I feel like this gamechangers drama comes up every year but I'm just going to give you some stats.
of the last 3 game changers championships, the winners, and runners-up have consisted of:
2025:
8x cis women
1x trans woman
1x non-binary (AFAB)
2024
6x cis women
2x trans women
1x non-binary (AFAB)
1x non-binary (AMAB)
2023:
8x cis women
1x trans woman
1x non-binary (AFAB)
lets now ask ourselves how many women have competed in VCT tier 1? how many non-binary people have competed in VCT tier 1?
as of now, there has been a single game changers eligible player who has been signed to a tier 1 team, and she only played 7 games.
and what about tier 2? how many game changers eligible players have won challengers? ascension?
a lot of people seem to be angry, or upset at Swimtrek blue's recent success, and I ask you why? why are you angry? are you angry at trans and non-binary players competing? or are you mad that they're doing well? Does it change something that there isn't a cis woman on their team? I ask because I've seen many people saying things like "normally it's fine, but this is shameless" or "they're faking it".
Signing up for GC is not an easy process, and it's not something you can just decide to do one day on a whim. Until trans women and non-binary people get the same opportunities as cis men, they are marginalised genders and are welcome in game changers. If you have a problem with that, you probably aren't watching anyway!
peace out!
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