Valorant prodigy Florescent just won the Game Changers championship – here’s what you need to know

The Valorant (VCT) Game Changers Championship has reached its conclusion and, with it, famed team Shopify Rebellion – which counts top player Florescent amongst its members – has come out on top.

The competitive e-sports team, which plays the Riot Games first-person shooter, won the $180,000 grand prize in a nail-biting final in Berlin on Sunday (17 November).

The annual gaming tournament is part of an effort by E-Sports officials to promote leagues for women and other marginalised genders. The event saw a record-breaking peak of over 453,000 concurrent viewers on streaming platform Twitch.

“Marginalised genders” is a term that refers to people who experience marginalisation or are rendered unsafe due to their gender identity, for example people who are trans, non-binary, or Two Spirit. 

Valorant itself is well known for

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