Warwick Esports Launches Women’s & Non-Binary Community
Warwick Esports launches The Pack to empower women and non-binary representation in esports
Warwick Esports, the University of Warwick’s esports society, has launched its new community, The Pack, open exclusively to women and non-binary individuals. The community is based out of a discord server like most other communities but will have a more relaxed approach to the other servers run by the society.
Caity “Kat” Emery, Vice President of Warwick Esports and founder of The Pack, expressed that she started the community because she wanted to create a welcoming environment “where people can play games with others without having to hide or conceal who they are or how they act when they play.”
“I want to give women and NB individuals confidence that there is a place for them within the industry, by providing exposure to others like themselves.”
Apart from acting as a safe environment for members to chat with others who share their passions and as a platform for the community to run events, like game nights, fun competitions and team building exercises, it will also act as a staging ground for members to get connections with female & non-binary experts in the industry.
Clare Green, the creative and digital communities manager for the University of Warwick and a Women in Games Ambassador expressed that she was absolutely delighted to see the popularity of this new community. “For a long time, we have realised that video games have acted as a medium that gets a lot of women and non-binary individuals interested in getting involved, whether through competing or just playing and enjoying the social aspect of it all, and this community and the esports centre will give them a safe space to do that.”, she said.
“For the community to be launched and go from 0 to 50 members in just a matter of days just shows that this is an exciting new beginning for esports at Warwick.”
Although the community will help field Warwick’s teams for the NUEL’s (National University Esports League’s) women’s & non-binary leagues, it isn’t just a server for students at Warwick, or students in general, and is open to all women and non-binary individuals who want to join, here.
