German esports organisation BS+Competition have returned to Rocket League with a team that wants to elevate women’s esports.
They have signed UK player Slumpii and UK/US player Commonwealth esports gold medallist Alanis, formerly of Endpoint UV, and German player Sarak, who has previously played with the Wylde Fire team among others.
They also have MachtFISCH on board as manager and Mumen as coach.
BS+Competition, who also compete in sim racing and Trackmania, made the announcement earlier today:
Alanis is also set to join the College of Esports later this year.
‘More women qualifying for RLCS should be the end goal’ – Slumpii on new BS+Competition team
Slumpii explained more in a series of tweets, saying: “For those asking, we are the Rocket League team, not just the women’s/marginalised gender team [of BS+Competition].
“It’s something that all of us and BS+ agreed upon and wanted to do. We compete in both women’s and open events, genuinely want to improve and have plans beyond just being a women’s roster.
“Playing in women’s/mg events is awesome, and we’ll continue to do so. But it’s not the end goal, and shouldn’t be the end goal for any roster.”
Slumpii
“More women qualifying for RLCS or getting as far as we possibly can in the open scene, should be the end goal.
“So, the door is open to any teams who would like to scrim us, even if you’re above us and we get destroyed, thats fine. The amount of experience it would give us is immeasurable.
“We want to learn and one of the ways of doing that is playing against better opponents.”
The news comes after several orgs released their women’s RL rosters following uncertainty in the space, and issues with the Women’s Car Ball (WCB) tournaments.
Elsewhere, UK Rocket League players have been impressing in the 2024 RLCS Open Qualifier tournaments.
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