This is how women are really treated in competitive multiplayer games
An experiment run by Women in Games Argentina has revealed how many females are really treated in competitive multiplayer games.
As shared by TikToker KristaByte and then tweeted by streamer LuluLuvley, the organisation tasked three male professional Valorant players to jump online and play as usual, only halfway through, the players were asked to enable voice changers to make them sound more female.
“What do you think would happen if men disguised their voices in a Valorant lobby as women?” Krista asked on TikTok.
“Women in Games Argentina decided to try this experiment. They had three professional Valorant players who were men join a lobby and play and – during the middle of the match – they put on voice changers to sound like women.
“This experiment went exactly as you would think it would go. As these guys turned on their voice changes any semblance of cooperation – seriously, [it went] out the window.”
The men found themselves being called a number of sexist slurs and were trolled for “playing a man’s game” which, I’m afraid to say, is still pretty common for most females who turn on voice chat during multiplayer matches (and is why I’m not super keen on Warzone/Modern Warfare 2’s proximity chat).
