS, my first few months of gameplay boiled down to hours and hours of arms race, my favorite gamemode at the time. Even with problems like lag, small mousepad and low-quality headphones, I played pretty much every day and started to get more and more interested in how the game worked. CSGO is a game that you get better, not your character, muscle memory, smart thinking, strategy and team work are some of the qualities I find the most fascinating about it.
My first competitive match took place on the Dust2 map and it was a reality clash. It was horrible. And I was horrible. I was completely lost and and the only time I opened the microphone they called a child because of my voice. I was kicked out only after receiving many offenses about how bad and noob I was. I did not give up. After that, I used the microphone very little to avoid comments and when I did use it I always spoke in English. Even with all the negativity I continued my journey and my first rank was silver elite master.
The anger that I felt just made me want to get better. I discovered Youtubers like WarOwl and 3kliksphilip that were my biggest inspiration to move on and start a practice routine. After a while I started to improve and use the microphone more, it was then that the difference between the genres began to become more and more evident to me ... If I made a good move "You play well for a girl". When I made a mistake "Ofcorse it is a girl, all girls suck at CS". In conclusion, the worst thing about this game is it’s toxic and sexist community.
The truth is, being a girl in online games is a matter of patience. I do not consider myself a "pro" but I see a lot of prejudice against women who reach a higher level. The female scenario of cs is still undervalued and many girls give up because of the sexist community. It's not all like that, obviously, I also had several matches where the genre issue did not matter at all and we all worked together, the problem is that it only happens in 2 out of 10 matches …
After writing all this, I can only recommend this game for men, however, I still believe that the current situation can change, but support is needed!

When I wrote my review I expected this feedback or worse! There is a general stereotype that women that play video games only seek for money and attention.

Sadly that is true in some cases, but you can't generalize it!

I am not like that and many other girls aren't like that!

I care about the game and I care about the fact many women don't get to play it because it is seen as something only boys can do and because of the huge amount of offenses received.

The female pro scenario is weak.

That's only because of the little amount of girls playing the game compared to the amount of guys.
That's because women have no reason to become a pro if they are only recognized for their appearance.

It's disappointing at least for me to see how the few that actually play in a higher level suffer from all the sexism.

When you look at the comments of a pro female match most won't be talking about the gameplay, most will be talking about their bodies and how they are better then them.

But again, why does it happen? It happens because of the stereotype, it happens because women have no motivation to start playing a game that they will only be insulted or treated like some sex object.

Ofcorse I can't say the whole community is like that! THAT IS NOT TRUE.
Not every man on earth is a jerk. Not every man on video games is sexist.
But the majority is..

At the moment I am a student and Csgo is a hobbie for me. I hobbie that I truly love and don't want to stop playing.

Csgo really is a matter of patience, there were countless times where I just muted the whole team because of the insults I was receiving. I AM SIMPLY TIRED OF IGNORING IT!

It makes the whole experience a lot worse instead of fun! I am also TIRED of the fact the female pro scenario is so weak.

I AM TIRED OF THE STEREOTYPING.

In these years that I have been playing I have tried to make the girls I know start playing but as they started it didnt take too long until they gave up.
Either because of the toxic community or because of cheaters.

Talking about solutions
I would like to propose a change but I need help from more people! Whoever is interested to minimize this problematic, PLEASE contact me! I want to start something from this discussion unlike many false statements.. I would like to help making the game better for everyone.

The first step is to make people see and admit toxicity is a problem for girls and for every player, New or old. Girl or Male. I am against all kinds of toxicity, not only against girls but against males aswell. New players suffer and get yelled at just because they don't know how to play yet. Few people have the patience to teach and to help new players.

So even though my focus now are the obstacles that women go through to learn this game and keep on playing it. It's also my goal to prevent all kinds of toxicity.

I will be creating a group to reunite every single person willing to make some positive change.

So please add me on Steam if you would like to talk more abou it and propose real solutions.


-Juliana

[ileryon]

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You didnt notice it was a joke?

So you are trolling. decide already will ya?

Wellll I was making a joke more than anything else.. in fact I didnt know that trolling = joking. So in that case a=b then YES im trolling.

[ileryon]

Първоначално публикувано от Saul Fishman, Attorney at Lawl:

Първоначално публикувано от Ilerλon:

Did you enlist for police yet?

Sadly I didn't pass my "beat the brown guy" exams so I couldn't join. :(

Nah man once you strangle, theyre purple, so try again next week and take your rightous deserved rights.

[Leonardo Da Pinchi]

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Sadly I didn't pass my "beat the brown guy" exams so I couldn't join. :(

Nah man once you strangle, theyre purple, so try again next week and take your rightous deserved rights.

Good lord I'm giggling like an idiot, a sign it's time for bed.

[ileryon]

Първоначално публикувано от Saul Fishman, Attorney at Lawl:

Първоначално публикувано от Ilerλon:

Nah man once you strangle, theyre purple, so try again next week and take your rightous deserved rights.

Good lord I'm giggling like an idiot, a sign it's time for bed.

Go bed or go big

[Atlantis]

Първоначално публикувано от Glass:

Първоначално публикувано от L o v e l y:

Its a pity that this thing is still happening but well ,some day this ll be fixed i hope...

🤷

Patience is the key and ignoring toxics too

Edit: didnt notice this part (^) was written on op message

I was rly Lucky to not meet so many toxic but well,It wasnt hard for me to ignore toxic Ppl when meeting them,but on the other hand ,i dont have so many hours for now....


At least trust factor and cooldowns for kicking ppl exists to prevent bad behaviors or meeting those type of ppl

No one ll remove my motivation for playing csgo only for Having different gender,and so should be for everyone else

Idk if this situation was worse before,i havent been so much time into gaming

Idk if i should be suprised for this post reaching 300 messages tbh....

Toxicity is bad, no matter the gender it is directed at. I cant understand why it is taken more seriously when toxicity is directed towards a girl. Im not saying it doesn't suck. Im all for a better environment for everyone. But that can't be achieved at this rate. Anonymity is what makes this possible.

Първоначално публикувано от Glass:

Първоначално публикувано от L o v e l y:

Its a pity that this thing is still happening but well ,some day this ll be fixed i hope...

🤷

Patience is the key and ignoring toxics too

Edit: didnt notice this part (^) was written on op message

I was rly Lucky to not meet so many toxic but well,It wasnt hard for me to ignore toxic Ppl when meeting them,but on the other hand ,i dont have so many hours for now....


At least trust factor and cooldowns for kicking ppl exists to prevent bad behaviors or meeting those type of ppl

No one ll remove my motivation for playing csgo only for Having different gender,and so should be for everyone else

Idk if this situation was worse before,i havent been so much time into gaming

Idk if i should be suprised for this post reaching 300 messages tbh....

Toxicity is bad, no matter the gender it is directed at. I cant understand why it is taken more seriously when toxicity is directed towards a girl. Im not saying it doesn't suck. Im all for a better environment for everyone. But that can't be achieved at this rate. Anonymity is what makes this possible.

The thing is, communication is essential in a game like csgo, we shouldn't have to hear so many sexist comments whenever we are making a call ...

[Rumi]

women and/or children should be seen and not heard

[ileryon]

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women and/or children should be seen and not heard

Make your profile public you coward

[Rumi]

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women and/or children should be seen and not heard

Make your profile public you coward

whats cowardly about a private profile?