Apollonia , Hikari , Evilnut , Kiva....... no these aren't pop-stars. This quartet makes India's first all-female, e-sports team called 'Gems'. While women have long excelled at strategy and puzzle games online, their numbers are significantly smaller in the world of e-sports , perhaps, due to poor internet or disapproving Indian parents. For those who don't know, E-sports describes the world of competitive video gaming with teams facing off in games like Fortnite, Counter-Strike, etc. It is a common misconception that online gamers aren't successful professionally. Look at 28 year old Suriya Banu,a software engineer who doubles up as a gamer, cosplayer, and anime fan from Chennai and has taken up the online identity as 'Hikari' or 29 year old Sukanya Medhi from Assam , a graphic designer who when not working , is blasting her way through first person shooter games in her gaming avatar, Evilnut ! The other two members who make the team 'Gems' are - Kyar Nyo Thwe Thin ,aka Kiva, a social media influencer and gamer from Myanmar; and Hannah Hinds from Mumbai who has been a professional gamer since she was four! Online gaming is surely becoming popular now as gamers are taking it up as a source of income, either part-time or full-time. Average salary of a gamer can be between 30,000-60,000, while championship prize money can go into lakhs. However, it is still not easy for girls to tell their parents that they going to game for a living! But we are sure that the scenario will change in the times to come.
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Apollonia , Hikari , Evilnut , Kiva....... no these aren't pop-stars. This quartet makes India's first all-female, e-sports team called 'Gems'. While women have long excelled at strategy and puzzle games online, their numbers are significantly smaller in the world of e-sports , perhaps, due to poor internet or disapproving Indian parents. For those who don't know, E-sports describes the world of competitive video gaming with teams facing off in games like Fortnite, Counter-Strike, etc. It is a common misconception that online gamers aren't successful professionally. Look at 28 year old Suriya Banu,a software engineer who doubles up as a gamer, cosplayer, and anime fan from Chennai and has taken up the online identity as 'Hikari' or 29 year old Sukanya Medhi from Assam , a graphic designer who when not working , is blasting her way through first person shooter games in her gaming avatar, Evilnut ! The other two members who make the team 'Gems' are - Kyar Nyo Thwe Thin ,aka Kiva, a social media influencer and gamer from Myanmar; and Hannah Hinds from Mumbai who has been a professional gamer since she was four! Online gaming is surely becoming popular now as gamers are taking it up as a source of income, either part-time or full-time. Average salary of a gamer can be between 30,000-60,000, while championship prize money can go into lakhs. However, it is still not easy for girls to tell their parents that they going to game for a living! But we are sure that the scenario will change in the times to come.
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