{"id":68271,"date":"2024-10-09T01:08:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T01:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/the-milk-cup-a-shining-beacon-for-all-women-lans"},"modified":"2024-10-09T01:34:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T01:34:59","slug":"the-milk-cup-a-shining-beacon-for-all-women-lans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/fortnite\/the-milk-cup-a-shining-beacon-for-all-women-lans","title":{"rendered":"The Milk Cup: A Shining Beacon for All-Women LANs"},"content":{"rendered":"

While women’s esports is on the rise, there’s still a lot of work to be done to ensure that women competitors are given the support to compete at their best. This doesn’t just mean holding a competition, but ensuring that the production, organization, and coverage is reaching the same standards as traditionally all-male tournaments. <\/p>\n

This is what GonnaNeedMilk has set out to achieve with The Milk Cup<\/a>, an all-women’s Fortnite<\/a> LAN that offers the biggest NA women’s esports prize pool in history. For many of its 99 competitors, this tournament marks their first LAN, setting them on the path to a promising esports career. Its significance hasn’t been taken for granted, as for these women The Milk Cup marks an overdue moment where their skills and value has been recognised wholeheartedly. <\/p>\n

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Team Smylie secured the final Victory Royale. Marii (left), Smylie (middle), & Sophiaa (right). (Picture: GonnaNeedMilk)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“<\/strong>I think it’s very important to have a space just for girls to really shine,” said Marii<\/a>, a player who competed as part of Team Smylie. “So, I think it’s really awesome that [GonnaNeedMilk] created this safe space for us to do whatever we want.” Marii played alongside Smylie<\/a> and Sophiaa<\/a>, with the team securing the very last Victory Royale of the final and an overall fifth place finish. <\/p>\n