The Overwatch World Cup 2017 is currently in the group stage and will not reach its peak until winter, where the eSports stronghold South Korea is making headlines. With Kim “Geguri” Se-yeon (18), the country sees its first female professional player in the Overwatch APEX tournament of the South Korean broadcaster OGN.
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Geguri’s strongest hero is Zarya, with a win rate of about 80% and a KDA of 6.31. She is one of the strongest Zarya players in the world.
However, she became known not for her skill, but for the accusation that she used hacks in an official tournament in June 2016. Two of her opponents, Strobe and ELTA from Team Dizziness, could not bear to lose to a girl. They even said they would permanently leave the eSports scene if Geguri was proven not to be hacking.
To prove her innocence, Geguri demonstrated her skills in a livestream under observation in a studio. In the approximately one-hour video, it becomes clear that she does not use hacks. She is simply that good. The two players fulfilled their ‘promise’ and stopped competing. Blizzard later cleared Geguri of all accusations.
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See for yourself here of her abilities:
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The female professional is now signed with the Korean team “ROX Orcas” and will participate in the next OGN Overwatch APEX with them. Her goal is to reach at least the quarter-finals, with a focus on improving her team play experience.
She is the first female professional player in this tournament.
The tournament is one of the most famous worldwide in the field of Overwatch, even though no Western teams have been allowed since July this year. With prize money of nearly $90,000 for first place, the payout is still lower than that of the last season, but still considered highly lucrative.
Whether Geguri will achieve her set goals will be revealed in the coming days during the online qualifiers of the event.
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