Esports@UGA
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Gaming Culture
UGA Esports Club’s Only Female Leader Talks About Being a Woman in Competitive Gaming
When a young Hannah Suarez first stumbled upon her older sister’s gaming console at age 11, she never realized that her love for playing games on a big television screen would eventually lead to a bittersweet experience as a woman in competitive gaming. I had to branch my sub-community off…
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Gaming Culture
Competitive Comradery: Members of Esports@UGA Build Friendships On, Off Screen
Esports has broken into mainstream media and become a $1 billion industry over the past few years. Leagues have formed around individual games, like Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege and Overwatch, attracting six-figure investments that finance teams or individual players. This has led to the formation of smaller groups and…