{"id":9173,"date":"2020-10-26T05:48:30","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T05:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/cloud9-announced-first-all-female-valorant-squad"},"modified":"2024-07-19T12:23:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T12:23:01","slug":"cloud9-announced-first-all-female-valorant-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/valorant\/cloud9-announced-first-all-female-valorant-squad","title":{"rendered":"Cloud9 announce first all-female Valorant squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cloud9 has been making some big moves as of late, with one of the biggest CS:GO signings on record <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/cs-go\/cloud9-s-cs-go-goes-big-with-2-1m-layout-for-astralis-es3tag\">bringing in Patrick &ldquo;es3tag&rdquo; Hansen<\/a> for their Colossus team. Now, the esports organization has signed the first all-female pro Valorant team, called Cloud9 White.<\/p>\n<p>This team will compete alongside their male counterparts in the qualifiers for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/valorant\/valorant-first-strike-schedule-format-prize-pool-how-to-watch\">Riot Games&#8217; First Strike tournament<\/a> qualifiers.<\/p>\n<h2>Cloud9 White: The all-female roster<\/h2>\n<p>This is the first time a top professional esports organization has signed a full, all-female Valorant roster. Fans will be able to see the Cloud9 White squad in action soon with the First Strike qualifiers starting on 26th October.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/valorant\/valorant-s-weekly-challenges-set-to-get-easier-to-help-combat-grind\">Valorant&#8217;s weekly challenges set to get easier to help combat grind<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cloud9, alongside AT&amp;T, announced the all-female Valorant roster <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cloud9\/status\/1320425056418213888\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">on Twitter<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/EBWSJKP7XrMRNhRuhHhqr0Von1ZluhSLa3e3tiLktZk\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2lueC50di91cGxvYWRzL0Nsb3VkOVdoaXRlLmpwZz9fdD0xNjAzNjkxMjY5\" alt=\"all-female valorant team cloud9 white\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">(Picture: Cloud9)<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"cke_pagebreak\" style=\"page-break-after: always;\" title=\"Page Break\" contenteditable=\"false\" aria-label=\"Page Break\" data-cke-display-name=\"pagebreak\" data-cke-pagebreak=\"1\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>The Cloud9 White roster consists of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alexis &#8220;alexis&#8221; Guarrasi<\/li>\n<li>Annie &#8220;AnnieDro&#8221; Roberts<\/li>\n<li>Jasmine &#8220;Jazzyk1ns&#8221; Manankil<\/li>\n<li>Melanie &#8220;meL&#8221; Capone (Captain)<\/li>\n<li>katsumi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These players have been in the same squad before. They have been playing in an unsponsored team called MAJKL, and have won &#36;25,000 in prize money so far.<\/p>\n<p>Talking to VentureBeat, the senior VP of marketing at Cloud9, Kristin Salvatore, explained: &#8220;We have two competitive teams. And our goal is to actually have one competitive team that has the best players on it,<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&rsquo;re starting a women&rsquo;s team and the goal is parity. The goal is pay equity. But we have a keen understanding that to get there, we need to make sure we are surfacing and supporting opportunities for women. There isn&rsquo;t parity now, which means we&rsquo;ve got to do some work to get there. But the ultimate goal is to normalize this so it isn&rsquo;t news anymore.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/valorant\/david-beckham-s-guild-esports-enter-valorant-with-swedish-roster\">David Beckham&#8217;s Guild Esports enter Valorant with all-Swedish roster<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It will be exciting to see these players compete at the First Strike qualifiers for the American region.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the announcement video about the Cloud9 White roster below.<\/p>\n<div style=\"left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 0px; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; max-width: 650px;\" data-ephox-embed-iri=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=udYWafjeWaU\"><iframe style=\"border: 0; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/udYWafjeWaU?rel=0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" srcdoc=\"&lt;style&gt;*{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}html,body{height:100%}img,span{position:absolute;width:100%;top:0;bottom:0;margin:auto}span{height:1.5em;text-align:center;font:48px\/1.5 sans-serif;color:white;text-shadow:0 0 0.5em black}&lt;\/style&gt;&lt;a href=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/udYWafjeWaU?autoplay=1&gt;&lt;img src=https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/udYWafjeWaU\/hqdefault.jpg alt='YouTube video thumbnail'&gt;&lt;span&gt;&#9654;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cloud9 has been making some big moves as of late, with one of the biggest CS:GO signings on record bringing in Patrick &ldquo;es3tag&rdquo; Hansen for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1327,"featured_media":9174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-valorant","genre-fps","content_type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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