"Women also play popular competitive games! @RaidiantGG operates women's esports events for Rocket League, Rainbow Six Siege and Overwatch. Let us know if you'd like collab on other titles that maybe better represent women's empowerment."
"I'm part of the Women's Guild, btw. They know how this looks and chose to move forward with it anyways because...our entire community...overwhelmingly voted for it...I don't think the higher ups realized it was going to look *this* bad."
"We could have really done something epic. Dominated a male-occupying game. All female separate post Marvel Rivals teams, or B"
Twitch announced a competitive Overcooked 2 tournament in partnership with its Women's Guild and Honda to celebrate International Women's Day on March 8. The announcement sparked significant criticism on X, with users questioning the choice of a cooking video game for an event focused on women's rights and gender equality. Some critics, including esports professional Heather Garozzo, suggested competitive games like Rocket League or Rainbow Six Siege would better represent women's empowerment. However, Twitch streamer LucyPancakes clarified that the Women's Guild, composed of female streamers, selected Overcooked 2 after their community voted overwhelmingly for it, though she acknowledged the poor optics and expressed regret about missing an opportunity to showcase women dominating traditionally male-occupied competitive games.
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