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Isurus Gaming roster: Julieta “khizha” Grillia, Evelin “chjna” Acuña, Florencia “Flossie” Gaitán, Irene “lady” Giménez and Sol “solxiz” Checa
Women in esports Isurus Gaming
Regardless of gender, you can be a good player. An interview with Isurus Gaming. AUTHOR Pablo Monti @PabloMMonti
surus Gaming is one of the biggest organisations in LatAm and, besides having the best League of Legends team in the region alongside a top male CS:GO team, it also has a highly competitive female CS:GO team. But what is it like being a woman in esports in LatAm?
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The goal of this article is to address the current state of female competitive gaming in Latin America. With this in mind, we focus here on the Argentine organisation Isurus Gaming. Known as “The Shark”, their League of Legends team won the second split of Liga Latinoamerica and qualified for Worlds 2019. Their male Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team is based in Brazil
and is one of the best teams of the country. “We are very proud of what we are doing and what we have accomplished. It is such a massive work that is hard to explain it”, says Isurus’ CEO, Facundo “Kala” Calabro. The organisation’s Sports Director, Juan Cyterszpiler, adds that “we always innovate and we keep targeting excellence and professionalism.
