Katsumi retires

https://twitter.com/katsumifps/status/1713610953571369169?s=46&t=VK_mVEE71WjCkZfa8dflIg

Riot needs to support the GC scene or sum

She is moving to challengers tho

Sad for Gc but W that she joining challengers

Hope she finds success in challengers and maybe we might see her on top of GC in the near future

i mean, really nice for her

good luck to her :D

you grow the most as a player and person when you go out of your comfort zone. Im happy shes willing to take the risk and challenge herself more in new environments.

Im hoping she succeeds, and you all should too.

Hope she does well!

WH OMEGALUL

idk who she is but i hope she does well

good for her

Good luck to her :D

W

i hope other girls have the same courage and determination.

big W from kat.

first katsuni, now Katsumi.
sad

WWWWWWWW hope this inspires more gc players too

Does this qualify as retiring? She is just switching to a different league

GC players cant play in Challengers?

lilcheese [#17]

GC players cant play in Challengers?

they can, it's just that they usually dont

XtraChrxs [#18]

they can, it's just that they usually dont

Then why not compete in both? I Don't know whats the point in retiring from GC

lilcheese [#19]

Then why not compete in both? I Don't know whats the point in retiring from GC

some teams do compete in both. i think the gc scene isn't supported enough by riot (at least in north america. i think all the other regions have LAN qualifiers at least.)

sadge

riot dont give a fuck about gc sadly, and this isnt changing

lilcheese [#19]

Then why not compete in both? I Don't know whats the point in retiring from GC

It's really not that difficult to understand. Realistically speaking, game changers does not have the talent pool to build a roster that could make it through to the challengers league. Even if it does, assembling that talent pool onto a single roster probably isn't possible.
If katsumi feels like she as an individual can aim higher(or if she just wants to try and quit if it isn't possible) and the only thing she is concerned about is making it to through to the challengers league and potentially ascension one day, then the best decision is to ditch game changers entirely and play on a co-ed roster.

W for her <3

lilcheese [#19]

Then why not compete in both? I Don't know whats the point in retiring from GC

A lot of teams do compete in both, sadly none make it too far so ig she has decided she wants to take it a step further attempting to make a deep run in challengers and being recognised as a top player not a top female player

XtraChrxs [#20]

some teams do compete in both. i think the gc scene isn't supported enough by riot (at least in north america. i think all the other regions have LAN qualifiers at least.)

What would you suggest to improve the NA gc scene?