Cosmo cover girl Maryam Maher aka Mary Gaming became the first GCC-based female gamer to join an international E-sports team, just at the age of 16. She played at the Valorant Champions 2022: Game Changers event with her team members from G2 Gozen, and the squad bagged gold place. Did we forget to mention that they are the *first* ever all-female Valorant team as well? Yep, beyond impressed.
Via @maryvalorantt on Instagram
What is Valorant Champions 2022 Tour?
The Valorant Champions Tour, aka VCT, is a competitive esports tournament series for the game Valorant. The series has multiple events, each season, the first season kicked off in 2020, and the inaugural season happened in 2021.
Who is G2 Gozen?
G2 Esports is a Spanish professional esports organization that was founded in November 2013 and is currently located in Berlin and Germany. In October 2021, G2 Esports signed a European orgless team The Originals to compete as G2 Gozen. Red Bull and G2 Esports have been in a partnership and have focused on content creation, player performance, and event- activations.
Julia Kiran ‘Juliano’, Petra Stoker ‘Petra’, Michaela Lintrup ‘ Mimi’, Anastasiya Anisimova ‘Glance’, and Maryam Maher ‘Mary’ are the members of the team.
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Mary Gaming on winning the Valorant Champions 2022
Mary is so glad that she got to represent her country Bahrain and the Middle East for gaming on such a huge platform, and in the interview below she says to “just believe in yourself” while shouting out Arab women everywhere (!!!)
Via @maryvalorantt on Instagram