be witnessing a lack of interest and drive from most women in this area.
The lack of interest comes from how gaming is marketed and gate keeping communities, Clearly companies and gaming culture havent tried to market towards more girls, maybe only recently in 2010's after league and val came out. I'm also referring to certain communities discouraging women to join and play (look at cs and r6 LOL). Theres more to it then them just being held back.
simply comes down to a lack of interest from the underrepresented group
again, I don't think lack of interest is the fault of females. Theres just too many factors to discourage them from showing interest.
And eventually we will get to a point where they will, as more girls are getting into gaming at younger ages, whether it be through their ipads or phones.
You make it seem as though male gamers are blindly supported
Well, not what I said. I said females get less support over males. I never said males get 100% support.
is it believable that they would be held back from being good at Valorant, of all things?
Esports is not yet recognised as much as any other proffession, so yes women will be held back in this industry more because of how new it is. Also the factors for women joining are much different.
Also you bringed up karma, as a way to say gc players arent trying hard enough. And tbh there isnt really a way to verify this, we dont know how much they are sacrificing or effort they are putting in to get low results. Hard work doesnt always equal wins