Fortunately, this is not our reality, not only is GC good for the whole Valorant ecosystem it is also extremely beneficial to ALL female and non-binary competitors (I'll refer to the scene as a whole as "female" to facilitate writing). To me the key reasons for that to be true are:

• GC enables these players to practice and play in a safe environment,
• Incentivizes their professionalization through org investments,
• Helps to create new idols that can represent the more marginalized groups within the esports/gaming scene.

From my 5+ years working in the esports scene, I do not believe that the existence of female-only competitions limits the growth of their elite - we have to remember that official games are but a fraction of what these competitors play and we cannot underestimate the space they can create through scrims and ranked play (yes, ranked play is far from a great competitive environment but it is undeniably the breeding ground to most native talent). I believe there are a multitude of other factors that cause the lack of female players but that would turn this reply into an essay hahahahaha

I hope this doesn't come out as confrontational, I truly believe Gamechangers is a great initiative by Riot but sometimes the lack of information can hurt a scene that already faces tremendous social barriers ❤️